Chapter 128 Santiago
The rain stopped completely, and there was no white cloud in the blue sky of Iberia.
Roger decided to set out to continue his itinerary.
Danny's condition is getting better, but it's not suitable for trekking.
Miledi suggests that Victor stay and take care of his brother.
Roger accepted the suggestion.
He asked Victor to stay, and at the same time the two red hairs that could only understand Victor's words, Shana and the charcoal-burning Sarrow, also stayed.
Roger also left two guards and half of the money.
He also left a "gift" that the lump on his leg had not yet subsided.
He said to Victor: "When the mountain torrent recedes and Danny can walk, you will take him directly back to Leon.
"Just spend this money, don't save it. As long as it is good for Danny, whether it is eaten, drunk, doctor, or herb, just buy it."
Victor is very grateful.
Roger said sternly: "The Ultraville family never abuses loyal workers...ahem."
Roger suddenly remembered the source of this sentence, and he touched his nose embarrassedly.
He said: "Victor, you and Danny are old people in our family. Your loyalty and your contributions are worth much more than this money."
So Roger took the seven guards who had seen blood with him, together with Miledi and her caravan guards, left Lugo, crossed the Minuo River, and went all west.
They set foot on the Santiago pilgrimage trail.
The pebbles are inlaid with huge scallop signs, and the direction of the scallops spreading points to the end of the road, the ancient city of Santiago.
Most of the wetness on the ground had faded away, and Roger and his party could finally ride a horse, so the next itinerary was much smoother.
While staying in a village by the avenue on the road, Roger saw a cross covered with moss not far from the entrance of the village, and its base was filled with stones of different sizes.
Roger asked the villagers and found out that there were many similar crosses on the way to the pilgrimage.
Whenever the pilgrimage encounters one, they will place a stone on it, symbolizing the unloading of one of their own "sin".
A pilgrim who has taken the entire journey is a "newcomer".
The villagers said that the larger the stones placed under the cross, the more sins it will be discarded.
Roger walked around for a few times, but could not find a stone that was equal to the sin he needed to throw away.
He saw Miledi bringing a big stone from outside the village.
This huge stone made Miledi gasp.
But this matter cannot be done by others, so Roger happily watched the fun.
He also sarcastically said: "I say to Meledi, you have so many sins."
"Scared...I've come here, so I'll just offset my future sins."
Roger smiled "hehe" and thought, no business is not businessman, no businessman is not evil.
When a passing pilgrim saw them, he shouted, "buencamino!"
The villagers next to him introduced: "'buencamino' almost means 'a smooth journey'.
“It is said that for a long time people have said ‘buencamino’ to each other when they meet on the road to San Diego.
"No matter where you come from, everyone greets each other, encourages or says goodbye to each other with this sentence."
So Roger also shouted to the people passing by: "buencamino!"
A few days later, Roger and his party arrived at the Christian holy land with the full name "Santiagodeco".
Roger knew that this was the Latin word for "San Diego's Starlight Field".
He thought of the legend that the stars in the sky guided future generations to find the tomb of the Saint Jacob.
Roger looked at San Diego, this is a mountain city, and the green mountains around him hugged it tightly.
In the middle of the valley, there is a majestic church towering like the surrounding mountains.
There is an ancient city next to the church. The ancient city is limited to the terrain and is not large in area.
Roger almost regarded the ancient city as a wall of a church at the beginning.
He felt that the ratio of the two was completely different from the average town and church.
Roger felt that this was the true portrayal of this place.
Unlike ordinary town support churches, this place is completely a church support town.
If it were not for the legend of St. James, this valley with inconvenient transportation in northwestern Iberia would have always been a deserted place with few people.
After entering the Holy City and approaching the church, Roger found a statue of St. James riding a horse and wielding his sword at the top of the facade of the church, and a Moorish man was upside down at the foot of the mount.
Roger asked the missionary passing by, and the man was a little impatient, but he still told Roger that the statue was called "St. Jacob Kill the Moors."
He said: "St. James is not only apostle of mission, but also a guardian of the army, riders and pilgrims, who is a god of war."
At noon the next day, Roger and his party entered the cathedral before the noon Mass.
There were many people, aristocrats, knights, merchants, hawkers, farmers, and poor people, all of them stood together.
Roger felt it wasn't very good, especially when he saw that there were empty seats in front.
So he sent someone to find the priests responsible for maintaining order.
The person sent back soon: "I found it, he refused to come to see you."
Roger could only squeeze through himself.
He explained his identity to the priest.
The priest looked at Roger with contempt.
Roger heard the whisper from the priest in his sensitive ears: "A Count of the Land Bunzi from the Countryside."
Roger knew that this place is too famous and there are so many nobles coming and going. People here are used to seeing princes and nobles, and an earl is really nothing.
Moreover, Sicily is on the edge of the entire Christian world, and across the strait is North Africa in the Arab world.
Roger thought that even Uraka didn't know the situation in Sicily at first.
He thought that Sicily made a fortune in silence over the years, and had made a lot of money, but was not very famous. This priest probably had never heard of it.
Roger asked his men to immediately bring the bags for gold coins.
The priest was still saying seriously:
"God is the Father, all living beings are brothers. If others can stand, why can't you stand..."
Roger opened his vagina and let the golden light shine in the eyes of the priest.
Then Roger threw the whole bag of gold to the priest.
He said: "This is a donation from Roger, the Earl of Sicily, and I will hand it over to the priest who is responsible in the church."
The priest was not as strong as Roger. He held a bag of gold and his feet were shaking. He was still stubborn: "God said..."
Roger threw another bag over.
The priest was smashed to the ground by two pieces of gold.
Roger generously asked his subordinates to take out another gold coins.
He opened the hole and poured the gold coins on the priest like water.
The responsible priest finally came over and invited Roger and Miledi to sit in the VIP seat.
The mass began and lasted for a long time, and Roger estimated that it would be at least two hours.
The complex etiquette is far beyond Roger's original cognition.
The air in the overcrowded cathedral became dirty.
There is a link in the ceremony where everyone needs to greet people around you, shake hands or hug.
Chapter completed!