The Zoroastrian saint and the elder grandmother left quickly, after all, this was only the first official meeting, and there were too many things that the two sides did not know enough about, and ...... Whether it's a life gem or an alliance, it's not something that can be hastily completed in a short period of time.

Therefore, after the initial meeting solves the identity problem, after resolving the possible disputes, both parties need to carefully consider the future direction of the decision - it is not a decision that can be made by patting their heads at random, Gulyana and Patris need to seek the support of the remaining eleven elders and two saints in the sect (1), Luo Kaixian, who began to live in Lingzhou, also needs to explore the thoughts of his subordinates, although he can decide many things in one word, but he is still unfamiliar with this era when he first returns to the East, and it is refreshing to make a decision in one word, Once a mistake in decision-making, the loss will not only be as simple as human life, but more will be the prestige that Luo has not yet consolidated -- the gain will definitely outweigh the loss.

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The guards escorted the two ladies back to their lodgings, and Luo sat down in a large wooden chair with his eyes closed, in fact his mind was constantly thinking about future religious responses, and in the quiet wooden room only Nuralman, who was busy sorting out the minutes of the meeting.

After being silent for a long time, Luo Kai, who closed his eyes and recuperated, first heard the sound of writing on the paper stopped, and then the voice of Nuralman, who was still a little weird, spoke Chinese, "General, I know you are not asleep, can you ask a question?" ”

"Well, you name it!" Luo Kai opened his eyes first.

Nuralman is not dressed as an Arab, but as a native of the country, he wears a slightly curly hair behind his head like Luo Kaixian, and wears a ponytail at will, wearing a navy blue right robe in the style of a Han Chinese, with an angular Arab face with a small beard, and a very typical handsome little guy.

It's just that this kid is not like Alck's color embryos, he likes to throw his eyes on women, this little handsome guy may be influenced by his uncle Al Hessin, quite the demeanor of a young scholar, he doesn't value women so much, even the saint who is covered with a veil can hardly hide the charm of the saint, and he doesn't get his attention.

The handsome little guy sat precariously in front of Luo Kaixian and asked, "General, are you disgusted with the Green Sect?" Why such exclusion? ”

Luo Kaixian squinted his eyes, he could guess from the look of this Arab guy that this kind of question had accumulated in his heart for a long time, and it was really not easy to ask it face to face, which may have been affected by the conversation with Patrith just now, otherwise this slightly shy kid would not be so straightforward.

"The doctrinal verses compiled by Nuralman, Muhammad are good, a Qur'an that encompasses everything about God and man, and the part of the gods cannot be confirmed, so it cannot be evaluated, but the teachings for mortals are clear and visible, it teaches unity and prescribes a secular way of being, like a law. But there's a problem here, the world depicted in the scriptures is a thousand years ago, and it's more suitable for the people who lived a thousand years ago, and now that times have changed, and many customs have changed so much from the past, it becomes inappropriate to continue to follow the old rules. The Arab kid in front of him is like his own student, and Luo Kaixian is still very attentive.

Nuralman nodded, looking down in thought without saying a word.

Luo Kaixian doesn't like to teach people at length very much, but in this era, in his current position, many things are not solved by his fists, whether it is a broken mouth mother-in-law instructor, a life mentor and a spiritual leader, as the leader of everyone, this is the role he must play, and no one can replace him.

Therefore, he must also analyze things clearly, just like the religious issues involved at the moment, there is no room for the slightest sloppiness, because once there is some negligence, there may not be any problems at the moment, but it will inevitably bury hidden dangers for the future.

He continued: "It is true that some of the conventions related to folk customs in the scriptures do not change with time, but the current politics, governance, and even diplomacy and military affairs all depend on what the rulers of the time think, so different rulers will definitely make different interpretations of the scriptures. Doing things in the name of the gods must bring blood-colored and boundless killing...... You should not see all of this in the Al-Azhar Mosque, but the fact that the Green Church is divided into Sunnis, Shiites, Ismailis and many other factions doesn't explain the problem? ”

Matters related to religion must not be explained clearly in a few words, Luo Kaixian can only tell it concisely according to his own understanding, as for how much Nuralman, a smart boy, can understand, he has no bottom in his heart.

It's just that he despised his place in Nuralman's heart, and the young Arab boy meditated, and Luo Kaixian's words resounded in his heart like a flood of bells and great Lu, and this kid even recorded some of Luo's words in his notebook - a habit he had developed in the Al-Azhar Mosque.

After doing all this, Nuralman looked up and continued to ask, "General, since you do not reject the teachings of the Green Religion, why do you forbid people to worship?" I remember when Helen was opened, the bell on the minaret rang, and the ceremony of thousands of people kneeling on the ground was so spectacular......"

"That's really spectacular," Luo Kai affirmed first, and then began to change the subject, "But does the ringing of the bell so many times a day affect people's normal life?" Oh, you may say that it shows how devout the people are, how deferential they are to the gods, but, Nuralman, do you know how many of those who prostrate themselves on the ground are thinking about the urgent business at home, the unfinished trivial matter at hand? Moreover, how is it different from a beggar on the side of the road to worship the gods every day and pray to the gods for well-being and food? They are all people with hands and feet, so why can't they create what they can create? You need to know that the gods may be powerful, but they are not the nannies of humans after all! ”

The words of this kind are endless, and the relationship between man and God has been studied and pondered for thousands of years, until the high level of productivity after a thousand years.

Even if there are thousands of words in his heart, what Luo Kaixian can say is still just a little bit, how much can he change? At least in the short term, he is hopeless, and this kind of thing can not be changed in a hurry, and in this regard, he is just an ordinary person, just a tongue.

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After returning to the wooden house where she lived, cleaning the snow from her body, and sitting down, Saint Gulyana and Lady Patris were also discussing the previous events.

"Your Highness, you were a little reckless when you spoke of the Life Gem to General Bartol, but fortunately, that General is really not a cruel person, otherwise it would be difficult to say whether you and I would have returned to this wooden house safely." Mama Patris remembered what had happened before, and was still afraid that Gulyana's newborn calf was not afraid of tigers.

Thinking back to her previous experience in that big wooden house, Gulyana's face was red and white, annoyed and shy. In the past, she always saw the tall man busy from afar, or listened to the trivial stories relayed by the companions of the women's camp, which were from the comments of the soldiers who often circled around the women's camp, and at that time, she always thought that it was just hearsay and exaggerated words, and in the various tribes of the Seven Rivers, there were not too many such subjects about the leaders of the various tribes.

It was only after this formal meeting, close to the distance contact, that she realized that the relays of the sisters in the camp in the past were not exaggerated at all, that guy's eyes were deep and sharp, deep as if he could see people's hearts, sharp as if they were more agile than a scimitar, making people feel as if they were standing naked in a desert without people.

Realizing that the young saint was a little distracted, Paltris squinted her eyes and smiled, "Your Highness? Gulyana? Think again? ”

Gulyana, who had been summoned several times, finally woke up from her daze, and looked at the old grandmother's somewhat teasing look, her pretty face turned red again, "Mama, I'm thinking about what General Bartol said, for hundreds of years, those sage elders in the sect are really incompetent?" Why have we lost the believers of the Southern Highlands? Is the Green Cult in the South really that strong? ”

Patris nodded, although Gulyana was a little confused when she met an outstanding man like Bartol, but in the end, she was still a saint selected among hundreds of people, and she would not really lose her mind, and the question was also just right, "Whether the former sage elders in the sect are competent or not is not something you and I can evaluate at will, I have read some records of the Arabs' eastward invasion back then, whether it was the Umayyad Kingdom or the later Abbasid Kingdom, they all led the army to attack with a doctrine in one hand and a scimitar in the other, The nobles on the plateau are busy protecting their own property, the elders in the sect are insensitive, ignoring the needs of the people at the bottom, and the descendants of the so-called royal family have long lost the glory of the ancient Darius the Great, and what they do can only make their ancestors dust...... These are recorded in the texts of the Church. ”

"Ah, that's the case?!" Gulyana's green eyes widened, and after a sigh, he said, "That guy really got it right...... Mama, if you are going to Bukhara in the spring, please help me find the texts in the church, I need to read them carefully! ”

"Good!" Patris was really relieved in her heart, as a former saint, now a saint attendant elder Mama, her status has been greatly reduced compared to the past, if the guardian saint can make outstanding contributions to the sect, her status as an attendant elder will rise again, "Prophet De Queer has a lot of texts there, as long as Gulyana is interested, I will find them for you!" ”

The rosiness on Gulyana's face faded a lot, and she bent down at Patris and saluted, "Thank you Mama for your support!" It's just that...... Do you really need me to stay here in Lingzhou and not have to go back to Bukhara? Miara and Farahani and their followers are going to get you in trouble......"

Miara and Farahani are the other two saints in the sect, and Patris is very familiar with them, after listening to Gulyana's words, the old lady said with some disdain: "Although those two have many supporters, most of them look at their beautiful faces and figures, you need to know that beauty often does not last, wisdom can be eternal!" Once they are a little older and no longer beautiful, there will never be a good home, Gulyana, you don't want to be like them! ”

"Yes, Mama." As long as it wasn't a difficult choice, Gulyana listened to Patris's words, and she whispered.

"Alas......" remembered Luo someone's words about the inaction of the elders of the ancient sect before, and Mama Patrith sighed a little helplessly, patted Gulyana's white little hand and said, "You don't have to worry, the prophet De Quill is on our side, those two will never dare to act rashly!" ”

"I'm just worried, Mama, you are old, and it is thousands of miles from here to Bukhara, and the fatigue of running around is unbearable." Gu Liana grabbed Mama's somewhat rough palm with her backhand, and said with a little ruddy circles in her eyes.

When Patrith was young, she was originally a saint who eliminated the saint, but she was promoted to the elder of the squire through little work and wisdom, and the two were nominally master and slave, but in fact they were both master and apprentice, and somewhat similar to mother and daughter, but they did not have a direct blood relationship.

The old lady was also a little sentimental in her heart, stared at Gulyana's face carefully, and said with some true feelings: "Last winter, before entering this team, the prophet De Quill once said that the future has become a fog that is difficult to see, and the variables are coming from the west and going to the east. Did you know, Gulyana? ”

"Huh?" Gulyana had never heard of such a thing, and opened her lips with rose lip balm in surprise.

"You know, your saint is still on duty for less than a year and a half......" Mama Patris stared at the young saint beside her with some pity, getting along for a long time, this Gulyana is like her own daughter, she doesn't want this daughter to be lonely for the rest of her life, "De Queer once hoped to get closer to that variable, the search for the gem of life is just an introduction, and it is a better way to develop by expanding the scope of mission. Moreover, a hundred years ago, the Prophet Ayakullah changed the custom that holy women could not marry...... De Quire and I had hoped that you would marry after the duty period, as a link to the variables, and of course we would not force you. You've seen that General Bartol, do you hate him......"

"Huh?" There was another soft exclamation, and Gulyana's face instantly turned red.

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(1) Elders and saints, the ancient Persian religion, that is, Zoroastrianism, does not have a so-called pope, its decision-making level is composed of twelve elders and three holy women, perhaps because the number of decision-making layers is too large, its implementation efficiency is far less than that of Christianity or the green religion, and I think that its decline is not only the doctrine after all, but also because of the corruption and inefficiency of the upper echelons of the church, of course, the most fundamental thing is that it exalts the gods to the top, loses its ground, and cares less for ordinary believers.

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