It is said that the lively days do not last long, but for those who can control their own destiny, happiness can be controlled.

In this barren era, the Lingzhou camp is a rare pure land, there is a general who leads the fate of everyone, at least everyone does not have to worry about the safety of life in a short time, and can continue to improve their survival skills through guidance and hard work, such a settlement can be regarded as a place that everyone yearns for.

After a lively group wedding of more than 1,000 people, the situation in the Lingzhou camp began to spread around with the mouths of the people who attended the ceremony, and the situation was becoming more and more far-reaching, even if the temperature was getting cold and the wind and snow were approaching.

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Lingzhou camp, inside the women's camp, a plain and often inconspicuous wooden house, is the residence of the Zoroastrian (Zoroastrian) saint Gulyana who has been hiding her identity and mixed up in recent years, she is sitting on a stone kang covered with blankets and sheepskins, and her hands are busy embroidering a tapestry with a flower and bird pattern, her slightly heavy eyebrows are slightly wrinkled, and her face is more and more beautiful, this appearance is very similar to the ladies of the East, rather than a religious saint with a veil full of mystery.

On the other side of the stone kang a little farther away, there is an elderly woman in a black robe, her hands are also busy with trivial matters, but the ravines on her face depict deep scheming, and in the other part of the wooden house, by the fireplace, several women with thick eyebrows and white skin are busy with the things in their hands, occasionally looking up to listen to the conversation on the side of the stone kang, but they will not get close to participate.

"Gulyana, you don't look like a saint now, but like the brides who were going to marry a few days ago." The black-robed woman spoke very casually.

Gulyana raised her head and asked in Persian, "Mama Patris, do you think those brides are happy?" ”

"Happiness?" Patrice's expression remained unchanged at all, and she said casually: "Only the favor of the God of Light is true happiness, and other happiness is a short-term sin, Holy Maiden, are you doubting your faith?" ”

Faced with the questioning of the guiding grandmother, Gulyana not only did not feel the slightest nervousness, but said very calmly: "The god is omnipotent, far beyond the guess of mortals like me!" But...... I don't know if the god will be tired if the happiness of everyone is pinned on the god, but if we can't bring happiness to the believers, are we too incompetent? ”

"The Divine Lord must be omnipotent, Holy Maiden, your thoughts are dangerous......" Mama Paltris sat up straight, her eyes fixed on the graceful Saint Gulyana.

The woman sitting on the embroidered tapestry on the stone kang was not the slightest nervous, raised her head and explained: "Mama Patris, since the death of Bactria (1), the light of the god has been suppressed for too many years, and the teachings of Muhammad from Jerusalem, the teachings of the bald head that have arisen from the south and are now widely spread in the east, why have they been recognized by so many people?" Is it because they have strange gods who perform miracles? Obviously, Mama, we all know that...... No! So it turns out that it was our men, our elders and messengers who did so poorly to proclaim the glory of God, but were blinded by gold and silver riches, and greed and laziness corrupted their minds! ”

"O Lord God, forgive the vain words of thy servant!" Mama Paltrith fell to her knees and prayed in a voice similar to a scream.

Looking at the old lady who was a little out of control, Gu Liana calmly said almost word by word: "If the Divine Lord wants to blame, he must first condemn those elders who are greedy for wealth and incompetent messengers who are derelict in their duties!" ”

The out-of-control grandmother stopped praying, raised her head and asked, "Gulyana, aren't you worried that those elders will send people to punish you?" Don't look at hiding in this Lingzhou land, that Luo General may not be able to protect you! ”

"Sneer......" Gulyana had a disdainful expression, not at all with the solemnity and nobility of a saint, "Mama Patris, do you know that General Bartol is by no means a greedy person like an elder in the sect, let alone a noble child from a so-called famous family...... I say one thing, do you believe it or not? ”

As if shocked by the change in the saint's attitude, Paltris said, "You say! ”

Without the disrespect of the old mama's words, Gulyana looked down at Patris, who was kneeling on the ground and maintaining a prayer posture, "Mama, Bartol's general seems to be indifferent to everything, but in fact, he is aware of the entire camp, according to the Han people, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is not an exaggeration, you and I will never hide his identity, believe it or not, what you and I are arguing about here, Lord Luo must know?!" ”

"How is that possible?" Mama Patris exclaimed.

"How could it be impossible?" Gulyana's words were full of certainty, "Bartol's decision to kill this person is decisive, just looking at the previous extermination of the Uta people shows his nature, a few months ago in Polo City, against the Qarluqs who refused to surrender or convert, and even more ruthlessly, Mama has far more knowledge than me, and must know the difficulty of decision-making." ”

Mama Patris shook her head, "Gulyana, what you said only shows that General Bartol is murderous, but you don't know anything about it......

"Murderous?" Gulyana put the tapestry in her hand aside, "Mama's words are biased, is that Ghaznavid's great emir Mahmoud cruel to the people of the former Samanid family (2)?" Yusuf of Kashgar. Qadir Khan killed the Khotanese royal family (3) and those bald heads when they were murderous? What kingdom in this world did not rise like this? ”

Mama Paltris was silent.

"As for knowing that...... Gu Liana paused, and then said, "Mama, do you know how many gendarmes are in this Lingzhou camp?" On a few occasions, I have calculated that according to the rotation system adopted in the camp, at least 30,000 people have been in the military police, which means that at least 30,000 pairs of eyes are watching everything in the camp...... Mama, what can you hide from that wise Bartol? ”

"It's ......," Paltris gasped.

As the attendant of the saint's side, her duty is not only to assist, but also to monitor and review, but she knows the foundation of the saint in front of her, and stood out from dozens of candidate saints four years ago, relying not only on her appearance, but also on her insight into people's hearts and a calm heart that is good at making trade-offs.

After thinking about it carefully, Lady Patrice asked tentatively, "I wonder what the Holy Maiden wants to do?" Attach to the Lingzhou camp to fight against the elders, or support General Luo to become the king of the party? ”

Gu Liana shook her head slightly, "Mama Patris, if you cling to Lingzhou to fight against the elders of the sect, I'm afraid that you and I will inevitably become traitors in the eyes of others, and as for supporting General Bartol to become the king of one side...... We have never had the opportunity to know this general directly, knowing that both eagles and vultures can fly, but their temperaments are very different, and if you make a wrong decision, you and I will die, and it is an unforgivable mistake to spread the glory of the god by mistake! ”

"Your Highness is wise!" Mama Patris stopped praying and sat up straight, staring at Gulyana who had followed her for four years, the little girl in the past was now more and more perfect in thinking and doing things, and Shicai's words were no worse than some of the elders in the sect, "Patris would like to share the worries of Her Highness the Holy Maiden!" ”

"Thank you for your understanding!" Gu Liana nodded quietly, then turned her head to look at the women who were hiding by the fireplace a little farther away than those who did not dare to participate in the conversation between the two, "You, me, and everyone in this house are really one fate, and there is no room for mistakes. ”

"Your Highness has a very good point! It's just that the matter of tracking down the treasure of life has not yet come to fruition, and the next ...... Let me test General Bartol's attitude towards me? After arguing for a long time, Mama Paltris finally decided to follow the decision of the saint who was still very immature in front of her, not because of the so-called saint's status, but because of the wisdom of the other party.

"There's no need for temptation, mamma." Gu Liana said softly, "The whereabouts of the Life Gem must be related to General Bartol, since our people have not been able to find out their traces for so long, it will be useless to investigate for a long time, and they can't hide the eyes of others when they go around, and it will be worth the loss to provoke General Luo's disgust." And ......"

"Your Highness, please......" Mama Paltris made a subordinate gesture.

"And General Bartol's Lord must know the identity of us and others, the reason why he didn't make any moves, there are only two possibilities, one is that he is too busy to pay attention to us, and the other is that we have not touched his bottom line, and he doesn't care about our ......" Gulyana thought for a while, and then continued: "Of course, there is another possibility, he is waiting for us to take the initiative to identify ourselves. ”

"Identify?"

"That's right, Mama." Perhaps thinking about some key points, Gulyana's eyes became brighter, "In this Lingzhou camp, there are believers from the Western Orthodox Church, ****** believers who obey the instructions of General Bartol, and there seem to be believers in the classical gods of the Greeks, descendants of the Tang people from Sylvan, and those who believe in bald heads...... Why can't there be a Holy Religion? ”

"But ......"

"It's nothing, this is the Lingzhou camp, not a sect ruled by Muhammad's teachings, my sect is not that kind of evil sacrifice and obscenity, why can't you stand in the sun?"

Hearing the key in Gulyana's words, the furrows on the elderly Patrice's face became a little soothed, and her cloudy brown eyes flashed with a strange light, "Your Highness, is it really possible?" ”

The already aged Patris can't be blamed for being so excited, it's because the Zoroastrians have been sidelined for too long since the Green Church moved eastward.

Gulyana's experience was not as deep as that of Patris, and the young saint wanted to be more radical than the old man to change the situation, "Whether it is possible, I don't know, but if I am the Lord of Luo, I will never allow the doctrine to be spread privately, so if you want to preach in this Lingzhou land, you can only act openly." ”

As soon as the words were finished, not only Gulyana, who spoke, but also Patrice, who was listening, fell silent.

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(1) Bactria, the ancient Greeks called the northeastern region of Afghanistan north of the present-day Hindu Kush, after the disintegration of the Macedonian Empire, the territory ruled by Alexander the Great was completely divided, Bactria became an independent kingdom, and Zoroastrianism was able to develop quickly with the support of the royal government at that time.

(2) The Samanid family, the ruling family of the Samanid dynasty in Iranian history.

(3) It refers to the destruction of the Qarakhanid kingdom in Khotan, which is a conflict between religion and interests.

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P.S.: This chapter is an addition.,Make up for last week's arrears.,A few days ago, I took time out in the ward.。 Thanks to the book friend "Mountain Village Vulgar" "April 1st", "two afternoon coins reward!"