The early morning of Sanbao Mountain is still as lively as in the past, the most prosperous Sanbao Street, all kinds of small vendors push their cars out of the stalls, most of them are selling all kinds of breakfast food, including soybean milk fritters in the north, there are also rice porridge buns in the south, this year with the management of the port of Malacca by the Ming Dynasty, more and more Han people come to Malacca, which also drives the local economy, such as the breakfast stalls on the street, it is twice as many as a year ago, even so, sometimes there are too many guests when there are still queues.

However, today's lively Sanbao Street is a little different, because early in the morning, an old man wearing a heavy Hanfu came to Sanbao Street, holding a statue of a Sanbao eunuch in both hands, three steps and one kowtow, knocking from the street to the end of the street, and he kept muttering something in his mouth, and he didn't know what he was talking about?

For this old man, the people on the street are very curious, not only his strange behavior, but also the clothes on his body, although most of the people on this street are Han, but few people wear high-crowned and long-sleeved Hanfu, after all, the weather in Malacca is too hot, the average man wears a pair of pants under the house, and it is good to wear a jacket on it, some are not particular about simply shirtless, but now this old man is wearing Hanfu that was only worn during the sacrifice, even if he is sweating like rain, he still steps steadily, Walking forward with three steps and one kowtow, many people are curious to follow.

The onlookers on the street did not know what to do, and the old man in Hanfu in front of him was the great Muslim imam who had come from the old port to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty, and they had driven some Han people who did not want to believe in religion out of the old port in order to preach. Let them fend for themselves in the South Seas. However, a significant number of Han Chinese families survived in Malacca. It is precisely because of these people that Daming has to take care of the thoughts of their families, so he has scruples about whether to rescue the old port.

After the Grand Imam learned the above from Tang Bohu, he quickly made a decision, so there was this scene this morning, he was wearing Hanfu, which was to tell the Han family in Malacca that he was also Han. There are still nearly 100,000 Han people in the old port, and everyone is of the same race, so there is no need to suffer each other. As for the statue of the eunuch of Sanbao in his hand, he hopes that everyone will remember the contribution of Zheng He, who is also a Muslim, to Nanyang, and as for the three steps and one kneeling, it is his repentance for the wrong things he did when he was a missionary, hoping to get forgiveness from those families.

For these actions of the Grand Imam, the local Han families in Malacca are naturally very clear, after all, after this Grand Imam came to Malacca, they have been paying attention to each other's actions. And they didn't really want to make the nearly 100,000 Han Chinese in the old port suffer from the war, but they just wanted these Muslims to realize their mistakes.

That's why. Therefore, after the patriarch bowed from beginning to end along Sanbao Street, he went to the ancestral halls of several families who were driven out of the old port to kneel and worship, and then knelt motionless in the Sanbao Temple, and swore that if Daming did not agree to rescue the old port one day, then he would not get up for a day until he knelt and died here.

No one will doubt the determination of this great imam, after all, there are nearly 100,000 Han people waiting for the Ming army to save their lives in the old port, if he can't persuade the Ming to send troops, then the great imam will not have the face to go back at all, it is better to die directly in the Sanbao Temple in Malacca.

The great patriarch knelt in the Sanbao Temple and didn't get up, and Lu Lao, who was standing in the Lu family's ancestral hall, soon received the news, and he also knew that the oath made by the other party was not much, but his old face did not change much. In addition, there are several other people in the Lu ancestral hall, all of whom are the patriarchs of several large families in Malacca, who were driven out of the old port because they were unwilling to convert to Islam, and later came to Malacca with great difficulty and took root here.

"Old Lu, that Grand Imam has been kneeling in the Sanbao Temple for so long, and the weather is still so hot, he hasn't drunk a sip of water until now, if something happens, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain it to the Tang Governor's Mansion!" A very young patriarch in the audience couldn't hold his breath and said, although he had heard the elders of the clan talk about the misery when the family was driven out of the old port, but after all, he had not experienced it personally, so he did not have a deep understanding of this kind of pain, and now he saw the great patriarch begging for their forgiveness so bitterly, and his heart suddenly softened.

Hearing the words of this young patriarch, Lu Lao, who had his eyes closed, finally opened his eyes and glared at him and said: "Boy, you are young, don't blame you for saying such things, at the beginning, several of our families were forced out by the people of the Great Patriarch, the land and shops in the clan are gone, and many people died on the road, not to mention anything else, your second grandfather, third grandfather, uncle and others all died on the road, and we can't solve the enmity with those Muslims. ”

Lu Lao had personally experienced what had happened, so he hated the Muslims in the old port very much, and the great patriarch's bitter tricks were effective for others, but for him, they were useless at all. For Lu Lao's words, several other old patriarchs also nodded in agreement, although they were all young when they moved out of the old port, but they also witnessed the family elders dying on the way to migrate, and the bitterness was really not clear in one or two sentences.

The young patriarch was married to Lu Lao's granddaughter, so he naturally didn't dare to talk much in front of Lu Lao, and when he saw the expressions of several other patriarchs, he also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly retreated and stopped talking. After a while, someone came to report again, saying that the several patriarchs brought by the great patriarch had fainted on their knees in the Sanbao Temple, and only the patriarch was still struggling to support, but unfortunately Lu Lao was still unmoved.

The atmosphere in the ancestral hall was very heavy, everyone didn't speak, although Lu Lao and they hated the Muslims in the old port, but they didn't really want the other party to die in the war, but wanted them to atone for the mistakes they had made, and now the Grand Imam Although they have shown some of their sincerity, but Lu Lao and the others still feel that it is not enough.

Just when everyone in the ancestral hall was silent, suddenly someone came to report that Tang Bohu actually brought someone to visit, which made Lu Lao and the others all surprised, and immediately brought someone to greet them.

"Elder Lü, the Muslims in the old port did do something sorry to you back then, but so many years have passed, and they have also realized their mistakes, in my opinion, this is enough, I wonder what Elder Lu thinks?" Tang Bohu said with a smile, he manages the government affairs of Malacca, and most of the officials under him are from the big families of the Lu family, so he does not dare to ignore the attitude of these big families of the Lu family, otherwise his life will not be easy in the future.

Hearing Tang Bohu's words, I saw Lu Lao sigh and said: "Lord Tang, the little old man has reached his old age, and if he says a big word, he has already seen through this world, but at the beginning, our Lu family was also a famous big family in the old port, but after the most persecution of the great patriarch, he had to give up the family property and move to Malacca, and after decades of hard work, he finally settled down. And only sent a few old men to kneel in our ancestral hall, do you think we will forgive them so easily? ”

Hearing Lu Lao's words, Tang Bohu breathed a sigh of relief, he was no longer the Yangzhou genius who only knew poetry and songs, after the baptism in the officialdom, coupled with his smart head, he had learned to observe words and colors, so he had heard some extraneous meanings from Lu Lao's words.

"Old Lu, now that the old port is in danger, it really can't be delayed, so if you have any conditions, then just mention it, as long as it's not too excessive, I believe that the Grand Patriarch will definitely agree!" Tang Bohu was very frank after the last, he really didn't want to go around in circles with people like Lu Lao, because he knew that he was the only one who could go around and suffer from the most difficult Dao.

Regarding Tang Bohu's straightforwardness, Lu Lao glanced up at him, showed a smile and said: "Lord Tang is serious, we don't want to mention any conditions, it's just that our family owned a lot of land in the old port, which was forcibly occupied by those Muslims, and what is even more hateful is that they also converted our family house into a mosque, which we can't tolerate or can't tolerate, so now I don't have any other conditions, but we must return our original property, and those mosques must also be demolished. Restore our house to its original appearance! ”

"Hiss~" Hearing Lu Lao's words, Tang Bohu also gasped, it was easy to return the land and something, but it would be too troublesome to demolish the mosque, with his understanding of Muslims, I am afraid it would be difficult for the other party to agree to this matter. However, those Muslims also deserve it, if they hadn't gone too far and didn't leave a way out for themselves, maybe now the Ming army would have arrived in the old port.

Since he got the request made by Lu Lao, Tang Bohu no longer delayed time, and immediately resigned and went to Sanbao Temple, and then personally told Lu Lao their request to the Grand Imam, but to Tang Bohu's surprise, after listening to his relayed request, the white-haired Grand Imam thought about it for a moment and sighed and said: "Thank you Lord Prefect for maneuvering through this, I thank you on behalf of all Muslims in Old Port, as for Lu Lao's request, I can make the decision to agree, and now I also ask the prefect to tell you on my behalf, The old port has already prepared military salaries and food, just waiting for the heavenly army to come! (To be continued......)