It didn't take long to find a time-honored store in the downtown area, more than 30 guys, plus the accommodation of more than 20 guards, and a series of expenses for eating and feeding horses, it cost close to forty taels of silver in one night, which really made Zhen Ru a little distressed.

It's not that the inn lion opened his mouth, but it was already a little ruthless, and the local regular customers were estimated to use less than twenty taels, but who made Zhen Ru and his party have too many traces of foreign places? But even if it is treated as a fat sheep, this money still has to be spent for the sake of safety, but this plus the cost of playing the checkpoint will inevitably make this trip into the town a little lossy.

Gu Huai and the three of them naturally followed to the inn, after all, the money was paid, and a series of things about food and accommodation were naturally solved by the caravan, but the scene on the street was seen clearly by the people in the caravan, so the treatment of the three people was naturally not much better, not only cold words, but even the arranged room was the smallest and narrowest one.

Of course, there are more radicals, after listening to others say that these three people saw the caravan in trouble, not only did they not stand with the caravan, but stayed out of the scene to watch the show, and many of the guys who arrived later were filled with righteous indignation, thinking that the sabers of these three people were taken to see? The caravan went smoothly along the way and didn't get you into trouble, but you just reported back to the caravan? I don't ask you to come forward, but this kind of thing doesn't stand with the caravan, and it is really hateful, it is simply a bad seed, and there is no manhood of the people in the rivers and lakes.

A few guys spit a few mouthfuls on the side, but Gu Huai didn't mind at all, and Ma Sanbao's face didn't change, only Ren Wanbin showed some anger, and was suppressed by Gu Huai's eyes, and sat down at the table with dinner.

"And face to eat?"

"What you said, will the one with the face come back?"

"A bad seed without eggs... Also saber, pretend to be embroidered pillows. ”

Finished.

As soon as this sentence came out, Gu Huai knew that something was wrong, and sure enough, as soon as he looked up, he saw Ma Sanbao on the opposite side with blue tendons on his forehead.

He has seen Ma Sanbao's skills, although he doesn't know if this eunuch has practiced the Sunflower Treasure Book, but just the hand that walks silently, if he has a murderous intention, the unscrupulous guy on the other side is afraid that it will be impossible to get out of this inn alive, Gu Huaizheng wanted to persuade a few words, but he didn't expect Ma Sanbao to suppress his anger in the end, just put down the chopsticks, and threw his big sleeves upstairs.

Gu Huai sighed and followed, Ma Sanbao, who was standing quietly in front of the window, did not look back, his face was lit up by the light on the street outside: "Eunuchs are not considered people?" ”

"Derivatives derived from the deformed system, discrimination is unacceptable," the room was a little narrow, Gu Huai leaned against the door frame, "The fault is not the pure person, it is the psychopathology that gave birth to the emperor and general of this system." ”

"I've never heard of this statement, so I'm not afraid that I will tell the prince?"

"Even in front of the prince, I dare to say this," Gu Huai smiled, "Just because the palace needs a man who can't afford evil thoughts, let a man who could have been normal be a eunuch?" This thing is wrong in itself. ”

"Do you know about halalism?"

"I know a little bit, but I'm not religious."

"Even I know this... Master Daoyan is right about you," Ma Sanbao stood with his hands in his hands, "My grandfather and father both believed in Halal religion, and when I was young, my family was quite good, and they both went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and I thought I would do the same. ”

I don't know if Ma Sanbao is smiling bitterly: "It should have been like this." ”

"After listening to the stories told by my grandfather and father, I always wanted to go to sea to see it, and I wanted to ride the wind and waves to that holy city by myself, so I didn't like to read the books of the sages, but I was beaten a lot."

"In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, General Fu Youde and General Lan Yu conquered Yunnan, and I became a prisoner of war, I was only ten years old that year, and there has always been a rule in the army - captured children must be castrated."

"Since then, I have followed the army to fight, fought for five years, traveled all over the world, and seen the rivers and lakes in the market, until I met the prince, and he chose me to be a personal guard."

Gu Huai quietly listened to Ma Sanbao tell his story, imagining that the ten-year-old boy followed the Ming army to fight in all directions, he had seen the wind and snow in the north and the yellow sand of the desert, and he was supposed to play and frolic at home, but suddenly became a member of the war, running on the battlefield full of bloody corpses, using swords and spears instead of wooden horses and dolls.

But Gu Huai never spoke, he knew that this taciturn young eunuch just wanted to say something.

He doesn't need sympathy.

"So I'm very grateful to the prince, and I don't feel inferior because I'm a eunuch, but I'm still very bitter about this matter, because a eunuch who believes in Halal... You are not eligible to make a pilgrimage to the Holy City. ”

For the first time, the expressionless young eunuch in front of him showed a strange expression, and the power brought to him by faith seemed to turn into a fire at this time, burning his whole person to the ground, leaving only an empty shell.

Gu Huai couldn't imagine how much suffering Ma Sanbao had endured, how tired he had suffered, and how many times he had escaped death, he could only vaguely understand that the tragic experience encountered by this young eunuch had not wiped out the faith in his heart, he still believed in Halal Religion and believed in the doctrine of stopping evil and promoting good, but his mutilated body kept reminding him that he was just a eunuch, and every time he was called father-in-law, it seemed that he was a point away from that holy city.

Reality and faith collide, and it's easy to destroy a person.

"Who said that?"

Ma Sanbao was stunned.

Gu Huai's face became serious: "Who said that?" Is the doctrine of Halal not written, and eunuchs cannot believe in Halal? Eunuchs can't go to the holy city of Mecca? ”

After being silent for a long time, Ma Sanbao smiled bitterly: "I didn't write it, but a eunuch can only serve others in this life, how can he break through the sea?" ”

"Don't give up what you've been insisting on, wait, what if the willows and flowers turn around?"

"It's useless," Ma Sanbao's eyes dimmed, "As long as I'm still a eunuch, as long as I'm still in Daming, the dream of going to sea is just a dream after all." ”

"The world... It's not going to change. ”

"No," Gu Huai stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, meaningful.

"The world is going to change."