Zhang Shixing exchanged gold leaves for fifty silver coins on the street, bought some things used on the road, and then returned to the inn, almost in front of the inn, suddenly the pedestrians on the road dodged, a group of soldiers came in front, holding spears, driving away the people, and a makeup elephant came slowly, a person sitting high on the elephant chair, wearing a gold crown, wearing a yellow robe, wearing a gold belt with treasure makeup at the waist, dark complexion, fat body, sitting on it, shaking and shaking, it was the king of the country of Gegara.

After the king's procession passed, Zhang Shixing returned to the store and asked Aru, "Where is this king going?" ”

Aru said: "I heard that the fleet of Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty is coming, and the king went to the port to meet him. ”

Zhang Shixing was shocked when he heard this, and secretly said that he came so quickly. He hurriedly asked Aru, "Then is our boat to Nalanda Monastery booked?" ”

Aru said: "It's already set, it's scheduled to leave tomorrow." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "No, we must leave today." ”

Aru couldn't help but be a little confused: "The itinerary has been decided, and it may be difficult to change it temporarily." ”

Zhang Shixing took out another silver coin and stuffed it into Alu's hand and said, "My husband has bothered a lot." ”

Aru nodded and said, "Then I'll discuss it with the boatman again." With that, he went out of the store.

Zhang Shixing hurriedly entered the guest room and told everyone the news that Zheng He's fleet had arrived at Banggara, and everyone was surprised and said, "This Zheng He came so quickly. ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Their official ships are naturally much faster than our civilian ships. Without further ado, let's go. ”

While he was talking, Aru came back and said that it was arranged and he could leave immediately.

Zhang Shixing and others followed Aru to the Ganges wharf, only to see a canoe parked on the shore, long and narrow, with only one mast and white sails hanging on it. A dark-faced boatman grinned at the crowd, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

And they got into the boat, and the boatman paddled a little on the shore, and the boat drifted off the shore toward the center of the river. The boatman sat in the bow of the boat, paddling left and right, and the boat slowly sailed upstream.

In this way, I walked all the way and stopped, and after more than ten days, I finally came to Wangshe City. The young man stopped the boat and reached out to ask for money.

Zhang Shixing was about to pay the bill, Huang Zhan said: "I have found the road before leaving, let's not stop here, continue to go north along the river, reach Delhi, and then enter the Western Regions by land, and then go to Kaiping." ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "We have been Buddhist disciples for a long time, since we have come to the holy land of the Buddha, how can we not pay homage." I think we'll go to Nalanda Monastery first, and then go north along the river to Delhi. ”

The disciples nodded yes, so they left Wang Shu to guard the boat, Zhu Yunwen, Zhang Shixing, Huang Zhan three people came ashore, asked the road, this is already Tianzhu inland, there are very few people who know Chinese, they asked several people in a row, plus gestures, only to ask the road, and then all the way to the southeast.

After walking more than 20 miles, I saw a large stone building standing on the side of the road in the distance, and there was a long corridor around it, three to four zhang high, like a square city. The gate faces west, several large temples are lined up in the north-south direction, the temple is three stories high, built with red bricks, each floor is more than one zhang high. Part of the wall has collapsed, and there are human-sized statues lined up on it, and the carvings are intricately and beautifully.

There were no roofs of houses, and the ground was barren with grass, and there were more than a man tall, and there were foxes in between. Although Nalanda Temple is deserted, it is still extraordinary.

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain. I never thought that the same would be true of the Buddha's holy land. ”

Huang Zhan said: "I heard that the temple was destroyed by the Mongols in the south, I don't know what kind of person Timur is?" ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "Timur was born in a noble family in the Chagatai Khanate. When he was a teenager, he was killed and broke a leg for stealing other people's sheep, so he was also called lame Timur. When he grew up, he seized the power of the Chagatai Khanate, established the Timurid Empire, conquered the east and west, conquered Khorezm, the Golden Horde, invaded Tianzhu, and destroyed the famous city of Delhi. But he only bowed down to me. I think that at the beginning, my Taizu Emperor Gao Dingding Central Plains, repeatedly sent envoys to invite the countries of the Western Regions to come to the court, but there was no one to come. Dutimur sent back the Hui people Manman, Hafisi, etc., and paid tribute to 15 horses and 2 camels. Self-sufficiently, the tribute horses and camels, the tribute envoys are endless. In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu, he sent two horses to pay tribute to the good horses, and congratulated the watch, I especially remember the approximately, its table cloud: 'Gong Wei Ming Emperor, by the order of the heavens, unify the four seas, benevolence and virtue Hongbu, and grace to raise the class. All countries admire, Xianzhi God wants to rule the world peacefully, and the emperor is specially appointed to be the lord of billions of trillions, bright and vast, like a mirror of heaven, there is no far, and Xianzhao is coming. The minister Timur, who is thousands of miles away, respectfully hears that he is magnanimous and magnanimous, beyond eternity, and has no blessing since ancient times, the emperor has it, and the country that has not been obeyed, the emperor has obeyed it. The distant and obscure places are all clear. The old are not happy, the young are long, the good are blessed, and the evil are fearless. Now and the grace of the distant country, all the merchants come to China, so that the view of the capital city, rich and majestic, such as out of the darkness, suddenly see the day, how fortunate it is! He also undertook the letter of grace and soothing questions, so that the stations and posts were connected, the roads were impervious, and the people from distant countries could get their help. Admiring the Sacred Heart, like a cup of the world, makes the hearts of the ministers suddenly bright. The tribes in the courtier's country, hearing the sound of Zide, dancing and feeling, the minister has no way to repay the favor, but to praise and wish, the blessing of longevity is like heaven and earth, and it is eternal and endless. I don't know who wrote this statement, but it is brilliant, and it is not inferior to my bachelor Hanlin. Taizu got the table and was deeply pleased with his words. However, after that, the Jingnan army rose up, and the two families stopped contacting. ”

Huang Zhan nodded and said, "I see." Since the two families were in harmony before, can we borrow troops from this Timur? ”

Zhang Shixing said categorically: "Absolutely not." If you borrow troops from this person, it is tantamount to luring a wolf into the house. ”

Zhu Yunwen asked, "Jingzhi, why do you say that?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "First, I see that this Timur's tribute to my Ming Dynasty is not out of sincerity, but to spy on the truth of my dynasty. "Chinese Library

Huang Zhan asked, "Senior brother, how can you see it?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Our dynasty has always adhered to the system of tribute, and other countries are eager to pay more tribute in exchange for more gifts, and the number of horses and camels they pay tribute each time is only dozens, which is unreasonable." Obviously not a sincere tribute. Moreover, from the Chagatai Khanate to Jingshi, all the way from the Western Regions to Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, and then to Beijing, the mountains and rivers of China are all under his eyes, and I suspect that Timur harbors evil intentions and plots against him. ”

Zhu Yunwen asked, "What about the second?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "Second. China is founded on Confucianism, with a humble gentleman and a good people. That Timur believed in Islam, had a brutal temperament, destroyed the temple and destroyed the country, as evidenced by the city of Delhi and the Nalanda Temple. If he is allowed to invade our country, the civilization of China for thousands of years will be wiped out, and it will be more prosperous than the Yuan Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Therefore we must not borrow troops from them. ”

After Zhu Yunwen heard this, he nodded and said, "It seems that it is better for us to go to King Zhongning." ”

The three of them returned to the place where the ship was anchored, continued north, walked for more than a month, and finally came to the ancient city of Delhi. They paid for the boat, abandoned the boat, and went ashore into the city.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, that is, the year when Ming Taizu died and Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, Timur led an army of 100,000 to capture Delhi, looted it, and burned the city.

Now, seven or eight years later, the place is gradually populated, but the ruins are still everywhere. The most magnificent part of the city is still a large mosque, with a square dome in the shape of a castle, and the square outside the mosque is full of kneeling crowds of people praying.

Zhu Yunwen and the others hurriedly made a detour, not wanting a group of Mongolian soldiers to suddenly come in front of them, and seeing that they did not go to pray, and seeing that although they were wrapped in white cloth and covered in flowers, they were all Chinese faces, so they became suspicious, and immediately each held a spear and surrounded them, and kept asking.

But Zhu Yunwen and the others didn't understand what they were saying, so Zhang Shixing communicated with them in Mongolian, so he understood what they were asking.

It turned out that the soldiers were interrogating who they were and where they were going.

When Zhang Shixing saw that Xingzang was exposed, he replied that it was a monk of the Ming Dynasty who had come to visit the holy land of Nalanda Temple, and now he was going to return from the Western Regions.

When the soldiers heard this, they rushed up and tried to catch a few of them. Seeing this, Zhang Shixing immediately stepped forward to fight with these soldiers in one place, he punched and kicked down several people in an instant, and took Zhu Yunwen and others to fight and retreat, those Mongolian soldiers were in hot pursuit, and suddenly one of them whistled, and the other Mongolian soldiers patrolling nearby also rushed over, blocking their retreat, dozens of people stepped forward to fight with Zhang Shixing in one place, Wang Shu saw that the situation was not good, and also rushed forward to join the battle group, the two of them fought tightly with these Mongolian soldiers, and suddenly heard an exclamation, they turned their heads to look, Zhu Yunwen and Huang Zhan were both grabbed by the Mongolian soldiers, with long knives across their necks, and one of the leaders of the Mongolian soldiers shouted to Zhang Shixing: "Don't stop yet, or you will kill your companion on the spot." ”

Zhang Shixing and Wang Shu had no choice but to sigh and tie their hands.

The Mongols took out ropes, tied them to their horses, and escorted them on the road out of Delhi on their way north.

In the evening, when the group slept in the wilderness, the Mongol soldiers tied their feet and necks, loosened their hands, handed them water bags and dry food, and walked away to talk and laugh.

Huang Zhan whispered to Zhang Shixing: "Senior brother, why do they want to arrest us, and where are they taking us?" ”

Zhang Shixing glanced at the leader and whispered to the other three: "That person is a centurion, they say that we are the spies of the Ming Dynasty, and they want to take us to meet their Great Khan." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly and said: "This Timur has always been good friends with our Ming Dynasty, why do you call us spies." ”

Zhang Shixing thought for a while, but said: "It's not good, is this Timur going to fight with our Ming Dynasty, so he wants to arrest the Ming people in the territory indiscriminately as spies." ”

Wang Shu said: "Then let the master reveal his identity and persuade him not to attack the Ming Dynasty." ”

Huang Zhan said: "That's fine. When we see that Timur, we can see the opportunity to act. ”

Zhang Shixing smiled bitterly: "If the master reveals his identity, then Timur can't ask for it, and he can justifiably attack the Ming Dynasty." ”

Huang Zhan said: "Then we can also take the opportunity to return to the country." ”

Zhang Shixing said: "I'm afraid we have become other people's puppets, and we can't help ourselves." If it is like what he did in India, we would rather not return to the country than rely on his power. ”

Zhu Yunwen said unhappily: "Let's take a step and see a step." Wait until you see Timur. ”

In this way, their small group of men and horses stayed overnight, traveled all the way to the northwest, crossed the mountains and mountains, went through hardships, walked for more than three months, and finally came to Samarkand, the capital of Timur's country.

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