Chapter 32: The reunion of four members of Qunu City peeks at the national treasure in small talk (II)
History is sometimes such a coincidence, when the family is reunited in this study and chatter. But I saw a courtier hurriedly walking in from outside, and said politely: "King Qiqi, the document presented by the king of the Sata Mudvara Kingdom has arrived!" As he spoke, he presented the paperwork, which was sealed with fire paint.
After Aronashun took the paperwork, he opened it neatly and skillfully. It turned out to be a document presented to the King of the Sun. The gist of the document is basically the same as that of the king of Mosara: the envoys of the Tang Dynasty have arrived in my country of Sata, and their purpose is to worship you, the king......
"Look, the envoy of the Tang Dynasty also came to this country a few days ago, and this old man also gave a lot of things, looking at everything makes me greedy!" Alona pointed to the list of national gifts and reluctantly told the three of them......
At this time, after the two princes took the letter from their father's hand and read it, they found that the national gift was still covetous. Because they know very well: this agate wine cup and this agate wine jug are five Indian, well-known national treasures!
Speaking of the national treasures of the past two years, it also has a lot of origins, just holding the first group, emerald green agate wine glasses, but it has a lot of origins. These two pieces of agate originate from the jade mountains in the eastern part of the country of Kama.
Legend has it that every night, there is always a place that sparkles. Many of the jade miners were very strange and searched in the direction of the light, but every time they came to the front, they found that the light disappeared. Although the group dug three feet into the ground, they found nothing. But after five or three times, the light still appeared. Therefore, it is said that there must be a great treasure in this place of light, but it can only be found by someone who is destined to find it.
This legend has also been passed down for many years. Later, there was a young man who always wanted to find a piece of jade, which he carefully polished and gave as a gift to his lover. However, after searching every inch of Yushan, I never found the beautiful jade I liked.
However, in order to express his most sincere love, although his lover has also persuaded him many times, don't look for it, as long as I understand your heart, but the young man still never gave up. Later, I heard that every night when the wind is dark and high, there is always a bright light on the jade mountain, and there must be a heavy treasure everywhere! Therefore, on a dark night, he walked in the direction of the light, and it was still the same, and the light was extinguished every time he approached.
However, the young man is very persistent, going every night, regardless of wind or rain, and so on for three months, with only one purpose: to get this piece of precious jade.
People are precious is to have a persistent heart, sure enough, maybe God is grateful for his sincerity, or maybe jade and agate are human, this time, looking for the light, to the vicinity, really not extinguished, I saw these two pieces of crystal green agate. So my heart was filled with joy and I thanked Heaven again and again for the gifts.
When he got these two very beautiful pieces of agate, he consulted with his lover about what they were carved into. In the face of the daily firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea, as soon as the two of them are combined, they will be carved into two wine glasses, which can just become a pair, so this jade wine cup was born. It not only symbolizes the beauty of love, but also connects with the hearts of destined people. Later, through many ways, he was exiled to the palace of the king of the sun, and many officials have also seen it, so he is quite familiar......
Let's talk about this agate flask, this black agate elegant flask, which is indeed handed down from the Western world. It was after the king of the ring unification of the whole of India that by chance, an exotic merchant offered a treasure to the king. And it just so happened that this agate emerald green wine glass was in the palace, and the king of the ring saw that the size was right, just one set, so he was very satisfied, and it was combined into a group!
And how did this group of objects end up in the hands of the king of this Satamud Wetvara Kingdom, and we have to talk about this second uncovered conference. At that time, most of the kings of India also came, and they all saw the supreme treasure used by the king of the precepts, and they were also full of love.
Therefore, in order to promote the Buddha, the king of the precepts said like this: Which country's high monks and great virtues can win the championship in this uncovered conference, and give him this group of treasures.
The opportunity was so lucky, at that time, the great monks led by the king of the Satta Mudvara Kingdom sat in the position of the master of this uncovered assembly in one fell swoop, and refuted many monks, so Buddhism flourished. This set of treasures fell into the hands of the king of the kingdom of Sata-mud-vara......
"What a good two things, just like that, alas......" Arona sighed and said to them!
"Then I'll go and get it back for my father and queen mother," Prad said casually.
"What nonsense, this Tang Dynasty is a kingdom of God, although it is thousands of miles away from our five Indias, but it still sent an envoy here. We naturally treat each other with courtesy, how can we attract their attention, you have disappointed me too much! I saw this Alonashun criticize Prad harshly.
"I know my father, my son is wrong," Prad said, bowing his head. But the speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, not to mention that this Datang is also thousands of miles away, just this sentence is deeply engraved in Prader's heart!
After the family got together in a harmonious atmosphere. Seeing that the time was still early, this Alonashun was still lying on the desk and dealing with government affairs......
The two princes followed Almita to the harem for a while. Today's harem has long been replaced by Almita's people, what is the concubine of the King of the Ring Sun, and the maid has long been swept away by this woman. The statues of the Buddha have been erased and replaced by Brahmanical gods!
"Mother, where is this Datang" only listened to the two children, and asked Almita in unison.
Hearing this, Almita also recalled the past, and remembered that when Wang Xuance first went to the Five Indians, he had seen him behind the pearl curtain, and he was in his twenties, looking like a decent man and a gentleman, and he really looked like an envoy.
So she relied on what she heard and said to them: "This Datang is in our northeast, I heard that we have five Indias, and after this Tubo, we will arrive at Datang, this road is either icy and snowy, or there are mountains and rocks, all of which are sheep's intestines, and it is very difficult to walk." However, in recent years, I heard that a sea route has been opened, and you can go to Datang along the sea route, and you have to drift along the sea for several months. The queen mother also heard that this Tang Dynasty is quite big, and I don't know how big the mother is, maybe it's as big as our five Indians! ”
Knowledge: The sea road mentioned by Almita is the earliest maritime Silk Road, called: Guangzhou Tonghaiyi Road. This is clearly recorded in the New Tang Dynasty Book and Geographical Chronicles. There was the "Uja Kingdom" of Guangzhou through the central and southern coastal areas of present-day Vietnam and nearby islands, crossing the Singapore Strait, crossing Java Island, Sumatra, and Nicobar Islands to Shizi Country (present-day Sri Lanka), and then along the west coast of the Indian Peninsula through the Persian Gulf to the mouth of the Euphrates River.
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