In Guo Ye's opinion, where is the city lord's mansion in front of him the official residence of the city lord?

It is not so much an official residence as a ruined temple made of mud bricks and wood. The reason why Guo Ye thought it was a broken temple was because he stood outside, and he could intuitively see through the gate that there were clay statues of Buddha one after another, no monks, no incense, no Sanskrit sound, but there were Buddha statues standing one after another.

This city lord's mansion is both like a Buddhist temple and an official residence, which is really nondescript.

Soon, the guard went and returned, and with him came a middle-aged man, who rushed towards Guo Ye with a smile on his face, and his attitude was extremely enthusiastic.

The guard general whispered to Guo Ye, and Yun Sheng translated in time: "He said that this is the city lord of their Hariana City, Mo Luodan. ”

This is the city lord of Hariana City in front of you?

Guo Ye saw that the other party was not wearing a traditional Tianzhu national costume Toti suit, but a light yellow monk robe, and there was no turban on his head, but a thin layer of short hair, barefoot and barefoot, and dark complexion.

How do you look at it, it doesn't look like the lord of a city, but more like an ascetic in Tianzhu.

Sure enough, as soon as the city lord of Morodan saw Guo Ye, he immediately clasped his hands together like a monk, leaned over and bowed slightly, and spoke in Tianzhu, Guo Ye only understood the beginning of the Buddhist chanting "Amitabha". It seems that this city lord really uses his bean bag as dry food, and prefers to treat himself as a great monk.

Yun Sheng mended his sword in time and said: "The city lord of Morodan said that the envoys of the Heavenly Empire are welcome to come from afar, and please forgive me for missing it." ”

Guo Ye smiled slightly when he heard this, and said in his heart, yes, this attitude is okay.

He and Xuanzang also stayed for a while, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he immediately clasped his hands together with the gift of a Buddhist monk, and saluted: "Amitabha, the lord of Morodan, disturb me!" ”

Yunshang was beside him, and there was another wave of translation.

Before Yunshang finished translating, the city lord of Morodan was shocked by Guo Ye's gesture of clasping his hands together to preach the Buddha's ceremony, followed by a smile on his face, and while stretching out his hand to enthusiastically invite Guo Ye in, he spoke in Tianzhu dialect again and again.

Yunshang exhaled like a landy and whispered in Guo Ye's ear: "He said, I didn't expect that the envoy of the Tang Dynasty is also a person who worships the Buddha, and he is really a fellow practitioner, he invited you to enter the city lord's mansion for two days to discuss Buddhism with you." ”

Day, oolong is making a big fuss!

Guo Yeyi's head is black, brother, I'm just drawing a gourd like this, are you serious? When it comes to the Dharma, I'm a complete layman, isn't that embarrassing for me? I don't even know how many words of the Diamond Sutra there are, so what kind of Dharma is I talking to you about? A look is bound to goof.

Immediately, he thought about it and ordered Yunshang again and again: "Yunshang, you tell him that this official has sent an envoy to Tianzhu Kingdom at the behest of the Tang Emperor, and he wants to go to Qunu City to celebrate the birthday of the King of Jieri and form a good alliance between the two countries." Therefore, it is inconvenient to stay in Hariana City for a longer stay, and another day, another day I will have the opportunity to come to Hariana City to discuss the Dharma with him. But right now, the birthday of the king of the ring is approaching, and the major events of the two countries cannot be delayed. ”

Yun Sheng knew what Guo Ye really thought in his heart, looking at his overstretched and anxious look, he couldn't help but smile, glanced at him charmingly, and said softly: "If you don't know how to pretend to understand, you should!" ”

Yu Wenqian also muttered: "You deserve it!" ”

His grandmother's, these two women with their elbows turned out, actually squeezed Lao Tzu at this time?

Fortunately, the city lord of Morodan and the guard general couldn't understand Chinese, otherwise this would be a big mess.

Immediately, he smiled at the city lord of Morodan, and then urged Yunshang in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and explain to someone." ”

Yunshang didn't make trouble this time, and translated Guo Ye's original words 1510.

When Mo Luo Dan heard this, his face immediately became solemn, and he put away his thoughts about inviting Guo Ye to discuss Buddhism together, and nodded again and again to Guo Ye and muttered Tianzhu words, but Guo Ye could see that there was a trace of regret in the eyes of this Mo Luo Dan city lord.

It seems that this city lord is really obsessed with the matter of worshiping the Buddha to the extreme, and it is a pity that he does not escape into the Buddha Gate to govern the city.

Yun Sheng suddenly translated with a somewhat happy expression: "He said that there will be a chance to discuss Buddhism in the future, and at present, we must give priority to state affairs, and the envoy will go to Qunu City to celebrate his birthday, and the king of the ring will definitely be very happy." He also said that the birthday of the king of the ring is approaching, and in order to allow the envoys of the Tang Dynasty to arrive at Qunu City as soon as possible, he is willing to send the elephant army of Hariana City to escort us through Lucknow City to Qunu City. He said that if there is an elephant army to travel, he can speed up the journey and enter Qunu City two or three days in advance. ”

Elephant Army?

The so-called elephant army, also known as the war elephant army, as the name suggests, is to use the elephant as the main combat weapon, and hang multiple layers of fish scales or block iron or steel armor leaves around the elephant's body, as if draped in heavy armor, so that it is invulnerable to knives, guns and arrows, and then people sit on the war elephant to drive the collision and kill the enemy, or with the help of the powerful impact of the war elephant to rush to kill the front of the formation, people sit on the war elephant and shoot arrows, which can be called the earliest heavy armored troops.

In the Shu Kingdom of the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in the allusion of Zhuge Liang's seven captures and seven releases of Meng Huo, Meng Huo relied on a small number of elephant troops at the beginning, and the Shu army was frequently in trouble.

In Tianzhu, the elephant army has always been regarded as a lethal weapon, from the Peacock Empire in BC to the current Tianzhu melee between the north and the south, the elephant army has always been the most effective weapon.

Of course, if it is not in wartime, the elephant army can also be used as a means of transportation responsible for transporting grain, grass and baggage.

As soon as Guo Ye heard that the city lord of Morodan was going to equip himself with an elephant army and escort him to Qunu City, it was false to say that he was not grateful, so he immediately put his hands together again and sang: "Amitabha, thank you for the generosity of the city lord of Morodan!" ”

This time, Yunshang did not translate, but Mo Luo Dan seemed to feel Guo Ye's gratitude, and he also returned the salute with his hands with a smile, and then explained a few words to the guard next to him, and finally nodded to Guo Ye and said a word, turned around and returned to the mansion.

Yun Sheng explained beside him: "He just explained to this guard general about the elephant army escorting us, and finally he said that the time to worship the Buddha and do homework every day has come, and he is going in, so he will not accompany you." ”

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Guo Ye looked at Mo Luodan, who was barefoot and barefoot, and hurriedly returned to the city lord's mansion with his back, and couldn't help but feel depressed, buddy, you don't want to be a monk at home, it's really a loss for Buddhism.

After a while, the guard general took Guo Ye and Yu Wenqian to the elephant army field in Hariana City to select elephants, and after selecting about two hundred elephants, he arranged a few old guides and sufficient elephant trainers for Guo Ye.

Half an hour later, Zhao Jiuchou and Danzhu led three thousand Xichuan troops into Hariana City, and then rested a little near the elephant army field.

He and Yu Wenqian and Yunshang shared an elephant, hugging Yuwenqian in front of him, and Yunshang holding his waist behind.

Three days later, he entered Lucknow City and was warmly welcomed by the Lord of Lucknow.

However, Guo Ye still did not stop long, and continued to order the elephant army to advance.

It was not until seven days later, on the 22nd day of the seventh month of the Han calendar, that Guo Ye and his entourage, escorted by the elephant army, arrived outside the gate of Qunu City, the capital of the Northern Tianzhu Kingdom.