Chapter 2 Barricades
Wuda got up, but he was not in a hurry to raise his head, and after sitting upright, his hands were sealed, and he gently chanted an auspicious mantra in his mouth, praying for the great living Buddha.
Bo Jie smiled...... The respect that came from the bottom of his heart was why he liked Uda.
Tantric inheritance for thousands of years, the founding of the country of Tubo for a hundred years, step by step development to today, may be slightly inferior to Dayan, but it has long become a great country in the world, far from being comparable to Nanli, the plateau is strong and strong, the holy city is full of talents, and the great living Buddha is surrounded by capable characters who can take on great responsibilities, but among the two people he favors the most, there is this Wuda in front of him.
Uda is a close disciple of the Great Living Buddha, but his appearance... His skin was dry, his face was wrinkled, his eyebrows were gray, his eyes were cloudy, and he was in his prime, and the apprentice looked more than twenty years older than his master.
In fact, Wu Da is only in his thirties, but he has a premature aging disease, and it is a miracle that he can live until now, perhaps because he may die at any time, so he is so pious, and if he can't cultivate in this life, he will practice in the next life.
Not only did Progeria live past thirty, but there was another miracle in Uda...... Because of the strange disease, Uda had a middle-aged face when he was a baby. Others took him for a monster and drove him out of his home, and the baby wandered around the plateau, and after a whole winter, a passing caravan accidentally found a dying doll on the trip. The leader of the caravan was a good man and saved Uda. Everyone who asked him about his experience was surprised, the winter on the plateau was brutal and snowy, and if there was no equipment, even adults would surely die, but with a little doll who was seriously ill, he was able to survive until now.
Half a month later, Xiao Wuda, who was walking with the caravan, suddenly fell into a coma and had a high fever, and the medicine stone was ineffective, just when everyone thought that he was going to die of a serious illness, he relied on his amazing vitality to live, and what was even more surprising was that this time the originally illiterate doll was able to sing and recite a song of praise to the Holy King after waking up, with clear tones and loud singing, from the tune to the rhyme are all impeccable...... On the plateau, there is a legend of the "divine singer" since ancient times, most of them are children, after a high fever, the god protector of the Holy King opened the door of wisdom, millions of words of the long epic is like a stream. Almost every 100 years, there will be a singer who is given by God, and is regarded by believers as a great wishful and auspicious.
Xiao Uda's incident shocked everyone, and some good people even visited his hometown, and when they arrived at the place, they found that their former home had long been buried by the blizzard, and there was no survivor. As a result, things have become even more bizarre, and there are two theories about believers having a stroke, one is that his hometown expelled Xiao Uda and was punished by God; The other is that his hometown is unknown, but the gods have blessed him to leave early to avoid disaster...... No matter what version it is, it is inseparable from the gods and Buddhas.
The matter spread more and more widely, and finally learned of it for the Chaitso Ta Palace, the Great Living Buddha issued a decree, summoned Xiao Wuda to the Holy Palace for an audience, and even accepted him as a close disciple. In the following twenty years, Uda performed outstandingly, doing things meticulously and capably, which did not match his age at all, which is not difficult to explain, how can the divine singer open the door of wisdom, how can mortals compare, coupled with his undeceitful piety, he won the trust of the Great Living Buddha.
After repeating the auspicious mantra three times, Wuda finally raised his head: "What did the teacher call me?" The disciple respects the decree of the law. ”
The Great Living Buddha shook his head: "There is no Dharma to be transmitted, so I called you here to ask, how are the preparations for the Seven-Seven Festival?" ”
The puja is huge, and the cronies under Bo Jie have their own duties, and Wuda is in charge of the most important part of the Great Living Buddha: the foreign envoy.
Tantric Buddhism prevails on the plateau, but it does not mean that no one believes in the outer lands, the simplest, there are a large number of ascetic practitioners in Nanli, and there are many believers in Dayan and the grassland.
For ordinary believers, the Great Living Buddha is not interested in listening, and Wuda will not be verbose, he only picks the most important figures: "Nanli, headed by Miaoxiang auspiciously, more than 100 Zen monks congratulate, and the leader is Wuyu Shitai." ”
"Isn't that reincarnated Venerable coming?"
"It is said that Venerable Wuyan has attained the divine cloud and is in retreat." Shi Xiaoxiao doesn't come to the plateau, there must be a reason, and Wuda truthfully relayed the reason given by Miaoxiang auspiciously.
Bo Jie shook his head indifferently, after all, the weight of a bhikshuni without fish was heavy enough.
Wu Da continued to report: "The domain sect master Yunding Living Buddha is also with Master Wuyu, how to deal with this person at that time, I still have to ask the master for his will." ”
"You don't need special treatment, how to treat other living Buddhas, it is the same for him." Bo Jie coldly sunned: "You don't have to do anything here, his business, I have already instructed Khenpo Kicha." ”
Khenpo is not a personal name, but the title of a position, the meaning of the chief official in the palace, and the status is similar to that of the chief eunuch in the palace of the Han family, but there are no women in the palace of Chaitsota, so Khenpo Kicha does not need to be purified, and is a healthy person.
The Khenpo mentioned by the Living Buddha is on a par with Uda, and is the other of the two people whom Bo Jie trusts the most.
Wuda nodded and changed the topic: "Yan, the twenty-one Sumeru Zen Monastery will be represented, first gathered in the Eye City, and then led by the first Tianhong Dharma of the Bright Temple of the Lei Yin Terrace, to the Holy City to watch the ceremony. After speaking, he paused for a moment and added: "Tianhong is the seventeenth disciple of Yan Guoshi, and now Yan Guo's status is quite high. "There are a lot of disciples of the national teacher, and it was not the turn of 'Ah Seventeen' to be popular, but after Yan Ziping encountered the rebellion in the front and the riots in Eight Eyes City in September, the elite disciples suffered heavy casualties, and the new round of promoted disciples, Seventeen was barely outstanding.
After the master nodded, Wu Da continued: "In addition, the Yan Guoshi has already set off secretly, and he will arrive a few days earlier than the monks of the Great Lei Yin Stage. ”
Yanding's secret visit to the Chaitso Tower Palace is clear, and after Yanding enters the country, it will also be Wuda who will arrange the itinerary and take care of it throughout the process.
Wuda talked about the visit of the Seven-Seven Festival, but there was nothing new in it, and the Great Living Buddha was a little bored when he heard it, so he waved his hand and interrupted him, changing the topic: "What about ghosts?" How's it going now? ”
The foreign affairs affairs in charge of the Qiqi Dharma are only a temporary errand, and fighting ghosts is the important task of Wuda, Wuda responded: "The ghost is hidden in the eastern Xinjiang, and the flag is silent, ready to go." Saying that, Wu Da took a deep breath: "There is another matter, I was about to ask the Buddha Master Cheng Bing, there were some clues, but I couldn't find tangible evidence... Yan Guoshi seems to have a connection with the ghosts, if it is true, the Yan people harbor evil intentions, and they must be guarded against. ”
The Great Living Buddha was not surprised, but suddenly laughed: "Can you find out that Shengjing and Wanggu are in contact?" It's not in vain that I value you, you're good. ”
Uda didn't know how to respond, a little hesitant, and he looked like he wanted to speak.
Maybe it was because I was happy to eat the noodles just now and was in a good mood, or maybe I felt that the time had come to no longer hide anything from my henchmen, Bo said: "If you have any doubts, it doesn't hurt to ask." ”
With the permission of his master, Wuda was much bolder, pondered for a moment in his heart, put the problem together, and said: "A year ago, the ghost disciples began to assemble, hiding in the eastern frontier, and after half a year of assembly, I thought that the gods and ghosts did not know... The disciple is stupid and asks the Buddha to solve his doubts: Why don't you fight the great opportunity? "Wuda has been presiding over the pursuit of the thief, but Wanggu is shrewd, many times he has escaped from the encirclement, this time it is not easy to find out the other party's assembly place, Wuda has asked the teacher to prepare a secret transfer of troops to clear it, but the great living Buddha told him not to pay attention.
Bo Jie did not answer, but opened his mouth and asked, "Is that all?" ”
The question was vague, but Wu Da could understand it, and said in a deep voice: "Then there is that Yan Guoshi is implicated in the adversity of my realm, and his heart can be punished, what is the master, why...... It is difficult for the disciple to understand the holy will. ”
Both things were asked to the point, and Bo Jie happily gave the answer: "Monk Shengjing contacted Wanggu to help me do things; The ghost gangsters and thieves gathered in southern Xinjiang, and this time they were not going to make trouble, they were preparing to attack Dayan. ”
What is the identity of Yan Guoshi, who will do things for the Great Living Buddha Bojie? The Tibetan rebels didn't even have a hard time surviving themselves, so they went crazy to attack Dayan? Two things that are completely unreliable, the Great Living Buddha said it as a matter of course, Wu Da couldn't understand it at all, his expression was confused, his eyes were blank, he looked at the master, he wanted to ask but didn't know where to ask.
The Great Living Buddha didn't explain anything anymore, stood up and said with a smile: "It's time for homework, go down with me." ”
Wuda immediately swept away the confusion, there were many things he didn't understand, but it didn't matter, it was enough for the master to know in his heart, his expression returned to piety, and he didn't rush to get up, true respect has nothing to do with anxiety, and he knelt down again and bowed before he slowly stood up.
Bo Jie was not in a hurry, but he didn't wait for him, and when Wuda stood up, the Great Living Buddha had already walked to the door of the main hall. Soon, the sound of the mighty bell spread throughout the holy mountain, and all the monks in the seven-story temple stopped what they were doing and entered the main hall to practice...... Just as the Tchai Tso Pagoda Palace sounded, the twilight drum also sounded in the eye city, and it was getting late.
Except in special periods, no matter day or night, the eye city will not close the four gates, in the deep twilight, a caravan from Tibet, has already handed over the goods to complete the business, just went through the formalities, is orderly through the west gate of the eye city.
The national teacher is in the caravan, and he has not changed his face. His face can't be disguised, but it's not in the way, he has a way to make all the past checks in the territory accommodating and not coming to check, and that's enough.
In the carriage of the national teacher, there was another person, very young, looking twenty years old, and his appearance was so ordinary that he couldn't be more ordinary, unless he got along for a long time, there was no way to remember his appearance...... Through the cold and miserable white mask, the national teacher's gaze also looked a little gloomy: "Understood? ”
Straw's expression was relaxed, without too much restraint, and she shook her head directly: "I don't understand." ”
The gloomy gaze led to the mask, and there was a smile in the tone of the national teacher's ventriloquism: "What don't you understand?" ”
"I don't understand anything, the matter of Tubo completely confuses me", Straw smiled, reached out and grabbed his unkempt hair: "But it doesn't matter, don't ask now, I will watch and think about it next to my uncle, and I will always figure it out... In case you are still confused, I want you to solve it. ”
Hua Xiaofei continued to go to the door of enlightenment, and left his apprentice in Eye City to help the national teacher before leaving. Yan Ding likes this junior very much, and on this trip to the plateau, he brought straw with him.
"Good." The national teacher nodded, and he was about to close his eyes to recuperate, but the straw words were not finished: "But... You don't have to ask about the matter of Tubo first, but you have to explain the money to me, right? ”
As he spoke, the straw showed a distressed expression: "Such a large amount, take it out and feed it to the dog for nothing... You might as well give it to me! ”
The laughter in the ventriloquist was unusually dull, and the national teacher smiled and shook his head: "You don't have to ask about the money first, everything is connected, let's look at it first." ”
Straw wanted to say something, but suddenly the car shook slightly, and it stopped, and an entourage opened the curtain from the outside, and said respectfully: "Master, there is a young man blocking the road, with a token from you in his hand, saying that he wants to ask you to meet him." ”
At this time, the convoy had already left the city gate for a while, and it was dark in the West Mountain, and there were almost no pedestrians on the suburban road.
The person who stopped the car was also a disciple of the national teacher...... One of the most secretive disciples, a little bug.
Concerned is chaotic, the national teacher was obviously startled, waved his hand and retreated left and right, and the little insect didn't say a word, turned around and walked towards the dense forest by the roadside.
Soon the national teacher relaxed, and following behind his disciple, he saw Jingtai. The little insect still didn't speak, saluted the master and the emperor separately, and silently retreated outside to guard.
The national teacher smiled: "Why are you here?" ”
"Send, send... Sending you off. When he answered, Jingtai's teeth chattered. In the middle of summer, others are so hot that they can't wait to take off their human skins, but Jingtai is so cold that his lips are blue and shivering, he comes in casual clothes, and he can't be wrapped in a heavy fur, otherwise it is more eye-catching than wearing a dragon robe.
Jingtai took a deep breath and wanted to suppress the shiver, but it was even colder: "This trip is dangerous, be careful." "I had told it a long time ago, but the emperor still couldn't help but say it again, the national teacher wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say, so he just nodded.
Jingtai smiled, he looked ugly and his face was frozen, so his smile was ugly: "Don't worry, I'm fine... You go, I'll go back when you're gone. ”
The national teacher still didn't know what to say, nodded again, looked at the emperor carefully, and then turned around and left, although he didn't use martial arts, but Yanding walked very fast, the faster he left, the sooner he could go back to warm the palace.
(To be continued)