On today's oath field, a white ox, a sheep, and a fat pig have been prepared—the ox is a god because of whiteness, the sheep is strong because of the peony, and the pig is strong because of fat—but this is not enough to surprise Ximenqing.

Behind the white ox, the sheep, and the fat pig, there is a plow, a plow, and a thorn - the plow is a kind of agricultural tool that turns the soil, shaped like a wooden fork, with a crank on it, and a plow below it, which is used to loosen the soil, which can be regarded as the predecessor of the plow; It belongs to the lower part of the plow, shaped like a shovel or ploughshare, and was first made of wood, and later changed with the times from bronze to ironware.

They are the agricultural tools that the people rely on to make a living, and they work hard when they live and work in peace and contentment, and they fight bravely against the enemy when they overthrow tyranny, which is the manifestation of the mystical Taiji Yin-Yang Fish philosophy in the people's livelihood.

But what is that thorn? The word "朿" is the original meaning of "thorn", two "朿" gathered together, there are thorns next to the thorns, symbolizing that the plants and trees have thorns, which is for "thorns" - now such a large thorn bush is piled up there, looking at it is piercing the eyes.

Although the juxtaposition of the plows and the thorns that dominate the wilderness seemed strange, it was still not enough to surprise Ximenqing.

The things behind the rakes, rakes, and thorns are somewhat interesting—it's a bright sword gate.

Lu You, a patriotic poet of later generations, once had a sentence "Drizzle riding a donkey into the sword gate", but the sword gate in the poem refers to the pass, and at this moment, the sword gate in front of Ximen Qing is really tied with a sharp sword - the upper and lower left and right sides of the door-shaped wooden frame are lined with long and short swords that are bright and snowy, like a wild beast opening its mouth full of fangs, waiting for people to drill in.

Although this sword gate looks a little dangerous, it has no deterrent effect at all for Ximen Qing, who is used to tearing babies and cutting people's heads, and it is not enough to surprise him.

Behind the sword gate, there is a newly dug big pit, next to the fresh soil on the edge of the pit, there is a brightly dressed woman, dressed as a Tibetan dress, which should be a flower-like young age, but at this moment her face is like ashes, but under the fierce eyes of the guards, swallowing and sobbing, trembling.

Ximenqing paid attention to it, and found that although the girl was gorgeously dressed, her face was dark, and her palms and fingers were covered with calluses.

After thinking about it for a while, Ximenqing already understood eight or nine in his heart - but it was precisely because of this understanding that Ximenqing's heart was as surprised as if he was overturned.

Seeing that Gu Mozhi was next to him, Ximen Qing stepped forward and pointed to the woman who was tied up and asked, "Master, what does this mean?" ”

Kumachi smiled: "Why are the allies surprised? It's just a human animal. ”

Ximenqing only felt that a wildfire came up from his heart, and he reluctantly held it back, and said with a smile: "Master Tai will also joke!" ”

Haruma Zhi said: "What kind of conference is this, is it a joke? I have the custom in Fanzhong, on the oath field, when I lose the oath, I pierce the sword gate, the chiefs are all gathered, everyone is led under the sword gate, and the ox, sheep, and pig blood are stabbed. Then he pushed the anti-bound maid into the pit, and put plows, rakes, and thorns on it, and then stoned it, and buried it in the earth, and the sorcerer cursed beside him, and said, "Those who have broken their oaths, be so! His Holiness must know - although this method of human sacrifice is cruel, it is not enough to express the sincerity of my Tubo tribe to the oath, and the solemnity is indispensable! ”

Ximenqing's expression remained unchanged when he heard this, but he just nodded and asked, "Is this maid a prisoner of sin?" ”

Gu Mozhi shook his head and said, "How can the impure things of the prisoners be worthy of the grand gifts? This maid was born as a slave of a wealthy family, and she was the most ingenious among the slaves, and her appearance was also well-born, and she was a pure virgin who had never experienced a man—such a human sacrifice can be called such a solemn oath! ”

Ximenqing nodded again, he finally remembered that Tibet and even later Tibet had always had a strong residual color of slavery, where the tribal leaders had the power to kill and seize slaves, just like they unscrupulously eradicated corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and all the cruelty seemed so natural and unpretentious.

However, Ximenqing knew that what he was doing was only an expedient measure, and it was only a temporary necessity. His endless slaughter was only a precursor to the fact that the sword of Damocles that would hang over the heads of the officials of the new kingdom was sharp enough to warn future generations.

When I had to raise my sword, the weight had turned into a shackle burning on my soul; When the blood splashes and the fresh meat is minced, my heart is also crying with it; Only those who cherish life and fear their lives are truly qualified to slaughter – not just to take a sinless life for the sake of a so-called oath.

Sighing softly, Ximen Qing said to Gu Mozhi: "My Buddha has a cloud: all laws are one, and all beings are equal-since this woman is innocent, how can the master bear to watch her die?" ”

Kuma Zhihe said: "Venerable Hugh blamed the little monk and said - although the little monk has a little thin face in the Tubo people, but the power of one person is not worthy of the thousand-year-old tradition, the little monk also thought about changing shijie, but Zuihou was changed, it is still the little monk himself. After the ups and downs, you will find that although the human form of the world is different, the nature is the same—like the Venerable One, when you can bring them a good life, they will worship you as a god; But when you want to interfere with their good life, the gods will be immediately pulled down from the throne in their hearts - this kind of human power, even if I am the supreme Buddha, cannot be resolved with great divine power and great wisdom, let alone you and me. ”

Ximenqing understood Gu Mozhi's distress - although he was a man of great virtue, he was still a Tubo person, if he still wanted to stay in this crowd, he could only make some helpless concessions between ideals and reality, otherwise he had to hide in a deserted hut to translate the scriptures.

"Okay!" Ximen Qing Yangtian took a deep breath, and like a dragon spitting water, he spewed out all that breath, "As the master said, maybe I will be changed by shijie in the future - but while my heart is still beating before it dies - let me be willful!" ”

Hearing this, Gu Mozhi couldn't help but become worried, and persuaded him with kind words: "Your Holiness must not do stupid things - the customs of Tibet are the most important oath, if the Venerable is strong and disobedient, all the people of Tibet will regard it as a great sin. If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and all the hard work of His Holiness before will inevitably turn into flowing water! ”

Looking at Gu Mozhi's anxious appearance, Ximen Qing suddenly smiled softly: "How can there be a strong Ximen Qing in the world?" Master, rest assured! ”

Seeing that he was confident, Kuma thought for a while, and finally nodded: "So the best, the best!" "At that moment, a lay monk and a monk each give a bow, and the two are separated.

Just now Ximen Qing and Gu Mozhi spoke, and the people next to him didn't dare to come up to disturb, and now seeing that the two Venerables had finished speaking, a group of Tubo Hao chieftains immediately surrounded them and said to Ximen Qing: "Everything is ready, so please ask the Venerable to be wronged once, and follow us to perform the oath ceremony!" ”

With Chao Gai, a master of knowledge, by his side as a translator, Ximen Qing naturally did not have any communication barriers, and nodded with a smile at the moment: "In this case, please start the ceremony!" ”

The chieftains bowed and retreated, and in the command room, the horns whined and blew, one after another, and gradually became one.

The face of the woman at the pit changed miserably. She was born as a slave in Fanzhong, so she naturally knew what the sound of the horn meant, and although she had succumbed to her fate, when it came to the end, she couldn't help but hope for a miracle.

Ximenqing looked at the woman's desperate and crazy eyes, and couldn't help but shake his head - how fragile life is, and how wonderful human nature is!

At this time, Chao Gai asked Ximen Qingdao: "What did Brother Fang Cai and Senior Brother Gu Mozhi discuss?" I saw him standing with a thoughtful look. ”

Ximenqing smiled: "Does my brother also want to know?" There was a mystery in his smile, enough to leave the Mona Lisa of later generations several streets, and da Vinci could only sigh when he was born at the wrong time.

Chao Gai's curiosity immediately rose, and he almost lost his knowledge for a while: "Brother, say it!" The wit that can impress Senior Brother Gu Mozhi must be extraordinary! ”

However, Ximenqing's next sentence blocked the anxious Chao Gai half to death-"If you want to know how the edge is, my brother just open his eyes and look down!" ”

Chao Gai was gritting his iron mouth and steel teeth to make a difficult choice between "force" and "language temptation", and the rich chiefs came over again: "Then please come with the little ones!" Chao Gai sighed lightly and listlessly translated for Ximenqing, and at the same time, he also knew that he had lost the fastest opportunity to solve it, so he had to open his eyes to see it with curiosity.

Ximen Qing said with a smile: "There are many people!" ”

Saying that, Ximen Qing got up and followed the Hao chiefs to the front of the Sword Gate, and after stopping, a big Hao Chief solemnly said: "The Venerable Sect first learned that the oath was the gift, and he passed the Sword Gate first, so as to show that a thousand swords and thousands of swords were coming, and the oath would not change!" ”

Ximen Qing listened, and said with a straight face: "Follow the customs." ”

The chieftains nodded, lined up in front of Ximen Qing, and went into the sword gate in order. The sword gate is pierced in a decent manner, and many of the wealthy chiefs have tall bodies, when they drill the sword gate, the thrill is 120,000 points, causing the skin to open the flesh, but the princes and chiefs do not change their faces, wipe away the blood on the surface, and still look solemn and act as if nothing happened.

When all the wealthy chiefs have drilled through the sword gate, Ximen Qing has also seen the tricks of drilling the sword gate, and I think this is also the original intention of the Tubo people to arrange his distinguished guest in Zuihou! So Ximenqing came to the sword gate in the eyes of all the people, and passed through it lightly and skillfully - this sword gate seemed to be a little more urgent for the sturdy Tubo people, but for Ximen Qing, there was quite room for maneuver, and it seems that the people who set up this sword gate also had some thoughts.

After the sword gate, there was already a long-bodied man who picked up the door plate knife, cut off the heads of the white ox, the peony sheep, and the fat pig, and received the blood with a clay pot and porcelain, and then gathered to make a sea bowl and brought it to everyone.

"Then please let His Holiness shed his blood!"

Ximenqing nodded when he heard this, drank the blood of the animal, first put it in his mouth, and then applied it to his mouth to show his sincerity in keeping his oath. After the chief of the heroes in Ximenqing, they shed blood in turn, and after the completion, everyone was ghost-faced, and all of them were beautiful.

At this time, two old sorcerers of the two tribes who described the withered tree came out of the crowd and came to the woman in front of the big pit: "Let's look at the gift of people and animals!" ”

The woman by the pit closed her eyes, her body was not lost, and her heart died first. At the moment when all thoughts were lost, I suddenly heard a thunderous shout in my ears: "Slow! "This is exactly what it is:

It is easy to wield the butcher's knife guilty, and it is difficult to twist the innocent with poisonous hands. But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.