Chapter 7: I Am Not Alive*
After Ngawang Hf's body was buried, Lama Mahei called Xu Shun to him.
Mahei Lama took out the string of Buddhist beads that Ngawang had before his death, handed it to Xu Shun, and said:
"This is the Buddha bead given to you by Ngawang H F, you put it away!"
Xu Shun looked at the Buddha beads and said, "This was not given to me by Ngawang H F, he just happened to put the Buddha beads in my hand." ”
"It's not a coincidence. You are the new owner of the Buddha beads! Mahei Lama said.
"New owner? I? …… What are you kidding, I don't want something that is not my own. ”
"Now it's yours, it's your own!"
"How can Ngawang H F give his things to an outsider, I think he is a little confused. Fortunately, it's just a string of Buddhist beads, not some gold and silver jewelry, just give it back to you! Xu Shun said.
"This string of Buddhist beads is more precious than gold and silver treasures, he is qualified to have it only after H F, and it is a token of H F."
"What? …… A token of h f? ......" Xu Shun said, "Then I can't even ask for it!" ”
"Because, you, are the chosen successor of Ngawang H F!" Lama Mahei looked at Xu Shun and said seriously.
"What do you mean? ……”
Mahei Lama was not in a hurry, and slowly told everything that happened to Ngawang H F during his lifetime. How he chose Xu Shun, the swastika symbol in the center of Xu Shun's eyebrows, the Buddhist beads representing the H F token given to Xu Shun at the last moment before Ngawang H F's death, the words that Ngawang H F said before his death, and the last words he left before his death, etc., all the ins and outs of everything are completely recounted.
Xu Shun was confused by the black lama's words, and he didn't come to his senses for a long time. After a while, he said:
"I think you must be mistaken, impossible, I'm an outsider, how can it be your h f!"
"Before a series of coincidences, I also doubted that we were mistaken, until today, when the white smoke after Ngawang hf cremation drifted straight towards you, I was more convinced that you are the person he chose."
"Why?"
"Our H F's succession method is to find the late H F's turn ***, and the white smoke after H F's cremation will guide the direction of our spirit child, but today, the white smoke after his cremation drifted straight towards you."
"It's just a coincidence, it doesn't say anything."
"What about the swastika on your eyebrows? Exactly the same as Ngawang H F, how can this be explained? Also, why did he give you the Buddha beads, this string of Buddha beads can only be owned by the previous h f, and it is a token of h f. If these are all coincidences, what about the last words he left behind before his death? ”
"What last words?"
"Did Ngawang write anything in a scripture book before he died?"
"He wrote something, but it was written in Tibetan, and we couldn't read it, and we didn't know what it was."
"But we found it, we saw it, and that's what he left for us."
"What is written?"
"Disaster strikes suddenly, don't look for the spirit child, there is a swastika in the eyebrows, my successor.
Heaven descends to save people, the source of water, the soul of all things. ”
"I don't know what that means, and I'm not interested in knowing. But I know that if you want to choose a successor, you should be looking for a successor, not me. ”
"I think there must be a reason why Ngawang chose you in such a hurry."
"What could have caused him to make such a ridiculous decision?"
"Ngawang h f is God, and all the decisions he makes are God's will, and there are no ridiculous choices. The sudden disaster has damaged our water supply, and soon the sea here will all dry up. Ngawang HF knows that the most important thing at the moment is to save water, and this is something that only HF can do. We don't have time to look for spins anymore. Mahei Lama said.
"Or ......" Lama Mahei paused, he wanted to say something, but hesitated.
"Or what?"
"Or, you're his turn ***."
"How is that possible? Do you look like a child? ”
"Because you're not from our world. We are completely isolated here, no one from outside has ever come to us, you are the only one, perhaps, this is God's will. ”
"You still haven't made it clear, I'm not a child, but a real adult."
"Because the time here is not the same as the time outside. I once heard Ngawang H F inadvertently mention that there is a world outside of our world, and the time of the two worlds is not the same. ”
"What a mess, I don't understand."
"Our village has been isolated here for generations because we have a special mission. We are in two completely different worlds, but there is a certain overlap between the time here and the outside world, and at the same time, the time in the outside world is much faster than ours. ”
"What do you mean?"
"To put it simply, in the overlapping time, Ngawang Hf is dying, his soul has been detached from the body and reincarnated into your body, and you just happened to be born, but because time flies very quickly in the outside world, you have grown up and come here under the guidance of God, but our time is very slow, so you will see Ngawang Hf before his death at the last moment."
Xu Shun was confused when he heard this, and he asked several questions in a row:
"What the hell is this place?"
"Where the hell is this?"
"You just said that you have a mission here, who are you? What are you doing here? ”
Lama Mahei said, "You have so many questions that I can't answer them all for a while. There are some things I can't say right now, and there are some secrets that only H F knows. When you're done with the Ritual and you're the real H, I'll tell you all the secrets here, and that's what you should know. However, this can only be after the ceremony has been held. ”
"What is a sitting*pawn*?"
"Then you will know that you can only become a real H f if you hold a *ceremony*."
Then, Lama Mahei told Xu Shun that the ceremony would be held in three days.
"Wait a minute, I didn't promise to be your hf, there's no way I'm going to stay here." Xu Shun hurriedly said.
"You are h, f it is the will of God. Heaven's will cannot be disobeyed, or it will be punished. Since you have come here, it is also the will of God, and you cannot get out here. ”
"What do you mean, what do you mean you can't get out?" Ma Hei's last sentence caught Xu Shun's attention.
"We have no exit here, this is a completely isolated world."
"How is that possible, then how did we get in!"
"I don't know how you came here all of a sudden, maybe that's what God has planned. But can you go back? ”
Only then did Xu Shun remember that the way they came had been completely cut off.
Could it be that they really can't get out?
"No way, there must be another way out."
"I'm not going to lie to you, no one has ever come in or gone out here, maybe there is an exit, but no one knows."
Xu Shun wanted to say something more, but Lama Mahei interrupted him: "Okay, there are still many things to prepare for the ceremony in three days." In these two days, there will be a special lama to take care of you, and someone will teach you the relevant rules and etiquette, so you have to cooperate well. Any problem has to wait until after this incident. ”
After saying this, Lama Mahei stood up and walked to the door.
"You stop," Xu Shun shouted, "I won't be your h's f." ”
The Mahei Lama paused, did not look back, and walked out directly.
Xu Shun told everyone what Maha Hei Lama said. Everyone was surprised, except for Xu Shun who had inexplicably turned into h f, and they wanted to know when they would be able to get out of here.
"If that is the case, are we going to stay here forever and not be able to get out? …… That's not good, even if you stay here as a hf, I'm definitely going out, I don't want to stay here for the rest of my life, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet! The mouse said.
"There must be another way, or maybe Lama Mahei lied to you?" Tian Tian said, "Do you want to stop asking others?" ”
"In this temple, we don't know anyone, who can we ask?" Xu Shun said.
"Maybe we can ask Dr. Dazhen." Wang Feng said.
"But as you saw last time, Dr. Dazhen didn't answer our questions at all." Xu Shun said.
"It's because he was so vague last time that I think he should know something." Wang Feng said.
Wang Feng and Xu Shun found Dr. Dazhen.
They hope to find the answer from Dr. Dazhen.
"Dr. Dazhen, please tell us how we can get out of here?"
"Get out? Where to go? ”
"Go to what you call the outer world, where we came."
"I don't know where you came from. I don't know what else is outside of this village.
"Haven't any of you ever been out of here?"
"Nope."
"Never?"
"Never."
"There must be a way out here, can you please tell us?" We have no intention of breaking into here. ”
"Since you have come, you will be safe, since you have come here, this is fate, why do you want to go out?"
"We're not from here, we have to get out."
"I can't help you, I don't know where you're from, and I've never heard of the outside world."
Dr. Dazhen looked very sincere, and he didn't look like he was lying.
Wang Feng and Xu Shun went back dejectedly.
They were disappointed, but they told everyone what Dr. Dazhen had said.
Wang Feng said: "It seems that there is really no one here who knows how to get out. ”
Tian Tian said: "Actually, we can go out without hurrying, I think this place is very strange, what are the people here doing here?" Why did Xu Shun become h f? Don't you all want to know why? ”
"I'm not interested in anything, I just want to get out of this strange place as soon as possible," said the mouse. ”
But Abu was unusual, saying: "Xu Shun is h f, this is the will of heaven, you can't go, I can't let you go." ”
Xu Shun said: "It's not that you let us go, we are not from here at all, you are not from here, are you from here or stupid?" ”
But Abu insisted, saying, "You are, you are H F, this is a revelation from God." ”
Xu Shun said: "I don't want to be anything hf!" ”
Tian Tian said: "I think you should go and be H F, only then can we figure out all the mysteries." ”
Xu Shun said: "What does this have to do with us? We don't need to figure it out. ”
Tian Tian said, "Aren't you curious? What Mahei Lama told you, their mission, and some secrets that only H F can know, don't you want to know what secrets they will tell you when you become H F? ”
Xu Shun was annoyed and said, "I don't want to know, I'm not interested at all, what h f, which of you likes to be whom." ”
Tian Tian said: "This is not something that anyone can do if they want to. If Ngawang H F had chosen me, then I would have been happy to do it, but unfortunately not. ”
Xu Shun said: "Why are you so curious? Do you know that curiosity kills cats? ”
Tian Tian said: "People, we must have the spirit of exploring to the end, and we should find a way to figure out things we don't understand." ”
She paused for a moment and asked everyone mysteriously, "Have you heard the legend of Jiuzhaigou?" ”
"What legend?" Xu Shun asked.
"Legend has it that Jiuzhaigou was created by a god in the sky with a spell. After she built Jiuzhaigou, she also built an isolated village here. And the mission of the people in this village is to protect one thing here for generations, and this thing is the water source of Jiuzhaigou. ”
"Then tell me, where is the water source?" Xu Shun asked.
"How do I know where the water source is, but didn't Lama Mahei tell you that the water source is damaged? That's why these seas will dry up. ”
"This has nothing to do with us, you guys are okay, even if you don't leave, there is food and drink here, but what about me, I have to be pushed out to be a monk, I am still so young, I don't want to be a monk!"
"It's not a monk, it's a god-like existence, you should be happy."
"Whoever is happy will go, anyway, I am absolutely leaving."
Yang Li suddenly said:
"Don't make any noise, you want to go, I want to go more", she pointed to her legs, "but I'm like this now, I can't stand up, how can I go?" ”
"Yes, we can't walk now, even if we have to go, let's wait for Yang Li's legs to get better before leaving, okay?" "I promise," pleaded, "I promise that when her leg is a little better, we'll go with you at once." But as you can see, her leg is infected like this, and now she must be treated here, otherwise this leg will be useless, you can't leave us behind, let's come together, we have to walk together, right? ”
The stone looked at Wang Feng. Wang Feng thought for a while and said, "Let's go, we definitely have to go, but Sister Yang's situation is no way to go now, and we can't leave them here, let's wait for her to get better before leaving!" ”
Wang Feng came over again and said to Xu Shun: "I understand your current mood, but there is no way out now, even if you go, where can you go?" ”
Xu Shun couldn't answer for a while.
Wang Feng continued: "Wait a few days, Sister Yang's leg will be better, and we won't be too late to go." And we can also take advantage of these few days to inquire again, maybe we can find a way out? You say, don't you? ”
Xu Shun didn't know how to answer.
Wang Feng said again: "Then let's do it, everyone is a little restless now, Sister Yang, you can recuperate with peace of mind first, we promise that we will not leave you here alone, if you want to leave, everyone will go together." In the next two days, we will try to find a way out and see if we can find a way out. ”
Everyone couldn't think of a better way for a while, so they could only stay in the temple and continue to wait.
At night, the temple finally quieted down, and the hot scene and the endless chanting of the day had dissipated, and the temple returned to its former tranquility. After a day of tossing and fright, everyone was exhausted, and in this quiet night, they soon fell asleep.
But Xu Shun's heart has been uneasy, and he can't sleep. In the middle of the night, he woke up the mouse and quietly called him outside.
"Mouse, do you want to get out?"
"I'm sure I'm thinking,, why are you staying here?"
"Then let's run!"
"Run? How to run? ”
"Right now, while they're asleep, we'll slip away."
"But didn't Wang Feng say that everyone will leave together in a few days?"
"You stupid, how many days are days? Can Yang Li's leg be fine without ten days and half a month? Are we going to wait until then? Xu Shun said again, "Besides, three days later, I will be sitting on the *dian*, I can't wait." ”
"And what do you mean?"
"Let's go now, just the two of us, run! It's not easy to run away when there are too many people, just the two of us, there is no drag, and we run fast. ”
"But what about them?"
"I can't help it, it's not that I don't wait for them, do you think, what are they doing here, I'm going to be pushed to be a monk, do you think I can be the same as them?"
"That's right."
"Don't say it, hurry back and get your things, and leave right away." Xu Shun couldn't wait.
"But where are we going? We don't know the exit, do we? ”
"No matter, let's run out of the temple first, this place is too evil, let's find a place where no one is hiding first."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
So, the two sneaked back to where they were sleeping, grabbed their bags, and prepared to escape.
Suddenly, the mouse tripped over something, and the other threw himself into the air, and the whole person fell to the ground, causing him to scream in fright.
Xu Shun hurriedly covered his mouth and made a "shhhh
"Run!" Xu Shun whispered. He pulled up the mouse, and the two of them ran out the door.
Abu was stumbled by the rat and suddenly woke up from his dream. He rubbed his eyes and saw two dark figures running out the door.
Abu was so frightened that he shouted, "Oh no, they ran away...... Come on, h f ran away......"
Abu shouted as he got up, unable to put on his clothes, and chased after him quickly.
He shouted as he chased, and this scream woke up the entire temple.
Soon, Xu Shun and the mouse were arrested.
Because of Xu Shun's escape, the temple was disturbed, and everyone did not sleep well.
Wang Feng and Tian Tian looked at the embarrassed Xu Shun and the rat who were arrested, and did not speak.
Xu Shun couldn't face his companion for a while, he opened his mouth, and stopped talking.
"Okay, don't say it, we know what you think in your heart, and we don't blame you, it's just that everyone said they would go together, but you just want to run away by yourself, and you make us feel too cold." After speaking, Tian Tian pulled Wang Feng and turned his head and left.
"I didn't...... I'm not ......" Xu Shun still wanted to explain, but Tian Tian pulled Wang Feng and walked without looking back.
The mouse said: "Hey, it's okay now, I didn't run away, I didn't say anything, and I offended them all!" ”
Xu Shun said regretfully: "I didn't expect this either...... If I had known, I wouldn't have run, and now it's too late to say anything! ”
Abu whispered, "You must all blame me, don't you?" Actually, I just don't want you to escape. As long as you promise not to run away, I won't say anything more. He kept his head down and his voice was small.
Xu Shun looked at him and said, "Forget it, what can I blame you......
The Mahei Lama took Abu and Xu Shun to another room.
He patiently said to Xu Shun:
"I know that it is difficult for you to accept that you are the successor of H F, but you are the successor chosen by Ngawang H F, and this is God's arrangement. Forget about today's events, and we won't talk about it again. It's just that you don't have to have the idea of running away anymore, where can you run away? We need you now, and only you can save our water, so I beg you to stay. ”
"Today's incident is my fault, and I don't want to trouble you. But as I said a long time ago, I'm not hf, and I can't help you save any water, I don't even know what this thing is. ”
"You should know that the sea outside has dried up, and we have less and less water here, all because our water source has been damaged. If the water source is not saved, without water, the sea and the village here will eventually disappear, and all the people here will die. ”
"Then you tell me, how to save it, and I'll save it right away."
"Forgive me for not being able to say it right now. As I said, there are some secrets that only H F can know, and I will not tell you until you have completed the Sitting Dictionary and become the real H F. ”
"I've been talking for a long time, but I just can't say it!"
"I'm sorry, for the sake of the people of the whole village, and for the water source of the entire Jiuzhaigou, I have to leave you here."
Then the Mahei Lama said to Abu very politely:
"Abu, I want to give you a special mission, is that okay?"
"Of course, please ask the master to command."
Abu had great respect for the monks of this kind of temple, and he felt that it was an honor to be able to accept the task given to him by the master.
"Thank you for your candor. The task I want to give you is very simple, that is, I hope you can be responsible for accompanying Xu Shunhf, being by his side all the time, protecting him, and not letting him have the slightest mistake, can you? ”
"Absolutely, very willingly! Being able to protect h f is a blessing that I have cultivated for several lifetimes! When Abu heard that he wanted to protect hf, he was more excited than anyone else.
"Okay, then Xu Shunhf's life will be left to you. In the next few days, there will be a special lama to teach him the rules of etiquette, and you can help him. ”
"Okay, please rest assured, master." After Abu finished speaking, he placed his right hand on his left chest and bowed to the master.
"Mm-hmm, okay, then hard work for you!"
Then, he said to Xu Shun:
"I hope you don't blame us and stay here in peace!"
After the Mahei Lama finished speaking, he left with peace of mind, leaving only the excited Abu and the helpless Xu Shun, Xu Shun looked at Abu and smiled bitterly, but Abu jumped up happily.
"You know what? I have never been close to H F in my life, and I dare not look up at H F when I am blessed by H F, how holy he is! Abu looked up with an admiring expression.
Then he looked at Xu Shun again and said, "But I didn't expect that you were actually h f!" And I can take care of you closely! This is the first time I've been so close to H F, and my family has never had this kind of opportunity, and they will be very happy to know it, and they will be proud of me! ”
"You save it, sober and sober, you can see clearly, I'm really not h f. Mahei Lama asked you to stay with me, just to keep you under surveillance, fool! ”
"I'm not stupid, I do! And I can see it clearly, you have a swastika on your eyebrows, and you still have the Buddha beads that Ngawang h f gave you, you are h f. ”
"That's what you say?" Xu Shun took out the Buddhist beads in his bag and said, "Then I'll give it to you now, and you're also hf."
As he spoke, he was to put the beads into Abu's hand.
Abu was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back, and he rebuked Xu Shun seriously and loudly: "How can you do this, you can't treat what Ngawang H F gave you like this!" ”
Xu Shun looked at Abu, who was a little serious and a little angry at this time, and felt that he was really stupid and cute, so he said, "I really don't know what to say about you." ”
"You don't have to say anything to me, just tell me if you need anything, and from now on, you are my God." Abu looked like he believed that Xu Shun was H F, and was ready to obey him.
"What a god, a god of nervousness!" Xu Shun said jokingly.
Seeing that Xu Shun was so incorrect, Abu stopped paying attention to him, and when Xu Shun saw Abu's serious appearance, he also felt that he really shouldn't tease him with his beliefs, so he didn't continue to joke.
After a while, Xu Shun said to Abu again:
"Abu, I mean really, I'm really not H F, you don't look at me, okay?"
Xu Shun tried to convince Abu again, but he still didn't want to give up, he didn't want Abu to really be by his side to spy on him all the time.
"You're H F, it's just that the ceremony hasn't taken place yet. After sitting on the *classic*, you are h f. ”
"Why don't you understand what I'm saying? I don't want to stay here, I don't want you to guard me, I want you to let me go. ”
"I'm not going to let you go. Mahei Lama said that only you can save their water source. For the sake of the whole village, I won't let you go. ”
Xu Shun thought, it seems that it is impossible to want Abu to take the initiative to let him go, and Abu's road will not work.
Then, he thought of all kinds of ways to try to break Abu, but Abu was always by his side, never leaving an inch, and all Xu Shun's thoughts came to naught. Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, Xu Shun stopped tossing.