We entered the inner courtyard, which was the Tibetan scripture pavilion in the monastery, and when we walked to a hut, Lobsang Tenzup opened the door, and Ding Sanye saw a room of books, his head was already half big, and he said to Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin: "Rinpoche, you know, I don't know a few words, so I won't go in to see this, I'll wait outside with the Iron Rod Lama and wait for you." ”

Khenpo Gonqu Tenzin smiled and said, "Third Master Ding is at his own convenience." ”

Entering the Pavilion of the Tibetan Scriptures, Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin came to a bookshelf, took out a sutra from the top floor and said: "This is a tantric astrology, there are many things in it that are plausible, when I was young in the Jokhang Temple, I tried to figure out some of the things in it, but I have not been able to do it. ”

I took the book, and the scrolls were densely packed with Tibetan, and I couldn't understand what was written. It's just that those astrological charts are similar to what we know.

So Khenpo and I sat down on the table in the Pavilion and began to look at it, Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin translated a sentence, I explained a sentence, and then said something that was not in the book according to what I knew, and Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin was sometimes delighted, sometimes confused, and then nodded silently after explaining it clearly.

Although this book is not thick, it takes too much time to explain it as soon as it is expanded, and after a while, the iron rod lama Lobsang Danzhu lit a butter lamp and sent it in, and told us that Ding Sanye really couldn't wait, and had gone back to the pot village with my friend.

Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin was hearing the excitement and where to go away, and after a while, Lobsang Tedrup and the two lamas brought some food and butter tea.

We ate and chatted, and when we finished talking about a book, it was close to midnight, and Khenpo Gonqu Tenzin did not see a trace of tiredness, and excitedly turned the Buddha beads, and said: "I didn't think that this astrology is so profound, and the old monk is really lonely." ”

Out of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, the iron rod Lama Lobsang Danzhu was still waiting at the door, never left, Kunqu Tenzin Khenpo was still on the head, I did not see sleepiness, so I looked at the Haoyue starry sky, and explained to the Kunqu Tenzin Khenpo the distribution of the heavenly stems and earthly branches, the seven politics and the four surpluses, and the distribution of the stars in the Xuanji Yuheng map. Hearing this, Khenpo couldn't help but nod.

After saying this, Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin was a little reluctant and said, "I am really scared to delay Mr. Chen for so long today, so I will rest for one night in the guest room of my temple tonight." ”

I saw that it was too late to go back at this time, and on the way back to Guozhuang from the temple gate, when we came in the afternoon, we saw many big Tibetan dogs wandering in the streets, and we were also a little afraid.

So he said, "Then it's up to Rinpoche to arrange!" ”

Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin then instructed the iron-roded lama Lobsang Tedrup to arrange for me to have an upper room.

Thinking that Ding Sanye was going to set off in the early morning of the second day, I woke up from my sleep and got up very early, but I didn't expect Khenpo Gonqu Tenzin to get up earlier, and he had already come to the courtyard of the guest room early in the morning.

Walking to the door of the temple, Khenpo Gongqu Tenzin took the Buddhist beads in his hand and said, "Mr. Chen, thank you for helping the old monk solve the mystery that has puzzled him for many years yesterday. ”

I said, "With a gesture, Rinpoche is welcome. ”

Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin handed me the beads in his hand and said, "This string of beads has followed me for more than 40 years, and this string of beads has been with me for decades in cultivating the Great Vedic Vajra Dharma, and it is made of one hundred and eight skulls. The place you're going to this time is extremely dangerous, and I hope you can turn evil into good fortune with you. ”

I was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Rinpoche, this Buddha bead is your beloved object, I have followed you for many years, how dare I take away people's love." ”

Khenshi Kunqu Tenzin preached: "All actions are impermanent. Mr. Chen, don't shirk it. ”

I couldn't refuse, but as a result, I thanked Rinpoche for his kindness! ”

Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin said: "This journey is difficult, please Mr. Chen also tell Ding Sanye to take care of himself all the way." ”

When I returned to my residence, Ding Sanye saw that I was holding the rosary of Khenpo Gonqu Tenzin in my hand, and said with wide eyes and surprise: "Brother, what kind of spell did you use to get all the beloved things of Khenpo Kunqu Tenzin back?" ”

I told Ding Sanye the truth of the matter, Ding Sanye nodded and said: "This Kunqu Tenzin Khenpo is really a master of the Tao, you may not know that the living Buddha of a temple in Lhasa originally wanted to give the Buddha of the Rising Sun Temple an eight-kilogram gold hat in exchange for this string of prayer beads, and the Kunqu Tenzin Khenpo did not agree, you gave him a book to his old man all night, and he actually gave it to you." ”

When Mao heard this, his eyes widened and he said, "You mean that this rosary is worth eight kilograms of gold??? ”

I laughed and said, "I don't think this thing is worth so much money, but it's hard to be gracious, and when I come back, I still hope to return it to Khenpo Gonqu Tenzin." ”

On this day, we came to Zhanggu, bid farewell to Ding Sanye, and we were going to Dangling Snow Mountain.

Ding Sanye said: "Little brother, I originally advised you not to go again, but seeing that you have also made up your mind, then I wish you all a safe and peaceful return, but return to Ya'an, please drink and eat Yayu." ”

After we cherished each other, Ding Sanye took the horse gang to continue north, and we headed northeast in Zhanggu, at this time it was also the end of summer and early autumn, the plateau was already a bleak atmosphere, the grass on the grassland was already yellow, the snow line had reached the edge of the grassland, and it was estimated that it was extremely cold in the mountains.

We bought some cold food and food in Zhanggu, hoping to find a local guide, but as soon as the local Tibetans heard that we were going to the depths of the Dangling Snow Mountain, they told us that the mountain was covered with snow all year round, the air was thin, and there were constant storms and avalanches, and they kept advising us not to go there in this season.

We couldn't find a guide, so we could only ask the locals for the general route, and the locals had only been to the edge of the Dangling Snow Mountain, and no one had really entered the mountain, so we had to give up.

On the morning of the same day, we led our mules and horses along the route pointed out by the Tibetans to the Dangling Snow Mountain.

The first time I climbed the snow mountain, there was still a bit of novelty, but after half a day, everyone began to know the power of this snow mountain, first of all, the wind was ridiculously strong, the wind was sandwiched with snowflakes, blowing so that people's eyes could not open, but fortunately I listened to Ding Sanye's words, saying that walking in the snow for too long is easy to get a kind of snow blindness, so we each prepared a sunglasses.

Secondly, along the mountain, the air becomes thinner and thinner, and you can feel the depression of your chest when you walk, and the higher you go, the more you find that the vegetation on the mountain is becoming more and more scarce.

At this moment, the snow suddenly stopped again, and the sunlight actually came out of the clouds.

After a short rest, we were about to move on, when a red dot suddenly appeared in the snow.

When we got closer, we saw a branch stuck in a large abrupt boulder, with a red cloth ribbon tied to it.

There was also a long arrow carved with a knife on the big stone, and I was very happy, it seems that my uncle also marked the direction for us.

We walked in the direction marked by the arrows, and after walking less than a mile, we could see the same red cloth bands and marked arrows, which saved us a lot of trouble.

After a day's march in the snowy mountains, we finally reached a huge rockfall before dark, sandwiched between two large mountains, and the wind was relatively light, so we found between two boulders, set up a tent, and decided to camp here for the night.

On this snowy mountain, the air is thin, and the fire can't be blown at all, but fortunately a match was prepared, and it took a lot of trouble to light the fire.

By this time, the snow had stopped, and everything around was silent.

After a day of walking, we were already sleepy, and we all wanted to eat something and fall asleep.

I remembered the story of the white wolf that the third master told that day, and said: "In this barren mountain and wilderness, everyone should leave one person to guard it, and sleep alone for a few hours." ”

Tuesday Mao said: "That's right, don't really run into any white wolves then." You go to bed first, I can't sleep right now anyway, drink some wine and wake up first. ”

So I assigned everyone a night watch, and the rest of us gathered around the fire to rest.

I was also tired from walking that day, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long it took, but Chen Yutian, who was on duty at night, woke me up a little nervously and said, "Brother, you hear a voice." ”

I opened my eyes sleepily, and Chen Yutian whispered: "Brother, listen, is it a wolf howl?" ”

As soon as I heard it, there was a wolf howl from the mountains, but the distance seemed to be far away from us, but the mountains were empty and silent, so the sound traveled farther away.

I said, "Maybe the wolves smell people, we have to be careful, the wolves don't have anything to eat at this time, be careful that they attack people." ”

Chen Yutian said a little timidly: "Brother, I... I was a little scared. ”

I smiled and said, "What are you afraid of, there are so many people here, Mauser rifles, grenades, and mountain knives, don't be afraid." ”

Chen Yutian said: "Do you think these wolves are white wolves?" Will it become human? I.. I haven't killed anyone. ”

I really don't know if there is a white wolf or not, and whether it can become a human, but I can only comfort Chen Yutian and say: "No, it's still on the edge of the snowy mountain, and there must be no white wolf." There are wolves and they are also ordinary wild wolves, be careful, when they see a wolf shooting, they dare not approach. ”

I continued: "In this way, I will help you with this round of night, and you will not be allowed to do this tomorrow!" ”

Chen Yutian said a little embarrassed: "I'm definitely going to be bad tomorrow." ”

I said, "Then you can sleep, and I'll call you the next shift." ”

With my gun in my hand, I lay on my side at the tent shelf, staring at the stars in the night sky. Thinking of Lin Xia's single-handedly entering the Dangling Snow Mountain, he seemed to have a feeling of being more than lucky, and he couldn't help but worry.