Everyone chatted without saying a word, ate meat and drank wine, and finally lay down on the sea side to bask in the sun and sleep well.

When I wake up, it is also the time when the sunset is full of sky, the sunset reflects the mountains, the glow tilts the mountains, the sunset shines on the snow-capped mountains, a piece of gold, showing a spectacular scene of sunshine on the golden mountains.

As night fell, we lit a bonfire by the sea and enjoyed this rare day of leisure.

I discussed with Tuesday Mao, now that the food is gone, this sea is a good place, it is better to stay here for one more day, prepare enough food before entering the mountain, Tuesday Mao patted his chest and said, this matter is on him.

On Tuesday, Mao asked, "Why do you say your uncle and they live in this mountain?" ”

I said, "My uncle once said that if you pass out from behind the rock wall of Changliu Mountain, you can directly reach a Haizi in Kang District, but he didn't specify which place Haizi was, I don't know if they lived near that Haizi later?" Maybe the place we're going to be right now is that sea? ”

Tuesday Mao said: "That's the best, so as not to walk again from that terrible canyon, wouldn't it be good for us to go back to Changliu Mountain directly from Haizi over there?" ”

I said, "Have you forgotten the curse my uncle said?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao was stunned and said, "Look at me, forget about this matter." ”

Tuesday Mao continued: "Erwa, what's going on with your uncle and Lin Xia? What kind of curse did you fall into? I haven't seen anything about your uncle before, but Lin Xia and we know it.

Lin Xia's sister used to be wild and bold, but she must not have any kung fu, why did she really change after she came out from behind the stone wall? That guy, sticking to the stone wall, like a gecko, fought with us, and the three big men were cleaned up by her in a few clicks. It's hard to imagine. ”

I sighed and said, "What's the situation with the ghost, a girl, I don't know what she's doing, how can she leave us and do this kind of thing?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao saw that I was a little sad, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "The weather on this plateau is really said to change, the first two days were heavy rain and strong winds, and today the weather is surprisingly good, the sky is full of stars, and the distance is 。。。。。。 ”

Tuesday Mao, who was talking, suddenly paused, and stammered after a while: "Second baby... In the distance, how can there be lights in the distance? ”

I was looking at the stars in the sky in a daze, listening to Tuesday Mao said this, I also felt strange, I got up from the big rock and looked, only to see that opposite us, there was really a little faint light swaying in the darkness.

I said, "Could it be those Tibetans that day?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "It's possible, didn't the herdsman say that there would still be people collecting medicine in this canyon that day?" ”

I said, "Then we should go over and thank the next family, and others were also kind at the beginning." ”

On Tuesday, Mao liked to be noisy the most, and immediately said that this thing was necessary, and said that he wanted to see if the people opposite had any grass and smoke, but the tobacco was washed away by water in the past few days, and he didn't have any taste in his mouth.

Anyway, there was nothing to be gained in the middle of the sea, but in order to prevent wild beasts from making trouble, we left Chen Yutian and Li Long, who had just recovered from his injuries, to guard the bonfire and equipment, and the rest of them rode on horses to meet the Tibetans.

The grassland around this Haizi is still relatively large, and we rode horses for a long time and still saw the fire in the distance.

On Tuesday, Mao shook his flashlight, pointed at the firelight, and shouted a few times in a row, "Gong Zhu Dele (good evening)!" ”

This is one of the few Tibetan words that Tuesday Mao learned from the proprietress of the pot village, and recently Tuesday Mao has to say it several times from time to time to play.

On Tuesday, Mao wondered: 'Strange, why don't the people on the other side ignore us?' ’

I also think it's strange that the Tibetans are so simple and hospitable that it is impossible to ignore me.

After riding for a long time, the moon had risen, and the moonlight poured quietly on the surface of the lake like flowing water, and a thin green mist appeared on the surface of the lake, making the distant fire even more hazy.

After walking a little further, I wondered why the fire was still ahead, so I grabbed the horse's head and said, "Don't go any further, it's a little wrong." ”

At this time, Ermao actually felt that something was wrong, and stopped and said, "Erwa, it's a little weird." If this was a human, it would have been a long time ago, it wouldn't be a ghost fire, would it? ”

I interrupted Tuesday Mao's words and said, "I haven't figured things out yet, so don't guess yet." ”

At this time, Ma Bo said: "Erwa, is the fire in the lake?" ”

It dawned on me that I was walking around the grassland, and I always saw the firelight in front of me, and it turned out that there was fog on the river, so we kept walking around the firelight.

But how can there be fire in the lake?

Is it really a ghost?

I felt a chill on my back, and just as I was at a loss for what to do, the fire flickered and vanished.

I turned my horse's head and said, "When it's dawn tomorrow, we'll come back and have a look." ”

Early the next morning, on Tuesday, Mao and Li Long went hunting in the forest, and I had been thinking about the mysterious ghost fire last night, so I took Ma Bo and others to look for it along the lake.

Sure enough, when I walked to the place I had yesterday, a small island appeared in the middle of the lake, and there was a small temple built on top of the island that I don't know what age it was. It was already dilapidated, I took out my binoculars and looked over, only to see that there was still a flagpole in front of the small temple, but the flagpole was already bare, and there was no such thing as the wind horse flag that could be seen everywhere in Tibet, and the wall on one side of the small temple had collapsed, revealing the wood inside.

I suddenly remembered the legend told by the Tibetan herdsmen I met on the road, the sealed Rakshasa castle in the sea behind the canyon, and the monster named Langte Kari captured by King Gesar and Wilma, the god of war, so that the soul of this devil could neither go to heaven nor enter the earth.

Could it be that this small temple was used by King Gesar to suppress Rantkari?

But this island is in the middle of the lake, and we don't have boats, so we don't have to go there at all, so I thought about setting up a raft and going over to see what happened.

We cut some logs, pulled a lot of rattan in the woods, and in less than half a day, a simple raft was tied.

By the time we set up the raft, Mao and Li Long had already returned from hunting, and they had really caught a lot of game.

I told Tuesday Mao about the matter, and Tuesday Mao didn't want to go hunting again in the afternoon, so he wanted to go to the island with us.

I couldn't resist Tuesday Mao, so I had to agree to go with him, and leave Chen Yutian behind to assist Li Long in hunting.

The five of us rowed a raft and headed for the island in the lake.

This small island is high in the east and low in the west, and the small temple is located in this flat place on the west side.

When we landed on the shore, we saw that the island was also scattered with pebbles, and the small temple in the middle stood alone on the island, and there was not even a courtyard.

On the side of the small temple there is a simmering mulberry platform, burning incense and simmering mulberry is a common way of worship used by Tibetans, but its source can be traced back to a very ancient period.

The original meaning of "simmering mulberry" is to clean, eliminate, expel and other purifications.

The main thing is to burn cypress branches, pine branches, mugwort, heather, holly, juniper, and azalea branches by burning to smoke, and worship the gods in the form of smoke.

When we walked into the small temple, we saw that there were no Buddha statues or prayer flags. Even the wall on the opposite side is omitted, and a stone wall is directly used as a wall.

There are many murals faintly carved on the stone wall, and we cleaned the stone wall with dead branches, and I still think of the sealed Rakshasa castle, but when I look closely, it is like a sacrifice.

Tuesday Mao said: "Is this worshipping God or preparing for a banquet?" ”

I saw that the whole picture was divided into two groups. The highest point on the right side of the upper group is a horse, and the lower left side of the horse is a yak.

On the right are two men engraved, one standing on his legs in a robe, with his right hand on his hip, and a spear in his left hand, and something on his back.

The other man sat on a sheep with his right hand crossed and a spear in his left hand. Slightly from left to right, the waning moon, the sun, and the genitalia of both sexes are engraved.

The lower group is engraved with people and jars, and on the right is a large fish, which is connected to each other in a circular shape, and there are 10 small fish in the abdomen.

To the bottom left of the big fish are several bird-headed figures dancing, and three small fish are carved around them.

To the bottom left of the dancing person is a row of clay pots.

On the right side of the can are two people riding on a sheep, with their shoulders spread out, holding branches and feathers, and in the middle one is wearing a big round hat and riding on top of a drum, as if they are flying.

The bottom rows are all sheep's heads, presumably offerings.

I said, "This is supposed to be a sacrifice, but this kind of sacrifice is strange, the Tibetans are all Buddhists, and few have heard of the use of livestock for sacrifice." ”

I suddenly remembered one of the things that Khenpo mentioned that day when he was discussing astrology with Khenpo Goncho Tenzin...

That is the primitive natural religion of Tibet, Bon, which worships natural substances and natural phenomena such as heaven, earth, mountains, and water, believes that all things are animist, and is prevalent in the slaughter of livestock for sacrifice.

I muttered, "Is this the territory of Bon?" ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "What is Bon? I've never heard of it. ”

I said, "I also heard Guru Kunqu Tenzin talk about the dispute between Buddha and Bon back then. It is said that it was the great sage of the Zhangzhung Dynasty who created Bon during the Zhangzhung Dynasty, and since then, Bon has spread to various tribes in Tibet due to the rise of the Zhangzhung Dynasty and the Yalong Dynasty, and has been believed by the majority of Tibetans.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that Buddhism was introduced to Tibet from Tianzhu, and the two sides engaged in many sectarian debates and struggles in Tibet, culminating in the Tibetan King Trisong Detsen personally presiding over and holding a debate on the most famous Buddha Bon in Tibet.

It was on this occasion that the Buddhist faction completely defeated the Bon faction in the debate.

In the end, the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen ruled that the Buddha was defeated.

After the Great Debate, Bon was banned, which dealt an unprecedented blow.

However, Bon did not give up on this, and around the time of the Five Dynasties of the Central Plains Dynasty, the last of the Tibetan Dynasty, Tsamprangdama, succeeded to the throne after the death of his brother (said to have been killed by the Bon minister).

With the participation of the powerful Bon minister Wei Dan Najian and others, he exterminated the Buddha on a large scale, demolished the temple, burned the Buddhist scriptures, and persecuted the monks.

In the end, he was victimized by the unbearable Buddhists, and then, the Tibetan area was in turmoil, the army rioted, and the Tibetan Dynasty collapsed. ”

Tuesday Mao nodded as if he didn't understand: "So that's the case, then the Bon religion is estimated to be completely finished." ”

I shook my head and said, "Since then, Bon has been completely frustrated, and had to go underground, until later, Bon began to absorb the teachings of Buddhism, and slowly came out again, but it is very different from the original Bon. ”

"Then you mean that the temple we are standing in now is a secret address of the earliest Bon?" Mao asked on Tuesday.