I touched the mottled mural on the stone wall and said, "This is probably the biggest one." After hearing that the Bon debate had failed, the Tibetan king began a mass expulsion of the Bon followers. They collected all the Bon scriptures and threw them into the water, or pressed them under a black pagoda in Samye Monastery.

That (rì), Guru Gonqu Tenzin and I talked about the method of astronomical calculus in the Zangjing Pavilion. The Chasin vehicle, one of the nine vehicles of Bon, is mentioned, including divination, astrological signs, and so on. Because of the promotion of Buddha and the suppression of benzene, a large number of books were destroyed (jìn), and it was only in later generations that they could not understand astronomical phenomena. ”

Tuesday Mao pouted and said: "This Bon religion is indeed not bad, according to what you just said, a sacrifice down, to kill thousands of livestock, in a cold place like Tibet, the animals must not grow fast, and it is too expensive to do a method, don't say that the general tribe, it is estimated that the Tibetan king can't afford to do too much sacrifice." ”

On Tuesday, Mao's economic mind was still bright, and I nodded: "Yes, who doesn't consider the cost." ”

On Tuesday, Mao said: "Then these Bon followers hid later?" ”

"It is said that it was from that time that the Bon followers began to conceal their faith and bury holy relics, especially their scriptures.

Do you remember the legend told by the Tibetan herdsman? It is very likely that the Rakshasa Castle they are talking about was spread by the Bon, just to deter those who capture the Bon from coming from the Grand Canyon. ”

As soon as Mao heard the word "holy object" on Tuesday, his eyes lit up.

"Could there be anything good here?" On Tuesday, Mao poked the wall with a long knife.

I said, "It's hard to say, since this is a secret hiding place (shēn), I guess there will be something right." ”

After hearing this, Mao asked me, "Then let's flip it?" ”

I walked around the wall, this little temple is so big, and it is on a small island, even if there is something, after so many years, it is hard to say if it is still there, and although this small island is small, we don't have the ability to dig three feet into the ground.

I walked out of the small temple and searched carefully in the rubble in front of the temple, which contained many fragments of burnt animal shoulder blades and the like.

This is an ancient divination custom in Tibet, which uses the cracks created by burning the shoulder blades of animals to determine good luck and evil.

For example, a long and straight crack on the left side of the shoulder blade is a good omen, a long and straight crack on the right side is a bad omen, and conversely, a short and chaotic crack on the left side of the shoulder blade is a bad omen, and a short and straight crack on the right side is a good omen. These are all things that I heard when I listened to Ding Sanye chatting with the people of the horse gang.

It is said that there were people who used people's shoulder blades for divination.

Most of these shoulder blades are no longer formed because they are so old.

I went to the simmering mulberry table again to have a look, and this simmering mulberry table is divided into three layers. It is also made of white stones. These white stones are as small as a soybean and as large as a calf. It is likewise engraved with patterns that symbolize Bon symbols.

Guru Kunqu Tenzin once said that Bon believes that the heavenly realm is the abode of the god "Zan", the earth is the abode of the "god" year, and the underground is the place where the "Lu" god resides. I guess this also represents a worldview of Bon.

When he walked through the simmering mulberry platform, Zhou Mao had already checked the entire small temple inside and out, and there was no gain.

I said, "Ancient Tibetans judged good luck and bad luck and acted accordingly by listening to the chirping of birds, cracks in the shoulder blades of sheep, or the appearance of a specific scene in the sky, lake, etc.

This is just an observation and divination platform, and it is unknown. ”

Tuesday Mao said a little unwillingly: "Since it's a place for divination, there are no magic weapons, gold (shēn) statues and the like?" You Tima also have an eight-treasure copper bell and a seven-star knife! ”

I laughed and said, "You MB is really not picky." I want to do everything, I was poor and scared in my last life? ”

On Tuesday, Mao said with a smile: "I was poor and afraid in my last life, and I am poor and afraid in this life." ”

Ma Bai said: "Brother Ermao, your jade, that Li Shilin said, it's enough for everyone to buy a (tào) house, it's nothing, this trip has already made a profit." ”

Tuesday Mao kicked his eyes and said, "Hey, brother! You still have a lot of silver, and your bag is not enough to hold it?! ”

I laughed and stopped the two of them from joking.

I said, "Since there is nothing here, let's go back, I guess Li Long and they have already come back from hunting, so help clean up." ”

Zhao Qiguan said: "Wait for me, I went to pee in the back of the house, and I held it for a long time." ”

I laughed and scolded: "This place used to be a place of sacrifice, and your baby didn't pay attention to it." ”

On Tuesday, Mao sat on the simmering mulberry platform and joked: "That's it, official, you're not afraid that a demon will come out and bite off the spout of your teapot!" ”

Zhao Qiguan was also a little weak when he thought about it, and said with a smile: "Right, right, Ge Laozi, don't remind me, I really forgot." ”

Zhao Qiguan said that, and walked to the hill behind the small temple.

On Tuesday, Mao and Ma Bo began arguing again about whether there was a monster (qíng) on the snowy mountain. These two come together from time to time, which makes people angry and funny.

Suddenly, there was a "Oops!" sound from the mountains. Exclaimed.

It was the direction of Zhao Qiguan's side.

I was startled, pulled out my gun and ran to the sound.

The mountain was bare, but Zhao Qiguan was gone.

I shouted loudly, "Official, official! ”

Suddenly, a voice came from the ground: "Erwa, Erwa, save me!" ”

I walked to the place where the sound came from, and I saw a stone cave on the ground that could accommodate a person to go down.

I shouted, "Official, are you alright?" ”

Zhao Qiguan panicked below: "It's okay, I'm urinating on my pants!" ”

I couldn't cry or laugh for a while, and said, "You wait, I'll pull your baby up." ”

I untied my belt, and asked Zhou Mao and the others to untie their belts, knot them into a rope and put them in the hole.

Zhao Qiguan grabbed the rope and crawled out of the hole with a dirty face, a big bag on his forehead, and a large urine stain on his crotch.

We laughed and asked, "Official, your baby is really rubbing, why did you fall into the hole?" ”

Zhao Qiguan scolded: "It's too windy up there, and I'm afraid that I'll get my pants wet if I pee." I wanted to pee in the cracks of these two mountains, but I didn't know that as soon as I stood up, my feet suddenly emptied, and I fell into this hole. ”

On Tuesday, Mao laughed and said: "Dog's, your baby really loses more than you gain, now it's good, the pants are all wet!" ”

I said, "Didn't Ding Sanye say it?" Kang Feng, Ya Yu, irrigation is not sunny. It's okay, pee, maybe the official may find some clues now! ”

The meaning of Ding Sanye's words is that the wind in Kang and Tibet is strong, there is a lot of rain in Ya'an, and it is difficult to have sunny days in Guan County (now renamed Dujiangyan).

I pulled out my flashlight and shone it into the hole.

I saw that there were still a few rotten wooden frames in the cave, which should be a cover, just blocking the entrance of the cave.

After a long time, the wood weathered, and Zhao Qiguan stepped on it and collapsed.

Is there a hole in the sky down here?

The depth of the cave was about a kilometer or so, and I said, "I want to go down and have a look." ”

Tuesday Mao frowned and said, "This stone wall is full of Zhao Qiguan's urine." ”

I scolded, "Didn't you just say that you don't like silver?" ”

When Mao heard this, he said, "Is it here..?" ”

I said, "How do you know if you don't go and see it?" ”

Tuesday Mao smiled: "That's it, that's it." There are also three years of melon luck called Huazi, and besides, Lao Tzu has always had good luck, so it's worth a trip! ”

I said, "The officer is injured, wait for us above, help us pull the rope, if there is anything (qíng), you can either shout or shoot!" ”

Zhao Qiguan touched the big bag on his forehead, begged for it and had to go down, and immediately agreed.

I put away my gun and stuck it in the waistband of my trousers, climbed on the belt and lowered it into the hole.

The cave is actually a shaft, and next to it is a horizontal stone passage, all made of large stones, and it looks very solid.

I took a flashlight and shone it inside, but there was no movement, so I told everyone else to come down.

The Tibetans are taller, and the passage is relatively wide, so we have no problem walking straight (shēn).

I saw that the stone wall was carved with some strange Bon symbols, as well as some Tibetan characters, but unfortunately we didn't know any of them.

Ancient Bon has disappeared too long, and the current Bon religion is said to have re-emerged in the late Ming Dynasty, but its power is not as strong as before, so there are few people who study Bon, and it is estimated that Guru Gonqu Tenzin is coming, and it cannot be completely understood.

Walking through this passage, there is a bucket room, and all sides of the bucket room are carved with stone statues more than one person high.

These stone statues have different faces, and their expressions are all fierce and vicious (qíng), some holding a long sword in their hands, some holding a hammer, and some holding a mirror.

In the center of these statues is a gray-stained bronze mirror, and in front of the bronze mirror is a stone table with five coarse wool threads of different colors.

I was shocked, this Bon religion also has this kind of thing.

This is a method called line divination, it is said that one of the three emperors Fu Xi, is on the basis of this called line divination, invented gossip, but this oldest line divination technique, even in Tibet has been spreading, has to be amazing.

It is said that the shaman sat at the divination table, relaxed the five strands of yarn in circles, grabbed the thicker end of the yarn with his right hand, raised his arm and slowly threw the five threads behind his back to put the yarn on his shoulder.

Then quickly put the wool on the table in front of you with your hands, carefully observe the curved nodules naturally formed by the collision of the wool and the tabletop, and finally find the divination results according to the nodules, and decide whether it is a good omen or a bad omen.

I sat down at my desk and picked up the five yarns, and suddenly the yarns became dust.

I just remembered that this thing is estimated to be more than a thousand years old, and it has long been weathered.

I took a flashlight and looked at the bronze mirror, which had many Bon symbols engraved on it, and I wiped the dust off the mirror. The bronze mirror has been embroidered green, but it can vaguely distinguish the appearance of a person.

Tuesday Mao said: "Is this mirror a holy thing, Erwa?" ”

I smiled and said, "Even if it's a holy relic, you can't get it away, can't you?" Let's see if there are any smaller ones that are easy to carry. ”

Ma Bo said: "If there is really something good, then we will sell it on this plateau and sell it to the current Bon monastery, and it is estimated that we will make a lot of money!" ”

On Tuesday, Mao Yixi also seemed to see the financial road, and said: "Oh, Ma Bo of the dog (rì), your baby really has a talent for business!" This thing is sold under the plateau, and it is estimated that it will not be sold at a good price above the plateau. ”

I didn't bother to listen to the price of the two of them, and I wanted to see what was behind the bronze mirror and found anything.

I stood up (shēn) and was walking around, and suddenly a smile froze on my face, and I felt a chill on my back, and I was drenched in cold sweat, only to see that I was still sitting there in the mirror, and I had clearly stood up (shēn).

I sat down again and shook my arm in front of the mirror, and the person in the mirror was still moving, but when I stood up, I saw that the "me" in the mirror was sitting there motionless.

I was so frightened that I hurriedly asked Tuesday Mao to sit down, and just as Tuesday Mao was sitting down, the "I" disappeared in the mirror and was replaced by Tuesday Mao's sitting position, but when I stood up, it was exactly the same as the (qíng) shape I had just seen.

Tuesday Mao was also frightened and said, "Erwa, there is a problem in this mirror!" ”

At this moment, Bai Yukun, who was walking at the end, suddenly shouted, "Brother Erwa!" The way we just came in ... The road is gone! ”

(End of chapter)