"I don't know." I shook my head, where did the faces behind the three of them come from, it is still a mystery, if I find out the specific cause of the faces, I don't have to worry so much: "Don't believe it, I really didn't lie." ”

"How long have you been following this line?"

"It's been more than a year." I lit a cigarette and said, "It started with a monkey and an ear." ”

"Monkeys?" Changshou's brow furrowed again: "It started with a monkey?" ”

"Yes." I probably told Changshou that Changshou must know a lot of inside information, and I have to maintain a good relationship with him, and if he finds out that I am lying or hiding something from him in the first place, Changshou will inevitably be suspicious.

After listening to my story, Changshou didn't speak for a long time. I don't know if he believes me or not. After a cigarette was smoked, Changshou nodded slowly: "This kind of thing is very unbelievable, but I believe in you." ”

"I thank you in advance for your trust."

"I didn't believe you for nothing, we weren't familiar after all, were we? I believe what you say, just because I knew a story about monkeys before. Changshou pondered for a moment, stretched out his finger, and said, "A long time ago, there was a very powerful country over there, since you have been following this clue for so long, then you must know that country, called Zhangxiong." ”

"I know, I've looked up some information about Zhangxiong, but it's not complete." I was very careful to talk to Changshou, he said to believe me, but it is impossible to believe 100% that the conversation between us is actually a kind of mutual temptation.

"The story of the monkey came from Zhangxiong, are you interested in hearing it?"

"Yes, tell me about it." I hurriedly handed Changshou a cigarette.

"I don't smoke, the tent is so small, it's already enjoyable to smoke your second-hand smoke." Changshou gently pushed away the cigarette I handed over, thought for a moment, and said, "The story of the monkey was passed down before Zhangxiong was about to disappear. ”

The story of the monkey begins with a family called Banda in ancient Zhangxiong. The core of Zhang-zhung's power consists of two parts, one from the royal family and the other from the Banda family. Because the members of the Banda family served as the great awaken of the past generations, the great jue was the supreme head of the Bon religion at that time, and all the people in the Zhangxiong country were Bon believers, in a sense, the status of the great jue was even higher than that of the royal family.

Zhangxiong was suppressed everywhere by the rising Tibetans, and several major wars broke out between the two sides ended in the crushing defeat of Zhangxiong, and Zhangxiong's territory was constantly encroached, and in the end, it was already facing the crisis of the survival of the country.

In front of Zhangxiong, there are only two paths, either to find a way to defeat the Tibetans, or to migrate the whole country and find a new land where they can live.

This was the top priority, and Dajue at that time, from the Bandar family, took on this heavy responsibility.

"I'll ask." I took advantage of the opportunity of longevity to stop and drink water, and quickly asked a question: "Gu Zhangxiong has a secret technique called Banda Jue, is it related to the Banda family?" ”

"Yes." Changshou nodded: "Banda Jue was first passed down from the Banda family. ”

"It's okay, you can move on."

Zhangxiong's Dajue has gone through many efforts, but the rise of Tubo has been an irreversible trend, and the Tang Dynasty at that time has also declined, unable to respond to Zhangxiong's request to attack Tubo. The road of defeating Tibet is impassable.

In this case, Zhangxiong's Dajue remembered a legend that had been circulating in the Banda family for an unknown number of years, a legend of the world.

Legend has it that as long as you can find the world, you can rule all directions.

Dajue is going to try it when he has no way out at all. He was actually not sure, the legend of the world has been circulating in the family for so many years, but the people of the Banda family have always regarded it as a legend, and no one has really believed in it, and no one has really looked for it.

Da Jue began to act, he contacted the Tang Dynasty, and also contacted the countries of the Western Regions, working together to find the legendary world.

I feel that the story of longevity is still somewhat credible. From my previous explorations, I can know that the ancient kingdom of Zhangxiong has indeed been searched in some places in the Western Regions.

Da Jue's plan never succeeded, and he left his homeland and traveled for a long time. Whether there is any harvest in the middle, other people don't know, and Dajue hasn't talked about it.

Once, Da Jue went out and lost his whereabouts and news, at that time, Zhangxiong did not have Da Jue, which is equivalent to no backbone, and the Zhangxiong people searched everywhere, and it was not until three or four years later that Da Jue returned to Zhangxiong.

The return of Dajue caused chaos in the Banda family and even the entire Zhangxiong, and some very secret news gradually spread from the Banda family. Some people say that Dajue turned into a monkey.

"Turned into a monkey?"

"Yes, a monkey."

"How did he become a monkey?"

"No one knows how he turned into a monkey." Changshou said: "The people who were looking for Da Jue, according to some clues provided by the Banda family, found Da Jue at a gate. ”

The Great Awakening came out of that door, and when they first saw the Great Awakening, the seekers did not recognize it at all, and the monkey was the Great Awakening that they once revered so much. Something must have happened during this period, and Dajue used many facts to convince the Zhangxiong people that the monkey was changed by Dajue.

Da Jue enjoys a high status in Zhang-zhung, and even though he has become a monkey, the trust and reverence that the Zhang-zhung people give to Da Jue has not changed. In their opinion, no matter what Dajue looks like, as long as it can lead them to save their country, it is enough.

But what happened next made the Zhangxiong people repulsive, and even angry, towards Dajue.

Dajue forcibly issued a decree to let all the Zhangxiong people move, leave their homeland, and migrate to the Western Regions thousands of miles away. This decree was resisted by the vast majority of the people, and it was already a great misfortune to leave their homeland, and the migration had to pass through the territory of Tibet, and Zhangzhung and Tibet were like fire and water, in this context, the large-scale migration of the Zhangxiong people from the territory of Tibet would inevitably be ruthlessly retaliated against or expelled.

At that time, there were many Zhangxiong people, including some Zhangxiong nobles, who resisted and obstructed Dajue's orders, and Dajue mercilessly hunted and killed these obstructors. The situation is very urgent and severe, and in the face of a powerful foreign enemy, Zhangxiong should not have had civil strife, but Dajue is very stubborn this time and forcibly carries out this order. When the Elephant Male had no choice at all, he rose up. Many of the people who were sent by Dajue to oversee were killed by the local people.

Faith builds up little by little, but when it is about to collapse, it only takes a moment. Dajue's position has been hit like never before, and the entire Zhang-zhung has been in turmoil, and if the situation continues to develop, without the invasion of foreign enemies, Zhang-zhung himself will perish.

The Zhangxiong people have no choice, and Dajue has no choice, and the people's reverence for him has turned into resentment, so Dajue has to leave Zhangxiong.

"As soon as Dajue left, he never came back." Changshou said: "Some people say that Dajue may have died in a foreign land. ”

I was thoughtful that in previous expeditions, many details showed that the Zhangxiong people seemed to have a complex affection for monkeys. It's just that I never guessed that what the Xiangxiong people revere and resent is not a creature like a monkey, but a person.

After Da Jue was forced to leave Zhangxiong, the position of the Banda family was relatively stable, and people's dissatisfaction and rejection of Da Jue did not implicate the entire Banda family. The position of Dajue is not hereditary, but for thousands of years, successive generations of Dajue have come from the Banda family, and after Dajue left for a foreign country, his son inherited his father's position and became Zhangxiong's new Dajue.

This is also the last Dajue of the Zhangzhung Kingdom, about ten years after the last Dajue inherited the position, Zhangzhung was completely defeated by Tubo, and then, the entire Zhangzhung disappeared without a trace, becoming a mystery for the ages.

"This is the story of the monkeys." Speaking of this, Changshou glanced at me: "I don't know, the monkey you met has anything to do with the monkey of Zhangxiong, the time gap is too long, and no one can say this problem." ”

"Longevity, I want to ask you a question." I also glanced at Changshou: "This story you told happened a long time ago, and it happened in an ancient country that has disappeared for thousands of years, as we all know, the ancient country of Zhangxiong suddenly disappeared, leaving not many traces, and their words have also become dead words, how did you know this story?" ”

Changshou didn't answer me immediately, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and when he raised his head again, his expression seemed to become a little more complicated: "How do you think, how did I know?" ”