Chapter 363: Key Clues
Shen Yu thought for a while and said, "It's not necessarily strange, sometimes we pass through many places, but because it's not the destination, we always ignore them." β
"However, the Pamirs are different from other places, where people walk through deep valleys with lofty mountains on both sides, and if you come across a large lake that stretches for hundreds of miles, you have to walk along the lake for many days, and you can't ignore it."
"Maybe it's not mentioned in the report, but when I see Lin Shan at night, I can ask about it more carefully - but you have been talking for a long time, and you have provided a little bit of information." Shen Yu said with some dissatisfaction.
I snorted.
"What's your voice? Have an opinion about me? β
"Before that, there is another more direct and important clue."
"Oh? Don't you keep selling off, can't you finish it in one breath? β
"As soon as you raised the first suspicion, you started to sneer, and you don't want to say it." I pretended to be angry.
Shen Yu's eyes widened: "Hurry up!" β
"What kind of attitude, don't say it."
"You're turning the sky upside down now, aren't you?" Shen Yu slapped the table, and I laughed when I saw that he was in a hurry.
Really, after being a licking dog for so many years, I didn't expect that chasing girls would not work just kneeling and licking.
She glared at me again, I crossed Erlang's legs, shook and said, "I'm not turning the sky, I'm just turning the page." Anyway, as soon as it crosses zero, you'll be nice to me again. β
"You...... Hurry up! β
"Speak well, I'll speak."
Shen Yu was so angry with me that he even rolled his eyes a few times, and it seemed that he didn't even want a lady's demeanor anymore.
"Okayβmay I ask Mr. Yan, what is the other clue?" She tried her best to pretend to be sassy.
"Okay, Miss Lin, I'll have another cup of coffee."
"What Miss Lin, my surname is Shen ......"
"Your voice sounds like Lin." I burst out laughing.
"Don't bother it, just say it, it's okay." Shen Yu finally returned to his normal tone.
I laughed so hard that my stomach hurt: "Okay, then move on." It is said that Master Xuanzang entered the Western Regions from the Kolemai Pass, and officially entered the current territory of our country. He first arrived at a small country, which was built at the foot of the eastern foothills of the Sarykol Mountains, and was called the country of Shupantuo, which is now the stone town of Tashkurgan County. And the five people of Sarekole first arrived in Tashkurgan and then went to Urumqi from here.
"Master Xuanzang's road to the east is the same as theirs, because Shupantuo is also in a valley in Bapa, and there are high mountains in the west and east, so the master had to go north around the snow mountains and arrive at a place called Yusha Country, this place goes northeast, which is the residence of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty. Then to the east is the Cheshi, which is now Urumqi, and then to the east to Gaochang (Turpan), Yangguan, which is the northern route of the Silk Road, and also the old road he walked when he traveled west.
But Master Xuanzang is obviously a person who likes new things, and after he stayed in the country of Yansha, he did not choose to return to China along the old road, but turned south, wanting to return from the southern side of the Taklamakan Desert and the southern route of the Silk Road.
So he set out from the land of Sha and set out south. He crossed the Yarkand River, climbed over the sand dunes, and came to a country called Chojuga, which is a transliteration, which translates as 'Siju Ban' in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and there is also a translation called 'Zhu Jubo' - of course, it also has a paraphrased name, that is, 'Western Night Country'. β
"Western Night Country?! Is it the Western Night Kingdom in that pamphlet that Hell Visitor sent you? Is it also the Western Night Country that Wen Tingxu's father archaeology? Is it the site in the desert near Yecheng County, Xinjiang? β
"Yes." I smiled at her.
"It's not easy, it's not easy!" Shen Yu became excited, "How do you say that sentence, reading is reasonable!" It seems that a lot of knowledge still depends on reading more! This is really an important clue, and when I hear you say it, I feel that I can vaguely get many things right - you are amazing! β
Shen Yu doesn't praise people easily, if Hua Yu said this, I wouldn't be surprised at all. But it was the words that came out of Shen Yu's mouth, so I was also very excited.
"You go onβoh, no, dear Mr. Yan, please go on." She immediately changed to a smile.
"It's better to be gentle." I gave her a thumbs up.
"It's so good-looking! Don't just look at the beauty, hurry up. β
I continued: "However, Master Xuanzang was more impressed by this sentence Jiaguo, and it was not a good impression. β
"Oh?"
"There are a few original sentences in "The Legend of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty", you listen to them first - 'When the wind is cold, people are irritable. The vulgar is only deceitful, and the public robbers are ...... Etiquette is light and thin, and learning is shallow...... There are dozens of Garans, many have been destroyed, and more than 100 monks have studied Mahayana teachings. β
This means that the climate is often windy and cold, so the inhabitants are very irritable. Their folklore is more treacherous, and they often rob and steal openly in broad daylight. The people here do not speak of faith, their words are light, and the things they learn are relatively shallow. There were originally dozens of Buddhist monasteries in the kingdom of Chojuga, but most of them have been destroyed, and there are only 100 monks, who believe in Mahayana Buddhism. β
"Interesting, interesting!" Shen Yu couldn't help but high-five, "What is it written in your booklet?" said that the West Night Country is a country of demons, and listening to Master Xuanzang say this, isn't that the case? β
I nodded: "The year when Master Xuanzang returned to China was the seventeenth year of Tang Taizong's Zhenguan, and the time he arrived in Chang'an was in the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, so the time when he passed through the Western Night Kingdom was in the seventeenth or eighteenth year, and the time recorded in the booklet when the Western Night Kingdom was destroyed was in the first year of Tang Gaozong Yonghui, and it was more than six years before and after. β
Shen Yu kept folding his fingers and counting: "When Master Xuanzang passed by the Western Night Kingdom, the Buddhist temples had already begun to be destroyed there, and there were not many monks left. Just six years later, this small country was considered a country of demons, and was wiped out by the army led by the Protector of the Western Regions, and nearly 10,000 people in the city disappeared overnight. Doesn't that sound magical? β
"At that time, Buddhism was practiced in all countries in the Western Regions, and Manichaeism and the like were also popular. Since the West Night is called the Demon Country, they must have other beliefs that are not popular, and they also openly plundered, so they hurt other neighboring countries, so they found the disaster of destroying the country. β
Shen Yu drank coffee silently, her mind should be meditating.
She put down her cup and suddenly stood up excitedly.
"It turns out that in the dark, all the sources are in the Western Regions, in the country of Western Night! If the Pamir Plateau is the ancestor of all mountains, and the surrounding tall mountains are gathered there, then the western night is also the source of all secrets, because all the strange things we encounter are in that place thousands of miles away! Found it, I've finally found the root cause! β