"This is Guge."

Guge? Chu Fan recalled in his mind repeatedly, and finally remembered some clues.

At the same time as the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo married Princess Wencheng, he also married an Indian princess, who brought Buddha statues, and built Jokhang Temple and Jokhang Temple in Lhasa in order to worship Buddha statues, after which Buddhism was introduced to Tibet.

Later, after many years of Tibetan kingship, Buddhism gradually became stronger, and after the Buddhists assassinated the last Tibetan king, they overthrew the rule of the Tibetan king, which had been inherited for many years.

The descendants of the Tibetan aristocracy fled in all directions, and three of them fled to modern Ali, Qinghai, Huarui and other places, and established three dynasties respectively, one of which seems to be called Guge, and finally passed through Buddhism

As a result of the negotiation and integration of Tibet, a theocratic political system was gradually established, and the three states were able to grow and develop, and finally each occupied most of the Tibetan area.

Later, these dynasties merged with each other, gradually declined, and finally died out in the long river of history.

Chu Fan, who had probably cleared up the relationship, asked the old monk: "What does the king want to do to you?" ”

The old monk motioned for Chu Fan to sit down, and began to chatter, saying a lot, and Chu Fan, who listened to it, was very anxious, scratching his ears and cheeks, waiting for the little monk to translate.

Here's the thing.

The current king of Guge is called Tashi Zabad, the thirty-ninth descendant of Songtsen Gampo, the twenty-seventh king of the Guge Kingdom, in the struggle for power with his younger brother, Tashi Zabad won and became the king, and the younger brother became a monk according to the royal tradition and became a religious leader.

In fact, in the earliest days, the Guge Dynasty was the core area of the post-Dharma propagation era of Tibetan Buddhism, and Buddhism was vigorously promoted as the state religion.

At that time, Buddhism in Tibet was not divided into sects, everyone believed in the Buddha, and there was no question of who to mix with.

However, with the development of time and the political needs of the small Tibetan countries, more than 20 sects were divided in just a few decades, and the Guge country also fell into sectarian disputes.

Later, Lama Tsongkhapa founded the Gelug sect, commonly known as the Yellow Sect.

At that time, the Buddhist sects in Tibet were mainly political tools of the ruling class, and the monks pursued power and politics, and many people did not abide by the Buddhist precepts, they should get married, they should have children, and they should be officials.

Tsongkhapa, who demanded strict adherence to the precepts of his disciples and created a theoretical system of tantric and sutra co-existence, became the true inheritor of Buddhism in the hearts of the masses, and soon gained support, and many monasteries in the country of Guge were converted to Gelugpa.

As the power of the Gelug sect grew, not only did they begin to get involved in gold mines and trade, but the younger brother of the king, as the leader of the local religion, also made political calculations and had the attitude of replacing the king.

In order to balance his religious beliefs, King Tashi Dhabad, who did not allow others to lie down on the side of his bed, invited the Portuguese Catholic missionary Anchode from Ago, on the southern side of the Himalayas.

This period was the critical period of the Renaissance and scientific and technological progress in European society, Catholicism was seriously traumatized in Europe, and the pope, who was about to recover from the expansion that Europe had lost, began a vigorous religious expansion.

The arrival of Catholicism excited Tashi Zabad, who tried to replace Buddhism, which had been prevalent in Tibet for thousands of years, with Catholicism.

Perhaps in their eyes, since the Tibetans can all believe in Buddhism, there is no reason why they should not believe in Catholicism.

I don't know if the Tibetan masses fooled the missionaries, or the missionaries fooled Tashi Zabad, in short, in the best land in the royal capital, the king allocated a large piece of land to the Catholics, and even the residence of the king's grandmother, the old lady, was partially occupied.

Soon, in the center of the capital of the Guge kings, the foundation stone of the first Catholic church was laid.

Under the auspices of Tashi Zabad, the building was named "Our Lady of Hope." The construction of the church began.

During the construction process, the king provided a lot of funding, and to the delight of the missionaries, the surrounding people actually came to help voluntarily, some delivered food, and some helped to move bricks and bulldozers.

Tashi Zabad and the missionaries agreed that there was a high level of acceptance of Catholicism among the population and Buddhist monks.

But what they don't know is that helpfulness is nothing more than one of Tibet's fine traditions.

After the church was completed, Tashi Zabad took the lead in accepting the cross presented by the missionaries and hanging it on his chest.

But it was only after the church was opened that the king and the missionaries discovered that it was not the case at all.

Curious people gathered around the church, happy to receive crosses and other holy objects from the missionaries.

It's just that they regard the holy relic as a kind of novelty ornament, and they just carry it on their chests. There are still many people who take it home and worship it in front of the Buddha statue, which makes the king smoke in all directions.

After several years of promotion, with only one or two hundred followers, Tashi Zabad's religious alternative program was sand sculpted.

After this, an incident occurred that became the trigger for Tashi Dhabad's war against Buddhism.

One day, the king recruited monks for the palace guard, but no one answered, and his younger brother, as the local leader of the Gelug sect, recruited monks, and in just one day recruited hundreds of monks.

The reason for this is that the king's practice of using Buddhism while not truly believing in Buddhism has been spurned by the common people, and more people are willing to believe in the more pure and strict Gelug school.

The huge contrast made Tashi Zabad furious, and he immediately resorted to thunderous means to severely attack the Gelug sect.

The king's army stormed the manor, sacked it, and drove him out of the capital.

Then, the Gelugpa monasteries throughout the country were subjected to the monasteries, and one by one the king's guards surrounded the monasteries, forcing the monks to take off their robes and return them to the people, and the monastic subjects were collected by the king, who ordered them to pay taxes to the king.

Monks who did not want to return to the laity were imprisoned in designated caves for penance, and armies were placed around them to monitor their movements.

And the temple where Chu Fan is located is Hua Rui, which is the farthest away from the capital of Guge King, so the guards have been out of reach, and they have no time to attack.

But what should come is always coming, and today, it is a handful of people from the King's Guard who have come to take care of this small temple.

But he happened to be touched by Chu Fan, scared the guards away, and saved the master and others.

Speaking of this, the little monk couldn't help but choke up a little, and said to Chu Fan: "My master said that they will definitely come back soon, please don't leave quickly, don't follow us to suffer unnecessary danger." ”

Chu Fan gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "The master saved the lives of the two of us, how can I sit idly by?" ”

Looking back at the delicate Qin Hong, Chu Fan said: "That's it, the masters in the temple, leave with me first, take refuge in Ganzhouwei, wait for me to get ready, and then follow up." ”

The little monk relayed Chu Fan's words, but saw the old monk shaking his head.

The little monk replied: "Master said that this is his fate, if he must be allowed to go to penance, it is also his due fruit, he will not leave, he believes that the archmage will come to save him." ”

"You tell the master, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood."

The little monk touched his head, not knowing how to translate this sentence for the master.

And the old monk had already seen Chu Fan's anxiety, helped Chu Fan up, pushed him to the door and said, "Laskasiana, shh ”

"The master said, let you go quickly, it's too late, they should be back soon."

Sure enough, as the little monk was talking, he saw a sound of footsteps in front of the door, and sure enough, someone was coming again.

Chu Fan held the Divine Weapon tightly and aimed out of the door.

But I saw a strong man in a Tibetan robe, leading two or three hundred people, appeared at the door, this time they were more obedient, standing outside the door and not coming in, but shouting in the air: "Ah Bas, Kashdama, Awanlong." ”

Chu Fan held the gun, stared at the door with his eyes, and asked the little monk, "What did he say?" ”

"He told you not to meddle in your business, obediently。。。。。。。 Fuck off. ”

"Huh, I'm going to fuck off? I'll let them try the guns first. Saying that, Chu Fan pointed at the lintel, "Peng." "I shot it.

I saw that the lintel was blown open, and the sawdust was scattered.

Although the person who came had already heard from his companion about this artifact, he was also shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.

Immediately retreated, but the leader of the team obviously saw more of the world, and immediately reached out to drink the retreating crowd, and slowly leaned back again.

I saw him wave his hand, and a group of archers behind him pulled their bows and arrows and aimed them at Chu Fan.

The two sides are tense and ready to fight at any moment.

I saw the old monk walk out from behind Chu Fan, clasped his hands together, and chattered at the leader of the comer.

After that, the old monk himself took off his monk's robe and walked towards the enemy.

Chu Fan drank: "Master, don't." ”

The old monk glanced back at him, then turned and walked forward.

Chu Fan turned his eyes to the little monk, and the little monk said, "Master promised them to go to penance, and only begged them to let you go." ”

Chu Fan couldn't help but feel a little sad and said, "Then what should you do?" ”

"We can only return to the vulgar and practice at home."

Seeing that the old monk was taken away, Chu Fan was uneasy, this was the most helpless and aggrieved moment since he came to this world, even if he was demoted to this side of the territory, he was not so frustrated

Feel.

Qin Hong saw Chu Fan's loss, quietly grabbed Chu Fan's hand, gave him a look, and pouted.

"Keep up?" Chu Fan asked quietly.

Qin Hong nodded.

I saw that the group of evil monks were holding the old monk hostage and walking west along the grassland, and Chu Fan and Qin Hong followed from a distance.

After walking for most of the day, the evil monks came to a grassy beach, lit a fire, and seemed to be preparing to spend the night here.

Chu Fan and Qin Hong glanced at each other, lying on the hillside in the distance, quietly observing.

The night on the grassland was unusually cold, and in order to prevent the evil monk from discovering his whereabouts, Chu Fan did not dare to light a fire to keep warm.

In the second half of the night, the colder it became, at first the two of them were huddled separately, and later, they had to hug each other to keep warm.

Chu Fan put his cheek on Qin Hong's neck, hugged her, and between exhaling and inhaling, Chu Fan's breath was clearly felt by Qin Hong, and when it reached the limit, Qin Hong couldn't help but lightly "Huh." "Yes.

Chu Fan's house is extremely bad, his ears and temples have been grinding for a long time, and he is just going to pick this little woman who moans softly.

This will be satisfying, and the body will feel warmer.

The day was slightly bright, the group of evil monks began to move, the old monk was old, spent a night on this grass beach, obviously in a bad mental state, but the evil monks did not care, a pull him up, even push and to go forward, the old monk stumbled, fell to the ground, two younger evil monks stepped forward to kick and punch, completely ignoring the old monk's life or death.

Chu Fan couldn't help but rush forward several times, but Qin Hong pulled the corner of his clothes and endured it.

Yes, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan.

After following him for three days in a row, he came to a town where the evil monks led the old monk through the streets and approached a towering stone house.

Chu Fan signaled not to go down to the town anymore, after all, he was wearing Han clothes, which was too eye-catching in this Tibetan town, and he was quietly observing on the mountain not far away.

Tibet has a very obvious feature, because it is located in the impact zone of the Indian continent and the Asian continent, forming the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, so most of the Tibetan areas are undulating mountains, and almost all towns are built in the depressions between the mountains.

This gave Chu Fan a lot of convenience, lying on the top of the mountain, he could clearly see the situation under the mountain.

The old monk was brought into a stone house with a red roof on a gray background, and a white stupa sat outside the gate, which seemed to be the location of a temple or palace, but there were no pine branches burned, and no believers came in, not like a religious place.

During this period, there were monks who constantly sent the monks in, but they did not come out again.

The monks who were sent in all had a characteristic, either wearing a yellow monk's hat on their heads or wearing a yellow monk's hat pinned to their waists.

It is clear that this was a concentration camp for the Gelugpa monks of the Yellow Sect, and all the monks who were captured were imprisoned here.

The area of the whole house is not small, but there is only one door, Chu Fan looked at it for a long time, and he didn't think of a way to enter.

But soon, the opportunity came.

Soon after people were sent into the stone house, a huge procession of honor guards came to the front of the stone house, under the golden yellow Luo cover umbrella, a man in red Tibetan clothes was surrounded by people and stood in front of the door, only to see a group of monks in yellow monk hats in the stone house rushing out, standing in front of the red Tibetan clothes with their hands down, including the old monk Jiayang Danzhu.

The red-clothed Tibetans gave a lecture in front of the room, and a few attendants behind them rushed up to take off their monks' hats, took off their monks' robes, and then tied their hands one by one, and took them out of the courtyard and walked towards the mountain.

Impartially, the direction they came from was the mountain where Chu Fan was hiding.

Chu Fan saw that the situation was not good, and he was about to be exposed, so he picked up Qin Hong and ran to the back of the mountain behind him.

As I ran, I saw that there were many small caves at the foot of the mountain on the back, and there was a big stone at the entrance of each cave, like the door of the cave.

Seeing that the escorted monks had come to the top of the mountain, Chu Fan had nowhere to hide, so he and Qin Hong got into the biggest hole.

But they didn't know that these monks were going to be sent to these caves.

Chu Fan and Qin Hong had just hid in with their front feet, and the monks here were also assigned a cave each.

A young monk, dressed in yellow satin, bowed down and walked into Chu Fan's cave, due to the darkness in the cave, Chu Fan had not yet been found, and when he got closer, the young monk was taken aback, but when he saw Chu Fan's boo gesture, he didn't shout.

"Master, we're not bad guys, don't shout."

"Are you Han?" The monk replied in clear Chinese.

"Do you speak Chinese? That's great. ”

In this Tibetan area, it is really refreshing to be able to communicate without barriers.

The young monk took two steps towards Chu Fan, held Chu Fan's hand and said, "Are you sent by the Buddha to save us?" ”

Chu Fan was a little confused when asked, how could he answer? He really wanted to save them, but he wasn't sent by the Buddha, and he didn't know about it.

Nodding speechlessly, Chu Fan said: "The master can speak Chinese, but he has lived in Daming. ”

The young monk nodded and said, "I was once canonized by Emperor Longqing of the Ming Dynasty and went to the capital. ”

Canonized? Isn't that a living Buddha? Chu Fan had a certain understanding of Tibetan history during this period.

This era is the period of the fastest development of Tibetan Buddhism, the relationship between various sects is complicated, after the Ming Dynasty defeated the Mongols, many Tibetan Buddhist monks have broken away from the connection with the Mongolian Dynasty, have to the capital to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty emperor, but at this time the Ming Dynasty emperor in order to strengthen the control of Tibet, adopted the system of large seals, no matter which sect you are, as long as you are a local leader, you can come to the Ming Dynasty to accept the canonization, so in this era, Tibet was canonized by the Ming Dynasty government of the living Buddha, Dharma King up to hundreds of people.

"Are you a living Buddha?"

The little monk shook his head and said, "No, there are only two people in our Gelug sect who can be called living Buddhas, and I am only the Dharma King. ”

As soon as the little monk said this, Chu Fan understood who those two people were referring to, so he asked, "Master Fawang, what do you call you?" ”

"My name is Tashi Zhajie, and I am the head of Guge Soda Monastery, the Khenpo of Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, and I was canonized as King Suoda by Emperor Longqing."

Chu Fan looked at the young Dharma King and probably guessed that this was a heavyweight. He shook King Suodafa's hand vigorously and said, "You are the Grand Sect Master of the Guge Kingdom, the king's younger brother, right?" King Suodafa was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this Han people actually know so much? He nodded and said, "Sure enough, it was sent by the Buddha to save us, so I will worship it." ”

Chu Fan hurriedly hugged King Suoda and said, "Don't be polite, although I really want to save you, but there are only two of us, and we haven't come up with any good ways yet, and my army is far away in the Han region, and I can't quench my thirst from far away, so I can't say if I can save you now." ”

"The Buddha has given the best guidance, as long as you can complete it, you will definitely save us from fire and water." King Sodafa said word by word.