"Alas, the old man is also here to eat, but he didn't expect to come here halfway through the road."

Dao Yan sat down cross-legged, with a bitter expression on his face, and a little frightened, and said, "Brother, is there a way for you to get out, Lao Wei doesn't want to die here yet." ”

The smuggler waved his hand and said, "Don't pretend, look at the way you two are dressed, you are charlatans, otherwise you won't take this road." Grandma's damn it, no one walked through it once before, why are there so many bandits all of a sudden? ”

"Before?"

"Just half a year ago, you bald donkey asked what you were doing here, but now it's over, there's nowhere to run."

The smuggler looked a little anxious, and scolded and said, "What do you say they are arresting me?" I was forced to live by that beast, so I have to have the ability to find that beast! I finally found a way, and I planted a heel here, damn, hateful. ”

Zhu Di said angrily: "You are not afraid of losing your head when you do this?" ”

"Lose your head? Mother's brute is messing around here, and he can't live anymore, what's the difference between losing his head? ”

The smuggler sneered and scolded: "In the past, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was here, and life was not easy, but now that the emperor of the Zhu family is here, life is still not easy." Just a few years ago, that beast caught hundreds of little babies and cut them all in baskets, don't you see this nonsense? It's a pity that I didn't find a chance, otherwise I would have to cut the beast's basket too! ”

This indignant shouting and scolding directly made Zhu Di unspeakable, how can he refute such an evil thing?

Everyone has been forced to become a smuggler of salt, what else can you say, do you want to be grateful to the old Zhu family?

After thinking about it, Zhu Di asked: "Why didn't anyone sue the official for these things?" Doesn't the government take care of anything? ”

"Sue the officer? You're afraid you're confused. ”

The smuggler rolled his eyes, looked at Zhu Di like a fool, and continued: "Who is that beast? The son of the emperor today, what can we sue? If you really want to enter the lobby, you might be beaten to death with a stick! More than half a year ago, I heard that a prince was coming, and we thought, we can be regarded as someone who can call the shots, and we have a good life.

The result? The brute still hasn't had anything to do, and when he comes back, he still messes around, and no one can take care of it. If you want me to say, this family deserves to die, they deserve to have a short life, preferably children and grandchildren, all of them are fucking short-lived! ”

Zhu Di was very angry when he heard it, but he still maintained basic restraint, and said coldly: "If you talk like this, aren't you afraid of being denounced?" ”

"Sue? Sue what? It's all said here, who are you suing? You haven't thought about this? It's all a charlatan, and they still say that I'm shameless. ”

After several rhetorical questions in a row, Zhu Di was directly silent, he wanted to refute, but he couldn't talk about it.

The facts are in front of us, and the people are forced to break the law and commit crimes, what else can be said about this.

Is it difficult to persuade the people to be generous and not to care about the gains and losses?

Although Zhu Di felt that he was thick-skinned enough, he couldn't be so shameless, so although he was angry in his heart, he also maintained restraint and slowly endured it.

The smuggler vented most of his anger, and sat a little tired against the wall, muttering something vaguely.

It was probably praying to a certain god, and Dao Yan listened carefully, but didn't hear anything.

About an hour later, perhaps the salt dealer's prayers had taken effect, the bandits returned to their cells and brought them out.

The bright moon hung high, revealing a bit of coldness, Zhu Di glanced left and right, and there were about a dozen people who were arrested, all of whom were tied up.

Under the escort of the bandits, Zhu Di walked all the way to the open place, and soon arrived at a flat land, where many people were surrounded, and the torches around him were burning, and the flat ground was very bright.

On the other side of the flat ground, I don't know when a statue of a god was erected, with a hideous and terrifying appearance, a face painted black, and various utensils in his six arms, and something under his feet.

Zhu Di felt that this statue was really familiar, and he couldn't remember it for a while, so he touched Dao Yan next to him on his shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "Old monk, what kind of god is that, I always feel familiar." ”

"Mahagara, that is, the Great Black Heaven."

Dao Yan's expression was a little serious, and he explained: "Mahakala is one of the guardian gods of Tibetan Buddhism Tantra, and the inner god worshiped by the high monks of the Sakya sect. You may not know this, but Mahakala was also the protector of the ruling class of the Yuan Dynasty, and they built temples and sculptures around the capital and in the Jiangnan area to support Mahakara. ”

When it came to the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Di finally reacted, and he said in his heart why this thing is so familiar, it turned out to be Dahetian.

At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, there were wars everywhere, and his father-in-law Xu Da did not break down the temple, and whenever he saw this dark sky, he chose to break it and destroy it.

Zhu Di heard Xu Da mention that this Mahakara is the god of war and the god of war that the Yuan Dynasty believed in, and he believes that as long as he is protected by Mahakara, he will be invincible.

Therefore, breaking the statue of Lord Mahagara can effectively damage the morale of the enemy.

Regarding the worship of Mahagara in the Yuan Dynasty, it can be traced back to Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty.

At that time, Kublai Khan became acquainted with the first generation of emperor Phags-pa and established a relationship between the donor and Futian, and Phags-pa also cast a statue of the god Mahakala on Mount Wutai, which is said to have cost a thousand taels of gold!

The establishment of the Mahagara belief was closely related to the conquest of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, and in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty not only ensured the construction of the system, but also found a kind of spiritual commander.

Because such spiritual power could not be sought in the traditional culture of the Mengyuan Dynasty, it reached a cooperation with the Sakya sect and used its protector god Mahakala as the god of war and war to ensure that the army maintained strong combat effectiveness.

Liu Guan of the Yuan Dynasty has recorded this: at the beginning, Emperor Taizu Zhaoji Longshuo, as for the Emperor Shizu Suihua Correction, died in the battle, Chang Longshi Maha Ge Ra God, with it as the country's protector, also known as the great protector of the gods, listed in the great shrines, and prayed in response.

The Maha Garat here is actually the Mahakara, but the Sanskrit transliteration is different.

It is worth mentioning that Song Lian, a famous Confucian in the early Ming Dynasty, was a student of Liu Guan.

Dao Yan was born in the Zhizheng period, so he naturally knows a lot about it, and now when he sees the statue of Mahagara again in Shaanxi, he can't help but be surprised, and then he feels bad.

When is it necessary to worship a god of war and a god of war like Mahagara?

There is no doubt that this sacrifice must have been made when there was a need for war.

In the territory of Shaanxi, it is not strange to find the Mahagara worshipped by the rulers of the Mengyuan Dynasty, but it is a strange thing that someone is worshipping Mahagara.

Zhu Di obviously thought of this, and glanced at Dao Yan, feeling that the situation was troublesome, and he tried to break free from the rope, but in vain.

Just when Zhu Di was in a hurry, next to the statue of Mahagara, a strangely dressed priest appeared, with strange words in his mouth.

Zhu Di listened carefully, it seemed to be Mongolian, but it was different, and after a little thought, it suddenly dawned on him, these guys are not very good at Mongolian, they know a little, but not much.

As the croaking of the sacrificial personnel continued, some bandits came over and directly carried out the smuggler who was standing in front.

"What are you going to do, let go of me, let go of me! I'll give money, I'll give money! ”

The smuggler looked at the knife in the hands of the sacrificial personnel, panicked, and kept begging for mercy, but obviously to no avail.

Poof!

The sharp blade pierced the salt dealer's chest, and a black hand reached into it, pulling it hard, and with a terrible howl, a bloody heart was torn out.

The priest raised the heart above his head, and after another croaking speech, he offered the heart to the dishes under the idol.

Then, with a wave of his hand, a bandit grabbed the second person and stepped forward.

Seeing such a scene, Zhu Di's face turned green, and he felt cold in his heart, touched Dao Yan, and asked, "Old monk, don't be idle, think of a way!" ”

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