"Door Master, why are you dressed like this?"

Looking at Liu Xunyi, who was dressed as a Tibetan warrior, Tang Cong and Bo Ren all showed surprise on their faces.

Liu Xunyi stretched the Tibetan robe on his body and said with a wry smile: "When I got rid of the entanglement of the Pingzha guards, the inn was already full of Cuodan's men and horses, and they came too fast, far beyond my expectations. As a last resort, I had to knock out a Tibetan warrior and change into his clothes, so that I could come back unharmed. ”

"Then ......," Boren worried, "will Brother Liu show his face?"

"Don't worry, no one has seen me the whole time. Liu Xunyi smiled, "Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to come back." ”

"That's good!" Tang Cong was relieved, and complained to Boren instead, "Fortunately, I didn't listen to you, if I escape, I'm afraid that nothing will cause trouble." ”

Boren said aggrievedly: "I'm also worried that Tsodan's people will come to the door......"

"Bang, bang!"

Before the words fell, the door of the mansion was knocked again, and the rapid knock on the door was like a heavy hammer, knocking the hearts of Liu Xunyi and the others.

Liu Xunyi and Tang Cong quickly hid in the room, while Bo Ren pretended to be lazy, rubbed his "sleepy eyes", yawned and walked towards the door of the mansion.

After opening the door, more than a dozen Tibetan warriors swarmed in, and Boren forcibly suppressed the apprehension in his heart, pretending to be dazed and took the initiative to talk to them.

After a while, the "disheveled" Liu Xunyi and Tang Cong walked out of the room one after another, and both of them looked like they had just woken up from a big dream.

Seeing Liu and Tang, the black-clothed samurai led by him narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at them repeatedly with an unkind gaze.

Seeing this, Boren smiled, took out two silver ingots from his sleeves, and stuffed them into the hands of the black-clothed warrior without saying anything, and then the two talked "in a whisper" before the black-clothed warrior led people out of the mansion.

"What's going on?"

"Don't worry, they didn't come for the Orb Inn, they were just ordered to deliver a message and send an invitation. Boren explained, "Tsodan has an order for Brother Liu to go to the Potala Palace in half an hour to prepare for the pilgrimage in advance. ”

"It turned out to be a false alarm. The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and the clothes on their backs were soaked with sweat at some point.

Stabilizing his mind, Boren couldn't wait to ask, "How is it?

"Except for the key in Tsodan's hand, everything else is here. Tang Cong took out seven trick bags and opened them one by one, revealing seven strange keys with golden light.

It turned out that Liu Xunyi and Tang Cong took risks last night to steal the key to the secret room of the Potala Palace.

"Tang Cong, when I see Cuo Dan in a while, I will definitely try to steal the key from him. ”

"The owner of the door can rest assured. Tang Cong agreed, "In the Baozhu Inn, I was careless, and when I entered the Potala Palace later, I would be careful and make sure that nothing went wrong." ”

"Good. Liu Xunyi nodded with satisfaction and said, "The Seven Kings lost their keys overnight, and they are in Cuodan's territory, I think they should calculate this account?"

"If it weren't for the farce at the Orb Inn, they wouldn't have known the key had been stolen. "As for now...... I am afraid that the seven kings, who will realize it later, have already 'killed' the Potala Palace with the same hatred and hatred, and asked Tsodan for an explanation. No matter how vigorous and resolute Cuodan is, he is attacked by the Seven Kings at this moment, and he will definitely ignore it and be anxious. ”

"Then what are we waiting for?" Tang Cong encouraged with great interest, "The first step of the sect master's three-step strategy has been completed, and it is our turn to show our talents. Hey hey ......"

"Let's go!"

......

Half an hour later, Liu Xunyi and the three came to the Potala Palace as promised.

Before entering the palace, they had already felt an extraordinary dignified aura from the bustling crowd and the guards who were waiting for them.

"It seems that there has been a big commotion outside the palace gate just now. Bo Ren looked at the mess all over the place, followed Liu Xunyi and muttered, "As I expected, in order to avoid criticism from the people, rumors have spread, and Pingza and others have been invited into the Potala Palace to discuss the theft of the key. ”

"It's better, if they gather outside the palace to make trouble, it won't be easy for us to get in. Liu Xunyi said in a low voice, "Looking at the current situation, if the theft cannot give the Seven Kings a satisfactory explanation, I am afraid that this year's 'pilgrimage' will be delayed." ”

"Probably not. Boren hesitated, "Even though there is no one in the eyes of the eight kings, don't forget that above them, there is also a nominal 'living Buddha'." No matter how good the Eight Kings are, they are only the 'Eight Great Bodhisattvas', and the 'Living Buddha' is the first person in the Esoteric Religion. ”

"Could it be that the power of the Living Buddha is greater than that of the Eight Kings?" Tang Cong said in surprise.

"Yes and no. Bo Ren pondered for a moment, as if he was pondering how to explain to Liu Xunyi, "Compared with the eight kings of Tubo who hold the male soldiers and divide one side, the living Buddha is just a symbol in name only. But don't underestimate this symbol, in the hearts of the Tibetan people, the living Buddha will always be supreme, sacred and untransgressable. ”

Liu Xunyi said thoughtfully: "You mean, in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, the eight kings of Tubo will not be embarrassed by the living Buddha, let alone desecrate the annual pilgrimage?"

"Exactly. Every year on the first day of the first lunar month, the first thing to do on the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the living Buddha. Boren nodded and said, "The eight kings and nobles worship the real living Buddha in the Potala Palace, while ordinary people and the majority of believers can only worship the Dharmakaya statue of the living Buddha in the major temples. ”

Boren's words made Liu Xunyi suddenly remember the team of monks who had saved him and Tang Cong in Tanggula Mountain. Their devotion to the Buddha and their perseverance in prostrating three times and bowing thousands of miles are far beyond the comprehension of Han people like Liu Xunyi.

All these things are enough to confirm from the side the real reason why the Tibetan tribes always adhere to the supremacy of the clerical power no matter how much they fight and fight.

The power of faith is unimaginably powerful.

Thinking of this, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but ask himself, how is the "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness" flowing in the bones of the Han people not a kind of faith?

What is the difference between loyal monarchs and loyal Buddhas to all sentient beings?

Between the words, Liu Xunyi and the three of them walked through the crowd and came to the palace gate. Boren carefully handed over the invitation, waited for a while, and the three were carefully searched from head to toe by the guards before they were allowed to enter the palace.

In the solemn and solemn Sunshine Palace, Tsodan and the Seven Kings were still in a confrontation, and the two sides were at loggerheads, refusing to give in to each other, and the situation was quite tense.

Although Liu Xunyi couldn't understand what they were arguing about, he could feel a strong hostility from their horizontal eyebrows and hideous facial features.

At this time, there were nearly 1,000 people gathered in the hall, but only 100 people were qualified to sit down, and they were all leaders and elders of various tribes, as well as nobles and rich gentry from all over Tibet.

They sat on the ground and formed a circle in the temple. In the center of the circle is a gold-carved stove full of charcoal, and Liu Xunyi is far away, but he can still clearly feel the thick warmth coming from the stove.

According to Boren, the closer the seat is to the furnace, the higher the status, and vice versa. Therefore, sitting in the center of the crowd were the eight kings of Tubo headed by Cuodan and Pingzha.

At this moment, except for the eight kings of Tibet and some vassal nobles, who were arguing fiercely in words, everyone else was respectfully waiting around, bowing their heads and eyebrows, without saying a word.

"What are they arguing about?" Liu Xunyi, who was standing at the back of the crowd, asked Boren in the lowest voice possible.

The Seven Kings suspected that Tsoden had sent someone to steal their key. Boren booed, "And Tsoden questioned that the Seven Kings were teaming up to make a show and deliberately troubled him." As for those who sat around them, foaming at the mouth, they were the supporters of each of the eight kings of Tibet, representing different tribes. ”

"What about the Living Buddha?" Tang Cong desperately tiptoed, looking towards the center of the main hall with curiosity in his eyes, hoping to catch a glimpse of the living Buddha's demeanor.

"Before the hour comes, the Living Buddha will naturally not appear. Boren pouted.

"The eight 'bodhisattvas' are already arguing, don't the living Buddhas plan to come out to uphold justice?" Tang Cong was stunned.

"Even if the Living Buddha has the intention to turn war into a jade silk, how can the Eight Kings of Tubo be willing to give up?" Bo Ren shook his head and said, "What's more, the Living Buddha represents wisdom, so he will never speak casually when he doesn't know the truth, so as not to change the order and be ridiculed." It is customary to begin the pilgrimage at the time of the pilgrimage, and accordingly...... Half an hour to go. ”

"Half an hour?" Liu Xunyi said in surprise, "You mean, even if they have more grievances after half an hour, they will put it aside for the time being and make a pilgrimage first." ”

"As it should be. Merely...... Now that the key has been stolen, I wonder how they can ask for the Buddha Lotus Seed?"

"There's not much time left for us, and it's not a good idea for them to keep arguing like this. Liu Xunyi was anxious and said in a low voice, "One, you can't get close to Cuodan, Tang Cong has no chance to get the last key." Both, quarrels are not chaos, and given the current situation, we simply can't get out. ”

Hearing this, Boren's eyes moved, and he said suspiciously: "Could it be that you have the right to do expedient?"

"Yes, but it's a little sinister. Liu Xunyi nodded quickly, "And I need Brother Ren's help." ”

"Me?" Boren was stunned, as if he was timid, and hesitated, "You...... What do you want to do?"

"I want you to shout a word in Tibetan. ”

"What?"

"King Wen sneaks up on the King of Tibet, everyone beware!" Liu Xunyi looked at Boren with urgent eyes, and asked, "How?

"You ......" Boren's throat squirmed a few times, and a thick sense of struggle appeared between his eyebrows, and he slurred, "Brother Liu, what do you want to do? In case of the slightest mistake, none of you and I will survive. ”

"If you can't get the Buddha lotus seed on this trip, you won't be able to live either. Liu Xunyi reminded, "Even if Cuo Dan doesn't kill you, the Jade Dragon Palace will never let you go." ”

"You threaten me?" At this time, Boren personally experienced the entanglement and pain of riding a tiger, and unconsciously, he was already sweating profusely, and shook his head again and again, "Brother Liu, this is not a joke, you must think twice before acting......"

"Brother Ren, don't worry, as long as you do what I say, there will be chaos in the Sunshine Palace. When the palace guards swarmed in, we were in a mess, and we were able to leave the place without knowing it. Liu Xunyi's hand was on Boren's shoulder, a pair of deep eyes stared straight at him, and said word by word, "Believe me, I won't let you have any trouble." If we retreat, we will surely die. ”

"You...... You're chasing ducks to the shelves......" Boren was anxious and regretful, but he couldn't think of a better way for a while. He swallowed hard as if to cheer himself up, and then asked tremblingly, "You...... When do you want me to shout?"

"Don't worry, wait for my signal. ”

Liu Xunyi smiled knowingly, turned his hand and pulled out three hair-thin embroidery needles from the edge of his sleeve, and pinched one of them silently between his fingers.

Under the indescribable nervous gaze of Boren and Tang Cong, Liu Xunyi looked solemn, held his breath and concentrated, his eyes stared at Cuodan, who was in the middle of the hall, and at the same time, his right hand holding an embroidery needle slowly poked out of his sleeve, shining silver and looming.

"Whew!"

"Whoosh!"

A breath suddenly condensed, two fingers flicked, and a thin embroidery needle, like a smart silver fox, flashed through the gap between the crowd, quickly and strangely shot straight at the door of Cuodan.

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