Chapter 128 The Four Great Buddha Kingdoms
Kura asked to go to Xiashule, and Hushagar sent a team of cavalry to escort him. The delegation left the city before dawn at dawn, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, but Geshuo was in charge of the defense of the North Gate. How could he hide this from him? He sent someone to ask why he left the city, but the cavalry leader said, "This is an order issued by the young master and the chief general. If you have any questions, please go and ask the chief general general general general general." He did not answer. After a stick of incense, Mubaid learned about this.
After leaving the city, the jihadist's light cavalry patrolled nearby, intercepted and asked, but was repelled. The jihadist's light cavalry returned in a depressing manner. Half an hour later, Valdan received the news.
Unlike the Central Plains, the so-called roads are mostly formed naturally, or they are stepped out after walking too much, and there is no artificial project. Kura sat in the car and was bumpy. He survived a whole day before he arrived in Xiashule the next day.
When Zhang Mai heard that Kura was going to come in person, he knew that he was a very influential Buddhist master in the Western Regions. He was very happy. Yang Ding Guodao: "Although this master is from Kucha, he is also a very influential figure in Buddhism. You should not neglect it."
Zheng Wei ordered Zhang Jing to sweep the road. Outside the city, two battalions of cavalry were sent, holding ceremonial knives, and waiting in line. The people in the city supported each other on the streets. Zhang Mai stood at the south gate to wait. Kura was a monk and a scholar who was familiar with the etiquette of the Han family. After getting off the car, he saw this style. After looking at the flags on both sides and the greetings, he was slightly surprised: "This is really the ritual and music of the Tang Dynasty! It is easy to just rely on the name, but if the ritual and music is not inherited, it is not fake."
Literature and music are the core carriers of a clan's culture. The Anxi Tang army was isolated for a long time, but they attached great importance to it - because this is an important identity that they rely on to distinguish the surrounding Humans. In addition to being skilled in martial arts, most of those with family inheritance are good at one art, such as Yang Dingguo, Zheng Wei, Murong Chunhua, Murong Yi, Pipa, An Shoujing is familiar with the advance and retreat of the ritual knife, Guo Luo is familiar with the rhythm of military music, etc. Although the Guo and Yang families were broadcasting thousands of miles apart, they also carried the heavy and burdensome "Fenyang Military Classic" with them. The Tang army was fully organized and ritually, the Zheng family was in Julan City, and the Lu family was left with Shule, and there were still many old volumes in their collection. After the four families were united, these classics also merged into one place. Therefore, the etiquette and culture of the Tang army still retained a strong middle-Tang color - and the middle-Tang happened to be the most familiar period of the Tang culture.
Kura had never seen it before, and actually did not believe that this group of Tang troops from the west had anything to do with the Tang Dynasty. He just felt that the army was majestic, and in his heart he actually regarded them as a group of newly rising barbarian tribes - this is a common thing in the Western Regions. It was not until this time that the whole idea changed and he thought to himself: "Han rites have disappeared in the Western Regions for a long time, and I don't want to see them again today! Could it be that they are really from the Tang Dynasty?"
After Zhang Mai came to this world, he learned the etiquette of the Tang Dynasty again. At this time, he went forward to welcome the monk and entered the city with him. The generals rode horses and then arrived at the mansion in the city. Zheng Wei had led all the civil servants to wait at the door. Seeing that they were orderly, Kura also put away the last sense of cultural superiority in his heart. He had fully respected the other party as an important minister and general of the superior country in his words and deeds.
At this time, the secret civil exchanges between Shule and Xia Shule were able to exist with the acquiescence of Zhang Mai and Hu Shagar. Since the Tang army could make a detailed arrangement in Shule, Hu Shagar and others could naturally make a clear move in Shule. This way, Kura entered Zhang Mai's imperial envoy's mansion, and the leaders of several major forces in Shule City received the news within a day.
Kura followed Zhang into the interior and saw the civil servants of the Tang army in Anxi and Xun Xun, who was very happy. Buddhism is a religion born in a mature civilization. It has a history of integration with the Han culture of the same height for thousands of years. It is known to each other. At this time, Kura saw that even if Shule changes hands and turns into the Tang army, the Buddhist culture in Shule area will not be destroyed. He let go of his heart and seems very relaxed and comfortable after entering the palace.
After the greetings between the two sides, Kura asked about the origin of the Tang army, and his tone was very sincere. Zhang Mai said, "To be honest, the soldiers of our army are not from the East," he pointed out Yang Yi, Li Bin, Zheng Wei, and Xue Suding as representatives, and said, "If Yang Duwei comes from Xinxuye City, the upper reaches of the Suiye River, Li Zongjun came from Tibetan Monu Valley beside the Yibo Sea, and was after the Suiye Army station. Zheng Zongjun was originally a descendant of Zheng Jugong, the governor of the Yutian town, and was trampled to Julan City as a merchant. Xue Suding was the Ningyuan Xue clan and turned into a general under Satuk - it can be said that we are all survivors of the Tang Dynasty scattered in various parts of the Western Regions." Then he explained in detail the origin of the four families of Guo, Yang, Lu, and Zheng.
Kura was in Shule for a long time and had heard of the affairs of the four families. He knew it was true at first sight. He called out a good sentence and said, "If this is the case, the old monk will also be a survivor of the Tang Dynasty."
"Oh?" Zhang Mai raised his eyebrows and said, "I thought the master was from Kucha."
Kura smiled and said, "Kucha has been incorporated into the Han territory for nearly a thousand years, but it has only been a hundred years since it became a Hu land. In addition to the recent foreign races, they have more or less Han blood. The ancestors of the old monk originally came from Tianshui, Longxi, and were given the surname Li. Later, they moved to Guanzhong area and intermarried with locals. Unfortunately, they encountered wars and fled to the northwest and returned to Longyou. The old monk was also born in Dunhuang. He went to Kucha at the age of three, and at the age of fifteen, he was robbed and left his hair and converted to Buddhism. Therefore, the outside world said that I was from Kucha, but I didn't know the fate of the ancestors of the old monk."
Zhang Mai was overjoyed and said to Yang Dingguo and others: "If this is the case, then we will be a family!"
Kura smiled slightly and said, "Enterprise Zhang just introduced the origins of several heroes, but I don't know where the envoy came from?"
Zhang Mai smiled lightly, and Yang Dingguo said from the side: "Enterprise Zhang did not come from somewhere in the Western Regions. His ancestors set out from Chang'an in the second year of Jianzhong of the Tang Dynasty and came to Anxi to announce the imperial envoy. However, the road was blocked and he could not reach his life. Therefore, he passed the descendants of the fish talisman to pass on the imperial edict from generation to generation. He only met the descendants of our four families. Although they were a hundred years apart, they crossed the southern branch of the bird's nest and died. They were also in the hills of the country's desire for ancestors. They could not forget them even though they had been around for a hundred years. Therefore, when we saw this imperial edict, the fish talisman was so grateful that we gathered under the command of the special envoy Zhang and raised an army to return east. The generals broke through the pass and traveled eight thousand miles before we got here!" As he said that, Yang Zhuo brought the imperial edict and asked Kura to see it.
Kura was already shocked when he heard Yang Dingguo's narrative. Looking at the imperial edict and the fish talismans, they were indeed ancients. If you want to wait for it but don't believe it, you can't. Put your hands together: "Good! Good! There is such a magnificent thing in the world!"
Yang Dingguo, Guo Shiyong and others described their experiences of fighting along the way. Apart from Satuk's recent situation, they were bothered with other details and did not hide them. These eight thousand miles of war in the east were the most proud thing in the minds of the Tang army, so they were happy to be known.
The more Kura heard it, he became more and more shocked and thought to himself: "It turns out that they were uprising this way. From the lonely city in the border area, they have all the mountains and rivers, snowy desert wastelands, and strong enemies everywhere in the city. Not only have they not been destroyed, but they have become stronger and stronger in the battle. They have fought to the Shule. If it were not for the blessing of the Buddha, how could they have come here?"
He also paid close attention to the words and temperaments of the civil and military officials. Since the rebellion of the Tang army, on the one hand, it has been influenced by Zhang Mai, and on the other hand, it has been growing in overcoming obstacles. It is hard to say that the progress of the younger generation such as Guo Luo and Yang Yishiba is self-evident. Even the older generation such as Yang Dingguo and Guo Shiyong are completely different from those when they were still shattered. When Li Bin came to the Tang family as an envoy of Satuk, he still felt that Yang Dingguo, Guo Shiyong and others had a wild and vulgar rural scent - that was because their vision had not yet been opened, but after walking through this journey of thousands of miles, the one who showed up in front of Kura was already a famous person with a strong heart with mountains and rivers.
Kura's classics are well-versed and quite a master of prime ministers. After a meeting with the famous Tang army, a thought arose in his mind: "Looking at the Western Regions, there are not necessarily such great men in Balashaguen, Gaochang, and Yutian. No wonder they can break through the pass and kill the generals and fight here."
The two sides talked for more than an hour, and they were a little tired, and finally slowly turned to Shule. Kura asked about Satuk whereabouts, Yang Dingguo smiled, and Zhang Mai said: "Although we oppose all atrocities that oppress the Tang people and harm the people, we have no deep hatred with Satuk itself. We defeated him because he blocked our way. In the battle of Jokhang Temple, it was because Hu Shagar sent troops to besiege Tang people. As Tang soldiers, we had to take action. But today's situation is different from the past. If Hu Shagar can give up all his past grudges, we are willing to live in peace. Because of this reason, the following proposal to exchange Shacar for Shu La."
Seeing that he had brought his inquiry gently, Kura tactfully did not ask again, but said, "General Hushagar is also interested in making peace, but I hope the Tang army can send a powerful important official to the city for negotiation."
Zhang Mai said: "Jialing is a descendant of the Zheng family and a master Faru's soccer. He is a person I value very much in the youth generation. His words can actually represent my words, but if Hu Shagar still thinks he is not qualified, then I can meet him in person and have a clear conversation face to face."
Kura was overjoyed and said, "If this could be done, it would be better!"
Both sides had a more and more verbal language, so Zhang Mai respected Kura more and more. He was invited to the Welcoming Hall that night - it was the best house in the city. It was originally the location of Xia Shule Tianfang Temple. This temple was also the ancestral home of the Tianfang Sect preaching in the Shule area. After the Tang army entered, it was renovated, but the external construction was not very effective.
That night, the peace talks in Shule City were about to be completed. Ma Humeng's status in the city was similar to "Fanggui", and he enjoyed limited freedom. After hearing about this, he was secretly worried: "I don't know what agreement Hu Shagar and the Tang army reached. This matter was led by Buddhists, and it is only harmful to the Tianfang Cult. If it is not good to the Tianfang Cult, it will naturally be bad to the prince. What should I do?"
Although Prince Asil was pious and firm in his beliefs, Mahumeng was only concerned about his prince. It was because Asil was loyal to Valdan that Mahumeng contributed to the Tianfang Sect. If the religious belief incident happened, it would be possible to change a person soon, but it would be impossible to change the entire tribe in a short time.
At this time, Ma Humeng was worried about his prince, so he unexpectedly came to visit. Zheng Hao was responsible for monitoring Ma Humeng, but the two were old friends, and after this period, they became even more unrestrained. Zheng Hao held a large jar of wine in his hand and entered the door. He sent away the two militias who accompanied Ma Humeng (actually surveillance) and called a guard to ask him to leave the city and ask him to go out of the city to ask for ten kilograms of mutton outside the south gate. The guard said it was too late and he was afraid that the city gate would be closed and could not get out. Zheng Hao casually took out three tokens from his waist, took one of them with the word "nan" engraved to the guard and said, "You can enter and exit the south gate with this card."
After the guard left, Zheng Hao patted the wine jar and said, "It's cold today, and there's nothing wrong, so I'll come and have a jar with me."
Ma Humeng responded: "The Tianfang Cult prohibits drinking, so our princes are very strict about this matter..."
Before he finished speaking, Zheng Hao laughed: "Come on, brother, I don't know how much you drink! I remember that our two families were at the foot of the Talas Mountains, and my master discussed major issues with your country. We secretly drank two drinks outside the door. Prince Xue Fu and my young master were so young that they were playing next to each other. Alas, that happened many years ago..."
Ma Humeng recalled the scene back then and couldn't help but sigh, so he didn't resist too much. Zheng Hao lit the small stove, boiled the water, and warmed the wine. Soon the guard bought the mutton and returned. Zheng Hao asked for the token, then threw down a few pieces of meat to cook and put it in the wine. He filled the wine bowl and drank it against Ma Humeng.
It was winter, and the weather was very cold, and after half a bowl of wine, the warmth was coming, and more words were spoken. Zheng Hao was older and kept talking about the events of the past, saying: "I really didn't say anything about the friendship between our two families. Do you still remember my third master, your little prince, and my eldest lady and your little princess to make wine every family?"
Ma Humeng couldn't help laughing and said, "Of course, I remember that the four of them were dressed as two couples. My little prince and your eldest daughter were dressed as a Han couple, and they were entertained by the Hu couple dressed as the third young master and the little princess. The four children were all as beautiful as jade, but they pretended to be adults, and they were so cute that they made our Lord happy. They discussed marriage with Mr. Zheng on the spot, and wanted these two childhood sweethearts to be real couples when they grew up."
Zheng Hao sighed, "Yes, but things in the world are not going to be as good as 19. I didn't expect that something happened to you not long after. Two pairs of children will not be able to succeed when they grow up, otherwise I will get closer to you and I. What I didn't expect was that now Prince Xue Fu has entered the Tianfang Sect, and you and I are even more involved in the enemy camp. Whenever I think of this, it makes people feel that luck is aroused. Alas, drink, drink!" As he said, the wine was dry.
Ma Humeng couldn't help but feel sad. He poured the wine bowl and drank a full bowl. Seeing that Zheng Hao was seventy-six-six-six-six-drunk, he suddenly grabbed Ma Humeng's hand and said, "I heard that the little princess is in the city now?"
"yes."
Zheng Hao asked again: "Did you betrothed by someone?"
"This..." Ma Humeng was brought up by him and felt a little more unhappy: "I have a marriage agreement with Bograhan."
"Satuk?" Zheng Hao said: "Is Satuk's son? His eldest son is now in our hands, and he is a few years younger than the princess."
Mahumunne said, "It's either his son, it's Bograhan."
Zheng Hao was stunned and then muttered with alcohol: "Let the little princess be Satuk's little wife?"
This sentence is so ugly that Ma Humeng hurriedly said, "As a Khan, Bograhan has several concubines, which is reasonable."
Zheng Hao sneered, "That's not the same! If you say you have entered Chang'an and made a concubine of the emperor, it would be considered a glorious family lintel. Bograhan is a border chief, what kind of concubine! He is just a side room! I said, brother, who decided this marriage? The old king is gone, and the elder brother is his father. Could it be decided by Prince Xue Fu?"
Ma Humeng whispered, “It is actually the meaning of the preacher.”
Zheng Hao was stunned for a moment, then patted the wine jar and said furiously: "What's this! Did this Vardan give the little princess as a concubine and maid to Satuk for favor? Although Ning Yuan has lost his country, he shouldn't be so depraved! I said brother, when did Prince Xue Fu become so cowardly? That's his sister's lifelong happiness. He was not like this when he was a child!"
Ma Humeng lowered his head and was just drinking a muffled wine. He actually opposed this matter, but he was a servant after all, and he did not dare to say anything about this matter. At this time, he was silent for a long time before saying: "When Vardan wanted to send the little princess to Shule, the people below us were not happy, and our prince did not agree very much. But later the prince said that she did not care about how many women her husband had, but this person must be the best hero in the world! When our prince saw that she said so, he did not stop..."
"What is this! What do girls know about their families? If their parents are not around, their elder brother is the biggest. After all, the marriage matter depends on their elder brother's meaning. I think it is mostly because of the princess who are virtuous and unwilling to make it difficult for their elder brother to do, so I said that." Zheng Hao snorted and said, "Brother, it's not me that you did this. You have done a bad job. Although we are just family members, when the king of the country is not around, we are also half an elder! Some things must be reminded of young people! If you should advise them, you have to advise them!"
Seeing Ma Humeng getting deeper and lowered, Zheng Hao patted his shoulder and said, "But it's finally over, let's forget it. God opened his eyes and didn't let the princess pass. Now Satuk is finished..."
When Ma Humeng heard this, he was shocked, and he woke up seven or eight minutes after drinking. He thought to himself, "Is Bograhan really defeated?" Then he heard Zheng Hao continue, "I have a scheming in my heart, and I want to discuss it with you." Ma Humeng asked, "What are you doing?"
Zheng Hao's face was red and smiling as if it was blooming, and said, "I'm going to tell you, our third young master's wife has been separated in the war this time. Although the third young master is still thinking about refusing to give up and sending people to search, in my opinion, the third young master will be very slim to find her. A real man should not be long-lasting. I have been worried about this for the past few months. After meeting you again, I couldn't help but have a thought - brother, see if we can re-emerge the old marriage contract?"
"Recommend the old thing? I'm saying..."
"It's our third young master and the little princess." Zheng Hao said: "Although it's a successor, you should know the character of our third young master. Now he has great power in the Tang army, and his future is limitless. Our two families are old friends, and they are young people. If the little princess marry into our Zheng family, she will definitely not be wronged."
Thinking about letting Princess Shanya marry Zheng Wei, Ma Humeng himself thought it was a good match, but shook his head and said, "We are just servants, this is the case..."
Zheng Hao smiled and said, "How come we don't know that we are just servants. I'm not saying that we are in charge of this, we just make a move from it."
Ma Humeng said again: "I'm afraid it's still hard. As soon as Princess Shanya has betrothed to Bograhan, the wedding has been delayed. With this relationship, the lecturer will never agree."
Zheng Hao said unhappily: "The little princess's marriage is nothing to do with Valdan!"
Ma Humeng was a little embarrassed and said, "We little prince listened to the preachers' everything, and I will not do anything that the preachers do not agree to. When the old king passed away, we all changed our words to the prince. Just because of the preachers' words, this matter...ah! Not to mention that now our two families belong to the enemy camp. Even if you and I have a deep old friendship, it is impossible to get married."
Zheng Hao couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said, "Brother, it's not your fault. You are in a prison residence, so the news is not very good enough. But I tell you that Shule and Xia Shule have almost the same talks. Just recently, our Special Envoy Zhang will go to the interview with Hu Shagar. After this interview, all your worries will be resolved at that time."
Ma Humeng's heart sterned and asked, "How to solve it?"
Zheng Hao was drunk and said, "I can't tell you too much about this."
Ma Humeng thought to himself, "He is not completely drunk yet!" So he persuaded him to drink again, and Zheng Hao drank another bowl, and became even more drunk. Ma Humeng teased with words: "Enter Zhang is going to negotiate peace with Hu Shagar. I have heard that, it seems that he wants to exchange Xia Shule for Sha car or something."
Zheng Hao burst out laughing and said, "That's just the saying on the table, not just this!"
"What else?"
Zheng Hao shook his head and said, "No, I drink too much tonight and say too much..." His words became more and more blurred, and he spoke with a big tongue.
Ma Humeng smiled and said, "You didn't drink too much. In fact, you didn't know that at all, but you just pretended to know everything."
Zheng Hao was so drunk that he couldn't bear it and said furiously: "Who said I don't know!"
Ma Humeng said: "Brother, you are just an old member of the Zheng family after all. Master Zheng is not a particularly prominent figure in the Tang army. If this matter is very confidential, he may not know it. Even if he knows something, he will not tell you. I can understand this."
Zheng Hao jumped up in anger and pointed at his nose and cursed: "You, nonsense! It doesn't matter if you look down on me, but you don't let me look down on my third young master. My third young master is now the leader of the literary squad in the Tang army! What doesn't he know about the secrets in the army? Humph! I might as well tell you that our Tang army has already reached a secret discussion with Hu Shagar. He will give us the Shagar to establish the country in Shachar, and we will help Hu Shagar establish the country in Shule. At that time, as long as Special Envoy Zhang speaks, let alone Satuk's side room, even Satuk's original wife, Hu Shagar will not be stingy!"
Ma Humeng was shocked and his face couldn't help but change slightly. Fortunately, Zheng Hao didn't notice it while drunk. He laughed dryly and said, "Brother, you are bragging again. General Hushagar is loyal to Bogra Khan and cannot do such a thing."
Chapter completed!