Tang's dining table

Just after leaving Laoshan, the story of the old monkey pricking his blood to write Buddhist scriptures had already spread throughout the convoy. Ding Dayou, who originally ignored the old monkey, heard about it and specially invited him over when he was drinking in the evening. Old monkey.

The old monkey has a wide range of knowledge, and wherever he goes, he can describe the local customs and customs in a lively, interesting and fascinating way.

"More than forty miles to the north of this place, next to the mountains and separated by a river, there are two Jialan, with the same name as Zhaochuli, and the east and west are commensurate. The decorations of the Buddha statues are almost artificial.

The monks are pure and diligent. There is a jade stone in the Dongzhao Chuli Buddhist Hall, which is more than two feet wide, yellow and white in color, and shaped like a sea clam.

There are traces of the Buddha's feet on it, which are eight inches long and six inches wide. Or on fasting days, light candles. "

Ding Dayou, who was drinking, stopped his glass. He couldn't quite understand what Old Monkey Wen said. He seemed to have heard something extraordinary, so he turned to Yun Chu.

Yun Chu put down the leg of lamb in his hand, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, frowned and cleaned up Naha, whose face was full of oil. Then he said to Ding Dayou: "Mr. Shi said, this place is forty to the north." There are two temples in Yuli. The two temples are on both sides of the river. The temple on the east side has a huge piece of white and yellow jade, which is more than two feet wide and narrow on the surface and looks like a sea clam.

There is also a footprint left by the Buddha on the jade, which is one foot eight inches long and six inches wide. It will shine brightly every time the Buddha is born.

It is a rare treasure! "

Ding Dayou immediately turned around and asked the old monkey: "Is this true?"

The old monkey nodded and said: "This thing is the treasure of our Western Region. As long as this thing stays in the Western Region, the prosperity of Buddhism in the Western Region will be just around the corner."

I heard that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty built the Da Ci'en Temple to pray for his mother. Unfortunately, there was no such jade. No matter how well the Da Ci'en Temple was built, it was not enough for the emperor to recite his mother's voice and reach the sky. "

Ding Dayou turned his head and looked at Yun Chu and said: "Is the whole world the king's soil, and the shore of the land is the king's ministers? Is this right?"

Yun Chu frowned and said, "Your Majesty will be very happy if he hears the captain talking like this."

Ding Dayou poured the last glass of wine into his mouth and sighed: "The best, the most beautiful, and the most glorious will all belong to my emperor."

Yun Chu nodded and said: "This is true. As His Majesty's ministers, we will naturally work hard for Your Majesty."

Ding Dayou smiled and said: "You go, or should I go, or send a brigade commander?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "Zhe Chong Mansion is His Majesty's hawk and dog, and cannot do such dirty things. Dirty work naturally needs dirty people to do it."

"Dirty person?"

"That's right, aren't there some bad guys in our team who specialize in doing dirty work? They all call themselves bad guys. If they don't do this work, who will?"

Ding Dayou said: "Actually, there is no need to be so secretive. Our Majesty is the most partial. As long as we are dedicated to the Tang Dynasty and do some scandalous things in this wilderness, His Majesty will naturally help us cover it up." "

"Then you can't let His Majesty get angry every time to help cover up his ministers, right? You are a good person, who can withstand getting angry eight times a day?"

"Well, then let the bad guy take the people there." After saying that, he looked at the old monkey and said, "It's the temple to the east, right?"

The old monkey nodded and said: "It's in the Jialan Hall in the middle. There's a white jade lotus seat underneath. That thing is pretty good too. Be sure to bring it back together."

Ding Dayou said with a smile: "I just like Hu people like you. If all the Hu people in the world were like you, how could there be so many Beijings in the world?"

Yun Chu was convinced, and the old monkey looked calm and unashamed.

While Ding Dayou was busy arranging the robbery, Yun Chu smiled and said to the old monkey: "Did you really kill the seventy-six monks in the Horse Ti Temple in Ganzhou?"

The old monkey shook his head and said: "We are all disciples of Buddhism, so we won't be so heartless."

"Then the person who killed the monks at Mati Temple was the Green Wolf?"

"No, Qinglang has had a hard time hiding in Tibet these years to avoid the pursuit of Huihe Khan. Besides, he is not qualified to enter Yumen Pass, let alone Ganzhou."

"Since you didn't do it, why did you bother those bad guys?" "I just wanted to get those people to move. Didn't they say that I killed the monks from the Matisi Temple? Now, they want to kill Mr. Zhao too. It’s a monk from Lidai Temple, maybe we can get some clues from it.”

Yun Chu looked at the old monkey and said, "Those monks are too innocent."

The old monkey laughed and said: "Did you know that the Buddha said that the Age of Ending Dharma is coming. It is a dark era. In that era, the Buddha will not save the monks in danger, but will only let them enter Nirvana this morning. , waiting in reincarnation for the dawn of the prosperity of Buddhism."

Yun Chu asked in confusion: "Could it be said that by killing the monk now, we are saving the monk?"

The old monkey said: "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."

After saying that, he looked at Naha who was dozing off with a smile and said, "Would you like to play with a stick with me?"

When she heard that she was about to play with the stick, Naha suddenly stopped feeling sleepy. She stood up from behind Yun Chu and followed the old monkey in a bounding motion.

Yun Chu took the opportunity to check his hidden wealth and felt that everything was safe, so he immediately went to bed. He felt that as long as he fell asleep, many of the evil things in the world had nothing to do with him.

The next day, Yunchu saw no bad guys in the team, and some of the Tiaodang soldiers among the soldiers were also missing.

There are generally not too many jumping soldiers in the army, but each of them is a sharp soldier, whether they can walk or ride, they are mainly used to break the enemy's formation and clear the way for the following army.

It is actually a pity for such a group of people to become horse thieves.

However, Ding Dayou didn't seem to care, and Yun Chu pretended not to know about it.

Anyway, a super low-level official like Yun Chu is not qualified to see the emperor. After returning to Chang'an, a fifth-grade general like Ding Dayou might stand outside the Tai Chi Palace and take a look at the emperor from a distance. It seems that this guy has already done it. We are ready to present that magical jade stone to His Majesty the Emperor.

Li Zhi has been emperor for more than a year. After reading the documents for more than a year, Yun Chu came to the conclusion that Li Zhi was extremely unfriendly to senior military officers, but he was not friendly to mid-level military attachés like Ding Dayou. Lots of pampering.

Even when it was time to liquidate some high-ranking generals, military attachés at the Chongfu level were never touched, and rewards were even issued to comfort their frightened hearts.

It is because of this that Ding Dayou, a group of mid-level generals, also respect his emperor very much. As long as there is something good, they will never forget their emperor.

The river that separates the two Zhaoli temples is called Dongchuan Water. Due to the rapid melting of snow on the Tianshan Mountains this year, even though there has not been a drop of rain in the Qiuci area since summer, the water in the river is still abundant, almost Isolated cross-strait exchanges.

Fortunately, when Liang Jianfang came, he built a wooden bridge on the open land downstream of the Dongchuan River, which allowed Yunchu's camel team to cross the river smoothly.

Ding Dayou did not let the team camp on the waterfront of Dongchuan. Instead, he continued to walk forward for twenty miles before setting up camp in a place full of Populus euphratica.

Yunchu named this place Populus euphratica.

Basically, the Hu people who escaped from the two war-torn areas of Qiuci and Khotan settled here temporarily.

So much so that a forest of Populus euphratica has created a brand new town.

The old monkey took Naha to pick and choose among the little girls. Sometimes he would look at the little girl's teeth, sometimes he would look at the little girl's calves, and more often, he would use his monkey's paw-like His hands were squeezing the little girl's body.

These little girls are very young, and often have a straw rope tied around their necks. They lean against the roots of the old poplar trees like lambs, waiting for someone to come and pick them out.

Old Monkey is a mature slave trader. When he was choosing slaves, many barbarians surrounded him and recommended their children to him.

The old monkey was calm and kind to any child, until Yunchu saw that he had exchanged a pile of naan bread for a little girl, so he took Naha away.

Because Naha always asked the old monkey if she could exchange two stacks of naan cakes. After getting the old monkey's exact answer, the silly child laughed and told Yunchu that she was more valuable.

Yunchu felt that there was something wrong with this child's brain!

Whether it was the boys' market or the girls' market, Yun Chu had no intention of visiting.

Therefore, he exchanged gold sand for a lot of paint and the white laminated cloth unique to the Western Regions.

Neither paint nor white cloth is on the tax list of Yumen Pass.

It's a pity that there are not many goods here, otherwise, I would like to exchange all the gold on hand and goods that need to be taxed for ones that are not subject to tax.

Gold is undoubtedly the most dangerous, but as long as gold can be brought into the Tang Dynasty, this thing can be exchanged for more good things. Even if the Tang Dynasty government prohibits gold and silver from being traded as currency, its Its value remains unchanged, and it is especially loved by nobles and nobles.

Ding Dayou was also doing what Yun Chu did, but because he had a lot of gold, Yun Chu's acquisition plan was greatly affected.

The weather was hot during the day, so Ding Dayou did not order tents to be set up. Everyone spread a sheepskin or wolf skin on the sand to sleep on the spot.

In order to prevent Naha from being affected by the ghostly noises from the Fu Barracks, Yun Chu took Naha and tied a hammock on the Poplar euphratica tree. The brother and sister nestled in the hammock and whispered.

"Are they beating those women?"

"Yeah, that's right."

"Why are they beating those women?"

"Because, those women took away their naan."

"Can you eat naan bread after being beaten?"

"Yes, you must learn to be frugal and store food in the future, so that you don't have to be beaten in exchange for food."

"I think there will be no food to eat in the future, so we can still grab it!"

"This is very reasonable. My sister is really smart, but how are you doing with the stick after the old monkey?"

"Being able to beat away sheep, the old monkey said, from now on you will be considered capable if you can kill wolves. I think I can almost kill a wolf."

"Well, if you play well with the stick, you will not only be able to kill wolves, but also people."