Little Shamon Miranda from the country of Pop knew that he had been fooled.The kind and pleasant Han Duhu said that he would send him to the east to spread the teachings of Sakyamuni, but unexpectedly, it was the Huns in the northeast who sent him!
He was driven by a group of Han knights to the edge of the desert at the junction of Beiting and Hujie, and the elite Liangzhou cavalry attacked a tribe of Hujie, but did not kill anyone, but left the bewildered Milantuo, together with the letter written by Ren Dubao in his arms to the king of Youxian, and left.In this way, Milanta became a captive of the Hujie people, but fortunately, the Hujie people were originally a branch of the Cypriots left in the Jinshan area, and the language had some subtle similarities with the Serb language used by the Popin royal family, and they could barely communicate.He was sent to the king of Hujie, and with another wave of his hand he was sent to the east.At that time, it was still July, and the Daban of the Altai Mountains of Jinshan was passable, and the mountains called Friendship Peak in later generations were as dangerous as axes and chopping knives, uneven, reaching into the clouds, and there were many glaciers at the upper end of the north slope.After crossing the river, he walked along the Kobdo River, a river that originates at the eastern foot of Jinshan Mountain, and walked for more than ten days, and arrived at the new royal court of King Youxian.In the war of the previous year, although King Youxian was lucky to escape with the response of Hujie and Jiankun, he was also greatly injured, and the kings under his command died and were crippled.Although the Han army was unable to continue to occupy the royal court in Puzhihai, it was no longer safe since the capital protected the Beiting and the Cheshi.Tu Qitang, the king of Youxian, then moved the tribe to his summer pasture, the Khobdo region of Mongolia, and did not return south.There are still a few literate Han people left under the Right Xian King, and the letter held by Mi Lan Tuo is to persuade the Right Xian King to surrender, what "if the king turns his back and removes his armor, he will surrender with Lilly, and he will still not lose the position of the marquis."
The letter also mentioned that Li Ling, the king of Jiankun, had promised to surrender to the Han Dynasty and wanted to fight the Right Xian King with the Duhufu!
King Youxian was suddenly furious: "Ren Hong'er wants to use a divisive strategy again, he doesn't know that Li Ling died last year?"
How can a dead man be subjugated?
”Ren Hong really doesn't know about this matter, don't look at Jiankun and Beiting are separated by a Jiankun, but the distance is 5,000 miles, which is enough to walk back to Chang'an, and the news can't be transmitted at all after a year and a half.The letter also said that Milantuo was a messenger of the Han Dynasty and a distinguished guest from Zhengbin, and asked King Youxian to entertain him for his life, which caused King Youxian to be quite suspicious: "Aren't you a spy sent by Ren Hong?"
”King Youxian was hurt by Wu Zongnian's betrayal, and no longer trusted any outsiders, and Milantuo could not understand the Xiongnu language and could not explain clearly, so he became a prisoner of the Huns.At this time, it is already winter, even if the new royal court of the right virtuous king is sandwiched by Jinshan, Yanran Mountain, etc., it is already relatively warm and humid, but the bitter cold here is still indescribable, from the beginning of October, the wind like a knife will blow non-stop, and the wind can lift people off the horse.Milanda's face was shaved and painful, but he could eat these bitter Milanda because he was from the snowy mountains.This sect originated from the Theravada sect of Avatarism, and 400 years after the Buddha's extinction, because he adhered to the original "sutras" of the Buddha and did not approve of the Sarvastivada theory of wisdom, nor was he willing to debate it, so he moved to the snow-capped mountains to avoid the disputing people in the Sarvastivada and secluded in the alpine mountains of the northern part of the Zobin and Nandou, and the conditions were not better than those of the Xiongnu.Although they live in seclusion in the snow-capped mountains, starting from the Buddha, the Sangha has advertised that they are "out of the world" and widely spread the Dharma to the world, which is the direction of all Buddhists' efforts.His teacher, Pilu Zhan, did not want to pass on the orthodox scriptures to say that the Snow Mountain Department would die out, and after meeting the Han people who went to Zongbin and describing the ancient and vast empire in the East, he longed for it and went through many hardships to arrive at the other end of the Snow Mountain in Khotan, where he took it as the first stop to spread the Dharma to the East.As the teacher grew older and could not go to the East, Milanda, who had inherited his mantle, had to take over the mission.Although he did not go to the Han Dynasty and came to the Xiongnu and was placed under house arrest, Milanda was still looking for an opportunity to promote Buddhism.In the cold winter, he learned a little about the Xiongnu language, and also learned about the life and beliefs of the Huns.In the first month, King Youxian summoned all his kings to assemble in the royal court, which was attended by a large number of people, during which sacrifices were made to the ancestors, heaven and earth, and ghosts and gods.Milanda found that the Huns attached great importance to the graves of their ancestors, believing that there were gods after the death of their ancestors, who could bring good fortune to evil, especially the predecessor Shan Yu.They also believed in various witchcraft curses, and the supreme god was called "Qilian God", and the Xiongnu language called the sky Qilian, which was not much different from the immortal heaven of later generations."
It's about the same as the Cypriots and the Yueshi."
A hundred years ago, the Yueshi went south, and the Cypriots fled in all directions to enter the Zobin, and now the Yueshi gradually crossed the Hindu Kush Mountains and developed southward, and have taken control of Gandhara, and they also worship heaven and earth, the sun and fire, and believe in witchcraft.And the peers of the Snow Mountain Department, because of the poison of the Brahmins of the great power Sunga believed in Brahmanism and destroyed the Dharma, and were forced to develop in Gandhara to say that the Sarvastivada not only succeeded in making the Great Xia King Milan believe in the Dharma and become a layman, but now the King of the Great Moon Clan has also become interested in Buddhism.They can do it, and so can the Snow Mountain Department!
However, Milantuo became more proficient in the Xiongnu language, and several attempts to persuade the Xiongnu nobles ended in failure.Starting from the Buddha, Buddhism took the upper route, starting from merchants and nobles, for example, the lonely elders who were the disciples of the Buddha were great merchants, and bought the Solitary Garden to give to the Sangha, making the Solitary Garden one of the two major centers in the early days.And the reason why his teacher Pilu Zhan was able to arrive in Khotan was also because of the merchants who led the way.The second is the king, the most famous are Ashoka and King Milan, these kings naturally do not really become monks, most of them are lay monks as "Youposai" Qing believers, and the precepts are different from monks.The Xiongnu Youxian King had heard of the name of Zhengbin, and at first he was a little curious about Milanda, and while he was under house arrest, he also occasionally received him.However, Milanta inherited the rigidity and conservatism of the Snow Mountain Division, such as the teachings of "meat eaters cut off the great mercy" and "hunting is one of the sixteen bad karma that must be broken forever", which sounded a big joke to the nomadic Xiongnu nobles."
Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery, don't lie, don't drink alcohol, these are the five precepts, as long as you follow the five precepts and take refuge in the three jewels of the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha, you can become a Buddha layman."
However, these five are the things that the Xiongnu nobles never tire of, they like to kill, steal and loot the city and Han land, and live a promiscuous life, so that they can not help but be wild and happy with their stepmothers, so that they can talk big, and when they have nothing to do, they will drink mare's milk and get drunk and dream of death.So the right king completely lost interest in Milanda, kicked him far away, and casually gave him as a slave to a herdsman who had lost his male master in the war.This is a family of five, the male owner died in the battle with the Han army two years ago, the remaining two forty or fifty-year-old people are still working, the hostess is less than thirty, but has been sharpened by the bitter cold wind and frost to the face full of wrinkles, there is a daughter and a son at home, the daughter is named "Pujie".When Miranda was tied to the old man's horse and walked towards the felt tent where their house was, he met the seven-year-old Pujie riding a horse on the grassland, and looked directly at Milanta with a pair of clear eyes that were not very polite.At first, the family was extremely unfriendly to Milanda, and the old man's whip was even whipped on him at any time, but Milanda never had the idea of resisting, and only warned himself to serve his master in five things, but became more diligent.The Huns in January and February were also cold, and as a slave, it was common for Milanda to freeze his hands when he set his horse, and he had to wait for the cattle and sheep out of the pen every day, waiting for them to drink water, and waiting to be released far away to graze.Before winter, hay is tied into bales, and livestock manure is shoveled and dried so that it cannot be wasted, and after heavy snowfall, it may be the last fuel to keep people warm.However, Milanda did not averse to caring for cattle, and in his native Gandhara the status of cattle was so high that cow urine was even regarded as a panacea.As the eldest daughter, Pujie, who was only seven years old, was able to support half of the family, she managed cattle and sheep, skillfully rode ponies, did housework, lit fires, carried firewood, kept busy, and knew everything on her own pasture.She knew who the mother of each lamb was, and she sat on the edge of the sheepfold and instructed the clumsy Milanda to find the sheep: "The gray one, not this one, but the one with the hair growing back." ”She was in a hurry, disgusted that Milanda was too stupid, so she jumped down and dragged her to the little lamb by the horns of the ewe.Pujie also has powerless times, in February, there was a heavy snowstorm in the sky, the roof of the sheep pen was blown away, the back of the sheep in the sheep pen was full of snow, she stretched out her head and rubbed Pujie weakly, she stood up not as tall as a cow, the adults went out to find the horse that ran away, she was so anxious that she cried, or relied on Milantuo to support the roof of the shed.The grassland was so cruel that after a winter of snowstorms and the death of many livestock, the herdsman's fortune was suddenly halved.To make matters worse, their horses ran away, and Pu Jie's mother went out to look for a whole month, but found nothing, so she had to come back empty-handed, and was a little surprised to see Milanda.She is a fit and capable woman, less than thirty years old, but her face is full of wrinkles and looks vicissitudes.Late one night, when Milanda was sleeping by the sheepfold, the mother also touched his arms, she had lost her husband for two years, and Milanda, the chick, had never seen this scene, and was so frightened that she quickly refused."
Female layman, you can't do it, you can't do it, it's the first precept for monks, followed by stealing and killing lies!"
Three days later, the mother caught some wild horses, and while taming them in front of Pujie, she fell from her horse and was trampled on by the horse's hooves, seriously injuring her.She did not die immediately, but lay down for seven whole days, and the accident was not fatal enough, but the fatal body was weakened by continuous labor, poverty and poor medical skills.Hu Wulai jumped a great god, took the two sheep, and never appeared again, and Milanta tried to persuade the family to use his unskilled medical skills to treat them, but to no avail.On the day the mother died, the two old men buried her in the grave silently, their expressions numb, as ordinary as if a cow had died.Grandfather muttered: In this vast grassland, shepherds are born to be obedient, life and death are too heavy and too common, that is beyond their control, so they have to leave it to Qi Lianshen to take care of.Looking at this scene, Milanda folded his hands and mourned silently for the hostess, and remembered the truth of suffering in the Buddha's Four Noble Truths: "All living beings are suffering!"
”The Han people of the Central Plains suffered and suffered, thinking that the princes would have a kind of Xiangning and rise up to smash all the oppressors, while the followers of the Buddha, although they also had compassion and sympathy for the suffering, pinned their hopes on the afterlife.Pu Jie was not allowed to go to the grave, and the grandmother said that the tears of her children would form a salty lake, blocking the way for the souls of the dead to go to the abode of the god Qilian, and Pu Jie could only watch from a distance as her family poured milk wine on the ground, and she took her young brother to her knees and cried, and then asked Milanda a question."
Milanda, where will my mother go when she dies?
Is it really at the feet of Qi Lianshen?
”Milanda squatted down, gently wiped away her tears for the little master, and told her a story.The story about the reincarnation of karma, whether it is the high single kings, ordinary herdsmen, or even lowly slaves, they cannot escape the cycle of life and death.All beings die and live, live and die, live and die, and they are constantly spinning like wheels, circulating in the six realms.Heavens, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hells, plus the asura path, are called the six realms."
Those who do good karma are born in the two good ways of heaven and man.""
Those who do bad karma fall into the three evil realms such as animals."
Milanda said to Pujie that her mother was a good person who had done good karma and would be reborn in the Heavenly Path in the next life, where sentient beings would live freely and live a long life without troubles.Pu Jie's eyes widened, this was the first time she had heard such a story, it turned out that the cattle and sheep she loved might have been human in the previous life, and most importantly, her mother did not have to suffer in the next life, which gave her great comfort.The biggest role of religion is the placebo.In this way, half a year after coming to the Xiongnu, Milanda finally captured his first little believer.Milanda began to gradually understand that the reason why he came to the Xiongnu by mistake may be because the Buddha did it intentionally?"
The Huns are more bitter than the Han people, and I shouldn't just stare at the nobles lobbying, but should stay in the grassland and preach the Dharma to ordinary herdsmen and slaves!
So that the Dharma can benefit all sentient beings!
”The spring of the Xiongnu came very late, and after the end of March, under the gradually melting snow, the green grass was squeezed out, and clusters of yellow flowers bloomed.After her mother's death, eight-year-old Pujie became the pillar of the family, she and Milanda had to do more work, but occasionally showed the innocence of the little girl, driving the cattle and sheep on the grassland, she pointed to the flowers all over the ground and said regretfully: "The flowers are so beautiful, it's a pity to be eaten by the sheep." ”But these flowers were soon trampled to pieces by the roaring hooves of the horses, and a huge army arrived at the residence of the Right Sage King from the east, and a huge eagle feather white silk dào could be seen swaggering by in the distance.Pujie's grandfather stared blankly at this scene, he was an old herdsman who had participated in the battle of encircling and suppressing Li Ling thirty years ago, his hands trembled a little when he saw this, and he pulled the whole family and Milantuo to prostrate on the ground together, looked up at Bai Xuan from afar, and said to Milantuo: "That is the big single placed by heaven and earth!"
”PS: Chapter 2 in the evening.