831, Qu Liguang Haizang (1/2)
Yuoru area, the territory of the ‘Bei Sa’ family.
The Beisa family is the maternal family of the Tubo Princess ‘Beisa Amoji’.
The clear river flows around the mountain, and peach trees have been planted on both sides of the river bank.
Hundreds of peach trees gradually sprouted buds and grew green new branches in the slightly warm temperature.
A tall mountain peak stood on the side of the river. Slaves and subjects gathered in groups, walking halfway up the mountain along the steps dug step by step from the foot of the mountain.
Some people carry loads of dirt up the mountain;
Someone was carrying loads of rocks down the mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, slaves and subjects were strung together with a rope. They used clumsy tools to dig out rocks along the mountainside of Shengong Mountain. A group of slaves and subjects dug out a deep rock halfway up the mountain. The next group of people spread load after load of soil into the stone ditch.
After that, someone planted peach trees one by one into the soil.
Water.
Waiting for the peach tree to take root and sprout.
On the mountainside, the sound of hammers and chisels hitting solid rocks was heard continuously.
Stone chips rolled down.
However, for such a majestic mountain, people are constantly digging and 'cutting' the mountain with their hands, but they don't know when they will be able to actually cut out a flat piece of land around the entire mountainside for Princess Besa Amoji to roam on the mountain. In the sea of peach blossoms, feel the fragrance of spring.
The slaves, the subjects who were conscripted here, were whipped by the overseers to get up every day when it was light, and they worked until it was completely dark.
Even with all this hard work, the process of ‘chopping mountains’ has not advanced much.
The peach blossom season is approaching, but the completion of the construction period is still far away.
Everyone has unspeakable anguish and fear in their hearts.
‘Qu Li Guang Haizang’ was in the ‘mountain cutting team’ halfway up the mountain. He had a rope tied around his waist and was at the front leading the people to cut the mountain.
The heavy labor has caused him to lose the strength and desire to speak.
All around, apart from the heavy breathing of people, there was only the sound of hammers and chisels hitting the earth and rocks.
Thick and gray beard and hair covered most of Qu Liguang Hai Zang's face. He was cutting stones at the front silently, occasionally turning his eyes to look at the peach blossom forest on both sides of the clear river at the foot of the mountain, feeling relieved. own fatigue.
——He rolled his eyes again and looked at the slowly flowing river at the foot of the mountain.
On the river bank, nobles in bright clothes and angry horses gathered around a carriage with exquisite and complicated carvings, passing through the peach forest and heading straight to the foot of Shengong Mountain.
Many monks in red and yellow clothes were mixed in among the nobles in silk and satin, and their retinues were around the carriage.
In the mountain-cutting team, which was so silent that only the sound of breathing was left, there was a sudden commotion.
The slaves, the subjects who were no better than the slaves, began to speak.
"That's Princess Amoji's carriage. I saw it from a distance before - Princess Amoji's carriage has this kind of carving..."
"Princess Amoji is coming to the mountain to visit?"
"She will punish us when she sees that we have not even completed half of the construction period by cutting down the mountain, right?"
"I heard that Princess Amoji has always been a kind and noble person. She believes in Buddhism. We have worked so hard. When she sees us working hard, she won't punish us, right? Maybe she will. Give us a reward so that each of us can eat three spoons - no, five spoons of tsampa!"
"Just think about good things..."
Quli Guanghaizang listened to the discussions of the people behind him with an expressionless face.
People talked for a while and then fell silent again.
——The chariot, surrounded by many nobles and monks, stopped at the foot of Shengong Mountain.
Some of the servants in brocade clothes opened their big umbrellas;
Some knelt in front of the carriage to serve as footstools;
Some opened the carriage curtains.
The woman, who was covered in silk and decorated with beads around her neck, bent down and leaned out of the carriage, stepped on the 'footstool', and stepped out of the carriage.
The nobles and monks surrounding her all paid homage to the young woman.
The young woman nodded slightly and said a few words, and then the nobles stood up.
They stood at the foot of the mountain, gathering together and not knowing what they said. The young woman was surrounded by stars like a moon, and walked halfway up the mountain along the steps cut by the slaves. Before the nobles stepped towards the steps, several servants in brocade clothes had already trotted up. Mountainside.
"Quick! Quick!"
"Why do you dare to dress like this to welcome the princess?!"
"Didn't anyone inform you?!"
Several servants in brocade clothes ran up to the flat ground halfway up the mountain. When they saw the slaves working hard and wielding hammers and chisels, their faces instantly turned gloomy, and their eyes were slightly frightened.
The slaves and subjects stopped moving, turned their heads, and looked at the servants in brocade clothes blankly.
The dozen or so overseers who had just waved their whip cords to a crackling sound now shrank into the crowd, and no one took the initiative to respond to Princess Amoji's servants in silk robes.
The gazes of the servants in brocade clothes swept across the many slaves with dull expressions.
The princess had already climbed the mountain steps surrounded by many noble people.
"No one informed us that the princess and the nobles are coming today." While several servants in brocade clothes were frowning in silence, a voice sounded from the crowd.
Along with that voice, Quli Guanghaizo walked out of the crowd.
The leading servant in brocade clothes hesitated for a while, sighed, looked at Qu Liguang Haizang inexplicably, and said in a hurry: "Then everyone should be more respectful, and kneel down respectfully by the mountain path, the princess is coming up the mountain! "
After he had spoken, he led the servants and turned around and hurried down the mountain.
The slaves and subjects looked at each other for a while.
They each looked at their smelly tattered clothes.
A small voice came from the crowd: "It is true that no one told us that the princess is coming today, right?"
"Will it offend the princess if we dress like this?"
"But we don't have any clothes to wear."
People were talking quietly.
Several supervisors who had just hid in the crowd were now waving whips and shouting loudly, and ran out of the crowd: "Didn't you hear what the man just said? Kneel down, kneel down! Kneel down on the side of the mountain road!" "
"You are not allowed to look up at the noble man!"
"Kneel down! Lower your head!
Why are you still standing there? ! "
Snapped!
After someone was whipped, he knelt down on the side of the mountain road, put his hands on the ground, and saluted like a pig or dog.
Someone was whipped, but turned around and glared at the overseer: "We are the people who came from Bei Sa's sign, not your slaves! If you bully me like this, I will go to the clan government to sue you!"
"tell!"
"Go and sue!"
"Zongfu Zongben is the third grandfather of our Bei Sa family. Go and sue!"
Snapped!
The overseer who had whipped the civilians with the whip laughed angrily when he heard this, and raised the whip again to whip the young man with angry eyes.
"The princess is going up the mountain!" At this time, Qu Liguang Haizang suddenly said in a loud voice.
The overseer was so frightened that he whipped his whip and quickly turned to look at the mountain steps - Princess Amoji was still far away from the mountainside. He breathed a sigh of relief, glared at the young man hatefully, and said sinisterly: "Let you kneel down." Okay, if you don’t kneel down, you’d better be like this when the princess comes later!”
After speaking, the supervisor turned around and walked away.
The young man was silent for a while, the anger in his eyes gradually turned into humiliation, and he knelt on the ground silently.
Halfway up the mountain, slaves and subjects were kneeling on both sides of the mountain road, and several supervisors were also kneeling at the front near the mountain steps.
Everyone was silent.
The only sound here is the swirling mountain wind and the swaying of peach branches.
Amidst the trembling movements of the peach branches, dense footsteps sounded slowly, from far to near.
The words and laughter of the nobles also spread to people's ears with the wind.
"Sister, when the peach blossoms bloom this year, the peach groves on both sides of the Baixian River will turn into a sea of flowers. Countless peach petals will float into the river, and the river will be filled with the fragrance of peach blossoms.
And on Shengong Mountain, the peach blossom grove planted halfway up the mountain will be as eye-catching as the garland on the mountain.
When the time comes, please visit this place with Zamp.
Hopefully by this time next year, you will have given birth to a child for King Zamp. "A gentle male voice sounded slowly.
This caused the young woman, Princess Besa Amoji, to burst into laughter like silver bells: "My child will definitely be very close to his uncle - because my uncle has put garlands on the mountains and covered the rivers with flowers. , he can be born smoothly.”
"That must be the case."
"Hahaha……"
"Mo Meng, I heard that among the nobles nowadays, a kind of flag and banner painting called 'Batuo Painting' has gradually become popular. It is rumored that the Batuo painting comes from India and depicts many gods who are closely bound to Buddhism. The colors Extremely gorgeous and complicated, the Badu paintings are used as hall decorations and have the effect of suppressing evil.
Have you ever seen such a Badu painting? "
"There are many such paintings of flags and banners in my palace.
In fact, it was formed by the Tianzhu monks combining the Tianzhu Batuo paintings with our Tubo flag and banner paintings.
This kind of Potuo painting uses the skin of an old man who has done good deeds and accumulated virtues throughout his life as a carrier, which can best exert a magical effect. The second is the skin of a young girl. Among the monks I brought, there are several who are quite good at painting Baduo paintings. Lord Gongle If you are curious, you can communicate with them. "Princess Amoji said.
Lord Gonle was extremely grateful to Princess Amoji and said repeatedly: "Now there are traces of the 'evil root' appearing in my home. The local tantric monks cannot solve it. They said that the only way to do it is to invite someone to describe the 'Mahaykala'." Only by enshrining the Badu paintings at home can the 'evil root' be suppressed.
Princess, you are really kind-hearted. Your helping hand to me has solved my urgent need.
I have prepared a generous gift for you, which is on the carriage at the foot of the mountain. Please accept it. "
Princess Amoji responded with a smile, her voice much gentler: "Uncle Gongle is also a relative of our Bei Sa family, why do you need to be so alienated from me?"
The group of people walked up the mountainside while chatting and laughing.
The princess, with bright eyes, white teeth and a rare fair complexion, looked around at the 'scenery' halfway up the mountain.
——A section of flat road that has not been cut down very far, and some peach trees that have not yet grown leaves are planted on the flat road.
Many slaves and subjects were kneeling on the roadside in a crowd. Their clothes were in rags, and the stench emanating from their bodies made Princess Amoji feel nauseated.