AD 384, winter, December.
In the remote Western Regions, it was a desolate land far away from the Central Plains.
People who live on this land, they never know that in that fairy-like country, there is a god-like person, they all call that person the elder of the savior of the East, and they have a journey of hundreds of thousands of miles, people are looking forward to, I look forward to this elder's visit to this land and bestow the Buddha's blessings on them.
Dongfang finally came, but unfortunately he was not the savior.
People finally knew the name of this man. His name was Lu Guang. It was said that he was a man of God. He led nearly 100,000 troops here and defeated the 700,000 troops united by Bai Chun, King of Kucha. People are spreading the merits of this man of God. He saved a small country in the Western Regions and tens of thousands of common people on this land. The men are all proud of him and vowed to join the army to become like him. The women Everyone wanted to marry him, even though they covered their faces with black veils, they had never seen the true face of this divine man.
However, in the rumors that have been passed down from time to time, Lu Guang has become a god on the land of the Western Regions.
Not only the god of the people of the Western Regions, but also the god of a person.
This person is Baishuang, the new king of Kucha Kingdom.
Bai Shuang is very young, only 22 years old. Two years ago, Lu Guang took him back to Qiuci. Bai Shuang always thought that Fu Jian was coming to greet his brother, but when Lu Guang stationed his army in the south of Yancheng Bai Shuang seemed to understand a little bit. He asked Lu Guang whether Fu Jian had no intention of establishing diplomatic relations with Qiuci from the very beginning. The 70,000 troops were not here to make friends with Bai Chun, but to destroy him. Lu Guang didn't answer him from his hometown of Qiuci. Since he left Chang'an, Lu Guang seldom spoke. His eyes were very firm. All he wanted was victory and the completion of the great cause of conquest of the Western Regions that Fu Jian had entrusted.
Bai Shuang was put under house arrest by Lu Guang in the army, and he could not communicate with his brother. He watched with his own eyes how Lu Guang defeated Bai Chun's Western Region coalition forces, and how he forced Bai Chun to flee overnight.
Bai Shuang returned to his home, Yancheng, and magnificent castles appeared in his sight, but he was not happy at all, he returned home, but became a lonely family, his brother ran away, his friend They are all gone.
He sat in front of the castle, staring at the blue sky and white clouds in a daze. He couldn't figure out why Lu Guang wanted to destroy his country. Why can't he see his brother again
Lu Guang said, "Don't be sad, I will make you the new king of Kucha."
Bai Shuang said, "But I don't want to be a king."
Lu Guang didn't speak any more. He just ordered the army to station in Yancheng and guard every castle. He gathered all the people in the city and said to all the people in Yancheng that Baishuang will be Kucha from now on. There is a new king. If anyone does not obey the king's order, their heads will be cut off to make wine vessels. Only those who obey can stay. Lu Guang killed those soldiers who resisted the Qin army, chopped off their heads and made them into wine vessels, and placed them in Yancheng for everyone to watch. Since then, no one has opposed Lu Guang's army and the new king of Kucha Bai It's frosty.
Lu Guang moved the Juewo Sakyamuni Buddha statue from the national temple, and he wanted to transport it back to the Central Plains, because last winter he received a letter from Fu Jian, in which Fu Jian said that he must move the Buddha statue to the Central Plains, Just settle in Liangzhou, and Lu Guang will do the same. He gave the Buddha bone relic to Bai Shuang, but Bai Shuang didn't want it, he didn't understand why everyone wanted to fight for this so-called treasure, he couldn't understand anything, he couldn't understand what is so good about these treasures.
Lu Guang imprisoned Kumarajiva, who was a young and beautiful monk. Lu Guang always thought that Kumarajiva was an old man over half a year old, but when he saw Kumarajiva for the first time When I was young, I was shocked by his appearance. It was an unusually handsome monk with fair skin and blue pupils. He was of Indian and Kucha mixed race. Although he had no hair, he was more than blond and blue-eyed. A bit of abstinence made Lu Guang lose his mind for a moment, but he never forgot his promise to Fu Jian. Kumarajiva was silent and meditated alone. He didn't say anything when Lu Guang asked him, and he didn't nod. Without shaking his head, Lu Guang finally imprisoned him.
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