Yaoying believed that Mundativa would not harm herself, so she followed the disciple out, and just after descending the stone steps, the front of the courtyard door was already blocked.
When someone shouted something in Hu language, the monk tried his best to stop it. Those people yelled at the monk and slammed the wooden door into the sky.
Seeing that the wooden door was about to be smashed open, the disciple was panic-stricken, and took Yaoying back to the house: "It's General Xue Yanna outside the door! He brought someone in!"
Yaoying frowned and asked, "How did General Xue break in?"
She has been staying in the side hall of the palace these days, chatting with the monks, inquiring about many things about the palace, and hearing about Xue Yanna.
The royal court has been ruled by the Tanmo family since ancient times. A few decades ago, the Tanmo family declined, and the aristocratic family controlled the court. When Tan Mo Luojia was five years old, the clan Zhang Clan brutally killed the Tan Mo Clan. To replace him, Wang Ting and the people were full of resentment.
The young Tanmaraka ascended the throne and was imprisoned by the Zhang family to practice Buddhism in a Buddhist temple. Until the age of thirteen, the Beirong invaded and the family abandoned the city and fled. He, the puppet emperor, led the Chinese army to repel the Wakhan Khan as a son of the Buddha.
After that, Tanmaraka suppressed the family, gathered the royal power, and appointed Sultan Gu, who followed him, as the regent.
However, several major families in the royal court were not willing to lose their power.
The Prime Minister Kang Mozha, the general Xue Yanna, the right army commander An Yule, the Fuguo Meng Yunhan, and the major families behind them were dissatisfied with the Tamalaka's kindness to other tribes, and they often complained in private.
Tamara is a son of Buddha, and it is impossible for him to get married and marry in this life. Only he and Princess Chima are left in the royal family. There is no heir to the royal court. In recent years, his condition has become more and more serious. Although he tried his best to hide it, there are still rumors. When it came out, the family's mind became more and more alive.
Among them, Xue Yanna was the most arrogant and irritable, and almost never concealed his disobedience. This person is fond of fishermen, and often abuses female slaves. He has already had several conflicts with Tanmaraga over the torture and killing of Han slaves.
I don't know where he heard that Yaoying lived in the palace, but he went to look for it a few days ago, shouting that he wanted to see the beauty.
Fortunately, Yaoying was alert. When she was in the attic, she saw a strong, black bear-like barbarian roaming outside. Knowing that the visitor was not good, she immediately reminded the monk to ask for Munda Deva.
Munda Deva arrived in time, persuaded Xue Yanna to leave, and asked everyone to strengthen their vigilance.
Xue Yanna came a few times later and saw that the monks were heavily guarded and did not break in.
Today, this General Xue Yanna directly led someone into the inner courtyard, and was about to rush in immediately.
The disciple was sweating profusely: "Xiao Seng doesn't know how he got in!"
With a loud bang, the wooden door was still knocked open, and the shouts of the Hu people were getting closer.
The disciple panicked: "The Master went to the Tibetan medicine room to get medicine, and it will take at least half an hour to come here!"
Yaoying made a decisive decision: "Go to the attic, there is a very hidden room there, hide for a while."
On her first day in custody, she moved around, familiarizing herself with the terrain, so that she could take refuge in an emergency.
The soldiers followed Yaoying, climbed to the attic, and hid in the secret room. This room was originally used as a sentry tower, but was later abandoned. The corridors leading to other floors were hidden in the cramped corners. Ordinary people were not careful. You won't notice at all.
Xie Qing stood by the door, listening carefully to the movement downstairs, and pressed his fingers on the handle of the knife.
Yaoying held her hand: "We are in the royal palace now, don't hurt anyone unless it's a last resort."
In the face of a Xue Yanna, they can protect themselves, but Xue Yanna is an important official of the royal court, and the Xue family has tens of thousands of left army cavalry. They are foreigners, and they are in the royal court and cannot stir up trouble.
Xie Qing nodded.
There was chaos downstairs, and after a while, Xue Yan's furious roar came: "Where's the Han princess?"
No answer.
The monks stood under the porch, folded their hands, bowed their heads and recited scriptures.
Wang Ting worships Buddha, they are monks, and Xue Yan dare not lift the butcher knife to monks no matter how daring they are.
Xue Yanna took the soldiers to look around the yard. She didn't see Yaoying's figure. She was furious and smashed the wooden door with a knife.
In the attic, Yaoying felt nervous for a while.
They couldn't hide for long, and they didn't know when Munda Deva would come.
Xue Yanna paced back and forth with the long knife in hand, her sharp eyes darted back and forth, her eyes staying on the attic.
The monk disciple shivered uncontrollably.
Xue Yan grinned and rushed to the second floor.
At this moment, the sound of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded in the direction of the courtyard gate.
Yuanjue, the central guard who often stood with Prajna, walked quickly into the yard, glanced coldly at the soldiers who were looking for someone, and looked at Xue Yanna on the stairs.
"General Xue, the king summons you."
Xue Yanna continued to walk up.
Yuanjue raised his voice: "General Xue, do you remember how the Prince Regent dealt with your uncle?"
The atmosphere froze for a moment, and the soldiers in the yard looked at each other.
Xue Yan's footsteps stopped abruptly, and the rage all over his body restrained a little, then turned and went down the stairs, glanced around, and his eyes fell on Yuanjue's face.
"The regent has returned from Gaochang?"
His tone was a little tentative.
Yuanjue said coldly, "How can I find out the whereabouts of the Prince Regent?"
Xue Yan had a look of fear on his face, thought for a while, and angrily returned the knife to the sheath: "The king, as a son of a Buddha, even hid a beautiful Chinese woman in the palace, the Buddha's heart is not sincere! I will go to see the king now, Ask him to understand!"
After all, go away.
Yuanjue stayed behind, raised his head, and said loudly, "Princess Wenzhao, the king invites you to the main hall."
Yaoying came out of the hiding place and looked at Yuanjue: "Princess and General Ashina came back with medicine?"
Tanmaraka summoned Xue Yanna, is it getting better
Yuanjue shook his head, his face was tense, but his slightly trembling voice revealed a bit of pain and confusion: "There has been no news, the monks in the temple have all arrived."
The monks arrived, ready to do something for their monarch.
Yaoying sighed softly in her heart—not because she was sad because she had no shelter, but simply because of Tanmaraga.
He is talented and intelligent, famous all over the Western Regions, and could have been a reclusive monk. When Beirong attacked the holy city, the family abandoned the city and fled. He escaped from the Buddhist temple in the chaos. The monks advised him to go away to avoid the disaster, but he refused categorically as a young man. He led the Chinese army to guard the royal court and saved tens of thousands of people.
Yaoying saw the shadows of many people from Tan Mo Luojia. She thought of her uncle Xie Wuliang, the former Zhu family, and the people with lofty ideals who served one after another in troubled times.
Whether in the Central Plains or in the Western Regions, whenever the mountains and rivers are broken and the people are ruined, there are always heroes who stand up resolutely and use their flesh and blood to earn a ray of life for the weak.
Tamara is a true eminent monk, not only has profound attainments in Buddhism, but also spends his whole life to practice his beliefs, protect all peoples, and save all sentient beings.
It is a pity that he was afflicted by a strange illness and was doomed to die young.
Yaoying had never seen Tan Mo Luojia before, so she didn't feel anything, but now that the person who saved her not long ago was about to die, she felt a little sadness in her heart.
She put on a veil and followed Yuanjue to the main hall.
Xue Yanna and the soldiers were walking in front of them, walking up the stairs.
The door of the main hall was closed, only the side door was opened with a slit, and monks in cassocks with shoulders and half arms entered the hall one after another from the corridors on both sides.
Xue Yan climbed up to the high platform in one breath and said angrily, "Since Wang summoned me, why didn't you open the door?"
No one answered him, the sound of footsteps suddenly sounded, and two teams of Chinese army knights in blue shirts and white robes poured out from all directions, walked down the corridor, and surrounded Xue Yanna and his followers at the very center.
Xue Yanna sneered: "What crime did I commit?"
The knights were silent.
Xue Yanna snorted coldly and continued to step forward: "Go away!"
Suddenly, a golden light flashed, and a thin and agile black shadow fell from the sky, rushing towards Xue Yanna like lightning.
There was silence on the high platform for a moment, and then there was a heart-piercing scream.
Yao Ying, who was not far away, was startled and took a half step back subconsciously.
In front of the high platform, Xue Yan looked terrified, his left hand was dripping with blood, staggered back in the crowd, and was forced back by the blue-shirted knight behind him.
He reluctantly raised his head and looked around, his face twitched twice, and he raised his knife to chop in a hurry.
The shadow shrugged and jumped, nimbly dodging his long knife, opening his bloody mouth, and biting a follower beside him.
He was thrown to the ground, and before he could scream, he twitched a few times, blood spilled from his throat, and he lost his breath in an instant.
The other followers almost couldn't hold the knife in their hands, and surrounded Xue Yan's side tightly, their faces turning pale.
The shadow on the ground let go of his follower and raised his blood-stained face.
Yaoying stood in front of the steps, her heart beating fast.
It was a golden-yellow leopard, with colorful and shiny fur, covered with ancient money-like markings. It bit off the throat of its followers, wagged its tail, squatted beside the corpse, looked at the pagoda beside the main hall, stretched out its scarlet tongue, and licked its blood-stained front paws.
In front of the hall steps, there was a stillness like stagnant water.
Xue Yan, drenched in cold sweat, glanced at Leopard Mouth's follower who died tragically, and looked at the pagoda.
As the sun went down, the halls and pavilions were filled with golden light, and in front of the windows painted with gold powder stood a tall, thin and tall figure, dressed in black brocade robes, clear and thin, like a cheetah lurking in the dark.
Xue Yanna roared: "Sultan Gu! You killed my people!"
The figure stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly ignoring Xue Yanna at all.
Blue veins burst out on Xue Yan's forehead.
Yao Ying's heart moved.
Sultangu, the man who was the regent of Tamaroka
Tamara is the god in the eyes of the people of the Western Regions, while Sultan is the regent who holds the royal court, military and political power in the secular world. Jokingly called him the Vajra Asura who guards the Buddha's son.
Shura Yaksha, fierce and aggressive, ferocious and terrifying, can stop children from crying at night.
Sultan Gu's whereabouts are uncertain. It is said that he went to Gaochang. Yaoying often hears monks mention him these days.
The guards of the central army were looking forward to Sultan's return early, but the ministers in the DPRK were on the contrary, they were afraid of Sultan's return - no wonder they were afraid of Sultan. On the first day he returned to the royal court, he abolished a hand of Xue Yanna.
Xue Yan's left hand was bloody and bloody, and he stood firmly, shouting at the main hall: "Sultan, you dare to kill people in front of the hall, where do you put the king?!"
The man in the pagoda seemed to have not heard of it, turned and left, the cheetah on the ground jumped up, jumped onto the corridor, a few jumped up, and the colorful figures disappeared between the top of the palace wall.
There were bright red paw prints behind him.
The door of the hall opened, and the guards of the central army came out.
The wound on Xue Yan's left hand hurt and said angrily, "Did you not see what Sultan Gu did just now? The animals he raised killed my people!"
The guard looked at Xue Yanna, and said loudly: "General Xue has trespassed in the palace several times in the past few days, disturbing the distinguished guests, and the prince regent has given some punishments to set an example. Trespassing the palace, the regent can be executed on the spot!"
Words and sentences, loud and clear.
Xue Yan was furious, trembling all over, and her face was faintly blue.
The guards of the central army slowly drew out their long swords and took a step forward.
The front knife shines brightly.
The guard said: "The king wants to discuss matters with the regent, and General Xue retire."
Shaking like a sieve, he persuaded Xue Yanna in a low voice: "General, you are injured, it is important to go back first to treat the injury... I heard that the cheetah raised by the regent has poisonous teeth..."
The rest of the words were not spoken in person: The reason why the Prince Regent dared to hurt people in front of the palace was not because the general was harassed by the Prime Minister Kang Mozhe, and he has repeatedly trespassed in the palace these days! The king is a son of Buddha and never kills, but the regent is a murderous Yaksha! The general is completely self-inflicted...
Xue Yan stared in anger, panting like a cow, shaking his body, and the wound became more and more painful. He couldn't help but wonder if the leopard was really poisonous, and gritted his teeth: "One day, I must kill Sultan with my own hands!"
The pro-followers agreed, supported Xue Yanna, and left in embarrassment.
The blue-shirted knight dragged away the corpses of his dead relatives, and soon slaves came with buckets to clean up the blood on the ground.
Yaoying walked through the promenade, and felt that the shadow in the pagoda was still standing there staring at the steps of the hall. Recalling the scene when the leopard bit off her throat just now, her palms were cold.
The regent, Sultan Gu, really lived up to his reputation.
Yuanjue led Yaoying into the hall.
The curtains in the hall are low, the fragrance is dense, all the jewelry, jade, and rare furnishings have been removed. The golden light behind the pillars is trembling. The monks in robes sit cross-legged and recite scriptures in a low voice, both in Sanskrit and Hu. language. Incense candles are burned in the four corners of the hall, fresh fruits and flowers are offered in front of the table, and there is a strong and mellow sandalwood fragrance in the air.
The monk's chant was solemn and desolate, Yaoying didn't look up and walked into the inner hall.
The bed was also surrounded by layers of gold-patterned gauze curtains. It was almost evening, and the last rays of light fell diagonally into the hall from the window. The golden bricks covered the ground with little spots of light.
A weak voice came from behind the tent: "Princess Wang Ting is rude and shocked Princess Wenzhao."
It was clear and cold, as if there was no trace of emotion, but those who listened felt their hearts tremble.
Yaoying was stunned.
Tamara was about to die, so she specially invited her to come over, but she wanted to say this to her.
She didn't know what to say for a while.
After the veil, Tan Moraga asked Yuanjue in a low voice, "Where's Princess Chima?"
Yuanjue asked Yaoying to avoid her and replied, "Princess Chima will be here soon."
As soon as the voice fell, there was a sound from the side door, and two maids with faces as white as snow surrounded Princess Chima into the hall.
Princess Chima, with red hair and brown eyes, deep facial features, and exquisite figure, walked to the gauze tent, her eyes swept past Yaoying, she was indifferent at first, but she suddenly reacted, and her cold eyes returned to her, suddenly changing color.
Yao Ying had heard the monks talk about the old story of the tragic death of the Tanmo royal family under Zhang's sword. She was not surprised by Princess Chima's knife-like eyes, and wondered in her heart: What is Tanmo Luojia trying to do
Princess Chima was even more astonished than Yaoying, and said angrily, "Luo Jia, what are you calling this Chinese girl to do!"
From behind the gauze came the voice of Tan Mo Luojia, still as cold as water, without a trace of fluctuation: "Chima, Xue Yan, did you put it in the palace?"
Princess Chima was stunned for a while, then sneered: "How do you know it's me?"
Tamara did not speak.
Princess Chima ripped off her veil, raised her head, her brown eyes were full of tears, and her expression was indignant: "Yes, I deliberately let Xue Yanna enter the palace, and I also asked the maid to tell him that the Han princess lives in the side palace of the palace. .Luo Jia, why do you want to protect a Chinese girl? You forgot the hatred of the Tanmo family? The Tanmo family has more than 200 lives... More than 200 living people! Those people are your elders, brothers, sisters ... It's our relatives, the Zhang family killed them one by one in front of you and me, I dream of those dead people every night, I hate the Zhang family! Hate all the Han people!"
The guards standing in front of the tent bowed their heads.
The hall was silent.
"The person who killed the Tanmo family was the Zhang family." Behind the gauze, there were several intermittent coughs, and Tanmo Luojia said indifferently, "What's the matter with Princess Wenzhao?"
Princess Chima froze.
Yaoying raised her eyes and couldn't help but glance at the gauze curtain.
Princess Chima closed her eyes, her face seemed to be crying and smiling.
"Luo Jia, you are a saint and a Buddhist. You have been reading scriptures since you were young, and you have been compassionate. You cut off the ties of the world. Although you are the prince of the Tanmo family, you don't have the Tanmo royal family at all! There is no sister like me! You! There is only the supreme Dharma in your eyes, and there are only strangers who have nothing to do with you! Mrs. Zhang killed our relatives, but you still treat the Han people kindly... All beings are equal, you treat everyone as your subjects, what about me? Tan Where is the Mo family? What are we?"
She laughed.
"I'm not you! I'm the princess of the Tanmo family! I'm a common man! I wish I could kill all the Han people in the royal court and use their bones to pay homage to the Tanmo family!"
She stepped forward suddenly, opened the low gauze curtain, and flew to the bed: "Open your eyes and see, this person is a Chinese girl! She brutally killed our mother, killed you and my brothers and sisters in front of you. The Han Chinese!"
The veil was raised, and the guards had no time to stop it. Princess Chima threw herself on the bed and was stunned when she saw her brother sitting cross-legged.
Yaoying's eyes widened.
Tamara was dressed in a crimson cassock, leaning on the treasure couch, with his hands hanging by his legs, and a string of dim-gloss beads on his wrists, his face was pale and described as haggard, only those deep blue eyes still A bit angry.
Princess Chima was stunned for a while, and the madness on her face slowly faded.
"Roja, you're dying."
she said coldly.
Tan Moraga's eyes were lowered, and she said plainly: "Birth, old age, sickness and death are like disappearing in smoke."
The voice is clear and clear, as if chanting scriptures.
Princess Chima took two steps back and smiled softly: "You are about to die, and you have to accuse me of a Chinese girl... You are about to die! Luo Jia, how can you be so heartless? You have cultivated Buddhahood, it is true Cut off all the ties and cut off the Tanmo family?"
Tamara raised her eyes slowly, looking at Princess Chima.
"Princess Wenzhao is a guest of the royal court and benefactor of the Master... Chima, you swear by the Buddha that you will not harm Princess Wenzhao for no reason in the future."
Princess Chima stayed for a while, looking at her brother like she was looking at a lunatic.
"Luo Jia, I am your sister."
Tamara looked at his sister, her voice was like a gossamer, but with a tenacity: "Chima, I am your monarch."
The surrounding guards looked at Princess Chima.
Princess Chima looked around, hehe sneered twice, and turned to leave.
The guard stepped forward, blocking her way.
Princess Chima turned her head and glared at Tamara.
Tamaroga lowered her eyes and said nothing.
Princess Chima laughed in anger, "Okay, I, Tanmo Chima, swear today that if you want to harm Princess Wenzhao, you will be attacked, and you will never be born again!"
She glared at Tamaroka with round eyes, "King, are you satisfied?"
Tamara looked at her, sighed softly, and looked back tiredly.
Princess Chima was trembling all over, almost unable to control her expression, she gave Yaoying a fierce look, and walked away.
Yaoying had mixed feelings in her heart and was speechless for a long time.
Tamaroka's eyes were lowered, as if she was asleep, but also as if she had really left the world.
Her eyes hovered over his haggard face for a long time, and just as he was about to speak, his eyelashes raised, and his dark blue eyes looked at her.
"Princess Wenzhao, you can go to Tianzhu with Master Munda Deva, and then return home by sea."
Yaoying's heart trembled slightly.
She did have this plan—if Thamaraga died.
The author has something to say: Regarding surnames, Kang, An, Meng, He, Cao, Mi, etc., are the surnames of the Hu people that are used more often.