Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 324 Visiting the Golden Gate Lama
After leaving Kangxi's resident and riding on horseback for more than ten days, Cao Yong has not yet arrived at the Zhasaktuhan Banner of Khalkha Mongolia.The distance is farther than he imagined. Although he doesn't know where he is, he is designated not to be in the country of later generations.

If it weren't for Bu He, the Mongolian attendant of Jebtsundamba Rinpoche, who led the way, Cao Yong couldn't imagine how to travel thousands of miles without getting lost on the boundless grassland.

Looking back at De Tehei and others, Cao Yong felt a little guilty.The accompanying guards include first-class guards Detehei and Nalan Fusen, second-class guards Aji and Heshan.Coupled with their respective long-following servants, plus Bu He, Cao Yong's team has nearly 20 people.

Because they needed to save lives, they had to rush on the road, and everyone had to switch between two rides. In ten or so days, there would be no more than two thousand miles, but there would always be fifteen hundred miles.

Today, seeing the town ahead, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Although these bodyguards are on the errands in front of Shengjia, all of them are from everyone.For ten days, I have to eat and sleep in the open, and I am not afraid of anything else. Not taking a bath is a serious crime.

According to Buhe's introduction, this town is called Xiari Buledu, and it is the residence of Zasakdorobele in Alxa Heshuote Banner.The Baylor Mansion was built in the center of the town, a mansion with green walls and blue tiles.

Cao Yong and the others were not in the mood to visit this Mongolian Baylor, so they found the largest inn to settle down and cleaned themselves up.

After tidying up, everyone went downstairs to the hall to have food and wine.Detehei, Aji, and Heshan are alright, but Nalan Fusen has a haggard face and a weird walking posture.

Cao Yong was a little embarrassed. Although Kangxi asked him to pick a few people out, he only had contact with the guards.Although there is Li Ding, Cao Yong did not choose him in order to prevent accidents, but chose these few people who are close to each other and have good temperament.

Ask Xiao Er to come over and give him some food, such as pork and mutton.Everyone is tired of eating dried meat and barbecue these days. De Tehei quickly waved his hands and said, "Why are there all these meats, cabbage, and radish? Let me also serve two plates to clear my stomach!"

The little boy pretended to be Detehei and was joking, and shyly wanted to introduce the roast leg of lamb, roasted lamb waist and so on.

He Shan took a piece of silver and went back, saying: "My lord, let's eat vegetarian food today, and let's talk about meat dishes tomorrow, so hurry up and serve tea first!"

The waiter just went away in a hurry. After all, the shopkeeper has more knowledge. He watched a few people enter the shop to take a shower and change clothes, and each of them brought his servants to serve.They were all wearing long robes, and they were all travel-stained when they came in, probably after a long journey.So, the shopkeeper asked someone to make a pot of good tea, and came over to pour it for everyone.

"Men, you just entered Mongolia. Are you not used to the milk and meat here?" The shopkeeper said with a smile.

Cao Yong heard that his accent had a Shandong flavor, and he was a little curious, and asked: "Is the shopkeeper from Lunan?"

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "The young one is from Rizhao County, Yizhou. Has the uncle been to our southern Shandong?" As he mentioned his hometown, his accent gradually became stronger.

"Furuo, isn't Yizhou the lump you stayed in a few years ago?" Detehei said to Cao Yong after drinking half a cup of tea in one breath.

Cao Yong nodded to De Tehei, and then said to the shopkeeper, "Rizhao, is the shopkeeper's surname Wang?"

The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, and said to Cao Yong: "It seems that this master has really been to our side. In Rizhao City, our Wang family is a big family, and several branches are there." Speaking of this, he sighed : "Because our branch is a concubine, I followed my uncle to Mongolia to seek a living in the early years, so we settled down here."

Hearing that he was from Guanli, everyone saw that the shopkeeper was more friendly and asked a few gossips.

Xiao Er has already served food, which is really light, spinach soup, fried cabbage, roasted tofu, and a cold salad with radish skin and pickled melon. The staple food is pancakes.

Cao Yong and the others ate with gusto, and Xiaoman, Wei Hei, Buhe and others also sat on the seats beside them, and ate the same things.Although everything is plain except pancakes, but compared to hard jerky and half-baked rabbit meat, these are delicious in the world.

While eating, I saw a little boy, about eight or nine years old, wearing a Mongolian robe, coming in from the door.When the shopkeeper saw him, he was very friendly, and said with a smile, "Navandorji has come to beg for food again?"

Although the boy was not dressed gorgeously, he looked neat and tidy, not at all resembling a beggar.Therefore, Cao Yong and others were very curious about what the shopkeeper said.

The little boy did not refute the shopkeeper's remarks, but put his hands together and nodded slightly to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper didn't show disgust, so he called Xiaoer to put a few bowls of rice in a small cloth bag and handed it to Ngawangdorji himself.

The little boy took it, performed Namaste again, then turned and left.

There was no reluctance on the shopkeeper's face, on the contrary, he looked very honored.Everyone looked surprised, and Detehei couldn't help waving at him, saying: "Hey, I said shopkeeper Wang, what is the background of this kid? It doesn't look like a beggar!"

Shopkeeper Wang stepped forward with a smile and replied: "These masters have seen the world, and what they say is true. This Ngawangdorji is the young prince of Alxa. He has been weak since he was a child. A shaman said It is the reincarnation of the boy before the Buddha and cannot be raised in the world. Therefore, it is raised in the family temple of the palace. Every five and ten, Doerji will come to the market to beg for rice and food, and use it to support the temple. Orphans and widows living here. Although we give up some rice, we have accumulated sinful virtue, so we look forward to this little Buddha coming to our door!"

"Alxa Prince? Is Zazak Dorobeile?" Cao Yong asked.

Shopkeeper Wang patted his forehead and said, "That's right. According to the Mongols here, it is the prince, and according to the title of our Qing Dynasty, it is Dorobelle. Today's Baylor was entrusted with the title six years ago, and it is Avandor." Ji's father, Prince Abao."

This talk about "Prince" and "Baile" made everyone stunned, but Cao Yong pondered for a moment and asked: "Since he left his son to practice in the temple, does this Baylor believe in religion?"

Shopkeeper Wang said: "Isn't it? I heard that the prince treats the monks very kindly, but any lama who passes by will be invited to the palace to be treated as a guest."

Cao Yong kept it in mind, Kangxi gave him instructions, in addition to rescue the lama named "Dangsang Wangbo" from the Zhasak Tuhan tribe, and find a place for him to settle.

Although I don't know who this "Dangsang Wangbo" is, but looking at the solemn appearance of Kangxi and the great lama, he knows that he is definitely not an ordinary person.

Just before entering the town, Cao Yong asked Buhe and knew that the Zhasaktu Khan tribe still had five or six days to go.If the lama can be placed in the temple here, Cao Yong's second errand will be over.

After resting for a day, Cao Yong and others set off in a hurry the next day.

After five days of trekking, everyone finally arrived at the residence of the King Khan of Zasaktu Khan on July [-]th.Perhaps because of the distance from the mainland, this place is not much more prosperous than Xiabule, but the town is a little bigger.

As one of the three Mongolian Khan kings of Khalkha, the Daza Saktu Khan was enshrined in the Qing court as the king of Doro County.The current county king, Cewang Zhabu, is the sixth generation Dazasak Tuhan.Because he led his clansmen to attach to the Qing court during the Galdan rebellion, he was named the king of Doro County.At the same time, in order to show his respect for his tribe, Kangxi retained the title of King Khan.

Cao Yong and the others found an inn to stay, and at the same time they looked for someone to inquire about the Khan Palace.However, it is not easy to find someone as eloquent as Shopkeeper Wang.When mentioning King Khan's Mansion, those people changed their expressions and dared not answer.

Everyone went back to the room sadly, Detehei couldn't help it, and said to Cao Yong: "It's just a county prince's mansion, we brothers, since we bear the emperor's order, hand over the guard's badge and see if he dares to Dare to hold someone back?"

Cao Yong has only a wry smile, and everyone has seen it around Khan's mansion just now.Not to mention anything else, it's not so easy to enter the palace wall that is ten feet high, not to mention that the gate of the palace is full of Mongolian warriors with big arms and round waists.On their side, there are less than 20 people in total. Even if they are all dispatched, they may not be able to rescue people from inside.

It would be a great kindness if he could use the banner of Kangxi, but the emperor would not allow it.As one of the Khan kings of Outer Mongolia, although Tsewang Zhabu was granted the title of county king, it is not the same as the clan king.Even in front of Kangxi, he has his place.

If Lama Dangsang Wangpo had caused little trouble, it is estimated that Kangxi would have directly ordered the palace to release him, but he caused more trouble.

Dangsang Wangbo led people to preach in the Lama Temple near the Khan Palace, and ended up having an affair with the little princess of the Khan Palace.This little princess is the wife of King Khan Tsewang Zabu's only son Pengsuke Rabutan.Peng Suke Rabutan was the eldest son of the county king who was conferred by the court. He died of illness last year, leaving behind his beautiful wife.

Unexpectedly, one year after the death of Pensuk Rabutan, the little princess was pregnant.Although it was covered up in every possible way, in the end, because of her big belly, she was discovered by others, and trouble would come out.

Such a shameful humiliation made King Khan half dead with anger, so naturally he had to find out who put the cuckold on his dead son.

There is only one answer, and that is Dangsang Wangpo, the handsome lama in the Lama Temple who loves to sing songs to older girls and younger daughters-in-law.

When the chains of King Khan's Mansion were put around the lama's neck, the Lama did not resist; when he was interrogated by the crowd in the hall of King Khan's Mansion, he also nodded in agreement.

King Khan wanted to blame him, but the little princess begged hard, saying that she wanted Dangsang Wangpo to take a look at the child before dealing with it.

Although the little princess had violated the precept against adultery, but because she had been in the Khan's mansion for many years, the Khan had always treated her like a daughter, so he agreed to her request and did not execute Dangsang Wangpo immediately.

When Cao Yong explained the reason of Dangsang Wangbo's detention to De Tehei and others in detail, everyone was dumbfounded.Both Aji and Heshan showed contempt on their faces.Detehei and Nalan Fusen were lost in thought.

He Shan lowered his head, looked at his dusty boots, and muttered, "What's the matter? We traveled for half a month and traveled thousands of miles just to save such a bad guy! Let alone monks, we are ordinary people. Stealing little widows is also a violation of the Qing law!"

Aji also followed up and said: "That's right, Long Live Lord is really, why did you think of asking us to save this thing! I have no choice but to issue an imperial decree directly, asking the Khan King to let him go. It's embarrassing to mention Hua Lama!"

Detehei scratched his head, and said: "What kind of etiquette does this old Mongolian person pay attention to? If this happened in Guanli, let's not talk about the adulterer, the **** appointed him to sink the pond, so why do you want to have a child?" .Could it be that a child has been born, and you want to be recognized as a grandson? This lama has become half a son, half a son-in-law!"

Although De Tehei spoke harshly, Cao Yong's heart moved when he heard it.When he first heard about this from the great lama, he also noticed something was wrong, but he didn't know where it was.Hearing Detehei's words, he realized that the King Khan was too lenient in treating his lost virginity daughter-in-law.

Although the Mongols do not pay attention to etiquette like the Han people, the Sinicization is still obvious among the Mongolian princes and nobles.Since the other party is the noble little princess, how could it be possible to be alone in the temple to worship the Buddha?Maid and mother-in-law are indispensable.

If the little concubine is really pregnant, she doesn't need to confess herself, as long as these maids and wives are tortured, what else does she not know?There is no need for the little princess to identify herself.

Nalan Fusen also thought of this, took a look at Cao Yong, and said: "Maybe this lama was wronged, and King Khan can keep him from killing, maybe he also knows the reason."

He Shan's eyes widened, and he asked, "Why did Big Brother Nalan say that? If this lama behaved properly, why didn't the concubine bite other people and bite him alone? Besides, didn't he agree with it?"

Cao Yong thought about it for a while, and said: "Perhaps the other party is really a noble master. In order to save the little princess from the crisis, he deliberately agreed to this matter."

Now, there is only one explanation.Cao Yong recalled the situation when Kangxi and Jebtsundamba Living Buddha mentioned Dangsang Wangbo.Both of them were somewhat solemn. Although they were quite dissatisfied with Dangsang Wangbo's unrestrained behavior, Kangxi did not show any contempt.On Jebtsundamba's face, there was a little more reverence.

Jebtsundamba Living Buddha has a very high status and prestige in the Yellow Sect.How could the person whom the great lama admired be the "adulter" who raped a woman from a good family?
Detehei frowned and said, "It doesn't matter if the lama is a good guy or a bad guy, since the Lord Long Live ordered us to save it, then we should save it. We have to think of a way, the courtyard wall of the palace is high enough, we don't know How is the staff of the guards inside. If you want to rescue people smoothly, you need to plan carefully."

This is a serious job, and everyone has also studied several plans.No matter what kind, there is no way to do it without an insider. At least you have to figure out the terrain of the palace and know where the lama is locked before you can do it.Otherwise, if everyone broke in without a head, wouldn't it be a warning to the snake.

Everyone was discussing, when they heard Xiaoman say outside the door: "Master, there is a young man asking to see you!"

Everyone was silent, very surprised.Cao Yong said: "Bring him in!"

Said to be a servant, more like a little novice monk, wearing a half-worn monk's uniform, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, looks very clever.However, because there were five people sitting in the room, he was a little dazed, and after a moment of distraction, he said, "The villain Bayin...has seen...all lords!"

Maybe it was because everyone was not dressed in Mongolian clothes, so Bayin spoke blunt Chinese.

"You are looking for us?" Cao Yong asked in Mongolian.

Seeing that they could speak Mongolian, Bayin breathed a sigh of relief, and also changed to Mongolian and replied, "May I ask if you came from afar, are you here for Master Dangsang Wangpo?"

Everyone is on the imperial errands, and those who follow outside the Great Wall every year can also speak Mongolian.Hearing what Bayin said, Dete darkened his face and asked, "You were following us just now?"

Because when everyone was talking just now, Xiaoman and the others were guarding the door, so they were not afraid of people eavesdropping.The only thing that can make people realize that they are connected with Dangsang Wangbo is the kung fu they went outside before returning to the room.

After hearing what De Tehei said, Bayin quickly waved his hands and said, "No, it's the shopkeeper's envoy who sent the message to the villain, and the villain knows that you are here."

Seeing that everyone was very puzzled, Bayin said again: "Master Dangsang Wangpo likes to drink and sing love songs, but he treats people with compassion. Many people here have received his kindness, and they all know that he was wronged... "At the end, the voice was low and inaudible.

Cao Yong listened to Bayin's words inside and out, as if he knew the truth, and asked: "Since everyone knows that he has been wronged, why no one dares to speak out?"

Hearing this, Bayin trembled, as if thinking of something extremely frightening.After a long while, he replied in a low voice: "King Khan has a bad temper, and no one dares to defend Master Dangsang Wangpo..."
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(End of this chapter)