Chapter 76: The Old Schoolman Tells a Story-The Northern School Tomb Raider’s Notes

The light was dim when the tent was pulled up, and in the smoke the old scholar curled up in his wheelchair and said, “Young man, if we really found the Tear Buddha here, how much do you think it would be worth?”

“How much is it worth? How dare you think.”

I shook my head and said I didn’t know, but there was one more thing I couldn’t figure out about the Tear Drop Buddha, so I asked the old pedant right away to hear his answer.

I asked: “The Western Xia Emperor rewarded the Painted Tear Buddha to Master Te Shih Reba, who then took it back to the Tibetan Plateau, which is nowhere near Alashan, so how did the Painted Tear Buddha come to Blackwater City?”

“Young people are very meticulous in their thoughts.” The old pedant didn’t answer my words positively, but instructed Kai beside him to light the candles.

“Pata.” The lighter sounded.

Kai grimaced and handed the lit red candle to the old scholar.

The old pedant grasped the candle with one hand, the yellow flame reflecting in the pupils of his eyes and dancing.

“Look …. How well the fire burns …..”

The old man stared at the burning flame of the candle, and then a wry smile appeared on his wrinkled face, a smile that made people feel uncomfortable to look at.

He spoke slowly: “Fifty-five years ago I worked in the National Museum of China’s inner warehouse, when I was still just a small apprentice, the master let me clean the warehouse every day, a little bit did not do a good job will be beaten, and do not give me food.”

“I was cold, I was hungry, but I didn’t feel dull, at that time the inner stock kept a lot of unorganized antiques, stone tablets, topographies, I looked at too many of them, so many that I couldn’t remember how many there were, and when I looked at them I didn’t feel cold, I didn’t feel hungry.”

“One day, I organize the archives inadvertently found a late Qing dynasty topography, topography on the sticker labeling said the acquisition originated in Liangzhou Dayun Temple nearby, I can not read the topography on the Xixiawen, only know that should be derived from somewhere on the monument, I ran to ask the master, the master looked after shaking his head and said: “this piece of time is not ominous for the latter topography, the original monument should be as late as five years of the Tianyou Re-establishment of the Protectorate Temple induction monument.”

With that said, the old pedant looked up at me and said, “Want to know what the Xixia text on the topography says?”

I didn’t hesitate, nodding my head that of course I wanted to know.

“Huh …..” The old pedant just laughed and didn’t say anything.

I said sharply, “Tell me instead, how did Master Te’s stuff get to Blackwater City.

“Ignorant ah Yunfeng,” the head of the handle, seeing that the old pedant did not speak, immediately handed over a cigarette, and helped him to light it.

He smoked a cigarette, which he followed up slowly.

During his decades of preaching in Xixia, Master Te had numerous disciples, including a young monk who took care of him and whom Master Te called “Rumi Dorje.”

In Tibetan, “Rumi” means “tireless” and “Dorje” refers to the Dharma Protector of the Hinayana Sect, which together, as the name suggests, means the Dharma Protector who is not afraid of suffering, i.e., martial arts monks.

De Shi was close to 83 years old when he left Xixia, not many people could live to 80 in ancient times, he was already very old and relied on the care of the young martial arts monk Rumi Dorje.

Accompanied by a total of more than 90 monks on the return trip, that day they took the Western Xia Emperor’s reward went to Dege County (now Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture territory), encountered a group of more than 500 people of the indigenous soldiers, the leader of this group of indigenous soldiers is the stupid religion of the time Baili Tushi Dunyue, locals call him the King of the Baili.

King Baili, who did not believe in Buddhism, coveted the treasures brought by the Virtuous Master, and immediately ordered to kill and rob the treasure, which contained the Tearful Buddha.

With over 90 monks, none of whom knew martial arts except Rumi Dorje and a handful of others, 500 men against dozens of others, it became a brutal massacre.

Rumi Dorje is known as the Dharma Protector Vajra, and this is not just talk, he practiced the Hinayana Tantra, “The Six Dharmas of Narayana.”

The Six Dharmas of the Hinayana Rao are divided into the Dharmas of motion and the Dharmas of stillness.

Meditation cultivates the mind, spiritual power, and the wisdom of the Guru.

The moving method cultivates the body, the strength of the flesh, and the power of the Vajra.

That fight, Rumi Duojie to one against dozens, in order to protect the teacher he fought in a bloodbath incarnation of anger fork vajra phase, a palm to kill a Baili king of the natives, hard from the pile of people to kill a bloody road, carrying the teacher jumped on the carriage, with the treasure to escape.

Regrettably the breakout in the De Shi suffered a knife wound, De Shi died before instructing Rumi Duojie, saying that other treasures can not want, suffer this no delusion are destiny, I no longer have the face to return to the Pure Land of Murdock, you send the Tearful Buddha back …….”

After finishing his speech, the Virtuous Master died on the carriage and passed away.

Rumi Dorje, also badly injured, braced himself and buried his guru already shaken, and he was saddened to think that with his present physical condition, he could no longer fulfill his guru’s last orders.

At that time, there were many traders on the border of Western Xia, there were Song people, Jin people and Western Xia people, Rumi Dorje was lucky to come across a caravan of Song Dynasty merchants, the leader of the caravan was also a Buddhist believer, he heard about the incident and was greatly touched, and made a wish to say that he would help Dorje to fulfill the Guru’s last command.