Chapter 2 second quarter

A month later, under the urging of that voice, Darth hurried across the Himalayas and came to Darjeeling at the junction of India and Zhe Mengxiong (Sikkim). Darjeeling is an ambiguous place. It belongs to Zhe Mengxiong but is leased by India, and India belongs to the United Kingdom. In addition, the neighboring Bulukba (Bhutan), Gurkha (Nepal) and China have prosperous trade and mixed races. Almost an international port, but not just trade, the hidden undercurrent promotes another purpose, that is, in the lush tea valley of Darjeeling, the Christian Gospel Church and the Summer Resort are quietly born.

Darth walked through the tea fields and came to the front of the Gospel Hall. A concierge had already gone in to make an announcement, and a man in a black robe came out a moment later, holding a "Bible" covered in purple sheepskin with his hands on his chest, standing proudly in front of the door. Darth's eyes shone with joy, he stepped forward, wanted to hug each other, clasped his hands together as if to show his identity, bent down in a Buddhist posture, and said respectfully: "Hello, Brother Mahon. " Mahon squinted at him: "Please call me Pastor Mahon. Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Darth smiled and said, "Why don't you ask me where I've been these past few years, Mahon... pastor?" "For a believer who leaves without saying goodbye, the church doesn't care where he goes," Mahon said. Darth said, "I'm here to tell you that God is going into Tibet." Mahon snorted. "That's your God, not the God of the Holy East India Church." Darth said: "It seems that the East India Church has its own separate God, and that's right." Mahon said angrily, "I know you don't care about the East India Church anymore. Eighteen years ago, when you and your sister were begging along the streets of Calcutta, the Christian East India Church took you in. The light of God shines on you, let You are Maun? Arthur's brother. You will not forget that when my uncle, Elder Burr, the most respected elder of the East India Church, brought you a bowl of meat porridge and told you that it was a gift from God, you Said 'Then I believe in God'? I will not forget that you and your sister wore clothes made by my uncle when they were young, right? But mine are all worn out by you. When I asked my uncle why At this time, the uncle said: "Saving lost souls is more important than dressing itself." You will not forget the days when we discussed the "Bible" together in the seminary? You will not forget the days when we served the church together? You As a traveling pastor, I am a church pastor, we are inseparable every day..."

Darth listened and became as excited as Mahon: "I will never forget how we beat the walls with our fists to comfort each other when we had to stay in separate rooms; I will never forget how you served me when black fever made me die I, how to pray for me before God; don't forget the danger that I fell into the mouth of the Ganges, I almost died, and you and Elder Bell almost died, because you who can't swim also jumped into the water Go save me, God let us escape from death; I will not forget that a group of Hindus kidnapped me, you and Elder Baier went out to search every day, and finally the members of the church collectively donated money to put me away from the burnt offering Vulcan who punished the traitor rescued; and will not forget the oath I then swore before God: 'Live for God, die for God.'”

Mahon said, "Then why are you leaving the East India Church?" Darth said: "No, I have not left the church, I have always been a member of it. You know I have not slacked off for the sake of God. I told the church long ago that in order to spread Buddhism to Tibet, the Indians surrendered and accepted All the local gods in Tibet asked them to protect the Dharma of Buddhism, so Buddhism gained ubiquitous space in Tibet. Now God wants to enter Tibet, he must accept the vajra protector with ferocious fangs as an apostle, and even Jesus Christ should appear to release The power of Kamuni and the Bodhisattvas, wearing cassocks and holding ritual vessels, became the patron saint of Tibet. When the British brought Jesus to India, it was no longer the Jesus of England, but the Jesus of India. When they arrived in Tibet, they should It is the Jesus of Tibet. Wherever Jesus goes, he must wear local clothes and grow a local beard..."

Pastor Mahon covered his ears with the Bible in one hand, and pointed at the summer resort that was faintly visible in the distance with the other hand and shouted: "You are only worthy of being with them. You go, those who like war are waiting for you." What?" He turned away, and said to himself, "God, please forgive this man who has blasphemed you so much, his sin is mine." Darth said loudly: "Brother Maun, pastor, I know where Tibet is the route to spread the gospel and where is the place where Christ resides. Please allow me to lead the way." At this moment the porter jumped out.He unhooked the horse from the porch post, punched the mountain red horse on the buttocks, and said bitterly: "Get out of here, you hateful Judas."

Darth pulled up his horse and looked back at the closed door of the Gospel Hall with melancholy, thinking that my Venerable Master Panden Rinpoche was right. In my past, there was a more important kindness, and my repayment is endless. of.He took out a "Picture of Good and Bad, Good and Evil", put it on the steps of the Gospel Hall, and checked a line of English words that had already been written on the side of the picture: Dedicated to the Church of the East India—the magical road to Tibet.He shook his head bitterly: It seems that my hunch is right, brother, it is all for the cause of Jesus Christ, why must we part ways?

He doesn't want to be with people who like war.He has his own destination, and if the East India Church does not adopt his opinion, he will go alone: ​​the road to supernatural powers must begin with Zhe Mengxiong.He rode a horse to the trading field in the tea valley, looking east and west.Many people are also looking at him.An Indian Sinba suddenly ran out from behind rows of tea stacks that could not be seen, and shouted, "Is that you, Pastor Darth, are you back? Was the journey very hard? I heard that Tibetans are the most famous people in the world." The best tea drinker?"

Darth said, "Hi Kutch, why are you asking this?" In his bark-walled, straw-and-mud-roofed hut, Kutch served Darth a meal of greasy burritos and a strong pot of spiced tea. Darth looked at the crowded furnishings in the house strangely and said, "Why do you live here? Where is your wife? Where is the original house?" He thought to himself that it was Zhe Mengxiong's palace.In India, the original tea merchants made a fortune.They not only leased and reclaimed a large tea valley in Zhe Mengxiong, but also built luxurious mansions on this beautiful land without exception.

"My wife left me and went back to India. We're bankrupt. All the tea merchants here are going bankrupt," said Kachi. Suddenly I heard chaos outside, some running and some shouting.Kaqi poked his head out from the door, and before he could ask anything, he heard someone shouting: "Go and see Kaqi, the tea house is on fire, Hubaid burned the whole family to death. The tea merchants carried the charred The dead bodies have all gone to the Summer Resort." Kaqi took Darth's horse and almost forced him to the summer resort.