Chapter 4 fourth quarter

In fact, the Crusaders are not formed now.Colonel Galan did not appear suddenly. This unknown English soldier and his Crusaders had been secretly existing in the tea valley in Darjeeling for two years.Secrets exist for secret purposes, and now nothing is secret.On the second day after the announcement of the "governor's order" to march into Tibet, Colonel Galan appeared in the summer resort in a grand manner.He first walked into the governor's office and reported the timetable for entering Tibet and his determination to the British and Indian governor Curzon: My life belongs to Tibet, and the future of Tibet belongs to Britain.

After that, he went to visit General McGory and assured this big man who claimed to represent the London military: Her Majesty the Queen would definitely not object to the display of the Tibetan Buddha statue in Buckingham Palace, because it was a symbol of the British Empire's conquest of the world's tallest mountains and rivers.And in General McGory's private museum.There must be sculptures that are more valuable than the vases in the Beijing Imperial Palace, and the Chinese-style tables and chairs, palace porcelain, and yellow satin embroidered screens in Buckingham Palace. It should be the perfect Gandhara art that represents the peak of oriental sculpture, not statues of gods. the faith represented.What is more important is the texture of the sculpture, "Think about the general, if all the Gandhara sculptures in your private museum are made of pure gold, how magnificent it will be. And in Tibet, it is pure gold sculptures that cannot be taken The fountain of exhaustion. I promise in the name of God, you will have more than you can imagine."

General McGory silently drank the brandy, and finally said only one sentence: "It seems that Colonel Galan is a thoughtful person." In the afternoon, in the small square of St. James in the Heights, Colonel Galan attended the farewell party for representatives from all walks of life, mainly British and Indian tea merchants and other businessmen.After it was over, he left the car and the guards behind, and walked toward the Gospel Church of Christ in a pious gesture. The golden setting sun shone on the Cross Tower, and the colonel stopped before God's porch. The porter said, "My lord, are you here to confess? The Reverend Mahon is not here."

Colonel Galan said, "Then I'll wait for him here as long as I want." The porter said: "You can't wait for him, he won't come back." The colonel said: "Where has he gone, tell me quickly, I am his friend." The concierge said, "Pastor Mahon left for Tibet an hour ago." The colonel was taken aback for a moment: He actually got ahead of me.Do the British need two Gods, one Church God.A crusader's God?No, you can't let him go alone.He needs my explanation, and of course I need his. Colonel Galan and his men quickly caught up with Pastor Mahon, and first persuaded him to go with the Crusaders as an old friend.Seeing his refusal to live or die, he insisted on sending guards to escort him. "The priest who is going to Tibet on behalf of the British Empire should be escorted by a whole division. I am very ashamed that I can only send you twenty men."

Pastor Mahon certainly knows the importance of escort: So far, no Western missionary has successfully entered Tibet and realized his dream of establishing a parish in Lhasa and other places in Tibet.They either failed to be deported and returned, or only wandered in Sichuan and Yunnan outside Tibet, or died on the way—disease, or were executed as enemies of Buddhism.The Tibetan side has issued proclamations more than once: defend Buddhism, swear to the death not to associate with foreigners, and strictly prohibit missionaries from entering Tibet through various channels.But Pastor Mahon absolutely believed in the true Christian spirit—having the courage to go to life-threatening swords and swords instead of bringing blood and rain to others.Why not accept our God with joy?God is merciful, and kindness does not need the escort of guns.He firmly refused.

But Colonel Galan was more determined than him, and ordered the captain of the guard: "Whether the pastor is willing or not, you have to follow him closely. He is the messenger of Christ, and protecting him is protecting Christ." Mahon knew that there was no other choice, and the guards were already his shadow, so he said helplessly: "Okay, Colonel." Colonel Galan said: "Perhaps we will meet soon. Remember, Brother Mahon, that in the eyes of British soldiers, guns are gods." Mahon said seriously, "Colonel, while you are dishonoring the British soldiers, you are also dishonoring God."

Colonel Galan said: "I? How could I defile God? Don't forget that I, like Sugson, are a distant child of the British Isles, an elite of the Presbyterian Church. I believe you will find the Babylonian prisoner in Tibet, dressed in Purple cassock awaits our Jewish Sagshund." Pastor Mahon's deep eyes showed a gloomy look: Ah, Sugshun.Perhaps it was to find Sug Xun that he came to Tibet.Sug Xun is his grandfather. When he was still naive, he took a golden cross and a "Bible" to the remote Tibet and never returned.The news from the church said that it was due to the efforts of his grandfather Sug Xun.A cross as brilliant as the cross on the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral in London has been inserted on a certain snow mountain peak in the Himalayas. Many people in the snow mountain have converted to Jesus Christ and listen to the preaching of Pastor Sagson's loud bell every day.This is a legend envied by everyone in the British church circle.But Pastor Mahon always felt that it was the beautification of the church, especially the elders, and he hoped that he could find out more about Grandpa.

Mahon said: "Then let Sugson unify our views, find Sugson, and don't forget, even if you find his body." One night a few days later, the elite British cross soldiers who marched into Tibet quietly left the tea valley where they were secretly assembled for training, and embarked on the newly built mountain road from Darjeeling to Kalimpong.On the way, Darth drove his mountain red horse and ran away again, but it didn't work.There are steep mountains on both sides of the road, and he can only run along the road.On the narrow road, the Crusaders spread for tens of kilometers, and everywhere they went were soldiers.Colonel Galan seemed to be teasing him intentionally, seeing that he had almost disappeared before ordering his subordinates to catch him.

Colonel Galan said with a smile: "The army is going to fight, and you are one of them. If you leave now, you will be a deserter. Every officer and soldier can shoot you to death. You don't want to die at such a young age, do you? " "I said I wouldn't do anything for you," Darth said. The colonel said: "How is this possible? Because of the lack of guides, we have waited until now." Darth exclaimed, "What you lack is not a guide, but God." The colonel said: "Isn't God a guide? Dear pastor, don't forget that your mission is to lead God's believers to all places where paganism abounds, and then conquer, conquer." He took a breath and said, "You Didn’t you once swear that in this life, you must convert all Tibetans to Christ? Our goal is the same.”

Darth snorted and said, "It's not the same. My goal is to make all the monasteries in Tibet worship the Bible and hear the sound of hymns, and then let all the churches in Britain and India worship Sakyamuni and hear the sound of Buddhist scriptures." " Colonel Galan exclaimed: "Paganism, real paganism, you are a Buddhist pagan, and you are also a Christian pagan. Don't forget that the church always reserves the right to carry out the execution of the fire, and I am the executioner who handles the torture tool. But...the executioner in front of you is flexible. As long as you lead us along the most effective Christian road into Tibet, reach Lhasa, and find Sugson, I may save you from being burned at the stake."

Darth said flatly: "You want to scare me? I'm not afraid, but I want to know what this Sugson is doing?" Colonel Galan asked: "Can you sing the Psalms? I mean the Calvinist Psalms." Darth was surprised: "Calvin Presbyterians also have psalms?" Colonel Galan smiled triumphantly and mysteriously: "That poem will ring in my ears every day, a distant story, a secret that the British Empire has not yet discovered." After finishing speaking, he sang: Judea who escaped from Babylon, Praise Christ in purple. Come on, come on, I meet you in the land of Tibetans. Please take care of my heart, Sugshun's Heart Jehovah. If you find me today, I will hand over Tibet to you, Distant children of the Mishima Islands, The elite of the Presbyterian Church. Colonel Galan said: "We must find Sugson, the Jewish people in Tibet." Darth said: "Colonel, there are no Jews in Tibet." Colonel Galan said firmly: "There must be, Sugson is Jewish, yes The 'Prisoner of Babylon' in Tibet, he is waiting for us to find him in a purple cassock." Darth asked in surprise: "So he is a person like me?" Colonel Galan said, "It's totally different. He's always been whole in Christ, and you're only half, maybe a little half." Suddenly someone laughed.Darth looked back and saw that it was the lama in the maroon cassock, and said disdainfully, "What are you laughing at, I know you are the Gasa Lama of Sama Temple." Gasa corrected: "It's Lama Gasa, the abbot of Sama Temple." Darth sarcastically said: "It's not easy. The Sama Monastery has the skull of the Buddha, the only one in Tibet, and you are the abbot there. What about your Buddha, abbot Gasa? This is the armor of Christ and the team of God." Gasa said, "Aren't we different? I heard that you just came back from Tibet. You have been a disciple of Panden Rinpoche for three years, and you have received the true teaching of the Kalachakra Kanyu Vajra Dafa? Buddha, this lama is not a lama."