Chapter 77 first quarter

Wen Shuo, the Minister in Tibet, was seriously ill after returning to Lhasa.According to the past practice, if the Chinese medicine doctor who came along with him was unable to prescribe the medicine, he would invite the Tibetan medicine doctor from the Potala Palace to come for diagnosis and treatment.The official residence of the Minister in Tibet sent someone to the Potala Palace to invite them, but the Tibetan doctor did not come, so the person who went to invite them brought back a pill of Tibetan medicine, which was marked with the Chinese characters "Kongque Dan".Peacocks and crows like to eat poisonous food, and peacock pill is an elegant name for poison.I don't know if it's the Tibetan doctor's own initiative, or someone's order.Wen Shuo looked at the medicine and swallowed it without hesitation.He was not poisoned to death, and the poison was gone after a few days of diarrhea, which was obviously slightly poisonous.Wen Shuo knew that Tibetans expressed their emotions in this way: Go to hell, you are an animal alive.

No one paid him any attention.The regent Di Mu knew that he was back and that he was sick, so he didn't go or send anyone to visit him.Not only that, but also transferred back to Danjilin the seven-rank vulgar official Chinese chef and the fifth-rank monk official Tibetan meal chef who were originally intended to be given to him, and asked the beautiful and capable Xuecun girl to go back to Xuecun as soon as possible.The girl from Xuecun seemed unable to bear to leave, she delayed for a few days, and was finally taken away by her mother.Her mother came to the mansion, pulled her daughter who was feeding Wenshuo medicine, and said angrily: "If you are a leper, you should throw it into the fire. If you are a thief or a thug, you should be driven into the mountains. You can't be reluctant to leave, you can't bear to leave." You will become a leper yourself." The Xuecun girl left.Not a single Tibetan came here again.The official residence of the Minister in Tibet was deserted and lonely.

But the silence was quickly broken.A group of Tibetans came, and they walked around the official residence of the Minister in Tibet, and they covered the surrounding walls with piles of cow dung.Cow dung is pasted on the wall for drying and burning. It can be seen everywhere in Tibet's mountain villages and pastures. However, in Lhasa, on the walls of government offices, such behavior is obviously humiliating and contemptible.What's more, the cow dung pasted on it is composed of Tibetan characters, which is a Tibetan proverb that satirizes the Minister in Tibet: An old dog licks the blood from its jaws and thinks it is eating the deliciousness of cow bones.The guards of the Qing soldiers who followed Wen Shuo to Tibet from the mainland scolded those who posted cow dung, which alarmed Wen Shuo.Wen Shuo asked, and when he found out, he said, "Don't worry about it. They can do whatever they want. I'm guilty. It's not an exaggeration to smear cow dung on your face and body."

Almost all monks and laymen in Lhasa knew the content of the "Tibet-India Treaty", and also knew that it was signed by Wen Shuo, the minister in Tibet. Wenshuo, it seems that Wenshuo is the foreign devil, and the foreign devil is Wenshuo; Wenshuo is the imperial court, and the imperial court is Wenshuo. Amidst the resentment of the Tibetans, the illness gradually recovered. The lonely Minister in Tibet first walked around the courtyard of the official residence, and then walked to the street after a few days.Fifteen guards from Qing soldiers followed him, and four bearers followed him with empty sedan chairs, but he insisted not to get on the sedan chair.He first walked in the direction of the Potala Palace, turned back when he got there, and walked towards the Jokhang Temple.At this time, he found that many Tibetans followed him, blowing their noses and spitting at him non-stop.Afraid of accidents, the guards of the Qing soldiers asked him to get on the sedan chair quickly.He refused, and sternly said to the bodyguard who was protecting him: "Please get out of the way, don't block the spit of the Tibetans." Then he strode forward and walked into the Jokhang Temple.He seemed to want to go in to worship Buddha, or to meet the regent Di Mu in the Manjusri Hall, but was immediately stopped by several lamas: "My lord can't come here."

Wen Shuo was stunned for a moment, then walked out slowly, and saw a group of beggars rushing from both sides of Barkhor Street, crowding him and separating him from the guards of the Qing soldiers.A disheveled old beggar asked with a sly smile, "My lord, have you ever eaten Tibetan tsampa and drank Tibetan buttered tea?" Wen Shuo nodded.The old beggar suddenly withdrew his smile and said: "After eating and drinking, why do you still want to sell Tibet? The owl trusts the crow as a minister, and it ruins its reputation." Another dirtier beggar grabbed Wen Shuo and said: " If you don’t repay the kindness of others, you will be the one who suffers in the end, and the evil person who wants to harm others will often suffer retribution first.” The beggars pushed and shoved.Some people said: "For many years, our Tibetan Buddha has protected the imperial court. How can the unconscionable imperial court treat us like this?" In a blink of an eye, it was put on a beggar.The old beggar took off his official hat and put it on another beggar's head.The beggar quickly took it down as if he had defiled himself, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it.

Fifteen guards from Qing soldiers and four bearers squeezed desperately to this side, blocking them like a tide of beggars.Already fighting.Wen Shuo knew that anything could happen at this time, insults and injuries were secondary, and it was possible to kill him and all his followers in a gang fight.He wanted to separate the crowd and hide in the Jokhang Temple, but was pushed into the middle of the beggars by a stronger force.When he was at his wit's end, he saw a woman screaming and rushing from behind the beggar.No one can stop her, she seems to have infinite power, she seems to have magical powers, and she easily opened a passage in the impenetrable beggars, which leads directly to Wen Shuo, the Minister of Tibet.She ran over, grabbed a beggar who was punching Wen Shuo, pushed him to the ground, and slapped the old beggar who was urging everyone to beat Wen Shuo to death.The old beggar's face immediately turned pale.Then she kicked a beggar who was about to throw a stone at Wen Shuo. The beggar screamed in fright, and accidentally threw the stone on his foot. The pain made him squat on the ground and scream.

Wen Shuo was stunned: Miss Xuecun?How dare you do that?Tibetans will not spare you. But the reason why the Xuecun girl dared to do this did not seem to rely on her courage, but on her understanding of her compatriots.She shouted hoarsely: "What are you going to do? He is my man, and if he becomes my man, he is a Tibetan." Then she patted her belly hard, "My child, my child, his child, has jumped I can dance." She tore Wen Shuo and cried loudly, "Why did you kill my man?" It seems that it is enough for Miss Xuecun to talk and cry like this, and everything can be forgiven.

The old beggar hastened to say, "He wasn't killed, girl, we didn't kill him." Another beggar picked up the official hat of the minister stationed in Tibet from the ground, and stuffed it into the arms of the Xuecun girl.Another beggar hurriedly took off his official uniform and put it back on Wen Shuo. "Let's go, let's go." The old beggar yelled.The beggars fled here one after another as if they had done something wrong, and turned around from time to time to cast apologetic glances. The minister in Tibet, Wen Shuo, looked at them and suddenly called out, "Don't leave, come back, don't leave."

The beggars stopped.The girl from Xuecun rushed to Wen Shuo's body, waved her hands and shouted, "Go, go, go." Wen Shuo gently pushed her away, walked towards the Tang Fan Huimeng Monument not far away, stretched out his right hand to caress the rough base of the monument, as if trying to find something.How many years has he said to himself, this monument?Then he clenched his fist with his right hand, stretched his left hand towards his waist, and took out a knife.No one knew what he was going to do, only he and his fingers knew.The index finger of the right hand protruding from the clenched fist tremblingly touched the pedestal.The girl from Xuecun was stunned, but suddenly understood, she yelled and rushed towards him.

At the same time that Xuecun girl hugged Wen Shuo, Wen Shuo gritted his teeth and chopped it down with all his might. Probably because of the interference of the girl from Xuecun, Wen Shuo didn't chop it off with a single knife, and the meat was still attached.He threw away the knife, held the broken right index finger with his left hand, hissed, and pulled it off. He said: "I'm here today to apologize. You didn't kill me. The girl from Xuecun saved me, so I'm lucky. But I, I'm an official of the imperial court, so I can't just leave it like this. How can I be whole when the country is hurt?" How can I not feel pain if I lose meat in Tibet.” Then he raised his bloody right index finger with his bloody right hand and said loudly, “It’s my finger, see, it’s dipped in black and red ink, and it’s stuck in the UK. A treaty imposed by others." Then he threw out his right index finger, "Go to the dog, Finger, you don't deserve to grow on me."

The beggars screamed.The old beggar held Wen Shuo's right index finger as if he had found a treasure.Then there was silence, never before in front of the gate of the Jokhang Temple was there such a quietness that made people want to cry without tears. Wen Shuo, the minister in Tibet, walked towards the official residence in a sedan chair.Fifteen Qing guards and four bearers accompanied him intact.He was also accompanied by a girl from Xuecun, who was holding Wen Shuo's right index finger in her hand. In the afternoon, the mansion of the Minister in Tibet resumed the usual traffic, and the dreary desertedness suddenly disappeared.First, a Tibetan doctor from the Potala Palace came to apply medicine to Wenshuo's injured hand.The girl from Xuecun brought the right index finger and asked the Tibetan doctor to connect it.The Tibetan doctor said yes, but Wen Shuo firmly refused.Miss Xuecun finally wrapped the right index finger in yellow silk and offered it in front of the Buddha statue in the living room of the mansion.She thinks it is a holy object, the minister in Tibet is equal to the regent, and everything on him is a holy object.The Tibetan doctor gave Wen Shuo a few pills of Peacock Pill, saying that although it is a poison, it is the nectar of fighting poison with poison, which can relieve pain and grow flesh and prevent decay. Then, the Regent King Dimu Living Buddha sent Butler Baire to visit, and burned a peace talisman for Wen Shuo, saying that the Regent had personally blessed it, so that the severed fingers could grow back.Accompanying Butler Baire came the seven-rank vulgar official Chinese chef and the fifth-rank monk official Tibetan meal chef. The two chefs were officially presented to Wenshuo's official residence. Later, people came to visit one after another. They were Daluo from Drepung Monastery and Wanjie from Sera Monastery.Ganden Monastery was farther away, and it was already the second day when Sejun Living Buddha arrived.But he did not see Wen Shuo, the minister in Tibet.Wen Shuo went to Danjilin to visit the regent with his injured hand hanging. This is an urgent and urgent visit.Because of his nervousness and seriousness, Wen Shuo rejected the invitation of the housekeeper Baire to let him go to the Buddhist house on the second floor of the Dazizai Buddha Hall, and only waited for the arrival of Living Buddha Dimu in front of the Dharma Protector Danba Zelin in the Dharma Protector Hall.Living Buddha Di Mu hurried in, sat down and took a breath, before Wen Shuo had time to be polite, Wen Shuo handed over the paper in his hand.The imperial court called again, urging them to withdraw from the border as soon as possible, so as not to enter the eyes of the British. Whether it was the Minister in Tibet or the Regent, the call from the court at this time would make them feel ominous and disgusted.Especially with today's call, the imperial court has already begun to threaten: If the Tibetans still intend to resist foreigners, neither Wen Shuo nor Di Mu can continue to stay in their current positions.Regent Di Mu's disgust is not only psychological, but also physical.After reading the translation, he couldn't help vomiting. Wen Shuo said: "The regent Buddha's reaction is the same as mine. I came here after vomiting the water in my stomach." Di Mu said, "What you vomited was water, and what I vomited was blood. Look, it's red." Wen Shuo said: "Even if the treaty is valid, we should strictly guard the front line of Chunpi and Qumei Xianguo. It is the British who made an inch of progress and entered our field of vision, not us. We have already put Zelila Mountain and the south of Yadong It was all given over to the British, how else should I give it up?" Di Mu said: "The imperial court should take into account the opinions of Tibetan monks and lay people, otherwise it will be difficult. Now Tibetans still see the imperial court. If we are asked to give in blindly, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of Tibetans." Wen Shuo said: "I think so too." As he spoke, he took out the translation of the memorial he wrote in response to the court's call, and handed it to the regent. This is the first time that Wen Shuo is going to show his chest in front of the court and the emperor.The regent looked at the memorial and looked at Wen Shuo in amazement, but couldn't say anything.The memorial is as follows: There are not many native products in Tibet, and the rare ones are even rarer. It is actually difficult for foreigners to do business in Tibet to make huge profits.I have the Buddha, there is God, Jesus is arrogant and aggressive, and it is not difficult to guess the meaning of destroying the Buddha.The servant has repeatedly learned from others, and is afraid of repeating the same mistakes.Gaiyang people have a sinister temperament and act dangerously. Every time they use sweet words as bait, their insatiable greed is clearly visible.Swallowing the sea on the left and invading Tibet on the right, the two forces are intertwined. His ambition is to destroy the Qing Dynasty. His behavior is so suspicious that officials and people know it.No wonder the Tibetans insisted on rejecting it, in order to protect the Buddhist teachings, preserve the aura of the mountains and rivers, and prevent the division of borders and land.It's not unreasonable, and I'm afraid I can't completely dismiss it. Although the Tibetans today are stupid, their heart to protect the country is unshakable. If they force them to overcome difficulties, they will become more suspicious. Hundreds of years of vassal uniform, there is a change of renunciation and morality. This is not only the loss of territory but also the loss of people's hearts, isn't it even more miscalculated? Tibetans don't use borders and gates to give people. One is because foreigners have different Taoism;There is no intention of stealing life, and the zeal to protect the country with fists.I have nothing to say, especially difficult to coerce. Wen Shuo, the minister in Tibet, said with a smile: "I wrote this with the thumb and middle finger of my right hand pinching the barrel of the pen, and I realized that I can write without the help of my index finger." The regent Di Mu understood that Wen Shuo's words meant that he should be a human being even if he is not a minister in Tibet.He got up suddenly, took off the big yellow cloak besides the cassock, put it on Wen Shuo, and went to add butter to the lamp in front of the Danba Zelin copper knife protector statue, and then just bowed his head and prayed without looking at Wen Shuo glance.He was afraid that Wen Shuo would see the fear and regret in his eyes, which would disappoint the minister in Tibet who disregarded his own safety in order to preserve Tibet. The court called again a few days later.For Wen Shuo, this was the last time he accepted the order.The general idea is: if you write a master's degree, you will be dismissed and investigated immediately.That is to say, whether Mrs. Wu will be appointed as the minister of affairs in Tibet, and she will go to Tibet to take over as soon as possible. Wen Shuo smiled indifferently, and asked himself: "Is it too? Is it the negotiator sent by the Prime Minister's National Affairs Office of the Qing Dynasty to deal with the British? This person has a bad reputation and a bad official reputation." The imperial court did not punish the regent Dimu Living Buddha who was supported by them alone.Because they believe that as long as the minister in Tibet is effective, the regent will eventually be able to obey the will of the imperial court.