Chapter 92 Section five

In Xuelang Temple, the ground of the sutra hall and Buddhist hall was full of wounded people left behind by the front-line chief Ergalon.Most of them are unable to move around and depend entirely on the care of the monks in the monastery.But Xuelang Monastery did not have a Tibetan medical lama, and the monks could only take care of the wounded, but could not treat them.In anxiety, the head of the temple, Chilie Living Buddha, personally went to Naining Temple at the junction of Kangmazong and Gyantsezong, and asked a Tibetan doctor Lama to come and treat him as soon as possible, but he has not returned yet.

The pain of the wounded filled the monastery with groans and curses, and even the god statues became frowning, especially in the Dharma Protector Hall next to the gate of the temple, the statue of Danba Zelin no longer gritted his teeth and opened his eyes angrily, and there was The unbearable unbearable and faint resentment, as evidenced by the strange noise in his stomach, as if he didn't believe his own existence anymore, he questioned with a rolling voice like water waves: Who is Danba Zelin? There are no wounded in the guardian hall, only monks.The monks are very strange: there is often an angry airflow in the belly of the statue of Danba Zelin, which intimidates the enemy, which sounds like a drum.What happened today?It became the sound of rolling water waves.Did he hear the footsteps of the foreign demons, and even Danba Zelin, who was shaking the world, became strange?

Wei Binghao also appeared strange at the same time.Wei Binghao was also one of the wounded. He was injured on his leg, but miraculously stood up and began to walk slowly.He walked from the Buddha Hall in the back to the Dharma Protector Hall in front, and after taking a look at Danba Zelin, his legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground. He wanted to kowtow, but he couldn't straighten his back, and he couldn't kowtow at all.At this time, he understood the voice in the statue's stomach: Who is Danba Zelin?He replied involuntarily: "I am Danba Zelin." The monks were even more surprised: Why did the statue of Bazelin recover as soon as the wounded man answered: there was an angry airflow like a drum beating in his stomach again, and his expression was gnashing his teeth and opening his eyes in anger.

Wei Binghao stood up again, and seemed to be as healthy as ever.Stepping hard, going out, walking back, clasped hands together, bent towards the statue of Danba Zeling and said: "You know I am you, I am Danba Zeling, let all the wounded get well, like I am the same. We still have to fight the foreign demons, and the foreign demons have come." There was no strange sound in the belly of the statue of Danba Zelin, which meant that his request was not granted.He was answered by a series of hurried footsteps: the head of the temple Chi Lie Living Buddha has returned. Living Buddha Chilie said in frustration: "I didn't invite a Tibetan medical lama. The Tibetan medical lama of Naining Monastery was determined not to come. He said that the lamas in this monastery could not be saved, so outside visits were avoided. I see that the lamas of Naining Monastery all Well, I don’t need his treatment, why didn’t he come? This diseased medicine fork who eats Buddhist food and doesn’t do Buddhist work.” Seeing Wei Binghao walking towards him, he said in surprise, “How can you leave? Isn’t the thigh bone broken? ? You are an officer, the only Han Chinese in the Tibetan army."

Wei Binghao said: "No, Lord Buddha, I am a Manchurian." Chilie Living Buddha said: "In the eyes of us Tibetans, Manchus and Han people are the same." Then, he took out a leather bag and a letter from the breast pocket of his cassock, and handed the leather bag to a monk, " Finally, I didn’t run in vain, the Tibetan doctor lama of Naining Temple gave me these medicines, boil them quickly, each wounded has a bowl.” Then he handed the letter to Wei Binghao, “I happened to meet a girl from Lhasa who went to Nai Ning Temple inquired about you, and I told you not to inquire, just leave it to me, and I will definitely deliver it. Take a quick look, it seems to be in a hurry. When I got it, there was still chicken feathers on it, and I lost the chicken feathers. "

Wei Binghao opened the envelope to read the letter, read it once in front of the statue of Danba Zelin in the Dharma Protector Hall, walked out of the Dharma Protector Hall and read it again, then asked for a pen and paper, wrote a reply on the back of the letter on the steps, and handed it to Chilie Living Buddha said: "Send it to Lhasa, to Wenshuo, please." Chi Lie Living Buddha was stunned: "Wen Shuo? Are you talking about the Minister in Tibet?" Wei Binghao sighed and said: "He is not anymore, not anymore." He walked outside the temple, stood in front of the bluestone temple gate, looked ahead, his face changed rapidly, red and white for a while, and his nose trembled slightly. That is an indication that determination is emerging.

In front was Zachangxia West Road. Some people came, they were Tibetans fleeing for their lives. Hundreds of Tibetan soldiers and monk soldiers were left with only a few dozen people.Dozens of Tibetans, led by Numa Daiben, Odrup Daiben and Gom, came to defend Xuelang Monastery.They knew that they would not be able to defend it, but they still came here desperately.When you come, tell Wei Binghao: Many, many foreign demons, foreign demons with machine guns and rifles, are right behind, coming, coming.Gather our people together and tell the lamas to recite scriptures quickly. Danba Zelin, the Dharma protector, helped.

Wei Binghao said: "We don't have many people, so we don't need to concentrate. I am Danba Zelin, and I will deal with the foreign demons. Quickly give me all the gunpowder you need to load your matchlock guns." Said, "Get out of here quickly, you know that the egg will touch the stone, so don't touch it." Then he ordered the living Buddha Chi Lie who came out to give me the gunpowder of the wounded soldiers. "Don't think I'm going to die, I said I'm Danba Zelin." Wei Binghao turned around and entered the monastery, took off his clothes and pants, tied the gunpowder he had gathered on his body and legs, and inserted a five-inch matchlock rope into his heart, and put on a cassock neatly.He looked at himself in a circle and said, "It seems that there is something inside, so let's get another one."

Chilie Living Buddha put his big yellow cloak on him, just like in Lhasa, Regent Dimu Living Buddha put his big yellow cloak symbolizing nobility on Wenshuo. There was still some gunpowder left.The little skinny Ruben who followed Wei Binghao loyally since Mount Zelila said: "I will come and I will come. Master Wei is like this. We Tibetans cannot fall behind." Then he turned to the lamas and said, "Don't forget to save Me, take my lord and me to the front of the Buddha." Then he took off his robe and asked someone to tie gunpowder to him.He was injured in the waist, and he could barely walk with a limp. He tried to walk a few times, and shouted, "I want to wear cassock too. Quickly put on the cassock and the yellow cloak."

Wei Binghao appeared again in front of the bluestone gate of Xuelang Temple.The little skinny Ruben followed closely behind.The two stood silently. Everything is preordained.Wei Binghao thought, he was identified as Danba Zeling by a dying man in the dungeon of Rinang Manor, and now he came to Xuelang Temple with Danba Zelin as the guardian god, and relied on Danba Zeling's blessing station up.Just at this time, he got Wen Shuo's personal letter, and then realized that why Wen Shuo recruited him from Sichuan to Tibet, and sent him to the front line to fight in a hurry, was not because he knew Spanish and Tibetan, and had some knowledge. The so-called Wen Tao Wu Lue, even if there is one, is useless.It was because Wen Shuo had already expected this day.On this day, he received news that Wen Shuo had severed his finger, was dismissed from office, and was expelled by Tibetans.

A long time ago, he knew that he was Wen Shuo's right index finger. "The two fingers of the right hand are life beyond life." Wen Shuo often said this, he would always raise his index finger and draw circles in the air, "What do you think I am painting? It is you. "Sometimes I also dipped my right index finger in ink to write, all of which are Confucius and Mencius maxims such as "A scholar sees danger and is fatal, and he sees righteousness."Now Wen Shuo himself chopped off his right index finger, that is to say, he chopped off him.It's time, he must die for Wen Shuo.Only after his death can Wen Shuo stand up, not be criticized, not be stigmatized, and the hatred of Tibetans towards Wen Shuo can be truly dispelled.Because in the eyes of Tibetans, it was Wen Shuo's signing of the covenant that led to the massive invasion of the British Crusaders. Although Wen Shuo regretted it so much that he broke his finger, how could one finger be worth the lost large tract of Tibetan land?You have no determination to resist the British, only the ability to self-mutilate, you may not be weak, but you are indeed a veritable capitulator. Of course, Wei Binghao may not think so, Wen Shuo's severed finger and letter did not inspire him to die.But he knew that his death saved not only the reputation of Wen Shuo and his family, but also the reputation of the inland people and the imperial court who in the eyes of Tibetans had no distinction between Man and Han.He is not an imperial court official, but he demands himself according to the standards of an imperial court official: a loyal minister is not afraid of death, and a disloyal minister is afraid of death.Don't avoid the difficulty when it is reasonable, and regard death as home. More importantly, fate has left him no other choice.He is Danba Zeling, and he must protect Xuelang Monastery and all the Tibetans around him. Thinking about it, Wei Binghao saw the Crusaders appearing on Zachangxia West Road, so he calmly patted the little thin man Ruben on the shoulder: "Here we are, let's meet him." He and the little thin man lit their matchlocks, Put it between the folded hands, and walked over like a lama praying.The evening sun shines on them.Like two golden Buddhas, they moved joyfully. The Crusaders were not too wary of the two monks approaching with smiles and palms together.When the gunpowder went off, they were surrounding two monks and asking how many lamas there were in the monastery. The explosion was so powerful that more than 50 Crusaders who walked in front were killed and injured, including Captain McGory.Lieutenant Rong He, who was behind, was also frightened and fell to the ground, hurting his buttocks with a sharp stone. The strange thing is that Wei Binghao and little skinny Ruben are still intact. "Holy History" only said "intact", and did not say whether the corpse was intact or the life was intact.However, judging from the fact that the names and deeds of Wei Binghao and the little skinny Ruben were never mentioned in the "Holy History", the intact body must not be the life but the corpse.Wei Binghao shouted while detonating: "I am Danba Zelin." The Crusaders rested until the morning of the next day before they began to organize an attack.When they were about to rush over and burn down the Xuelang Temple, the Chuchen sent by Lama Lama arrived on behalf of our group.The battle to defend Xuelang Temple continued until midnight.On behalf of the regiment, Chu Chen waited for the monk soldiers led by the Lama Lama at the cost of more than half of the casualties.As a result of the joint resistance, the Crusaders retreated.Captain McGory and Lieutenant Rong He saw that the soldiers were seriously injured and the Tibetans were holding on, so they had to return along the west road and came to the intersection of the west road and the north road in the middle of the canyon again.Captain McGory walked out of Zachang Gorge from the North Road to chase the main force of the Crusaders led by Colonel Galan.Lieutenant Rong He stopped under the pretext of ambushing Tibetans who might catch up.It was already noon on the fifth day. Lama Lama won the victory. He not only held on for three days and three nights in Zachang Gorge unbelievably, but also successfully saved Xuelang Temple from the fire of war.The Xuelang Temple remains intact and is still there today.Although there are many traces of bullets on the temple gate built with bluestone, the tiles on the top of the hall, and the Aga soil wall, they are only gentle memorials of the war.The luck of not being destroyed has been circulated among the monks of Xuelang Temple so far.They attributed the miracle of Xuelang Temple's preservation to three people: Lama Xijia, Wei Binghao and Dharma Protector Ba Zelin. But Lama Lama knew very well that if it wasn't for the detonation of Wei Binghao and the little skinny man, the Crusaders had to postpone the attack for a whole night, Xuelang Temple would not be able to keep.Therefore, as the Grand Lama Danjilin and the actual commander-in-chief of the battlefield, he said to the head of the temple Chilie Living Buddha: "Make a bronze statue of Wei Binghao's Dharma Protector. He should be the wartime phantom of the Great Dharma Protector Dan Ba ​​Zelin. His The companion god is little skinny Ruben." This bronze statue of Wei Binghao's Dharma protector, that is, the wartime phantom of Ba Zelin, the great Dharma protector, still exists today, but the companion god, the little thin man Ruben, has not been preserved.Or, because of other reasons, such as not raising enough money for the statue, maybe the little skinny man was not created at all.