Chapter 5 Chapter 4 The Second Strange Thing

Another oddity. Chen Xuehan didn't know much about Tibet. He came to Tibet after he was demobilized from the army. He stayed there for more than a year and stayed in Medog for three years, but it was just a stay. Back then, Tibet was more difficult than people could imagine, but once they got used to it, they would often find reasons for themselves to stay. The same is true for Chen Xuehan, his understanding of Tibet is limited to what he has seen, and the reason for staying there is nothing more than getting used to it. In his eyes, listing everything in Tibet in words is a kind of sacrifice.He doesn't need to know about Tibet, because Tibet is not a concept for him, what he likes is the place itself, not the name.He didn't take seriously the visitors who talked about their admiration for the mysterious Tibetan culture.Why are you here?The reason is in the fresh and thin air, in the vast snow-capped mountains, in the quiet snow-covered wilderness like heaven, not in those exaggerated legends.

In the early years, he earned a little butter and mutton by occasionally doing odd jobs for tourists and working as a porter.After arriving in Medog, he opened a dilapidated restaurant. In those days, there were not so many people with money and brains coming to Tibet to find the meaning of life. Most of his guests were military relatives visiting relatives and border guards from the local military station. In Medog, there are eight months of heavy snow in a year, and Duoxiongla Mountain is fiercely snowed. During the months when the mountains are covered by heavy snow, there are very few guests. He lives alone in the back hall of the restaurant. The tranquility fascinates him, and he also Very few people disturb his tranquility.

He didn't know where his desire to hide from the world came from, maybe it was because he dreamed of the peace of standing on the top of a snow-capped mountain when he was a child, so he pursued it. However, not every year, he can enjoy this kind of peace, that winter was an exception. That winter, Chen Xuehan no longer remembered how many months it was, but only remembered that it had snowed for three consecutive days. When he got up to sweep the snow in the morning, he saw that lama standing in front of his door. This is a lama from Jila Temple, whose name seems to be Zhaji, who had secretly begged for wine with Chen Xuehan in his early years.Jila Temple is a lamasery on a snow-capped mountain, at a not-too-high altitude. Chen Xuehan often went there when he was a porter, and he was very familiar with them.

It took half a day to get here from Jila Temple. At that time, the sky was slightly bright and the snow had not stopped. Zhaji's body was covered with ice flowers, which obviously came down the mountain at night.Even for lamas who are familiar with mountain roads, it is very dangerous to go down the mountain at night in heavy snow. Chen Xuehan guessed that something must have happened that made him have to take such a big risk. Zaji seemed to have exhausted all his strength and stood there without any response. Chen Xuehan asked him what was wrong in a relatively blunt Tibetan language.

Zhaji did not return to him, but took out some money and said, "Please bring me something to eat, anything is fine, I have to hurry." Chen Xuehan asked him: "Where are you going?" Zaji said: "I'm going to Mapu Temple." Mapu Temple is a large temple outside Medog.Chen Xuehan was very surprised, because it is extremely dangerous to climb Mount Doxongla in this season. Even if there is a very good reason, you should wait for the snow to stop and find someone to go with you, otherwise it is easy to encounter a small avalanche. I can't see clearly anymore.

So Chen Xuehan let Zaji into the house, prepared some highland barley nests for him, and asked him if something happened in the temple. Zaji secretly asked him how many jugs of wine he wanted, and then said: "That's it, we have guests, Master, I want to go to Mapu Monastery and tell them about it." Chen Xuehan was surprised when he heard it, "Guest? Where did the guest come from? Are there any tourists coming into the mountain?" In this season, will anyone enter Medog?Now that there are many Xiongla Mountains, even the locals dare not move rashly, unless there is a large group of people coming in from outside, but if there is such a thing, he will definitely hear about it, but obviously there is no such thing now.What's more, this is a temple on a snow mountain, and it is even more strange to have guests.

Zhaji shook his head, wrapped up the highland barley nest and said, "It's not a guest from outside the mountain." He pointed to the snow-capped mountains in the distance, "It's a guest from inside the snow-capped mountains." Zhaji's Tibetan language has a strange accent, and Chen Xuehan sounds weird. Zhaji must be a foreigner who was sent here by his parents to be a lama.Although the Jila Temple is a very small and dilapidated temple, the Geshe Lama there is a well-known wise man nearby. It is said that he is nearly 100 years old. Many people send their sons to this temple in the snow-capped mountains. Come learn great wisdom.

The guest from the snow-capped mountains, this may be a secret way of saying, many of the lama's words are obscure, and there is a deep origin in them. Chen Xuehan knew that he didn't understand the things in the temple, and it was impolite to ask more, so he helped Zaji pack the package, put away the wine and food. According to his habit, he walked with Zaji for a while and helped him carry the package. This is also a way of worshiping Buddha. Although Chen Xuehan doesn't believe in Buddhism, he enjoys the peaceful atmosphere in this way. The snow is a little lighter, and the Doxiongla Mountain in the distance is completely white, blending with the gray sky. This kind of scenery makes people's hearts flutter.They didn't speak, they walked for an hour listening to the sound of stepping on the snow, Zaji stopped, Chen Xuehan couldn't help it, and asked if it would be better to find some villagers to go together.

Zhaji smiled at Chen Xuehan, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I will be fine." He spoke very peacefully, and it could be seen that although he was very tired, his heart was full of joy.After speaking, he saluted Chen Xuehan, meaning goodbye. Chen Xuehan returned the salute to him, but she was a little puzzled in her heart, what happened in the lama temple that made this little lama show such a peaceful expression? He was a little distracted, and quietly watched Zaji go away. It was Zaji who walked a few steps and turned around and suddenly said a word to him. He didn't understand what that meant.That sentence was blown into snowflakes.When he tried to catch up, the lama had disappeared into the white snow, as if he had never existed before.

These two incidents happened in two places thousands of miles apart. However, the secrets between the two incidents are extremely unimaginable when explained in detail.What is the unknown connection between the ancient tombs in the Central Plains and the visitors in the snowy land of Tibet?The biggest mystery in Chinese history hidden behind this will all be solved because of this opportunity.