With white and tender skin, dark eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, she looks a bit like a woman, but there are traces of a deep frown between her eyebrows. That is Danxuan's face!
Once upon a time, Chen Zhi felt that this face did not match Danxuan's character.
Danxuan's character is actually very tough, with a subtle strength, but this face is a bit too weak.
But now, when this face appeared again, Chen Zhi felt that it matched very well, as if he had found the real owner of this face.
However, underneath this face is another person...
He is not a monk. On the contrary, his hair is very long and tightly braided.
His beard and hair are thick and dark, and he has a very conspicuous beard. The beard is also braided and decorated with pearls and gems, which is very elegant.
He wears a ring-shaped crown on his head. The gold, gems and pearls on it are sparkling. It has a strong Western style and is exactly the same as the one painted on the mural.
"*****...",
Seeing Chen Zhi's sudden appearance, this pale face was very panicked and opened his mouth and uttered a long string of unintelligible Sogdian words.
His voice was gloomy, his whole body was trembling like chaff, and he was obviously frightened.
Chen Zhi stared at the man hiding in the belly of the giant Buddha and looked up and down at his height and weight. He was basically the same person as Danxuan, but this man was thinner and looked more haggard.
After Chen Zhi looked at him coldly for a while, he stretched out a hand to this man:
"Come out,
I won't hurt you..."
As Chen Zhi stretched out his hand, the man was so frightened that he screamed, as if Chen Zhi was reaching out to kill him.
He looked at Chen Zhi in fear in the belly of the Buddha. After looking at it for a long time, he finally reached out hesitantly and left the belly of the Buddha with the help of Chen Zhi.
After the man came out, he curled up and fell to the ground. It seemed that he had been hiding in this secret compartment for too long, so that his legs and back could not be fully extended, and he was trembling constantly.
"Don't kill me, (simplified meaning in ancient Chinese)
Do not kill me,
My brother king will come to save me, he is the god of war, he will protect me, and the person who kills me will get his revenge!".
Unexpectedly, a series of ancient Chinese words came out of this man's mouth.
Although there are difficult-to-understand formats in ancient Chinese writing between the lines, they were easily transformed into modern writing in Chen Zhi's mind.
"Do not kill me!
help me!
I am the legal king of this country. King Tang will not kill me, and Buddha will protect me~~"
This man seemed to have been frightened to the point of insanity. In addition to constantly begging for mercy, he also held his arms tightly with both hands.
His eyes kept looking outside in fear, as if someone would rush in at any moment.
"Don't worry... no one will kill you!
It's safe here now!",
Chen Zhi said something very sincere, and then looked up and down at the person in front of him.
I saw that he was wearing a plain white robe, which was not new, and he was holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, and his hair was a little messy.
But the necklace around her neck is inlaid with gold and jade, an accessory only worn by ancient nobles.
In fact, when he first met Danxuan, Chen Zhi felt that there were some strange features in his appearance.
His height is relatively low, his forehead is slightly protruding, and his palms and pelvis are wide. These are all characteristics of ancient people more than 1,000 years ago, and they are somewhat incompatible with modern people.
But now when this face falls on this person, I feel that this appearance and this outfit are very harmonious.
"rest assured!
I'm here now to keep you safe."
Chen Zhi stared at this person and said softly,
"But I have some questions to ask you now, can you answer them?"
"Outside~~",
The man didn't seem to listen carefully to Chen Zhi's words, but kept looking outside in fear, like a frightened bird.
"There are a lot of arrows shooting in from outside. My soldiers are all dead. Save me, save me quickly!"
When will Brother Wang come?
When will he come to me?"
"...",
After Chen Zhi watched this in silence for a while, he said seriously,
"How about this.
I'll go outside and take a look first to see if they're still there!
If they are gone, prove that this place is safe for the time being, and then you can answer my questions carefully, do you think that is okay?"
After hearing these words, the man seemed to have become much more stable. He looked at Chen Zhi with dependent eyes and nodded.
Chen Zhi then walked out and walked up the silver ladder. The temple was still there. Everything was the same as before. There was no one in the hall, but the incense burner was still lit with the long incense that had just been placed.
.
Chen Zhi walked to the gate of the temple, opened the door, and looked outside.
An unexpected scene appeared in front of him...
There is nothing outside except a road leading here, everything is nothingness~~
Chen Zhi knows this situation. The area and temple where he is now are completely another space...
Chen Zhi then turned around and touched something on the altar in the temple.
There is no dust on those instruments. They should have been cleaned recently. Even the fruits are fresh. This temple in this space should have existed more than 1,000 years ago...
Chen Zhi walked down the ladder again and entered the underground temple.
The man was still huddled in front of the Buddha statue. He was very frightened when he saw Chen Zhi coming back.
"Are they still there?
Those Tang Dynasty people, have they left?"
"Let's go!" Chen Zhi walked gently to that person and replied in a very affirmative tone,
"Don't be afraid, they are gone and will never come back!"
"Ah! It's great~~, it's great~~" After listening to what Chen Zhi said, the man stabilized and leaned weakly on the ground.
Only then did I notice Chen Zhi’s outfit...
"What country are you from and why are you wearing such strange clothes?"
"Don't worry about these trivial matters?",
Chen Zhi then put his hand on the man's trembling hand. The hand was extremely cold and there was no sign of blood flowing.
"Can you answer my question now?",
Chen Zhi looked at this face very closely,
"I have something to ask you!"
"Okay!", the man nodded slightly, his eyes still looking outside fearfully, for fear that someone would come in.
"That's good!" Chen Zhi continued,
"Then I'll start asking now...
Who are you?
What is your name and identity?
Why are you hiding here?"
"Huh~~", this person seemed to have finally settled down and kept taking long breaths. After a long time, he said one sentence:
"I am the king of Gaochang, Ju Wentai!
He is the legal emperor of Gaochang Kingdom. I am hiding here because I was forced to attack by the Tang people.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty betrayed his promise and ordered the Tang army to attack our capital city of Gaochang and kill our people with random arrows.
My personal guards finally hid me here and went up to lure the enemy.
I kept hearing them screaming from above, and I was too scared to come out~~
I'm waiting here..., waiting for my brother Wang to come back and save me!"