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"I thought that magic stick would use some means to destroy my will, but I didn't expect that he would be put in solitary confinement." Wang Junlin sat cross-legged in the dark room with a sneer on his face.
It has to be said that being locked up in a small dark room was recognized as one of the most horrific punishments in the world in later generations. This punishment has nothing to do with the body. It is a kind of destruction of the spiritual will.
In such a small space, one cannot stand upright or lie down, so one can only squat down or sit cross-legged; then there is endless loneliness, endless darkness, and absolute silence. As for pooping and peeing there, it doesn't matter.
As far as Wang Junlin knows, no one can bear this kind of punishment. As long as there is enough time, there are only two outcomes: becoming a madman or committing suicide.
Of course, the horror of this kind of punishment place is directly related to the size of the space and the length of confinement.
At the moment, the space in the small dark room where Wang Junlin is located is already the smallest. As for time, given the viciousness and extreme character of King Bodo, Wang Junlin estimates that the time will definitely not be short or until he succumbs.
Wang Junlin was imprisoned in a dark room twice in later generations. Once he injured an instructor in the army. That time not only did he lose the opportunity to be promoted, but he also received an extremely severe punishment. One month of confinement.
, it sounds like a short time, but in fact few people can bear it. Wang Junlin endured it. He was not crazy, but after leaving the small dark room, he did not speak for a full month, and there was no expression on his face.
The second time he was imprisoned was when he was a mercenary and he fell into the hands of the enemy. That time was only for ten days, but not only was he imprisoned, but he was also not allowed to sleep. Whenever he was about to fall asleep, he would
An electric shock device connected to his body woke him up. Within ten days, Wang Junlin was on the verge of collapse. Just when he was about to commit suicide or compromise with the enemy, his companions rescued him.
Wang Junlin thought about his experience of two confinements in later generations, and pondered. Finally, he decided to stay for a month, and then pretended to surrender to Bodo Dharma King. How to pretend so that Bodo Dharma King would not suspect, the degree in this must be
Take advantage of it.
After thinking of countermeasures, Wang Junlin closed his eyes slightly and began to practice the nameless skills in the Tao scroll. Maybe he would be a blessing in disguise, and his skills might break through to a certain stage.
Wang Junlin practiced this for a whole day. When he opened his eyes, he found a bowl of water and a dry biscuit beside his feet. This was his daily food. He knew that there was a bowl of water and a dry biscuit beside his feet that could just fit in.
Enter the space of a bowl.
Wang Junlin chewed the dry biscuit slowly and ate it all, and drank the water a dozen times. He wanted the dry biscuit to be chewed as finely as possible with his teeth, so that the intestines and stomach could digest and absorb it to the greatest extent.
Then, he started practicing again.
After five days of this, even though he was practicing and it was the third time Wang Junlin had experienced this kind of thing, he couldn't help but feel inexplicable irritability, irritability, despair, depression, pain and other negative emotions that began to appear in his heart.
Wang Junlin knew that this was just the beginning. He found that just practicing attentively could not weaken the increase of these negative emotions, so he decided to sing a song or talk to himself every three hours of practice.
Or recall the past and plan and think about the future. This is the experience he summed up in his two dark room experiences.
On the tenth day, Wang Junlin finished singing all the songs he could remember and muttered to himself without knowing what to say.
On the fifteenth day, Wang Junlin thought about everything he could think of and began to plan his future, from the very beginning to the detailed planning and thinking.
On the twentieth day, Wang Junlin felt that he was already showing signs of collapse.
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"How's that kid doing?" In the palace of the city lord of Gaochang City, King Bodo had just finished discussing with Gaochang City's guard Atro. He suddenly remembered Wang Junlin and asked casually.
"For the record, Wang Junlin seems to be able to hold on." A Turkic man who was specifically responsible for this matter hurried forward and said.
The eyes of King Bodo flashed, and he sighed slightly and said: "Talent, mind, and will are all the best choices, but why are you unwilling to join my Nestorian sect?"
After a pause, King Bodo said: "Keep an eye on him. If there are any signs of committing suicide or becoming a madman, bring him to see me."
The Turkic man immediately respectfully said yes.
King Bodo has been very busy these days. In addition to conspiring with the Turkic guard Atro, he has met with many people in the past few days, and these people are very mixed, including Turks, Tuyuhun people, Semu people, Persians,
There were Tubo people and even Han people. These people who came were all leaders or principals of a force in Gaochang City. Behind each of them were hundreds or even hundreds of desperadoes who listened to their orders.
There is a temple in Gaochang City that has been passed down from the Han Dynasty, called Shifa Temple. There is a very famous monk in the Western Regions, whose Buddhist name is Shi Dao'an. The real goal of King Bodo this time is Shi Dao'an.
Unlike other eminent Buddhist monks, Shi Dao'an has no disputes with the world. He has never been biased or tried to make any force believe in Buddhism. He just cultivates Buddhism wholeheartedly. Everyone in the Western Region knows that Shi Dao'an has profound cultivation, is proficient in Buddhism, and has high moral standards.
He was popular among the public, was proficient in medical skills, and had countless people in his life, so he had a very high prestige in the Western Regions, especially in Gaochang City, where he had countless followers.
Therefore, Shi Daoan was regarded by King Bodo as the biggest unrest factor in Gaochang City. His main purpose of coming to Gaochang City this time was to kill Shi Daoan. But even he did not dare to do it easily, and had to do various things
He must make arrangements before taking action, otherwise it may cause riots in Gaochang City and greatly weaken his prestige.
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Gaochang City has a very special geographical location in the Western Region. Although it now belongs to the sphere of influence of the Western Turks, it is obvious that King Bodo is far from satisfied with this. He wants everyone living in this city to believe in their Nestorian religion.
"The light of His Holiness is everywhere, and the tentacles of His Holiness are also everywhere. However, there are always some people in this world who are stubborn and unwilling to bask in the glory of His Holiness. Since the wonderful sound of His Holiness cannot be lost,
The lamb returns to its origin, then, the sharp blade of me, the envoy of God, will tell them what is the right choice." In the palace of the lord of Gaochang City, King Bodo had temporarily forgotten Wang Junlin. No matter how amazing and talented Wang Junlin was, but
Before he believed in Nestorianism, he was nothing. And having everyone believe in Nestorianism was the greatest hope in King Bodo's heart.
These days, all the Dharma King Bodo has done is to weaken the influence of Shifa Temple on the people of all ethnic groups in Gaochang City and weaken the prestige of Shi Daoan in Gaochang City. For this reason, a lot of things have happened in Gaochang City these days, and it has indeed reached
certain effect.
In the view of King Bodo, Shi Dao'an was the biggest obstacle to the rapid development of Nestorian followers in the Western Regions, and this obstacle must be removed.
King Bodo has always been disdainful of national rule, and he despises tribal systems such as the Western Turks. Because he believes that this kind of rule only rules the human body and appearance. And they view
What the teaching wants to do is to rule the spirits and minds of all people.
As far as the country is concerned, if it reaches a certain level, it will be difficult to control.
For example, although the Sui Dynasty now controls the three counties of Wuwei, Zhangye and Xiping, it is actually limited to the city. The various ethnic tribes in the wilderness and grasslands are still like a country within a country. At most, they are just surrendering to the Sui Dynasty, and even
There is no need to pay taxes. But if the people of these tribes become followers of their Nestorian religion, they will not hesitate to give their best things to King Bodo.
Therefore, he didn't care at all whether Tong Yehu Khan could unify the Western Turks. Even if the herdsmen of the Ashina and Khulunubi tribes believed in their Nestorian religion, he didn't care at all who lost or won.
In short, what he cared more about was killing Master Suodaji of the Hurunubi tribe and Master Sardin of the Ashina tribe. So he was leading an army to fight against Hurunubi when he learned about the traces of Suodaji.
After that, he did not hesitate to abandon his army and pursue Sodaji.
In the same way, he actually doesn't care much about the ownership of Gaochang City. What he cares about is whether the people in this city believe in Tianzun Dharma King and him, or whether they believe in Shi Dao'an of Shifa Temple.
The plan has come to an end. In the morning, King Bodo issued a lot of orders to the Turks. Turks continued to come out of King Bodo's room to receive orders, and then hurriedly went to do what they should do.
King Bodo believed that when everything was unfolding smoothly according to his plan, there would be no other outcome except death for Shi Daoan who had not responded yet.
On the twenty-fifth day after Wang Junlin was locked up in the dark room, the bell of Shifa Temple rang early in the morning, seven times in total.
Although King Bodo hated Buddhism, it was because he hated Buddhism that he conducted extremely in-depth research into Buddhism.
The origin of bell ringing in Buddhist temples is the product of the arrival of Buddhism from the East and the rise of temples.
The Brahma Bell is the Buddha Bell (Netherworld Bell). As the name suggests, it is used in temples to perform Buddhist services, or to summon monks to go to the temple, chant sutras and do homework. In addition, the bell is used as a signal for getting up, sleeping, eating, etc.
"The big bell in the jungle signals the beginning of time. If it strikes at dawn, it will break the long night, warning people to sleep; if it strikes at dusk, they will wake up to the dark road and clear up the darkness." The bell in the early morning is first urgent and then slow, warning everyone that the long night has passed, so don't let it go again.
You should get up early and seize the time to practice; and the bells at night are first slow and then urgent, reminding practitioners to feel sleepy and avoid confusion. The daily routine of the temple begins and ends with the sound of the bell.
Today, the bell rang seven times because the once-a-month Buddhist service at Shifa Temple is today, and the most important link in the plan of King Bodo is today.