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Chapter 417 Pagan!Unforgivable!
Wang Jinpeng was also extremely decisive. After hearing Liu Jingfeng's words, he took out the tool from his backpack and knocked hard along the edge of the stone.
Huang Hao couldn't help but think of the mountain guard who carried them down the mountain during the day, and said, "Can you keep your voice down?"
"What are you afraid of? I just saw it and there was no one nearby." Zhenbao felt that Huang Hao was too timid.
Who would appear near the mausoleum in the middle of the night? This is not a residential area.
Wang Jinpeng was chiseling into the wall while mocking: "Mouse, you are really as cowardly as a mouse."
Although he felt something was wrong, Lin Ran still watched silently.
"The granite structure is filled with molten iron. It is really not easy to cut." Wang Jinpeng was sweating profusely while digging, but the stone in front of him did not move at all.
"How about we find another hole to dig in?" Liu Jingfeng suggested.
Now that the location of the tomb has been determined, digging a robbery hole is also a normal method.
However, at this moment, a burst of fire flashed not far away.
"What are you doing?" came the village chief's stern voice!
Everyone turned around suddenly. The sound of Wang Jinpeng chiseling the wall just now was so loud that they ignored the sound of the villagers going up the mountain.
At this moment, more than 20 villagers held torches and looked at them with cold eyes.
The mountain guard stood at the front, with a ferocious expression on his face, as if he was going to throw them off the cliff!
Seeing something was wrong, Liu Jingfeng stood up with a smile, waved his hands and said, "Don't get me wrong, we are just interested in this tower, not..."
"Shut up, heretic!" the village chief said without explanation, and waved his hand to the villagers to arrest them all.
These villagers are all tall and strong, and their long-term outdoor life has allowed them to eliminate the weak.
Wang Jinpeng and Xu Ning originally planned to break the pot, but if they were caught, they might not end well, so they might as well fight with them.
But he was stopped by Lin Ran.
"They didn't immediately order us to be dealt with. They just took us back, which shows that there is still room for detours." Lin Ran didn't want to make the matter serious.
After all, there is no direct conflict between the two sides yet.
In the end, everyone accepted Lin Ran's suggestion and there was no conflict. They said to the village chief: "We will follow you back, but please don't restrict our freedom."
"Okay, I suggest you not to resist and just follow us back to the village." The village chief asked the villagers to surround them.
The group went down the mountain and returned to the village.
At this time, every family in the village lit a torch, and they were taken to the largest fire in the village.
A group of villagers were talking in voices they didn't understand. Even if they couldn't understand, Lin Ran knew from their expressions that the outcome would definitely not be optimistic.
"What are they talking about?" Liu Jingfeng asked Lin Ran in a low voice.
Lin Ran shook his head. He did not study the local language deeply.
After a short discussion, the village chief stood up and said to them: "You have offended the mountain god. According to the regulations of this village, you must be sacrificed to the mountain god!"
The other villagers raised torches in anger, and the mountain protector walked in front holding a knife.
Wang Jinpeng and Xu Ning protected everyone behind them and cursed: "What are you doing? It's not your ancestral grave, why are you in such a hurry?"
"You outsiders, how dare you blaspheme our faith! Unforgivable!"
The village chief yelled angrily, his tone was extremely serious, and he was completely different from before.
Liu Jingfeng said: "You have misunderstood. We just went to see the Holy Tower and did not mean to disrespect him."
Then, he took out a handful of banknotes from his pocket and said, "If I did something wrong, I hope I can use this money to make up for our mistakes."
The surrounding villagers were unmoved and continued to press forward step by step.
Just when the threat was about to erupt, a voice suddenly came from behind.
"Donor Lin, why are you here?"
Lin Ran was very surprised when he saw a monk walking out of the crowd.
It was the lama I met in the capital earlier!
The monk came out, stood between them, and said to the villagers: "Donor Lin is a kind man and will not do anything blasphemous. There must be a misunderstanding!"
The villagers were originally very excited, but with the monk's persuasion, they did not dare to make mistakes.
The village chief stepped forward and looked at the monk with a puzzled expression.
"Master Gesang, do you know these pagans?"
"They are my friends," the monk said. "They also returned the sacred objects of our religion some time ago. They are not the pagans you call them."
Lin Ran thought to himself, fortunately, China had just experienced a wave of actions to destroy the four olds, otherwise just the word "pagan" would have been enough for them!
Although other people are dissatisfied, monks obviously have a higher status in this land.
Since the lama wanted to protect the person in front of him, others did not dare to interfere.
The monk said to everyone: "Let me have a good talk with you."
The village chief made a gesture of invitation and then dispersed the villagers.
A crisis has finally been temporarily resolved.
Arriving at the tent, Lin Ran immediately put his hands together and expressed his gratitude to the monk: "Master, I am really grateful to you today."
"Why are you here?" Kelsang asked, "Don't you have your own shop in the capital? Why do you come here to suffer? Does Donor Lin also want to practice?"
"No." Lin Ran replied, "Actually, I am an archaeologist, and we want to investigate the history of the Holy Tower."
"Yes, yes!" Liu Jingfeng quickly agreed, "We came to do archeology, but we didn't expect that we encountered strong opposition from the villagers."
"Of course." Gesang said flatly, "The holy pagoda is their belief second only to Patriarch Bodhidharma. If you want to touch their holy pagoda, of course you will be opposed."
There seemed to be some dissatisfaction in his words.
Lin Ran said: "I understand, but master, have you brought the things back to Sera Monastery?"
"Haha, Almsgiver Lin, thanks to your Buddhist scriptures, the abbot was very happy to hear your news and has regained his former spirit. Amitabha!"
Today, Gesang will help, mainly to repay Lin Ran's kindness.
"That's good. Now that I'm in Tibet, I will definitely visit Master Tenzin Odup after the matter is settled." Lin Ran was very happy after hearing this.
"You still want to go to the Holy Tower, right?" Gesang asked suddenly, because Lin Ran didn't say he wanted to give up just now.
"Of course, it concerns the history of China and the history of your ancestors," Lin Ran replied.
"Is it related to our ancestor?"
"That's right, the Tibetan nobles buried inside should be distinguished figures of your Tibetan Buddhism."
Gesang thought for a while and then said: "Donor Lin, I can protect you today because they asked me for help. But if you insist on entering the holy pagoda, I am afraid that there is nothing I can do for you as a monk."
Everyone else's faces showed frustration.
But Lin Ran suddenly remembered something and asked with some confusion: "Master, why do you appear here?"