The Peacock King stared at Wang Ben for a while: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Wang Ben said calmly: "I have already seen through life and death."
Afterwards, he drank a glass of wine and shook his head: "The wine you have here is far worse than the wine made by that despicable villain Huaiguzi."
The Peacock King suddenly waved his sword angrily and cut half of the wine glass in Wang Ben's hand.
Wang Ben looked at him with some appreciation.
Those who can do this must be highly skilled in martial arts, and the sword in their hands must also be a magical weapon.
However, Wang Ben's look made the Peacock King even more angry.
He is the king of the Peacock Kingdom, and he is actually looked at with admiration by a down-and-out man from out of town?
Why is this guy named Wang Ben qualified? His family has been ruined, why is he still so arrogant?
The Peacock King walked up to Wang Ben step by step and said coldly: "Let me ask you one last time, are you willing to help me send troops, or are you unwilling to help me send troops?"
Wang Ben shook his head: "Of course I don't want to."
The Maurya King said: "I know you are not afraid of death, but aren't you afraid of torture? That kind of pain is not something people can bear."
Wang Ben smiled and said, "It's up to you."
The Peacock King shouted: "Come here, catch this man."
Soon, soldiers came in and tied up Wang Ben with a rope.
During this process, Wang Ben did not resist. Instead, he looked at the soldiers around him with a kind face: "I'm afraid you don't know that my refusal to attack Da Qin actually saved you."
"If you really send troops, I'm afraid there will be rivers of blood and wives and children will be separated."
The soldiers said angrily: "How dare you be so arrogant?" Then they kicked Wang Ben hard several times.
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The news of Wang Ben's arrest quickly reached Jialan Temple.
The monks in Jialan Temple had actually packed up their things a long time ago, but they couldn't bear to part with this century-old temple, so they wanted to recite sutras here for a few more days and linger for a while before leaving.
But Wang Ben's news made them a little uneasy.
Today's Maurya King is a tyrant.
Wang Ben refused to help him conquer the city. He was likely to become angry and take his anger to Jialan Temple.
Therefore, the temple master ordered the monks to set off overnight and go straight to Daqin.
They didn't know the route to Da Qin, but Wang Ben had lived here for a while after all, and they knew something about it from their daily conversations.
The mountains in the north are almost insurmountable. They must go all the way north, cross the vast desert, and then turn east.
The master of the temple specifically ordered these monks not to gather together, but to disperse into teams of ten. To prevent the target from being too big and being caught by the Mauryan King.
These monks bid farewell to the temple master with tears, and then embarked on the long eastward journey under the cover of night.
Staying up all day and going out at night, eating in the wind and drinking in the dew, it was an indescribable hardship along the way.
But after all, these monks have faith and are used to hard training, so they can persevere.
At first, they could hear news from several other teams. But as time went by, I couldn’t hear it anymore.
Maybe another team was caught, or maybe they got separated.
Nearly a month later, a group of monks walked into the yellow sand.
There were ten monks in this group, and the leader was named Nara.
In addition to carrying scriptures, these people also carried large water bags and trudged forward in the desert.
They often run out of water and cannot see an oasis for several days, wandering on the edge of life and death.
At this time, these monks could only continue to move forward with heavy steps while chanting Buddha's name.
Na Luo was skilled in bow and arrow, and often shot down birds in the sky to satisfy the hunger of his companions.
Every time when eating these birds, the monks would recite scriptures several times to thank the birds for sacrificing themselves for providing food.
But several months have passed and they have not yet left the desert.
Nala's bow was broken and the arrow was lost.
They became more and more exhausted and exhausted, and fell one after another in the desert.
The original team of ten people ended up with only three people left.
On this day, Naluo could no longer walk, so he knelt down in the desert.
"Perhaps, this is what Buddha meant." Naluo thought secretly in his heart.
His whole body became weak for a while, and then he lay down in the hot yellow sand.
Then he heard the sound of horse hooves.
The voices were urgent and dense, as if there were hundreds of people.
Naluo didn't even bother to open his eyes: "Perhaps the Mauryan King's people are chasing him. Your Majesty is really determined and has been chasing for several months. Well, maybe this is what the Buddha meant."
However, to Naro's surprise, he was not beheaded, but was helped up and given water.
After drinking some water, someone brought food.
This food is very different from that of the Peacock Kingdom. It is a little soft, a little sweet, and very delicious.
After Naluo finished eating, he gained some strength, and then discovered that the people around him were not from the Peacock Kingdom.
Those people began to ask questions to Naluo.
But they didn't speak Sanskrit.
Na Luo was keenly aware that the words of these people were somewhat like the language spoken by Wang Ben.
There are people in Jialan Temple who are following Wang Ben to learn the Daqin language, but no one has learned it.
Na Luo is considered smart, but now he can only speak a few words.
He thought for a while, then spoke out a few words with difficulty: "Qin, Central Plains, Emperor."
The people around were stunned.
These people are actually Xiao Yi and the thousand soldiers.
After they arrived in the Western Regions, they lost Wang Ben's exact whereabouts. However, many people here have seen Wang Ben and said that he went all the way south.
So Xiao Yi took more than a thousand people and rode all the way south. Halfway through, I met a few people from Na Luo.
They could tell at a glance that Na Luo was not from Qin in terms of appearance and clothes.
When Na Luo said Qin Yin, Xiao Yi and others were very happy.
So he immediately asked Naluo several questions.
However, Naluo stared and said the same words.
Xiao Yi and others looked at each other, guessing that this guy would probably say these words.
Na Luo saw some disappointment on the faces of Xiao Yi and others. He thought for a while and said, "Huai Guzi."
These three words were mentioned many times by Wang Ben when he first came here, so Naluo learned them.
Sure enough, Xiao Yi and others immediately became energetic.
Na Luo kept up his efforts and said: "Wang Ben."
Xiao Yi and others suddenly laughed. After searching for so long, we finally have news about Wang Ben.
So they gestured vigorously and repeated Wang Ben's name in their mouths.
Naluo understood in his heart that these people were looking for Wang Ben.
He was a little hesitant, not sure whether to reveal Wang Ben's whereabouts.
After all, Xiao Yi and his group were wearing armor and carrying swords, as if... they were soldiers.
Are they trying to arrest Wang Ben?
Xiaoyi asked Naluo about the whereabouts of Wang Ben. Na Luo didn't understand very well, and even if he understood, he couldn't express himself. In addition, he deliberately pretended to be stupid, so the two parties communicated for several days, but made no progress at all.
Finally, Xiao Yi ordered the entire army to rest and set up camp on the spot.
The reason why Xiao Yi made this order was because the whole army really needed to rest. The bodies of the two and Naluo were very weak and they could not travel far even on horseback.
Therefore, let them rest for a while and teach them Qin Yin.
So in the following days, Naluo began to learn the language of the Central Plains.
Wang Ben had taught them Qin language before, but it was unintentional after all.
This time, a dozen or so intelligent soldiers taught Na Luo little by little, starting from the most basics, so Na Luo made rapid progress.
In the process, he also saw how powerful Qin Bing was.
Xiao Yi lets them go out to explore the horses every day, asking them to explore the surrounding plants and trees in all directions.
And when these explorers come back, they will definitely have a map in their hand, and these maps have just been drawn.
Naluo found that the map was extremely sophisticated, with distances even marked on it.
He curiously asked Xiao Yi: "How to draw this map? How do you know how far it is?"
Na Luo's bulk Qin Yu gave Xiao Yi a little headache.
He rubbed his temples and explained to Naluo: "Look at the stars in the sky, and then determine the distance based on the angle."
Na Luo understood Xiao Yi's words, but he didn't understand them clearly.
Xiao Yi saw him frowning and looking like he was thinking hard, which was a bit pitiful, so he took out a globe.
This is something that Shangjun Villa has just successfully produced recently.
On the globe, Daqin is in the middle, and the other places are either the sea or the long stretches of yellow sand.
Mainly because the places we can explore now are limited, so we can only leave blanks in this way.
There are some differences between this globe and those of later generations.
The globe of later generations is just the earth. But the globe in Shangjun Courtyard has the sun and the moon.
The sun is in the center, connected to the base and cannot move.
There is an orbit around the sun, and the earth is on this orbit. As long as you push it with your hand, the earth can orbit the sun.
There is a smaller orbit around the earth, and the moon is on it.
Naluo looked at this thing in surprise and asked curiously: "What is this?"
Xiao Yi smiled slightly: "This is our world."
Na Luo smiled: "Impossible. There are four continents in our world. They are Dongsheng Shenzhou, Xiniu Hezhou, Nanzhanbu Continent, and Beiju Luzhou..."
Xiao Yi looked at him speechlessly.
Naluo said a few words and then shut up.
Before leaving, the temple master said that when spreading Buddhism, the most taboo thing is to forcefully indoctrinate people, but to convince people with virtue and let them see the great mercy of the Buddha.
Xiao Yi saw that Na Luo stopped talking, and then talked about how to determine the longitude and latitude based on the stars in the sky, and how to determine the position on the earth based on the degree difference between the longitude and latitude.
Na Luo was amazed when he heard this, but he really couldn't accept it. How could the world I live in be a ball?
After several days of contact, Na Luo gradually discovered that Xiao Yi and others did not seem to have much hostility towards Wang Ben.
So he finally plucked up the courage and asked tentatively: "Why are you looking for Wang Ben? Do you want to take him back to Daqin to punish him?"
Xiao Yi smiled slightly: "No. The Wang family's crime has already been determined long ago, and His Majesty has already made it clear that Wang Ben will be demoted to a commoner and will not receive other punishments."
"How could the Emperor Jinkou go back on his promise? We are looking for Wang Ben this time because Master Hu Hai misses Wang Ben and wants to see him."
Na Luo nodded.
After several days of inquiring, he also found out that Wang Ben had a high status in Da Qin and was the elder of a certain prince.
So he hesitated for a while, then summoned up the courage to say to Xiao Yi: "Actually..."
Before he finished speaking, someone hurried in from outside and said, "Found it."
Xiao Yi stood up immediately and asked, "What did you find?"
The man took out a map, pointed to the south and said: "Go south from here. If you ride a fast horse, you can arrive there in three to five days. There is a country there with rich water and grass, known as the Peacock Country. The clothes, clothing and appearance are all the same as that country. Luo is the same."
Na Luo took one look at the map and was immediately shocked.
He still knows the mountains and landscapes of the Peacock Kingdom.
And what is drawn on this map is his hometown, which is absolutely accurate.
Why are these Qin people so accurately painted? Could it be that...our world is really a ball?
Naluo felt that his world view was about to collapse.
When he heard the soldier say that he could reach the Peacock Kingdom in five days by riding a horse, Naluo shook his head repeatedly and said to Xiao Yi: "When I got here, I walked for several months. Maybe I walk slowly. But if you ride on horseback, you won’t be able to arrive in three to five days.”
Xiao Yi smiled slightly and said to Na Luo: "You don't seem to know how to read the Big Dipper?"
Naluo: "?"
Xiao Yi said: "You walked in the desert based on your feelings?"
Na Luo nodded: "Yes."
Xiao Yi said: "That's right. You are lost and have been making a big circle. If you hadn't met us, you wouldn't have been able to get out even if you walked for a year."
Naluo was doubtful.
Xiaoyi asked Naluo: "Is Wang Ben in the Peacock Kingdom?"
Naluo said: "Yes. But... before I left, I heard the news that Wang Bi was captured by the Mauryan King. The Mauryan King forced him to be an internal agent and map out the military strength and passes of the Qin Dynasty."
When Xiao Yi heard this, he immediately became serious: "Wang Bian agreed?"
Naluo shook his head: "No. But...a few months have passed, and he may have been killed by the Peacock King."
Xiao Yi clenched his fists and said to the thousand people behind him: "If you want to see people alive, if you want to see corpses if you die, follow me to the Peacock Kingdom."
The thousand people shouted in harmony and all mounted their horses.
Naluo was shocked: "You only have a thousand people, how dare you go to the Peacock Kingdom? You don't know how powerful the Peacock Kingdom is..."
Xiao Yi sneered: "Powerful, are they as powerful as the Huns of the past?"
Then, these thousand people, together with a few people from Naluo, flew towards the Peacock Kingdom like a whirlwind.
At the beginning, Naluo was prepared to ride on horseback for several months.
But soon, he saw the familiar mountains, rivers and vegetation.
He really arrived at the border of Maurya.
Could it be...that I really have been spinning around in the desert?
Na Luo scratched his head. When he looked at the Qin soldiers around him, there was some awe in his eyes.
Although these people are small in number, they are too powerful and understand the world so thoroughly.
Maybe... they can really break into the Peacock Kingdom and come back unscathed?
Some Qin soldiers asked Xiao Yi: "Should we send a spy in to investigate?"
Xiao Yi pondered for a while, then shook his head: "No. We look very different from the people here. If we send them out to do detailed work, we will only alert the snakes."
"How about we hurry up and reach their capital within one day. When they are caught off guard, we can find Wang Ben, and then ride back on our fast horses."
