After being choked to death by a copper coin, she became a demon Jin Ji in the other world

[Okay, then lend me your three hundred people first, and I'll return you a batch of upgraded ones later. What happens next is not suitable for you to participate in, it will be a bit bloody.]

[Well, it’s not like I haven’t been on a battlefield before, so why should I be afraid of blood? ]

[It's not the kind of fighting you imagined, but the torture afterwards. I personally feel that you may not be able to bear it. ]

Shen Yuelan suddenly recalled the torture scenes in TV dramas from her previous life. Although the TV dramas seemed quite realistic, the audiences actually knew that it was fake, so they didn't feel any psychological burden.

But today's situation was real. Shen Yuelan thought that her psychological quality was not that high yet, and she had no interest in abusing others, so she followed Jing'an's advice and left the team.

However, she was not without any tasks. Jing'an asked her to go to Lhasa city and dismantle all the arrangements left by [Chishi Sibai]. The more arrangements she dismantled, the more she would earn.

As for Jing'an and others, they stopped outside the city of Lhasa. They wanted to kill Chishi Sibai at the moment when she was most expectant and make her mentally explode. Therefore, ambushing in a place where they could overlook the Jokhang Temple was the best choice.

Time goes back to the moment when [Chishi Sibai] arrived here. With a [bang], the overjoyed [Chishi Sibai] had no time to react before he was knocked down from the air by hundreds of slashes swung from the ground.

The unprepared [Chishi Sibai] was in a very embarrassing situation for a moment. While dodging the swords and weapons, she was also cursing [Xiao Man] viciously. It was impossible for the enemy to guess that she was related to this place, so the reason why this place was exposed was very simple.

It must be the captured [Xiao Man] who betrayed her. If I had known that she was so cowardly, I would not have told that guy what happened here. But if I didn't tell her, how could I comfort her and make her willing to be a shield for me?

This is really an unsolvable problem.

However, this matter is not important now. What is important is how to survive the fighting between these three hundred people. Although due to the limited space, there are only a dozen people surrounding her to hack her, the situation of having nowhere to escape is really desperate.

Or just surrender. Since they were able to ambush here in advance, it means that the things in the Jokhang Temple must have been destroyed by them long ago. Anyway, they will definitely not leave anything for us.

Without the things in the temple, she had no choice but to surrender or commit suicide. But she didn't want to die yet, as her dream of rebuilding heaven had not yet been realized!

[Wait a minute! How can you be so barbaric? Don't you know that you should persuade them to surrender before you kill them? ]

The soldiers who were wielding the magic swords relaxed their arms slightly when they heard the words. However, although they were stunned for a moment, they did not stop their actions. They continued to hack at people while making eye contact.

Finally, a soldier who looked like a general was forced to step forward under the pressure of the crowd and said something that made [Chishi Sibai] angry to death.

[Ni, you didn't take the initiative to mention it, how do we know you want to surrender? ]

[You didn’t ask! ]

[You didn’t bring it up! ]

This stupid Song Dynasty imperial guard made Chishi Sibai very angry. Fortunately, there were some smart people in the imperial guard. They reported the situation on the scene to Jing'an early on, and the verbal dispute came to an end with Jing'an's arrival.

[Chishi Sibai] got what she wanted and successfully received a silver bracelet. After being captured, she was taken to a temporary base nearby for questioning, but although it was called a base, there was nothing in it except a tea table, a blanket and some snacks.

[Chishi Sibai, your real name is probably not this, right? ]

[That’s not the case, but you don’t need to try to trick me. Although I am a high-ranking official in the Zhaowu Army, I am not the Emperor Zhaowu. Even among all the high-ranking officials, I am one of the younger ones. Otherwise, I would not have been caught so easily by you.]

[Well, that's how it is. But having said that, I've put so much effort into you, you can't let me get nothing, right? That girl called Xiao Man did show me some interest.]

[Humph, that traitor, I will make her go to hell sooner or later. As for me, please contact the Zhaowu Army, they will pay you a large ransom on my behalf.]

[Besides, there is no point in you keeping me locked up. After all, you and I are not on the same level. There are some things I cannot explain to you.]

[Of course, if you do not agree with the above suggestion, then it is also feasible for you to hand me over to the round table meeting in the other world, although the final results of the two paths will not be much different. ]

[The only difference is that you will get more benefits from the first suggestion, but not so much from the second suggestion.]

[Humph, you are indeed a high-ranking official of the Zhaowu Army. You are really good at talking. I am a little tempted by what you said. But I am sorry, I will not choose either of the two suggestions. In other words, as a prisoner, you are not qualified to make suggestions to me at this moment! ]

[Oh? Then I am curious, what are you going to do with me? Kill me? You know I have surrendered. It would be fine if I died in battle, but if I surrender and then die, let alone the afterlife, I am afraid you will not be able to withstand the wrath of the Zhaowu Army.]

[Hahaha, you are so naive. If I kill you here, as long as I don't tell you, who will know what happened to you before you died? Surrender? Who can prove it?]

[Humph, is this the credibility of those of you who claim to be the heirs of the orthodox heaven?]

[Haha, history books are only written by the victors, and you are the loser. ]

【you! 】

[Hahaha, alright, alright, what I just said was just to make you realize the reality. You have been captured. Please don't act like a leader in front of me. Otherwise, I really don't mind letting you suffer a little before sending you to the round table meeting!]

【…】

[Very good, then next, please answer my questions carefully. ]

While Jing'an was interrogating [Chishi Sibai], Shen Yuelan had already arrived at the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. Both Lhasa and the Jokhang Temple were different from what Shen Yuelan had imagined, but they could vaguely see the shadow of future generations.

Jokhang Temple is the earliest civil structure building in Tubo, and it pioneered the Tibetan flat-style temple layout (the circle surrounding the Sakyamuni Buddha Hall in the center of the Jokhang Temple is called Nangkhor, the circle surrounding the outer wall of the Jokhang Temple is called Barkhor, the street radiating from the Jokhang Temple is called Barkhor Street, and the large circle with the Jokhang Temple as the center and including the Potala Palace, Yaowang Mountain and Ramoche Temple is called Linkor).

These ancient buildings were not complete at that time. Even the Jokhang Temple at that time was completely different from the solemn and majestic image of later generations. At this moment, the Jokhang Temple was full of blood, bones everywhere, and wailing everywhere.

The Jokhang Temple suffered two disasters in its history. The first was in the late 7th century AD, when the temple residents were brutally massacred during the First Anti-Buddhist Movement initiated by noble ministers who believed in the primitive religion Bon.

The second time was in the mid-9th century AD, which was the first few years after Shen Yuelan and others arrived in the Tang Dynasty. The last Tibetan king Langdarma launched the Second Anti-Buddhist Movement. The Jokhang Temple was turned into a slaughterhouse and the statue of Sakyamuni was buried underground.

The [Anti-Buddhist Movement] of Langdarma of Tubo and the [Huaichang Anti-Buddhist Movement] of Emperor Wuzong of Tang Dynasty happened almost simultaneously, but the results were completely different. During the [Langdarma Anti-Buddhist Movement], Langdarma himself was assassinated in the Jokhang Temple.

However, Langdarma's death did not stop the anti-Buddhist campaign he led. On the contrary, because the Zamp was assassinated by a lama, his cronies became even more angry at Buddhist monks and believers, and either captured and killed them or allowed them to escape. No monk in Tubo survived, and Buddhist culture was completely destroyed.

At the same time, Langdarma’s sudden death also caused the once powerful Tubo Dynasty to lose its legitimate monarch. In the repeated struggles for the throne, the Tubo Dynasty completely went on the road to extinction.

Chapter 335: Plateau Frozen Soil

[Alas, Master, where is the holy city you promised? This place looks like a city of death with corpses everywhere.]

[Well, it is the end of the dynasty after all. Even their last king is dead. What kind of achievements do you expect them to make? They can only barely keep the dynasty from collapsing.]

[That being said, there shouldn't be corpses everywhere, right? ]

[Well, this should be related to the second anti-Buddhist movement of Tubo. To be honest, they did this several years earlier than the Tang Dynasty. You see, the destruction here was much cleaner than that of the Tang Dynasty. Buddha statues were buried, lamas were slaughtered, and murals were tampered with. It was really thorough.]

[But wasn’t Tibet an important place for the spread of Buddhism? How could this be?]

【Buddhism did not originate from Tubo. It was a specialty of India. The local religion and ruling class of Tubo would certainly reject foreign religions. In the final analysis, Buddhism at that time was too ugly.】

[If one country destroys it, it may be that there is something wrong with that country, but if several countries destroy it, then there must be something wrong with this religion.]

[Indeed, there must be something hateful about pitiful people. Buddhism in the 9th century was still ambitious, occupying land, collecting usury, and oppressing believers. It did almost everything evil. If the secular regime had not cracked down on it many times, it would not have become the harmless appearance of later generations.]

[Yes, what has happened will happen again. This is true for Buddhism and Christianity in later generations. Christianity in the Middle Ages was so crazy that if it had not experienced the successive blows of the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution, Europe in later generations would have been no different from the Middle East.]

[To put it bluntly, he still has to be beaten. ]

【Hahaha, the words are rough but the truth is true.】

The city of Lhasa during the Tubo period was centered on the Jokhang Temple. It was built by using goats to carry soil to fill the lake. In Tibetan, goat is called "Re" and soil is called "Sa". After the Jokhang Temple was built, it was called "Re Sa".

Since the Jokhang Temple was the earliest building, people used "Resa" as the name of the city centered on the Jokhang Temple. Therefore, the name of Lhasa at that time was actually translated as "Yangtu City".

As Shen Yuelan and his party continued to go deeper, the Potala Palace, which was to become the landmark building of Lhasa in later generations, gradually appeared in their sight. However, the condition of the Potala Palace was not much better than that of the Jokhang Temple at this time.

As the residence of the Tubo king, the Potala Palace was once extremely prosperous. The palace was built on a grand scale, with three outer walls and thousands of palaces inside. There was a silver-copper bridge connecting the palaces of Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng. There was Songtsen Gampo's horse racing track outside the east gate. It was extremely luxurious.

But after Langdarma's death, this place was gradually abandoned due to wars, fires and other reasons. In modern times, only one in ten buildings from the Tubo period remain.

However, although the Potala Palace was in disrepair and increasingly dilapidated, the main building was still well preserved and still in use, allowing Shen Yuelan to witness the last glory of this plateau dynasty with her own eyes.

[Master, I heard that the walls of the Potala Palace are made of milk, but it doesn't look like that here? ]

[Humph, the walls here are never built with milk, but with the lives of countless people. It is not easy to build a city on the plateau. I wonder how many bones of civilians and slaves are buried under this beautiful city.]

[However, even so, the Tubo Dynasty was probably the most civilized time in this land. It had already become a feudal society, but in the thousands of years since the dynasty collapsed, this place has regressed back to a slave society. It has become more and more chaotic. Maybe it is the people here.]

[There is no way. Population is indispensable to support a civilization. It can only be said that the rise and fall of the Tubo Dynasty is indeed closely related to climate change. This is not only true for Tubo, but also for the rise and fall of dynasties in ancient China.]

After enjoying the beautiful sunset and discussing state affairs, Shen Yuelan and her group finally started to do their business. They secretly sneaked into the Jokhang Temple under the cover of night and began to look for the backup plan left by Chishi Sibai.

Amid everyone's anticipation, Shen Yuelan's purple eyes began to flash with an enchanting light. This kind of item that did not belong to this time and space and had a little energy fluctuation was the easiest to find and could be seen at a glance.

[How is it, Master, have you found it? ]

[Yes, I found it, but...]

[Um, is there any problem? ]

[Well, it's okay, it's just that the bastard buried the things a little deep, we may need to spend some effort to dig it out. ]

[Humph, that's nothing. We've all dug manure pits before, so this little layer of soil is nothing.]

Although Huanyan's words were full of boasting, the fact proved that this little thing was not small at all, but very hard. Even though it is now spring and summer, the permafrost on the plateau is still hard. Shen Yuelan has mobilized hundreds of imperial guards to carry out excavation, but the progress is still slow.

Jing'an had already handed over [Chishi Sibai] and [Xiao Man] to Hua Liluo, but she was still digging for food in the field and had only dug less than half of it.

[Hahaha, what's going on with you? Why haven't you dug the thing out yet? ]

[This is frozen soil! Sister Jingan, do you know what frozen soil is? My progress is already very fast. 】

[Yes, yes, but have you ever thought that since she could put things so deep down, there must be a secret passage? Can't you use your brain cells to find her hidden mechanism? ]

Shen Yuelan was slightly stunned when she heard this. As the saying goes, listen to people's advice and eat your fill. Shen Yuelan agreed with this and activated her heterochromatic eyes again, starting a carpet search of the abnormal areas in the Jokhang Temple.

Sure enough, in a corridor in the corner, Shen Yuelan found traces of a special mechanism. Under Shen Yuelan's guidance, everyone came to the special column and cracked the mechanism.

[Huh? What the hell? In what era are you still using fingerprint locks? ]

[Let me see, it's true. What should we do? The people have been taken away by your sister Hua. We can't call them back, right? ]

[Can't it be broken by force? ]

[I'm afraid that won't work. This lock has a self-destruct program. If we blow up the lock, the warehouse below will be gone.]

[Well, let's just use the stupid method. Let's go and continue digging. ]

Jing'an looked at the fingerprint lock that had been picked out, and pressed it twice with some dissatisfaction. However, this little thing also had a temper. Before Jing'an could press enough, the screen turned red.

Upon seeing this, Jing'an immediately stopped, and seeing that there was no one around, he pretended nothing had happened and walked away whistling.

As she fled the scene, she muttered to remind Shen Yuelan to send someone to watch over here. If anyone was as naughty as she was, all of Shen Yuelan's soldiers would be killed.

But halfway through the walk, her mind was attracted by the local specialties, and she immediately forgot about reminding Shen Yuelan.

Chapter 336: People Leave and Tea Gets Cold

After three days and nights of non-stop digging, the group finally dug out a large iron box at dawn on the fourth day. But what made Shen Yuelan quite helpless was that even though they dug out the warehouse itself, they still couldn't open it.

[Alas, after all this trouble, I still have to research that broken lock. It turns out that shortcuts are not advisable. ]

[Master, this doesn't seem to be a shortcut, right? ]

[Uh, that's too much nonsense. Instead of mocking me, why don't you think about how to open it? ]

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the imperial guards, an entire metal warehouse has been dug out by Shen Yuelan, but they have tried everything, such as chopping, stabbing, burning and smashing, but they just can't open the big turtle shell.

[What should we do? Master, it seems we can't do anything about it for the time being.]

[Humph, why are you panicking? Even if we can't open it, there must be someone who can. Let's see if we can take it away and move it directly back to the other world.]

Fortunately, Shen Yuelan's attempt this time did not encounter any problems, and the big iron box was successfully put into the space. Although it can only be looked at and not eaten for the time being, at least it was obtained.

[Ah, it's finally done. I really hope what's in here is worth spending so many days here. ]

[Uh, Master, what if it's not worth it? ]

[Go away, stop talking nonsense. No matter how poor that girl is, she must have a world-breaking boat, otherwise how can she leave here? ]

After finishing their business, Shen Yuelan and the others finally had time to take a break and appreciate this plateau royal city.

[If nothing else, the scenery here is really beautiful. When you look down, you can see the blue fields, and when you look up, you can see the blue sky and snow-capped mountains. ]

[Yes, Master, the air is a little thin. Although it is not a big problem for us, it has a great impact on the survival rate of newborns here.]

[Population is civilization. With the arrival of the Little Ice Age, the Tubo Dynasty is about to become a thing of the past. Fortunately, we can still catch up with it and simply experience the local customs and practices. ]

[When you went out for a walk these days, did you find any difference between this place and the Tang Dynasty? ]

Upon hearing this, Zhiwei slowly took out a handful of gold sand and a few Kaiyuan Tongbao coins from his bag.

[These are the currencies of the Tubo Dynasty. Most of the lower-class people like to barter, and some use "Tong Ze", which is also the Kaiyuan Tong Bao of the Tang Dynasty. However, the upper class such as the Tubo nobles prefer precious metals such as gold and silver, and mostly use gold sand for trade. ]

[Hmm, that's why they say that Tibetan currency has no status in the Monetary Authority. From this point of view, they don't even have their own currency. ]

[Where is Huanyan? Where have you been hanging out these days? ]

[Me? Of course I want to see the food culture here. I have studied it. The Tibetans eat both grain and meat and like to drink.]

[They mainly eat grain, milk, beef and mutton, especially beef, but also dog meat. They avoid donkey and horse meat. They like to use fried noodles to make a container, put cheese and meat soup in it, and eat the container and the soup and cheese together.]

[The most representative food is tsampa, which is made by mixing fried highland barley flour with butter. It is nutritious and high in calories. The beverage is highland barley wine, which is not too strong and has the effect of quenching thirst and refreshing. Locals like to drink it with their hands. Tsampa and highland barley wine must be prepared for every sacrifice. ]

According to the Tibetan historical book "The Feast of the Sages", by the end of the Tubo Dynasty, the Tibetan people's food list had greatly increased. The Tibetans not only knew the technology of flour fermentation, but also mastered the production methods of foods such as cakes, pickles, dried fruits, yogurt, wine, and salted butter tea.

A variety of Han foods, such as tofu, vermicelli, cabbage, leek, coriander, radish, pickled vegetables, soy sauce, vinegar, flatbread, steamed buns, etc., were also introduced to Tubo during the more than 200 years of exchanges between the Tang and Tubo countries.

Therefore, when Shen Yuelan and others arrived, the food they had to choose from was extremely rich.