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A week later, the Taoist Wang who had begged for a long time came back.
In fact, Taoist Wang pretended to be very chic and went out to beg for alms. He was very nervous inside.
The tension later turned into the fear of chasing him. He hurriedly left the Thousand Buddha Cave to find out the news. He was guilty and always suspected that Dunhuang The people in the city knew that he had read the secret scriptures for foreigners.
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he even dreamed that the government sent someone to capture him. He also dreamed that Tang Seng was asking him why he gave the scriptures he had retrieved through great hardships to others.
However, after a week, he didn't hear anyone talking about the Thousand Buddha Cave, nor did anyone ask him about the foreigners and the Sutra Cave, and he felt a little relieved.
Compared to the risk of reading scriptures to foreigners, going to a woman’s house is not a big deal.
So Taoist Wang mustered up the courage to go to the home of the widow who was very generous and even affectionate to him when he begged for alms.
The widow warmly greeted him into the house and served him hot dishes and rice. He did not refuse. He picked up the bowl and ate it, asking while eating, and asked the widow if he heard about the Thousand Buddha Cave.
Widow said: You are the only living person in the Thousand Buddha Cave. Unless you ask for a wife to take it back, what else can you do if you are talking about it?
The widow said, blushing a little while on her face, Taoist Wang was only concerned about his own thoughts and did not notice it.
It was getting late, Taoist Wang said goodbye and went back.
The widow wanted to keep him for a while and talk, and calculate the time. She was afraid that he would not be able to get to the Thousand Buddha Cave before midnight, so she sent him out. When asked how much money he would get out this time, Taoist Wang showed her the bag on her back.
She touched her, and it was only a few scattered money. The boss couldn't bear it, so he went there and had to beg for a few scattered money. The widow felt distressed, so she took out two hemp money from her arms and put it in, and told Taoist Wang to go back quickly and ask him to come back next time.
Taoist priest Wang was warm in his heart and kept saying, "You go back to you, you go back to you." After
, Taoist Wang took big strides and rushed back.
The Taoist priest of the king returned to the Thousand Buddha Cave with brisk steps, and Stein immediately saw hope in the king's expression.
He once again proposed to donate some money to the Thousand Buddha Cave to help Taoist Wang fulfill his ambitions and restore the old view of the temple. Taoist Wang agreed.
Next, the door of the Sutra Cave opened again. Stein selected many of his own high-quality products from various bundles of bundles, and also ordered fifty bundles of very complete Chinese papers and five bundles of Tubo scriptures from Taoist Wang, and then handed four pieces of horse hoof silver to the Taoist .
It is not possible for Mr. Jiang to move so many things into Stein's tent alone. Fortunately, Taoist Wang no longer emphasized that heaven knows the earth knows you know me.
The anxious Stein sent his employee Ibrahim Burke and the horse-release Tilabai to help Master Jiang move many precious ancient suicide notes to his tent in the quiet time.
Stein was afraid that the unpredictable Taoist Wang would change his mind again, so he didn't bother to check the treasures he had cheated and packed them overnight.
He was very happy that he had prepared for it, and there was a free box.
For three weeks, he was packing boxes. In the end, the manuscript was filled with seven boxes, and the paintings and embroidery were filled with five boxes.
Make or buy a box again to attract people's doubts, so Stein tied and packed them with unobtrusive disguise on the outside.
After everything was packaged, Stein looked at Wang Daotu again. At this time, he felt that Wang Daotu was a "kind" and "easy" person.
He said he found that Taoist Wang had "realized that I was taking pious actions to obtain these Buddhist ancient literature and art for the Western academic community, and the ignorance of the locals made it unrelated to long-term or eventually lost." This was just Stein's feeling, and he knew what Taoist Wang realized. Perhaps all he realized was the difficulty of protecting this thousand-year-old temple by himself, because he had no backing.
Although Stein's investigation of the secret library of Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang has come to an end, he still does not give up and does not want to evacuate the scene.
An ancient document with a hole of nearly 18 cubic meters has existed for more than a thousand years, and there may be only one hole in the world. He has only packed more than a dozen boxes and is unwilling to accept it! He also wanted to find opportunities, and he continued to stay in the Thousand Buddha Cave on the excuse of inspecting and taking photos.
The next day, he had just returned from a walk in the Daquangou. Before he could even walk to the tent, he saw Turdi, a postman from , Hotan .
Turdi, a big bearded man, appeared in front of Stein in a long robe, a cloth strap, and a big chain on his shoulders.
Stein calculated the time quickly in his heart. He calculated that the respectable Turdi walked nearly 2,300 kilometers from Hotan in thirty-nine days. He was very moved because he knew what kind of road Turdi took and what kind of travel life he had experienced.
Turdi still didn't care about taking a sip of water, so he asked the recipient to count the emails first, and Stein checked in person to accept one hundred and seventy letters.
He asked Turdi to wait for a moment, and he wrote several more letters, and along with another large bag that had been written, Turdi carried it back to Hotan.
Received letters from friends and relatives in such an adventure archaeological site that surprised Stein, not to mention that the letters came from distant Europe, India and other places. Reading letters is his greatest spiritual enjoyment. He needed so many letters to enjoy, and his attention was removed from the suicide note of Thousand Buddha Cave. But after enjoying it, his attention returned to ancient documents.
He replied to his friends, talking about his gains in Dunhuang. He said that he "must be grateful for his destiny, thanks to Xuanzang , and especially thanks to the enthusiastic and tireless Master Jiang."
But he did not thank Taoist Wang. He didn't even mention the kingdom that would be permanently scolded by his descendants because of him.
The king's Daotu discovered ancient documents that were sealed by the secret cave of the Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang for a full nine hundred years. The Taoist priest was deceived and took a very small amount of silver and gave many priceless treasures. He didn't mention it, he didn't even mention it.
More than one hundred and seventy letters have been read, and Stein didn't want to leave. Although he said in his reply to his friend, "My body has rest, but time is extremely tight. I prefer outdoor scenery, even in the desert, and I don't like negotiations with carefully written words in caves."
Stein is still looking for opportunities. Unexpectedly, the Dunhuang magistrate came to visit.
The "friendly and knowledgeable" magistrate visited Stein, mainly to tell him tactfully: the governor of Lanzhou sent an order to advise Stein to use diplomatic etiquette to persuade Stein not to dig, especially to excavate the Thousand Buddha Cave, the site of the discovery of ancient remains known to Chinese antiquities collectors. Of course, you can go to other places such as ancient tombs to get archaeology. Because if excavations in Dunhuang cause public prejudice, they will bring personal danger to Stein, etc.
After hearing this, Stein thought: I stayed in Dunhuang for a long time, which obviously caused people's panic. Maybe the magistrate can know that my work is not harmful and that it is all done on the "Gobi", and maybe it can avoid polite obstacles.
Thinking of this, he told the magistrate that he had been in Qianfo Cave for a little longer, but because there were too many caves in Qianfei Cave, he had to take photos of so many murals and inspect them, so it took a lot of time. Of course, he was about to leave. The magistrate was very happy to hear him say this, so he said goodbye and went back to the city.
The magistrate walked forward, and Stein sent his Master Jiang into the city.
The purpose of his sending Mr. Jiang into the city was to make Mr. Jiang understand and try to ensure that the report written by the Dunhuang magistrate to the Governor of Lanzhou was beneficial to Stein.
Because Stein's inspection plan in Gansu has not been completed, he does not want the Governor of Lanzhou to cause trouble for his future inspection.
A few days later, Master Jiang came back from Dunhuang City and he brought new situations.
It turns out that the reason why the governor of Lanzhou sent Dunhuang magistrate to use diplomatic etiquette to persuade Stein not to dig in the Thousand Buddha Cave was mainly because local people in Dunhuang may resist when the government was about to enforce a decree.
The government was afraid that the people's resistance would lead to Stein, and the second was afraid that Stein's digging would stimulate the resistance, so he advised him not to dig in the Thousand Buddha Cave that everyone knew.
BoilersAnti-Westerns, although Stein did not experience it himself, he understood it. Hearing Jiang said this, he decided to leave here as soon as possible.
In the early morning of June 13, 1907, Stein's expedition transport team was ready to go. In addition to the original horses and camels, the transport team added five large carts with three horses, including box pockets and luggage and food.
The precious cultural relics in the twelve boxes of Dunhuang secret caves are hidden in it, which is the helplessness of civilized China in that era.
Wang Taoist priest stood by the Daquan River to see him off. His hands were hidden in his wide gray cloth gown and the wide sleeves of the wide long gown.
He raised his sleeve and shook it a few times, and a smile appeared on his face.
Stein stepped on the stirrup and raised his arms to greet himself, saying to himself in his heart: Taoist Wang and I broke up in the most friendly atmosphere.
Stein's expedition archaeological team and transport team rolling horses' hooves and camel bells jingling towards Anxi.
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