"You," Ma Long couldn't help but blush when he heard Jordan's sarcastic words. He also knew that he had made a slip of the tongue for a moment, and he was so ashamed that he immediately turned around and left the fine pavilion with an angry face.
Jordan looked disdainfully at the figure who disappeared from the door, and continued: "Now the refugees are compressed into a small area like Zitong, Guanghan and Xindu. As long as we stabilize the defense line for three or four months, these 70,000 to 80,000 refugees will There will be a crisis in the food supply. Although Xi Wei has replaced Liu Chen, the current situation is really not suitable for any more internal fighting..."
At the same time, in a tent of the refugee camp in Hande County, Zitong County, Li Xiangzheng summoned the leaders of the refugees to discuss matters. A middle-aged man with a burly build and several pigtails on the back of his head was chilling. Face stood in the center of the camp and said loudly: "Junhou, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to us. Many families who used to secretly send us food now find various reasons to stop sending food. If this continues, , In less than three months, our food will be exhausted. Our current plan is to concentrate some of our troops to forcibly capture a few forts, kill a group of people, and the rest will naturally send food over."
The speaker was called Wei Gong, a Qiang Di leader from Yinping County in Qinzhou. When the six counties were in chaos, he led over a hundred families to Liangzhou to beg for food.
Wei Gong's words immediately aroused a chorus of agreement in the camp.
Li Xiang, who was sitting on the main seat, could not help but frown when he saw this scene.
Now his situation is extremely serious. Ya Bo's army occupied Jiameng Pass and Jiange Pass, and they fought several times, with neither side winning or losing. With Ya Bo here, the main force of the refugee army was restrained and unable to move on Hande's side. And his partial army Jian Shuo's military front was blocked in Deyang. Under such a situation, many Shu families who were originally optimistic about him now began to speak out, obviously having other thoughts.
He glanced at Yan Shi, who was sitting on his left. After the two made eye contact, Li Xiang finally said: "I'm just waiting for the uprising to protect myself, not to rebel, let alone kill people. You and I are all from Qinzhou and Yongzhou When we came to Shu, although we had various conflicts with the Shu people, it was the Shu people who had fed us for nearly a year after all. I, Li Xiang, will never forget this kindness, and I hope you will not forget it either."
After saying this, he paused, glanced at everyone in the tent, and continued: "When a man is alive, he should be based on trust. Since everyone trusts me, Li, and jointly elect me, Li, as the co-owner of everyone, I, Li, will naturally We will find a way out for everyone. That Yabo army expedition will not last long. As long as we hold on, victory will definitely belong to us."
"Women's kindness!" Wei Gong watched everyone in the tent nodding involuntarily and cursed secretly in his heart.
But after everyone left the big tent, Li Xiang couldn't help but feel worried. Just now he had to bite the bullet and say some words to encourage morale in front of everyone, but he couldn't deal with the solid defense strategy laid out by Liang Yizhou in front of him. Nothing can be done.
"Jun Hou," Yan Shi didn't go out. When he saw Li Xiang's appearance, he didn't know how difficult he was now. "From the perspective of my subordinates, the conditions offered by the old immortal from Qingcheng Mountain last time were not impossible."
"But he is a remnant of the Five Dou Rice Cult. Others may not know it, but my grandfather personally experienced the Hanzhong Rice Cult Rebellion and warned our family not to get involved with the Rice Cult."
"Your Majesty, this moment is the same as the other moment. I heard that this old immortal is already over ninety years old this year. He still has the spirit of immortality, and his cultivation is unpredictable. Over the years, although believers in Guanghan Jianwei and other places in Shu County have
There are very few, but in areas with a large number of Qiang people such as Wenshan and Hanjia, they have a very large number of believers. Besides, they are no longer called the Five Pecks of Rice Sect. They have changed their name to the Tianshi Sect. As long as we promise that his disciples will
If you come here and put forward the conditions, you can get the help of a large number of Qiang people. Junhou, although Wei Gong was just one person who spoke just now, it also represents the private thoughts of many leaders. If the situation is not broken, I am afraid that Wei Gong will not just say it verbally.
’s objection.”
When Li Xiang heard what Yan Shi said, he couldn't help frowning, and kept rubbing his chin with his right hand. Just after he defeated the Luoshang army and the Liangzhou army, a Taoist priest came to him. But he himself
He was influenced by his family at a young age, so the Taoist priest sent him away before he saw him. Later, Yan Shi said that the Taoist priest claimed to be one of the twelve disciples of Fan Tianshi in Qingcheng Mountain and came here to attract them to join Tianshi.
Teacher.
This made him sneer.
What is the Tianshi Sect? Isn’t it the Five Pecks of Rice Sect back then?
In the late Shang Dynasty, Zhang Lu of the Five Dou Rice Sect occupied Hanzhong for nearly thirty years, and was later wiped out by Emperor Wu of Zhou. His grandfather also led his followers to join the Five Dou Rice Sect. After Zhang Lu surrendered to Emperor Wu of Zhou, his grandfather also
Together they surrendered to Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty. In order to show that he would have no contact with Zhang Lu in the future, his grandfather ordered all the more than 100 families who followed him to quit the Five Pecks of Rice Cult, and ordered future generations not to believe in it anymore.
This is what Li Xiang knew about the Five Dou Rice Cult. Ever since he could remember, any discussion about the Five Dou Rice Cult was strictly prohibited at home, but he was repeatedly warned not to get involved with the Five Dou Rice Cult. So when he heard that a Taoist priest was coming
When attracting followers, his long-standing concept made him immediately ask people to block the Taoist priest outside the tent.
He sat on the chair and thought for a while, recalling the story of Zhang Lu who had been in Hanzhong for more than thirty years. Zhang Lu also imitated Dou Rong's story. He did not call himself king, but taught and controlled the people. After finally surrendering to Emperor Wu of Zhou, he was named Langzhong.
The five sons of the county were given the title of marquis. Emperor Wu of Zhou even married one of Zhang Lu's daughters for one of his sons. He was also extremely noble throughout the whole dynasty. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.
"Didn't the Five Dou Rice Sect move to Longhu Mountain back then?" He asked Yan Shi, "What's the connection between Tianshi's teaching, Fan Tianshi, and the Five Dou Rice Sect back then?"
"This subordinate doesn't know very well." Yan Shi knew from Li Xiang's expression that he had been tempted, "However, the Taoist priest who claims to be Fan Tianshi's twelfth disciple is still in Hande County. If you want to know
, my subordinates will send someone to summon him."
Not long after Yan Shi left, he led the two of them into Li Xiang's tent. Li Xiang looked up and saw that the leader was wearing a lotus crown with a Yin-Yang Bagua diagram embroidered in the center of the crown. He was wearing a navy blue
He wears a long blue coat, but the collar of the coat is bright red. He holds an apricot-yellow Bagua flag in his hand, wears a pair of blue thick cloth shoes with turned-up heads on his feet, and has a black beard about two feet long under his chin, which matches his phoenix
His eyes were wide and he looked like he had the spirit of immortality. The Taoist who followed him was extremely tall, wearing a crown of the Five Sacred Mountains on his head, and a long navy blue gown, but his collar was
Brown. This man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, but a two-inch long scar on his left face completely ruins his original appearance, making him intimidating.
If Zhou Xing were present, he would be surprised to see this person.
The man with scars on his face is none other than Zhang Bu, whom he hasn't seen for a long time.
"Infinite View," the black-bearded Taoist at the head raised his left hand, curled his index finger inward, and saluted, "Xu Hua, the real official of the Tianshi Seat, has met General Zhendong!"
Gu Gu
"Changxian Xu Daochang is here. Li is not able to greet you from far away. Please forgive me." Li Xiang got down from his seat immediately and walked forward to greet him warmly: "Please take a seat quickly."
The two exchanged a few words and then sat down separately. Yan Shi sat beside him, while Zhang Bu stood behind Taoist Xu Hua with a sword in both hands.
"Dare you ask, Master?" Yan Shi received Li Xiang's wink and asked with a smile: "I and other refugees have come from afar and know very little about your sect, and I don't know much about Master Fan.
Clear up some doubts for us."
Just look at Xu Hua's right hand gently stroking his long beard under his chin, and slowly said: "My master's surname is Fan Tao, who will live forever. In the second year of Zhou Jiaping's reign, he suddenly met the gods on the top of Qingcheng Mountain. He rode on clouds and dragons, guided hundreds of spirits, and was an immortal and beautiful girl.
, the bodyguards on the left and right were called Taishang Laojun. He orally told my teacher: "Since the death of the Heavenly Master Zhang Ling, there has been no teacher on earth for those who practice good deeds. Fan Changsheng, a scholar, stands upright and behaves in accordance with nature. He is talented."
When I was appointed as the master, I was the first teacher. Therefore, I came to see you and conferred on you the position of heavenly master. I gave you twenty volumes of "Yun Zhong Yin Chan Xin Ke's Commandments". It was titled "Bing Jin". I also said: I have this sutra and commandment.
Since the creation of heaven and earth, it has not been passed down to the world, but now the fortune should be revealed. You have promulgated my "New Science" to clean up Taoism and eliminate the three false laws, the rice rent tax, and the art of combining the energy of men and women. The Dao will be pure and empty.
Is there such a thing? The first thing is to focus on etiquette, and then add to it the practice of taking food and seclusion. 'Since my respected master has been practicing this heavenly book, he can soar into the clouds and ride on the mist, and can fly with a sword. This is a truly supreme and wonderful method."
Li Xiang couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "So, Fan Lao Shenxian's Tianshi Sect and Zhang Lu's Five Pecks of Rice Sect are not the same thing?"
"Hmph," Xu Hua snorted from his nostrils with a very disdainful expression, "The three-piece method is an evil way. In the third year of Zhengyuan, when he was twenty years old, my master went up to Huming Mountain alone, and met
The disciples of the three false sects fought for three days. Except for a few stubborn disciples who fled Longhu Mountain, the rest of the disciples all worshiped. My Xu Hua's father was a disciple of that false sect. After hearing what my teacher said,
, it was like an enlightenment, and I realized that all I had learned before was false, so I willingly accepted my respected master as my teacher at the age of thirty-one."
"Oh," Li Xiang raised his eyebrows, leaned forward and said, "I would also like to ask the immortal master to explain to me the great way of Master Fan."
"Tai Shang Laojun said that non-being is the beginning of heaven and earth, and existence is the opening of heaven and earth. This world was originally a chaos and nothingness. The Creator was patrolling here and said he wanted light, so there was light in this world. The Creator saw again
Light arises from darkness, that is, existence arises from nothingness, so each day is divided into light and darkness, which is called day and night. This is the first day.
The Creator also said that the world must be divided into pure and turbid ones. So the pure ones floated up, and the turbid ones sank. The ones that floated up were the sky, and the ones that sank were the earth. So there were heaven and earth in this world. This is the second step.
sky.
The Creator also said that there should be air between heaven and earth, which seemed to be nothing but connected up and down. So there were wind, thunder and lightning. This is the third day.
On the fourth day, the Creator gathered the water on the ground together again, and it became a sea and a lake. Seeing that the ground was bare and desolate, he let the ground be covered with vegetation. He was very satisfied with it.
This is the fourth day.
On the fifth day, he caused countless fish to breed in the sea, countless birds to fly in the sky, and countless animals to run on the ground. He was very satisfied with seeing these creatures.
On the sixth day, the Creator created man in his own image, and gave man all the creatures in this world, the sea, the sky, the land, to manage, and thus we, the human race, came into existence in this world.”
"What about the seventh day?" Li Xiang had never heard of this legend before, so he couldn't help but ask after hearing this.
"On the seventh day, the Creator went to rest." Xu Hua replied with a smile.
"Ah," Li Xiang didn't expect this answer at all, and looked very surprised, "This is completely different from what the Five Pecks of Rice Sect said before."
"Zhang Ling only received a copy of the "Taipingdongji Sutra" that Laojun left behind in the world back then, and my respected master was the supreme miraculous method taught by Laojun himself."
"Then what is the relationship between Laojun and the Creator you talk about?" Li Xiang was a little confused at this time.
"Laojun is an incarnation of the Creator. At that time, he appeared in the world to teach Confucius, which led to the prosperity of cultivation in China. Zhang Ling was originally a monk in the Taixue of the Later Shang Dynasty. He said that Laojun taught him "Taiping Cave"
"Ji Jing Jing". The respected master was on the top of Qingcheng Mountain, and Laojun also spoke about Zhang Ling. My respected master asserted that although Zhang Ling was taught by Laojun, the insufficiency of the wonderful teachings spread to future generations, and the Taoism was distorted. Therefore, the old master said
Your Majesty has shown mercy to the people of the world for a long time, and you have come to this world again to teach my master the "Commandments of the New Technique of Yin Chan in the Clouds"."
"The "New Commandments" says: Human beings are born with sins. The Celestial Master was ordered by Laojun to come to this mortal world as a divine envoy to educate the people and make them repent and atone for the crimes they have committed. The believers should strictly abide by the following precepts:
The first cloud is that there is only one God, the Creator, and there is no other god besides him; the second cloud is that you are not allowed to paint statues of gods, and you are not allowed to worship idols; the third cloud is that you are not allowed to falsely claim to be the Creator, Taishang Laojun is one of his incarnations; the fourth cloud is that you should
To remember the Sabbath, one day should be designated as Sunday every seven days to worship and pray for the Creator; five clouds should be filial to parents; six clouds should not kill without reason; seven clouds should not commit adultery; eight clouds should not steal; nine clouds should not bear false witness to harm others.
"Ten clouds cannot be stolen."
Li Xiang listened carefully to Xu Hua's words. At this moment, he saw him pause and quickly asked his doubts: "I have heard that Taoists have a magical method of immortality. I wonder if Master Fan can teach this supreme magical method?"
"My master was born in the Zhengshi period of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He is nearly a hundred years old now, but he still looks like a man in his prime, with a ruddy complexion and black hair and beard. Lord, how old do you think I am this year?"
Li Xiang looked carefully and saw that this person had some fine lines at the corners of his eyebrows, but no gray color could be seen on the rest of his skin. He said uncertainly: "Looking at the Taoist priest's face, he seems to be in his forties.
"
"Hahahaha," Xu Hua laughed and said, "I have wasted sixty-five years this year."
As soon as Xu Hua said this, both Li Xiang and Yan Shi were shocked, their mouths were open and they were speechless, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"Does Taoism really have a magical method of immortality?" The temptation of immortality is hard for everyone to resist, and Li Xiang is no exception. When he spoke at this time, he was already emotional, and there was a slight tremor in his words.
