"You," Ma Long couldn't help but blush when he heard Jordan's sarcastic words. He also knew that he had made a mistake at the moment, and he was so ashamed that he immediately turned around and left the fine pavilion with an angry look on his face.
Jordan glanced disdainfully at the figure who disappeared at 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 of three or four In the next month, there will be a food crisis for these 70,000 to 80,000 refugees. Although Xi Wei has come to replace Liu Chen, the current situation is really not suitable for further internal fighting..."
At the same time, , in a camp of the refugee camp in Hande County, Zitong County, Li Xiangzheng summoned the leaders of the refugees to discuss matters. A burly middle-aged man with several pigtails on the back of his head was standing in the center of the camp with a cold face and said loudly: "Junhou, the current situation is extremely unfavorable to us. Many families used to secretly send us food. Most of the families are now finding various reasons to stop sending food. If this continues, our food will be exhausted in less than three months. The only solution now is to concentrate some troops and capture a few docks by force. Fortress, kill a group of people, and the rest will naturally send food over."
The person who spoke was called Wei Gong, and he was the Qiang Di leader of Yinping County in Qinzhou. When the six counties were in chaos, He also led more than a hundred families to Liangzhou to beg for food.
Kui 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 the Yabo here, the main force of the refugee army was restrained on Hande's side and unable to move. But his partial army Jian Shuo's front was blocked in Deyang. Under such a situation, many Shu families who were originally optimistic about him now began to speak arrogantly, 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 am waiting for the uprising just to protect myself, not to rebel, let alone kill people. You and I came to Shu from Yongzhou in Qinzhou. Although we had various conflicts with the Shu people, it was the Shu people who supported us for nearly a year. I, Li Xiang, will not forget this kindness, and I hope you will not forget it either. "
After saying this, he paused, glanced at the people in the tent, and continued: "When a man is alive, he should be based on trust. Since everyone trusts me, Li, they jointly recommend me as Li. Everyone is in charge, and I, Li, will naturally find a way out for everyone. As long as we hold on, victory will definitely belong to us. Ren!" Wei Gong looked at everyone in the tent and nodded involuntarily, and couldn't help but cursed in his heart.
But after everyone left the tent, Li Xiang couldn't help but feel worried. Just now he had to bite the bullet and say some morale-boosting words in front of everyone, but he was unable to deal with the strategy of solid defense and clearing the field laid out by Liang Yizhou in front of him.
"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 of 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."
< p> "Junhou, this moment is the same as the other moment. I heard that this old immortal is over ninety years old this year, and he is still as strong and energetic as the immortal, and his cultivation is unpredictable. Over the years, Guanghan Jianwei and other places in Shu County have Although there are only a few believers, they are very popular in areas with a large number of Qiang people such as Wenshan and Hanjia. Besides, they are no longer called the Five Dou Rice Sect. They have changed their name to the Tianshi Sect as long as we agree to be his disciples. The conditions I mentioned last time can get a lot of Qiang people's help. Junhou, although Wei Gong was just one person speaking, it also represents the thoughts of many leaders in private. If the situation is not broken, I'm afraid that Wei Gong will not be the only one. I objected verbally."When Li Xiang heard what Yan Shi said, he couldn't help but frown 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. It was just that he had been influenced by his family since he was a child, so the Taoist priest sent him away before he saw him. Later, I heard Yan Shi say that the Taoist priest claimed to be one of the twelve disciples of Fan Tianshi in Qingcheng Mountain, and he came here to attract them to join the Tianshi Sect.
This made him sneer.
What is the Celestial Master Sect? Isn’t it the Five Pecks of Rice Sect back then?
In the late Shang Dynasty, the Five Dou Rice Cult advocated Lu and occupied Hanzhong for nearly thirty years. Later, it was wiped out by Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty. His grandfather also led people to join the Five Dou Rice Cult. After Zhang Lu surrendered to Emperor Wu of Zhou, his grandfather also surrendered to Emperor Wu of Zhou. 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 withdraw from the Five Dou Rice Cult, and ordered future generations not to believe in it anymore.
This is what Li Xiang knows about the Five Dou Rice Cult. Ever since he could remember, any discussion about the Five Dou Rice Cult was strictly prohibited in his family, and he was repeatedly warned not to get involved with the Five Dou Rice Cult. So when he heard that a Taoist priest was coming to attract followers, his long-standing concept made him immediately ask someone to keep the Taoist priest out of the tent.
He sat in a chair and thought for a while, recalling the story of Zhang Lu who had dominated Hanzhong for more than thirty years. Zhang Lu also imitated Dou Rong's story. He did not claim the title of king, but taught to control the people. After finally surrendering to Emperor Wu of Zhou, he was especially named the Marquis of Langzhong County, and his five sons were also named marquis. Emperor Wu of Zhou even hired a bride for one of his sons. He married one of Zhang Lu's daughters, and she became extremely noble all the time. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.
"Didn't the Five Pecks of Rice Sect move to Longhu Mountain back then?" He asked Yan Shi, "What's the connection between this Heavenly Master teaching Fan Tianshi and the Five Pecks of Rice Sect back then?"
p>"This subordinate doesn't know very well." Yan Shi could tell from Li Xiang's expression that he was already tempted, "But, the Taoist priest who claims to be Fan Tianshi's twelfth disciple is still in Hande County. If the prince wants to know more, his 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 embroidered " A Yin-Yang Bagua figure, wearing a long navy-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, and has a black beard about 3 inches long under his chin. Two feet tall, coupled with his phoenix eyes and eyebrows, he really looks like an immortal. The Taoist following him is extremely tall, wearing a crown of five mountains on his head, and is also wearing navy blue. He wears a long coat, but the collar is brown. This man has thick eyebrows and big eyes, but a two-inch long scar on his left face completely ruins his original appearance.
< p>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 has not seen for a long time.
"Wuliang. "Look," the leader, the black-bearded Taoist, raised his left hand, curled his index finger inwards, and saluted, "Xu Hua, the real official of the Heavenly Master's seat, has seen General Zhendong!" "
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"Xu Dao Changxian is coming, but Li is not able to greet him from afar. I hope you will forgive me. Li Xiang immediately got down from his seat and stepped 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.< /p>
"Dare you ask me, sir?" Yan Shi received Li Xiang's wink and asked with a smile: "I and other refugees have come all the way and know very little about your sect, and I don't know much about the old god Fan. I understand, and I hope the Taoist priest can help us clear up some of my doubts.
Just look at Xu Hua's right hand gently stroking his long beard under his chin, and slowly said: "I respect the teacher's surname, Fan Tao, for longevity. In the second year of Zhou Jiaping's reign, he suddenly met God on the top of Qingcheng Mountain and rode on a cloud." Dragon, guide and follow Bailing, immortal and jade girl, guard on the left and right, called Taishang Laojun. He orally told my master: "Since the death of the Heavenly Master Zhang Ling, the earth has been deserted, and those who cultivate good deeds have no teacher to teach them." Fan Changsheng, a scholar who is upright and upright, behaves in accordance with nature, is the first person to hold the position of master. Therefore, I have come to visit you, confer on you the position of heavenly master, and give you twenty volumes of "Yunzhong Yin Chan Xin Ke's Commandments". The name is "Bingjin". He also said: This sutra and commandment of mine has been since the creation of heaven and earth and has not been passed down to the world. Now the fortune should be revealed. Ru Xuanwu's "New Science" purified Taoism and eliminated the three false laws, the rice rent tax, and the art of combining qi between men and women. How can such a thing happen if the great road is pure and empty? It focuses on etiquette as the first priority, and is supplemented by eating and drinking. ’ Since my respected master cultivated this heavenly book, he has been able to soar into the clouds and ride on the mist, and 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? "
"Humph," Xu Hua snorted from his nostrils with a very disdainful expression, "The three-piece method is a crooked way. I learned from Yu ZhengIn the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, at the age of 20, he went up to Huming Mountain alone and fought with three false disciples for three days. Except for a few stubborn disciples who fled away from Longhu Mountain, all the other disciples worshiped him. My father, Xu Hua, was a disciple of that false religion back then. After hearing what my teacher said, I felt like I was enlightened. I realized that what I had learned before was false, so I accepted my respected teacher as my teacher at the age of thirty-one. "
"Oh," Li Xiang raised his eyebrows and leaned forward: "I would also like to ask the immortal master to explain to me the way of Master Fan. ”
“Tai Shang Laojun said, Wu is the beginning of heaven and earth, existence is the opening of heaven and earth. This world is originally chaos and nothingness. The Creator traveled here and said he wanted light, so there was light in this world. The Creator also saw that light arises from darkness, that is, existence arises from nothingness, and divided each day into light and darkness, which are day and night. This is the first day.
The Creator also said that this world must be divided into pure and dirty. So the pure ones float up, and the turbid ones sink. What floats is for the sky, and what sinks is for the earth. Then there was heaven and earth in this world. This is the second day.
The Creator also said that there should be air between heaven and earth, which seems to be nothing but connects 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 this became the sea and lakes. Seeing that the ground was bare and desolate, he let the ground grow covered with vegetation. He was very satisfied with this. This was 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 beasts to run on the ground. He was very satisfied with these creatures. .
On the sixth day, the Creator created man in his own image, and gave all creatures in this world, the sea, the sky, the land, to mankind to manage, and so we humans came into being in this world. "
"What about the seventh day? "Li Xiang had never heard of this legend before, and 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 Dou Rice Sect said before. "
"Zhang Ling only received a copy of the "Taipingdongji Sutra" left by Laojun in the world, and my respected master was the supreme magic 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 human world to give guidance to the great sage Confucius, which led to the prosperity of cultivation in China. Zhang Ling was originally a monk from the Imperial Academy of the Later Shang Dynasty, and he claimed that he was taught the "Taipingdongji Sutra" by Laojun. Respecting the master at the top of Qingcheng Mountain, the old gentleman also talked about Zhang Ling. My respected master asserts that although Zhang Ling was taught by Laojun, the wonderful teachings were not enough, which spread to future generations, and even distorted the truth. Therefore, the old king showed mercy to the world for a long time and came to the mortal world again to teach my teacher "Yun Zhong Yin Chan Xin Ke's Commandments". ”
“The New Commandment says: Man is born guilty.. The Heavenly 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 committed. The believers should strictly abide by the following precepts: firstly, there is only one God, the Creator, and there is no other god; secondly, they are not allowed to paint statues of gods, and they are not allowed to worship idols; thirdly, they are not allowed to falsely claim the Creator, for he is the Supreme Lord. One of the incarnations of God; four clouds should remember the Sabbath, and one day every seven days should be designated as Sunday, and worship and pray for the Creator; five clouds should honor parents; six clouds should not kill without reason; seven clouds should not; eight clouds should not steal; nine clouds Do not give false evidence to harm others; do not steal.
Li Xiang listened carefully to Xu Hua's words. Seeing him pause at this time, he quickly asked his doubts: "I have heard that Taoists have a magical method of immortality. I wonder if Master Fan can teach this magic." The best way? "
"My master was born in the Zhengshi year 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. Junhou, how old do you think I am this year? "
Li Xiang looked carefully and saw that this person only had some fine lines at the corners of his eyebrows, but could not see any gray color on the rest of his skin. He said uncertainly: "Taoist Master Guan. He looks like he is in his forties. "
"Hahahahaha," Xu Hua laughed and said, "I have wasted sixty-five years this year. "
As soon as Xu Hua said these words, Li Xiang and Yan Shi were shocked and stunned, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"Is there really a magic method for immortality in Taoism? "The temptation of immortality is irresistible to everyone, 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.