The two Buddhist and Taoist priests passed away, but the fifth prince was truly astounding in his ability. He completely controlled the power and orthodoxy, pushed the original generals to the right track, annexed more than forty cities of Zihao, and finally forced the Holy Emperor Zihao to sue for peace. Too embarrassed to give up. However, the relationship between Buddhism and Taoism has been officially concluded.
The reason is that when the imperial court was in turmoil, the historian only wrote down a few words of Taoist priests and did not record anything else. Moreover, in order to prevent the news from leaking out, the imperial court executed many officials who were not serious about talking about it. What happened at that time was unknown to the people. Later kings were ashamed of this period of ten sons seizing power, leaving only Zihao to invade in a certain month of a certain year. The late emperor led a strong army to defeat him, and conquered more than forty cities. Even the two men who resisted the enemy and died in a fierce battle have been deleted from the annals of history. Only in some unofficial histories can clues of the past be found. For a time, there were many different opinions, each with its own reasons, and it was almost possible to confuse the false with the true and make up a living history book.
Some people say that it is clear that the leader of Taoism has an old grudge with Buddhism, and he is forcing the leader of the Buddha to die with him at the expense of the life of a Buddhist. Some people even said that they were going to die together. The Taoist leader must have seen the power of Buddhism and feared that his family would be dominant, so he used shady means to kill the Buddha head, while he himself faked his death and waited until the limelight passed. If he comes out again to stir up the wind and rain, whoever doesn't believe him will go and open the coffin to see if there are any bones inside. You must know that people's words are terrible, and rumors are always easy to spread.
However, the speaker has no intention of listening, and there are actually Buddhists taking advantage of the night to go to the burial site of the Taoist leader to find out and verify with his own eyes whether it is what others said. Unexpectedly, he was discovered by Taoist disciples, who almost beat him to death with sticks and threw him out of the pure land where the tomb was located. After repeated radical actions, the Taoist disciples were finally offended. The two sides fought a battle fifteen miles away from the capital, and dispatched nearly a thousand disciples.
All these factors make Buddhism and Taoism now incompatible with fire and water.
Wu Shuang seemed to be speechless and quickly stood up to salute. After all, the seniority of the old Taoist was very high, and Wu Shuang could still sort out some of the seniority and inferiority.
When the old Taoist saw Wu Shuang's virtue, the anger on his face slowly faded away, he waved his hand towards Wu Shuang, and then sighed. Wu Shuang now had no idea that the remarks he heard next were actually made by the former Taoist leader of the Taoist sect.
"Boy, the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism is essentially just a joke. It was deliberately instigated by people with good intentions, and it is still spreading despite repeated suppression by the imperial court. This is inherently strange."
Wu Shuang's eyes narrowed slightly, "Could it be..."
"It seems that all these years of traveling around the world have not been in vain," Li Baoyu stretched out his hand to hold the Taoist boy behind him into his arms, then gently placed him on the grass and said kindly: "Go and play with that little brother." The Taoist boy was a little unhappy. Happy, he also wanted to pull off a few old silver threads, and keep them to tie knots on those bare old trees in his spare time in the future. I think the silver threads fluttering would definitely be much more pleasing to the eye than what they look like now. Fortunately, the old man doesn't know the thoughts of children, otherwise he would probably have to beat his chest and stomp his feet like a naughty child for a long time.
After leaving the Taoist boy, Li Baoyu touched his bun with his skinny old hands and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He then lifted up his pure white Taoist robe and sat cross-legged on the green grass. "Now that you have seen the true nature, do you know why you treat the Buddha like this?" road?"
"The Qi Dynasty has changed its owner. The five emperors may not be as ambitious as his father. After all, royal power is the most important thing in the eyes of the leader of a country. The influence of the five religions such as Buddhism and Taoism is very far-reaching. If there is no check and balance, I am afraid that there will be many branches in the future. , which is not good for him." Wu Shuang quickly figured out the crux of the matter and responded in a deep voice.
"Yes, that's right." The admiration in Li Baoyu's eyes was very strong. The eyes of this old Taoist leader who had not had any masterly manners just now were filled with the calmness of the ancient well after going through many hardships.
"Since the fifth prince came to power, the five religions have gone from bad to worse, and even the three sects of Kuimi and Mu have sadly withdrawn from the world. In the following decades, the long-dormant three sects no longer have groups of followers. It is estimated that there are only a few sporadic ones left in Daqi, and they will no longer be as prosperous as before. The remaining two schools of Buddhism and Taoism are barely able to survive to this day due to their deep foundations. They are really just hanging on."
The old Taoist dusted off his Taoist robe and accidentally discovered a young butterfly lying on the left sleeve. He carefully shook it off, caught it with his palm, and carefully hung the young butterfly on a tall and tough grass.
All things see me, just as I see the three pure beings.
Yunzhong was a little frightened.
His problem of being speechless whenever meeting strangers has not changed much to this day. Looking at the childish but proud Taoist boy, it was very difficult for him to open his mouth. After pondering in his mind for a long time, the young man said dullly, "Would you like to fish by the river?"
One was a young man in a tattered white robe, and the other was a Taoist boy made of pink and jade. They happened to be together because of their masters, and it happened that both of them were empty in their bellies.
It has been a few days since summer, and the stream is no longer as biting as before, but it still has a coolness. The young man rolled up the cuffs of his trousers, took off his shoes and socks, stepped into the water with one foot deep and the other shallow. He lowered his body and stood quietly in the water waiting.
Not long after, a fish two or three palms long passed by, wagging its head and tail as it tried to swim past the boy's legs. Unexpectedly, before he could react, he was caught by the young man, and he was suddenly thrown to the river bank. His movements were so fast, almost in the blink of an eye. Nowadays, Yunzhong's skills are indeed much faster than before. Practicing sword practice has quietly improved his physical strength, making it easier to catch fish. Soon there were several more substantial fish on the edge of the river bank. The young man used his long sword to chop them into pieces and threw them aside to be roasted.
From the beginning to the end, the Taoist boy watched extremely seriously. When Yun Zhong caught the fish, there seemed to be a light track in his eyes, which seemed to be like a sword energy surrounding the young man's body, rotating endlessly, passing through bees and attracting butterflies. By the time the Taoist boy came to his senses, the young man had already lit the fire, pierced the fish with a dead branch, and placed it an inch away from the tongue of the fire to roast.
"Where did you learn the skill of catching fish?" Tao Tong asked for the first time, making Yun Zhong stunned.
"There is a river ditch next to my town. There are many fish at this time of year, so I will naturally become familiar with catching them."
The Taoist boy nodded and squatted by the fire. Green smoke swirled up and floated far away in the breeze.
"You and your master seem to be very poor."
Yun Zhong smiled, guessing that this boy had never been to such a remote place as a small town, so he replied vaguely: "It's not bad, he can still satisfy his needs."
"oh."
After a while, the Taoist boy asked again: "You followed your master all the way south, but have you thought about what you will do in the future?"
"Be a hero." Yun Zhong answered quickly.
"Would being a hero prevent you from poverty? Although I think money is very dirty, people down here seem to regard it as a treasure."
"You can be a hero even if you are poor, and you can be a hero if you are rich."
The young man seemed to feel that the answer was too perfunctory, and added: "I was very poor when I was a child, and I often thought about those rich families who could buy the entire set of Legends of Heroes. But after traveling for so long, I realized that having money may not necessarily lead to an easy life. No Money doesn’t necessarily make life boring. Whether you can accomplish something cannot be achieved without money, and you can’t live without money. In short, I think that if you are free and comfortable, kill evil people happily, and live happily, you can make it big. Xia."
"When doing good things, it doesn't matter how much money you have. Whether the rich or poor want to do it or whether it can be done seems to be two different things."
As the old Taoist was chatting with Wu Shuang, the yin and yang diagram on the hem of his clothes moved.
The corners of Lao Dao's mouth also moved.
