Cihang Jingzhai,
It was originally a place of monasticism for the royal family. To be precise, it was a place of monasticism for the emperor’s women! In ancient China, there has always been the custom of sacrificial burial. Among them, living people were buried in sacrifice. It was very popular during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. After the death of the king, they sent everything they enjoyed during their lifetime, including beautiful wives and concubines, to the tomb. It can be said that except for the queen Except for the biological mothers of some princes, concubines who have no heirs will basically be buried!
This custom did not become more restrained until the Qin and Han dynasties, and was often replaced by wooden figurines and pottery figurines. However, restraint is restrained. After the emperor's death, the disposal of so many women is indeed a problem. You can't let people remarry casually or have sex outside, right? As a result, a better place gradually emerged, that is - becoming a monk!
In the early Qin and Han Dynasties, Buddhism was not introduced to the Central Plains. Therefore, the so-called monkhood actually meant practicing Taoism.
Cihang Jingzhai, as a royal Taoist temple, houses such a group of women. After the death of a king, most of his concubines, except for the queen and a few others, would enter Cihang Jingzhai and directly enter the management of the inner sect. Because the emperor's status as a woman was sensitive, naturally no concubines were allowed in the inner sect. Men, so the inner gate of Cihang Jingzhai only has women. Of course, in addition to the concubines, there are also some real ascetics in the inner sect, led by the Zhai Master, who jointly decide the future of Cihang Jingzhai.
It is precisely because Cihang Jingzhai has the constant support of the royal family, and there are always many people close to the royal family in the inner sect, so Cihang Jingzhai's main goal is always to help the Han Dynasty! However, it is precisely because of this special composition that the queen mothers of all dynasties have never dealt with Cihang Jingzhai. Empress Dowager He is the best example. When she was the empress, she didn't think anything of it. She was even willing to send her son to Cihang Jingzhai to be raised, thinking it was safer than the palace. But once she became the empress dowager, her former enemies They all entered Cihang Jingzhai. Do you think Queen Mother He will still rest assured about Cihang Jingzhai?
She was preconceived and already harboring absolute malice. How could Queen Mother He dare to believe Diao Chan who came out of Cihang Jingzhai! That group of women, who lost to her at first, now unite, don't know how to deal with their mother and son! This is what the young emperor Liu Bian has never been able to understand, his mother's change in attitude towards Cihang Jingzhai.
After talking about the inner door, in contrast, there is naturally the outer door. The inner sect of Cihang Jingzhai was either a concubine from the previous generation who was superior, or a true ascetic. They definitely needed someone to take care of and protect them, so the outer sect was naturally derived. The outer disciples practice literature and martial arts, and have the unconditional support of the royal family's financial, material, and manpower. The education that the outer disciples have received since childhood is definitely no worse than that of the children of outside aristocratic families. Moreover, they are not as arrogant as the children of aristocratic families. They know how to work hard and are more grateful. In addition, the choice of talents is not limited (not just common people, there are some aristocratic families with very prosperous families. As long as they are chosen by Cihang Jingzhai, they Also willing to send individual children to Cihang Jingzhai for training), so that every generation of Cihang Jingzhai has very outstanding disciples. Occasionally when the court is short of people, Cihang Jingzhai can also recommend talents to the court. Of course, most of the time, the talents of Cihang Jingzhai live in seclusion throughout their lives.
In addition, the outer sect of Cihang Jingzhai pays more attention to martial arts training than studying literature. Female disciples, in particular, have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the inner sect and are often trained intensively. In addition, the exercises they practice are selected by the royal family, so they are absolutely The upper-level martial arts, practiced since childhood, are usually much better than those of the same age outside at a young age. Within the outer gate of Cihang Jingzhai, in terms of martial arts, the overall situation is that women are strong and men are weak.
Qin Chuan is such a pretty standard outer disciple. Compared to talent, he is obviously better at martial arts. Of course, as Yuan Wei said, even if he is relatively good at it, compared with real geniuses, Qin Chuan only has above-average talent at best.
In short, most of the talents in Cihang Jingzhai, and even all the young people, come from outside schools. Sun Quan didn't know the details and was obviously fooled by Qin Chuan's answer. It was only a long time later that Sun Quan discovered what he should have known all along.
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Back to the topic,
Since Cihang Jingzhai's technique is one of the four great wonders of today, Sun Quan proposed to Qin Chuan that he wanted to read the four great wonders. Naturally, Qin Chuan misunderstood him and thought that Sun Quan had seen through his origins. Nonsense, if this wasn't the case, how could Sun Quan be sure that he could get the Four Great Books? Coupled with Sun Quan's interest in his martial arts before entering the palace this morning, Qin Chuan naturally only thought of this possibility!
Sun Quan would never have imagined that he would make such a big mistake due to a combination of circumstances.
Sun Quan took it for granted that the "Secret of Immortality" was easier to obtain than the other three wonder books, so this statement was not contrary to his purpose. However, Qin Chuan believed that the so-called four wonder books were just Sun Quan's Under the guise, what Sun Quan wanted to see was his Cihang Jingzhai technique! Therefore, Qin Chuan naturally couldn't think of the other three books. Looking for a trick in "Secret of Immortality"? Muddle through? Qin Chuan would not play such tricks.
The two of them are not on the same channel at all. . . . . .
"I have already said this morning that I cannot be the master of our master's martial arts. However, if you really want to take a closer look, I can write you a letter and ask Master to make a decision." Qin Chuan said.
Upon hearing Qin Chuan's words, Sun Quan quickly responded,
"Since Brother Qin can't be the master of the master's martial arts, why bother? There are four great books in total, right?"
Sun Quan is hinting that you can go find the "Secret of Immortality", he won't mind!
Qin Chuan frowned,
"In addition to the "Four Great Books" written by Cihang Jingzhai, do you want to read the "Dunjia Heavenly Book"? But the Shield Armor Heavenly Book is in Zuo Ci's hand. In comparison, I think it is my letter. The possibility of returning a letter to the master is higher." (In this era, Cihang Jingzhai was not the later Cihang Jingzhai, and the Demon Sect's Heavenly Demon Strategy was not integrated, so the four great books are different. According to what I said above For the setting of Cihang Jingzhai, they naturally use the orthodox Taoist mentality)
Sun Quan was speechless for a while. He didn't care that these four great books seemed to be different from what he had in mind. He couldn't help but say,
"Aren't there two more copies?"
Qin Chuan was even more surprised and couldn't help but say,
"No one knows where the legendary "Illustrated Book of the God of War" is. You don't think I can find it, do you? As for the "Secret of Immortality", no one has ever mastered it, and many people even speculate that it is not a martial art at all. You It is useless to pursue these illusory things if you are dedicated to martial arts."
"oops!"
Sun Quan was so anxious that he almost jumped up. Why is this brother Qin so down-to-earth? I can't practice, that's my problem, just get things done as agreed!
Seeing Sun Quan's anxious look, Qin Chuan suddenly narrowed his eyes.
"Could it be that your goal is actually the Secret of Immortality?!"
