Chapter 219 The Art of Peace
Establish your mind for heaven and earth, establish your words for all peoples, carry on the unique teachings of past saints, and create peace for all generations. ----------"Four Sentences on Hengqu" by Zhang Zai of the Northern Song Dynasty
It is said that outside the temple on the top of the mountain and next to the Shili Temple, Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe, known as the "Poison Master of the Three Kingdoms", finally had an argument with Chen Long. Jia Xu has a vicious vision and is wise in protecting himself. He is not comparable to ordinary masterminds. Chen Long's words are also to the point. For a person like Jia Xu who is famous throughout the ages, the first is not to kill, the second is not to abandon, and the third is not to force. For a person like Jia Xu who leaves room for everything, only if he sees Chen Long clearly can he completely return to his heart and give up his allegiance.
The two of them had the same mind and seemed to have a deeper understanding of each other. They no longer talked about Zhang Xiu. Jia Xu looked slightly cheerful and said with a deep smile: "It's my first time to chat with Chen Zhoumu alone. I am extremely honored. The so-called politeness to many people." No wonder, I have also prepared a gift for Zhou Mu, I hope you will accept it."
Chen Long said in surprise: "Wen He's gift is naturally good. I'm so honored, but I didn't know it was He Baobao?"
Jia Xu approached Chen Long with a smile and said, "Zhou Mu, follow me." As he said that, he walked back along the path. When he was about to enter the forest, he shouted: "Friends in the trees, come out!"
Chen Long was even more surprised. He didn't expect that Jia Xu had already seen through Lu Chang's whereabouts. Could it be that Jia Xu was also a person with outstanding martial arts? At least this internal skill of sensing the living things around him was as good as his own. Lu Chang knew very well that if he deliberately concealed his traces, even he would have to spend a lot of effort to find him.
There was a burst of chaos in the woods, and a person jumped out from both sides. The two of them jumped out at the same time, both of them were surprised. Apparently, they found no trace of each other.
Jia Xu was also startled. Unexpectedly, two friends jumped out from the tree at this sound. Chen Long laughed from behind and said: "I didn't expect that Wen He would arrange for such a master to help, but I don't know who this friend is?"
Jia Xu was a little embarrassed, but then he smiled with relief and said: "Nanxiang Hou also has arrangements. We are in perfect agreement, so we don't have to talk about each other!" A thin face showed a smile for the first time, pointing at the strange man in black and introducing: "Nanxiang Hou has an arrangement. Xianghou, this is my good friend and my personal bodyguard. His surname is Wu, his given name is Fu, and his courtesy name is Deyu. He is best at hiding and hiding. Who is this strong man?"
Jia Wenhe suddenly changed his name to Chen Long as Nanxiang Hou, which naturally reminded Wu Fu and Chen Long of his status in the court, and at the same time reminded Chen Long not to forget his identity as a minister of the Han Dynasty. Just because this Wu Fu was not an ordinary warrior, but the first Yueqi captain of the Han Dynasty, a fugitive assassin who once stabbed Dong in anger.
Chen Long vaguely remembered the name, and while introducing Lu Chang, the complete information about Wu Fu was already displayed in his mind. Wu Fu, courtesy name Deyu, was a native of Runan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He had great ambitions since he was a child, paid attention to moral integrity, and was an upright man. Later he became the secretary of the county guard. He was taught by famous teachers and learned the unique skills of swordsmanship. Later, the general He Jin heard of his virtuous name and recruited him as a vassal of Dongcao. He was then promoted to Shizhong, Henan Yin, and Yueqi Xiaowei.
When the situation took a turn for the worse, as Dong Zhuo was monopolizing power and causing chaos and killing loyal people, Wu Fu put on court clothes and carried a sword and asked to see Dong Zhuo, determined to assassinate the national traitor with his own hands. Wu Fu pretended to report his work, and after finishing his words, he said goodbye to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo thought that Wu Fu was devoted to him, so he stood up and walked him to the door of the pavilion, stroking his back affectionately. Wu Fu took the opportunity to draw out his sharp blade and stabbed Dong Zhuo. Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo's arms were extremely strong and he grabbed Wu Fu's wrist tightly, preventing him from using his martial arts. When Dong Zhuo struggled to resist, Lu Fengxian, who was standing guard at the door, had already brought people in to arrest him. He wanted to kill Wu Fu on the spot, and cursed: "You want to rebel!" Wu Fu said loudly: "I can't wait to kill you, a traitor, on the street. Thousands of corpses were cut into pieces in the busy city to apologize to the gods of heaven and earth!" Before he could finish his words, he was waved into two parts.
After reading Wu Fu's life, Chen Long was impressed and thought that this man was not dead. It seems that history has changed. He couldn't help but ask: "How did Deyu escape?" Wu Fu was startled by the question. He didn't expect that he Chen Long still remembers the font size. Jia Xu said quickly: "Deyu need not be alarmed. Marquis Nanxiang is Dong Zhuo's mortal enemy. Dong Zhuo's death was also precipitated by Marquis Nanxiang."
Wu Fu breathed a sigh of relief and said in a hoarse voice, "Lu Bu is very skilled in martial arts. Dong Zhuo grabbed the knife-wielding wrist at that time. Lu Fengxian had already come from outside the main hall and slashed at him from the air with the Fangtian Painted Halberd. In desperation, I had to retreat." He stepped aside to dodge, and his right arm was forced to straighten, and was swung into two pieces by the halberd blade." As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand, and it turned out to be a wooden hand.
Chen Long saw that the prosthetic hand was poorly made, and he thought to himself that maybe Huang Yueying could make a good one for you. Seeing Wu Fu lost in memories, with a look of panic and terror on his face, he couldn't help but fall into his story again.
"I escaped with my broken arm. I didn't feel any pain at all, and I didn't care about the blood spraying. I just relied on what I had learned all my life and went straight to Dong Zhuo's back hall. In the chaos, I actually escaped from death. In the dark night He was unconscious in the streets of Luoyang. It was not until he woke up from the coma that he realized that he had been rescued by his brother Wenhe." Jia Wenhe smiled and said: "I happened to be in Luoyang at the time. Fortunately, Dong Zhuo did not search the whole city. I found a scapegoat and killed him as a warning to others. But Wenlong knew Deyu's name and seemed to know a lot about this matter. It really puzzled me. Are you a god?"
Chen Long smiled and said, "Even if I were a god, I would never see Brother Wen He crying and calling me." He cupped his hands to Wu Fu and said, "The loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty said that Wu Fu is so heroic that there is no one in the world. He is still famous for killing thieves in the court." Now, he can be called a man forever. Colonel Wu is a true husband." At a glance, he saw a sheathed long sword tied under Wu Fu's right rib, and suddenly realized that Wu Fu should have practiced a left-handed sword.
Wu Fu woke up from his memories and followed Jia Xu and others to the library pavilion. Jia Xu opened the iron lock on the pavilion door and made a gesture of invitation.
There are only a few tables and chairs in the pavilion, surrounded by volumes of books on bamboo slips. Jia Xu said: "There are only bamboo slips and clear water here, so I won't invite Wenlong to tea. It's rare for you and me to meet. I have a volume of books here." , it’s so hard-earned, so I gave it to Wen Long as a meeting gift.”
As he spoke, he picked up a bamboo slip from the bookshelf next to him and threw it on the table. Chen Long picked it up solemnly, and when he looked up, he saw five seal characters "Taiping Qingling Book" written on the cover.
Chen Long's heart surged with huge waves. This book of Taiping Qingling, which is known as a strange book in the world, is also known as "Taiping Jing" or "Taiping Yaoshu". Before this book disappeared, it should have been in Zhang Jiao's hands. This time it appeared in Wan I don’t know how Jia Xu obtained the library in the Shili Temple in the city.
The "Essential Techniques of Taiping" mentioned in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the legendary leader of the Julu County Uprising, Zhang Jiao, went into the mountains to collect herbs, met the "Old Immortal of Nanhua", taught him the "Essential Techniques of Taiping", and began to "spread talisman water" He can cure diseases by reciting mantras, and can also "call for wind and rain". He calls himself "Taoist of Taiping" and "Great Teacher". He founded Taiping Tao, also known as "Huang Lao Tao", and his followers have grown to hundreds of thousands. Taking advantage of the popular social atmosphere of prophecies in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he put forward the saying that "the sky is dead, Huang Tian should stand, and the age of Jiazi will bring good luck to the world." At the same time, Zhang Xiu, a five-douchin rice road in Yizhou, also led an uprising.
"The Art of Taiping" in the official history is an important classic of Huang-Lao Taoism in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The original book is divided into 10 parts: A, B, C, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Rengui. Each part has 17 volumes, making a total of 170 volumes. Most of them are lost in the smoke of history. This sutra is based on the pretense of a man of gods, or a heavenly master, having questions and answers with real people from all directions, and expounding the teachings and alchemy of Huang-Lao Taoism. Its content is very complex, and it is mostly based on the principles of worshiping heaven's laws, complying with the principles of yin and yang and the five elements. It extensively describes the ways of governing the world, the principles of ethics, as well as the techniques of longevity, immortality, disease treatment, and spiritual divination. Although it was influenced by the prophecy theology of the Han Dynasty and promoted the concept of auspicious disasters and retribution of good and evil, with "many witches and miscellaneous words", it also formed its own system, with the main purpose of obeying the laws of heaven and earth, governing politics and cultivating one's morality, and achieving peace in the world. On behalf of the lower class people, they opposed the rulers' bullying of the weak and advocated the idea of relying on one's own efforts and helping the poor in emergencies. Therefore, it was used by Zhang Jiao and other early Huanglaodao leaders to organize and launch peasant uprisings. Later, after the uprising failed and Zhang Jiao was killed, "Taiping Yashu" also lost its direction. The teachings of various Taoist sects in later generations were also influenced by this book.
Chen Long closed the bamboo slips and put them in his arms. Jia Xu said calmly: "I heard that Nanxiang Hou's philosophy is that the world is peaceful and the people are happy, so I gave this book to Nanxiang Hou."
Chen Long knew that this book was more like a symbol, as hot as the jade seal in Yuan Shu's hand. Just as he was about to say goodbye and leave, Wu Fu suddenly approached and asked, "Wenlong, I heard that you agreed to retain the symbol of imperial power, can you confirm it personally?"
Chen Long remembered his promise to Chen Shi, nodded and said: "Keep the symbol of imperial power, but the power will be returned to the Political Consultative Conference." Wu Fu understood the first half of the sentence, stared at Chen Long deeply and said: "Wen Long, I hope you don't become The second Dong Zhuo." Before leaving, Jia Xu said again: "Don't underestimate Zhang Xiu's Kuangsha Lie Musket."
After leaving Shili Temple and returning to the city, Chen Long felt heavy. Jia Xu and Wu Fu's combination was one of many in the world. There was still a long way to go to make these people trust Chen Long's ideal.
It wasn't until he saw Tong Feifei that Chen Long felt better, but Zou was nowhere to be seen. Tong Feifei said: "Sister Zou was personally recalled by Zhang Xiu, saying that Zou needs to rest behind closed doors before the decisive battle."
Chen Long had another layer of worry. Zou was taken as a hostage. It was hard to say whether it was good or bad. The only solution for now is to put aside all distracting thoughts and win the super decisive battle two days later.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
