Zhu Chaoshi gritted his teeth: "Also, I must make it clear in advance that if I face my master, I will just do the same as when I surrendered to him, face the old master and avoid fighting. I can help you recruit troops, and even I’ll help you deal with Liu Daogui, He Wuji, and Liu Yi, but I won’t take action in front of Master.”
Lu Xun's brows furrowed slightly: "Since you have joined the cult, you must obey orders and do whatever you are told. How can you be picky?"
Zhu Chaoshi said with emotion: "As a human being, you should have the foundation of your life. You should not rebel against your benefactor or mentor. This is the bottom line of my Zhu family's life. Whether I join the Beifu Army or the Tianshi Dao, this will not change. If you force I have done such a treasonous thing. Today I can kill my mentor, but tomorrow I will kill you as the leader. Do you still dare to trust someone like me?"
Lu Xun smiled slightly: "You are really a loyal and righteous man, very good, I like loyal people. You are the general of Jingzhou, and you are the one who has enmity with the Beifu army. In the battle to destroy Chu, the Beifu army also killed You have many colleagues, friends, old superiors, etc., don’t you want to avenge them?”
Zhu Chaoshi gritted his teeth: "Everyone is his own master and deserves to die. This is our destiny as soldiers. If I were killed by them in Jingkou City at that time, I would not have any complaints!"
A cold light flashed in Lu Xun's eyes: "Very good, as long as you can understand this, joining the Tianshi Dao will give you a chance of glory and wealth, and will also give you the opportunity to take revenge on the Beifu Army and truly show your talents. Opportunity, but if you want to join the cult, you need to change your mind and prove your loyalty to your brothers, instead of being captured as a last resort and surrendering to the Beifu Army as a last resort."
Zhu Chaoshi said solemnly: "I, the Zhu family, have always promised me a thousand pieces of gold. Today I am not surrendering to you on my own initiative. Instead, I am exhausted and trapped, so I can only submit. If you really have the day to take over the world, there is no need to worry about me leaving. Now I All your options are cut off, what other options do you have?"
Lu Xun said with a smile: "The bandits and bandits have joined the gang, and they will kill the passers-by and merchants in order to surrender. And the last time our divine sect raised an army, we also captured a large number of officers and soldiers from the imperial court. Did they really surrender or were they forced by the situation? We can't tell the difference between surrendering at the moment, but do you know what method we used in the end?"
Zhu Chaoshi's expression changed and he said sternly: "You are not going to let me learn from those people and eat human flesh alive to show my loyalty! If so, I would rather die than join you."
Lu Xun smiled and waved his hand: "That was the former leader, my senior brother Sun En. He did cruel things because he was burdened with hatred for the tragic death of his whole family. He raised the army at that time just for revenge. Not for the world, so in the end he made everyone feel in danger, the enemy refused to surrender, and everyone in the teaching brothers lived in fear and fanaticism. Internal strife continued and people were uneasy, so Liu Yu took advantage of it, so that The great cause of the divine religion almost failed instantly."
A sword-carrying disciple beside Lu Xun said with a smile: "Thanks to Master Lu, he practiced benevolence and righteousness, gave more comfort to the captured enemy soldiers and people, allowed them to come and go freely, and did not kill those who surrendered. This allowed more and more people to surrender." People are willing to follow out of gratitude rather than fear. General Zhu, I was also a member of the army when Sun En forced him to eat human flesh. It was Master Lu who stopped this atrocity and kept us by his side."
Many disciples on the side nodded in agreement, and Zhu Chaoshi sighed: "It's just that Master Lu, you killed a lot of people. In the battle of Guangzhou, you set fire to the city, and the corpses of tens of thousands of people were piled up like a hill. What I see in front of me now is the same. Is such cruelty and cruelty also benevolent and righteous?"
Lu Xun sighed: "You only know one thing about Guangzhou City, but you don't know the other. At that time, our army made a surprise attack. Wu Yinzhi, the governor of Guangzhou, was caught off guard and hurriedly moved a large number of surrounding people into the city. They wanted to resist because of the hot weather. The large number of people caused the epidemic to spread, and a large number of people died in the city. In order to reduce casualties, our army adopted the method of fire attack. Afterwards, a large number of corpses in the city had begun to rot and could not be dealt with at all. They could only be set on fire. This spread to the outside world. Our army was cruel, but it spared Wu Yinzhi, Wang Dan and others who really caused this tragedy. If they hadn't been stubborn and refused to surrender, how could our army have stormed the city and caused so many casualties in the city? Woolen cloth?"
Having said this, Lu Xun paused, pointed at the extinguished piles of corpses behind him, and said: "As for today, all of your subordinates have been poisoned, with gut-wrenching wounds, and the black corpse water , if it is not dealt with for one day, it will cause a plague to the entire radius of a hundred miles. If you pity the corpses of these brothers of yours, why don't you also pity the tens of thousands of people around you?"
Zhu Chaoshi said solemnly: "Can you really do it without killing innocent people, without insulting corpses, and seize the world with just means?"
Lu Xun laughed loudly: "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. My Taoist friends and I all understand this truth. What the Divine Religion wants to establish is a heaven on earth where everyone is happy, not a land of desolation. Even the Beifu Army's Soldiers like you, I can take it for my own use. The only one who really wants revenge is Liu Yu. Of course, even Liu Yu will not lose his position as king if he understands the general trend and is willing to surrender to us. , we still respect the real heroes very much."
Zhu Chaoshi sneered: "My master will never surrender, you should give up this idea."
Lu Xun smiled slightly: "It all depends on man-made circumstances. Back then, he was forced to surrender to Murong Chui and submit to Huan Xuan, wasn't he? As long as we can gain the world in an upright manner, we can also help him realize his ideal of world unity and expel the Hulu. , maybe we can still cooperate. Of course, if you keep you working for the Divine Cult, in the future, maybe we can persuade your master and eldest brother to join the Divine Cult together. Wouldn’t that be better?!”
Zhu Chaoshi was silent for a while and sighed: "Now that things have happened, I have no choice. I can only believe you once. Let me go. I am willing to join the Tianshi Dao."
A smile flashed in Lu Xun's eyes, and he waved his hand: "Come here, give the new disciple Zhu the talisman water!"
Zhu Chaoshi was slightly startled: "Fu Shui, what Fu Shui?"
The disciple who was carrying the sword before smiled and said: "Congratulations to Junior Brother Zhu. This talisman water is a procedure for disciples of the divine sect when they join the sect. It is the divine water made by Master Lu and your master himself. After taking it, you can have magical powers." It refreshes the air, strengthens the muscles and strengthens the body, and trains the body to cultivate immortality. However, it needs to be taken regularly every month to be effective. Moreover, if you are dishonest or have apostasy thoughts in your heart, you will be punished by God and disciplined. What a miserable death!" He said, taking a bowl of "talisman water" and handing it to Zhu Chaoshi.
