Chapter 257
The Lu family immediately had an emergency consultation with Wang Zhi. After the death of his master Zhang Heng, Wang Zhi and several other disciples of the highest generation were already the greatest support for the Lu family. Wang Zhi was by Liu Xiu and had a very close relationship with Liu Xiu. His opinions were more effective than those of the other disciples.
Wang Zhi was very worried. He told Lu that Liu Xiu wanted not the Taoist disciples, but those who were proficient in the techniques of hundreds of schools, and were closer to the Mo family. The Mo family was once a prominent sect, but since the Qin Dynasty unified the world, under the court's unification, the Mo family had declined, and the remaining disciples hid among the people, but did not disappear. They appeared and disappeared from time to time in various other aspects, and some even integrated into other schools. Many rangers may have the shadow of the Mo family behind them.
There are also such people in the Taoist sect. The Five Elements Technique that Liu Xiu learned was named Mozi, which is probably a treasure left by the Mo family. The Mo family is famous for its skilled craftsmen, and it is more reasonable for them to have such treasures.
Wang Zhi was not worried that it would cause trouble when involved in the Mo Sect, but because he was afraid that the chaos in his thoughts would bring division to the Taoist Taoist. People in the Taoist sect believed in Lao Tzu, who emphasized humility and self-suppression, lived in seclusion after leaving the world, did not care about civil affairs, and was not competitive. Liu Xiu needed to be taller and stronger, and his thoughts were contrary to Taoist thoughts.
If they accept the conditions of Liu Xiu, how can they explain to believers when they preach morality in the future? Is the Taoist sect still a Taoist sect? Isn’t that the Mo Sect covered with a Taoist sect?
This is also the problem that Lu is worried about.
The two found Liu Xiu again, explaining their concerns. Liu Xiu asked them back, that is the reason why you Taoism lost to Confucianism. This world is a world where the strong prey on the weak. You just want to slaughter your martial arts. Who will die if you don’t die? Wang Zhi, what kind of sword skills do you practice every day? Just find a cave in the mountains and seal yourself up to practice turtle breathing.
Lu said, Lao Tzu said, because it does not fight, the world should not fight with it. Zhuangzi said, the big tree was cut down because it was useful, and the crooked tree lived for thousands of years because it was useless. Before she finished speaking, Liu Xiu directly retorted, I now know very clearly to you, if you are useless to me, I will destroy you first. If you are useful to me, I will support you, and everyone will develop together, understand?
Lu's family was completely silent.
Seeing their angry and anxious look, Liu Xiu was both angry and funny. He took a breath and said to Lu: "This is the case. I guess it is impossible for you to turn around in a row. I need a large number of skilled craftsmen now, especially doctors who understand medical skills, blacksmiths who make weapons, and people with experience in planting fruit trees. You can find more for me. For the differences in thought, let us put aside. In any case, our attitudes are consistent in preaching to ordinary people. As for scholars, we still have time, so let's discuss it slowly.
When Lu heard that he was relieved, she breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that Liu Xiu would regret it, so she immediately arranged for people to prepare and urgently transferred capable personnel from Hemingshan to Bingzhou to establish Jingluhe Prefecture. Two days later, more than 500 believers of Tianshi Taoist who came from Longxi, Northland and Xihe arrived. They were all brave men of Bingliang who had certain riding and shooting skills. After a simple test, Liu Xiu was very satisfied and assigned them all to Zhang Fei. At the same time, he appointed Zhang Xiu, a little Taoist who came from Luoyang, who heard the news, to help Zhang Fei manage these personal guards, mainly Taoists.
Liu Xiu immediately led the army to Manbo, and Yu Gudu Hou accompanied him with his troops.
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He Lian was not very clear when he heard the words Adela brought back, but after seeing the words written by Liu Xiu, he understood them all. His white face, which was different from the grassland people, suddenly turned red with anger. He gritted his teeth, squeezed out a few words from his teeth, and smiled grimly: "I want to lie to me just a plan of disagreement? He underestimated the people on our grasslands, thinking that we are all barbarians who don't know anything."
Adella looked at Helian carefully. She was too familiar with Helian. Liu Xiu's words were obviously stinging with Helian's heart. Helian showed such an expression. As for what he said on his lips, he was just afraid that someone would listen to him. He always suspected that someone would monitor him, so what he was thinking in his heart was rarely said. Even if he talked to her, he could only be truly credible if he said something to him.
But he seemed to have been talking to her for a long time and not so close.
"The wind and snow are still in the big city?" He Lian asked Adella with his head tilted.
When Fengxue mentioned, Adella's eyes turned red. She could not remember Fengxue's plea for her at all. She only knew that when she was played with by countless Han soldiers in the baggage camp, Fengxue dressed like a princess and brought a few Han army guards to the baggage camp to see her.
"Of course she was blocked in the big city. She just wanted to block the big city. If she hadn't informed her, how could the Han people know our whereabouts?"
"She tells me?" He Lian was surprised and raised his slender eyebrows.
"Who else isn't her? After the Han people robbed us, the Han man named Liu Xiu hugged her all the way. She had never been a prisoner for a day. She ran around like a mistress all day, and was intimate with the damn Han man... and made me blush, a shameless bad woman."
"Is this happening?" He Lian's face turned dizzy, and a blue vein twitched in the corners of his eyes.
"Not." Adela was filled with righteous indignation and then accused Fengxue of her crime. Since she regarded Fengxue as a traitor at the beginning, naturally any suspicious place became evidence, and even the Iron Wolf became Liu Xiu's guard and participated in all Liu Xiu's battles.
He Lian could no longer hold it back and tore Liu Xiu's letter into pieces and threw it all into the fire pit. "I want to kill her, I want to kill her, I want to destroy the entire Niu Head Tribe."
"You want to kill Fengli?" Adela was startled: "The king and the coach Murong are both his good friends."
"Murrong Feng? Humph." He Lian grinned and suddenly fell silent. He stopped saying a word. He sat there alone in meditating, and did not move for a long time. Only his eyes, which were more white and less black, moved from time to time.
Adella didn't dare to move. Whenever He Lian showed this expression, he was a very aggressive beast. If he violated him, he would probably be attacked extremely cruelly. She had not had such concerns before, but now she could not guarantee that He Lian would take her seriously.
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When Liu Xiu arrived at Manbu, the Qiangqu that had received the news came out fifty miles away. As soon as he saw Liu Xiu, he came with him. Liu Xiu grinned and said, "Youxian King, you are so arrogant. We fight the Xianbei people hard and fight to the death. You hide in Manbu and enjoy the blessings."
Qiang Qu was very embarrassed and looked at the Yu Gudu Hou behind Liu Xiu, "My joking, I was not at the right time and could not witness the Emperor defeating the Xianbei people again. I was envious when I saw that I was the Yu Gudu Hou."
When Yu Guduhou patted the Thirty-Still Qinggang's head-turned sword on his waist, he said with some satisfaction: "Don't be envious of the Lord Youxian. I actually didn't have time to join the war. When I arrived at Shuofang City, the Lord had already defeated the Xianbei people. Although he sent two thousand people to follow the Lord to fight Duan Song, unfortunately he just looked around. The Lord's Changshui Camp is too brave, with 5,000 or more, which is so easy that it is unimaginable that I have made no contribution. However, the Lord is generous, not only giving me the spoils of war, but also thanking me for a treasure knife."
He showed off to the others: "See, the authentic man is thirty-year-old."
Qiang Qu cursed himself secretly, ignoring the somewhat flattered Marquis of Gudu, snatched the reins of Liu Xiu, and bowed to Liu Xiu and said, "Sir, please, I heard that I am coming. I have cleaned up Manber City and are waiting for my lord's lord."
"Then it's time for the Right Xian King." Liu Xiu did not refuse and entered Manber City side by side with the Right Xian King.
This was Liu Xiu's second time to come to Manber City. He also lived in the yard where he lived last time. All the Huns lived outside the city. First, they were used to living in tents, and second, Manber was the camp of Duliao Camp. Without the call of General Duliao, they could not enter Manber City at will, and even fifty miles away. This time, they were ordered to fight with Liu Xiu, so that they could only stay outside Manber City.
As soon as Liu Xiu stopped, he immediately asked the Right Xianwang and the officials who stayed at the Duliao Camp for the war on the front line. Jiuyuan City was still fighting fiercely, but the Xianbei people had no means to attack the city, and the morale in Jiuyuan City was strong. So far, there was no hope of breaking the city. The battle in the clouds was fierce, but Murong Feng seemed to be unable to win the battle. Tian Yan won both Wujin and Chengle, and had driven Murong Feng to the north of the Huangganshui.
Hao Zhao quickly marked the locations of both sides on the map. Liu Xiu looked at the map, not knowing whether it was joy or sorrow. If Murong Feng was really defeated, then of course it would be better. When the battle reached this point, Murong Feng was driven to Yunzhong County. But what if he lured the enemy into the depths? Then Tian Yan was very dangerous now. The Xianbei people were mainly cavalrymen, and one or two hundred miles were not a problem for them. However, there were a large number of walking and baggage soldiers among the men led by Tian Yan and Shanyu. Tian Yan pursued him so quickly, it was very likely that he had already distanced himself from the baggage soldiers, leaving room for sneak attacks for the Xianbei people.
Logically speaking, since he saw a problem, he should remind Tian Yan or go forward to make up for defense and protect Tian Yan's left wing, so that Murong Feng could not easily attack Tian Yan's baggage camp. However, when he thought of Tian Yan's temper, he was very worried that if Murong Feng did not come, he would have a grudge against Tian Yan instead.
He hesitated until he finished dinner and was still weighing the matter. Feng Xue saw that his thick eyebrows were so frowning that he couldn't decide, and finally said to him, "That Lord Tian is definitely not the opponent of Uncle Murong. You should go and save him quickly, otherwise it will be too late. Uncle Murong is similar to you in a war, either not to take action, or to take action is a fatal blow, and you will never show mercy."
"Is that?" Liu Xiu asked subconsciously and made a decision in a moment. He immediately stood up, summoned a few Sima meetings, ordered to rest in Manber today for a night, and set off immediately tomorrow to prepare for everyone to fight. Xu Huang and Lu Bu set off immediately, and then worked alone for a long time, and then relaxed, as if they had put down all their burdens, and a smile appeared on their faces.
"Fengxue, if Murong Feng's layout is resolved this time, you will be the first contribution."
Feng Xue smiled, but she smiled very ugly, and didn't dare to look into Liu Xiu's eyes. She sat alone for a while, "He must be very angry when I betray Uncle Murong like this."
Liu Xiu laughed silently. He reached out to pinch Fengxue's nose and shook: "Silly girl, do you really think I don't know the characteristics of Murong Feng's military use? If you don't say it, I will do this, but your words have made me less worry." Seeing that Fengxue didn't believe it, he turned his eyes and then acted like a charlatan, condensed the virtual fire from his fingertips, pretending to recite a few spells, and said in a solemn and sacred voice: "I am the messenger of light, and I have seen through all things in the world. What is the only Murong Feng worthy of it?"
"Swish!" Feng Xue couldn't help laughing, then put away her smile again, and prayed: "Allah, forgive this sinner who does not believe in Allah."
When Liu Xiu saw it, he let go of his hand in depression. He just jumped out of the pit of guilt for family affection and fell into the pit of guilt for gods. It was really boring. He pulled Fengxue over, looked anxious, and said with his teeth and claws: "Little beauty, this is our Han Dynasty. I'd better teach you the gods of the Han Dynasty the most. I guarantee you will be happy..."
Fengxue smiled and struggled, "What does it mean to be happy to be happy?"
Liu Xiu was stunned, and then he remembered that Adou had not yet been born, and the famous saying "Lei Bu Si Shu" had not appeared. But this would not hurt him. Feng Xue didn't know so much. "Lei Bu Si Shu means that you can enjoy it so much that you don't want to go home, just like Mrs. Lu, you are so happy that you don't want to go back to Shu, which is called "Lei Bu Si"."
"Sir, what can make me happy?" Lu's voice appeared at the door. When he saw Liu Xiu and Feng Xue holding each other and fighting, Liu Xiu's hands were still very dishonest, Lu was stunned. Two red glows suddenly flew onto Bai Chen's face, hurriedly retreated, stood at the steps outside the door, and said repeatedly: "I am rash, please forgive me."
Feng Xue was embarrassed and broke away from Liu Xiu's hand, got up and ran away in a hurry. Liu Xiu's face was also red, but he was not as tender as Feng Xue after all. After tidying up for a while, he stood up and opened the door: "Madam, please come in."
The blush on Lu's face had not yet faded. She entered the door and entered the seat, but she still didn't know where to start. Liu Xiu was naturally so he took tea from the fire pit, poured a cup for Lu, and then poured himself a cup. Then he asked, "Madam, come to see me, what's wrong?"
Lu's first was a little unnatural, but soon calmed down. She told Liu Xiu that she had thought about Liu Xiu for a long time and felt that she still couldn't make a suitable reason to turn the corner. She always wanted to come to Liu Xiu for advice. She didn't need to be so anxious, but she just heard Wang Zhi say that Liu Xiu would go to war tomorrow and leave Manber.
"As soon as the lord goes to war, I don't know how many days it will take. I'm afraid that it will take too long to delay, so I rushed over. Unexpectedly... it's rude."
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm having fun with that girl." Liu Xiu was indeed a little regretful, but it was not that serious. He subconsciously twisted his fingertips, thinking about Lu's problem, thinking about how to untie the knot, but he didn't notice that his hand was the hand that was just about to sneak attack Feng Xue's chest. At this moment, he opened and closed, as if he was still savoring the feeling of kneading. In his eyes, Lu blushed again, and quickly lowered his head and covered his face with tea.
"What's wrong with madam?" Liu Xiu asked inexplicably: "Is the fire so hot?"
"Ah? Ah, it's a little hot." Lu had to follow his words.
When Lu Bu and the others entered Liu Xiu's house, they would get used to taking off their cloaks, especially Lu Bu, who liked to take off all the battle robe outside to reveal the strong chest muscles inside. Liu Xiu was used to it. He thought about Lu's problem at this moment, but he didn't think too much about it. He said casually: "There are no outsiders here, so take off the clothes outside."
Lu was stunned and subconsciously said "ah". Liu Xiu was shocked and then reacted and said quickly: "I mean you... you can take off your cloak and take off your cloak. Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, madam."
Lu was embarrassed, so she had to take off her cloak and fold it aside. She wore a Shu brocade robe with a big red grape five-fu branch pattern inside, with a knife-shaped swallowtail and a tie on her chest, and the close-fitting cut perfectly set off her slightly plump figure. Because of her kneeling, when she lowered her head to thank her, her neck was slightly opened, revealing a small white neck.
Lu's neck is very beautiful, slender and straight, and her two collarbones are looming. Maybe because she has breastfeeded two children, her breasts are very plump, but her long-term practice has remained firm and has no sagging tendency. It is a kind of beauty that is very consistent with Liu Xiu's aesthetics.
Liu Xiu saw too many beautiful women who did not wear clothes in his previous life. After this life, except for the time when he saw Wang Chu's back, he rarely had a stunning feeling at any time even when he entered the palace. On the one hand, he had too much experience and aesthetic fatigue, and on the other hand, it was also related to the aesthetic views of modern people. For example, he really disliked the very exaggerated makeup of women today. In his opinion, two blushing and a little lips had nothing to do with beauty. On the contrary, women who did not apply makeup were more attractive.
Wang Chu rarely wears makeup. She is born with beauty and lotus is produced by clear water. Lu rarely wears makeup. She is a Taoist practitioner and does not care about the beauty and ugliness outside. Her beauty is the aura brought by long-term practice, and may also have subtle improvements to her physical fitness.
Usually, Lu's family is very plain and looks a bit unparalleled. He is high above, which makes people feel a bit solemn. At this moment, her cheeks are flushed, and the fairy falls into the world. Not only can she see it from afar, but also play with it nearby. The natural shyness made Liu Xiu very moved.
"This..." Liu Xiu licked his lips, feeling a little dry, so he quickly picked up the tea and took a sip, and found a topic: "Madam, how is the sales of Shuzhong tea?"
"It's okay." Lu raised his hand, gently covered his heart, and continued to follow Liu Xiu's words: "More and more people have drunk tea over the years, but the profit is low, and not many people are willing to do it. Most of them are for the people in Shu." She slowly regained her calmness and continued: "Drinking alcohol is not conducive to meditation, so people in the Taoist sect often drink tea and like to drink clean tea."
The meaning of clean tea she said is tea without other seasonings. There are also people in Luoyang who drink tea, but they have to add ginger, salt and other ingredients when drinking tea, which is very different from the way they drink it in later generations. Liu Xiu was very uncomfortable. He barely found a cup of clean tea brought by Lu's previous life and stole the taste of half a day of leisure.
The two of them started talking about tea, slowly regained their calmness, and their tone gradually became relaxed. Lu talked about her concerns again. Liu Xiu thought for a while and had some answers. He said, I remember that in the Book of Changes, one yin and one yang are called Tao. Lao Tzu's Tao seems to be soft, but not all of them are soft. He said that he does not fight, but the purpose is that no one in the world can fight with it. If you only talk about softness and humility, is it just talking about yin and not yang, which is biased? Heaven moves vigorously, gentlemen strive for self-improvement, the earth is quiet, and gentlemen carry things with virtue. Just say that the secret art in the room that you believe is the highest Taoist secret art, also requires a man and a woman, and there is no saying that only women and not men.
Speaking of this, Liu Xiu was a little embarrassed, but Lu was very calm. She listened quietly to Liu Xiu's analysis and nodded from time to time to echo or argue. Finally, she suddenly asked a question: "Sir, what do you mean by the state education...?"
"The state religion is like Confucianism, which has become the Taoist sect that dominates the thoughts of scholars across the country." Liu Xiu said cautiously: "I think back to the time when Emperor Ji of the Han Dynasty first came into being, wasn't Huang Lao Dao the ruler?"
"Is this... possible?" Lu was a little unconfident.
"Maybe, but you have to change some of Huang Lao Dao's misconceptions first." Liu Xiu coughed, "Huang Lao once dominated the Han Dynasty for 70 years and finally defeated Confucianism. There are some truths here that you must think about. Madam, politics is changed due to the changes of time, so this is called adapting to heaven and following people, and Tao following nature."
Lu frowned. She was a woman and had never thought of turning the Tianshi Tao into such a great cause as the National Cult. She just wanted to preserve this foundation after her husband Zhang Heng died and allow her son Zhang Lu to successfully inherit the Tianshi Tao. If Zhang Heng was still there, he would definitely be very interested in Liu Xiu's words, but for her, this task was obviously too heavy.
What Liu Xiu gave her was more than she hoped for, but instead made her hesitate, fearing that she could not afford it.
"Madam, that's the future. You should think about preaching in Bingzhou first." After hearing Lu's concern, Liu Xiu comforted him and said, "If you want to open up the situation in Bingzhou, you will not be able to do it without ten years. By then, your son Zhang Lu has become an adult, and maybe you don't need to run around anymore."
Only then did Lu feel relieved.
"By the way, I heard that my wife is good at divination. I wonder if she can divine me?"
"Sir, are you suspicious?" Lu put down the burden in his heart, his expression became relaxed, and said to Liu Xiu in a joking tone: "I heard that the adults are resourceful and good at decisive, decisive, and do not believe in Taoism in normal times. There are no things that cannot be solved to ask God for divination."
"Who can undoubtedly live?" Liu Xiu smiled, "Help me test what my future is in Bingzhou."
Lu nodded, took out a few brightly polished copper coins, fiddled with them in her hand, and scattered them on the table. She looked at her for a while, calculated a few times, and raised her eyebrows: "Congratulations, the fish in the abyss, when they met the weathered dragon, Yuan Henryzhen, good luck, sir, you will definitely win the flag and succeed!"
Liu Xiu laughed: "If you borrow the auspicious words from your wife, you will definitely live up to your wife."
But Lu shook his head: "Sir, do you really understand what I mean?"
Liu Xiu was stunned. He was just a joke, so he would not take it seriously. Now seeing Lu talking seriously, he couldn't help but be surprised. "What does Madam... mean?"!!!
Chapter completed!