Lan Ruochan

Chapter 12 Heroes at the End of the Road Come to Disaster

Compared with Chang'an guarding the pass, and going west to Xiaosan is Di, Luoyang's geographical location naturally has a safer strategic depth for the Central Plains farming empire.

Leaving aside the Xia and Shang dynasties,

(The author's case, waiting for the follow-up works of this series to expand the origin of the ancient capital of ancient Chang'an Luoyang in detail.)
The king of Zhou was conquered by Di, and the capital of the country was moved from Haojing to Luoyi;
The king of Qin bestowed Luoyang, the old city of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, on his father Lu Buwei;

Han Guangwu Zhongxing abandoned Chang'an for Luoyang;

Dong Zhuo burned the palace city of Luoyang, Cao Cao served as king, and was forced to move his capital to Xu for a short time.

After the old city was rebuilt, Luoyang was still the capital of the Wei and Jin dynasties;

During the period of the Five Husbands, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was well-dressed and traveled southward, did not give up its claim to ownership of Luoyang, and still respected it as Zhongjing.

Before the Jiangbei countries had no absolute strength to deny the orthodox inheritance of the Central Plains royal family, they also humbly avoided setting their capitals in Luoyang.

Until the Tuoba family was born and ruled Jiangbei, and Liu Song in the south killed the king and usurped the throne within a year, losing the reputation of abdicating orthodoxy.

Yuanhong, king of the Shang Wei Dynasty, who devoted himself to following the Han system and respecting the Han ceremony, came up with the idea of ​​moving the capital to Luoyang again.

According to legend, Qinling is a dragon vein.

Chang'an is the leader, and the land of three assistants can guarantee Chang'an in the world.

Tuobahong catered to Buddhism, got advice from an eminent monk, dug a dragon gate, and led the dragon head east to explore Luoyang, so as to revitalize the prosperity of the Central Plains.

I don't know if it's the effect of the Longmen, or the large number of inland migrants.

After a hundred years of troubled times ravaged by the Hu people, the prosperity of Luoyang, which was described by Zuo Caizi in the past as "confused in all directions, with a very different appearance", was reappeared after Yuan Hong ascended the throne.

Don't say it's Qingyun at this moment, even Dianzhi was shocked by the prosperity of the Xiongcheng in front of him.

The bazaars are continuous, the pavilions are row upon row, the travel is shoulder-to-shoulder, and there is a lot of traffic. Such a city, even the capital Jiankang of the Southern Dynasties is far behind.

"Us, where are we going?"

After Qingyun entered the city, he was completely taken aback after only passing a few intersections.

At that time, Xuzhou was considered a relatively large city.

But if you climb the city wall of Xuzhou, you can still have a panoramic view of the whole city.

There are only three or two inns and post houses in the city, and there are only a few markets.

So when he entered Xuzhou City, Qingyun didn't feel at a loss, opened his mouth under his nose, and asked casually, food, lodging, travel and transportation were not difficult to solve.

But as soon as he entered Luoyang, hehe, Qingyun immediately fell into the ultimate philosophical question of where I came from and where I was going.

In fact, it can't help him too much.

Although he was not as embarrassed as Qingyun, he was not very familiar with Luoyang, so he said to Hu Caiting, "Fourth sister, let's find a place to live first."

Cai Ting looked at the expressions of the two with a smirk,
"Hey, since you've been invited to Luo Jing, how can you be unprepared?
Some courtyards in Lu's Mansion were empty, and someone had already packed them up. At this time, even the dinner party was probably ready. "

The corners of Yin Seke's mouth raised slightly, as if I had known this before.

Cai Ting caught a glimpse of it naturally, but didn't say much.

In fact, she also expected that Gai Kun would not participate in this negotiation with Tangun, but since Yin Seke appeared, it could more or less represent the meaning of Gai's family.

As long as he keeps her by his side, he will naturally add weight to the faction he supports.

For this alliance of sects, the Supporting Lu faction naturally thinks that it is better to cook the raw rice before the descendants of the Tan family appear.

After all, with the current situation, the confidence to overwhelm the Cui family is still very optimistic in the eyes of the Lv supporters.

The residence of the Lu family in Luoyang is not considered large, because Lu Wenzu, the patriarch of the Lu family, lives in the outer capital of Cao Zuo, and is resident in Wuchuan. This is just a separate courtyard.

Cao Zuo, the foreign capital, was scattered in the middle of the incident. This official name sounds very convoluted now, and it doesn't look like a high-ranking official, but in fact he holds power.

The word Ducao indicates the function of supervision, and Zhongsan doctor has administrative powers. This official position combines the responsibilities of Sili and Zhongsan in the Han Dynasty.

And Wuchuan is one of the most important military towns in Wei State. It is the first of the "six northern towns" defending the old capital Pingcheng, and it is the key gateway to defend Rouran.

At that time Wei Guo had two main opponents in the military,
Nan Xiaoqi,
North Rouran,
Wuchuan is an important city for defending Rouran.

It is not an exaggeration to say that whoever wins Wuchuan will win half of Wei State.

Only a hundred years later, the Northern Wei Dynasty perished in the Six Towns, and two emperors emerged from Wuchuan.

At this moment, the person who came to meet the four of them was Lu Wenzu's deputy general named Jin Zhongjian.

This general Jin is obese, dressed in Taoist robes, and his belly is as round as a ball, especially when he smiles, his facial features are almost squeezed out of his face by the fat.

From the appearance alone, it is really difficult to connect with the warriors who straddle horses and wear armor.

But when he took a step forward, he walked like a dragon and a tiger, his movements were quick and neat, and he could tell at a glance that he was a hidden master.

In the hall, the banquet is ready at this time. There is a main table in the middle, and there are four seats and four tables on each side.

The four seats on the right were naturally prepared for four guests including Qing Yun.

And there were already two people sitting in the four seats on the left, so they stood up quickly at this moment, and Jin Zhongjian introduced them one by one.

One of them was Gao Shusheng, the representative of the Gao family, and the other was Lu Yichen, the concubine son of Lu Wenzu.

Lu Wenzu is on one side, and his main family is in Wuchuan, so he can't go back to Luojing without a transfer order. Lu Yichen was looking after this other building.

Qingyun was thinking about who would be the seat for when a middle-aged man came out from the back house.

The man was wearing a casual silk shirt, his eyes were piercing, his beard was upside down, and he spoke like chime bells, instantly gathering everyone's attention,
"very good!

The successors of Junior Brother Qing and Junior Brother Gai arrived together, and brought a guest of honor from the Taoist sect.

Caiting, you little girl really has some skills! "

Hu Caiting suddenly opened his eyes wide and said in surprise,

"Master Lu! What are you doing, you've already returned to Beijing?

I heard that King Wei had just set off on his way to Songshan Mountain. Could it be that the crown prince issued a transfer order? "

"Oh? Miss Hu's news is well-informed.

The king of Wei was fortunate to sacrifice Songshan to Taiping, but it happened recently.

How can the prince have any reason to call the border military officials to Beijing at this time?
It's just that I didn't want to delay the important matters in the family, so I could go back to Beijing secretly last night. "

Zu Tingzhi's eyebrows furrowed, and he thought to himself: Foreign military ministers leave guard without permission and enter Beijing privately, according to the law, they should be executed!
This Lu Wenzu did not shy away from it at this time, he must have the intention of forcing everyone present to express their views.

Either from him, or possibly be restricted for that matter.

Sure enough, Lu Yichen immediately took over the conversation,
"My father's return to Beijing this time is a top secret, and it is out of sincerity that he came out to entertain all of you fellow disciples.

The big event in the door is coming soon, I don't know if you brothers and sisters, do you have any intentions? "

Hu Caiting was the first to embrace with both fists, and already answered,

"My teacher has already ordered me to follow Master Lu's lead."

Zu Dianzhi was an outsider in the first place, so he didn't need to express his opinion, so he lowered his head and grabbed the glass to pour the wine.

The color of the wine is bright red, but it is made from grapes that are very rare in the Central Plains.I didn't know it at this time, so I shook the wine cup gently, carefully identifying the color of the wine and the sporadic floating pulp, as if I was studying what raw materials were used to ferment this fruity and fragrant wine.

"I, I was originally a hostage, so I have no objection."

Yin Seke put his right arm on the table, supporting his cheek, his gaze seemed to be very resentful.

So Lu Yichen's fiery eyes jumped over the two of them, and landed on Qingyun, full of anticipation.

And a stream of autumn water in Hucai Pavilion is also looking at it.

Under the staring ceremony with one side rustling and the other side red, Qing Yun seemed completely unaware,
"Uncle Chen, he should have arrived in Luojing before us, right?

I came north with my senior sister this time, originally to find Uncle Chen. "

"Oh? Chen Daoju also came to Luojing?"

Lu Wenzu stroked his beard, obviously quite vigilant about this news.

Cai Ting let out an oh, and nodded in response,

"Uncle Chen is indeed here, but he still has some private matters to attend to, so I'm afraid he won't show up for a while.

Uncle Shi has already revealed to me that Uncle Shi has lived in seclusion all these years, not even confiscated one of his disciples, and did not even teach his son swordsmanship, so he is not qualified to compete for the position of Tangun.

Uncle Shi believes that as long as the new Tangun can give an account of what happened back then, he has no objections. "

Qingyun couldn't help wondering at this moment, why didn't the senior sister say these words earlier, but hurriedly brought him to Luojing first?
Just as he was about to ask, Cai Ting accidentally knocked over the wine cup, spilling spring red all over his body.

Such a small embarrassment is a bit indecent for a woman, Cai Ting hastily retreated into the inner hall with a face of embarrassment.

His heart was clear, he shook his head and thought to himself: this fourth younger sister, at the beginning, brother Qing was brought here first just because he was the representative of the Qing and Chen sects.

At this time, seeing that his feet were exposed, he used an excuse to avoid brother Qing's inquiry.

Hey, it seems that I was not mistaken.

However, if that's all, it won't cause any major problems.

As long as I wait for Uncle Chen to hand Qingyun over to him in peace, the matter will be over.

At this time, a young man came to report from outside the door, saying that Sun Jijiu had arrived.

Lu Wenzu hurriedly stood up to greet him.

The person who came was called Sun Shiyuan. Although he was only in his thirties, he was of a very high seniority.

Su Zhang Sun Pang Tian, ​​these five foreign surnames all came from Guigu's family in the past.

Sun's lineage originated from Sun Bin, who had served as generals in the army for generations. At this time, the Zongzhi served under the account of the Murong family, a prominent Xianbei family.

The eldest brother, Sun Shiyuan, is mainly responsible for the family's internal affairs, while the second son, Sun Shao, is the guard with a heavy hand.

The Lu and Sun families join forces, not to mention fighting for the head of the sect, I am afraid that even if they are born with the heart of coveting the world, they have a chance of winning.

The Lu family has gathered such strength at this time, in fact, there is no need for a few juniors to express their opinions.

Lu Wenzu's intention to win over these young people was just to make them stand up. After all, behind these young people are all neutral forces with considerable weight in Tanzong.

That's why Lu Wenzu didn't take Qingyun and Yin Seke's vague answers to heart.

He still warmly greeted everyone to take their seats, and when the Caiting was changed into seats again, he brought up the main dishes one after another.

A bronze gui with animal patterns was placed on each person's table, with a cover on the gui, and a glutton perched on top of the cover, with its mouth wide open, which made people feel hungry immediately.

Occasionally some steam spewed out from the gap of the gui lid, presumably some food with soup was still boiling.

At this time, the copper gui is naturally hot all over and cannot be touched.

But Lu Wenzu is already very interested in introducing to everyone how he bought the old ginseng from Xianbei Mountain in Wuchuan, the wolfberry from Hexi, and stewed it with the fresh lamb leg from Chilechuan for a day.

Speaking of the soft taste, it only made everyone's teeth sore, and they wished they could take out the leg of lamb and take a few bites right away.

When it comes to the rich meaty aroma, the listener's saliva is dripping under the tongue, but they are too embarrassed to swallow and make a sound, so they can only raise their necks one by one. It seems that they are listening with gusto, but in fact it is to relax the throat and let the body fluid flow into the abdomen.

This person who is full of body fluids is even hungrier, seeing the eyes of the people are almost suffocated, he is afraid that he will be able to swallow the whole leg of lamb like a glutton as soon as the banquet starts.

Lu Wenzu felt that the copper gui should have cooled down almost, so he ordered his servants to cover it with bamboo clips to open the banquet.

The first one to lift the lid was naturally the copper gui in front of Sun Jijiu.

Sun Jijiu's eyebrows were all in one place with a smile early on, and when he lifted the two chopsticks, his index finger kept shaking, obviously looking forward to it.

But at the moment when the gluttonous copper lid was lifted, Sun Jijiu's expression suddenly changed, and two ivory chopsticks were shaken to the ground one after another.

I saw a rooster's head protruding slowly from the gui, with the rooster's comb lightly fluttering, and a silk ghost painting amulet in the middle of its forehead, a pair of protruding corns stared closely at Sun Jijiu, and even let out a long growl!
The sound was heart-piercing and lasted for a long time.

Surprised, Lu Wenzu stretched out his hand and brushed off the lid of the copper gui on his desk, and it turned out to be a chicken head, raising its head and howling.

What a weird sight a crowing chicken head emerges from the hot soup?
The two girls in Yin Se Ke Hu Cai Ting changed their colors at the same time, hugging their heads in rustle, Qing Yun was also startled and at a loss what to do.

Only Li Zhizheng lifted the lid, grabbed the chicken head in the gui, and picked it up. A stomach pouch was wrapped under the chicken head, leaving only one air hole. The inside of the stomach pouch seemed to be buried with copper. bamboo slices.

When the copper cover is pressed, the stomach pouch must be deflated. Once someone removes the copper cover, the few copper-clad bamboo pieces will spring up and open the stomach pouch, sucking air through the pre-emptied chicken neck.

A bamboo whistle-like structure is added under the modified air port, so it can make a sharp cry.

Everyone here is a martial artist.

Especially all the gentlemen, seeing his high skill and boldness, they gathered around to watch him talk while dismantling, exposing the tricks of ghosts in front of him.

Although the two women didn't dare to look at it, they both pricked up their ears and listened secretly.

Lu Wenzu heard it clearly, snorted coldly, tore off the silk talisman, and asked Junzhi,

"Zu Shaoxia, you are a Taoist, can you recognize this ghost talisman?"

Ji Zhi glanced at it and said disdainfully,
"This is just an ordinary reminder, there is no sect at all.

Although I am in the Taoist sect, I don't believe in these bluffing tricks. "

"Fate talisman, Cui Ming talisman?

Could it be that the Cui family made a fool of themselves and came to seek our misfortune? "

Although Lu Wenzu didn't start to thoroughly investigate the subordinates, he also knew that since the other party could make such a big disturbance in his own territory, there must be powerful behind-the-scenes manipulators, and there would be no obvious lies.

And he just came back from Wuchuan, so he couldn't find any clues for a while.

So he gave Sun Jijiu and his son a look. These two people have been staying in Luojing. If someone deliberately wants to look good to them, they should be more aware of the wind than themselves.

Sun Jijiu sneered,
"Although there is no evidence right now.

But the only ones who have the guts, ability, and motivation to do this are the Cui family.Hmph, a reminder!

I want to see how he urges..."

Sun Jijiu's voice suddenly became slurred, and then gradually solidified, solidified into black blood clots, overflowing from his facial features.

The last few sounds of the words seemed to say "my life...",
But the sound ho ho ho was like the last call of a drowning man.

Others could barely tell from his distorted expression, trembling of his lips and teeth, and strange gurgling.

"Bang... bang... bang..." Three bangs sounded at long intervals. It was just the beginning of the night, and one person was killed, and everyone in the hall was deeply worried.

"Poison, poison? How is it possible!"

After a brief silence, Lu Wenzu roared frantically.

Although the staple food was tampered with, no one touched a single chopstick.

Wine, is it wine?

Lu Wenzuxin brought a servant girl to Sun Jijiu's case, his eyes were red, he squeezed the servant girl's jaws open like a demon, and poured the wine down.

Pity a weak girl who doesn't know martial arts, how can she resist?
Seeing that he was choking and coughing repeatedly, his mouth and nose were runny, but most of the jug of wine was swallowed into his stomach.

Lu Wenzu's hands still did not loosen, he let those jade feet keep struggling in the air.

The servant girl tried to insert her finger into her throat several times, but her throat was caught by someone, so she couldn't bow her head and vomit.

The fear of death gnawed at the little girl's sanity, she coughed hysterically, shouted, and cried, her voice seemed to be as shrill and desperate as the chicken crowing in the soup just now.

Such miserable howls lasted for more than half of the stick of incense, and everyone felt as if they were in hell with their tongues pulled out, and their eardrums were rubbed by the screaming, but no one dared to stop it.

The shouting has been going on for a long time, and the breath is not diminished.

Not wine?
what is that?
Is it really that ghost talisman?

The eyes of the people in the hall were full of fear and confusion.

Until screaming and seeing Lu Yichen suddenly straighten up, blood gushes from the seven orifices, and slowly collapses, and the erratic brilliance in the eyes gradually dims.

Snapped!
A copper lamp stand was knocked over to the ground, the candles wept on the ground, and the flames flickered.

The mournful cries in the hall suppressed Wan Lai's groans, and only then did someone notice a young servant rushing up the hall like a bereaved dog.
"Master, it's not good! There are a large army of soldiers and horses surrounding the gate of the house!"

"What? Who!"

Lu Wenzu's canthus was completely cracked, and the pain of losing his son tore his liver and gallbladder. How can there be reason to restrain the demons in his heart?

He didn't listen to the servant's answer, he just grabbed the side hall, drew a steel sword, and strode out of the hall aggressively.

Qingyun looked at the back, as if he caught a glimpse of a live flash woman, killing one person in ten steps, and never staying behind for thousands of miles.

Dye the plain robe with blood, sacrifice children to comfort the spirits.

If anyone dared to block him at this time, regardless of gods, buddhas and monsters, he would definitely kill them like this.

Naturally, no one would dare to block this evil star with their physical bodies.

On the two corridors of the courtyard, on the roof and on the top of the wall, layers of soldiers have long stood,

Arrows at the same time,
The bow is full.

Even though he, Lu Wenzu, has three heads and six arms, with two wings on his back to climb the clouds, he still could not escape a full-angle volley.

He wasn't afraid of death, but he didn't want to die for no apparent reason.

He doesn't even know who the enemy is, so he just acts like a dead ghost in a daze, he doesn't feel angry, he doesn't want to, he can't!

So he stopped, arched his back slightly, scanned the surroundings with his blood-red eyes, and let out a low roar like a beast,

"Who! Who is it!"

"Lu Wenzu!

As an officer stationed abroad, you took advantage of the dragon to drive out of Beijing, and came here without permission. Can you be convicted of a crime?

Don't give up your weapons and surrender quickly. Do you want to use force to violate the ban and resist the law? "

Among the soldiers, one person walked out slowly, wearing a high crown and a black robe, and wearing a court uniform, which meant that the current scene was an official business ordered by the imperial court.

"Gao Yushi? You? Why are you?"

After finishing speaking, he looked back from the corner of his eyes, trying to see Gao Shusheng's attitude clearly.

The person who came was Gao Daoyue, who came from a branch of the Gao family. He was an official censor lieutenant, and had the right to supervise the military officials of the court.

Seeing Lu Wenzu's appearance like this, he couldn't help frowning,
"Received the official letter to report the military attache, if it wasn't my officer, which one should it be?
Where is the responsibility, why not come?

But you, Dr. Lu, why did you come to Beijing privately, and you are still in such a mess right now? "

Although Lu Wenzu was rough and bold by nature, he spent a lot of time in the officialdom.

He panted heavily, trying to slow down his heartbeat as much as possible, and when the blood rushing to his brain flowed back a little, he finally recovered a little bit of sanity.

Indeed, although Gao Daoyue surrounded his house, it was not necessarily aimed at him deliberately, but a routine after someone reported it.

But this time I returned to Beijing very low-key, except for Adjutant Jin and Lu Yichen, even the servants in the house and the guests at the banquet didn't know until the dinner time.

He naturally trusted Gao Shusheng, Sun Jijiu was dead, and those gangsters hadn't left Lu's mansion, so how could they have the supernatural ability to go out and report the news.

Who actually designed this deadlock?

While he was thinking, suddenly someone from the armored soldier lying in ambush on the roof of the main hall let out a whoosh, and shot an arrow without grasping any of the string-leading fingers.Although the arrow didn't use up all its strength and landed weakly on the ground crookedly, it caused a chain reaction.Many tense archers thought that there was an order, and dozens of arrows chichi pierced through the air, all of them were full of strength.

Lu Wenzu suddenly turned around and let out a tiger roar, and threw out the long sword in his hand, and the place where the green light cut was exactly where the four young men were standing.

It was still Qingyun who had the quickest reaction and had no time to think about it. The sword was raised, the cold light fell, Lei Tian was strong, and the momentum fell in shock.

Yi Yun: If you are big and strong, you will be upright if you are big.

It is upright, and the love between heaven and earth can be seen.

Qingyun didn't understand the moves of this school, this sword was slashed out, using the strength of the strong and righteous, borrowing the power of the sky above, and the power of piercing the earth below, it really fell from the nine heavens like a horse training, as if it had no firmness and could not be crushed into dust.

Except for Zu Dianzhi and Jin Chongjian, all the masters who saw the power of this sword were members of the Tan Sect. At this time, the feeling can no longer be described only in admiration.

Damn, Lei Tian Dazhuang's sword intent can be used so purely and casually!
Just in the midst of this flash of light, a green light flashed in one place, sparks flew, and golden sounds choked.

"""""Knock on the blackboard time"""""

This chapter once said that Lu Wenzu's fierce appearance is like a living flash woman.Among the one hundred and eight generals in the Chinese classic "Water Margin", there is a hero Wang Dingliu, nicknamed "Living Flash Woman".

Regarding the textual research on the "Shan Po" in this nickname, there are all kinds of strange things, and there is evidence.The root cause is that with the passage of time, the transliteration of Shanpo has been replaced by other more widely known terms.

Regarding this point, the most reliable explanation in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is in the "Water Margin Notes" written by Cheng Muheng in the Qing Dynasty:

Shan Po, "Tibetan Sutra" is also called Tuo Na Po.This cloud is light and quick, and the Sanskrit word yaksha is also.

Cheng's commentary is not a holy book, and there are many mistakes and omissions.If there is an opportunity to talk about some allusions such as Handi Hulu in the future, we can discuss it in depth.But this comment on Shanpo is not far behind Cheng's case, but he is so cautious about his words that he doesn't explain it thoroughly.

If there is a relationship between Shanpo and Yacha, it is because the twelve Yacha gods are also called Yacha in the folk.The Twelve Yaksha Gods are the Indian version of the twelve zodiac signs, among which the god who corresponds to the cow is General Douluo, who is also the incarnation of Vajrapani Bodhisattva.

This Yaocha Niu God General is the rightful master we are going to talk about.

The name of Shanpo comes from the Chinese translation of the Tripitaka "Basically speaking, everything has a part of Vinaya Miscellaneous Things".In the eighth section, it tells the story of the evil king destroying Shizhong, and Shanpo was given the golden-haired claw by the Tathagata to repel the evil king Liguo.

Among them, the evil king is also called the king of glass in some other Buddhist scriptures.And Sangpo (Sangpo), which is today's Tibetan antiphonal Sangpo, later became a Buddhist Vajrapani Bodhisattva through cultivation.That vajra hand is the blond claw borrowed from Tathagata.And the country established by Shanpo is even more famous. In fact, everyone must have heard of it—the Latin antiphonal Shambhala, which is now called Shambhala, and Shangri-La is that.

The Vajrapani Bodhisattva is the angry form of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva among the "Three Saints of the West".In Chinese Buddhism, it has the same body and different name with Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

Later, the title of the monarch of the Tubo Kingdom, Zanpo (tsenpo), also had the same origin as Shanpo. "New Book of Tang Tubo Biography" says: The common saying is that Xiongqiang is called Zanpu, and her husband is called Pu, so the title of Junchang is Zanpu.Zanpu is the symbol of strength, the incarnation of Shanpo who protects and saves the people.

Why does this work mention the Vajrapani Bodhisattva?In fact, it really has some connection with the following text, um, not a small connection.

(End of this chapter)