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Chapter 723 On Luliang Mountain
"Hey, life is going well, it's all fading out!"

On Luliang Mountain, a thick and thick man said bitterly.Feeling overwhelmed, he picked up a water and fire stick beside him and started dancing.I saw the whistling of sticks, double shadows, flying sand and rocks, so powerful.As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while experts watch the way.After a while, the big man let out a lot of sullen air, then withdrew his stick and let out a breath of foul air.

"it is good!"

There was a cheer from behind, the big man looked back, frowned and said, "Fang La, why are you here if you don't go to Wang Shi?"

"Brother Wang Hu, my younger brother is obsessed with martial arts. I was delighted to see Lie Xin, so I couldn't help but look at it a few more times. Don't you blame Wang Hu?" The person who spoke was Fang La, a native of Shezhou.This person is the owner of the lacquer garden passed down from generation to generation. He can live comfortably by guarding the lacquer tree.But Fang La loved martial arts since she was a child, and she also had great ambitions. At the age of 16, she was bewitched by the Maitreya Sect in Shezhou and joined it.Now Fang La is only seventeen years old, but he can also wield a single sword so that people and ghosts can't get close.

This big man is the most wanted criminal of the Dashun court, the "Jinyang Fierce Tiger" Wang Hu.He was bewitched before, and he also had the intention of seizing the royal family's foundation. As an adopted son, he led the royal family's private soldiers in an attempt to resist the imperial army.Unexpectedly, as soon as the imperial army arrived, he was defeated in a few rounds, which was just a laughing stock.Later, fearing that the court would settle accounts in the fall, he and the ambitious Wang Shi escaped into the Luliang Mountains together, changed their appearance, and avoided the court's arrest of documents.Unwilling to fail, they held back their energy and wanted to make things difficult for the court, so they all joined the Manichaeism and used some "magic" to seduce many foolish men and women, and they actually pulled together a decent team.It's just that Dashun has been peaceful for a long time now, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is okay to make offerings to gods and Buddhas, but it is difficult to rebel.

Wang Hu was used to living a luxurious life before, but now on Luliang Mountain, relying only on the "incense money" of the believers, his life is extremely simple, no wonder he has so much resentment in his heart.Warriors don't eat meat, where can they get nutrition to maintain strength?Fortunately, Fang La led a group of Maitreya believers and donated a lot of incense money to Manichaeism, which was considered to have improved his life.

In fact, both Manichaeism and Maitreyaism originated from the same sect, and the Zoroastrianism introduced by the Great Food Kingdom was also translated as "Mingjiao". .Among the congregation are farmers, scholars, officials, soldiers, green forest heroes, Jiangyang robbers, martial arts heroes and so on.The believers are white-clothed and black-hatted, and they form a secret society to jointly worship the envoy as the god within the religion.At that time, because it was in a state of secret association, in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, and to avoid being banned by the government, the Christian name also had many other names. ", Jiangdong is called "Four Fruits", Jiangxi is called "King Kong Zen", Fujian is also called "Jiedizhai", Manijiao, Mingzunjiao, etc.

This Ming religion respects Zhang Jiao as the patriarch, respects Mani (or translated as "Muni") as the god of light, and worships the sun and the moon.The believers wear white clothes, advocate vegetarianism, abstinence from alcohol, and naked burials; they pay attention to solidarity and mutual assistance, and they are called a family, believing that the forces of light in the world will eventually defeat the forces of darkness.

Manichaeism did not go well when it first entered China. They tried to preach in the name of Buddhism.In the previous dynasty, the king of Tochara offered a muja to China, which was received by the royal family.However, the religion did not set up temples in China, and even the former emperor saw the dangers of Manichaeism, and soon ordered the Chinese people to strictly prohibit participation on the grounds that Manichaeism was "a wrong view, falsely claiming that Buddhism deceived Li and Yuan".

At the same time that Manichaeism was introduced to the Central Plains, it was also introduced to Huihe shortly thereafter, and was even designated as the state religion by the latter.There were continuous uprisings in the later and former dynasties. Because Huihe believed in helping the Central Plains to calm the chaos, the Manichaeists were able to preach in the Central Plains with the support of Huihe.The emperor of the former dynasty allowed Huihe Manichaeists to build a Mani Temple in Chang'an—Dayun Guangming Temple.Later, at the request of Huihe, temples were built in Jingzhou, Hongzhou, Yuezhou and other states.Later, two Mani temples were built in Henan and Taiyuan, and commissioners were sent to protect them.Since then, Manichaeism temples have spread all over China.Manichaean priests came to China with Christian envoys, and they received courtesy from the former emperor and spread rapidly in China.

Later, Uighur was defeated by Muse, and the country declined. The previous dynasty's attitude towards Uighur and Manichaeism immediately changed.The Huihe state declined, and the royal family of the previous dynasty suddenly changed its previous status and ordered the banning of Mani Temples in the towns of the Jianghuai River.When the Fa in Huichang was in trouble, the Manichaeism could not escape. According to historical records: "In the middle of April in the third year of Huichang, the Manichaeists were ordered to be killed by the world, and they were ordered to shave their hair and wear cassocks, and they were killed in the shape of monks." Ordered the confiscation of Manichaeism assets, books and statues, etc. As some Manichaeists did not resist, 72 people died in Chang'an Manichaeism.

Manichaeism was banned before Zoroastrianism and Nestorianism, and the records in history books are more detailed, which shows that the religion was quite powerful in the early days.At that time, the areas where Manichaeism was popular were mainly in Northwest China and North China. In the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, Manichaeism also had a certain influence due to exchanges with Persia and other state-owned sea routes.After the catastrophe of Huichang, Manichaeism could no longer be preached publicly in the society, but instead spread secretly among the people, and gradually combined with other religions, which lasted for a long time.Since then, Mingjiao has combined with the struggle of the lower classes and has become the main force to rebel against the imperial court.Every time there is a peasant unrest, one can find clues that Mingjiao provoked it.

As for whether the ambitious king is willing to meet Fang La, it is because he is in extreme distress now.Although the people in Jinyang City are easy to fool, they are also poor families and do not have much food.If you want to succeed, you must contact "allies".In the area of ​​Shezhou, there were many Maitreya disciples, and the king moved his mind, so he "sincerely" accepted Fang La and "discussed major issues together".

With Wang Shi's instruction, Wang Hu didn't dare to offend Fang La casually, but frowned and said, "You kid, you also know martial arts?"

"Know a thing or two!" Although Fang La is young, she has a lot of eyes, and she also understands that Wang Shi's intentional flattery is uneasy and kind.Although he is a representative of the Maitreya Sect in Shezhou, he is not taken seriously because he is too young, and Wang Shi is even more determined to take advantage of them.Fang La was resentful and wanted to prove herself.I happened to see Wang Hu dancing with a gun and sticking a stick, so he immediately came up with an idea.

Wang Hu has a rough appearance, but he is not someone with well-developed limbs and a simple mind.It's just that Fang La's appearance is too deceptive, and she feels a little disdainful in her heart: "Forget it, let another brother come, I don't want to hurt Brother Fang..."

Fang La said "sincerely": "I sincerely ask Brother Wang Hu for advice, I hope Brother Wang Hu will not refuse."

After saying that, he stretched out his foot "suddenly", just in time to kick the guard guard of a single sword on the weapon rack.After the knife danced dozens of times in the air, Fang La suddenly jumped up, holding the handle of the knife in the cold light.This move seems simple, but it requires eyesight and coordination of the body in order for a master of art to perform tricks boldly.When Wang Hu saw it, he was quite surprised: "Brother Fang is hiding everything!"

(End of this chapter)