Chapter 340 Causes and Consequences [Subscription Request]

It was early August and the heat was unbearable.

The cicadas in the trees chirped endlessly.

At noon, Cao Cao was busy in his study, and there were still a few things he hadn't finished.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu, the two door gods, were standing at the door, holding two large bowls and slurping their lunch.

They are said to be rice bowls, but in reality they are two big gluttons, half a person's height.

Dian Wei would refill his cup two or three times after finishing his meal.

If you like it, you can continue for four or five times.

After Cao Cao finished his work, he came to the door and saw the two gluttons eating. He said, "If you two poop once after eating, all the dogs in the city will have to take digestive pills."

Those two ate everything without wasting any time.

Although Dian Wei didn't understand the meaning of digestive tablets, he roughly understood that Cao Cao was teasing him for eating Dorado.

"I refine it after eating it, it increases my strength, no shit. I can't waste it when I'm growing."

God damn, keep growing taller. If you grow taller... Cao Cao looked at Dian Wei's big stature.

There is a water pavilion outside the study.

Cao Cao saw a chubby little figure opposite the corridor of the water pavilion. It was noon in the hot summer, but he didn't mind the heat. He took a wooden stick and ran away madly.

That was his and Yu Qing's daughter, a little girl of four years old, but she already had the ability to cause trouble in the inner house.

All of Cao Cao's wives and concubines were killed by the fat girl, who took away all the good things in the family and acted lawless. Her follower was Xun Yu's son.

Cao Cao returned to the study and asked: "Have Ling Jin and his men returned from Mount Tai?"

"Yes, I came back last night."

"Let them come over. This will be a quiet time. Take the prisoners with them."

After a while, Ling Jin, Li Wufang and others were led by Wei Xu and came over to report with eager looks on their faces.

They each held a prisoner in their hands, Zuo Ci and Zhang Jue.

At this time, Zuo Ci was still seriously injured and had new injuries, looking like a defeated dog.

Half of Zhang Jiao's cheek was smashed, his left hand was broken, his chest and abdomen were stained with blood, and the wounds were round, which showed that it was caused by Li Wufang's crutch.

The rest of the captives were not worthy of seeing Cao Cao and were not brought here.

"Raise your head." said Cao Cao.

Xu Chu stepped forward, grabbed the hair of Zuo Ci and Zhang Jue, who were kneeling on the ground, and pulled them up, forcing the two men to lift their faces up.

Zhang Jue's face was full of resentment and unwillingness.

Zuo Ci looked a little strange, and sighed, "King Wei, I have something to say."

Zuo Ci was a real person in history. He had a bad relationship with Cao Cao and even openly played tricks on Cao Cao.

Cao Cao locked him up in prison, but he was able to escape without leaving any trace.

He claimed that he was hundreds of years old and had supernatural powers.

It sounds like a charlatan, but it's not entirely true.

Because he taught a famous disciple, Ge Xuan, one of the four great heavenly masters and the founder of the Taoist Lingbao School.

Cao Cao was about to speak when his eardrums suddenly started to vibrate and he heard a voice ringing in his ears:

"King Wei, we want to see you!"

This voice came out of nowhere, as if it was pushed from a distance, showing the profoundness of his practice.

However, daring to pass on the message directly to Cao Cao in Yecheng, the Cao Wei base camp, without going through a messenger, was an offense.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu both felt the same way.

Dian Wei shouted angrily.

He tore with both hands, and the void seemed to be torn apart.

You must know that this is Yecheng, the place where Cao Wei had the most prosperity.

Dian Wei had more military power and his military luck was booming.

His move shocked the entire Ye City.

There is an undercurrent of martial arts in the void, rolling away.

Jia Xu had just entered the room and reacted quickly when he saw what had happened.

Bronze plate, small bronze tripod, Dunjia map, seven or eight things were used in an instant to prevent assassination.

Dian Wei rushed out fiercely, and in one jump, he arrived outside the mansion and grabbed with his big hand.

There were three Taoist priests standing outside the mansion.

Dian Wei's grab covered the sky and the earth and crushed the void.

The three Taoists did not hide and allowed Dian Wei to subdue them.

Dian Wei held one in each hand and tucked another under his left arm, then returned to the mansion in the middle of the journey.

"King Wei, arrest three people."

The arrival of these three Taoists was strange.

The leader was an old Taoist priest, tall and thin, with white hair and beard, who was glancing at Dian Wei with the side of his eyes.

“General Dian, I respect you for killing enemies on the battlefield and defeating foreign tribes many times, but I don’t want to fight you.

Otherwise, even though you are strong, I am not someone you can easily mess with.” said the old Taoist priest.

Dian Wei exerted force with his hands and was about to break the old Taoist's neck vertebrae.

"I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I lied. I can't beat you. It hurts so much." The Taoist priest was a tough guy and surrendered in a blink of an eye.

Dian Wei was stunned for a moment. After hearing the first sentence, he thought he was a stubborn person, but he didn't expect him to change so quickly.

"How dare you ask to see my King Wei without permission?" Dian Wei said angrily.

Cao Cao looked over.

The other two of the three Taoists were middle-aged men who followed the old Taoist priest and looked quite impressive.

"The two of them, one is called Gan Shi, the other is called Xi Jian, plus Zuo Ci and me, we are a group." said the old Taoist priest.

Cao Cao waved his hand and Dian Wei let go of the three Taoist priests.

But at the same time, he sent out three streams of energy, which penetrated into the bodies of the three people and suppressed their power.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu, one stood behind these prisoners.

One of them came to Cao Cao's side and stared at them fiercely.

If any of them made the slightest unusual movement, they would immediately be attacked ferociously by Dian Wei and Xu Chu like a storm.

Of course, Director Jia’s move might be even more frightening.

Upon discovering something was wrong, Director Jia took out various things one after another and placed them on the low mat in front of Cao Cao, preparing to defend against the enemy.

At this time, he had the small sword in his hand and a small pocket shield hidden in his sleeve.

The row of things on the low mat in front of Cao Cao were all glowing and ready to explode at any time.

If someone could recognize the origin of these things, they would be extremely surprised.

It dates back to the Shang Dynasty and lasted until the Qin and Han Dynasties, through all dynasties.

Among them are several artifacts of considerable fame.

Since Director Jia took over the tomb-robbing office, he has collected nearly half of the world's rare treasures and protected himself well.

The old Taoist was a connoisseur of valuables. He glanced at the things Jia Xu had taken out and swallowed his saliva without making a sound.

"What are your origins and purpose?"

The old Taoist organized his words: "Gan Shi is from the Louguan School of Taoism. Xi Jian is from the Wenshi School, and Zuo Ci is from the Jindan School.

To be precise, we are not a sect. But if we are to be considered as true Taoists, we are the ones who are.”

The Louguan School and the Wenshi School of Taoism were passed down from the Taoist founder Laozi to Guan Yinzi.

Guan Yinzi personally established these two Taoist branches.

They were passed down by Laozi, so if you want to say they are authentic, they are indeed of pure origin.

"Some things, once I tell you, you will understand the reason."

The old Taoist priest said: "As early as the reign of Emperor Wu, the Han Chinese expanded their borders to the Western Regions, where Buddhism existed at that time."

Buddhism originated in India, which is geographically close to the southernmost corner of the Western Regions.

"After that, Buddhists tried to spread their teachings to our Middle-earth."

The origin of Buddhism is in India.

But their expansion in Indy was not smooth.

Because India has an older sect called Brahmanism.

Buddhism in India was eventually assimilated by Brahmanism.

Buddhists lack living space in their own country, so they have to seek help from outside forces and want to spread their teachings in all directions.

A little earlier, during the same period as Buddhism, Laozi and Confucius, a saint named Sakyamuni emerged.

The Buddhism he passed down actually has a very profound foundation.

Before Sakyamuni passed away, he once uttered a prophecy that Buddhism would flourish in the East.

The Jin Dynasty after the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period was a period when Buddhism moved eastward and officially entered the Central Plains.

They didn't do well in India, but they were strong. They brought all the core things passed down by Sakyamuni to the East, developed them vigorously, and let them take root.

As the Taoist priest spoke, Cao Cao was thinking about the background and time in his mind.

Listening to his heart made him sure that the old Taoist was not lying.

"The culture of our Han land is of one lineage, with hundreds of schools of thought.

When Buddhism first came to our Han territory, it was not smooth, and some officials even did not allow them to spread it. "

The old Taoist priest said: "They have entered our Central Plains over the years, either openly or secretly. Our Taoist sect has had many clashes with the foreign Buddhas."

"Some of our things were gradually studied and understood by them, and then they changed their approach."

"During the turbulent times in our Han land, a Taoist priest appeared several years ago."

"He called himself Dao Zun at the time and said that his consciousness had revived. I only remember that he was from a Taoist sect and was looking for the way everywhere. He asked if anyone knew him."

“Since then, he has been in contact with my sect.

The Zhang Jiao brothers pretended to be dead, but they were actually still alive. The Taoist priest met them after he was born, and used the soul-splitting technique to control Zhang Jiao and search his consciousness.

"This Taoist who suddenly appeared ignored worldly affairs and focused on exploring a large tomb. He often disappeared."

What Cao Cao thought of was the Qinling Tomb.

Judging from the time, could it be that when Ling Jin entered the Qinling Tomb and took the Immortal Seal, he released a Taoist priest from the tomb?

“The Taoist controlled Zhang Jue so much that every time he entered the tomb to investigate, he would be obscured by it.

Zhang Jue will wake up and try to break free from his control.

There were a few times when Zhang Jue wanted to take revenge on the Han Dynasty and did some things behind the scenes, but you found out and killed people, including Zhang Jue's brother."

"When the Taoist came out of the tomb, Zhang Jue was controlled and influenced by him again.

Once he was in the tomb, Zhang Jue started to act in secret again, and he had something to do with you."

Cao Cao thought about it and realized that the Qinling Tomb did have the power to block connections and conceal the consciousness of the soul.

When he asked Ling Jin to go down to the tomb, Xunzhu couldn't be contacted for a while.

"And the Buddhists have been infiltrating into the Middle-earth continuously. I don't know how they got in touch with Zhang Jue."

"Zhang Jue proposed asking the Buddhists for help in getting rid of the Taoist's control over him.

The Buddhist forces from the West organized a cleanup operation and tried to kill the Taoist who came out of the tomb.

But he was killed by him in return. The Buddhists who came from the East, including a leader who had achieved great success in Buddhism, was killed by that Taoist.

He even ate the other person, which was very cruel. "

"have eaten?"

"Yes, tear the Buddha's image apart, take the Buddha's eye between the eyebrows, and devour it."

"After that, the Buddhists no longer dared to provoke him, but they found another opportunity, which was that the Taoist often went into the tomb. Whenever he went into the tomb, the Buddhists would disguise themselves as him and summon the Taoists to act."

"When that Taoist first came out, he demonstrated his power. All parties in our sect admired him and formed an alliance with him as the leader."

“So when he called for help, people from the Dao Sect would follow.

There are two advantages for Buddhists to pretend to be him. First, any incidents that offend various parties can be done by using the identity of a Taoist, which makes it easier for them to travel in the Middle Earth. "

After reaching a certain level of practice, there are many ways to change your appearance.

It can even change the bone structure so that there is no trace of flaws.

"Secondly, they discovered a secret of our Middle-earth Shenzhou that was passed down from ancient times, and have been trying to steal our Middle-earth destiny."

"Stealing the luck of the princes from all sides, on the surface they are our Taoist sect's people, but in fact they are not us."

“I, the old Taoist priest, went to the Western Regions to track down the whereabouts of these Buddhists and just came back.

At that time, you had just beaten that fake Taoist priest to death."

"Buddhists view death as life, and believe in reincarnation and cultivation, as well as the accumulation of karma. So, he was forced into a corner by you and chose to commit suicide.

He committed suicide to prevent you from discovering the secret and continuing to frame me as a Taoist.

His cultivation is quite high, which was improved by stealing my Central Plains luck in the past few years."

"Zuo Ci, Gan Shi and the others are the ones we sent to investigate the matter when we discovered something was wrong.

It took us years to piece together how this happened and what happened in general.”

The old Taoist priest said, "Even if you don't touch that fake Taoist priest, we are ready to surround and suppress him."

"Zuo Ci went into the tomb with him to investigate his purpose and find out some things."

"We didn't have the chance to surround and suppress that fake Taoist master, but you, King Wei, got there first."

"We followed Zuo Ci to Mount Tai to contact Zhang Jue, and planned to play a long game to see if we could lure out more hidden Buddhists, but you got there first. You also captured our people, forcing me to come to you to explain."

Cao Cao thought about what the Taoist said.

When that fake Taoist priest died, he chose to commit suicide, which was obviously suspicious.

When combined with what the old Taoist said, it does make sense.

When the fake Taoist saw that there was no hope of escape, he would rather sacrifice his own life in order to cover up their actions.

Cao Cao felt that he could believe half of what the old Taoist said.

Although there are still some things I don’t understand, it basically matches.

If they are really foreign Buddhists who use the shell of Taoism to bring disaster to the Central Plains, then they deserve to die and are extremely hateful.

"Where is the Taoist priest who came out of the tomb?"

"He has been in the tomb for two years and has never come out. He must be trapped inside, or he may be dead inside," said the old Taoist.

Ps: Isn't this all connected? Not a gangster... Please vote

There are some other things, such as why the fake Dao Zun was able to stop Chi Xiao, which will be mentioned later if there is a chance.

(End of this chapter)