The fierce sound of wind whirled past the side of my head.
The groggy world became darker and more blurry as Zhang Fang put on his armor and drove his horse and ran wildly. Zhang Fang was wrapped in this mountain-patterned armor with talismans on it, and he could feel a strong sense of security.
Supporting him, he now firmly believed that every word promised by the terrifying man in the temple was true!
With this pair of armor, he is completely unafraid of tricks.
The visor covering Zhang's face swayed slightly. Through the holes in the visor's eyes, he saw the rider in front of him who was wearing a stained yellow and black robe. There were some staggered red and green geometric patterns on the robe. The rider.
A scimitar inlaid with gems hung at his side, and waves of mutton smell spread from the rider's body into Zhang Fang's nose.
People from the Western Regions?
Zhang Fang recalled the somewhat stiff Chinese that the other party had shouted just now, and then looked at his exotic clothes and the scimitar on his waist, and made a basic guess about his identity.
This rider who was suspected to be from the Western Regions was tightly held in his arms by his armored arms. The Western Regions man was not small in stature, but he looked particularly delicate against the armor draped on Zhang Fang.
’ , Zhang Fang turned his head slightly to look at the situation behind him.
The horseman in front of him shouted to him: "Tang Army - I am a personal follower of the old king Bukhan. The Tubo army invaded our land and killed our king.
Their monk Vajra Tripitaka made the skull of our king into a magical weapon!
We heard that King Kong Tripitaka is coming to the Tang Dynasty - we are here to take back the skull of the old king... We have no intention of intruding on the Tang Dynasty..."
"Vajra Tripitaka..." Zhang Fang raised his eyebrows.
Recently, he had often heard the name of this Tubo monk.
In today's Tang Dynasty, all nations came to the dynasty, and people from different regions and believed in different religions took root here, but among the various religions, the two sects of "Buddha" and "Tao" were the most prosperous.
Since Taoism was passed down from "Laozi Li Er", and Li Er was accused of being the ancestor of the Li and Tang emperors, his status was so high that the management of Taoist priests and other members of the Taoism was all managed by the "Zongzheng Temple" of the Tang Dynasty.
The "Zongzheng Temple" is actually the place where the affairs of the royal clan's children are managed. This shows that Li Tang regards the Taoist priests in the world as his family.
Emperor Wuzhou even praised Buddhism and stipulated that "from now on, monks and Taoists who dare to slander Buddhism and Taoism will be ordered to return to the secular world immediately if they give a staff." "In addition, Buddhism is above Taoism, and monks and nuns should be placed before Taoist priests and women's crowns." This established the status of Buddhism.
After that, Wu Zhou also issued an edict stating that "Tao can facilitate the establishment of teachings, and Buddhism is born because of Tao", and established the system of "Buddha is Tao" by "Laozi transforming nonsense", so that the two religions cannot compete with each other.
As for today, Emperor Xuanzong is more advocating for Taoism and wants to give "Laozi Li Er" the emperor's throne.
However, Buddhism became popular among the people and its foundation became deeper and deeper.
Buddhism is so popular among the people, and now there are Tibetan monks who have gone to the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, countless news has spread among the people, and the "Vajra Tripitaka" has become one of the hot topics of discussion among people in the Tang Dynasty today.
After all, after this competition between Buddhism and Taoism, the sage will probably establish the purpose of "governing the world", which involves the disputes over the interests of Buddhism and Taoism in the world, as well as the hopes of people from all over the world.
Zhang Fang left his hometown and went to Chang'an this time, not only to see the grand spectacle of Buddhism and Taoism interpretation competitions, but also to win his own future in that great world where 'sages govern evil'!
"When General Xiaosong invaded our country, he led his army thousands of miles west from Qiuci, attacked hundreds of cities, and marched straight in. The Tibetan and food armies fled...
We dare not be enemies with our superior country, which has shown great favor to us by rushing to our aid." The man from the Western Regions kept talking, but Zhang Fang was no longer interested in what he said.
What about Qiuci, Dashi, and the Western Regions... Today's Tang people have long been tired of hearing these foreign stories that were repeatedly defeated by the Tang army. At the moment, Zhang Fang's attention was all behind him - a few shadows under the dark night. Drifting in the wind, closely chasing after the three riders.
Suddenly, a shadow suddenly came in, and Zhang Fang took the opportunity to see his appearance clearly.
——That was a Taoist priest wearing an ancient pleated Taoist robe. The Taoist priest was carrying a dry peach branch on his back. His palms, neck, and face exposed outside the robe were all blue and white.
Suddenly, Zhang Fang's horse was approaching. Zhang Fang saw his face clearly. He also had a thin face and bright eyes. He was clearly a normal person!
This is a Taoist priest!
Why did people from the Western Regions call them Li Wei?!
Thoughts were swirling in Zhang Fang's mind when a clear light suddenly appeared behind him. Under the strong light, layers of wrinkles and cracks suddenly appeared on the face of the thin Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe——
Then a strong wind blew!
The wrinkled and cracked skin of the Taoist priest was directly scraped away, revealing his whole body covered with hair, still wearing a Taoist robe, exuding a cold and sly aura!
Zhang Fang felt a chill in his heart!
Before he could react, the armor on his body suddenly tugged on the horse's reins, driving the mount to turn around again, leading the other two riders into the dark world - this time, Zhang Fang and Li Jui After seeing it in person, I finally understood that what the people from the Western Regions in front of me said was true.
He buried his head, wishing he could tell the horse to grow eight legs and hurry back to the small temple!
But the armor on his body seemed to have only this ability at the moment, so he could never completely escape Li Jui's pursuit. He hung up those "Taoist Gui" like this, and kept passively "seduce" A few Li Gui waited in front of the dilapidated small temple.
The bright moon, which had disappeared before, now appeared outside the clouds, shedding its bright brilliance.
The white moonlight made the ruined temple doors look even darker.
The two temple doors were locked, and no movement could be seen from the outside.
Zhang Fang rolled off his horse with the foreigner in his arms and threw himself into the grass in front of the temple. He looked at the iron-clad and sealed temple door in front of him, and then turned around to see a few sharp figures floating in behind him. , a great chill enveloped his mind at this moment——
After only listening to a few words from that man, I believed him!
What if he tells lies?
I heard that there is a kind of "evil tiger" that eats people, but before it can eat people, it needs to make people go through various emotions. It uses ghosts to make people unable to live or die, and finally makes people consciously walk into the mountain. According to Jun's mouth, tigers often appear in lonely temples in the mountains...
Could the gentleman in the ruined temple be the ‘tiger’?
The few Li Gui in Taoist skins following behind are its minions?!
When Zhang Fang thought of this, his heart became even colder!
While he was thinking wildly, the two temple doors in front suddenly opened - in the bright yellow light like jumping flames, a tiger with bright yellow stripes all over its body and a body as big as a mountain was sitting cross-legged in the solitary temple. It faced outside the temple.
A paw was extended.
Those claws also covered the sky and the sun, instantly covering the open space in front of the temple!
What a tiger?!
Zhang Fang's eyes were straightened, and the fear in his heart was even heavier!
At this time, the 'Tiger' in the temple gave him a gentle look. The 'Tiger' transformed into Su Wu in black clothes. Next to Su Wu sat a white-haired man with gnarled muscles.
Old man, the old man put his hair into a bun and used a branch as a hairpin to tie his hair. He didn't look at Zhang Fang, but the voice fell into Zhang Fang's mind, and let Zhang Fang know that this 'voice' was exactly
The old man told him: "Your kidney essence is too strong, which causes the deficiency fire to be too strong.
Therefore, I often have unreasonable thoughts and numerous distracting thoughts.
Such distracting thoughts are the most likely to bring disaster to yourself. And if you meet someone with a strong mind, the other person's thoughts can cause you to have all kinds of unreasonable thoughts and make you fall into hallucinations - 'love sickness' is also similar to this.
I will teach you a meditation method. This method will appear in your mind every two days.
At that time, you can visualize the figures in it, relieve the kidney essence, and stop your unwarranted thoughts!"
The old man's voice suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Fang heard the sound of turning pages of a book. In the flickering light of the pages, he vaguely saw alluring beauties...
Visualize this book to relieve kidney essence... As soon as Zhang Fang thought of this, he suddenly understood something.
The book in his mind was completely closed at this time, and it was hidden deep in his consciousness. It could only be opened at a fixed time for him to browse.
His eyes passed over the skinny monk, the white-haired old man, the square-faced middle-aged man, the beautiful woman holding the golden pheasant, and Su Wu in the temple. He felt more and more that these people were very weird and acted deviantly.
I feel a little unreasonable.
At this moment, Su Wu glanced at Tao Zu, and when the two temple doors opened, he stepped out.
Li Gui, who was constantly pursuing Zhang Fang and several foreigners, suddenly saw Su Wu stepping out of the ruined temple - those Li Gui who were still wearing human skin and dressed as Taoist priests of the Han Dynasty, all looked at them one after another.
With a shocked look on their faces, they all turned around and wanted to retreat!
Even Li Gui, whose hair was visible all over his body, immediately retreated and gave up on the foreign people they were chasing!
Su Wu had been waiting for them here for a long time, but he couldn't let them escape.
His thoughts changed, and a fire hole suddenly appeared in the back of his head. In the fire hole, the scorching Dongwanggong charm circulated endlessly.
All over the sky, scarlet lanterns suddenly floated high into the sky, covering the bright moon and spreading crimson all over the ground!
Those few sly ones were all frozen in place under such crimson light, unable to move!
The Taoist robes and human skins they were wearing melted away like wax tears under the crimson light, revealing their sly true forms!
These three fierce and strange forms suddenly turned into three golden and red talismans when the red lanterns in the world were suddenly "extinguished" and everything fell into darkness!
Talisman!
How did Li Gui become a talisman?!
Zhang Fang looked at this scene and was shocked and speechless.
He could not connect Li Jui with the Taoist talismans that specifically suppressed Li Jui - but Su Wu knew the cause and effect better.
Ji Xingzhou once said that when Xiang'er was imprisoned in Tianmen, he transformed into the human world with the help of many Taoist souls and talismans from the Han Dynasty collected in Tianmen.
The "Longhu Mountain Conferment Incident" caused tourists to take home various talismans that were said to have the effect of "eliminating disasters and increasing good fortune". In fact, they were all linked to a serious mystery - the root of this incident is also
On thinking about you.
I think I just used this method again.
But what is the root cause of these weird people wearing the clothes of "Taoist priests of the Han Dynasty"?
In the dark sky, three sly and cunning talismans flew towards the void, and a white bone skull suddenly appeared. The snow-white skull opened its mouth and swallowed the three sly and cunning talismans into its mouth in an instant.
It bounced in the void, attracting body bones that came from nowhere, and jumped back behind Su Wu, becoming invisible.
Su Wu spit out the three strange talismans, and the 'Karma Curse' suddenly turned around him——
On the three strange talismans, all the threads of cause and effect that would not have time to dissipate were exposed before Su Wu's eyes!
Those threads of cause and effect outline the faces and figures of three modern people, and then pass through those three modern people in an instant, traveling to far away places...
Three strands of cause and effect finally wrapped around a little girl's wrist.
——That’s ‘Xian’er’ who took the form of the missing girl!
Su Wu started to look at you and thought about it, and saw that his wrist was wrapped with countless threads of cause and effect. Each thread of cause and effect seemed to be connected to a 'strong and strange talisman'!
'He' and Su Wu looked at each other, and their figures suddenly began to shrink.
From a girl to a baby, she was finally wrapped in a satin swaddle...
Yingtong looked at Su Wu, giggled, and shook his hands full of the strange talisman of cause and effect that had saved the lives of tourists playing in the mountains...
Su Wu looked at the swaddling baby being held up by the graceful woman with her back to him, and a line of poetry suddenly sounded in her mind: "The Emperor of Han was so obsessed with beauty that he wanted to overwhelm his country, and he couldn't find Yu Yu for many years.
There is a daughter in the Yang family who has just grown up. She is raised in a boudoir and no one knows her.
It's hard to give up on natural beauty, once you choose to be by the side of the king..."
Yang Yuhuan was born in the summer of the seventh year of Kaiyuan.
He once became a Taoist monk and became a Taoist sect, also known as 'Yang Taizhen'...
Now it is only the fifth year of Kaiyuan, has Yang Taizhen already been born? Or is this another attempt to mislead me?
Su Wu's thoughts swirled.
The swaddled baby broke the three threads of cause and effect that were pulled away from Su Wu's side. It was difficult for Su Wu to see the situation on the other side.
Su Wu lowered his eyes and looked at the three sharp talismans in his hand, but said nothing for a long time.
When the three foreigners who fled all the way saw the people in the temple, their eyes rested on Zhang Fang, who was wearing armor. They kept kowtowing to Zhang Fang and uttering words one after another, which made it clear to them.
Why was he being chased by Li Gui, a Taoist priest from the Han Dynasty: "We passed by a big river, and a small boat floated in the yellow river water.
Sitting on the boat were these three Taoist priests...
They came in a boat and didn't talk to us. They stepped on the water and landed and killed a dozen of us... There were also a dozen Taoist priests on the boat. Our brothers who were killed by them all came back to life later.
But they scattered in all directions...Those Li Gui were wandering around in the skin of our brothers...
In the end, only these three were left, chasing us all the way here..."