Lu Chang's four disciples each brought a wooden box to the east hall of Tai Chi Hall to pay homage to the emperor. The four disciples were two men and two women. They were all seventeen or eight years old. They were wearing Xiaoyao scarves and blue robes. The men were
A delicate and beautiful woman, after bowing to the emperor, she stood neatly behind Lu Song, showing the style of Lu Song's great wine sacrifice.
It is said that Lu Song preached in Xuzhou, and more than 500 families followed him. These believers donated their children's money and silk, and went bankrupt to serve Lu Jijiu. It can be said that Lu Song wanted money, money, and people, but he was not satisfied. Now he joined the construction
Kang is planning for greater development, and everyone hopes that he will become a disciple if he has something to do -
Lu Song came from the Fanyang Lu family in the north. Since the Han and Wei dynasties, the Fanyang Lu family has had high-ranking officials. Together with the Boling Cui family, the Hedong Pei family, the Hongnong Yang family, the Xingyang Zheng family, and the Taiyuan Wang family, they are known as the Six Shandong Surnames. Yongjia
Before the southern crossing, the status of the Lu family in Fanyang surpassed that of the Wang family in Langya, the Xie family in Chenjun, and the Yu family in Yingchuan could not be compared with the Lu family. The Fu family and the Murong family came to dominate the Central Plains. In order to win over the Han people, they gave preferential treatment to the six surnames in Shandong.
, appointed clansmen with six surnames as high-ranking officials, and the Cui family of Boling and the Lu family of Fanyang became the four great families of the Northern and Southern Dynasties together with the Wang family of Langya and the Xie family of Chenjun.
But Lu Chang did not feel the dignity of his family. During the Eight Kings Rebellion, Lu Chang's grandfather led a branch of the Fan Yang Lu family to go south. Because Lu Chang's grandfather was not good at digging camps and had few followers, he failed to join the king's political power.
The family was reduced to a poor family in Jiangzuo. This was very similar to the experience of the Chen family in Qiantang. Lu Song also wanted to revive the family's reputation like Chen Caozhi. However, Lu Song and Chen Caozhi studied hard and entered official careers differently. Lu Song
Taking advantage of the power of the Lu family to worship the Celestial Master, he also learned a lot of left-handed secret techniques from the alchemists. In the past ten years, he has developed followers in Xuzhou and today, like Chen Caozhi, he came before the Lord of Ten Thousand Chengs——
Chen Caozhi was treated coldly by the Emperor Sima Pi because he did not know how to make alchemy. Lu Song sneered in his heart and immediately used the female ghost in the east hall to impress the emperor. As expected, the effect was remarkable. Now he will use the magic of exorcism to gain the emperor's trust. Once
Once he gained the emperor's trust, Lu Song would be able to rise to prominence much faster than Chen Caozhi, who had once despised him and would repay him if he succeeded.
Chen Caozhi naturally knew that Lu Song's success would be detrimental to him. At this time, he looked coldly at how Lu Song could catch ghosts. He didn't understand the secrets of Tianshi Tao, so he had to take a look first and then think of countermeasures.
Lu Chang took out a stack of yellow paper from a wooden box held by a female disciple, skillfully tied up eight small paper figures, and ordered his disciples to place the eight paper figures in eight directions in the east hall.
He took a mahogany sword and bowed to Emperor Sima Pi. Then Yu stepped on the sword and walked in a circle in the east hall.
One characteristic of the so-called Yu step is that the right foot walks forward in the first step, and the left foot cannot exceed the right foot, dragging it, similar to a lame person. "Chongli", Volume 7 of Yangxiong's "Fa Yan" in the Western Han Dynasty says: "Wu steps are more than Yu",
Li Gui's note said: "In the past, Dayu controlled floods and waded through mountains and rivers. He was ill and walked lamely...but the popular shamans mostly used Yu's steps."
"Dong Shen" said: "Yu's step is a technique created by Xia Yu. He summoned the walking steps of the gods and considered them to be the root of all techniques and the key to mysteries."
Lu Chang was tall and majestic. He walked out with his right foot in front and his left foot behind. His appearance was actually quite funny. However, everyone in the east hall was in awe. Emperor Sima Pi was so nervous that he held his breath and stared at Lu Chang.
Every move.
Lu Changyu walked to the east, where the man with yellow paper lay quietly on the brick floor. Lu Changyu shouted: "Sick!"
At the same time, there was a sudden loud ringing of copper bells in the east hall, and everyone in the hall was surprised. When they looked, it was Lu Chang's two male disciples who each took a copper bell and shook it vigorously——
Looking at Lu Song again, he spun around and waved the mahogany sword in his hand. The yellow paper man floated up. Lu Song stabbed him hard and pierced the sword. Lu Song looked at the paper man on the sword.
He shook his head and said: "The ghost is not in the east." Then he walked towards the northeast.
Lu Song stabbed five yellow paper figures in five directions one after another. They all said that the ghost was not here. When he came to the southwest, Chen Caozhi, who had been observing carefully, saw Lu Song wiping the tip of the mahogany sword with his fingers.
After a while, when he stabbed the paper man in the southwest, something strange happened. The paper man actually shed red blood——
Lu Song felt relieved and said: "The ghost has been eliminated. Your Majesty, please take a look." He ordered the chamberlain to show the sixth paper figurine on the peach wood sword to Emperor Sima Pi. Sima Pi only glanced at it and saw blood marks where the paper figurine was pierced.
Wan Ran quickly said and covered his face with his sleeves, not daring to look again.
Based on Chen Cao's experience as a senior traveler in his previous life, he now understands that this Lu Chang is a charlatan. This trick is a very simple trick. It is nothing more than smearing alkaline water on the peach wood sword, and the yellow mounting paper is dyed with turmeric.
When alkaline water meets turmeric, it will turn into the same color as blood——
Chen Caozhi thought, should he expose Lu Song's trick now? If he pointed out that Lu Song's ghost killing was fake at this time, Lu Song would definitely argue with strong arguments. Jin people believed deeply in ghosts and gods. Once they argued, it would be very difficult.
Both sides may suffer losses. It will be difficult for Lu Song to gain the trust of the royal family, and Chen Caozhi will also offend Jiangzuo's Tianshi Taoist priests and Taoist leaders. Changing customs cannot be achieved in a day. It is unwise to openly fight like this, but
If Lu Song is not exposed and Lu Song is allowed to serve the emperor with witchcraft, it will be detrimental to the country, the people, and Chen Cao——
At this time, I heard Langya King Sima Yi say: "Master Lu, please show your magical skills of diving without being suffocated and walking by fire without being heated, so that it will be an eye-opener for us."
Chen Caozhi smiled slightly, knowing that there was still a chance, and he would make Lu Chang suffer a big loss today.
Emperor Sima Pi liked these miraculous arts the most. Hearing this, he said: "There is a saying in Zhuangzi's Dasheng Chapter: 'The perfect man can sneak without being suffocated, walk through fire without being heated, and walk above all things without shuddering.' Master Lu Xian would also do this.
Is it a magical skill? Please demonstrate it and let me have a look."
Today, Lu Song planned to use his magic to completely win the trust of Emperor Sima Pi, and said: "I obey." He solemnly put the bloody paper man back into the wooden box, ordered his servant to get the cauldron, ten kilograms of green oil, and a celadon bowl.
Five, a pot of charcoal fire.
When Chen Caozhi heard that Lu Song called for a tripod, he knew that Lu Song was going to perform the oil pan deception. In his previous life, he had met a martial artist and traveled with him for hundreds of miles. He knew the secret of the oil pan.
Getting out of the oil pan is not really about swimming in the oil pan like Sun Wukong and Yangli Daxian in "Journey to the West". Instead, they are immersing their hands in the boiling oil, but they will not be burned. In fact, the oil is put in the pan first.
Vinegar, then add oil on top of the vinegar. The oil is lighter than the vinegar. If the oil floats on the vinegar, the vinegar and the oil will not mix as long as they are not stirred. If an alkali is placed in the vinegar, it will bubble when heated, as if boiling. This
When you put your hand into the oil, it won't get hot at all. Of course, sometimes you have to perform for a while longer, and the oil will slowly heat up. At this time, you need to apply a layer of paraffin wax on your hands. The paraffin does not stick to the oil and can have the effect of
Short-term insulation effect——
When he didn't move, two chamberlains carried a bronze tripod to the east hall. There were also two chamberlains, one holding an oil urn with ten kilograms of green oil in the urn, and the other holding five stacked celadon bowls.
Two more chamberlains carried it.
Chen Caozhi knew that he must seize this opportunity, and said to Sima Yu, who was in charge: "King Kuaiji, I am too far away to observe the magic of Lu Jijiu. Cao Zhi wants to come closer and watch, is that okay?"
Sima Yu, the king of Kuaiji, was also wanting to see how Lu Song could survive the fire. Hearing this, he said, "Okay, get up and take a look."
When everyone in the hall saw King Kuaiji approaching to take a look, they all stood up from their seats to take a look. Emperor Sima Pi walked to the cauldron to take a closer look at Master Lu's magic.
Lu Song poured the green oil in the urn into the five celadon bowls respectively. Chen Caozhi estimated that the celadon bowls could hold about three or four kilograms of oil. There were only ten kilograms of oil in the urn, but five kilograms of oil were put into it.
The celadon bowls are full, but there is still a little left in the urn——
Others did not pay attention to this, but Chen Caozhi knew it well, because he smelled a hint of sour jealousy and knew that three of the five celadon bowls were filled with vinegar. As for when Lu Song put the vinegar
Injecting into the celadon bowl was Lu Song's skill. If he didn't have such a trick, how could he dare to come to the palace to perform his skills?
The charcoal fire was placed under the cauldron, and five celadon bowls were arranged in sequence. Lu Song closed his eyes and chanted a prayer, standing still while his male disciple poured the green oil from the first celadon bowl from the left into the cauldron. This bowl was indeed oil.
, you can smell the fragrance of oil, the charcoal fire is blazing, and the cauldron is hot and the oil is boiling. Lu Chang ordered his disciples to get some clean water. A slim and charming female disciple handed over a bamboo tube. Lu Chang took a sip of water and sprayed it on the cauldron.
On the top, hot oil suddenly splashed everywhere and smoke rose. This was to show everyone that this was indeed oil. The onlookers couldn't stand the fume and couldn't avoid it——
When Chen Caozhi was dodging, he bumped into the waist of the female disciple holding water. The female disciple stumbled and fell to the ground. Chen Caozhi took advantage of everyone's attention to the female disciple to change the last celadon bowl to the last one.
Go ahead and apologize to the female disciple.
Seeing that Chen Caozhi was so handsome and so polite, the pretty female disciple even thought that Chen Caozhi was a relative of the emperor, so even though she was pushed and fell, she didn't look embarrassed and said with a smile:
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
At this time, the male disciple who was responsible for filling the oil picked up a bowl and poured it into the cauldron. Without further delay, he emptied the remaining bowls in succession, until the cauldron was seventy percent full.
Lu Chang's palms were already coated with white wax, and he bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please watch this poor trick."
At this time, the oil smoke dissipated. Emperor Sima Pi, Langya King Sima Yi, and Kuaiji King Sima Yu all came close to the bronze cauldron to look at it. Chen Cao said: "The oil has not boiled yet."
Lu Song felt confident and had a white wax gauntlet. He glanced sideways at Chen Cao and said, "Just wait until it boils."
The cauldron boiled slowly today, and Lu Song didn't care. He just thought that the bronze cauldron was thick and difficult to conduct heat. After a while, the cauldron finally boiled like a gushing spring. Lu Song muttered something in his mouth, walked to the side of the cauldron, lifted up his sleeves, and raised his hands fiercely.
The movement was very shocking as he penetrated the oil cauldron. Because of the white wax handguards, he did not feel too hot at first. In order to show off the magic of magic in front of the emperor, Lu Chang leisurely performed a Tai Chi stroke in the boiling oil with both hands.
Picture yin and yang fish pattern——
"Wow!" Hearing a howl, Lu Song took out two palms from the oil cauldron, shook his hands desperately, and even jumped up and down. A few drops of oil splashed onto Emperor Sima Pi's face, burning him so much that Sima Pi also screamed.
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Sima Yu and others didn't know why Lu Song suddenly jumped up and down like crazy and waved his hands, and quickly backed away. Then a servant rushed to summon the imperial army.
