Zhang Ling took the brocade silk and browsed it and said: "I don't know how the emperor will react after reading this brocade silk! Even if the emperor implements "rule by inaction" in order to control the power of life and death in the world, presumably Confucianism will definitely be the first to jump out and oppose it. ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun said: "Actually, one of the most critical problems now is you! Taoism, which was founded according to the method of "ruling by doing nothing," has no Taoist ancestors. If a person does not have Taoist ancestors and Taoism, he will exist in name only! He will not be able to gain a foothold in the imperial court! This is a very cruel thing for you. It depends on whether you can let go of everything you have now and start Taoism?"

Zhang Ling said with a serious face: "Thanks to God's wrong love, for the sake of all living beings in the world, the disciple does not hesitate to smear his liver and brain. ”

Yuan Shi Tianzun nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good, very good." ”

"I have two questions now! First, among the gods in the heavens, I don't know which god I belong to as the ruler of reincarnation?

Second, since Taoism cannot gain a foothold in the imperial court, where should I go to establish Taoism?" Zhang Ling asked.

Yuan Shi Tianzun said: "South, the place where the southern dragon is waisted...... Shangrao. ”

Zhang Ling was puzzled and said: "Why did you choose to establish Taoism in the waist of Nanlong?"

Yuan Shi Tianzun said: "Good question, let's answer your second question first, after so many years of observation, we now know that the way of Buddhism's dragon vein is mainly to press the dragon's head, suppress the dragon's tail, and cut the dragon's waist." And the southern dragon symbolizes life. We still don't know whether Buddhism should start with the dragon's head, the dragon's tail, or the dragon's waist! The reason why we want to establish Taoism on the dragon's waist is to occupy a geographical advantage.

Once we occupy the dragon's waist, Buddhism can only work on the dragon's head and tail first. For Taoism, it will be fully prepared to deal with Buddhism.

Let's answer your first question, the reincarnation of all living beings in heaven and earth is not the same as controlling everything in their destiny. Reincarnation is only one link in the middle of their journey from birth to death, so your direct subordinate is the ninth of the ten heavenly stem gods...... Destiny manifests the sage monarch Yang Jian Tianzun! That is, "Mr. Zhongsun Jian" who is responsible for writing the "book of life and death". ”

When Zhang Ling heard Yuan Shi Tianzun say this, he immediately stood up and bowed to Zhongsun Jian: "If there is something wrong in the future, I hope to give me more advice." ”

Zhong Sun Jian stood up embarrassedly and said, "No courtesy, no courtesy, I'm not a god of fate now." ”

Li Er on the side smiled at Zhang Ling and said: "Don't worry, this has to wait until you establish Taoism, and use the power of the imperial court to seal him, so that he can become the god of fate!"

"I don't know what my identity in Heavenly Court will be in the future?" Zhang Ling asked.

Yuan Shi Tianzun nodded and said, "Heavenly Master...... If you want to create Taoism, your identity should be Daozu, but Taoism and Taoism are both the embodiment of divine power, so Taoism cannot have Daozu. In the future, you will sit in the city god to classify all living beings and arrange for them to be reincarnated. So to give you a more suitable identity is the Heavenly Master!"

Zhang Ling frowned and said: "I am about to take up the post of Tiger Ben Zhonglang, but in the blink of an eye, I have to resign from everything I have immediately, I really don't know how to speak to the emperor!"

Yuan Shi Tianzun nodded and said, "Yes! This matter is indeed difficult. ”

Emperor An of Han came to Taichang Temple, asked Tai Shi Ling about the matter of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty to be a god, because the years were too long, Tai Shi Ling was the same as Zhang Ling about this matter, and he also knew a little about it, and finally he suggested that Emperor An of Han ask Zhang Ling, because Zhang Ling was the proposer of this matter.

Zhang Ling came to Ding Ming's house early the next morning, mourned in front of Ding Ming's body, wiped away his sad tears and bid farewell to Ding Ming's family, dressed up and went to Tai Academy to wait for the call of Emperor Han An.

In the office hall of Tai College, professors and doctors from all walks of life have already arrived, and a professor of scripture who is about fifty years old stands on the podium with a serious face and gives a lecture to the princes below: "Scholars, you must not go to your heart about what Ding Ming said yesterday, and you should not take the crazy words that Ding Ming said in front of everyone on weekdays.

What does a wretch like him know? Life is not good, and he doesn't know how to pretend to understand all day long. God and God babbled and questioned this and that, and the heavens understood half of it, and the earthly ones seemed to know everything, as if there was nothing in this world that he didn't understand. ”

The professor twisted his neck and continued: "Okay, let's talk about the matter of Confucius not cutting meat properly and eating it mentioned by Ding Ming, when I was a child, when I read about Confucius's meat cutting and not eating it, I was also thinking, Confucius is too good! How many poor people can't even eat, and he still plays this score." Later, I learned that Confucius was old, his teeth were bad, and he couldn't eat meat. ”

Zhang Ling glanced at the professor disgustingly, sat in his office seat, lowered his head and said nothing.

Fortunately, when Zhang Ling was uncomfortable, Emperor An of Han gave an order to relieve his embarrassment. In Luoyang City, the imperial capital, the eight captains of the Northern and Southern Forbidden Army came to Nanxiu Palace on time, and the age of these eight captains is really old, but none of their children and grandchildren can be suitable as captains. Zhang Ling was favored by Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, and in the court, Zhang Lingce was named the general of the Tiger Ben.

Emperor An of Han looked at the courtiers and said: "Recently, I have often met the first emperor in my dreams, and the first emperor asked me, is Kyushu unified? Is the Han Dynasty still prosperous? I feel deeply ashamed. Although the Han Dynasty is unified in the world, it is not a prosperous era. Therefore, after thinking about it several times, I decided to hold a "conference on the scriptures" at the White Horse Temple, the main altar of Buddhism, to recruit heroes from all over the world! I hope that you will recommend talents to the imperial court as much as possible. ”

Back in the harem, Emperor Han An picked up the pen and wrote down a holy decree, and handed it over to Zhang Ling to go to the White Horse Temple to pass the decree. Zhang Ling carefully selected more than 20 forbidden soldiers, carried a strong waist, carried the wooden box given to him by Yuan Shi Tianzun, and rode a high-headed horse all the way to the White Horse Temple.

In the Buddhist hall of the White Horse Temple, there is an endless stream of female pilgrims from all walks of life, and most of them are the daughters of the wealthy. Before Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty banned Buddhism, most of the pilgrims in the White Horse Temple were men, and they were all high-ranking officials and wealthy people from all walks of life in Luoyang City. Since Emperor An of the Han Dynasty banned Buddhism, male pilgrims have gradually been replaced by female pilgrims.

Zhang Ling ordered all the pilgrims to be blasted out, and the brutality of the expulsion of the forbidden army caused the anger of all the female pilgrims, especially the female relatives of some official families, who expressed strong dissatisfaction. If you are not happy, you will not be happy, and in the face of the forbidden army, you can only obediently pick up things and leave the temple.

The quarrel between the forbidden army and the pilgrims alarmed the White Horse Temple, both inside and out. If the Buddha came, the Buddha took a group of Buddhist disciples who came out of the temple for unknown reasons to find out. Just when the Buddha and Zhang Ling met each other, Zhang Ling, who was angry with the powerful corpse on the Buddha's body, had bursts of blood tumbling in his chest, and the hiss of the dragon veins sounded in his ears again. Zhang Ling couldn't help but feel frightened, to say that at first he had doubts about the bad words of Buddhism that Yuan Shi Tianzun Factory had said to him, but now he didn't doubt it. Although he met Buddhism for the first time, he had a strong murderous intention towards Buddhism at this time.

He took a deep breath, jumped off his horse steadily, took out the holy decree and said loudly: "If the Buddha comes to receive the holy decree!"

If the Buddha was stunned, he turned his head and looked at Mu Chun beside him, now Buddhism is taking refuge under the command of General Deng, in order to control Buddhism well, Deng Qiu sent his right-hand man Mu Chun to study Buddhism next to the Buddha, and in the name of liking Buddhism, he was stationed in the White Horse Temple to form actual control over Buddhism.

Mu Chun stepped forward and glanced at Zhang Ling, the corners of his mouth on both sides rose slightly to reveal two canine teeth, and he said with a perverted look on his face: "Holy Decree! Whose Holy Decree? Don't you know that this is General Deng Qiu's territory?"

Zhang Ling pointed his finger at Mu Chun and said angrily: "Bold, blind to you! Dare to obstruct the imperial court from issuing a holy decree! Believe it or not, I will kill you now?"

Mu Chun stood in front of Zhang Ling expressionlessly and said: "Back then, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty had an order, and no royal family member was allowed to have dealings with Buddhism, as you said, the emperor wants to do things that violate the ancestral teachings, and wants to oppose the filial piety of the Han Dynasty...... I advise you to withdraw the holy decree and ......hurry up."

Zhang Lingtie blushed, and without waiting for Mu Chun to finish speaking, he picked up his right hand and slapped it hard. Mu Chun didn't mention that Zhang Ling would do it so quickly, and he really received a slap on the left cheek. Mu Chun's feet were crooked and he almost fell, and before he could gain a firm foothold, Zhang Ling picked up his left hand again, and the second slap slapped him the right cheek.

Watching Mu Chun being beaten, the Buddha was keenly aware that it was time for him to choose a side again. And he deeply knows that if he stands on the side this time, he can get rid of the ban on Buddhism by Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and Buddhism can develop again.

After two slaps, Mu Chun was stunned for a while and didn't know what to do, who is he? He may be a celebrity next to Uncle Deng Qiu, who is above 10,000 people under one person, and he has been bullying others all his life, scolding, beating, and killing people are commonplace. He had never been beaten by others, and he was slapped in front of so many people. It was just a moment of sluggishness, and Mu Chun broke out.

Mu Chun was of medium height, his awl face was slightly thin, and at this time, the corners of his mouth were turned up to reveal eye-catching canine teeth, and a pair of dead fish eyes with more white eyeballs than black eyes stared at Zhang Ling!

Mu Chun covered his face with his hands and said angrily: "You dare to beat me!"

Zhang Ling snorted coldly, turned around and ignored Mu Chun, and then opened the holy decree and said, "If the Buddha accepts the decree!"

Mu Chunsheng angrily kicked off the holy decree in Zhang Ling's hand and said, "I'll let you make a fart decree!"

Zhang Ling said murderously: "Obstruct the decree of the imperial court and kick out the holy decree." Do you want to rebel?" After speaking, he pulled out a big knife and slashed at Mu Chun.

The Buddha of the Burning Lamp and the Buddha Maitreya glanced at the Buddha, who shook his head at them. He knew that Zhang Ling and Mu Chun represented two forces, and their victory or defeat would determine the life and death of many people, no matter who won Buddhism, it would fall to whom.