"Knowing that he did it on purpose."

After thinking about it, I always felt that many things were significantly awkward during the lunch banquet. In the evening, when the three brothers sat down to exchange today's income, Zhang Yuankong expressed this doubt, and Zhang Yuanhe laughed when he heard it.

"This kind of thing, I'm afraid it is in its own place, Mingxin is to fight for an opportunity to be scolded by these generals in front of Han Sha, to make his position clear, and those generals are probably also trying to do something rude at the table, after all...... Pu Shougeng was also here. ”

The two sentences were explained, Zhang Yuankong suddenly felt enlightened, and said with a wry smile: "This kind of thing, you should still come......" Zhang Yuanhe only smiled, but no longer continued the topic, and began to introduce what he saw today.

"Immortal Tree...... Very interesting. ”

There was no need for any poisonous eyesight, and when Zhang Yuankong saw it for the first time, he knew that it must have been transplanted.

The so-called "immortal tree" is actually a banyan tree, located in a gentle mountainous area, the crown of the tree is open, there is an area of more than half an acre, the branches on the top are down, grounded and rooted, although it is only a single tree, but it is like a forest.

It is said that it was originally a sparse gravel area with low shrubs, but one night a thunderous sound sounded, and a dazzling white light could be seen for miles around: bright, warm, and at first glance, it would make people feel friendly.

…… After dawn, the immortal tree appeared there.

The first to arrive at the scene was Jems, the Nestorian Archbishop of the city, whose face was covered with sweat and he stammered and announced that this was a miracle from the Lord, a gift to the pious.

"Blessed are those who obey my Lord."

To be fair, Jems's performance at that time was full of sincerity, but after all, this is Wurong, hundreds of sects and thousands of sects, gathering here, what tricks have the people in the city not seen? Ren'er said that he was only dancing monkey in the sky, until Jems solemnly declared that the tree bore "immortal fruit", and that if he sincerely prayed to God and received the fruit that fell from the tree, he would be able to cure all diseases.

"And then...... It's just robbery. ”

Ho ho smiled, Zhang Yuanhe said with a smile: "At that time, there were twenty or thirty fruits hanging on the tree, and there were forty or fifty people in Jingjiao at the scene, and there were thousands of onlookers. ”

Seeing such chaos, James was not angry, but smiled.

"Only the Lamb of God can inherit the blessings of God!"

As he spoke, the first few people who had grabbed the fruit and put it in their mouths suddenly fell down screaming, rolling on the ground in pain.

"The fruit is poisonous?!"

In the same way as Zhang Yuanjin's reaction, the angry villagers immediately surrounded the Ganjing monk, but Jems just smiled and raised the cross in his hand high, not angry and arrogant, and solemn.

"What God has given him is something that God can explain."

As he said this, he walked slowly to one of the nearest and most screaming villagers, and held the cross up to him.

"Lost Lamb, will you accept the grace of the Lord?"

"I ...... I do. ”

After hesitating in reply, Jems took a water bottle from his assistant and sprinkled the "holy water" on his face.

"O Lord of heaven, we walk in the world in your name."

He muttered, and then the man's expression gradually soothed, and after a while, he jumped up in fright.

“…… My legs, my legs are good! ”

Standing proudly in the midst of the crowd, Jems told them that this was God's blessing.

"God is forgiving, and as long as you are willing to be baptized, you will immediately receive God's pleasure."

…… Then, Auroben appeared.

"My brother, the Lord is not so narrow."

It was declared that Nestorianism has always been an extremely tolerant sect, and that even those good people who have not heard of the glory of the Lord will leave a place for them outside of hell, and it is definitely not the style of Nestorian to preach with terror like this.

Indeed, God's blessing can only be acknowledged by the converted lamb. However, you do not have to be baptized. ”

Smiling, he told the villagers that if they were willing to recite the name of "God" and listen to the sermon in Jingtang, they would be equally blessed by divine power, but of course, this would be less effective.

"In short, since then, the signboard of the Immortal Tree has been erected, and its reputation has spread far and wide."

After introducing these past events and the various details he observed with his own eyes today, Zhang Yuanhe came to a conclusion.

"In essence, the Immortal Tree is a scam, and it is no different from those evil ways in the rivers and lakes that give medicine and teach the Dharma in disaster areas."

expressed a considerable degree of contempt for this process, in Zhang Yuanhe's view, although the entire appearance of the immortal tree was full of gimmicks, first raised and then suppressed, and then raised, but in the process, there were too many carelessness.

"It's the same on the spot...... All kinds of details are really unsightly. ”

Zhang Yuanhe felt that if he let himself do this, he could arrange the details to be more exquisite, so that those suspicious, conceited, and intelligent onlookers could not see through the cattiness for the time being, not as it is now, probably except for those who are really sick and rush to the doctor, or who want to beg for cheap and expensive medicine, only those who are the most honest and credulous will believe that this is really a miracle given by God.

"So, I think, Senior Brother, your judgment is right, such a crude deception...... At least, for now, I can't find the angle and value to continue to focus on. ”

But at the same time, Zhang Yuanhe felt doubts, and this doubt did not come from the immortal tree, but from himself.

"I always find it weird...... This whole thing reveals a special kind of disobedience. But there seems to be something that explains it all perfectly.

I always feel as if there is something very important, a very important joint, but I can't remember it, Zhang Yuanhe couldn't help but show a painful look when he was talking.

"Well, you're always so yourself."

Laughing and explaining Zhang Yuanhe, Zhang Yuankong said, if you can't figure it out, it's better to go a few more times.

"It doesn't matter if we stay a few more days, anyway, Yuanjin's matter over there isn't over, is it?"

Hearing Zhang Yuankong's inquiry, Zhang Yuanjin laughed dryly and began to introduce what he had seen today.

"Wu Rong, this place...... It's uncomfortable. ”

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Today, Zhang Yuanjin and Ma Daokong swaggered through the market, and I can't wait for everyone to see that General Ma, who had made great contributions in the suppression of the "Taiping Chaos", has returned to Wurong.

But, it's a pity that the avenger of Taiping Dao that Zhang Yuanjin hoped for with hatred did not appear after all, but after running like this for a day, he also saw a lot of things.

"I'm not feeling well, I'm not feeling well."

said frankly that he had seen too many Yiren in this day.

"They're the ones who are the masters of the city."

In the previous turmoil, the imperial army and horses stationed in Wurong completely collapsed, and in the end, it was the civilian "righteous army" like the Yisi Ba Xi Army that was able to reverse the situation...... Unfortunately, this is not the case.

"The order of the city is maintained by the Yisba Xi army, but ...... This is the order of the people, not our order. ”

Speaking in a muffled voice, looking very bad, Zhang Yuanjin introduced a few examples that he saw with his own eyes today: one of them was a conflict between Wu Rongtai's people guarding the yamen and the soldiers of the Yisi Ba Xi army, and in the end, it ended with the great victory of the Yi Siba Xi army.

"Wu Rong, he is not a city where hundreds of sects and thousands of sects coexist...... Hundreds of sects and thousands of sects have never coexisted. ”

After a day of walking, Zhang Yuanjin's deepest feeling is this.

"Zoroastrianism has Zoroastrianism, and in the neighborhood where they gather, other sects don't want to survive...... Mani, Jing, Tianfang...... It's all like that. ”

"I don't like it...... I don't like it very much. ”

Muttering, Zhang Yuanjin looked a little depressed.

"We're in Great Xia, it's not like this."

Red flowers, green leaves, and white lotus roots, the religious beliefs in the habits of the Xia people, are standing side by side, from the monk temple to burn incense, and then to the Taoist temple to ask the good luck, so there is no self, the position of the opposite, is an extremely rare thing.

"In short, I feel that the 'order' maintained by the Yisba Xi army in this city is not the 'order' of 'our'."

"Well, nothing."

Zhang Yuanhe said with a smile, the territory of Great Xia is vast, and there are thousands of miles away from the east, west, north and south, Wu Rong? It's just like a millet in Taicang.

"Yi people don't know poetry and books, they are not educated, and they are arrogant, but they ...... After all, this is the place of the imperial court, the world is so big, what is a military horse of several thousand people? ”

Speaking of "unenlightened", Zhang Yuankong disagreed.

"If you enter the summer, it will be summer...... Yuanhe, for example, Napu Shouhong, what do you think is the difference between it and the Central Plains Shizi? ”

Nodding in agreement, Zhang Yuanhe also felt that Han Sha was on the right path to work the younger generation of Yiren, as long as he could guide them to read and know etiquette, participate in the cycle of scientific examinations, poetry, books, rituals and music, he would be able to digest these fierce and untamed alien races after all.

"But...... This thing is what adults think, what does it matter to us? ”

Haha laughing, Zhang Yuanhe asked the two junior brothers, what are the arrangements for tomorrow?

"I'm going to go out on the streets."

Zhang Yuanhe's heart was still unresolved, and he planned to continue to observe the matter of the immortal tree to see if he could figure out what made him uneasy, but Zhang Yuanjinze's interest was still very strong, and he planned to continue to take Ma Daokong to walk the streets and alleys.

"Those thieves in Taiping Road are really...... If you dare to kill Yuan Tianyan, why don't you dare to provoke me. ”

Pouting, Zhang Yuankong reminded not to be too big.

"I also mentioned to Lord Han today that you want to use your body as a bait to lure the thieves of Taiping Dao out, he is very excited, but he also asked me to remind you to be careful."

"After all, this is where they've been running for an unknown amount of time...... If you don't feel right, don't fall in love with it, take it first! ”