Chapter 18: The Tireless Destruction of the King (II)
This time, Wang Shu was confused, he wanted to find a legendary immortal character, such as Tie Guan Li, Chen Tuan Lao Zu, etc., saying that he was taught by the immortals, as for whether the father believed it or not, he could only take one step at a time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but the legendary immortals I just thought about didn't seem to be before the Western Han Dynasty, or the real immortals said it, and it is estimated that their father doesn't believe it, if you want to say it, you have to say that a person who is generally considered to be a fairy in the Western Han Dynasty, so I thought of Peng Zu.
This Peng Zu is a well-known figure in the Yao Shunyu period, not only has a long history, but also is famous enough. But he doesn't know what Peng Zu's name is, Peng Zu is the honorific title of the descendants, no one will take the honorific title given to him by others as his own name, such as the Jade Emperor and Taishang Laojun will not tell others, hello, I am the Jade Emperor, I am Taishang Laojun.
So Wang Shougang said that he wanted to, I don't remember much about what Peng was called, but my father actually said Peng Keng, who is this Peng Keng, and what is the relationship with Peng Zu, Wang Shouke doesn't know anything. But seeing that my father seemed to know Peng Keng, he immediately beat the drum in his heart, in case he said that Peng Keng was going to commit a crime, if he said that it was this person who taught him, then the result could only be that he could not die again; But in case Peng Keng is also a legendary fairy figure, he just happened to get off the donkey on the slope. This admits that it is not, and it is not if he does not admit it, so he can only shake his head and say: "Because the voice is getting smaller and smaller, I can't hear it clearly if it's called Peng Keng, maybe it is, maybe it's not." Father, who is this Peng Keng? ”
When Wang Mang heard Wang Shu say this, he looked at him very strangely and said, "Don't you even know Peng Zu?" Wang Shu nodded, showing that of course he knew, and Wang Shu said: "Peng Zu's real name is Peng Keng, who lived for 800 years in the mortal world, and later entered the immortal realm and became an immortal. Only then did Wang Yu know that Peng Zu was Peng Keng, so he couldn't help but be glad that he hadn't completely denied it, and he was secretly relieved, but he didn't expect Wang Mang to ask again: "Did that person teach you the method of ice making?" Wang Shu hurriedly nodded yes, in order to convince Wang Mang that this was not a witchcraft, he pretended to say to Peng Zu: "My son remembers now, that old beggar made ice in front of me, and I said that he used witchcraft. As a result, he said that if the method of making ice is witchcraft, then all the people in the world benefit from the so-called witchcraft, bronze, iron, salt, hemp, silk, etc., whose origin is all things in the world, and it has become practical objects by the hands of skilled craftsmen. ”
Wang Mang heard Wang Shu say this, although it seemed a little reasonable, but he had never seen the specific process of ice making, and Wang Shu had never said that he could make ice before, so naturally he didn't believe his words very much, so he said: "How did you get the ice out, tell me in detail, for my father to personally examine it, and, since you have learned how to make ice, why don't you do it early and late, but do it at this time?" ”
Wang Shu said in his heart, I said earlier, I wanted to say it early, but who knows where to find saltpeter in the Western Han Dynasty, but he said: "Father, my son can't remember it before, or tell Dr. Gao to let him find a way to cure your toothache, he said that it is already summer, if you can use ice in winter, you can only prescribe some ice chips and frost in summer, and I don't know what is going on, and my son remembered how the old beggar made ice." ”
Hearing Wang Shu say this, he asked how the ice was made, so he asked Wang Xing to find someone to prepare the frost, water jug, and water basin, and asked him to ask Dr. Gao in person if there was such a thing, and then Wang Mang knelt down behind the bookcase, picked up the book and read it. As for Wang Shu, he naturally had to kneel on the spot honestly. In the end, it was the Marquis of Xindu, Wang Mang gave an order, and the servants in the house soon didn't know where to find twenty catties of frost, plus a water tank, a basin and clean water, the tools for making ice were all together, and it didn't take long for Wang Xing to say back and forth that what Wang Xu said was true.
After Wang Mang saw Wang Xing, he asked him to verify it in person according to what Wang Shu said, and sure enough, after a while, he saw a thin layer of ice on the water surface in the water tank, and then Wang Mang personally did an experiment, and saw that the results were equally effective, which made Wang Huo get up, and then ordered Wang Xing to guard outside the door, and no one was allowed to approach.
Seeing that Dad was so cautious about the method of ice making, he naturally didn't understand, but who knew that Dad no longer looked at the made ice, but asked something that had nothing to do with ice making: "Zhongsun, that person called "Zhou Guan" "Zhou Li", and that person said that the content in "Zhou Guan" was wrong?" Wang was busy saying: "It was the son who called "Zhou Guan" "Zhou Li", which has nothing to do with the beggar, but the son remembered that the beggar said that today's big man, who uses "Zhou Guan" to govern the country, will not only offend everyone in the world, but will also end up in ruin." ”
"The chair, the table, and the eight filial piety figures?" Wang Mang asked again, and Wang Shu hurriedly continued to lie: "The beggar who didn't teach the chair and table, but the son saw that he had a few inches in his hand, and he didn't know what was going on, so the son thought of it." As for the eight filial piety pictures, when the son was just right, he heard a lot of things about his father's filial piety, and he felt something at that time, so he and the third brother got it. ”
"Oh, then why did that guy find you specifically?" When he heard Wang Mang's words, Wang Shu felt that Wang Mang's previous question was just to confuse him, this is the most critical point, yes, there are nearly 60 million people in the Han Dynasty, how did they find their heads. Thinking of this, Wang Shu could only put his heart sideways and continue to make it up: "That beggar said that his son has immortal roots, but, it's just ......" In fact, Wang Shu wanted to say that he had a fairy fate, but at the starting Chinese point, he read a lot of immortal cultivation novels on the Internet, and he pouted for a while.
Without waiting for Wang Shu to finish speaking, Wang Mang interrupted him: "Just what, what did you say, that person can teach you the method of immortality?" Hearing Wang Mang say this, Wang Shu was like being thundered, stupid, he couldn't think of anything, Wang Mang asked Wang Xing to guard strictly outside the door, and went around with himself, it turned out that he wanted to ask this, it turned out that his father had already believed that he had met Peng Zu, and he was delusional about immortality (in fact, Wang Mang in history really wanted to live forever, so netizens said that Wang Mang was a traverser, which is ridiculous).
Thinking of how many princes in history wanted to seek immortality and took Jindan, but died earlier, Wang Shu decided to dispel the idea of his father, and figured out this verse, Wang Shu had no choice but to continue to destroy people: "Father, the son listened to what the beggar said about the fairy world, so he teased him, since you said that there is a fairy world, then you said that I have immortal roots, if I don't want to become an immortal, it shouldn't be difficult to ask for immortality, but the beggar said that I am delusional, there are many people with immortal roots in this world, It's just that now that the resources of this world have been exhausted since Emperor Yu, no one has the possibility of immortality, let alone cultivating immortals. ”
Hearing Wang Shu say this, Wang Mang's face changed a few times at that time, and then said to him: "I just considered that the Empress Dowager was old, so I wanted to ask for a way to live forever, but I didn't expect this to be the result." When Wang Shu heard Wang Mang say this, he despised his father in his heart: "Obviously, I want to live forever, so I have to press it on my aunt's head", but it must not be shown on his face.
In order to let Wang Mang completely dispel the idea of immortality, and let him have illusions about becoming an immortal, Wang Shu continued: "I ...... with that beggar" As a result, Wang Mang interrupted him: "It should be called Peng Zu, a beggar, and his old man's teaching was in vain." Hearing what his father said, Wang Shu laughed secretly in his heart: "Yes, I told that Peng Zu, since no one can cultivate immortals, then what are you doing here, but he said that he has not been an immortal for a long time, because his homeland is difficult to leave, this is to take advantage of the complete closure of the two worlds of immortals, so he deliberately came down to take a look, just to see that I am interesting, I said a few more words, and after he left, it is impossible for mortals to become immortals in the flesh in the future, but if they are sincerely admired by the world like Emperor Yao, Emperor Shun, Emperor Yu, and Zhou Gong, it is still possible to rank in the immortal class after death." That "Zhou Guan" is also what he said when he mentioned Zhou Gong, saying that "Zhou Guan" is just a fabrication by later generations, although there are merits, but there are many problems, three thousand worlds, none of them can realize the content recorded in "Zhou Guan". ”
"Isn't there an elixir of life?" After Wang Mang heard Wang Shu say this, he muttered to himself. "Father, no!" When Wang Shu heard his father's words, he was anxious: "Father, Peng Zu said that mortals vainly seeking the elixir of immortality is just the way to die quickly. Qin Yingzheng asked for the elixir of life, but he collapsed in middle age, Emperor Wu was born ninety, and he only lived short because of taking the so-called elixir, his father must not have such thoughts! ”
"Well, don't mention it again today, and remember not to mention it again in the future! Also, your ice-making method is to be dedicated to the Empress Dowager by your father, are you willing? After being silent for a while, Wang Mang said to Wang Shu: "Also, in the future, you don't have to go in and out of my study at will, you can go down first." When Wang Shu heard this, he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly retreated, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard Wang Mang say again: "I know that you still have many things to hide from me, but I will not pursue it if you are thinking about your hard work, but you must remember that if you have anything that is not conducive to my Han and my Wang family, you will take your life for your father." Wang Yulian said that he didn't dare, and then walked out of the study lightly.