32. Temptation
Liu Lan and Zhang Xiu looked at each other and smiled, and they tacitly determined to cooperate, although both of them had ghosts in their hearts, but they did not delay the two of them from hooking up with each other at this time, and they were embarrassed.
After confirming the cooperative relationship between the two, Liu Lan did not hide his selfishness, and told Zhang Xiu about the classics and ideas of the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" in later generations, although Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, but more still breathtaking, and felt that his cooperation with Liu Lan was very wise.
In this way, the two of them talked about the night city from the sunrise in the east, although Liu Lan did not have much experience with Taoism before, but with the help of game intelligence and the height of thought from later generations, from the different needs of various classes and the future development of Taoism, blending Confucianism, Buddhism and modern materialism, Liu Lan's mouth is like a river, and the head of the talk is the Tao, and he almost gave the idea of a religion to the successful brainwashing.
However, Liu Lan wasted so much saliva naturally not only this effect, if Zhang Xiu only thought that Liu Lan was a genius who suddenly had a special understanding, then with the communication with Liu Lan, it slowly became that Liu Lan was a god, and in the end, Zhang Xiu did not doubt that Liu Lan really had a god behind him, and naturally firmly believed that he was also blessed by a god. And this is undoubtedly the most important for a religious leader.
Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan, who chose to join forces in this way, announced the establishment of the "Five Doumi Sect" on an auspicious day of the zodiac, not only with the participation of believers from Bajun and Hanzhong, but also Liu Lan used the relationship of the Liu family to invite the official eunuchs of the two places.
And on this day, the Taoist classic "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note" that the two of them took out not only made the believers in the two places more fanatical, but also made these official eunuchs shine for this, and their lives have a new pursuit. Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan also became the guests of these people, discussing the art of immortality with them.
After the establishment of the "Five Bucket Rice Sect", Zhang Xiu exterminated the local witch religion with the support of the official, compared with the witch religion that used fear to control people's hearts, the combination of rigidity and softness, both soft and hard, while using the idea of "immortality" to rule people's hearts, and on the other hand, using Zhang Xiu, Liu Lan's practice of medicine and medicine to give grace to the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" is undoubtedly more popular, so soon these backward witch religions will be defeated one after another, and the "Five Bucket Rice Sect" will be completely dominant in the two places.
When exterminating the witch cult, Zhang Xiu was not idle, and frequently traveled back and forth between the two places to appease the cultists and spread the doctrine, and for a time the "Five Doumi Sect" gained momentum. And Liu Lan was not to be outdone, spreading the doctrine and developing his own followers.
Although Liu Lan did not fight for power in the "Five Doumi Sect", this kind of behavior that attracted the hearts of the people also aroused Zhang Xiu's suspicions, but Liu Lan interrupted Zhang Xiu's doubts with a word.
"Although I don't care about this, it doesn't mean that I don't need a reputation, I cooperate with you just for my own cultivation, but if I don't do anything after the establishment of the "Five Doumi Sect", then how many people will know about me and believe in me? In that case, where do I get the faith to practice? ”
This not only dispelled Zhang Xiu's doubts, but also made Zhang Xiu completely believe that Liu Lan was a person who was obsessed with cultivation and did everything for his own cultivation. And since Liu Lan doesn't care about anything in the teaching, then even if he is made more famous, what if he is offered up and become a master in the world. Therefore, Zhang Xiu took the initiative to cooperate with Liu Lan and spread the news that Liu Lan had been given the Book of Heaven by a god, preparing to completely deify Liu Lan and set an example for the sect.
In terms of mission, Liu Lan made good use of the method of pyramid schemes in reality, so that the loyalty of believers and the progress of missionary work were greatly increased, but Liu Lan did not forget his original purpose, and added rules such as loyalty and patriotism to the canon.
This made Zhang Xiu, who was already resentful, very resistant, but at this time, the cooperation between Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan was at an important moment, and he also needed official support to exterminate the witch cult, so he couldn't object at all, so he had to reluctantly watch Liu Lan add this canon to it.
With the passage of time, the "Five Doumi Sect" completely ruled the religious forces in Yizhou, and Zhang Xiu also became a leader-level figure by virtue of this.
If it was according to the previous plan, Zhang Xiu should have raised troops during this time, but Liu Lan's existence disrupted Zhang Xiu's deployment, but fortunately, Zhang Xiu was a blessing in disguise and his power increased greatly. However, there are pros and cons, and the current Liu Lan is also very prestigious among his own believers, if he rebels, how can he, as a disciple of the Liu family, be indifferent to watching his rebellion? If he resolutely opposes it, then he will definitely cause himself a lot of trouble, and it is even a question of whether he can succeed in raising troops.
If it was Zhang Xiu before, then Zhang Xiu would not hesitate to kill Liu Lan and continue to raise troops, but after seeing Liu Lan's background, Zhang Xiu couldn't make a decision. The first is to cherish talents, if Liu Lan is here, with Liu Lan's current research on Taoist classics, maybe there will be new works in the future, in this way, the future development of the "Five Dou Mi Sect" will undoubtedly be much smoother.
Second, I am worried that Liu Lan's various behaviors make Zhang Xiu firmly believe that Liu Lan is a person who is favored by the gods, if he kills him like this, then what if he is disgusted by the gods? Will you even be punished by God for this?
But unfortunately, all the worries can't dispel Zhang Xiu's single-minded heart, of course, there is also the reason why Zhang Xiu prayed to the gods with all his heart, but he didn't get a response from the gods, but Liu Lan got the blessings of the gods again and again, and Zhang Xiu gave up on himself because of this. Since you can't go further in the immortal path, let's try to see if the emperor of the world can communicate with the immortals and let the immortals go by themselves. Obviously, Zhang Xiu has gone a little crazy.
Although the obsession is deep, Zhang Xiu did not lose his mind because of this, because he could not completely make up his mind to get rid of Liu Lan, so Zhang Xiu decided to test Liu Lan's attitude before making a decision, if Liu Lan really can't use it for himself, then he can only endure the pain to get rid of this obstacle.
After a rally on this day, Zhang Xiu and Liu Lan were resting in the back hall, and Zhang Xiu said with a "worried" face when he saw this opportunity.
"The demon Dao Zhang Jiao led the Yellow Turban thieves to make chaos everywhere, and the momentum was so huge, even the officials and troops were defeated and retreated, and the people were also ruined because of this, I don't know what the junior brother thinks?"
If Liu Lan was still full of enthusiasm and expectation to preach and promote his reputation before, then after the days passed, and even the days of Zhang Xiu's army in history passed, Zhang Xiu still did not move, and he still seemed to be very satisfied with his current achievements, and only focused on developing his own "Five Bucket Rice Sect", Liu Lan began to have no spirit.
After thinking about it carefully, Liu Lan found that his plan completely changed Zhang Xiu's original life trajectory, so after the "Five Doumi Sect" was formed decades in advance, Zhang Xiu would still rebel according to the previous plan, it was obvious that all this had become unknown, and now looking at Zhang Xiu's single-minded devotion to the momentum of the development of the sect, there was no hope in a short time, and this undoubtedly disrupted Liu Lan's original plan, and it could even be said that things did not develop according to the script prepared by Liu Lan at all, which undoubtedly made Liu Lan a little frustrated.
Although he was still participating in missionary activities as always, Liu Lan had long focused his attention on his future plans, so after hearing Zhang Xiu's words, Liu Lan absentmindedly said his historical evaluation.
"If it weren't for the emperor's mediocrity and unreasonableness, allowing the ten permanent servants Zhang Rang and others to be powerful, and the officials at all levels were greedy and unreasonable, why would the people be in chaos in the world, Zhang Jiao was not the first person to rebel, and he would not be the last."
Zhang Xiu couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, he didn't expect Liu Lan to be dissatisfied with the current court, so he would have the opportunity to persuade him to help him, but now he still needs to know his attitude towards Zhang Jiao.
"Oh, that junior brother thinks that Zhang Jiao is also forced to be helpless?"
Liu Lan raised her head and glanced at Zhang Xiu, why did this guy suddenly talk about this today? But the mouth didn't stop.
"Zhang Jiao is also my equal, if I were him, maybe I would have raised these thieves who brought disaster to the country and the people earlier."
The guy in front of him was not a loyal and righteous man, so Liu Lan didn't have the slightest worry when he said this.
However, Zhang Xiu was completely shocked by Liu Lan's words, but he didn't expect Liu Lan to care about the imperial power at all, but also, how could the children of gods care about the secular royal power, so in this case, he really has a chance to get Liu Lan's support to rebel.
"If Senior Brother says this, then we should help Zhang Jiao?"
Help Zhang Jiao? What do you mean? Liu Lan reacted suddenly, this is clearly a mountain and a poor water, there is no way out, the willows and flowers are bright and another village, and he has to choose to give up, Zhang Xiu actually mentioned this stubble again, and tried himself around the corner, although he was ecstatic in his heart, Liu Lan still stabilized his tone.
"That's nature, and the man of God also taught me to do the right thing for heaven, and now there are people in the court who act against heaven and cause trouble to the people, how can we stand idly by?"
Although I really wanted Zhang Xiu to raise troops immediately, there must be a legitimate reason anyway, so Liu Lan put the responsibility on the god again, and said righteously.
I didn't expect the surprise to come so suddenly, not only did Liu Lan agree, but the gods had already made a metaphor, and Liu Lan didn't mention such an important thing, wasting so many days in vain. The matter has come to this, and Zhang Xiu will not hide it.
"According to the meaning of the junior brother, shouldn't we also raise troops to support Zhang Jiao and crusade against these unrighteous thieves who act against the sky?"