The emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty were very superstitious, and this root is still in their ancestor Liu Xiu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Liu Xiu's rise to prominence is said to have relied on a proverb called "Chifu Fu", saying: "Liu Xiu's troops can't catch him, and the four Yi gather in the dragon and fight the wild, and the fire is the main thing on the occasion of the fourth and seventh days." Therefore, after he became emperor, he vigorously promoted the doctrine of Confucianism, which changed Confucianism and Dong Zhongshu, and began to combine personnel and providence, and then changed again in the Eastern Han Dynasty, completely becoming a semi-religious academic thought.

However, because of this, the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty did not believe in Fangshi like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, because the so-called "Fangshi" was to run the rivers and lakes, and since Confucianism absorbed too many superstitious thoughts, it was natural that the privilege of saying gods and ghosts was transferred to the hands of scholars. There are many gods or demons in the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded in the history books of later generations, but basically they all have scholar backgrounds, not pure scholars like Luan Da and Shaoweng in the former Han Dynasty - at least they have to be scholars like Dongfang Shuo to get to the emperor's side.

Therefore, Zhang Lu called himself an "outsider" in front of Liu Xie, and Liu Xie asked, I see that you have a good demeanor and proper manners, but you seem to be a scholar, how can you be a scholar? Zhang Lu explained: "Although Yu cultivates immortals, he is not a scholar, he does not flatter the powerful, and he does not attach himself to the wealthy. The minister also served as a ...... in the palace, "roughly told his resume." Liu Xie was overjoyed: "It's actually the queen of the eunuch gate!" Then he looked at Zhang Lu with expectant eyes: "The immortal road is ethereal, and you should enter the court to serve me?"

Liu Xie is trying to recruit his own henchmen, and the first one is aimed at Xu Huang, and now this Zhang Lu is not only introduced by Xu Huang, but also has been kind to his little wife, and this is an excuse to reward him again, so as to win his heart and use it for me.

But when Zhang Lu heard this, he couldn't help but sneer secretly, and said in his heart, "You still want to persuade me to be an official? Don't look at what kind of virtue and situation you have now, what kind of situation do you have to win me over? To be an official? Do you want me to be like the official just now, and I have to dig wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger, and I may be kicked in the mud by a small soldier? I am really a fool! Even if I don't want to cultivate immortals, I won't get on your broken boat that is about to capsize!

Therefore, I politely refused, saying that I insisted on cultivating immortals, and I had already achieved a small success, how could I give up halfway and re-enter the world?

Liu Xie was very regretful, but after chatting with Zhang Lu for a few more words, a new idea suddenly popped up: "Today, the chaos is sown in the country, the Han family is replaced, although I have returned to the old capital, and the state and county cannot lose, so I will stop sitting and sleepy." I don't know if Han can be revived? I can live for a long time? Qing has cultivated immortals, and he will be able to get a glimpse of the will of heaven, may it be for me?"

Zhang Lu pondered for a while, feeling that he could agree to the other party's reluctant request—how much fun—so he nodded: "Yu is still shallow, and he doesn't dare to say it, if His Majesty doesn't give up, you can try it." ”

Although his own practice is not a prophecy system, he has read a lot of relevant content in Pei Xuanren's collection, and he also traveled thousands of miles with Xuan Jian back then, discussed with each other, and gained a lot of benefits. Yarrow Zhan and Qian Bu, they can all be picked up, although the accuracy is not guaranteed at all, but the future of the Han Dynasty and the life and death of Liu Xie are calculated...... This is not difficult for him Earl Zhang.

It's just that he didn't have a divination tool on him, so he asked Liu Xie for a bamboo tube and six coins. The bamboo tube is easy to say, as for the money...... Liu Xie really didn't have it, so he had to borrow it from Dong Chengshang temporarily.

Zhang Lu pretended to clean his hands and face, and then fixed his thoughts—the incense would not be burned, and it was estimated that there was no place to touch it—and then shook the bamboo tube and poured out six five-baht coins in order. The upper and lower rows, two fronts and four reverses, together from the upper and lower Kun, are a "Jin" hexagram.

He thought about it for a while—not studying how to solve it, but pondering how to make it up—"Yi" said Jin: 'Kanghou uses Xima to fan Shu, and the day is connected three times', which is also an auspicious omen. The revival of the Han Dynasty must use the princes. ”

Liu Xieyi frowned and asked: "Although the edict is issued today, and the state and county are not coming, and they will not lose, what is the use?"

Zhang Lu said with a smile: "Your Majesty was in Anyi before, how can the prefectures and counties help each other? Now in Luoyang, the time is still shallow, so you have not ......arrived." You basically stayed in Anyi in the first half of the year, which is the territory of Hedong Taishou Wangyi, and Hanoi Taishou and Zhang Yang protect each other, even if other states and counties want to come to support the Son of Heaven, will people dare to come? Either they will be coerced by Wang Yi and Zhang Yang, but they will make wedding clothes for others, or they must occupy the magpie's nest and have a fight with the king and Zhang. Now it's different, you return to the old capital of Luoyang, this is a blank space, but it's a pity that the time is too short, the princes from all walks of life have to wait and see the situation first, discuss countermeasures, it is impossible to rush over so quickly to rescue the driver - don't worry, wait a few more days.

Liu Xie was skeptical and said: "If it is as Qing said, the blessing of the country is also." Then he asked, "I don't know who will save me?"

Zhang Luxin said that I don't play divination anymore, and it's too much brains to make up the "Book of Changes" - "You can try to calculate it for Your Majesty." "I'm pinching my fingers, you don't know what I've calculated, I can rest assured and bold nonsense. So he put his right hand in his sleeve, pretended to make some calculations, and finally came to the conclusion: "The so-called 'pomelo is empty'." ”

Liu Xie was puzzled: "What does this mean?"

Zhang Lu smiled incomprehensibly: "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, Your Majesty has known it for a long time." ”

Liu Xie thought about it for a while, but he didn't know the essentials, and felt that it was better to wait for some knowledgeable ministers to come over and then consult together. Then he asked Zhang Lu again, and said that according to what you mean, the Han Dynasty has the power of the princes, and there is a chance to survive for a long time, so I don't know how long it can last? Zhang Lu raised his right hand, first waved his palm towards the other party, and then reversed: "No less than ten years, and more than one is unknown." ”

He really can't remember the specific year, but he has the impression that Cao Cao "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes", after moving the capital to Xuchang, he fought Guandu and Chibi, and was almost rushed into the hinterland of the Central Plains by Guan Yu.

After the conversation was over, Liu Xie still wanted to give a banquet, but Zhang Lu refused - Zhang Lu looked at the six roads, and noticed that Dong Cheng next to him was a little unhappy, and immediately understood: Uncle Dong Guo can't take anything to entertain at all! Even if I can't eat anything good in the mountains, then there is no need to go to your slum to make a tooth sacrifice, right?

"Yu Bigu has been around for a long time, and there is no need to eat. ”

He didn't plan to stay here for too long - although he didn't feel any sense of the imperial power and the imperial court, after all, he wouldn't feel much better when he saw a Central Plains dynasty fall to such a point - he hurriedly said that he was going to visit friends in Yangcheng, so he withdrew from the Yang'an Palace, and said goodbye to Xu Huang and others, and then flew away.

Dong Cheng still refused to let him go, saying that you saved my daughter, but I couldn't repay it, I was really uneasy...... In this way, I will give you a ride one more time, and you should repay it.

But when there was no one else around, Dong Cheng suddenly got closer, lowered his voice and asked Zhang Lu: "Mr. is the right person, the 'so-called' sentence is not a 'Cao' word?"

Zhang Lu couldn't help but be taken aback, and said in his heart that I still think you are a big boss, I have read books, and my mind is quite smart!

So when Zhang Lu said, "The so-called 'pomelo is empty'", how can he type the word "Cao"? The four characters of "pomelo and pomelo are empty", but all readers know it, because the words of the "Book of Songs" are a sentence in "Xiao Ya Dadong" - the whole paragraph is: "Xiaodong Dadong, Zhu Yu Qikong." Entangled and entangled, you can walk on the frost. Son-in-law, do the other way. The past makes me feel guilty. ”

In fact, the answer is not in this sentence, but just to lead to the "big east and small east" in the previous sentence. The ruling center of the Western Zhou Dynasty was in the Guanxi region, calling the East Xiaodong (Near East) and Dadong (Far East), and now Liu Xie escaped from Chang'an in Guanzhong, looking forward to the rescue and support of Dongfang Prefecture and County, and the situation is quite suitable - although Zhang Lu can't say how deep his knowledge is, the "Book of Songs" can basically be recited, and his brain is moving fast now, and it is very easy to find a suitable sentence from ancient books.

More importantly, although the book of affiliation has begun to become popular in this year, learned people still like to make the seal book, and serious readers who want to become officials cannot but learn the small seal - the respective status of the book of affiliation and the small seal is the same as the difference between the Chinese language and Latin in medieval Europe. The official script greatly simplified the writing of the text, the same character, often the difference between the official and the seal, than the later simplified and traditional Chinese characters are even greater.

If you use a small seal to write the word "Cao", there are two "east" on the top and a "曰" below. It just so happens that "杼grapefruit Qikong" is actually playing "Dadong Xiaodong", which are two Eastern characters; "so-called" is to speak, and the word "曰" is played, which together is the word "Cao".

Zhang Lu had a lot of fun playing the word splitting game, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Dong Cheng at a glance. He was quite surprised, he couldn't see that this guy was not a big man, he was still a very learned scholar - in fact, if he understood the inside story, Dong Cheng could guess the word "Cao", it would be really normal.

Not long before Liu Xie left Anyi, Yang Feng and Dong Cheng fought for power, and they each contacted the Kwantung princes to pull foreign aid to help. Dong Cheng took Zhang Yang as a backer at the beginning, but it was a pity that Lao Zhang was timid and strong-tempered, and in the end he was angry with Yang Feng and Han Xian. As for Yang Feng, an official named Dong Zhao was devoted to Cao Cao and wrote a letter to Yang Feng in disguised Cao Cao's handwriting, expressing his willingness to help.

Dong Cheng was angry about Zhang Yang's escape, and secretly heard the news, and couldn't help but be shocked. If you want to say that Cao Cao is now dying of Yan and Henan Prefectures, and he is good friends with Yuan Shao of Hebei, and in terms of power and soldiers and horses among the princes of Kwantung, it is also among the top few, far from being comparable to publicity, if Yang Fengzhen recruited Cao Cao as a backer, will he still have good fruits to eat? Thinking about it, my advantage is that I can talk to the little emperor...... So he simply instigated Liu Xie to issue an edict and took the initiative to summon Cao Cao to come to King Qin to escort him.

You Cao Cao didn't flatter me, but looked for Yang Feng...... It's okay, I'll extend an olive branch to you first, if you really want to come over and feel my affection, at least you have to help each other.

Liu Xie sent "angels" to all the princes and sent edicts, but Yang Feng was a complete old man, so he couldn't guess Zhang Lu's riddle for a while; only Dong Cheng, who had read for a few years, happened to be pondering Cao Cao, so he could explain it in one sentence: "Mr. is the right person, the 'so-called' sentence is not a 'Cao' word?"

Zhang Lu "hehe" Yile, but he didn't answer, just arched his hand, and said General Dong, you are also sent quite far, let's leave it at that. threw away Dong Cheng, who was like a treasure, left Luoyang, and went straight to Yangcheng.

Yangcheng is not far from Luoyang, the straight-line distance is only more than 200 miles (or Hanli), but the road is not easy: you have to pass through Yuyuan Pass in the middle, and you have to go around Songgao Mountain. Zhang Lu also pondered, since he passed through Songshan, should he go to Fawang Temple to take a look again?

Xuan Yuanjie is hidden in the city, and lives not far from the north gate of Yangcheng, but when Zhang Lu arrives to take a look, he only sees "General Tie guarding the door". Of course, this is just an analogy, in an era when even the countryside is still widely used, metal products are not affordable for everyone. The door was not locked, but was held from the outside with a wooden pole to indicate that the owner was not at home.

When I asked my neighbors, I told him that the old gentleman had been out of the house last summer, and he didn't know where to go, so he just took care of us and helped him guard the door. It is said that Xuan Jian was "invited" to leave by a few GIs - whether he was charged or invited, which can be clearly seen from the attitudes of both sides.

Zhang Lu couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart that it was normal for Xuan Jian to go out on a long trip, or go up to Songshan to serve his master Zhang Jujun, but he was invited away by the soldiers, and he went for so long...... Wouldn't he be like Liu Gen, who was taken in by some official eunuch?