Chapter 34: The Labyrinth of the White Tiger
Zhang Lu followed Zuo Ci to Yan Baihu's Zhuangyuan, and on the way asked about the method of "Lingtai Mirage", Zuo Yuan put down no view of the portal, and generously taught it. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are many sects of immortal cultivators, but the "Lingtai Mirage" is really not a unique secret, Zhang Lu once heard Pei Xuanren talk about it, and it is estimated that the teacher himself will also make it. But Pei Xuanren didn't teach him many spells, the reason is: self-cultivation and heart cultivation can become immortals, spells are only auxiliary ears, the foundation is not solid first, the more tricks you learn, the more chaotic your heart becomes.
However, Yu Ji and Zuo Ci's faction can be said to be "entering the Tao with the law", and not long after practicing, the master taught spells - of course, mainly illusions - so Zuo Ci explained the "Lingtai Mirage" to Zhang Lu, which was neither a disclosure of the secret method of the master, nor did he feel that it would have any bad impact on Zhang Lu's own practice.
Zhang Lu himself is inclined to "enter the Tao with the law", and he is eager to master a few more spells to defend himself - but the illusion can not be prevented, and it is really difficult to judge - he said in his heart: If I have been staying in Zhongding to breathe out the aura of heaven and earth, of course, I can follow the step-by-step, first the way and then the law, and now I want to send me down the mountain, it can be regarded as a journey through the red world, without spells, I am afraid it will be difficult to walk in this troubled world. Teacher Pei is a little bit of a rubber column drummer......
It didn't take long for him to arrive at the White Tiger Courtyard, and he saw that the empty field outside the village was densely packed with shacks, and he didn't know how many exiled people Yan Baihu had gathered by relying on Taoism and soup kitchen. Zhang Lu vaguely remembered that this person was also a prince in the game, and it was estimated that sooner or later he would rebel like Zhang Jiao.
- Actually, he thought about it, Yan Baihu can say that he is divided, but he really can't say that he is rebelling. In these years, the authority of the central government has been swept away, and the four sides have risen together, and it is really difficult for you to say who is the official army or the return to the hometown regiment, and who is the rebel.
The Yan brothers greeted Zuo Ci at the gate of the courtyard, and Zhang Lu took a look, oops, this Yan Baihu is a little familiar. I saw that this person was eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and thick back, well-developed limbs, and the most peculiar thing was a large square face, full of meat, but not only the eyebrows were quite shallow, the beard was not dense, and even the top of the head was smooth and hairless. In the Qin and Han dynasties, the headwear system was originally that scholars wore crowns, and ordinary people wore curtains - that is, headscarves - and later Wang Mang also added a curtain under the crown because of baldness in the head, which became a common practice, and a man wore a curtain. But it was just the beginning of summer, and the weather was not too warm, but Yan Baihu refused to wear a curtain, as if he wanted to show how bright the light bulb in his head was......
Why did Zhang Lu feel that this person was familiar? It turned out that judging by his posture and appearance, he was actually two or three points similar to the "Lingtai Brother" in his fantasy world. He wondered: Was this a coincidence, or was there a connection?
Yan Baihu's real name is Yan Hu, his family has thousands of acres of fertile land, he is a small landowner, and he can barely be regarded as a scholar, "White Tiger" is his nickname, and as for the origin of this nickname...... Zhang Luxin said that it won't be because of the bare head, right? People are called White Tiger below, and you are called White Tiger above, oops, it's so disgusting, I can't think about it anymore......
Compared with Yan Baihu, his brother Yan Yu's appearance is much more normal, and his body is slightly smaller than his brother, but he rolls up his sleeves high, revealing the knotted muscles on his forearm, and he is very capable of fighting at a glance - these two brothers do have the potential to be bandits, but they don't look like cultivators at all.
According to Zuo Ci's introduction, the Yan brothers are local natives, young and good at martial arts, plus righteousness and wealth, and they are quite powerful in the county - just like Kong Ming, Kong Liang, Mu Hong, and Mu Chun in the Water Margin. At this time, Wu Jun Taishou was Sheng Xian Sheng Xiaozhang, with high ambitions and broad ambitions, and he wanted to take the Yan brothers, who had no foundation, to kill chickens and monkeys, so as to deter the powerful in the county. Of course, the Yan brothers refused to be arrested, so on the one hand, they gathered the disciples and formed a village to protect themselves, and on the other hand, they sent people to Yuzhang County in the west to seek the support of the new Taishou Huaxin Huaziyu.
Zhang Lu felt that the two brothers wanted to rebel, but in fact, there were not too many mistakes, the so-called "officials forced the people to rebel", if Sheng Taishou was forced to be in a hurry, they might really set off the anti-flag. Of course, the same desperate and helpless often includes both the really innocent ordinary people and the landlords who are not very clean - the Yan brothers belong to the latter category.
There are three major areas in China where the witch style is prevalent: one is Qidi, which has been rich in Fangshi since the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the second is Bashu, because of which Zhang Heng and Zhang Lu preached and founded the country, and the third is Wuhui. Therefore, the Yan brothers, as the indigenous landlords of Wudi, were not only familiar with martial arts, but also learned some small spells. But Zuo Ci said, I haven't graduated from the teacher yet, how can I accept apprentices? Besides, your foundation is really too poor...... I'll rest in your village for a few days for the time being, and it's enough to point a finger or two.
This time, Zuo Ci brought back Zhang Lu again, and when the Yan brothers heard that they were also cultivating immortals, they bowed as if they were there, and they were also very respectful to Zhang Lu, and they ordered people to rectify the banquet. Zhang Lu took a sip of sour wine, sandwiched a vegetable, and then put down the chopsticks. Yan Baihu hurriedly asked: "Could it be that Master Zhang has opened up the valley and does not eat the fireworks in the world?"
Zhang Lu has been cultivating for several years, and his demand for mortal food has indeed been greatly reduced, and he usually does not eat or drink for three or five days, which will not have any effect on his physical functions. However, as the saying goes, "the desire of the mouth", he has cultivated the abdomen, but he has not yet cultivated the mouth, if there is really something good to serve, then the one who will definitely not refuse. The problem is that there is no good food in this rural place, and even if the canteen in the palace in the past, and the food in Cao Ying's camp a while ago, it is just like that for him to taste. Because of the backwardness of storage technology, there are more pickles and bacon in these years, and there is a lack of fresh ingredients; and because of the backward cooking technology, there is no stir-frying, only roasting and boiling, how can you adapt to his tongue from 2,000 years later?
Besides, most of the vegetables and fruits in these years have not been cultivated and grafted for many years, and all have a trace of bitterness and astringency, just like wild vegetables...... No, even if it may be pollution-free and healthier than the wild vegetables of later generations, the taste is 108,000 miles worse.
Zhang Lu couldn't help but say in his heart, you two brothers are good at martial arts, why don't you go and bake a hare or wild goose or something to eat? Barbecue is the easiest to make, as long as you put a little salt, even if the spices are not all, I can bear it. The white water cooking dog meat and wild vegetables on this table make me feel good.
Of course, people are kind enough to entertain you, but you can't just slap the table: "It's not delicious!" "Even if he cultivates to become a heavenly immortal in the future, he will treat these mortal martial artists as ants, and with Zhang Lu's personality, he will not be so arrogant and unreasonable. So he didn't answer Yan Baihu, but just smiled slightly, and changed the topic: "Brother Qing gathers a crowd to protect himself?
Yan Baihu replied, Originally, after seeing Master Zuo, we had the desire to cultivate and seek immortals, but Master Zuo said that we have no immortal fate, at most we can learn a little magic to defend ourselves. Since we are forced to spend our lives in the mortal world, we can't just form a village to protect ourselves, if there is chaos today, our brothers also really want to do something big - "Pity Allah, you can be a minion." "Sheng Xian naturally has an enmity with our brothers, but Hua Xin is not like a master who can build a foundation in troubled times, as for Jiangbei Yuan Shu...... I heard that he was just beaten like a dog by Cao Cao. Where do we go to find Allah in whom we can trust?
Zhang Lu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Allah is here, but I don't know it." "I vaguely remember that you were going to fight Sun Ce in the future, and it seems that you didn't surrender...... As for whether the result was hung up or escaped, I don't remember clearly. But you didn't take refuge in the Sun brothers, this conclusion should be good.
Yan Yu arched his hands and said, "Allah is safe?" and ask Master Zhang for guidance. ”
Zhang Lu shook his head: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed. "If I tell you that Allah in Jiangdong is in the Sun clan, will you immediately go to the south as soon as Xiaobawang crosses the river and goes south? Won't that change history? Can history really be changed? Will there be any bad chain effects? When you still don't understand these problems, it's better not to make side dishes.
After finishing the meal, Zuo Ci asked for a quiet room, and he wanted to have a good chat with Zhang Lu again. Along the way, Zhang Lu just asked him for illusion techniques, and Zuo Yuanfang also wanted to inquire, what is the difference between the cultivation methods of your Jingmuro Mountain sect and my teacher's teachings? On the premise of not involving the secrets of the Fa transmission, can you reveal one or two things to me for reference and reference?
Zhang Lu said to Zuo Ci, according to my teacher's teaching, to put it bluntly, it is the word "guidance", which is to absorb the aura of heaven and earth, internalize the true qi of the human body, and meditate, in order to gradually change the old state of body and mind. The two chatted for most of the day, and they each benefited a lot.
You must know that Zhang Lu had only communicated with Xuan Jian in the past, but the method of the Tai Room is actually very similar to the method of his Jing Room, they are all formed by the Tao, and the internal cultivation is feathered, which is much the same, and there is not much to learn from. Yu Ji and Zuo Ci's faction are completely different, because of the law to enter the Tao, one step further, it is estimated that Pei Xuanren will be classified as the outer road side door, and now stepping on the passing line, it is still the law of cultivating immortals. For example, there is a natural gap between science and engineering and literature and history, even if you take the stones of other mountains, there is nothing to attack after all; science and science, engineering and engineering, inheritance is similar, and there is little harvest in exchange; but between science and engineering, there are too many contents that can complement each other.
At dusk, Yan Baihu personally came to invite, saying that I had set up the banquet again, and invited the two teachers to the banquet. Zhang Luxin said that you are really enthusiastic, the problem is that I am not interested in your banquet - it is not good, but people are thousands of miles away, and they should go over the scene, and by the way, I will point out one or two Yan brothers' cultivation, okay, then lead the way.
As a result, it didn't take long to go out, Zuo Ci took a leave of absence first, and said that I had to go to the toilet - anyway, I am familiar with the paths in this village, so I will go by myself when I am done, and you will go with the white tiger first, Earl. So Yan and Zhang turned two corners one after the other and entered a laneway.
To say that Yan's Zhuangyuan is actually not big, because there is a lot of water in Wudi, there are dense ditches, and there are many hills near Wucheng, it is difficult to find a large flat land that is spacious enough, so this Zhuangyuan covers an area of only two or three acres. Although the place is not big, there are many walls and oars, and the road is tortuous, just like a big labyrinth - Yan Baihu said that this is because he is worried that Sheng Xian will send troops to attack, so he deliberately turned the village courtyard into a dock fort and a fortress.
Let's just talk about the alley I just entered, there are earthen walls on both sides, one person is high, and the interval is less than seven feet, and it is estimated that Zhang Lu's two hands cannot be completely stretched out. The whole roadway is about five or six zhang long, showing a zigzag arc like a bow back, and there are many places where there are piles of dirt bags, bamboo and wood and other sundries, you have to lift up your clothes and step over.
Yan Baihu apologized repeatedly, saying that a rumor came half a month ago, saying that Sheng Xian had gathered the county soldiers, probably to kill them, so the village temporarily prepared a lot of soil bags, bamboo and wood, and piled them up everywhere to prepare for a defensive battle. Who would have thought that it was just a false alarm, the county soldiers ran Zhenze to fight the water thieves, but the things never had time to be cleaned up-"It's in the way of Master Zhang, forgive." ”
Zhang Lu smiled: "The so-called 'one husband is a pass, and ten thousand people are not open'." After a pause, he couldn't help but add: "If Qing attacks me here, I have no physiology." ”
Before the words fell, he suddenly heard the sound of "dang", and Yan Baihu in front of him pulled out the knife in his waist, and then turned around. Zhang Lu fixed his eyes and saw that the other party's eyes were dull and dazed...... He is very familiar with this expression, he must have been possessed!
Zhang Lu really wanted to raise his hand and give himself a big mouth - my mouth is too crow!
The current situation is absolutely not in his favor. First of all, Yan Baihu, who was in front of him, was said to be excellent in martial arts, and no one in Wu County was his opponent, so it was estimated that he was definitely inferior to Xu Huang, but he must be stronger than the monk in the Dharma King Temple in Taimur Mountain that day, right? Maybe he could be one and a half points taller than Sun Xiang. Moreover, Yan Baihu is a strong man in the south of the Yangtze River, not a strong general in the north of the Yangtze River, and he usually does not ride a horse - there are many donkeys in Wu County, but it is difficult to get a war horse - he must be good at foot combat. This can also be seen from the length of the ring knife he pulled, the blade is quite wide, but it is only more than four feet long—it is just over a meter long even if it is a handle and blade in later generations—and it is easy to hold with one hand, and it can be used in hand-to-hand combat, even in this narrow alleyway.
Zhang Lu has a sword hanging from his waist, the sword is five feet two inches long, and it is relatively difficult to dance in this lane. And the distance between the two is less than eight feet, Yan Baihu is tall and has long arms, as long as he holds the ring head knife forward, he can pestle Zhang Lu through his heart, and Zhang Lu may not have time to pull out the sword......
If the alley is a little wider, he can still move sideways to dodge, the problem is that this lane is too narrow, at most one step to the left, and one step to the right, how can he dodge the knife move on the opposite side? Turning around is definitely not rushing, then there is only a way to go backwards...... Question: Zhang Lu remembers that there were several earthen bags behind him, and then a bamboo pole leaned against the earthen wall. He now has keen senses and listens to all directions, but after all, there are only six ways to see, and there are no long eyes on the back of his head.
I was careful and careful along the way, but I didn't want to enter Yan's Zhuang Courtyard but let down my vigilance, and I was in such a dangerous situation! By the way, the culprit was Zuo Ci Zuo Yuanfang, one was that he brought himself into the village, and the other was that he was by his side, and he didn't worry about it at all-that person was successful in cultivation and proficient in illusion, that is to say, his mind was stronger than that of mortals, and he should not be possessed, but in case he was possessed...... I'm dead, and it's useless to worry - but why doesn't that guy go to the toilet early or late, but he has to go to the toilet now?
If you want to say that the timing of Na Zhen's choice is really ingenious, I don't know if this is because Zhen himself is conscious and intelligent, or if he uses Yan Baihu's intelligence?
It was too late, it was too fast, all the thoughts in Zhang Lu's mind were just a moment, and Yan Baihu on the other side had already stabbed the knife. Count Zhang was forced to be helpless, so he didn't have time to draw his sword, so he had to stretch his right hand forward, aiming at Yan Baihu's forehead, and his true qi quickly vomited out - can it be reached, can it work, anyway, there is no other way to go, I will try it with my life.
He used the trick "Lingtai Mirage" that he had just learned from Zuo Ci, and this was the first time he had actually used it, and he didn't know what the odds would be. Although the time in the illusion is different from the natural time flow speed in the outside world, he tossed in the illusion for an hour or two in the morning, but it is actually only a stumbling effort, but it is estimated that Yan Baihu's IQ and understanding should be worse than his own - even Zuo Ci was turned into Yu Ji that day, and he also tossed and turned in the illusion for more than ten days - once he was hit, he had to have a few seconds of hard stun time, which was enough for him to turn around and escape from this alley in embarrassment.
The alleyway is quite dim, and a few seconds are enough time to take out the "Night Escape Talisman" by yourself, and use it, and instantly transfer it to another place.
But as soon as he vomited his true anger, as soon as he touched Yan Baihu's forehead, Zhang Lu suddenly felt dizzy, and then as if there was a suction, he sucked his whole person towards the other party's forehead. After he finished speaking, I want Yan Baihu to play by himself, I don't want to go in...... Is this Lao Tzu's unfamiliar tricks and making him deviate? Or is it ...... Yan Baihu's mind is now occupied by the devil, and he can't make this trick at all against the gods outside the sky?!