Chapter 5 Zuo Ci

Time back to the eve of the Battle of Chibi, on this day, two Taoist priests, an old man and a young one, appeared outside Cao Cao's barracks. I saw this old Taoist in his 50s, blind in one eye, wearing a green Ge Taoist robe, a scarf on his head, a gourd on his waist, and a peachwood sword on his back.

"Please inform Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and say that Tianzhu Mountain Zuoci asks to see you." The old man bowed his hand to the camp officer. It turned out that this old Taoist priest was one of the famous gods in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, or it should be said that one of the famous monks - Zuo Ci.

Zuo Ci, the character Yuan Fang, is a native of Lujiang (now southwest of Lujiang, Anhui). Rarely live in Tianzhu Mountain, practice alchemy. On that day, after Zuo Ci and his apprentice Ge Xuan descended the mountain, they visited the princes one by one, hoping to find the true son of heaven foreshadowed in the celestial phenomena.

On this day, they happened to come to Cao Ying, Cao Cao is one of the few heroes in the world, and now he is coercing the momentum of 800,000 troops to suppress Jiangdong. If you want to say who has the most possibility of dominating the world, then the current Cao Cao is undoubtedly the most likely one, how can they not pay a visit.

The camp gate official saw that the old Taoist spirit was strong, his face was ruddy, his long sleeves were fluttering, although there was only one single eye, but the single eye was shining, and he looked like a fairy wind and bones, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went to tell Cao Cao.

Some time ago, Cao Cao conquered Liu Biao, killed Kong Rong, and then Liu Biao died of illness, Liu Cong surrendered, and now Cao Cao is leading 800,000 troops to force the Sun and Liu coalition forces with Mount Tai pressing the top.

Suddenly heard the battalion gate official coming to report, Zuo Ci asked to see. As one of the three great immortals (three great gods) of the present generation, Cao Cao had heard of it for a long time, and he also knew that he could perform spells (magic), so he asked someone to invite him in to see what he was capable of.

Zuo Ci entered the banquet hall, and after saluting, he raised his head to look at Cao Cao. The Taoist art of looking at qi is mysterious and mysterious. It is said that a person's health, future, and fortune can be seen by a person's face, complexion, and aura.

This Zuo Ci looked at Cao Cao, it was amazing, the heavenly court was full of square circles, thick eyebrows erect, not angry and self-prestigious, it was the capital of the hero, at least it was also a level of general prince (isn't this nonsense?) He has long been Prime Minister Cao). After taking a closer look, he couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and he found that Cao Cao Yintang was black, his face was pale, and his eyes were black.

"Yintang is black, bad luck is the head, Cao Cao will lose this battle; The eyes are black, the face is pale, and the main kidney is deficient, and I heard that Cao Cao is greedy and lustful, and it seems that it is true. If he doesn't start to purify his heart and desires now, and cultivate his mind and nature, he will die within ten years. It seems that he will not be the true dragon emperor. Zuo Ci thought in his heart, but he knew that Cao Cao was suspicious, cruel and moody, so he didn't dare to tell the truth, so as not to cause trouble.

"What's the matter with Yuanfang?" Cao Cao saw that Zuo Ci was staring at him for a long time, so he put down his wine glass and took the initiative to ask. Zuo Ci immediately came to his senses and hurriedly replied: "I have heard for a long time that Prime Minister is a rare hero in the world, and I am here for a while today to comfort my life." Zuo Ci rarely talked about sycophants, and it seemed that Cao Cao really put a lot of pressure on him.

Who doesn't love to hear good words? Cao Cao was also happy when he heard Zuo Ci call him "a rare hero in the world", so he invited Zuo Ci to a banquet together. Zuo Ci was not polite, and found a place to sit down to eat and drink.

After a while, Cao Cao said to the guests: "Today, so many noble friends and friends have come to the Humble House, I have prepared some wine and food, but unfortunately there is a lack of perch from Songjiang." ”

Zuo Ci said: "Don't worry, I can get it right away!" Then he said to Cao Cao: "As long as you prepare a copper plate for me, fill it with water, and prepare a fishing rod, fishing line, fishing and bait are enough!" ”

After a while, a qiē was ready. I saw Zuo Ci pick up the fishing rod, put on the bait, and fish in the fishing plate.

The guests exchanged their heads and ears, some disapplied, some teased, some curious, and everyone expressed different expressions. After a while, Zuo Ci really caught a big perch.

Cao Cao laughed, and the guests present were all surprised and applauded. Cao Cao rolled his eyes, and said, "How can one perch be enough, can you catch a few more?" ”

Zuo Ci agreed: "What's so difficult, wait for me to go fishing." After that, Zuo Ci continued to fish according to what he had just done. It didn't take much effort to catch six big bass that were more than three feet long.

Cao Cao called the cook to cook the fish and serve it to the guests. In order to test Zuo Ci's spell, Cao Cao said: "Although there is a fish, I only hate that there is no ginger from Shu to make condiments, don't you regret it?" ”

Zuo Ci knew that Cao Cao was difficult, but he didn't care, he turned around, grabbed his right hand into the air, and then stretched out his hand to the table to put things down, and said, "Ginger is here!" "A big pile of ginger on the table. The guests present were all stunned and praised, and even some reckless people cheered loudly, seeing the wonderful dance with their hands, regardless of the image.

Cao Cao said again: "I want dragon liver for soup, can you take it?" ”

Zuo Ci said: "What's so difficult about this! "Take an ink pen and draw a dragon on the powder wall, and with a flick of the sleeves of the robe, the dragon's belly will open itself. Zuo Ci raised a pair of dragon livers in the dragon's belly, and the blood was still flowing.

Cao Cao didn't believe it, and scolded: "You just hid it in your sleeve in advance!" Tzu said, "Now the weather is cold, and the grass and trees are dead. Prime Minister, whatever good flowers you want, you can choose at will. ”

Cao Cao said: "I only need peony flowers." ”

Zuo Ci said: "It's easy. ”

Tell someone to take a large pot of flowers and put it before the feast. Then he paced the gossip steps around the flower pot while chanting words in his mouth. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, only to see that one eye was shining, and he suddenly snorted. I saw a peony in the pot in an instant, opening double flowers. The guests were shocked and invited Zuo Ci to sit and eat together.

Cao Cao couldn't help but feel sorry for Zuo Ci, and he was secretly annoyed. Seeing that his subordinates admired him very much, he was unhappy: "This son is delusional, and he can confuse the hearts of the people, so that the generals will no longer care about the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and they must not be removed." ”

Cao Cao knew the idea of killing Zuo Ci together, so he asked Cao Cao to let him go home and spare him.

Cao Cao said, "Why are you in such a hurry to go? ”

Zuo Ci said, "You want to kill me, so I beg you to let me go." ”

Cao Cao said, "Where, where, how could I kill you." Since you have noble aspirations, I will not force you to keep you. ”

Cao Cao raised his glass to toast Zuo Ci for the last glass, and Zuo Ci said, "I'm going to travel far away, and I ask to share a drink with you." ”

Cao Cao agreed. At that time, the weather was very cold, and the wine was soaking in the fire, Zuo Ci pulled out the hairpin on his head and stirred the wine, and in a moment the hairpin was dissolved in the wine, just like the ink dissolved into water when grinding ink.

At the beginning, Cao Cao saw Zuo Ci asking for a "glass of wine", thinking that he would drink half a cup first and then give Zuo Ci the remaining half of his cup, but he didn't expect Zuo Ci to use the hairpin to cut his wine glass first, and the wine glass was divided into two halves, and there was wine in both halves, several inches apart.

Zuo Ci drank half of it first, and gave the other half of the cup to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was not very happy, and he didn't drink it right away, so Zuo Ci asked Cao Cao to come over and drink it himself. After drinking, the cup was thrown on the beam, and the cup shook in the air, like a bird about to swoop to the ground.

Cao Cao sent an army to hunt down Zuo Ci, and Zuo Ci saw a flock of sheep at the place where Cao's camp was stacked with grain and grass, which was estimated to be Cao Cao's logistics supply camp. Zuo Ci got into the flock, and the people who pursued him couldn't tell the difference, so they checked the number of sheep, and sure enough, there was one more, knowing that Zuo Ci had become a sheep.

The pursuer conveyed Cao Cao's meaning, saying that Cao Cao just wanted to see Zuo Ci, and asked Zuo Ci not to be afraid. Then a great sheep came up and knelt down and said, "Look at me, am you?" ”

The pursuers said to each other: "This kneeling sheep must be Zuo Ci!" "I want to take the sheep away.

But then all the sheep knelt down and said, "Look at me, am you?" In this way, the pursuers really couldn't figure out which sheep was Zuo Ci, so they had to go back and resume their lives.

Later, someone who knew Zuo Ci's whereabouts told Cao Cao secretly, and Cao Cao sent someone to arrest him, and he caught it as soon as he caught it.

In fact, it was not that Zuo Ci couldn't escape, but that he deliberately wanted to show Cao Cao his change technique. So Zuo Ci asked his captors to tie him up and throw him into prison. The warden planned to torture Zuo Ci, but found that there was a Zuo Ci in the house and a Zuo Ci outside the house, and I don't know which one was the real Zuo Ci.

When Cao Cao found out, he held even more resentment, so he ordered Zuo Ci to be tied up and killed. Zuo Ci suddenly disappeared from the execution ground. So Cao Cao ordered the city gates to be closed and a large number of arrests were made.

Some of the arresters said they didn't know Zuo Ci, and the officials told him that Zuo Ci was blind in one eye, wearing a blue Gebu shirt and a Gebu turban, and that he would arrest such a person when he saw him. After a while, the people of the whole city became blind and wore green kudzu cloth and tied a scarf, and no one could tell which one was Zuo Ci.

Cao Cao ordered the scope of the search to be expanded, and killed as long as it was caught. Later, someone saw Zuo Ci, so he killed and dedicated it to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was overjoyed, and the corpse was transported to see that it was a bundle of thatch, and then went to the place where Zuo Ci was killed to find the body, which was gone.

Zuo Ci's play with Cao Cao spread, and Zuo Ci's reputation became famous. Many people know that there is such a one-eyed Taoist. And the teasing of Cao Cao that day became more and more mysterious, far beyond the original meaning of the matter, Zuo Ci was portrayed as a fairy who can call the wind and rain, take things from the air, create something out of nothing, and be invisible through the wall.

On this day, someone said that they saw Zuo Ci in Wu County.

Wu Hou Sun Quan did not believe in evil, because his brother Sun Ce had killed a famous god - Yu Ji, and he thought that Zuo Ci was also a demon who confused people's hearts, and planned to capture and kill him.

So Sun Quan came out with soldiers and horses to show off, Zuo Ci knew that Sun Quan wanted to see what Taoist skills he had, so he slowly walked up to Sun Quan and said, "I have some meager gifts to reward your army." ”

Sun Quan said: "You are a Taoist priest alone, I have so many people, can you reward me?" ”

Zuo Ci said it again, and Sun Quan sent someone to see what the gift was, and saw that there was only a bucket of wine and a small bundle of dried meat, but ten people did not lift it.

Zuo Ci brought the dried meat himself, cut the meat piece by piece to the ground, and asked a hundred people to bring wine and dried meat and distribute them to the soldiers. Three glasses of wine and one piece of jerky for each soldier. The jerky tasted the same as usual, and more than 10,000 soldiers were full of food and drink, but there was no shortage of wine in the wine vessel, and the jerky was not eaten up, and Sun Quan's more than 1,000 guests were also drunk.

During this period, Zuo Ci also used his Qi Hope technique to observe Sun Quan. It was found that Sun Quan "has purple hair and blue eyes, fine eyes, square mouth and a strange appearance, which is different from ordinary people." I also sighed in my heart, this Sun Quan really gave birth to a good skin and had the resources of a prince, but it was a pity that he was "jealous of his nature, and he was determined to kill." "It's hard to make a big deal in the end.

Sun Quan was taken aback when he saw that Zuo Ci really had some ability, and dispelled the intention of killing Zuo Ci. But not long after, the quartermaster came to report that the wine and meat that had been used to labor the army were gone. Sun Quan was furious, knowing that he was also teased by Zuo Ci. Ordered Zhou Tai to lead his troops to arrest Zuo Ci.

However, Zuo Ci walked slowly in wooden shoes and with a bamboo cane, and Zhou Tai chased after him with soldiers and horses with weapons but could not catch up. Sun Quan also knew that Cao Cao was as strong as Cao Cao and couldn't help Zuo Ci, so he had to give up.

After seeing Sun Quan, Zuo Ci left Wu County with his apprentice Ge Xuan and went straight to Jingzhou Public Security.