However, it is said that Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang decided to create Taiping Dao, known as "Taiping Dao people", Zhang Jiao is a "great sage and good teacher", and went to Nanshan to worship Yu Ji as a teacher, and practiced the three volumes of scriptures given by Daoweng at dawn, and then went back and forth between Nanshan and Beishan, urging ten elite Taoist disciples to practice the skills of the immortals and monks taught by Yu Ji day and night; Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang are the left and right escorts, and according to the division of labor, each leader leads the Taoist disciples to build a temple and set up a field, and travels all over the world to publicize it. First of all, the people in the vicinity came to the Taoist temple to enter the Taoist teaching, and when they saw the scene, there was porridge, rice and meat, and it spread ten, ten and hundred, attracting hungry people from afar, one after another, and there was an endless stream. The Taoist temple built was difficult to accommodate, and a righteous house was built for the hungry people in the distance to eat and lodging. In less than a year, the number of students enrolled in the church reached thousands. Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang felt increasingly embarrassed and burdened, so they went to Beishan to discuss with Zhang Jiao.

Zhang Jiao didn't expect the development to be so fast, so he went to Nanshan to ask Yu Ji for advice. Yu Ji said to him: "This is just like the meaning of 'there is nothing, there is nothing' in my Taoist scriptures, the people suffer from the government and suffer from disasters repeatedly, and they yearn for peace, and it is inevitable." Zhang Jiao said: "Having said that, the urgency at the moment is not to rely on the many initiates outside the door, and there is no more money to spend, how to solve the difficulty?" Yu Ji said with a smile: "My teacher Nanhua Immortal Weng Guan Ru has excellent understanding, and he is bold and courageous, and he is entrusted with great trust. You have already understood the essentials of the Taoist scriptures and the Taiping Sutra, and you have understood the so-called "art of the gods and the skills of the monks". The heart is God, and the heart understands God; The form is the heart, and the heart is formed. Then connect your understanding with the juggling and magic skills of the rivers and lakes, and use your heart to do it, and your wishes will come true. As for relieving the difficulties of the moment, you will go down the mountain now, and according to the current law, you can spread it to all sides. From now on, I will concentrate on practicing calling for wind, rain, sand and stones in the mountains, and dispatch heavenly soldiers and generals to set up formations to kill the enemy, so I hope not to disturb. If there is an emergency, I will look for you. ”

Although Zhang Jiao still has no understanding of what Ji said, he realized the truth of "generalization". After he went down the mountain, he first found Ma Yuanyi and asked him to summarize and sort out the practice of recruiting Taoist disciples in the previous section and compile a volume. This Ma Yuanyi has been smart and studious since he was a child, can write and calculate, and is good at making friends, so he quickly wrote the booklet and copied several copies. Zhang Jiao consulted with Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, selected capable Taoist disciples from among the Taoist personnel, and sent them to the east, west, north and south, according to the radius of 100 miles, in accordance with the method recorded in the booklet compiled by Ma Yuanyi, on the one hand, he called on large households to raise donations, and on the other hand, forcibly requisitioned some property from wealthy gentry to build Taoist temples and set up dojos. Then, and so on, and so on, and outward. The original Taoist temple as the headquarters, the new Taoist temple as one side, the party set up the Taoist chief, the left and right escorts, each side sent a person to the North Mountain to learn, practice the art of the gods, the skills of the monks, and then each back to the side to coach the Taoists. Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang often led personnel to visit and supervise the Sifang Dojo, while Ma Yuanyi was responsible for collecting and collecting the situation of all parties in the department, so that the "Taiping Dao" was tightly organized, progressed in an orderly manner, and its influence continued to expand and its power expanded.

Let's say that at the foot of Daxing Mountain, there is a village named Dengtun. There are 40 or 50 families, more than 200 men, women and children. It turned out that there was a Yin family living here, named Yinzhuang. About 50 years ago, a couple drove a carriage to Yinzhuang, saying that they would stay for a few days and leave. Where have the villagers seen such carriages in the deep mountains and wild mountains, thinking that the nobles have come and treat them as guests. The husband and wife walked up and down the mountain for a few days, saw that the mountains and forests were dense here, and decided to settle here, so they gave money to each family and invited them to help them build houses. In fact, this person is not surnamed Deng, because he was sold to Deng Qiu as a slave since he was a child, so he changed his surname to Deng. After the death of the Empress Dowager Deng, Deng Qiu suffered a disaster, and the Deng family was expelled, so he abducted one of the maids of the Empress Dowager Deng and fled. This maid has been a maid since she was a child, and her parents died, and she was accepted as a maid by the Empress Dowager Deng, living in the palace, and it is rare to have contact with men. She was usually very appreciated by the Empress Dowager Deng, and she saved a lot of private money, so she handed it over to her man, bought horses and vehicles, like a bird out of the cage, and just wanted to find a remote and quiet place to live freely, so she came to Yinzhuang. Although the man is a slave of the Deng family, he is also well-informed; The woman has followed the queen mother for many years, but she also has some knowledge, plus some money, the husband and wife help the villagers, and are friendly to the villagers, and they are quite supported by the villagers. Later, he gave birth to a boy and a girl, the male was named Deng Shan, and married the Yin family of Honzhuang as his wife; The woman married the Yin family of Honjo as a daughter-in-law. Deng Shan followed his father's example, and the children born to him all intermarried with the surname Yin of Honjo. Since then, the Deng Yin family has been very close. Deng Shan's father was very respected, all called Deng Gong, died of illness at the age of sixty-three, and the whole village was buried for it, so Yin Zhuang was changed to Deng Tun.

When Deng Shan's eldest son Deng Lin married his wife Yin, a twin son, the eldest son Deng Mao, and the second son Deng Sheng, taking the meaning of the Deng family like a mountain forest and lush branches and leaves. The twins differed only in weight when they were young, and other differences were not significant. As I grow up, the differences become prominent, not only in appearance and body type, but also in personality and voice. Deng Mao has a tall and fierce physique, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a face like black iron, a voice like a bell, a straight personality, and easy to be impulsive; Deng Sheng has a slender physique, delicate facial features, fair complexion, a voice like a girl, a gentle personality, and thinks twice. The two brothers have eaten at the same table since childhood, slept in the same bed, brothers love brothers, brothers respect brothers, inseparable, but also complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, complementing each other. Deng Mao likes to move but does not like to be quiet, and often takes Deng Sheng up the mountain to climb the slopes and climb trees, dance sticks and sticks, and hunt some birds and animals. And every time he went up the mountain, Deng Mao was afraid that Deng Sheng would be hurt, so he only told him to hide in the cave to protect his prey. Once Deng Sheng was guarding a few birds and three injured hares in the cave, and suddenly a wild beast appeared. Deng Sheng didn't know anything, he looked like a jackal or something. Deng Sheng was in a hurry, threw a bird out of the hole, and when the jackal pounced on the bird, Deng Sheng turned around and ran out of the cave to climb a big tree. When the jackal devoured the bird and ran to the cave, Deng Mao was walking towards the entrance of the cave with a stick in one hand and two hares in the other. Deng Sheng didn't dare to shout loudly, so he casually broke a branch and threw it at Deng Mao. Deng Mao looked up and saw Deng Sheng squatting on the tree and waving his hand to signal to him, knowing that there was an accident in the hole, he was about to carry a stick into the hole, and another branch fell on his head. I saw Deng Sheng waving his hand again, and opening his mouth to speak. Although Deng Mao is usually rude, he is obedient to Deng Sheng. He understood the meaning from Deng Sheng's gesture and the shape of his mouth that he didn't make a sound even though he opened his mouth, so he quietly dodged to the side of the hole. After a while, thinking that the jackal had eaten enough, he twisted his body and staggered out of the hole. Deng Mao shouted, like thunder, and the jackal was so frightened that he couldn't help but retreat. said that it was too late, it was fast, Deng Mao took advantage of the jackal's stunned moment, even if he jumped up, picked up his stick with both hands, as if falling in the air, knocked the wolf to the ground with a stick, and kicked his hooves around. Deng Mao slammed the stick again and slammed it on the head, and suddenly the jackal's head cracked, blood splattered, and his limbs slowly stiffened. Deng Sheng came down from the tree and hurriedly wiped Deng Mao's sweat with his sleeves. The two brothers took a breath, Deng Mao carried the beast in front, and Deng Sheng carried the hare behind, and walked down the mountain.

When Deng Mao and Deng Sheng returned home, the neighbors came to watch, and some people recognized it and said that it was a mountain wolf. After listening to Deng Mao's account of fighting wolves, everyone praised Deng Mao's courage and Deng Sheng's wisdom, but they were also worried about the appearance of this beast in the mountains. Deng Mao said: "As long as I am here, don't say it's a jackal, even if it's a tiger, don't be afraid." Deng Sheng pulled the corner of Deng Mao's clothes, and Deng Mao didn't say more. When the neighbors dispersed, Deng Mao asked Deng Sheng: "Everyone is worried and afraid, I support them, why do you stop them?" Deng Sheng said: "In the past, Zhuang Min only heard that tigers and leopards are fierce and jackals are cruel, but they have never seen them. Brother Wen bravely attacked the wolf, and everyone praised him. However, it is no wonder that others who have this kind of divine power and who have this kind of courage are worried and afraid. Deng Lin saw that the neighbors praised his son, felt that his face was bright, listened to the words of the two sons, and felt that it was quite reasonable, so he instructed his son to peel off the wolf skin, and after the wolf meat was cooked, invite the neighbors to come and taste the meat in the evening, and discuss ways to defend against wild beasts.

Deng Linzu once lived in the palace, and knew a little about the method of winemaking, that is, the usual surplus grain was mashed into the altar, mixed with a little water, sealed the mouth of the altar, and placed in the courtyard, after 9981 days of wind and sun rotting, it was put into the pot, and boiled with mountain stream spring water, and then filtered the dregs to become wine pulp. Then pour it into the jar and store it tightly. In the evening of that day, Deng Lin taught Deng Mao and Deng Sheng to invite the Deng clan and the Yin family, put the wolf meat on the table, took out the altar wine, and sat down with his father Deng Shan. During the eating and drinking, everyone inevitably praised Deng Mao and Deng Sheng again. Everyone knows that Deng Mao is extremely brave, Deng Sheng has excellent intelligence, and said that the matter of defending against wild beasts is subject to the arrangements of the Deng family.

Since Deng Mao beat the wolf down the mountain, he was praised by the neighbors, and now he is praised by everyone, he is proud, and he stands up and says: "Everyone says that the tiger and wolf are fierce, and the color of the talk has changed." In my opinion, it's just a cat and a rabbit, so there's no need to be afraid of it. As soon as Deng Mao's voice fell, he suddenly saw a young man stand up and say: "Cousin Deng Mao said well, I am willing to follow my cousin, first, to learn some skills, and second, to be a helper." Deng Sheng saw that the young man who spoke was Yin Da, who was married to the Yin family as the son of his second aunt. Although this Yin Da is not tall, he has a big waist and a round waist, is thick and solid, and has played together since childhood, and has a very good relationship. So he said, "What Dadi said is true. Although Brother Mao is brave, he is 'hard to beat all hands with one punch'. Now I only see one wolf, if you encounter multiple wolves or tigers and leopards and other beasts that are more ferocious than wolves, how can you deal with them? It is better to have one person from each family, form a team, go into the mountains to hunt during the day, catch birds and animals, and distribute them to each family for food; At night, watch the village to defend against wild beasts. When everyone heard this, they all felt reasonable, and decided that each family should send a man over the age of sixteen, led by Deng Mao and Yin Da, to go into the mountains to hunt during the day, and take turns to watch at night, and the rest of the people will cultivate the fields at home as usual.

As Deng Sheng expected. One night, when Yin Da was on duty, a fierce beast suddenly broke into the village, and the howl was terrifying, stirring up the roosters and cows. When Yin Da led the people to light the torches, they saw that the black beast that looked like a bull saw the light of the fire and heard the shouts, turned around, and fled along the same road, unable to catch up. The next day, Deng Mao and Deng Sheng guessed that it was either a wild boar or a bear according to Yin Da's description of the shape of the beast. According to Deng Mao's intentions, he immediately led people to chase along the hoof prints of the beast and kill him like a jackal. Deng Sheng believes that the beast has a huge body. Mercedes-benz is fast, not to mention that it can't catch up, it is to find shelter according to the hoof prints, its sex is fierce and difficult to subdue. The wolf was taken by surprise that day, and this was a frightened beast, how could it be unprepared, and if it went rashly, there would be casualties, so how could it be explained to the villagers? It is better to design the capture to avoid harming the villagers. Deng Mao didn't go to catch up.

Deng Sheng looked at the beast's place and came up with a solution. According to what Deng Sheng said, Yin Da led people to dig one or two zhang long at the hoof prints of wild beasts outside the village, more than one zhang wide, and one zhang deep like a grave pit for burying the dead. Everything was prepared, and the personnel were assigned to hold on day and night, first, to prevent the villagers from entering by mistake, and second, to monitor the movements of the wild beasts.

After some time, one night the beast came again. When it came to the outside of the village along the same road, it fell headlong into the pit. Hiding in the trees and holding on, the villagers hurried down, covered the pit next to it, lit torches and shouted. When Deng Mao and Deng Sheng arrived when they heard the news, they only heard the wild beast roaring and screaming when they were pierced by the ploughshare and iron nails in the pit, and they wanted to jump out of the pit several times, but they were blocked back by the pit cover. Deng Sheng asked someone to cover the pit with the bedding that had been prepared long ago, and then sealed it with soil. By the time dawn lifted the lid of the pit, the beast had already suffocated to death in the pit. Deng Mao and Yin Da jumped into the pit, tied the beast's hooves with ropes, and then returned to the surface, beckoning everyone to pull the beast out of the hole, and looked at the huge body that was pierced and bruised, and some people recognized it as a black bear. The people carried the black bear back to the village, skinned and boiled the meat, and drank to celebrate.

Since then, Zhuang Min has become more convinced of Deng Mao and Deng Sheng brothers, and there are more than 30 followers. Deng Mao and Yin Da led everyone to dig pits in accordance with Deng Sheng's method of digging pits, digging and digging pits next to the village, in the forest, and in the mountains, or building holes with stones, and building many potholes of different depths and shapes, which are called traps, and are marked. Deng Mao also taught everyone to practice the technique of hitting objects with stones, and at the same time made his own bow and crossbow to practice shooting skills. More than 30 people gradually became full-time hunters, Deng Mao served as the captain, called Deng Sheng as a counselor, Yin Da as the deputy team, leading everyone to hunt between the mountains and forests, not to mention for the time being.

In addition, Zhang Jiao founded the "Taiping Road", based on Julu County, Jizhou, and according to the policy of extension, it took about five or six years to gradually set up Taoist temples in Xuzhou, Bingzhou, Yuzhou, Youzhou and other counties under the jurisdiction of the east, west, north and south, as many as more than 20 squares. In this year, the plague was epidemic and spread, and the people were attacked by the epidemic, and six or seven out of ten people died, and even the believers were infected. Although Zhang Jiao has practiced medicine since he was a child, he only sees some common symptoms of cold and cold, but he is at a loss for the raging plague infection. He knew that since the creation of the "Taiping Dao", the collection of herbs to prepare medicines, decoction medicine, and borrowing books to recite mantras, and the method of distributing runes and water, is just a decoration, which looks mysterious and unpredictable, suitable for the people's mentality, can drum up spirits, and play a role in reducing mental pressure to prevent and cure general diseases, if you want to cure plague and other incurable diseases, you need to seek miracle medicines.

He returned to the headquarters and summoned Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, and Ma Yuanyi to discuss. Ma Yuanyi said that a few days ago, a dojo on the South Road came to report, saying that it was a plague epidemic, and many Taoist disciples left one after another for fear of being infected by the plague, and went to Nanyang to find Zhang Zhongjing for medical treatment. Zhang Bao also said that he was inspecting the dojo in Runan County, Yuzhou, and also heard that Zhang Zhongjing was good at curing the plague. Zhang Jiao listened to it and decided to go to Nanyang to ask for medicine in person, and instructed Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang to continue to inspect and stabilize all parties; Ma Yuanyiwen went to all the Taoist chiefs, saying: "Great sages and good teachers" lived in seclusion in Nanshan to refine the elixir of dispelling plague, and it was soon completed to stabilize the Taoists.

Zhang Jiao led ten Taoist disciples, trekking through mountains and rivers, day and night, to Nanyang to find Zhang Zhongjing for medicine. He first went to the Runan Dojo in Yuzhou and explained his intention to the Taoist chief. Although the two counties of Runan and Nanyang belong to Yuzhou and Jingzhou, they are not far from each other, and Zhang Zhongjing's medical ethics and medical skills are all known. The governor of Runan told Zhang Jiao that Zhang Zhongjing had gone to Changsha to take up his post and was not in Nanyang. There is an old famous doctor Shen Huai who Zhang Zhongjing once consulted, and now he is in Nanyang. When Zhang Jiao heard this, he hurried to Nanyang to visit.

When Zhang Jiao saw Shen Huai, although he was over eighty years old, his face was full of red light and his expression was full of brilliance. Shen Huai smiled and pointed to a huge dough that had dried up on the coffee table: "This is a pill made by Zhang Zhongjing according to the prescribed prescription after diagnosing the condition, and teaching him to eat it in one meal." I have never eaten, I look at it every day, I always feel ridiculous, for more than ten years, I have seen it and laughed today, and I know that this recipe is a good medicine that only looks at and does not eat, and is not bitter. It can be described as 'a smile, ten years less'. Zhang Jiao was surprised and asked him for details, and Shen Huai told a story about Zhang Zhongjing's diagnosis and dispensing of medicine for him:

Shen Huai has practiced medicine all his life, he is over 70 years old and has no children and grandchildren, and he does not want to teach medical skills to outsiders, so he is depressed all day long, melancholy that there is no successor, he can't eat, he can't sleep, and he slowly worries about becoming ill. When the local Lang Zhong came to see Shen Huai, he shook his head and retreated, but he did not get better, and it became more and more serious. After Zhang Zhongjing found out, he went to Shen Huai's house. Zhang Zhongjing inspected the condition and was diagnosed as a worried disease, so he immediately prescribed a prescription, that is, one pound of grains and whole grains and noodles to make pills, and coated the outside with cinnabar, so that the patient could eat it for a meal. Shen Huai didn't feel funny. He ordered his family to hang the pills made of whole grains and noodles under the eaves. Relatives came to see him. He pointed to the pill and said with a smile, "This is the prescription that Zhang Zhongjing prescribed for me." Who has ever seen whole grains cure diseases? Jokes, jokes. When a friend came to see him, he pointed to the pill and said with a smile, "This is the prescription that Zhang Zhongjing prescribed for me." Who can eat five catties of noodles in one meal? Funny, funny. Lang Zhong came to see him, he pointed to the pill and said with a smile: "This is the prescription that Zhang Zhongjing prescribed for me." I've been seeing a disease for decades, and I've never heard of it. Hee-hee, hee-hee. He only thought that it was ridiculous, and all his worries were forgotten, and he was cured of illness before he knew it. At this time, Zhang Zhongjing came to visit him: "Congratulations to Mr. on getting better!" Students are bold. When Shen Huai heard this, he suddenly realized, admired and ashamed. Zhang Zhongjing then said: "Sir, we are Langzhong in order to benefit the people and prolong their lives. Sir, we have no children, aren't we all your children? Why worry about having no successor? When Shen Huai heard this, he felt that it made sense, and he was very moved in his heart. Since then, he has taught all his medical skills to Zhang Zhongjing and other young Langzhong.

When Zhang Jiao heard this, he felt wonderful, but he also realized some truth, so he explained the intention of seeking a prescription for the prevention and treatment of the plague. Shen Huai immediately repaired the book and handed it to Zhang Jiao, saying that Zhang Zhongjing saw the book and would respond to his request. Zhang Jiao bid farewell to Shen Huai and led the Taoist disciples to Changsha to seek medicine. Exactly: if you want to get rid of the plague and relieve the suffering of the people, you need a good medical prescription for the world. Whether Zhang Jiao can find a good prescription depends on the next decomposition.