Emperor Zhenzong drove back to Bianjing, and Ding Wei sent the Book of Heaven to Da Nei to be enshrined, and then the hundred officials took a three-day holiday, and various rewards continued. It was not until the end of the year that the event came to an end. Since the letter of heaven was issued, the whole country has been busy for a whole year for the matter of sealing Zen.

Not long after, Xue Nan, a Jinshi of Hezhong Prefecture, and more than 1,290 monks and gentry jointly played a joint performance, asking Emperor Zhenzong to go to Fenyin to worship Houtu. Jiedu envoy Ning Wang Yuanwu also wrote to implore, but Emperor Zhenzong did not agree immediately. Subsequently, more than 30,000 people, including gentry, civil and military officials, monks, and generals, united to perform the three chapters and ask for sacrifices. Therefore, Emperor Zhenzong announced to the people of the world that he would go to Fenyin to worship in the spring of the coming year.

It seems that Emperor Zhenzong was forced to sacrifice to Fenyin, but in fact, it is not. Just like Wang Dan and them eating vegetarian food, everyone was pretending, and Emperor Zhenzong played his role enough before agreeing. After sacrificing Mount Tai, Emperor Zhenzong thought that sacrificing the heavens and not the earth, which was inevitably biased, and always felt that there was a fly in the ointment. Since Mount Tai has been sacrificed, it is imperative to sacrifice to the Fenyin land. Therefore, Emperor Zhenzong ordered Chen Pengnian to collect information about the sacrifice of the Houtu and the suspension of the sacrifice of the Houtu in the past dynasties, and conveyed the above understanding to the prime minister. Since the prime minister already knew the emperor's intentions, he immediately began to encourage the people from all sides to write a letter. Like the Tianshu Incident, these are all good plays directed and acted by some people in the imperial court. Then they began their preparations.

The previous Feng Zen cost a lot, worked hard and hurt money, from top to bottom, all of them were deceptive. Emperor Zhenzong is full of ambition and never tired of it, of course, there will be people who pretend to be ghosts for him, fake auspiciousness, these things that work hard and hurt money are extremely harmful to the people, which makes people sad and suffocating. Many officials robbed the people of wheat, forcibly seized the people's property, forcibly conscripted their husbands, frantically abused the people, and regarded human life as a mustard. In another great drought in the world, grain prices soared, thousands of miles of red land, and people's grievances boiled. But the magistrates and ministers only reported auspiciousness, and did not care about the lives of the people. Sun Zheng, the servant of the Longtu Pavilion, couldn't bear it anymore and wrote to Emperor Zhenzong.

From the perspective of a feudal scribe, Sun Zheng's recital analyzes and discusses ten unreasonable manifestations of sacrificing Fenyin: First, according to the ancestors' precedents, the major events of the feudal ceremony should be carried out according to the tradition, and the "divination" should be carried out for five years. Within five years, the wind and rain are smooth, the world is fine, and auspicious times appear repeatedly, so that it can be held. If this is not the case, it is necessary to cultivate one's self-cultivation, implement benevolent government, and practice benevolence for another five years. Now that Mount Tai has just been enshrined, and Fenyin has been enshrined, it is really excessive. Second, the sacrifice of Fenyin is rare since ancient times, only Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to enshrine Mount Tai, afraid that the ministers would have opinions, so he first sealed Zhongyue, and then worshiped Fenyin, and then went to Mount Tai. This is just a step-by-step meaning, and the sacrifice to Fenyin is just a transition. Now that His Majesty has enshrined Mount Tai, why bother to worship Fenyin again. Third, "Zhou Li" sacrifices to the sky with a round mound, and Fang Ze sacrifices to the ground, which is today's southern suburbs and northern suburbs. Before the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were only five domains to worship the sky, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was only in the Fenyin sacrifice land. When Emperor Yuan and Emperor Cheng were the second emperors, they accepted the advice of the ministers and moved the sacrifice of Fenyin to the northern suburbs. Since then, there have been very few cases of emperors sacrificing Fenyin. Nowadays, there are not only the sacrificial activities in the northern suburbs, but also the sacrifice of Fenyin, which is really enough to paint the snake. Fourth, after the Western Han Dynasty set the capital of Chang'an, because it was very close to Fenyin, it was directly worshiped there. Now Bianliang is not less than a thousand miles away from Fenyin, Your Majesty is far away from the capital, go there to worship, once there is an emergency, it is difficult to deal with it, it is really not appropriate. Fifth, the Tang Dynasty arose in Hedong, and after the capital Chang'an was built, it still went to Hedong from time to time to inspect, and must pass through Fenyin along the way. Therefore, Emperor Tang Ming also sacrificed to Fenyin, but he did it by the way. His Majesty went to worship Fenyin, but there was no reason. Sixth, if a disaster falls from the sky, the court must be extra cautious, which is also the reason why King Xuan of Zhou was able to revive the Zhou Dynasty, and all dynasties have regarded it as experience. Now that there are many droughts and floods, it is time for Your Majesty to devote himself to cultivation in response to the condemnation of Heaven. You should not listen to the words of the villain, work the people far away, and play with drums. Seventh, thunder between February and August is a normal phenomenon, and it is a symbol of the virtuous son of heaven. Now the winter thunder is ringing, obviously it is a warning from God to the emperor, reminding His Majesty to repent, but His Majesty ignores it and insists on going to sacrifice Fenyin. Eighth, the people are the supreme of God, so the first king becomes the civil first, and the gods come later. Nowadays, the country has been building civil engineering projects year after year, floods and droughts are increasing, and the people are disturbed and sacrificed to the gods, which is reversing the order of the main and secondary. Ninth, if Your Majesty must be enshrined, it is just to learn from the Han and Tang Emperors and sing praises for themselves, and should not hinder the governance of the country in order to seek such a false name. Tenth, the ministers of the court and the central government asked His Majesty to follow the example of Emperor Tang Ming and take the story of Kaiyuan as an example. However, Emperor Tang Ming favored the harem and trusted the treacherous evil, and finally caused chaos in the world, and he himself was also exiled, which is not enough to set an example for His Majesty.

Soon, Sun Zheng said: "In order to sacrifice Fenyin, the hearts of the people in the capital have been panicked, and the people of Jianghuai are also tired of coping. Civil works are still underway, and thieves are already running rampant all over the world. The first emperor wanted to be enshrined, but due to natural disasters, he could not make the trip. Now the ministers want His Majesty to inherit the will of the previous emperor and carry out the Zen Meditation. I really don't know, the real will of the first emperor is: to take the west and move to the west, and to take the thistle in the north. At this point, the crowd did not offer any strategy, but instead made humble remarks and asked the Khitan for peace with the year's coins, so as to appease Li Jiqian with the promotion of officials and knights. Now they are even more ghosts and gods, pretending to be auspicious, encouraging Your Majesty, re-performing the ritual of sealing Zen, working the people and harming the people, and endangering the people, which is really painful and suffocating!"

Sun Zheng is also brave and more knowledgeable, his words cannot be said to be insincere, he cannot be said to be disloyal, full of enthusiasm and deep indignation, but unfortunately Emperor Zhenzong has never been moved, and still goes his own way. Sun Zheng still refused to give up lightly, and he wrote again, "As a human minister, the minister wept and sighed bitterly because he encouraged His Majesty to create auspiciousness and pretend to trust ghosts and gods!"

In fact, most people are the same as Sun Zheng, even Wang Dan, who is the prime minister, has a difficult conscience. Every time there is a large-scale sacrificial activity, Wang Dan acts as a messenger of the book of heaven, holding the book of heaven to lead the way in front. Wang Dan clearly knew that this was a trick, but he couldn't express the sorrow in his heart; he had the heart to expose this deception, but he was timid, worried, and afraid of getting into trouble; he had the heart to ask for resignation, and felt that Emperor Zhenzong was very honest to him, and left for no reason, so he couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Emperor Zhenzong's affection, in fact, it was just difficult to give up wealth and glory.

Wang Dan was ashamed in his heart, so he was depressed all day long, but he didn't dare to show it. Recalling Li Xin's advice at the beginning, I admired him more and more in my heart, and often praised him and said, "Li Xin has such a vision, he is really a saint!" Later, Wang Dan was quite concerned about this matter, and said to his son before he died, "I have been an official all my life, and I think that everything is worthy of my heart and worthy of others. After I die, I am ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors, and you should shave my hair and wear monk's clothes to bury me, and I am ashamed of Deleshiliu!" I don't know when it started to use the regime to deceive people, and Wang Dan can still feel a little guilty, and when all the participants are at ease, the regime will not be far from extinction.

The enshrinement had a great impact on the society of the Song Dynasty, not only consuming a lot of manpower and material resources, but also giving merit, pushing grace, and amnesty and other things that accompanied the enshrinement, which seriously damaged the government and government. The organization is bloated and the administrative efficiency is extremely inefficient. Emperor Zhenzong became very happy, sold his fame and reputation, and did his utmost extravagance, the upper echelons were seriously corrupted, and politics tended to be formalized. Since then, the Song Dynasty has gradually declined, starting with the enshrinement of Emperor Zhenzong.

Seeing all this happening, Zhang Xiaochuan became more and more unfamiliar with Emperor Zhenzong, lost all thoughts in his heart, was disheartened, and saw that the farce was staged again, and he wanted to hang up his crown and leave, so he immediately retreated. At this time, Lei Zhentian hurriedly came.

"Brother Xiaochuan!" Lei Zhentian's face was worried, and he broke into the door in a hurry, screaming, but he didn't know how to speak. When Zhang Xiaochuan saw it, he hurriedly asked him, "Why is Brother Lei anxious?" "Brother Xiaochuan, do you have a treasure map?" As soon as Lei Zhentian's words came out, Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but be stunned. In the past, Emperor Zhenzong questioned himself about this matter, and the two of them had a disagreement in their hearts because of this, and I don't know where Lei Zhentian heard the rumors. Zhang Xiaochuan said to Lei Zhentian with doubts, "It's really nothing, I don't know where Brother Lei heard the rumors!" "Where are the rumors, my brother Xiaochuan, it's already boiling outside!" "What the hell is going on, please tell me in detail about it!" Zhang Xiaochuan was like a cloud in the fog, eager to know the truth of the matter, and his expression was far more anxious than Lei Zhentian. Lei Zhentian saw his expression and knew that what he said was true, so he said to him, "When you were in Shaolin before, did you lose a hairpin?" Zhang Xiaochuan suddenly fell into the memories of the past.

That day, Li Xueyao packed up her belongings and saw the hairpin, she saw that the hairpin was very exquisite, she played with it in her hand for a while, and gently approached the window, where Zhang Xiaochuan was staring at her. Li Xueyao came to him and motioned for him to sit on the low stool, and Zhang Xiaochuan sat down obediently. Li Xueyao stood behind him, gently arranged his hair, and carefully tied his hair in a bun. Then, Li Xueyao gently inserted the hairpin into his bun. Li Xueyao looked at him back and forth, left and right, and her eyes were full of tenderness and sweetness. She looked at it for a while and felt very satisfied, so she found a bronze mirror and stuffed it into Zhang Xiaochuan's hand, signaling him to appreciate it himself. Zhang Xiaochuan looked in the mirror, the hairpin was inserted in the bun, his face was more handsome, thinking of her tenderness and sweetness, he smiled happily. Looking at Li Xueyao again, her smile was even sweeter, the two looked at each other and smiled, she turned around and cleaned up again. Zhang Xiaochuan was immersed in sweetness, sitting there in reverie, enjoying a happy and beautiful time, wishing that time would last forever!

On that day, in front of the Shaolin Temple, he competed with others, and his martial arts were world-famous, but Li Xueyao died of incense, and Zhang Xiaochuan's heart was like falling into an ice cellar, cold to the extreme, and painful to the extreme. Zhang Xiaochuan is anxious, angry, angry, resentful, and regretful, all kinds of emotions are intertwined, but he has no power to return to heaven. Since then, he and Li Xueyao have been separated by yin and yang, and it is difficult to see a happy face.

"Brother Xiaochuan, Brother Xiaochuan!" Lei Zhentian saw that he was speechless for a long time, his face was happy for a while, and he was worried for a while, and in his eyes, there was infinite tenderness for a while, and then he was indignant. The current matter is urgent, and Lei Zhentian couldn't help but shout. Zhang Xiaochuan's memories of the past were interrupted by him, and he felt sad in his heart, and said to Lei Zhentian, "Brother Lei, I lost a hairpin, I don't know what this hairpin has to do with the treasure map?" "Brother Xiaochuan, this treasure map is hidden in this hairpin! Don't you know anything!" "Little brother really doesn't know, I don't know where this hairpin is now?" Zhang Xiaochuan said as he remembered his uncle's advice to him: Be sure to protect this hairpin. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaochuan suddenly realized that the treasure map was actually here. "This hairpin has been taken by your children, and it is said that they have discovered the secret of the treasure map, and everyone in the rivers and lakes knows about it!" Lei Zhentian said, and Zhang Xiaochuan listened silently. "The saint had asked the Xiaochuan brothers about this matter before, and now it seems that the Xiaochuan brothers really don't know about it, but the saint is already very angry, and he blames the Xiaochuan brothers for deceiving him for too long! Hearing that the treasure map has its whereabouts, His Majesty is very relieved and wants to enrich the treasury with the treasure. Now that the treasure map has been obtained by others, I am afraid that the treasure will be lost, and the saint will order you and me to quickly regain the treasure map, and the treasure must not be lost.

Lei Zhentian said very anxiously, but Zhang Xiaochuan was unmoved, silently thinking about his thoughts. "Oops! It's not good!" Zhang Xiaochuan woke up like a dream, screamed, and suddenly jumped up. Lei Zhentian thought that he also knew that the emperor's order was difficult to disobey, and began to be anxious. "Where is the treasure?" asked Zhang Xiaochuan eagerly. "It is said to be in a place in eastern Sichuan, the name seems to be called Qingshui Creek, and it is rumored to be in a cave!" "Qingshui Creek, in a cave!" Zhang Xiaochuan listened to him, followed the chanting, and suddenly rushed out of the door. Seeing this, Lei Zhentian chased after him. Zhang Xiaochuan ran to the stable, found a horse, untied the reins, took out the horse, flew on the horse, and galloped towards the gate without stopping.

When Lei Zhentian saw it, he was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he hurriedly shouted to Zhang Xiaochuan, "Brother Xiaochuan, wait for me to gather people to go with you!" Zhang Xiaochuan was so anxious that he couldn't stop for a while, and turned back to Lei Zhentian and shouted, "Brother Lei, I'll take the first step!" The horse galloped out of the door, "Bang Bang" went, Lei Zhentian was shocked and anxious, and hurriedly ran to the door, and when he ran out of the gate, Zhang Xiaochuan was gone alone, Lei Zhentian didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly went back to gather people.

Besides, Zhang Xiaochuan, when he saw what Emperor Zhenzong did, he was disheartened, and when he heard his attitude towards him, he was even more indifferent. Zhang Xiaochuan doesn't care about the treasure map, what does the treasure map have to do with him, and he doesn't care who the treasure is for, no matter how much treasure there is, how can people be resurrected. Zhang Xiaochuan suddenly remembered that "people die for money, birds die for food", and his heart instantly became afraid, Ren Wuregret and others are their own children after all, they are hurt because of themselves, if there is an accident because of the treasure, how can they be at ease for the rest of their lives, thinking of this layer, how can Zhang Xiaochuan sit in peace. Zhang Xiaochuan knew that it had reached the point of burning his eyebrows, good luck and bad luck, it was really unpredictable, so he galloped away desperately. Zhang Xiaochuan kept praying in his heart, hoping that everything was still in time.

Zhang Xiaochuan rode forward, not daring to stop for a while, he was in a hurry during the day and had to hurry at night. Fortunately, he has the general's waist card on his body, and he can change to a good horse every time he arrives at the post station. Zhang Xiaochuan brought water and food, traveled day and night, did not dare to take a break, eating and drinking were all on the horse, unless he was really sleepy, he dismounted and stopped to sleep for a while. Along the way, Zhang Xiaochuan changed more than a dozen healthy horses, and arrived in Qingxi Town a few days later.

Qingxi Town is more prosperous than in the past, but Zhang Xiaochuan has no intention of appreciating it, he secretly pays attention to the people in the rivers and lakes in the past. There are many people in the rivers and lakes with swords and swords in Qingxi Town, some of them openly inquire about the location of Qingshuixi, and some secretly follow. Among them were men and women, some were richly dressed, some were shabby, some were noble and noble, and some were lowly and obscene. Among them, there are monks and Taoists, and there are even beggars who follow. Obviously, these characters are all coming for the treasure of Qingshuixi, Zhang Xiaochuan has seen many faces, but he has never seen Ren Wuregret and others, so he hurriedly beat his horse and ran towards Qingshuixi.

Zhang Xiaochuan was anxious, the closer he got to Qingshui Creek, the more heartache Zhang Xiaochuan felt and the more he regretted it. Zhang Xiaochuan left with Li Xueyao, but he came back alone, what kind of face did he have, and then returned to Qingshuixi. Zhang Xiaochuan was full of remorse, and couldn't help but walk slowly. When he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw many people rushing to the direction of the cave where he and his uncle had lived. Zhang Xiaochuan was so frightened that he couldn't care about his thoughts anymore, so he quickly beat the horse fast and galloped towards the direction of the cave. Zhang Xiaochuan's mount swept forward, overtaking several groups of people in a row, and each time it exceeded one group, there was a sound of laughter and scolding from behind, but Zhang Xiaochuan turned a deaf ear. Suddenly, two people in front of him turned around and shouted at Zhang Xiaochuan while blocking his way. Zhang Xiaochuan didn't answer, and waved a palm at random to the person on the left, and the person flew straight out like a kite with a broken string. He left the saddle on one side, grabbed the person on the right, and threw it casually, the person "swished" suddenly, flew very high, the person was frightened and frightened, he couldn't care about exclaiming, grabbed with both hands, and finally hugged a big tree.

When he arrived at the entrance of the cave, Zhang Xiaochuan flew off his horse and swept towards the cave. The cave was empty, and Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but be slightly surprised. He looked around and saw that it was scattered, and it was obvious that many people had come, and suddenly, Zhang Xiaochuan saw a long rope hanging down from the cliff wall in front of him. The long rope was hanging down from the cave on the cliff wall, which was more than ten zhang high above the ground. This cave is a big cave and a small hole, when he was a child, the cave on the cliff wall was so unattainable for Zhang Xiaochuan. Zhang Xiaochuan fantasized more than once that one day he would be able to fly up the cliff and go to the cave on the top to find out how deep the cave was and whether there were other things in it. Zhang Xiaochuan grabbed the long rope without hesitation, and after a few ups and downs, he reached the top.

A few people next to him were lying crookedly, motionless, with a few pieces of gold and silver scattered around them, Zhang Xiaochuan probed their snorts, they were all dead, Zhang Xiaochuan touched their faces with his hands, only to feel cold, obviously they had been dead for a long time. Zhang Xiaochuan walked inside, and as far as his eyes could see, he saw the corpses scattered everywhere. Further inward, there are constantly shouting, scolding, fighting, and ** sounds. I only heard someone scolding, "Damn, are you going to let go?" "Why don't you let go first?" "Okay! I'll shout one, two, three, let's let go together!" "Okay, one word is a deal!" "One, two, three." "Damn, you lied to Lao Tzu, why don't you let it go!" People writhed together, shouting and scolding, ** more than that, fighting more than once, and some voices gradually lowered until there was no sound at all. Zhang Xiaochuan walked past them, and some people shouted to Zhang Xiaochuan as if they had seen a savior, "Big hero, you help me kill him, and I will give you a little treasure!" "Big hero, don't listen to him, you help me, I will give you half of the treasure!" Zhang Xiaochuan turned a deaf ear and just swept forward. This hole is quite deep, there are holes in the hole, zigzag back, and further inside, the eyes can't see, Zhang Xiaochuan had to light the fire fold and continue to search. Zhang Xiaochuan turned around a few times and walked around every corner, but he didn't find it. He had no choice but to go back and turn the corpses on the ground one by one, and he meditated in his heart as he flipped them, but fortunately he never saw those familiar faces. Seeing that the fire was about to burn out, Zhang Xiaochuan had no choice but to go to the entrance of the cave. When I arrived at the entrance of the cave, the big hole below was already noisy and chaotic.

Under the cliff, the officers and soldiers surrounded a group of people in the rivers and lakes, only to see the random arrows fired together, many people were hit by arrows one after another, fell to the ground and died, the rest of the people were desperate, rushed to the officers and soldiers, but the officers and soldiers were numerous, and equipped with strong bows and crossbows, and after a while, the people in the rivers and lakes under the cliff were killed and wounded.

Zhang Xiaochuan didn't know where to drive, and suddenly the officers and soldiers at the entrance of the cave were in a mess and retreated to the cave one after another. The officers and men shouted in terror and trampled on each other, killing and wounding each other. After a while, a bright light penetrated the entrance of the cave, and all the officers and soldiers avoided the entrance of the cave from a distance. A woman's voice shouted loudly outside, "Quickly throw down your weapons, and you can still live! Otherwise, there is only one way to die!" "All the officers and soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, look at each other, no one will take the lead in throwing down the weapon, and the two sides are deadlocked with each other. Why is this voice so familiar, could it be Mieko, how did she get here.

Zhang Xiaochuan thought like this, and suddenly smelled a strange smell, what kind of smell is this, Zhang Xiaochuan pondered, "It's not good, the smell of **! Where is it?" Zhang Xiaochuan looked around and saw a spark burning towards the cliff. People were fighting with each other just now, and it was difficult to pay attention for a while, plus someone blocked Zhang Xiaochuan's sight, so he didn't find it. The spark was like a poisonous snake, and in a short time it burned to the cliff. When Zhang Xiaochuan saw it, he was shocked, drew his sword, and fell sharply down the cliff.

At this time, among the officers and soldiers, a person rushed out, and he exclaimed while rushing towards Zhang Xiaochuan, and that person was Lei Zhentian.

End of book

Special note: Chapters 81, 82, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 113 of this book refer to, borrow, and quote parts of the Great Song Dynasty.