National teacher help

Lu Zhongming lost his temper. When he came out, he was blown by the cold wind and woke up a little. There was a horse outside the door, but he didn't get on the horse. He just walked along the road. After all, the door of his house is quite close to the back door of the palace.What Yu Chi Gong said last night was like a thorn in his heart.

Of course, thinking about it carefully, it wasn't that exaggerated. Lu Zhongming asked himself, did he and Yu Chigong love so deeply?He is a mortal, and he is a beast of heaven and earth. If they change their positions, what will happen to them?

Lu Zhongming felt that if he was a mortal and fell in love with a fairy, he would not know the family of the other party. He probably told Lu Bu at the end, and Lu Bu's answer would be: forget it, I can't afford it.

There was fine snow falling in the sky, Lu Zhongming looked up and saw a group of generals fighting and jostling outside the palace, laughing and jostling, a little surprised.

"Why are you here?" Lu Zhongming asked.

Qin Qiong said: "Come to pay New Year's greetings to His Majesty, drink, what. Don't you know?"

It was only then that Lu Zhongming remembered that there seemed to be such a rule, but Yu Chigong didn't say anything, so he left him and Luo Shixin and came, thinking that they would have to come later, let's talk about it.Seeing that Lu Zhongming's expression was not right, Qin Qiong asked, "What's the matter? Did Heitan quarrel with you?"

Lu Zhongming waved his hand and said, "No, is Your Majesty there?"

"I'm seeing Zoroastrian Mage." Li Jing said, "Let's wait for a while."

Lu Zhongming's heart trembled, this is here, he hurriedly arranged his clothes and went into the side hall. As soon as the guards passed the pass, Lu Zhongming entered the hall. At this moment, Li Shimin, Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng were all there, and Li Yuan was sitting on the couch, chatting with everyone with a smile .

"National teacher, please." Li Yuan hurriedly said when he saw Lu Zhongming.

Lu Zhongming sat aside, nodded to the Zoroastrian Ma Ge, and said, "Mr. Ma?"

The barbarian man in the black robe said with a smile: "Master Lu, I have admired you for a long time."

Lu Zhongming made a gesture to salute, and the black-robed man said: "Although I am called Ma Ge, but my surname is not Ma. Ma Ge is my Zoroastrian, the title given to priests."

Lu Zhongming laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I never asked your name."

The Hu man looked at Lu Zhongming, but he smiled and said nothing. He took off his hood, looked into Lu Zhongming's eyes, and replied:

"Zarathustra."

"I don't know if the national teacher has heard of this name."

"No... yes. You are fluent in Chinese and grew up in the Central Plains?" Lu Zhongming murmured.

Zarathustra smiled and said: "I learned it."

I just feel that this barbarian seems to know me, and I couldn’t see it clearly in the darkness last night. Now when I look at it seriously, I feel that he has a similar temperament to the leader of Tongtian, with fair skin, sharp eyebrows, and strange tattoos on his neck, like flames. The rest are covered by black robes.

The barbarian's hair was fiery red, his eyes were as deep as the sea, and his pupils were golden in color. Standing there, he really felt like a god, which made people feel awe.

When his hair shined out, it was like a flame full of life, immediately lighting up the entire hall.

However, red hair and golden eyes are just appearance, which can be changed at will. If Lu Zhongming wants to change, he can become anything. What he has to pay attention to is the tattoo on Zarathustra's neck.

The Lord Tongtian also has this kind of tattoo on his body. Lu Zhongming once asked about it, and he knew that this kind of tattoo distributed on the shoulders and back had a lot of origins. It was the imprint formed by taking the calamity fire back to himself after the catastrophe.But all the immortals who have successfully survived the calamity will leave more or less such a spot on their body, which is called the imprint of calamity fire.

The more times you cross the catastrophe, the more obvious the fire mark will be.

After thinking clearly, Lu Zhongming asked, "Your Excellency is the leader of Zoroastrianism?"

Zarathustra did not answer, but asked instead: "Does Master Lu know what the Zoroastrian doctrine is?"

Lu Zhongming didn't know. After all, he didn't ask before he came here. Maybe his father could answer here, so he just smiled frankly: "Your Excellency, please tell me frankly."

Zarathustra smiled slightly and replied: "I was explaining this question to Your Majesty just now, and it just so happens that the national teacher has also come." Then he said to everyone in the hall: "Zoroastrianism respects fire. We believe that the current world , is the duality of good and evil.”

"Using the words of you people from the Central Plains, the four directions are called the universe, and the past and the present are called the universe." Zarathustra paced in the hall with his hands behind his hands, and looked up at Lu Zhongming: "There must be a true god who created this world, and the light broke When all things are opened, darkness settles in the ground, in the hearts of people. Light and darkness, good and evil, ebb and flow, reciprocating cycle.”

"I heard that you worship fire?" Li Shimin asked.

"Worshiping fire is actually worshiping light." Zarathustra said: "Fire is the incarnation of the real body, and it produces light. It can eliminate the darkness in one's heart."

Lu Zhongming suddenly felt something was wrong, vaguely thought of a guy related to light and heat, and his heartbeat almost stopped.

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "It sounds a bit like Yin-Yang theory."

"It's not the same." Lu Zhongming replied without hesitation: "The light and shadow you enshrine are good and evil, and Yin and Yang in Taoism are the force of the harmony of all things, and there is no distinction between good and evil. Yin and Yang are transformed from 'one'."

Zarathustra added: "Light and darkness, good and evil, have existed from the beginning of time."

Lu Zhongming asked: "Since your Excellency believes in the true god, may I ask where is the true god?"

"The true god is everywhere." Zarathustra replied: "In the light, the true god has no shape, and never speaks to his believers, just like the 'Tao' in your mouth."

As Zarathustra snapped his fingers, a raging fire burst out from his fingers. The flame was completely different from the fire sacrificed by ordinary fairy arts. The light was bright, gentle but harmless, and everyone in the hall was shocked. Jump.Zarathustra's spell disappeared after just a flash, but at that moment, he felt warm all over his body, benefited infinitely, and his mood improved accordingly.

Lu Zhongming finally saw through the identity of this person, smiled and said, "I have learned."

"What is your doctrine?" Li Shimin asked thoughtfully.

Li Yuan also asked: "To join Zoroastrianism, do I need to become a monk?"

Zarathustra said: "We don't need to be a monk, and we don't need to abstain from sex. Everything has its spouse."

Lu Zhongming hummed, and when he was hesitating whether to expose him on the spot, Zarathustra said: "Humans evolved from insects and monkeys, and they will surely enter a new stage of evolution. Break new ground. The process of enlightenment and creation lies in the person himself.”

Your uncle is a bug... Lu Zhongming finally couldn't bear it anymore, thinking what kind of logic this is, but everyone in the hall burst out laughing, and Zarathustra said lightly: "Don't laugh, you will know in the future."

Li Yuan took a deep breath, it seemed a little difficult to make a decision, he glanced at Lu Zhongming, obviously respecting him, let him make a decision, Lu Zhongming thought to himself, fortunately I took up the position quickly, now bumping into my hand, just put you and the Buddhist family After tidying up together, he said, "Zarathustra... the leader?"

Zarathustra looked at Lu Zhongming with a smile in his eyes, and Lu Zhongming said again: "Perhaps I should call you a true god... How long will you stay in Chang'an?"

Zarathustra said: "I have always been there, and I welcome the teaching of the national teacher, but I think that the national teacher may not be very interested in my teaching at the moment. Is it?"

As soon as Lu Zhongming was reminded by him, he immediately remembered the letter from the Buddhist family. The date of the engagement was approaching, and now was not the time to fight with Zarathustra. .”

Li Yuan nodded, and replied: "Mr. Cha, you can have fun in Chang'an, and you must have fun."

Li Yuanji said: "Father..."

Li Yuan raised his hand, Li Jiancheng immediately blocked what Li Yuanji was about to say with his eyes, and Lu Zhongming said again: "I still have something to say to the leader, I will send the leader out."

After speaking, he made a gesture of invitation, saluted Li Yuan, and left the hall with Zarathustra.

When he walked out of the palace, the fiery red-haired barbarian from the Western Regions pulled up his hood and stood under the snow. Lu Zhongming said indifferently: "When you were born, everything was as bright as a lamp. Senior Randeng, I thought you had already left the Middle Earth."

The leader of the Zoroastrian religion was Ran Deng. As soon as Ran Deng came out of the hall, he recovered his indifferent face, looked at Lu Zhongming, and replied, "I never thought that Lingbao Tianzun would send a child like you down."

Feeling the powerful force released from Ran Deng, Lu Zhongming hurriedly took a step back, holding the boomerang in his hand, and said vigilantly: "What are you going to do? I'm not afraid of you?"

Ran Deng pulled off the black robe in response, revealing his bare shoulders. He looked sideways at Lu Zhongming, hooked his mouth, and said, "Aren't you afraid of me? Let's talk about it after a fight?"

"You're crazy!" Lu Zhongming stepped back subconsciously, and his first thought was to turn around and run away, saying, "Aren't you from the Buddhist family? Why are you so angry? I didn't provoke you?"

Ran Deng laughed and said: "I am a Buddha in the past, and now I have nothing to do with me. What's the matter with creating a teaching for fun? Get ready to accept the call."

Lu Zhongming finally kicked the iron plate. Every time he met the Buddhists, everyone was amiable. He was the only one who was playing a rogue. Unexpectedly, there was a more rogue than him, who was not afraid of wearing shoes with bare feet. The strength of both sides The difference is too far, not a level.Lu Zhongming immediately reached into his arms to touch the dragon scales, wanting to fight him, but a voice sounded behind him, lazily saying: "Little Hongmao, I knew you were going to bully my grandson..."

When Lu Zhongming heard this sound, he almost peed out. He turned into an alpaca and ran wildly, rushed to the corner of the street, and pushed the Tongtian leader out. The leader frowned and said, "I haven't finished the opening speech..."

"Stop reading it!" Lu Zhongming roared angrily, "Beat him back to Persia quickly! Patriarch Grandpa! I like you! Come on!"

The Master Tongtian wanted to have a domineering opening, but was interrupted by his own people, so he had to come out, Ran Deng said coldly: "Lingbao Tianzun, you have been hiding in the corner for so long, if I don't do anything, you will come out? "

Master Tongtian took a deep breath, stared at the lamp, and stretched out his hand. Lu Zhongming understood, and decisively held the golden gourd and placed it in the master's hand.

Master Tongtian looked at Lu Zhongming.

Tongtian Sect Master: "..."

Lu Zhongming: "..."

The leader said kindly: "Xiao Zhongming, do you want to accept him with the gourd?"

Lu Zhongming hurriedly changed it into a boomerang and handed it to the leader. The leader said, "That's right. Grandpa Patriarch will teach you how to use this magic weapon. Take care."

Lu Zhongming nodded hastily, and roared angrily, "You guys are not finished yet!"

In an instant, the leader threw the boomerang, and saw the boomerang whirling and flying towards the lamp, and the lamp instantly pushed it with his palm, releasing the power of real fire, but the boomerang turned a blind eye and flew straight to the lamp , hit the bridge of his nose with a snap, and flew back spinning.

Burning Lamp: "..."

Lu Zhongming burst into uncontrollable laughter immediately, and the bridge of Ran Deng's nose was flushed red by the boomerang, and the leader said again: "Little Ran Deng, I broke my ten battles many years ago, and I haven't settled with you yet, so how about a proof?" ?”

Burning the lamp was unbearable, and with the sword and fingers together, the leader flew off the ground at this moment, the Taoist robe on his waist flew up, and with a flip of his hand, the six soul banners on the back of his hand turned into black air and spewed out!

Haoran and Zixin came over eating candied haws, seeing that these two people were going to fight on the street, Haoran hurriedly shouted: "Don't do it here!"

Haoran pushed his hands, the buzzing bell rang, and the surrounding scenery changed rapidly, turning into Chang'an City thousands of years ago, and then the scene flashed back again, revealing a prehistoric land!

Daoist Ran Deng was bare shouldered, wearing only a pair of white trousers, floating in the air with bare feet, and Master Tongtian was also bare shoulders, with his eyes open.Thousands of red lotuses are formed around it, transforming into a boundless sea of ​​flames!

Lu Zhongming opened his mouth and looked up to the sky, his only thought was not: "Wow, so handsome", but "Two exhibitionists are fighting..."

In an instant, the six soul banners turned into boundless darkness, wrapping towards Taoist Randeng!

In that darkness, the vast sea of ​​lights lit up, the Taoist burning the lamp stood upright in front of his face, the Buddhist beads were raised in the air waves, he chanted intently, the Buddhist scriptures sang to the sky, the master of Tongtian pointed to the sky with one hand, raised his head, and the six soul banners gathered On the top of the burning lamp, a torrent of black mist erupted!

"This is... Ran Deng?" Wen Zhong finally arrived, but did not make a move, and asked Lu Zhongming, "Why did the fight start?"

"I don't know!" Lu Zhongming said with a blank face, "Grandfather hit him with a boomerang, and he became angry..."

Wen Zhong shouted: "Lan Deng! Master! Stop!"

The two sides in the battle can no longer hear each other. Once the god-level decisive battle is launched, light and darkness are overwhelming, turning into waves and rushing away!

Just when Lu Zhongming thought that at least one person would be beaten to cry and go home to find his mother in this fight, the Master Tongtian and Ran Deng suddenly withdrew their spells at the same time, and all the black mist and lights in the world disappeared.Everyone returned to Chang'an Street.

Lu Zhongming: "..."

Behind Lu Zhongming stood Wen Zhong, Hao Ran and Zi Xin, the leader and Taoist Ran Deng stood face to face.

"Lingbao Tianzun, your mana has also weakened." Ran Deng said in a deep voice.

Master Tongtian looked into the eyes of Ran Deng, and asked in a deep voice, "Where is Yuanshi Tianzun?"

"Disappeared." Ran Deng looked up at the leader of Tongtian, and replied: "It disappeared completely, and it disappeared between heaven and earth."

Lu Zhongming: "!!!"

No one dared to intervene, the leader of Tongtian seemed to be meditating, Ran Deng stretched out another palm, and the leader also stretched out a palm, and touched the lamp. The place where the two palms touched turned into light and mist, showing the scene of Kunlun Mountain.

This was the most shocking scene Lu Zhongming had ever seen.

In that ray of light, Yuanshi Tianzun stood outside Yuxu Palace, with a group of immortals behind him.

Yuanshi Tianzun is wearing a four-elephant robe. From the back, he looks like a young man, but he has white hair.He looked at the clear sky thousands of miles away, and then gradually turned into colorful light spots, faded, dissipated, and spun up into the sky.

Master Tongtian no longer doubted so far, and asked: "What is the last sentence that senior brother said?"

"Everything has an end, Master has gone." Ran Deng replied.

Master Tongtian closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

Ran Deng said: "Later, Laojun took me to the west, traveled to the Western Regions, and met Gautama Siddhartha."

The light and mist changed again, there was a sea of ​​flowers under the sala trees, and the edge of the sea of ​​flowers was full of corpses and bones. The old man sat on the ground, and the lamp stood behind him, and the supreme old man talked with Sakyamuni.

"We discussed life and death, illusion, reality, and the law of the universe with Gautama Siddhartha for seven days and nights. The old man returned to the middle land, and I continued westward. Gautama Siddhartha became a Buddha. Middle-earth preaching."

"Saints don't die." Ran Deng asked again: "Who told you?"

Master Tongtian shook his head slowly, and said, "It's just Sanqing, all the saints are self-righteous."

"Then the leader thinks." Ran Deng looked straight into the eyes of the leader of Tongtian, and said indifferently: "Cultivating immortals, becoming an immortal can relieve this pain?"

"It can't be relieved, the great pain of life and death, who can relieve it?" the leader of Tongtian said lightly.

"It can be eliminated by becoming a Buddha." Ran Deng replied with a slight smile.

Master Tongtian said again: "Buddhas can't save sentient beings, and sentient beings can only save themselves."

Ran Deng replied: "So the leader still wants to join the world?"

The Master Tongtian didn't answer, and said slowly for a long time: "The old master doesn't accept disciples. If I leave, there will be no Taoism in the world, but my mana is limited, and in this world, after all, it is impossible to recruit disciples with mana."

Master Tongtian stretched out his hand and spread it evenly, snowflakes fell on his palm, and Ran Deng also stretched out his hand, doing the same.

The snowflakes that fell in Ran Deng's hands melted as soon as they touched his skin, but the snowflakes in the hands of the leader condensed into ice crystals.

"On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I originally made an appointment with Manjushri and Puxian, the general trend is coming, and the three religions discuss the law." Ran Deng said again: "Zoroastrianism takes care of the old feelings, and we will withdraw for the time being. The leader takes care."

Master Tongtian Sect smiled slightly, and said, "Go ahead, if you are destined, you should meet with fellow Taoists from all sects."

"Until the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism are negotiated, Zoroastrianism will no longer appear." Ran Deng nodded slightly, raised his palm, and turned into a flame and disappeared.

The Master Tongtian turned around and left along the long street. At the end of the year in Chang'an, the street was empty.

The rest of the people followed behind the leader, not daring to speak. The leader of Tongtian thought for a moment and waved to Lu Zhongming.

Lu Zhongming came over and saw that the eyes of Master Tongtian were slightly red, and whispered: "Grandpa Patriarch, you...sorry, your senior brother died, so you are crying?"

"Hush." ​​The Master Tongtian smiled, with tears in his eyes, and whispered, "Don't let them know."

"Are you going to die?" Lu Zhongming was still shocked by the scene of Yuanshi Tianzun transforming into heaven and earth. He was afraid that the leader of Jinao Island would become like this one day. Before, it turned into a spot of light and disappeared.

"That's not called death, it can only be called parting." Tongtian Sect Master said with a cordial smile: "Perhaps, it's a return to heaven. Brother, he's gone. Immortals and mortals always have a time to say goodbye, and there is no escape. In the world, what have you learned?"

Lu Zhongming thought for a while, but couldn't tell why. At this moment, he didn't know why he thought of Yu Chigong.There was an inexplicable feeling in Yu Chigong's heart when he said last night, but he couldn't really say it.

"Grandpa Patriarch, if one day he also returns to the Dao." Master Tongtian said with a smile, "Will you miss me?"

Lu Zhongming nodded, remembering that when he was a child, he often went to Biyou Palace to play. The leader and his father Lu Bu had nothing to say, but he loved him very much as a junior.

"I think, immortals, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas." Lu Zhongming said: "You have to learn these things from ordinary people. Immortals are born with a long life, and they are used to seeing the death of life in the world, but... I never thought that one day I will also die." ..."

Lu Zhongming vaguely felt that he had realized something, and said: "It's like a shackle, living with it is different from not being shackled by it...so..."

Lu Zhongming was silent, shook his head, and said with a smile, "I can't tell."

The leader took out a shiny golden object from his sleeve, and said, "This is for you."

"Ao...Ao Zu!" Lu Zhongming recognized the golden tortoise when he saw it. This is the god beast of Jin'ao Island, the Ao Zu who lived in the world when the world was formed!In the past, it only lived in the pond at the back of the mountain, and rarely left the pond. It never expected that it would turn into such a gleaming golden turtle, the size of a palm, and it would be brought out by the leader!

Jin Ao just rolled his eyes and didn't say anything to Lu Zhongming.

Lu Zhongming held the golden ao and wanted to put it on top of his head, but he had another bun. After thinking about it, he put it on his shoulder.

"On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, fellow Buddhists, you are left to argue with each other." Master Tongtian said solemnly: "If you can win the quarrel, you can quarrel. If you can't win the quarrel, the patriarch will teach them for you."

"Okay...Okay." Lu Zhongming's mouth twitched and said, "Are you coming to live in my house? Everyone, come and introduce you to Yuchi."

Master Tongtian waved his hand, patted Lu Zhongming on the shoulder, pointed to the front, and handed him the boomerang.Lu Zhongming followed the direction of Tongtian Cult Master, and saw Yu Chigong standing at the corner, as if waiting for him.

Yuchi Gong: "Why did it take so long to send someone?"

Lu Zhongming said: "Grandpa Patriarch...this is..."

Said Bi Lu Zhongming turned his head and found that the leader of Tongtian had disappeared.

Yuchi Gong said: "What's wrong?"

Lu Zhongming said: "Did you see my grandfather just now?"

Yu Chigong replied: "No, yo, this is... isn't your grandfather's tortoise?"

Yu Chigong stretched out his hand to tease Ao Zu on his shoulder, Lu Zhongming changed his expression, "Stop it! This is... this is..."

Yu Chigong didn't dare to touch it immediately, Lu Zhongming said: "If you know what you want to touch, I guarantee you will fly two blocks away..."

"That's what it is." Yuchi said with a smile.

"Then what?" Lu Zhongming asked blankly.

Yu Chigong didn't speak, and took Lu Zhongming's hand to go back to the palace. Lu Zhongming came back to his senses, his face flushed, and followed Yu Chigong to punch and kick him. Naturally, Yu Chigong was not afraid of him making a move and laughed.

"If you're not going to drink, what are you doing here?" Lu Zhongming asked.

"No." Yu Chigong replied solemnly, "I miss you."

Lu Zhongming was about to ask what Yuchi Gong said last night when a galloping horse rushed along the long street, and the man on the horse shouted loudly: "General Yuchi! Go back to the palace! There is an urgent military situation!"

"What's the matter?" Lu Zhongming saw that the situation was not good, and immediately sent a messenger: "The Turks invaded Bingzhou! Your Majesty asked the generals to discuss the matter!"

This news shocked everyone. The Tuli Khan who had high-fived with Li Shimin earlier was the second leader of the Turks. The first was Jieli Khan. Jieli formed an alliance with Wang Shichong. Wang Shichong fought for a chance to breathe.

Once Bingzhou was captured, the Tang army's base would be directly removed. Li Yuan originally planned to host a banquet for the generals, but when the news arrived, no one cared about drinking and dancing.

Lu Zhongming and Yu Chigong hurried back to the main hall. For a while, civil servants and military generals gathered together, and the division of power in the East and West Palaces was extremely obvious.Prince Li Jiancheng led his staff to one faction, and behind him were mostly civil servants, while Li Shimin led his generals to the second faction.

Li Yuanji joined the third faction with the two new city defense officers.

Lu Zhongming walked into the hall, full of thoughts, and walked behind Li Shimin together with Yu Chigong, suddenly realized something was wrong, hurriedly turned halfway, and walked towards Li Jiancheng.

Li Yuan's entire face was darkened, and he sat silent for a while, then Lu Zhongming stood beside Li Jiancheng with his arms folded.The hall was quiet, Lu Zhongming suddenly found that everyone was looking at him, with a blank face, looked left and right, and turned his head to follow everyone's gaze——

——Everyone was looking at Jin Ao on his shoulder.

In the silence, Jin Ao said, "What are you looking at?"

In an instant, all the ministers in the hall were startled, Lu Zhongming was in a hurry, covered Jin Ao's mouth, and whispered: "Ao Zu...can't speak, it will scare mortals."

The voice was very low, and Lu Zhongming hurriedly explained: "Ventrilotor, it's my ventriloquist, hehe..."

Everyone was in a cold sweat, laughing dryly. After a while, you looked at me and I looked at you. Li Shimin first thought the scene was funny and couldn't help laughing. Then there was a burst of laughter in the hall, and the atmosphere eased a lot.

"Your Majesty, please tell me." Lu Zhongming said when he saw that everyone had come.

Li Yuandao: "The Turkic invasion of Bingzhou has reached the city of Taiyuan. Liu Wenjing asks for help. Which love is willing to share my worries?"

The situation was really complicated. Yu Wenhua and Beishang were attacking Li Mi, and Li Mi wanted to attack Wang Shichong of Luoyang. Wang Shichong was afraid that Li Yuan would take the opportunity to take Luoyang, so he bought Turkic Jieli with a lot of money and let them invade Bingzhou.This will slow down Li Yuan's marching plan.