Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1902 Misunderstanding, Religious Expansion

In the face of death, everyone has fear in their hearts.

This kind of fear is inherent, just like a baby crying bitterly for the first time in this world.

Because death is the greatest unknown, there is also some fear of ordinary unknowns.

Because of fear, there is religion.

From the original, to the system.

Rewinding the time a little bit, after Fei Qian controlled the snow area, um, or roughly controlled it, the process of enlightenment naturally began, and the beginning of the whole process naturally included life and death. Fear is religion.

This is a small city in the snow area. To say that it is a city is actually a bit exaggerated. It is actually a street, a street in the crack of the valley. On both sides of the street, there are some houses close to the mountain wall. A fence was built at the entrance and exit, that's all.

There are no colorful glazed tiles, and no dazzling statues of gold and silver. The only thing that can prove that this is the territory of Feiqian is the tricolor flag on the flagpole standing in a slightly spacious place in the middle of the valley.

And not far from the tricolor flag, there is a relatively large wooden room, which is Ada's preaching room.

Ada, um, his name was Ada before, but after meeting a nobleman, he changed his name to Ada. "Da" in the Qiang language actually means "scum", "garbage" and "waste". For example, "A Gu Da"...

That noble person is "Ziwei Taiyu Baowang Jinque Shangxiangguo Dasi Mingfei real person".What are you doing?What about you, don't laugh!Be serious!

Ada is not only a missionary, but also a part-time doctor, of course a veterinarian, part-time teacher, part-time notary...

The so-called teaching is naturally Taoism.

Buddhism you ask?

The Buddhist monk Kujira who came with him said that he wanted to broadcast the true meaning of Buddhism during his continuous practice. Not long after entering the snow area, he left the valley with two disciples and went to travel and practice hard...

In the biography classroom, the most conspicuous thing is the statue behind Ada, the statue of "Ziwei Taiyu Baowang Jinque Shangxiangguo Da Simingfei".

The statue seems to be carved from high-quality ebony wood. The concise carving technique makes it a little agile in the simplicity. There are some gold and silver decorations on the edge of the clothes, the body of the statue, and the base of the statue. Under the sunlight outside the window, it looks Extraordinarily noble, elegant and solemn.The statue's eyebrows are slender, and its head is slightly lowered. It seems to be thinking, and it seems to be sympathetic to all beings. The specific appearance is actually not at all like Fei Qian...

This is not the point, the point is that Ada thinks this is "Ziwei Taiyu Baowang Jinque Shangxiangguo Da Simingfei real person"!Ada thinks that he himself is the spokesperson of Master Fei and the pioneer of teachings in the snow area.

The real person Fei brought Ada the supreme glory, making him a respected preacher from a "scum" that people disliked. The business is very enthusiastic and extremely dedicated.

But enthusiasm is not directly exempt from problems.

It is not that Tibetans do not have a religious system at all, but the religious system of Tibetans is now very chaotic and complicated.

The current Tibetan religion is called "Ben", and "Ben" represents the root, and then there are Tianben, Diben, Daben, and there are also so-called chanting, bathing, fortune-telling, divination, calendar, etc. Suan Benzene, Dragon Benzene, Magic Benzene, Wo Benzene, Zan Benzene, etc., basically everything can be incorporated into "Benzene".

In fact, to put it bluntly, this is the primitive worship of the Tibetans.Due to the role of production practice, primitive Tibetans gradually realized the interest relationship between natural objects and human life, and interpreted and worshiped them.Such behavior gradually produced primitive "natural religion".

Objects of worship include heaven, earth, sun, moon, stars, thunder and lightning, hail, mountains, earth and rocks, vegetation, beasts and other natural objects. In fact, they are Tibetans' most superficial understanding of all things in nature.

It is actually similar to the primitive worship among the tribes in ancient China.

Therefore, Ada's suppression and rejection of the primitive worship of these tribes was not as smooth as imagined.This made Ada somewhat anxious.

Although under the three-color banner, no one dared to show their teeth to Fei Qian's soldiers and horses, but it was not enough for Yao Kehui's family to believe in Taoism.

The Tubo King Falcon mentioned that Xi Boye was dead, but it does not mean that all Tubo people will immediately bow down to Feiqian's tricolor flag, and the snowy area is wide and far-reaching, and there is no way to control all the areas for a while.Therefore, the evangelism activities in the snow area did not progress quickly. Although through the efforts of Ada, some Tibetan believers in the surrounding areas were won over, and they also entered the depths of the snow area smoothly, establishing such a valley marking the center of evangelism, and It replaced the status of the traditional "Bon religion" of the surrounding Tibetans, but in the depths of the snowy area, Ada knew that there were still many Tibetans who didn't know Taoism at all, and were even very wary of him and Feiqian's soldiers. .

Ada was praying silently in front of the statue, but he heard urgent footsteps, and then stopped outside the door, as if hesitating whether to knock on the door, so he simply asked, "What's the matter?" 』

"Master Ada..." The soldiers on duty reported, "A group of Tibetans came from the valley..."

"What are you here for?"how many people? ’ Ada asked while opening the door.

"More than 20 people, they said they came here specially to find Daoist Ada..." The soldier said hastily.

"Find me? ’Ada froze for a moment, ‘Why are you looking for me? 』

The soldier lowered his head, "I guess they may have asked the Taoist priest to treat their illness... I saw that they carried a stretcher, and it seemed that there was a man lying on it... a man, but that man had a big stomach..."

"Big belly? 』Ada hesitated.After all, Ada was born in the Qiang people, and he took care of cattle and sheep since he was a child, so if it is a disease of cattle, horses and sheep, Ada dare not say that he understands everything, but he also knows a lot, but what about human diseases...

pregnant?
Ada seems to have remembered something. Back then, there seemed to be a cow with a big belly...

Then, Ada treated the cow.

"Wait a minute..." Ada turned around and entered the room, then bowed down under the statue of Master Fei, put his hands on the base of the statue, as if he could absorb some of the divine power of Master Fei, lowered his head, and said Chi Chi Gu Gu stretched out his tone, as if he was reciting scriptures.

The sunlight came in from the window and fell on the statue and Ada...

The Qiang soldiers standing outside the door stared blankly, and then kneeled down involuntarily, just like they knelt before the wizards in the clan back then.

"Take me to see. 』I don't know if he really got some power from the statue, but Ada's voice is steady and powerful, full of confidence.

"what?Yes, yes... Taoist priest, please follow me..." The Qiang soldiers got up and led the way respectfully.

After walking a short section of sandy soil road, we reached the valley entrance of the wooden fence.Outside the Taniguchi, a group of Tibetans had already knelt down, and in front of these Tibetans was a stretcher, and on the stretcher lay a yellow and emaciated Tibetan.

"Supreme to save the world, God of the five directions! Ada stood in front, glanced at the Tibetan on the stretcher, and said blankly, "Why did you come to me?" 』

The Tibetans prostrating on the ground began to mutter chaotically, somewhat anxiously, but the chaotic voices could not be heard clearly, so the Qiang soldiers standing beside Ada shouted: "Shut up!"Is there anyone who can speak Chinese?Is there anyone who can speak Qiang? 』

An older Tibetan moved his knees twice, moved closer, and said in a not very fluent Qiang language: "I, I can speak Qiang language..."

"Then tell me, tell everyone else to shut up!" The Qiang soldiers shouted loudly.

The old Tibetan nodded his head repeatedly, and then muttered a few words to the other Tibetans behind him, and finally explained the matter clearly.

The Tibetan lying on the stretcher is their leader. I don’t know why since last year, his belly has gradually grown... Uh, the leader is of course a man...

Here, of course, there is no daughter river.

At first, he didn't take it seriously, but later the Tibetan headman's health became worse and worse, and he was seen by the wizards in the clan, and he took the wizard's medicine, but it didn't work. Later, the wizard simply said yes The Tibetan headman is possessed by an evil spirit, and the evil spirit is getting bigger and bigger in the headman's body. The Tibetan must be purified with "God Fire Purification" to eliminate the evil spirit...

Most of the people who followed were the relatives of this Tibetan. They were skeptical about the sorcerer who wanted to "purify with divine fire" at every turn. Then they heard that Ada had new supernatural powers here, so they held something similar to that of a dead horse. The attitude of a living horse doctor brought the headman over.

The head of the Tibetans was obviously weaker, but he still had a strong desire to survive. When he saw Ada approaching to check, he said "ohhhhh".

The old Tibetan whispered beside him: "The headman asked, can he save... and live?" 』

Survival is everyone's instinct. If it is not necessary, no one wants to face the fear of death.

Ada didn't answer right away, but frowned a little.

This Tibetan belly...

It was really bigger than a pregnancy, with its belly button turned out and veins exposed, it really looked like some evil spirit was hiding in it.

Seeing Ada frowning, the headman said something sadly, as if he had lost his last hope, very decadent.

"Ah, this, the emissary of heaven..." The old Tibetan asked cautiously, "Can, can it be saved?" 』

"Can he still eat? ’Ada asked, making two gestures around his mouth with his fingers.

The headman seemed to understand something, and answered a few times with ahh.The old Tibetan translated: "You can eat it, but you can't eat anything..."

Ada nodded. "Can you pull it?What color did it pull out? ’Ada continued to ask.

This time, the old Tibetan didn't need to say anything, and the old Tibetan directly replied: "It can still be pulled, not much, but it is very smelly and black..."

Being able to eat and stretch also means that the body functions have not been completely destroyed.

This is the same as that of cattle and horses. Anyway, Ada's subordinates have also practiced it through a lot of cattle and horses.Once the cows and horses can't pull anything without eating, they are not far from death.

It means that at least this guy can still live for a while, but what kind of disease...

Is it the same medicine as that cow?

Ada pondered.

I remember back then when I wanted the cow to pull out the water in its stomach, and then fed a lot of crotons.After that, a lot of water was pulled out, but the cow also died...

Do you want to give this guy some crotons too?
Maybe the portion should be less?
Ada pondered for a long time, and the people around all held back their breath, not daring to speak loudly, for fear of disturbing his train of thought.

"Wait a minute..."

Ada finally made a decision and asked the Tibetans to wait outside, then he went back to the preaching room in the valley, and took out a small jade box on the seat under the statue, which was by the toes of Master Fei.

The jade box is very ordinary, and the quality of the jade is not very good. Naturally, it is not crystal clear. It is just a rougher statue carved in the middle of the box...

Holding the jade box in one hand, Ada walked back with an unusually solemn expression.

Everyone's eyes could not help but focus on the jade box in Ada's hand.

Ada slowly opened the jade box...

Just at this time, the clouds in the sky parted a gap, and the sunlight shone through the gap in the clouds, falling on Ada's body, and also falling on the jade box!
Inside the jade box are five pills as bright red as blood!Trembling in the golden sunlight, wandering slightly in the jade box, as if alive, it seems that it will fly through the air in the next moment!
Uh, in fact, it's just that Ada's hands are shaking a little, because Ada is not sure.

However, these five pills have a lot of origins.

When Ada left Guanzhong to come to the snow area before, he was lucky enough to go to Chang'an, where he met the real Yiyun, and was able to teach him face-to-face, and obtained these five "elixir".

Since it is an elixir, naturally it cannot be used casually, so Ada has never been willing to use it. This time, he took it out after seeing such a difficult patient.

Ada carefully squeezed out an extremely bright red "elixir". After pondering for a while, he reluctantly put it in the hands of the old Tibetan, and said, "This is um... I got it from the sky..." Ada Shi Shi didn't know how to explain the concept of "elixir", so he could only point to the sky.

The old Tibetan looked excited, and said something loudly, all the Tibetans looked up at the sky at the same time, and saw the gap in the clouds that happened to be exposed in the sky, they couldn't help getting excited, and fell to the ground together, no matter what was on the ground. The stone was still loess, and they knocked their heads with a bang.

The old Tibetan held the elixir like a supreme treasure, trembling, and put it into the headman's mouth...

"By the way, do you have kumiss? ’ Ada asked, ‘give him some drink…’

Ada remembered that Master Yiyun seemed to have said that the elixir should be stimulated with wine, the stronger the better.

The old Tibetan screamed a few times, and then a young man untied the cowhide pouch from his waist, unplugged it, and brought it to the mouth of the Tibetan headman.

The Tibetan headman gulped down a few sips...

Everyone watched intently, even Ada was no exception.

The power of the elixir gradually came out, and the Tibetan headman moaned, his face gradually turning red.

Ada asked, "What did he say?" 』

"He said it was hot...hot, the stomach...was very hot..." the old Tibetan replied.

hot?By the way, I almost forgot.

Ada pointed his hand, "Quick!Help him up, walk up, move up! 』

The old Tibetan hurriedly called for someone, and two or three young men rushed forward, hurriedly helped the Tibetan head up, and held him up...

"Excuse me, master, where are you going? ’ the old Tibetan asked in a daze.

Ada thought to himself, how could I know this, but she didn't say anything, she just pointed in a direction at random.

"there! 』The old Tibetan gave orders, and staggered forward with the Tibetan headman on his back.

As soon as the Tibetan headman stood up, his stomach became bigger and more terrifying, and it wobbled as if it was about to collapse at any moment!
"Go forward, don't stop! ’Ada roared loudly, and couldn’t help but follow.

A group of people followed the Tibetan headman half-running and half-walking in the next door, and after an unknown amount of time, they suddenly heard the Tibetan headman yelling a few times, followed by a crackling sound, and a foul stench...

Ada took a few steps up the limelight, and seeing those people stop, he couldn't help shouting subconsciously: "I can't stop, keep going!" 』

Ever since, the sad leader was held up stiffly, spraying feces and urine all the way, all glued to his legs, and continued to move forward. That scene...

Ada took a few steps forward, endured the stench and looked at the excrement of the Tibetan headman, and then saw some small insects writhing and wriggling in the excrement!
"Bring fire!Burn those bugs! 』

Ada was startled, took two steps back, and shouted.

Several Qiang soldiers who were following Ada also saw such a terrifying situation, they couldn't help shouting, and then ran to get the kindling torches...

Everyone looked at Ada with incomparable respect...

Several Tibetans even knelt down at Ada's feet immediately, offering the highest courtesy to Ada.After all, the Tibetan shamans said there was nothing they could do, but now the Han gods can actually drive out these "evil spirits" that have penetrated into the Tibetan belly.
Doesn't this mean that the gods of the Han people are more powerful than the wizards of their own people?

Ada was in a daze, and he didn't expect that he could cure this disease by mistake...

Although it is said that a series of diseases such as parasitic diseases and schistosomiasis were recognized in later modern times, but in ancient China, there have been researches in this area.
Ancient Chinese medicine believes that parasites are "gu", which is a collection of one or several kinds of poisonous insects. The only remaining one is called a Gu...it can harm people...cannibal Tibetan mansion, its confidant is painful like being bitten by something...the disease is impermanent, first hurts the diaphragm and then vomits blood, if it is not cured immediately, If you eat all the internal organs, you will die."

On the basis of ancient weak natural science, it is impossible for someone to correctly recognize various parasites, but the ancients relied on imagination to speculate that this type of disease is caused by vicious insects, and what kind of greatness it is!
And very early on, the ancients used five methods to treat this kind of parasitic diseases, including "killing insects, vomiting, removing blood stasis, removing water, and strengthening the body."Among them, the method of "killing insects" is to use toxic minerals such as "realgar, cinnabar, and arsenic" to kill insects by relying on heavy metals such as lead and mercury.

Of course, from the perspective of later generations, lead and mercury can cause human poisoning, and even if the parasitic disease is cured, life will not be long.But because most parasites rely on blood sucking in the human body to absorb nutrients, there are heavy metals such as lead and mercury in the blood of the human body, just like humans entering a nuclear radiation area without protection, these parasites will also be polluted , and die.

The elixir that Yiyun gave Ada was undoubtedly refined from various minerals, so there must be a lot of heavy metal toxins such as lead and mercury.Of course, Yiyun didn't do it to harm Ada, but in the concept of the Han Dynasty, those pills were really treasures...

The elixir can cure parasitic diseases, but it also caused the Tibetan headman to suffer from heavy metal disease. Similarly, because of the heavy metal constitution, even if the parasites in the body are not excreted, they will die slowly, but Ada does not Knowing this, these Tibetans are even more unclear.

Normally, both schistosomiasis and roundworms have means to stay in the human body, and generally the adult worms cannot be pulled out, but because the Tibetan headman took the elixir and distributed it through drinking, it quickly entered the blood , and then naturally directly reacted to these parasites, so that these insects could not maintain a state of attachment, and were excreted, so that they could be seen by Ada and others.

The Tibetan ran around, and the stomach of the Tibetan-headed man seemed to be significantly smaller after excreting and vomiting, and after seeing the worms he vomited and excreted, he was also very frightened, and staggered forward to give Ada kowtowed in person to thank him.

Ada also returned to the appearance of a master, saying that the elixir is a gift from heaven, and how long the headman can live depends on the will of heaven, and he refused the thank-you gift of cattle and sheep that the headman wanted to send, saying that He said that if the leader insisted on giving thanks, he should bring stones to pave the way every time he came to listen to the sermon.

Ada believes that the elixir was given by Daoist Yiyun at the beginning, which is equivalent to representing the will of "Renren Fei", and now that this strange disease is cured, it is naturally the supernatural power of "Renren Fei". Naturally, they are more devout towards the Tao, which also drives these Tibetans to begin to change.

The stone road in front of the valley gradually became longer...

　In modern times, heavy metal prescriptions are still used to treat blood-sucking schistosomiasis, but the dosage needs to be cautious and should not be used casually.

　　Probably in 55 or 56, according to Xinhua news agency:
　　In places such as Damiaoshan and Liucheng in Tongzu Autonomous Region of Guixi, Guangxi, traditional Chinese medicine uses nine kinds of traditional Chinese medicines to prepare pills to treat schistosomiasis with good results.These nine kinds of traditional Chinese medicines are: Atractylodes atractylodes, Yinchen, Haijinsha, alum, green alum, dry alum, red jujube, rehmannia glutinosa, winter honey".

　　"According to the investigation of Guangxi Yishan Schistosomiasis Prevention and Control Institute, this pill has cured dozens of schistosomiasis patients in Donghua Township, Damiaoshan Miao Autonomous Region."

　　Alum is the hydrous sulfate of certain metals or two or more metal sulfates...

　　
　
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