My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

The candles were flickering, and the brazier in the middle of the room made a 'cracking' sound from time to time, probably because the firewood was not completely dried.

Wei Cheng sat on the futon beside the brazier, flipping through a book in his hand.

Opposite was Zhang Zhongjing, hugging Ah Ning who was already asleep, and he could see the kindness in his eyes. While observing the changes in Wei Cheng's expression, he did not forget to pat Ah Ning's back to make her sleep more deeply.

The old Taoist who claimed to be Zhang Xiu yawned and breathed out the smell of alcohol. Fortunately, he sat a little far away, otherwise Wei Cheng, who was a bit of a clean freak, might frown.

"Teacher, since this roster is so important, why did you leave it to me for safekeeping?" Wei Cheng closed the roster and asked with a frown.

Zhang Zhongjing sighed, looked at A Ning in his arms, and replied in a low voice: "This is the old department left by A Ning's biological father. I'm afraid I can't command these strange people."

Wei Cheng nodded slightly, then looked at the old Taoist priest Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The old Taoist's life was saved by the Holy Master. The old Taoist has no control over others. Before the Holy Master died, he asked us to assist the saint to restore the holy religion. The old Taoist will definitely not disobey the Holy Lord. entrusted."

Wei Cheng didn't say anything, but he was a little uneasy.

The so-called holy master, that is, Aning's father, turned out to be Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Sect (Taiping Dao)!
This was enough to shock him, and the old Taoist in front of him turned out to be Zhang Xiu, the founder of the Five Dou of Rice Dao.

Many scholars in later generations have disclosed that the founder of Longhushan Tianshidao may not be Zhang Daoling, but a man named Zhang Xiu.

That's right, there is no doubt that Zhang Xiu is the one in front of him, because just now Zhang Zhongjing secretly revealed that this old Taoist priest is 102 years old this year.

A real centenarian.

"My lord, why are you looking at the old man like that?" Zhang Xiu blinked his little eyes and asked curiously.

Wei Cheng came back to his senses, shook his head with a smile, and said to Zhang Zhongjing: "Teacher, in fact, this priest is a better candidate. Why don't you give him the roster and let him restore the Holy Cult?"

Zhang Xiu was stunned when he heard the words, and hurriedly got up and retorted: "Don't, don't, don't, the old Taoist has had enough of the trivialities in this world, if it wasn't for repaying the karma of the Holy Lord, the old Taoist would not have come out of the mountain, causing the dust all over his body now Can't wash it off."

As he said that, he patted the non-existent dust on his body with a look of disgust, and then sat down cross-legged again, picked up the jug on the side, took a big gulp happily, and said to himself: "Ah, this wine is afraid It’s not fine nectar, why is it so intoxicating.”

Wei Cheng looked at him amusedly, this Zhang Xiu was indeed old, his true temperament did not look like a fake, this is a person who has seen through the world of mortals, and there is nothing in the world that can affect his state of mind.

but……

Wei Cheng suddenly asked in a deep voice: "Master Dao, the person who is now taking over the five buckets of rice, is Zhang Lu after Zhang Daoling?"

Hearing this, Zhang Xiu looked at Wei Cheng in surprise, "The young master is so well informed, the old Taoist really intends to pass on the position of celestial master to this child, Gong Qi?"

Gongqi is Zhang Lu's character. Judging from Zhang Xiu's tone, it seems that he took the initiative to give up the position of Celestial Master. Then why did Zhang Lu kill Zhang Xiu?

Wei Cheng couldn't figure it out, raised his eyes to look at Zhang Xiu, and kindly reminded: "The Taoist priest should be careful about this kid."

Zhang Xiu's hand holding the jug stopped suddenly. He first looked at Zhang Zhongjing, and after the two exchanged a glance, Zhang Zhongjing asked in surprise, "Did you get any news, my lord?"

Wei Cheng was stunned for a moment, thinking that Zhang Zhongjing misunderstood that he also had eyeliner in Hanzhong.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Cheng nodded and said, "It's not really useful news, but I heard that this son has quite a relationship with Yizhou Mu Liu Yan, and his mother even lives in Liu Yan's mansion every three days."

"Impossible!" Zhang Xiu shouted.

Wei Cheng frowned slightly, looking at Aning in Zhang Zhongjing's arms, Zhang Zhongjing also complained: "You old guy, can't you just keep your voice down?"

Zhang Xiu knew he was impolite, but he still looked at Wei Cheng, frowned and asked, "Why are you so innocent?"

Wei Cheng was worried, he was just inferring the results based on a few words in the historical records. In order to recruit more talents, he basically turned over the history of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Among them, Zhang Lu's biological mother had a small face, and she was not clear with Liu Yan. Zhang Lu relied on his mother's relationship to make a fortune. First, he occupied the Wudou rice road, and then killed Zhang Xiu, and dominated Hanzhong for more than [-] years. These are all recorded. historical facts.

Zhang Zhongjing also said euphemistically at this time: "My son doesn't know something. Zhang Lu is a virtuous person. His mother does live in Yizhou, but she has no contact with Liu Shijun, let alone go every other day...that is absolutely impossible. possible."

Wei Cheng frowned and said: "Then you can just treat me as nonsense, I just remind you kindly, if the Taoist leader thinks that I maliciously slander others, then I will say no here, but, as the saying goes, be careful when driving Year ship, it must not be easy for the Taoist priest to live to this age."

Zhang Xiu wanted to say something, but he hesitated for a moment, and his eyebrows could not help but frown tightly.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhongjing asked with concern: "Old guy, are you okay?"

Zhang Xiu opened his mouth, as if he was recalling something, then suddenly looked at the roster in Wei Cheng's hand, frowned and said: "Before, the old Taoist was puzzled as to who poisoned the Holy Lord, but now that he thinks about it, that person has the best chance. "

Zhang Zhongjing's expression changed.

Even Wei Cheng looked at Zhang Xiu curiously.

You know, when Zhang Jiao rebelled, he suddenly fell ill and died within seven or eight months.

Where in this world is there such a coincidence?

March is still shouting "The sky is dead, the yellow sky will stand, the year is Jiazi, the world will be prosperous"; in the blink of an eye, he will die of illness in October, and Zhang Jiao has been leading troops to fight during this period, which proves that he is in good health, it is impossible There is something serious about it.

Listening to what Zhang Xiu said, and looking at Zhang Zhongjing's reaction, Zhang Jiao was actually poisoned to death!
Zhang Xiu frowned, looked at Aning who was sleeping soundly in Zhang Zhongjing's arms, and said quietly: "The Holy Lord saved a strange woman in Jizhou back then. This woman was born with a pair of yin and yang eyes. It is said that she can see ghosts that ordinary people cannot see."

"Are there really ghosts in this world?" Wei Cheng remembered one of Zhang Xiu's titles - ghost master.

Zhang Xiu was startled when he heard the words, and looked at Zhang Zhongjing amusedly.

Zhang Zhongjing explained with a smile: "The so-called ghost way is actually the art of witchcraft. To put it bluntly, it is a witch doctor, plus some teachings of gods and gods. Using herbs that ordinary people don't know can create hallucinations, which is convenient for educating the people. That's all."

'Ghost Master' Zhang Xiu didn't refute, nodded and said: "That's right, there are no ghosts and gods in this world. If there really are, I would have met the old Taoist. I didn't expect you to be afraid of ghosts?"

Wei Cheng coughed lightly in embarrassment, and said seriously: "Let's talk about the topic just now, does that strange woman have anything to do with the death of Aning's father?"

Zhang Xiu's face darkened, he nodded slightly, narrowed his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Now that I think about it, she really can't get away from it."