Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

At this moment, Liu Bao, who had abandoned the name "Zheng Bao", shaved his hair and hid in the White Horse Temple.

With Zuo Rong's "conversion", the essence of Buddhism was successfully spread in the Jingyang area after some modifications, and Liu Bei's territory expanded rapidly. This also made many monks in other regions who had originally maintained a wait-and-see attitude gradually tend to this option.

Just like the dilemma faced by Taoism, the current difficulty faced by Buddhism is that it is not adaptable to the local environment and has been slow to spread on a large scale in the Han Dynasty.

To this end, over the past hundred years, Buddhism has been constantly translating original scriptures while also constantly looking for ways to spread the teachings.

Naturally, not every monk approved of Zuo Rong's previous method of constantly absorbing money and labor from believers to build golden bodies for Buddhist temples.

However, Zuo Rong's idea that without the golden statue in the temple, ignorant people would not be able to understand the boundless Buddha's Dharma made it difficult for many monks to refute it. They could only wait and see, allowing Zuo Rong to "open the way" ahead.

Just when many Buddhist monks gradually recognized Zuo Rong's approach and began to follow suit in various places.

When Li Ji's knife was placed on Zuo Rong's neck, Zuo Rong's clear eyes quickly saw a completely new path. He voluntarily began to revise the essence of Buddhism on a large scale to guide people to be good. In addition to sacrificing his life to go to Yingzhou to save the hell, he also strongly called on other monks to abandon their past practices.

Even Zuo Rong, who was far away in Yingzhou, sent people to convey a message to other monks in the Han Dynasty. He declared that he would not become a Buddha until hell was empty, and he was determined to stay in Yingzhou to convert countless evildoers to Buddhism and to take it as his responsibility to guide people to do good.

And as Li Ji maintained his support for the revised Buddhism, he quickly gained the secret support of Buddhist temples in various places, secretly winning over this group of seemingly inconspicuous forces through the Jinyisi.

For example, the White Horse Temple in Luoyang also became one of the important and safe contact points of the Jinyisi.

Liu Bao hid in the White Horse Temple for ten days before he found an opportunity to escape from Luoyang, which had to be reopened, by posing as a monk.

But some things will no longer be secrets once more people know them.

Even though the two Chens adopted such high-pressure measures, arrested a large number of people who spread false rumors, and even posted a notice in the name of the court to clarify:
On that day, the emperor was out on tour and was attacked by an assassin. It was the general who came to his rescue in time and shot the assassin to death with a bow and arrow. The emperor returned to the palace safely.

The notice also hinted that the mastermind behind sending the assassins was either Liu Bei or Cao Cao, in an attempt to further muddy the waters.

However, this approach could temporarily affect the voices and judgments of ordinary people. However, on the first day when Luoyang resumed traffic, many aristocratic families passed the news on, including some who had always secretly maintained contact with the Xun family.

Soon, this news reached the ears of a large number of Xun clan members who had moved to Jizhou, and also reached the ears of Xun Yu.

When Xun Yu learned about the information and repeatedly verified the authenticity of the intelligence, he vomited blood at home and fell ill.

Cao Cao, who had known nothing at all, heard that Xun Yu was seriously ill and hurriedly came with a doctor to check on him. Only then did he learn that the reason for Xun Yu's serious illness was that Lu Bu was suspected of killing the king in the street.

Liu Xie...is dead!!

This shocking news made Cao Cao's originally narrow eyes widen. He didn't even bother to stay for too long. He hurriedly comforted Xun Yu, who seemed to have lost all his energy, and left.

The death of Liu Xie, a seemingly insignificant mascot in daily life, undoubtedly has a huge impact on the Han Dynasty today.

Is the Han Dynasty still the Han Dynasty without an emperor?
Cao Cao saw in this the possibility of gaining the reputation of "righteousness" that he had always lacked in the past.

However, while Cao Cao continued to verify the authenticity of this information, he urgently summoned a group of his advisers for discussion that night.

A piece of news came from Xun Yu's mansion, which made Cao Cao a little panicked.

Xun Yu, who was in his prime, died of poison with his face facing west, leaving only one last word: I feel ashamed towards the late emperor and I plead guilty and leave.

For Cao Cao, the grief in his heart was secondary. What was more important was that Xun Yu was the "steward" of Ji and Qing states.

Xun Yu's passing was bad news for Cao Cao, who wanted to quickly digest Jizhou and restore the vitality of Qingzhou.

The changes brought about by Liu Xie's death were not limited to Cao Cao.

What made Lu Bu feel ridiculous was that the remnants of Dong Zhuo's army, which should have been hiding in the Sanfu area and licking their wounds, actually took this opportunity to quickly reach a reconciliation with Ma Teng, Han Sui and others.

They were preparing to form an alliance, and under the banner of revenge for the emperor, they crossed the Hangu Pass again to attack Luoyang. Even in the Sili and Yanzhou regions, there were many people who heard the news that Lü Bu had killed the emperor in the street and started a rebellion under the banner of revenge for the emperor.

This made Lu Bu, who had originally planned to slowly digest the money and food accumulated in Yanzhou, suddenly a little anxious.

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At the same time, on a large blue stone outside a cave in Nanhua Mountain, the old immortal Nanhua sat cross-legged, looking up at the night sky, silently deducing the trend of the current situation.

Different from Zuo Ci's seemingly sloppy image, the appearance of the Old Immortal Nanhua is like an immortal, with white hair and beard, and he does not look like an ordinary person.

Suddenly, the old immortal Nanhua paused in observing the celestial phenomena, turned his head slightly to look at a corner, and saw Zuo Ci walking up the difficult mountain path as if he were walking on flat ground.

"Daoyou, you are a rare guest."

The old immortal Nanhua stood on the bluestone, turned around and saluted towards Zuo Ci who was walking towards him.

"Fellow Daoist Nanhua, I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you so much."

Zuo Ci's sudden enthusiasm surprised the old immortal Nanhua.

It is far from being said that the two sides are very familiar with each other, but as they are people of the same level, they naturally know each other.

Now, Zuo Ci put on a warm look and spoke.

"I happened to be passing by Nanhua Mountain. I haven't seen my Taoist friend Nanhua for a long time. I missed him very much, so I came to the mountain to reminisce with him."

Immediately, Zuo Ci started talking with the Immortal Nanhua about some past events of their acquaintance with great interest, which made the Immortal Nanhua frown slightly and speak frankly.

"I guess your visit this time is not just to reminisce about the past, right? If you have anything to ask, just tell me. I will do my best to help you within my ability."

"Fellow Daoist Nanhua is indeed a man of great insight. I do have a favor to ask of you, and I must have your help." Zuo Ci said with a smile.

"Please say."

"That is to help unify Taoism. I need to borrow the head of Daoist Nanhua."

The indifference on Nanhua Old Immortal's face slowly turned into a gloomy look, and he said, "Fellow Daoist, are you joking?"

Zuo Ci spoke word by word.

"It is not that I, Zuo Ci, have the intention to force you. It is because as long as Nanhua Daoist is alive and Taiping Daoist tradition is not destroyed, how can I make the uncle and the marquis trust that my Daoism also has the heart to support the Han Dynasty? And how can we achieve the unification of Daoism?"

"Therefore, for the sake of Taoism, I ask you to die and not make it difficult for me."

At this moment, the Nanhua Immortal still didn't understand that Zuo Ci had already joined Liu Bei, and he was even more puzzled as to what method Liu Bei used to persuade Zuo Ci.

But there is one thing that the old immortal Nanhua is very clear about, and that is...

"You, Wu Jiao, want to take my life?"

Just like Zuo Ci, the Immortal Nanhua understands Taoism, and is also very proficient in boxing and swordsmanship.

The Han people are martial, and bandits are rampant in troubled times. Even if the immortal Nanhua does not have the ability to charge into battle on the battlefield, an ordinary hundred or so people will undoubtedly not be his opponent.

Zuo Ci heard this and spoke calmly.

"I am not enough alone, but there are many people who are loyal to the Han Dynasty. You may want to take a look behind." (End of this chapter)