Unofficial History of Song and Liao Heroes

Monk Yuanzhen really spoke amazingly. This time Ran Nanyuan and others came to Iron Wing Villa and participated in the grand event of Iron Wing Villa by chance. They never thought about what would happen to this event, but unexpectedly there was an amazing inside story.

"What?! This Iron Wing Villa event is actually to select the inheritor!"

Ran Nanyuan and the others all had expressions of disbelief, who was fooled?It only takes a month to hold a grand meeting, and during the period, what kind of messy transactions, the arena for resolving disputes, and the inexplicable treasure hunt at the back of the Iron Wing Villa have nothing to do with the selection of the inheritor? !

"Actually, this happened hundreds of years ago." Monk Yuanzhen changed the subject, "Back then, the people in the Northland were devastated, and even the magic, Taoism, and my Buddhist sect were lost. The temples collapsed, and it was difficult to maintain the incense. ..."

"Wait a minute, master!" Ran Min, the ancestor of Ran Nanyuan, the Wu mourning heavenly king, was the first emperor to end the suffering of the Han people at the time of chaos. I couldn't help being curious about the actions of Taoism and Buddhism in those years, so I asked a few questions, "If what the master said is true, why didn't there be any rumors spread in the world? It should be known that the construction of the White Horse Temple by Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty was a sensation. How could no one know about the Three Religions back then? Besides, the Devil Dao is not cruel and secretive, and the followers of fish and meat are not more powerful in troubled times, so how could they suffer heavy losses?"

Monk Yuanzhen smiled slightly, clasped his palms together and proclaimed the Buddha's name "Namo Amitabha", and responded without haste:

"The benefactor has a wide range of knowledge, and the monk admires him!"

Ran Nanyuan hurriedly called it "absurd praise", and asked Yuan Zhen to continue explaining what happened back then.

"The Demon Cult is actually not water without a source. Most of the demon heads in the world respect the Lord of Jiuli, the Demon God Chi You, the ancestor of the Demon Cult. In the past, Chi You fought against the Yellow Emperor of the Xuanyuan clan to compete in the Central Plains. He almost defeated the Yellow Emperor. If you control the world, you will know its strength. How terrifying."

Everyone knew the story of the Yellow Emperor defeating Chiyou and unifying the Central Plains. Now, when they heard the monk Yuanzhen, they immediately remembered that in the old legend, the Yellow Emperor was once suppressed by Chiyou and couldn't hold his head up.The Yellow Emperor once "nine battles and nine victories" and "three years without leaving the city", which shows the suffering of his battles back then.Later, although the Yellow Emperor was victorious, he still admired Chiyou's bravery, and respected Chiyou as the "lord of soldiers", that is, the ancient god of war.His brave image is still feared by the ancient tribes. The Yellow Emperor painted his portrait on the military flag to encourage his army to fight bravely and deter the enemy. When the princes saw Chi You's image, many people surrendered without fighting.

Seeing everyone's clear expressions, Monk Yuanzhen went on to say:

"In ancient times, Chi You led the Jiuli clan and tribes to develop farming, smelt copper and iron, make five soldiers, create all kinds of arts, make tomorrow, and teach culture in the Central Plains. They ruled the roost for a while. The Jiuli tribe and its vassals all supported them loyally. Later, although Chi You was defeated, and most of the tribes of the Jiuli clan either died or surrendered, but the Sanmiao tribe, who were loyal to Chiyou, refused to submit to the Yellow Emperor and moved southward.

There was also a group of Jiuli people who neither sincerely surrendered nor left their hometown. Some people continued to rebel and were gradually suppressed by the Yellow Emperor; "

It was also the first time for Ran Nanyuan to hear such an astonishing inside story, even the knowledgeable Wen Ruoxu, let alone other people.

"It's just that the status of the Yellow Emperor was consolidated later, and the remnant party of Jiuli could not compete. Later, when the Yellow Emperor died, the emperors of later generations could not easily resist. Moreover, after several generations, it became impossible to restore the Jiuli tribe. The remnants of the party also had different ambitions. In the end, it just became a sect fighting for power and profit. It plundered externally and slandered each other internally. Those who knew this religion called it the Demon Sect. One of the main goals of the Demon Sect became to seize the power of the world. The Yellow Turban Rebellion is the biggest two of them, and the rest are too numerous to enumerate."

"However, for many years, there has never been a demon sect that can really win the world. Later, it retreated to the next best thing, just like Taoism and Buddhism, developing believers, accumulating wealth, and becoming its own power."

Everyone didn't know that there were so many secrets here, they were all dumbfounded, looked at Monk Yuanzhen, and tried hard to digest everything they heard just now.However, there is even more exciting news, from Monk Yuanzhen:

"Later, in the land of the three seedlings, a strange woman named Long Qingluo came out of the barbarian valley. She was the saint of the barbarian valley. In terms of skill, no one can beat her. If it's just that, this girl is also amazing, and her talent is even more convincing. When this girl was 20 years old, Nanguo was already invincible, and she felt very boring. One of the remaining clans of Jiuli led by Chi You is still in the north, so they went all the way north to search for it."

"At that time, it was in the chaos of Wuhu, and the Han land in the north was devastated. With the strength of Long Qingluo, she was in troubled times and was besieged by Hu soldiers. She was also in danger several times and almost died. Thanks to the rescue of Ran Min, who was still a military general in the past, to survive.”

"what!"

Ran Nanyuan and Ran Qianxue were fascinated by what they heard, and never thought that Monk Yuanzhen would mention the ancestors of the Ran family, and immediately called out softly. Monk Yuanzhen seemed to know the relationship between Ran Nanyuan and his party and Ran Min, and glanced at Ran Nanyuan with deep meaning in his eyes.

But he paused for a while, and then talked about the past.

"When Ran Min rescued Long Qingluo, he hadn't become emperor yet. He was just a brave young general in the begging army. The hero rescued the beauty, and they were of the same age. After getting along a few times, the two gradually fell in love..."

When Dugu Xiaoqiu heard this, she glanced at Ran Qianxue secretly, and found that Yi Ren was listening intently to Monk Yuanzhen's story of the past, and she blushed.Fortunately, everyone's thoughts were in the story told by Monk Yuanzhen, and no one saw his embarrassment.

"Later, Long Qingluo gave birth to Ran Min's children. After that, she searched for a long time in the north, and finally contacted the Demon Cult, and supported each other with Ran Min's family power, which made Ran Min's status rise all the way. Long Qingluo is outstanding. Look at it. Unaccustomed to the cruel oppression suffered by the Han people in the Wuhu chaos, he repeatedly persuaded Ran Min to establish a country for the Han people and become king. Ran Min fought for more than ten years at first, but he slacked off after his status was improved, and he was unwilling to fight for power easily. In the post-Zhao dynasty, although they had no cronies to value Ran Min, they were not overly strict, and Ran Min was brave and loyal, just like Xiang Yu was to Liu Bang, unwilling to repay kindness with grudges."

"Long Qingluo saw that Ran Min tried his best to save the victimized Han people, but at the same time he could only watch Shihu's villains doing things everywhere. After several years, he couldn't make up his mind to rebuild the Han people's country. With growing disappointment, he took his children and left a book. go away."

"Later, the children were entrusted to a large family surnamed Xiao in the north. It is said that they may be the family of Prime Minister Xiao of the Liao Kingdom. Long Qingluo contacted the three sects of Demonism, Taoism, and Buddhism, hoping to rely on the strength of the three religions to recruit believers. , to build a paradise.”

"The Three Sects were in a life-and-death crisis, and they were persuaded by Long Qingluo, and they were finally willing to work together. It's a pity that everyone in the Three Sects, even Buddhists, hope to become the leader of the sect and lead the other two sects, let alone obey Long Qingluo. A female leader like Qingluo who is not a member of the three religions, so the merger of the three religions has been delayed for several days."

"Later, Long Qingluo saw through the concerns of the three religions, and came up with an idea, which was to choose good talents and beautiful jade from the three religions or believers, and designate them as young masters, and the three religions would assist them together, hoping to cultivate them into a hero in troubled times. But even though she set herself apart from The power vortex was picked out, but I still didn't expect the pursuit of power by the three religions, because of the selection of martial arts, the young talents of the three religions killed each other, causing heavy casualties, Long Qingluo was even more disappointed."

"At that time, the leader of the Demon Cult coveted Long Qingluo's beauty. In order to please the beauty, he ordered his subordinates to withdraw from the competition and fully supported Long Qingluo's supremacy, which surprised Long Qingluo. Later, Long Qingluo also realized that it would be useless to delay , he joined the Demon Sect, defeated the talents of the three religions, and became the young master of the new sect."

"The three religions are not merged. In order to balance the power of the three religions and to avoid the suspicion of everyone, Long Qingluo invited people from the three religions to jointly build the Iron Wing Villa, implying the meaning of protecting the Han people in the world. The people of the three religions live in their own places. Do your job, keep a low profile, expand your power, help the people, and wait for the opportunity to take back the old land in the north."

"It's a pity that good fortune tricks people. After Long Qingluo ran away, Ran Min tried his best to search for it, but there was no news. Just when Long Qingluo was establishing the Iron Wing Villa, Ran Min encountered an accident. Due to chance, he established the Kingdom of Wei and ascended the throne..."

Monk Yuanzhen didn't elaborate on this part, but Ran Nanyuan knew about the records of the clan:

In the fifth year of Yonghe, Emperor Shi Hu of Later Zhao died of illness and ordered his son Shi Shi to inherit the throne.In May of the same year, another son, Shi Zun, was dissatisfied with his father's succession to the throne, so he tricked Ran Min and others into supporting him and decided to overthrow Shi Shi.Before the incident, Shi Zun promised to make Ran Min the crown prince after the event was completed, so that Ran Min could fulfill Long Qingluo's wish to become emperor without betraying the later Zhao. It was almost the best of both worlds, so Ran Min spared no effort Help Shi Zun.

It's just that Shi Zun didn't really want to pass on the throne to Ran Min. After he seized the throne, he didn't keep his promise and appointed his son Shi Yan as the crown prince, which naturally aroused Ran Min's dissatisfaction, but he couldn't help it for a while. This matter, to vent my unhappiness.

Minister Meng Zhun and others knew the cause and effect, and persuaded Shi Zun to kill Ran Min. Shi Zun then discussed with his brother Shi Jian and his mother Zheng Cherry how to deal with the matter.Zheng Cherry believes that Ran Min has made great contributions to Shi Zun's ascension to the emperor's position, and he cannot be killed casually, otherwise all the officials will be in danger.

However, the Shi family's hearts are really unpredictable, and Shi Jian actually reported the matter to Ran Min secretly, deliberately not mentioning Zheng Cherry's intercession for him.Ran Min was shocked when he heard the words, and was afraid of being killed for no reason, so he decided to act first.So he united with Han generals Li Nong and Wang Ji to overthrow and kill Zheng Cherry and Shi Zun, and supported Shi Jian as emperor.