Chapter 112 Five Stars
When Ding Sheng was helped up by Hei Fu, Li Damu and others, he was not convinced:
"Don't look down on people. You can throw me to a disadvantage. If you are capable, I will call my beloved brother to come and fight with you. If you can beat him? I will only obey you."
Ding Sheng's words not only stunned Zhang Chong, but also all the generals who knew Ding Sheng were confused. Where did your brother Ding Daqi come from? Could it be that a younger brother really came from his hometown in Xiaqiu, Yanzhou these days?
Then, Ding Sheng pointed his finger at Dian Wei who was sitting in the corner in front of everyone's astonished eyes. Dian Wei himself was shocked, when did I become your younger brother, and I should be older than you.
Now, things get interesting.
Since Dian Wei joined the army, Zhang Chong has been paying attention to him. Seeing that he is taciturn, even if he has achieved military exploits, he is often the one who is the most indisputable. He has the style of an ancient righteous man, but Zhang Chong still hopes that the generals can know more about him. Dian Wei.
Zhang Chong is not the kind to learn the so-called imperial arts. He wants to engage in divide and rule and deliberately create conflicts among the generals.
He had read history thoroughly in his previous life, and he often found that if the generals were not aligned, the generals would be overthrown and killed. For example, Yang Ye in later generations was also wise and brave, but he couldn't tolerate it with the generals. He had clearly arranged military orders and agreed with Wang Qian and Pan Mei to set up a formation in Chenjiakou to support him. When Yang Ye was defeated in front, Pan Mei withdrew, and finally used Yang Ye was defeated and died.
Therefore, Zhang Chong never deliberately creates so-called lonely ministers and generals in the army. This is a way to die.
And because of his personality, Dian Wei doesn't care about fame and fortune, which is good. But Zhang Chong couldn't let him become the only general. That would not be to love him, but to harm him.
So when Ding Sheng pointed at Dian Wei and asked Dian Wei to come out, Zhang Chong felt that an opportunity had come. The so-called dragon and tiger fight, each can show their special abilities. Guan Yu's bravery was not something that Ding Sheng could try out, only an ancient evil like SARS Wei could do it. On the other hand, letting the generals know Dian Wei's incompetence cannot be achieved by killing several generals and seizing the power. Let me ask all the generals in the room, which one has not killed several enemy generals?
As the saying goes, it is difficult to hide one's talent when encountering an opponent in chess. Only when one encounters good will can one use his skills. It would be good to let Dian Wei compete with Guan Yu.
And Zhang Chong was also curious as to which of the two was more powerful. He said in later generations:
"One Lu, two Zhao, three Dian, Wei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei."
These are all folk jokes and cannot be true, but it also shows the status of these heroes in the hearts of future generations. And now, Zhang Chong was lucky enough to witness Guan Gong's fight against evil. How could he not be inspired?
Zhang Chong stood up and smiled at Dian Wei:
"Jun Dian, let everyone see your unparalleled bravery. Yun Chang is also strong and strong. Let the two of you compete and let the proud generals under my command know what it means that there are people outside the world and there is heaven outside the world."
Zhang Chong spoke, and Dian Wei also responded. In fact, when he saw Guan Yu's appearance, he was also happy to see Guan Yu. If it weren't for his character, he would not fight with him, so he went to make friends with this man in the morning.
It turned out that Dian Wei was kneeling, and he was in the corner, so he was not very conspicuous. At this moment Dianwei stood up, and Guan Yu realized that this man was very majestic. Although he was not as tall as himself at nine feet, but looking at the tall man who was also eight feet tall, and even more majestic than him, he did not dare to underestimate him.
Dian Wei wore a scarf on his forehead and a girdle on his back. If you look carefully, it was given to him by Cai Que. He was dressed in linen and walked slowly to the hall with bare feet.
Guan Yu stopped squinting, looked up and down at the iron-peaked Dian Wei, and praised:
"What a majestic man. A certain family has been traveling all over the country for so long. There are not many majestic men like yours."
After hearing Guan Yu's praise, Dian Wei cupped his fists and said in a muffled voice:
"Your bravery is rare in the world. It is Dian Wei's honor to compete with you."
After saying this, Dian Wei bent down and said to Guan Yu, "Let's get started."
Guan Yu now took off his single clothes, wearing only his hakama, and his upper body was bare, revealing his strong muscles, shining with majestic beauty in the hall.
The generals kneeling on both sides were all mesmerized. Ru Tianjun was looking at Guan Yu's muscles and murmuring to himself.
Seeing that Guan Yu was serious, Dian Wei thought for a while and took off his unlined clothes. Since he was not wearing a big hakama, he was left with only a calf-nosed hakama.
Only then did the generals see clearly how majestic Dian Wei was.
Have you ever seen arms as thick as ordinary people’s thighs? Have you ever seen thighs with muscle lines as distinct as rocks? Have you ever seen a chest as strong as armor? At this moment, the strong back and strong waist can no longer represent the public's praise for Dian Wei's majesty.
This is really a good man!
Then the generals were confused. Looking at Guan Yu, who was like a heavenly man, and Dian Wei, who was like a god general, they didn't know who was better.
At this moment, Zhang Chong had already walked into the hall excitedly. He wanted to personally preside over this peak competition.
Zhang Chong stood between two shirtless men, the two men were really men. Holding back his excitement, Zhang Chong used his hand as a knife and swung downwards, and his intention began.
But neither Dian Wei nor Guan Yu were charging, but kept circling each other.
Ding Sheng on the other side of the hall could only lie down on the table because of pain in his buttocks. He bared his teeth and said to Hei Fu next to him:
"This is a master!"
Heifu ignored him at all and only focused on watching the two people on the field.
After testing each other, Dian Wei and Guan Yu rushed to hug each other.
Dian Wei hugged Guan Yu, wanting to give him a hug. Guan Yu was tall and used his wingspan to grab Dian Wei's arms first, hoping to follow his momentum and throw Dian Wei away.
Dian Wei, seeing that he had lost the opportunity, stopped fighting and threw him. He put his arms around Guan Yu's and began to endure. Guan Yu wanted to reach out and hook Dian Wei's ankle, but the force coming from the opposite side completely prevented him from using his strength distractedly. Dian Wei felt the same way.
In this way, the two masters of wrestling became two bulls struggling in the horns. This was the pinnacle of wrestling, a contest of strength.
At this time, Dian Wei exerted his full strength and his beard was flaring, while Guan Yu on the opposite side also had his long beard swelled and used all his strength. For a moment, they were in a stalemate in the hall, and the wooden boards under their feet creaked.
Zhang Chong watched with excitement, this was the ultimate beauty of a man's blood and strength.
But looking at it, Zhang Chong felt that something was wrong. The two of them were working hard, and neither of them let the other go. Both of their shoulders were starting to turn blue due to the squeeze and lack of blood. Zhang Chong, who was a surgeon in his previous life, knew that he could not No more comparisons.
He immediately stepped forward, put his left hand on Dian Wei's shoulder, and his right hand on Guan Yu's shoulder. With a force, they separated the two.
Yes, they were separated, and all the generals were shocked.
Their understanding of Qukui Wuyong is really like one mountain after another. When you think you have reached the top of the mountain, you look up and there is a higher mountain behind.
Qu Kui is naturally recognized as the bravest of the three armies, but they have never seen Qu Kui play any tricks like carrying a tripod or a city gate, so they lack an intuitive understanding of Qu Kui's strength.
But this time when Zhang Chong took action, they understood that it turned out that Qu Qi was always Qu Qi, Shen!
Guan Yu and Dian Wei were even more upset. How could they not understand how strong they were just now? Let's put it this way, even if there is really a bull fighting them on the opposite side, it is really not certain who will win and who will lose?
And now, what do they see? This punch can separate them with one punch. How can he still be a human being if he is so brave? Now Guan Yu and Dian Wei were even more convinced. In fact, Zhang Chong was really just casual. He didn't know that the two tiger generals had already thought so much.
To be honest, Zhang Chong has never been in this world for so long that he has never really encountered a time when he was asked to use all his strength. Sometimes he himself also thinks that if he is given an oar, he can really sail on dry land.
Zhang Chong put his arms around the two men and laughed with the generals:
"On the left is my heavenly being, and on the right is my divine general. Huang Tian will help me create peace in this world. I hope you all will work hard and live up to Huang Tian's ambition."
All the generals stood up to answer, and for a moment they were brothers.
Duman and He Kui watched with smiles all the time, especially since He Kui found his wife and relatives from the supply camp abandoned by the Langya thieves after the war. He deeply felt Zhang Chong's kindness and vowed to die for it.
Moreover, during this period, he and Zhang Chong often talked by candlelight at night, which allowed him to learn more about Zhang Chong's great ambition and courage to plead for the people. He Kui was no stranger to Zhang Chong's ambition to create peace for the people, because they, the nobles' sons, were also pursuing it.
Although He Kui's family reputation has declined, his personal network in the gentry circle is still there, so the general public opinion about the gentry is still clear.
The children of the noble clan are not all the children of Gaoliang. There are also many who care about the world. They are also looking for answers to why the world has become like this.
This is not the first time for this discussion. As early as the end of the Han Dynasty, when the world was in chaos and the people were in dire straits, the nobles had discussed such issues.
At that time, the world used the method of heaven's destiny not to be with Han, but to be appointed to Han again, and selected wise men to occupy their positions to change the decline of Han's destiny and eliminate disasters. This wise man was Wang Mang.
Wang Mang is undoubtedly the holy king who best meets the standards of a wise man among the nobles. He believes that when a wise man reigns, peace can be restored to the world. This is why the nobles elected Wang Mang to replace the Han Dynasty.
But in the ten years of the Xinmang Dynasty, the world became more chaotic. Emperor Guangwu re-established the Han Dynasty, letting all scholars know that this Han Dynasty was the real destiny, and the artifact did not bear his surname.
Since then, the destiny of the Han Dynasty has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the world has become more stable because of peace.
But since Emperor Huan, the world has begun to become chaotic again, and this time it is another impact on the scholar-bureaucrats who assisted the Han Dynasty. This time, discussions about how to regain peace in the world began to sweep among the gentry.
He Kui only knew about two kinds of discussions: Zheng Xuan's theory and He Xiu's theory.
He Kui worked in Dongguan, which is very close to Beihai Kingdom. He once participated in a lecture given by Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucian classics. As for why He Kui was able to attend? It was Yuan Shu who brought him up. He was related to the Yuan family. Although the family had declined, this relationship still existed.
By annotating the Six Classics, Zheng Xuan told his peers in a subtle way that the king is the guide for his ministers, that ministers must be virtuous, and that all rituals and music come from the emperor. Using this as a criterion, the world will return to peace.
In other words, as a minister, you cannot commit any crime under any circumstances, and even if Li Shu died of starvation, he could only live in peace and could not resist. In this way, the world will always be peaceful.
When he first heard this argument, He Kui thought it was ridiculous that vicious dogs would pounce on food when they were hungry, let alone humans? How is it possible to prevent him from resisting when he is hungry and discouraged? Later, He Kui thought again, and Zheng Xuan meant that if the people could be enlightened and have the consciousness of not losing their integrity even if they starve to death, wouldn't the world be at peace?
This made He Kui despise Zheng Xuan even more. It turned out that in the eyes of his generation, the purpose of educating the people was to make them content with starvation, which was shameless. After that, He Kui began to look for answers on his own to achieve peace.
Later, under the introduction of a friend, He Kui went to Fan County, Renchengguo, to attend a lecture given by the great Confucian scholar He Xiu. In the same interpretation of the "Spring and Autumn Annals", Master He proposed a transformation from "the age of decline and chaos" to "the age of peace" and "the age of peace".
Master He said that the world goes from chaos to chaos, and then to chaos again. This is destiny, and no one can force it. On the contrary, some ugly people like Zheng Xuan misinterpret the meaning of the scriptures and try to find eternal peace. Don't they know that the more they do this, the more chaos will be in the world?
Yes, He Xiu and Zheng Xuan are mortal enemies, enemies of Taoism, and regard each other as aliens.
He Kui listened to He Xiu's words and agreed deeply, not because they both had the surname He. But as a scholar who works hard in the fields, He Kui has more contact with the real lower class society and has more sympathy for their sufferings. On the contrary, those high-ranking officials in Gaoliang who do not know the grain and regard the subordinates as cattle and horses I will believe Zheng Xuan's stuff.
Of course, it’s not that they believe it, but that they want the people below to believe it. This is their real purpose. Likewise, it's not that they don't believe what He Kui said. What they most hoped for was that the people below believed in Zheng Xuan, and the people above believed in He Kui.
Now that He Xiu understands this, he knows that those in troubled times should be heroes to restore peace to the world. Like Guan Yu, he also believed that Zhang Chong was the hero who ended the troubled times.
Because there were prophecies that predicted that Zhang Chong would be the man of destiny.
"The saint will obey orders and fight, and Zhang holds orders to bestow Han treasures."
This statement was a prophecy that Liu Hou Zhang Liang received a letter from Huang Shigong to assist the Han Dynasty. It can be seen that the fortune chart of the Han family was given by the Zhang family on behalf of heaven. Now that the Liu family has no virtue, the Zhang family will also take back the fortune chart on behalf of heaven. Therefore, in troubled times, it will be Zhang.
There is also the first sentence "A saint must obey orders."
Does that mean that the world will be reduced to one person named Adou?
No! This kind of direct interpretation of prophecies and prophecies must be the pioneers of heroes. The dragon hides in the river and must show itself to others. First there is the hidden dragon or the abyss, and then the dragon finally flies to the nine heavens.
How to interpret this sentence?
The children of the noble family in this world are all proficient in prophecy, because this is the national constitution of this dynasty and a required course for every child of the noble family. So He Kui was naturally proficient in interpreting prophecies.
So how should we interpret this sentence? The most critical word in this sentence falls on "fight".
Fighter, why? Astrology too!
As for the stars, "Weishu" says: "The king has the most virtuous appearance, and the five stars are like a string of pearls."
Why doesn't Kui know what five stars means? But he knew Renju.
Lianzhu is an astrological sign, which means opposition. When the sun and stars are in a row, it is an opposition in the astrology.
Therefore, from "The saint will obey the orders and fight, Zhang holds the fate and gives the treasure to the Han Dynasty.", "The king has the most virtuous cuteness, and the five stars are like a string of pearls." These two sentences can be interpreted as Zhang and Chong respectively.
Therefore, Zhang Chong is the person who is destined to end this troubled world.
But He Kui wasn't sure yet what exactly these five stars meant. Is it the meaning of the five-star constellation Zuo Zhang Chong? If that's what it means, then is He Kui one of them?
Thinking of this, He Kui's heart became hot.
Over there, after everyone got to know each other, Zhang Chong suddenly looked solemn. He looked around and said to the generals:
"I, the Shi Jiajun, allocate land to the disciples of Jin's Bi. I love them and want them to live a good life. But because of this world, I will not let you live. In this case, I, Zhang Chong, have told you here, If they don't let us live, then I, Zhang Chong, will also ask them to die. I will not return to the army until those powerful men who massacred the Jin family's disciples are killed."
All the generals were silent and responded in unison.
Can you explain to He Kui what the five-star sentence means?
(End of chapter)