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Chapter 168 The Truth (6.6K)

"Guru. Is it yours?"

Hearing Xu Yun's words.

Old Su's anger, which was stuffed in his chest and ready to erupt at any time, suddenly stagnated.

The whole person was stuck for a few seconds.

After recovering.

He subconsciously wanted to refute.

But thinking of the many strange things that Xu Yun had shown before, the words that Lao Su planned to refute were stopped in his throat abruptly.

after awhile.

He first forced himself to calm down, turned to look at Zong Ze, and said:

"Ru Lin, the old man already knows about King Jian, so you should step back first."

Zong Ze quickly glanced at Xu Yun who was at the side, suppressed the curiosity in his heart, and saluted Old Su:

"Teacher, the student will leave first."

After Zongze left.

Old Su withdrew his gaze, and said coldly to Xu Yun:

"Wang Lin, you said that the master is yours, but what evidence can you prove?"

Done.

Seeing that Old Su patiently listened to his explanation, Xu Yun couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

Although I have demonstrated the situation today many times in my heart.

But reality is reality after all, anything can happen, and risks still exist.

No one could tell if Lao Su would get angry, and he never gave himself a chance to explain.

He threw the cup directly as a sign, and then a few dead soldiers jumped out from the edge of the screen and chopped himself into a meat paste, without any trace of scum.

Then he took out a letter from his sleeve, laid it flat on the desk, and pushed it in front of Old Su:

"Master, you should look at this first."

Old Su took the letter, shook it lightly, and read it for some unknown reason:

"My name is Guo Jing. I am from Bingzhou. I used to be the deputy commander of the halberd of Youwei. Yongxi returned to Beijing in four years and lived in Beijing for a long time."

After a few seconds.

He suddenly raised his head and fixed his eyes on Xu Yun, as if he wanted to see through him:

"This is this?"

Wang Lin smiled and nodded towards him, affirming:

"That's right, it's Guru Guo's self-report."

"It contains his resume, the means of deceiving people, and the list of people who have been deceived by him. It can be regarded as his signature for me."

When Old Su heard this, his left hand holding the letter trembled a few times.

The right hand picked up the teacup and took a sip of water to suppress the shock, and asked Xu Yun full of surprise:

"Xiao Wang, what... what's going on here?"

Looking at Lao Su who had recovered his usual address, Xu Yun felt relieved again.

Although he has already made some extreme preparations, explaining or not right now will not change the direction of the incident.

But if it can restore Lao Su's perception, it will be better, just listen to him slowly say:

"My lord, you may not be aware that this Master Guo is named Guo Jing, and he was originally a complete liar."

"That day, after I came to the door with the card you lent me, I first exposed all his tricks, and then taught him some more subtle tricks."

"Combined with the self-report he wrote down, with a stick and a handful of sweet dates, he was easily taken under his command."

"Many things in the future are all ordered by the villain to do."

Friends who know the history of the late Song Dynasty should know it.

In the late Northern Song Dynasty.

There are three Taoist priests with great reputations in the political arena, and the evaluations left in history are also different. They are:

Xu Zhichang, Lin Lingsu, and

Guo Jing.

Among them, Xu Zhichang has the best reputation.

He is proficient in Taoist classics and is a famous religious painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. He basically did not interfere with too much government affairs.

In the collection world of later generations, the value of this person's paintings is not too low.

The average price is around 50,000 to 60,000, and the highest pair even sold for 470,000.

The second is Lin Lingsu.

To be honest, the image of this man in the official history is really not very good.

When he was at the peak of his power, he was in power, and Cai Jing wanted to avoid his edge, and there was basically no good comment in the official history.

But on the other hand.

From the perspective of Taoism's contribution, Lin Lingsu still has a certain contribution:

He is the patriarch of the Shenxiao sect, who almost wiped out Buddhism alone, and played a pivotal role in the history of Taoism.

Some objective evaluations belong to a controversial negative ruthless person.

But the rest of Guo Jing.

A complete liar.

This strange flower was a soldier in his early years. He returned from the Western Front in 987 AD and returned to Bianjing with the army.

Since then, he has been pretending to be a veteran without combat missions in Bianjing. He usually likes to do things for others, a real veteran.

By the time Jingkang changed, Guo Jing was already in his sixties.

The privy envoy at that time, Sun Fu, accidentally learned of Guo Jing's name in "Gan Shi Poems", and found him in Bianjing.

since then.

The strange man began his magical performance:

He first recruited a group of people, the number is 7777, which is likely to be warned by Muay Thai in future generations.

These people's horoscopes are combined with Liujia, so they are also called Liuding Liujia Shenbing.

According to Song history records.

Most of these people are beggars and rogues.

Not long after that, these people were sent out of the city to meet the enemy.

At the same time, Guo Jing sat on the wall and said:

There was a statue of a heavenly king standing beside him, and he shouted "You have been strengthened, go ahead", and then disappeared.

Well, gone:

7777 "magic soldiers" were wiped out.

It was also because of this great defeat that the Jinren boarded the city wall of Bianjing for the first time. (If you are interested, you can read the history of the Song Dynasty-Sun Fu Biography. The author sighed after reading it.)

Also very funny is.

In later generations, there are still some people who wash the ground for the Liujia Shenbing.

For example, this is a no-brainer, and the fighting power of the Liujia Shenbing is stronger than that of the Song army, forcing the Jin army to send the main force to wipe them out.

Later, Guo Jing was even described as a failed version of Joan of Arc.

But what is the truth?

At that time, there was Zhang Shuye in the city, Zongze's army was on the way, and Li Gang was still there.

Judging from the weapons and effects distributed to the residents of the city later, it is really not that difficult to survive until Zongze rescues him.

As a result, the two civil officials, Sun Fu and Prime Minister He Li, who were wonderful, and Song Huizong insisted on choosing Guo Jing.

In addition, the Liujia Shenbing was indeed the main force of the Jin army, but the problem was that the four armies at the gate of the city were all tm the main force

If you think about it with your brain, you know, who would block the door at such a juncture?

At the same time, in addition to "Song History", Jin History also recorded this battle:

[Song General Guo Jing sent tens of thousands of troops to the Loushi camp, and the living women fought from the sidelines. The enemy was in chaos, so they broke it. The king sent the living women to lead elite troops to cut them across. With a flowing arrow in his hand, and a full bridle and a gun, he can shoot freely. The enemy was defeated and fled to the city. 】

That is.

At that time, this group of Liujia soldiers went straight to the Jin army after leaving the city, and their momentum was probably quite fierce.

So Lou Shi retreated a little and abandoned the gate of Daying,

Let them rush into the encirclement, and let the living women flank and besiege.

This very simple bait and encirclement tactic actually became a big camp for the Jin army in the mouths of those scrubbing parties.

With an arrow in Lou Shi's arm, he became Lou Shi, the number one general of the Jin Army who was seriously injured.

What can this say?

Some clowns in history insisted on clearing up the shame of the nation, while some national heroes clung to unnecessary or negligible black spots.

So seriously, sometimes you really have to wonder what those guys are made of.

alright.

Closer to home.

Although Guo Jing is a charlatan through and through, he is an excellent candidate to fool Song Huizong:

Xu Zhichang was very Buddhist and basically would not interfere in government affairs, so he lived to be 94 years old before he died.

Lin Lingsu

It is because he is not in Bianjing and is still wandering around.

Moreover, this is one of the patriarchs of the Taoist Eight Classics, if he is used as a buffoon, it is easy to be reported 404 by force majeure.

So after careful consideration.

Xu Yun finally chose Guo Jing as his target. (The reward is over, unfortunately no one guessed it right, but it is still very gratifying that someone guessed Lin Lingsu)

The line of sight returns to reality.

Then Xu Yun paused, changed the subject, and asked Old Su:

"Master, when you were inquiring about the news, have you ever heard of this master's ability?"

Most of the anger in Lao Su's heart has disappeared at this time, and more of it is doubt and curiosity. Hearing this, he thought:

"The old man once wrote to a friend to inquire, but was told that Master Guo has the ability to reach heaven and earth, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary pretenders."

"For example, extracting things from a frying pan, deities arresting ghosts, burning ghost corpses, etc."

"If it weren't for this, it would be impossible for him to be worshiped as a master by the officials so quickly."

how to say.

It really deserves to be a dynasty whose degree of reverence for ghosts and gods is enough to rank among the top three dynasties in history.

Even Lao Su, a great master of the times, always brings strong personal emotions when he mentions supernatural things.

Xu Yunjian said that he looked around for a while, then took out a piece of yellow paper from his sleeve, and handed it to Old Su:

"Master, look at this yellow paper, is there anything special about it?"

Old Su took the yellow paper and touched it, then shook his head and said:

"It seems to be just an ordinary talisman?"

Xu Yun smiled mysteriously at her, took back the yellow paper, pointed to a corner and said:

"Master, borrow the light from the study."

Old Su nodded:

"Just use it."

After obtaining Lao Su's approval.

Xu Yun walked to a kerosene lamp near the desk, and stood sideways so that Old Su could fully see his movements.

Then he placed the yellow paper over the flames and shook it a few times.

Not for a moment.

The yellow paper began to burn with heat.

At first, Lao Su's expression was a little puzzled, not understanding the meaning of Xu Yun's move.

But watch and watch.

His expression gradually became a little horrified:

I saw the dark fire on the paper slowly burning in, but it didn't spread to the entire paper, but gradually burned out into a strange shape!

seems to be

Yaoying!

After a while.

Xu Yun put the burnt yellow paper in front of Lao Su, and said respectfully:

"Master, please look."

In fact, without Xu Yun's reminder, Lao Su's attention was completely attracted by the yellow paper:

On the yellow paper in front of him at this time, the burnt mark was a centipede one foot long!

Old Su carefully picked up the corner of the yellow paper, and after confirming that it was just a hollow shape, he was slightly relieved.

Then he looked at Xu Yun again, and said impatiently:

"What the hell is going on here?"

Xu Yun came to him with a little bear spreading his hands, and said with a smile:

"This is what you said about gods holding ghosts, but it's actually just a trick."

As he spoke, he tore open a small hole in the yellow paper, pointed to some cotton-like things in it and said:

"The surrounding area of ​​this yellow paper is composed of asbestos nets, which can resist dark fire, and the centipede-shaped area is ordinary yellow paper."

"At the same time, the villain also dipped the potassium nitrate solution with a clean brush in advance, and applied it to the centipede area."

"Potassium nitrate is colorless or yellowish, no matter what the situation is, it will not leave traces on the yellow paper."

"When the time is right, just pretend to catch ghosts, stage a fight between humans and ghosts, and then find another opportunity to say that the ghosts are going to escape."

"At that time, step on the gangster step, form an array, swing the mahogany sword, and put on an appearance of fierce fighting with ghosts."

"After the fight is over, take out the yellow paper, say that you have sealed the ghosts on the yellow paper, and then ignite it, and you can see all kinds of 'monster shapes'."

The operation Xu Yun mentioned was actually a very common method of "eliminating demons" during the Ming Dynasty.

Because according to the development of technology, the core material needed for the whole process is potassium nitrate solution, and it will not be relatively popular until then.

Of course.

Taoists at that time did not call it potassium nitrate solution, but yellow nitric acid water.

At present, the Song Dynasty has not yet developed to this point, but Xu Yun produced potassium nitrate in advance when preparing salt bridges and nickel steel.

With the assistance of such an ultra-dimensional solution, it is not too easy to pretend to be a ghost, and it is guaranteed that the abnormality will not be discovered.

As for the extraction from the oil pan and the burning of ghost corpses that Lao Su mentioned?

To put it bluntly is also very simple.

The so-called burning of ghost corpses is actually a very "self-abuse" performance:

The caster danced and danced, chanting words.

After a while, his fingers actually started to burn.

The caster then took a sip of water and sprayed it on the 'cut' but invisible demon corpse and his own burning fingers on the ground.

In an instant, a bunch of fire was lit on the ground.

If the conditions are right, you can also see a little ghost fire rising.

Actually.

This is because the caster put camphor powder, phosphorus and sulfur on the ground in advance.

When performing.

The caster first dips these on his fingers.

Because sulfur and phosphorus are flammable, camphor is volatile.

So it will burn on contact without hurting your fingers.

At the same time, what is sprayed from the mouth of the caster is not water, but wine.

That's why a beam of fire appeared, completely burning the demon corpse.

This is also a trick that only appeared in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, compared with the bug in the original version that may be exposed because of the 'alcoholic smell', what Xu Yun provided was medical alcohol.

Although medical alcohol has a special taste, it is still very different from alcohol.

If the other party really asks, they can evade the "consecrated" demon-subduing water, which can be regarded as a patch for the bug.

It only needs to be taken from the oil pan, so I won't explain much.

This should be a trick with a wide spread, and it was quite popular in the qigong craze in the 1990s.

But here is a wrong knowledge to correct:

Many people think that the oil pan is taken out because vinegar is placed under the pan and oil is placed above the vinegar. Since vinegar has a low boiling point and moves upward when heated, it looks like oil.

But this is actually wrong.

The boiling point of acetic acid is 118 degrees. Edible vinegar will form compounds due to the doping of water, which will also lead to azeotropic conditions. The boiling point is by no means the so-called 40 degrees.

The so-called boiling point of vinegar is only 40 degrees, and the temperature is only 35 degrees when the human hands are put into the pot, which is also a rumor that appeared out of nowhere.

In fact.

The reason why this kind of seemingly oil boiling, but actually low temperature situation can occur.

In fact, it is because calcium carbonate and boric acid and other substances that are easy to generate gas when heated are placed under the oil pan, forming a false boiling phenomenon.

Therefore, if any unlucky person really crosses, remember not to add vinegar to the bottom of the pot.

Otherwise it's Melody watching little movies and taking little pills - more fun.

all in all.

These small tricks that looked extremely simple in later generations, in the Northern Song Dynasty, or any feudal dynasty in ancient times, could deceive many people around.

In addition, Song Huizong was a relatively foolish emperor, so Guo Jing's success in front of him was not at all what Xu Yun expected.

Then Lao Su suddenly thought of something again, and asked:

"But Xiao Wang, the old man heard that in addition to subduing demons, the master can also deduce the past and present, and grasp the power of the world. How did he do it?"

Xu Yun scratched his head in embarrassment, and pointed to himself:

"To tell you the truth, the so-called thoroughness of the master's ability."

"Actually, the villain determined the time of the Xingbo and Ludong earthquakes through calculations, which was 'predicted' by Guru Guo."

Old Su was taken aback when he heard the words, and then Xu Yun's preparations for observing the telescope flashed through his mind, and suddenly said:

"That's why you waited for more than ten days before starting to observe after the lens was made?"

"The old man thought Xingbo was just a coincidence."

"But...this kind of celestial phenomena and earthquakes can also be calculated by manpower?"

Xu Yun's mouth twitched a few times:

".sure."

finished.

He silently added two words in his heart:

No wonder.

Not to mention the Song Dynasty, even in later generations, comets and earthquakes are extremely difficult to calculate.

Comet is better.

A 100-kilometer celestial body that is approaching the sun has a probability of being discovered by an infrared telescope when it is about 50 AU from the earth.

When it is about 28 AU from Earth, it has a high probability of being detected by the Hubble Space Telescope based on color.

The speed of such interstellar objects relative to the sun is usually within 40 kilometers per second, which is very slow compared with the distance.

Therefore, after a few years of supercomputing, there is a high probability that the time that can be observed by the naked eye can be accurately determined.

But earthquakes are different.

Even in the 21st century, no country can predict earthquakes with 100% accuracy.

At most, after an earthquake occurs at the epicenter, the characteristics of electromagnetic waves faster than seismic waves are used to allow people farther away to take protective measures in advance.

And this is just a prototype-level technology, the practical effect is very general, and the promotional significance is greater than the actual value.

Xu Yun can remember these two things purely because he is a time traveler:

The comet is because it appeared at the same time as Cai Boyu's death time, which originated from childhood records.

The earthquake happened because it just happened on the Mid-Autumn Festival, so the day was not bad.

In addition, Huizong came to the throne this year, and he can't forget it even if he wants to.

Just follow the original time trajectory.

At this time, the Empress Dowager Xiang had not passed away, so Zhao Ji was only exempted from Lu Dong's yearly endowment, and the whole thing went through relatively smoothly.

This is also one of the core reasons why Guo Jing is willing to listen to Xu Yun after he took office:

Whatever eyes Song Huizong and court officials looked at him, he looked at Xu Yun in the same way.

If Guo Jing was only under pressure at the beginning, then when a few prophecies happened, he really regarded Xu Yun as a god.

It's a pity that Old Su didn't know that he was being fooled by Xu Yun - on the contrary, combined with Xu Yun's previous performance, he believed this statement 80% to 90%.

Think here.

A hint of doubt could not help appearing in his eyes:

"Xiao Wang, since you can guarantee Uncle Wen Qingzhao's safety, why did you do such a thing?"