0596 Snubbing Shijun
The arrival of Lu Shijun in the capital capital in Jiankang caused a great repercussion in the entire Jiankang City.
Nowadays, there are many believers, and among the teachers and gentlemen of several famous works in the way of the heavenly masters at that time, Lu Shijun is also known for his skill of dividing the good fortune and evil. In today's turbulent world, from the family and the country to the social society, to the personal destiny, the future is full of uncertainty, and it can be said that everyone's heart is full of anxiety.
Lu Shijun has this ability, and the popularity he has received can be imagined. Therefore, as soon as they entered the capital, the high-ranking officials and nobles were like carps crossing the river, and even affected the Qing Dynasty in the capital for a while, and the debate stopped for a while, and everyone went to worship, just hoping to get a word to predict the blessings and misfortunes. Even the queen mother in the garden asked people to consult the future of the society with the gift of silk.
Receiving such respect, Lu Shijun did not take pride in this and refused the arrangement of the garden to let him live in Jianping Garden, but lived in a garden villa provided by the believers under his altar on the south bank of the Qinhuai River. And this believer is not an ordinary person, but the only remaining elder in the current clan, Sima Hong, the king of Pengcheng.
After moving into Zongwang's other businesses, Lu Shijun lived in a simple house, and was not keen on participating in the various Qing meetings that were currently hot in the capital. This inevitably made it more difficult for the people of the time to ask to see each other, and there was even a lot of noise outside, if they could get help to introduce Lu Shijun, they would be willing to pay a hundred gold.
On this day, after completing the daily fasting ceremony, Lu Cheng washed off the pastel painted on his face, changed into his clothes, and then met with several nobles in the capital who had been asking for help for a long time. Before he knew it, it was getting late, so he asked his disciples to close the door and thank the guests, and even the master of this room, King Peng Cheng, avoided seeing him when he entered to ask for peace.
"Where is the Shen family's concubine, is there a reply?"
After dinner, Lu Cheng summoned the believers who were in charge of liaison with the outside world to the front and asked.
The believer bowed down and replied: "The disciple has repeatedly sent people to secretly tell him, but the Shen family's order Ren Qiu is gone, and it seems that he is deliberately avoiding ......."
When Lu Cheng heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and his face gradually turned unkind: "I know that you have always enjoyed worship, and it is inevitable that you will be arrogant." Although the Shen family is from the Southern Sect, it is not vulgar and cannot be taken lightly. Are there any deviations in your words and attitudes, and you don't know that you see evil in others? β
"How dare the disciple! The disciple didn't see the Shen family slave at all, and he was also polite and generous when he passed on the message, and he didn't dare to be polite, but the other party really shouldn't hear it! β
When the believer heard Shijun's blame, he hurriedly defended himself.
Seeing that this disciple's demeanor did not seem to be fake, Lu Cheng frowned and muttered, "If this is the case, then it is strange." I have no old gap with his family, and I have no intention of being embarrassed, so why should he avoid me? Could it be that there is a discrepancy in what was previously known? β
The reason why Lu Cheng was in a hurry to see Shen Zhezi was also because of his own difficulties. The response to his visit to the capital seemed to be enthusiastic, but in fact, not many of the seekers who had gathered outside the city really helped him. An idle sect king like Sima Hong is just a rich idler, and no matter how close the contacts are, it will not be of much help to his own status in the Dao.
Within the Heavenly Master Dao, there is a set of criteria for evaluating the status of the master, and one of the most important is the number of names he holds in the sect. No matter how famous the Dao Master is, there are only a few people under the altar, but they are only a momentary and cannot last.
One of the most significant examples is Yan Mu, who was not in the war earlier, Yan Mu is also a well-known teacher in the Dao, compared to Lu Cheng today. However, because he was too lazy to preach and recruit the congregation, once the catastrophe came, he had no help, and his people disappeared in the war, and his life and death are still unknown, and the whole Jiangdong was in turmoil at that time, and it did not even stir up a little commotion. By now, Yan Mu's name has gradually been forgotten.
Although Lu Cheng himself has the ability to prophesy, he knows that the so-called seeking good fortune and avoiding evil is to have a proper arrangement before the danger comes, and everything else is nonsense. Moreover, his self-proclaimed prophecy is more gimmicky than practical, and it is a prophecy that can be fulfilled, otherwise it is a rumor. But he is not a real immortal, how can he be sure to hit every divination, so he can only minimize his judgment, so as not to smash his reputation.
Because of the need to maintain this sense of mystery and the accuracy of divination, Lu Cheng could not have frequent contact with those congregation, so he was not very advantageous in proselytizing. In the early years, he was able to gain a foothold in Guangling and even penetrate into the capital of the south bank of the Great River, because of the support of the Gaoping Xi clan. But elsewhere, his sign is not really competitive.
The reason why he was in a hurry to see Shen Zhezi was because he had been in the Beijing Mansion for several years, and he knew the appeal of the Shen family among the Wu people, and he would not think of a second family in the world. If he can get the full support of the Shen family, he will get twice the result with half the effort in preaching in Wuzhong, and even integrate the north and the south, and it is possible to unify the Taoism!
For the Shen family, he also investigated for a long time. His family is a family of faithful believers, although it is not his branch, but Lu Cheng knows that Shen Zhezi himself is not very close to Lu Mo, the master of his family, and there seems to be some discord between them. And Shen Zhezi lost his words for a while, and his situation became a little dangerous.
The people south of the Shen family are fortunate to be emperors, and at that time, the core was this concubine. If he can take this opportunity to reach a consensus with Shen Zhezi, Lu Cheng will dare to go south to compete with Wuzhong Lu Mo and decide the winner!
"That raccoon dog should know that I have no malice, but I avoid it, so arrogant, is there anything to be ashamed of?"
Since entering the capital, he has been highly sought after, but he has been treated coldly by Shen Zhezi, and even ignored, although he attaches great importance to Shen Zhezi, Lu Cheng still has no lack of resentment in his heart.
"When a young man is revealed, he is inevitably arrogant, he thinks that he can turn a blind eye without asking for me? Hmph, it seems that he wants to teach him how to respect the virtuous man! The day before yesterday, Cai Shizhong said that there was a lot of hidden meaning, you go to pass the message, please Cai Shizhong will be here tomorrow, arrange a few clear discussions for me, I want to let that raccoon dog see the sage's means! β
After receiving Shijun's instructions, the disciple should be ordered to retreat, and then pass on Shijun's meaning to Cai Mo.
Cai Mo had long been trapped in the fact that there was no progress in attacking Shen Zhezi, and after receiving Lu Shijun's message, he was also very happy. According to Lu Shijun's current influence in the capital, once someone else comes forward to lead the topic to Shen Zhezi, it is absolutely impossible for the other party to escape from the discussion!
For Lu Cheng's thoughts, Cai Mo can also grasp a little. However, in this regard, he can only sigh that Lu Cheng is not a person who is deeply involved in the current situation after all, and his thoughts are inevitably too naΓ―ve. At that time, if they attack each other and defend themselves, the feud will only accumulate deeper and deeper, and there will be no room for turnaround. Even if this Lu Cheng has any other ideas, he can only go one way to the end!
Therefore, once he got the letter, in order to prevent Lu Cheng from changing his hexagram halfway, Cai Mo also did his best to build momentum for Zhang Luo, and even took the opportunity to spread the matter of Shen Zhezi's cold and sneering of Lu Shijun, making it difficult for Lu Cheng to ride a tiger.
For Cai Mo's enthusiasm, Lu Cheng also faintly felt a little bad, but after thinking about it, Shen Zhezi's arrogance was hateful, and this momentum was also a way for him to express his dissatisfaction. If that kid knows how to find things interesting, he should take the initiative to come and see him as soon as possible, and then he will consider whether to let this kid go!
But after waiting in the garden villa for a few more days, Shen Zhezi still did not show up, and Lu Cheng couldn't help but be angry. He had never suffered such a snub since he became known as the Heavenly Master and Dao Master!
Therefore, when Cai Mo personally came to the garden villa to greet him on the day of the rally, Lu Cheng was also full of fighting spirit and was determined to give this arrogant raccoon dog an unforgettable lesson!
"Knowing that Lu Shijun is going to be there in person, everyone in the capital is happy, and everyone is willing to attend, and it is fortunate to be able to discuss the current discussion with Lu Shijun! It is precisely because of the enthusiasm of the crowd that it has not been properly arranged, and the venue has been moved several times before it is finally determined that the Guozi Prison will be full of sages and welcome the master together! β
Hearing Cai Mo's passionate narration, Lu Cheng's mood of being neglected and embarrassed recently has gradually improved, the raccoon dog is shallow and mediocre, and he does not see the true sage, but in this world, he is not all blind and arrogant, and he knows who is the real celebrity in the world!
When the car gradually approached Guozijian, and saw that there were many guards around him, maintaining order, Lu Cheng couldn't help but sigh and said: "I'm just a wild man in the mountains and forests, but I have to be so polite and generous by the sages of the world, although the Taoist heart is silent, it is inevitable that there will be waves!" β
"Lu Shijun is so humble, if anyone in the world can know one or two, who doesn't want to flatter the audience and listen to the virtuous voice! Shijun's immortal posture, leisurely at that time, I was fortunate enough to go in and out of the accompaniment, and I already felt a lot better. β
The two of them laughed in their mouths, and the car had already entered the national prison. But when they got out of the car and saw the empty venue, their smiles froze on each other's faces.
In fact, there were not a lot of people in the venue, and when they saw Lu Cheng get off the car, they all came up to greet him, and there were hundreds. However, the venue prepared by Cai Mo was too large to accommodate more than thousands of people, and a large number of open spaces were exposed to the sun, and these people would inevitably look cold and pitiful.
"How so?"
Cai Mo has made a lot of efforts recently, and even secretly faked public weapons, coupled with Lu Cheng's recent momentum in the capital, it is conceivable that the participants must be gathered. However, the gap between reality and imagination is too big, it is true that the scale of a gathering of hundreds of people is not small, but it really does not match his expectations, and most of the attendees are Qingxu Xiangyin, and the southerners are almost nowhere to be seen!
"Just over an hour ago, a letter came from Dunan that Wuzhong Lu Mo and Lu Shijun had arrived in the capital today. Shen Hou and other nobles all went to greet them. Originally, there were already a lot of people present, but after hearing the news, they all left the venue to greet ......"
Hearing everyone's gossip report, Cai Mo's heart was already messy, conspiracy! This must have been a conspiracy that had been prepared a long time ago, otherwise how could it be so coincidental!
Standing behind Cai Mo, Lu Cheng, who originally had a graceful face, was already pale, and even his arms trembled uncontrollably. It was okay to be robbed of popularity by Lu Mo's old opponent, but a few days earlier, Cai Mo helped build momentum, and it had been leaked out, and he was dissatisfied because Shen Zhezi was slow to see him. But now, that colt actually went to greet Lu Mo in person but still didn't see him, this is already a naked humiliation!
"The servant is planning to set up this situation to humiliate me!"
was already very annoyed in his heart, Lu Cheng couldn't even maintain his superficial indifference, pointed at Cai Mo and roared angrily, and then flicked his sleeves back to the car, and took the huge honor guard with him.
Cai Mo couldn't help but feel worse when he heard this angry shout, and at the same time, there was no lack of slander: the old slave himself was forced to be reserved, and he couldn't do it for a long time, if he rushed to the venue first, he wouldn't end up so embarrassed!