In Song Qing's arms was Zhang Ning, the fruit of their love. Seeing that Song Qing and her daughter were safe, Zhang Jiao felt relieved. Just as he was about to ask Song Qing to help him up, Song Qing suddenly knelt down and said something like a bolt out of the blue. Then, he put Zhang Ning down and left crying.
Song Qing said," Zhang Lang, our fate as husband and wife has come to an end. My father has already sent people to find us. Today's matter was all my father's doing. If I don't follow my father back, I'm afraid the lives of the three of you will be in danger." After I leave, quickly take Ning 'er and leave this place. Don't stay in Yongzhou, otherwise, I can't guarantee the lives of Brother Zhang.”
Although Zhang Jiao wanted to pull Song Qing back, how could he, who was heavily injured, reverse the fate of being separated?
Although the mental and physical pain was tormenting Zhang Jiao, he knew that this was not the time to be sad. His two younger brothers were unconscious, and Zhang Ning was still sleeping soundly. Song Qing's father might send people over to eradicate the root of the problem. The first thing he had to do now was not to save his two younger brothers and leave this place as soon as possible.
Zhang Jiao and his brothers brought Zhang Ning, who was only a few months old, to live in the mountains of Julu Prefecture in Hebei Province. They lived by picking herbs in the mountains every day. Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao went hunting in the mountains every day. They could harvest quite a lot every day. Not only could they feed their family, but they could also sell the leftovers in the market for some money. Although they were not rich, they were far away from Fufeng Prefecture, so they were not afraid of the Song family coming here.
Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao also caught a female deer for Zhang Ning. They fed the deer's milk to little Zhang Ning every day, which solved Zhang Ning's problem of having no milk to eat. Zhang Jiao also slowly stood up from the shadow of losing his wife, Song Qing." Time can forget everything " was right. Although Zhang Jiao often thought of Song Qing, he was not at the stage where he could forget her, but he was no longer so sad. He had put all his effort into raising Little Zhang Ning.
On this day, Zhang Jiao went up the mountain to pick herbs as usual. Unexpectedly, he encountered a giant python. Just as Zhang Jiao was about to suffocate to death, he heard a loud shout,"How dare a beast hurt people?" After hearing the sound of an arrow, Zhang Jiao passed out and lost consciousness.
When Zhang Jiao woke up, he found himself on a bed in a cave. Although it was a cave, the living facilities inside were complete. It seemed that someone had lived here for a long time. Zhang Jiao slowly got up from the bed and found that he didn't feel any discomfort. It seemed that someone had saved him from the python's mouth.
At this moment, a person walked in from outside. He had blue eyes and a child-like face. He was full of smiles and held a cane in his hand. As he walked, he said,"Little friend, you're awake?" Zhang Jiao hurriedly got off the bed and kneeled on the ground, kowtowing several times."Zhang Jiao thanks you for saving my life.”He looked extremely devout.
The old man happily helped Zhang Jiao up from the ground and said,""This old man is just a cultivator who lives in seclusion. How can I be an immortal? This old man's Daoist name is Nanhua.”
Zhang Jiao was shocked. He had long heard of Nanhua Old Deity's title. He was an immortal. He didn't expect that he would be saved by Nanhua Old Deity today. Zhang Jiao felt that his luck had come. He said,"So it's Old Immortal Nanhua. Windraiser Zhang Jiao thanks Old Immortal for saving his life.”
Seeing that Zhang Jiao still addressed him as an immortal, Nan Hua thought that Zhang Jiao had never heard of his name before. He laughed and said,"I'm not an immortal. It's just that I'm over a hundred years old, so some fellow daoists call me Old Immortal Nanhua. In fact, I'm just a mortal who has lived for over a hundred years. How can I compare to an immortal?”
Zhang Jiao knew that Nanhua had mistaken him for a god when he heard Nanhua say that twice. In fact, Zhang Jiao had heard of Nanhua Taoist Priest, Yu Ji Taoist Priest, and Zuo Ci Taoist Priest before. Nanhua Taoist Priest was the most famous among them. Which person in the world did not want to become the disciple of these three people? However, these three people had always been elusive. Even if they really met, not everyone could be taken in as a disciple by these three people.
Zhang Jiao wanted to become Nan Hua's disciple, but he didn't dare to say it. At this moment, Nan Hua seemed to have thought of something and asked,"I heard you say that you are a Windwalker. Why did you come to the deep mountains?”Zhang Jiao was hesitating on how to ask Nanhua to accept him as a disciple. When he heard Nanhua ask why he was here, he couldn't help but think about the past.
After listening to Zhang Jiao's story, Nanhua couldn't help but feel indignant and sad for Zhang Jiao's bitter experience. However, Nanhua was a recluse after all. She no longer cared about the grudges of the mortal world. She couldn't help Zhang Jiao get Song Qing back and teach the Song family a lesson. The only thing she could do was to take Zhang Jiao as her disciple.
Nanhua had very strict standards for disciples. He had only taken in one disciple in his entire life. One was Zuo Ci, who was introduced earlier. The other was Zhang Rang, and the other was Tong Yuan.
After reading this, many people might ask, Zhang Rang? Yes, it was Zhang Rang, the head of the Ten Generals. Zhang Rang wasn't a bad person. Instead, he was a wandering doctor who helped the world and saved all living beings. Countless patients had been cured by him. For the poor, they didn't need to pay for the consultation. As for why Zhang Rang later became the head of the ten constant attendants, there was a detailed introduction later.
The other one was Tong Yuan. I believe those who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms know that Tong Yuan was a martial arts master at the end of the Han Dynasty. However, he had never joined the army in his life. This was also a great loss for the Great Han Dynasty. As for why Tong Yuan did not join the army to serve the country, there was no record of it in history. One could only guess that it was because the society at that time was too dark, and the army was even more so. Talented people could not be reused or promoted.
However, it was said that the three generals of the Three Kingdoms period were all from Tong Yuan's sect. They were Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ren, and Zhao Yun. Whether it was true or not, there was no way to verify it because there were no records in the history books. In this book, the supreme-grade Yellow Mountain was considered to be a real thing. Later, when writing about Zhao Yun, he would use this as a basis.
Nanhua saw that although Zhang Jiao was dressed in rags, he had an extraordinary bearing and his speech satisfied Nanhua. Moreover, Zhang Jiao had the look of an emperor. This made Nanhua determined to take Zhang Jiao as a disciple. However, how could Zhang Jiao know about this? He was still racking his brain on how to become a disciple of Nanhua.
The two of them were silent for a long time. Seeing that Zhang Jiao didn't want to take him as his master, Nan Hua sighed in his heart. Although Zhang Jiao was a talented person, he was just too meticulous. Finally, Nanhua Taoist Master said to Zhang Jiao,""Since young friend and I are fated, I will give you a book called 'The Art of Peace'. This is written by me personally. I hope you can study it carefully when you go back. In the future, you will take it as your duty to save the poor people of the world.”
The Art of Peace was not like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where one could call the wind and summon the rain after learning it. It was actually a combination of various techniques. Why was it said that? This was because Nan Hua's book," The Art of Peace ", contained four skills: military strategy, medical skills, imperial skills, and martial arts. Once one learned and used them, it would not be difficult for one to ascend to the throne.
Although Zhang Jiao had obtained the book, he still failed. It wasn't the book's fault. It wasn't that the book was useless. In fact, Zhang Jiao had made too many mistakes. First, Zhang Jiao couldn't use people based on their talents. All the military power was in the hands of his three brothers. The facts proved that Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang weren't suitable to lead the army. Second, Zhang Jiao was exposed by Tang Zhou for his lack of secrecy, which resulted in a hasty uprising, causing the preparations for the uprising to be incomplete. Third, Zhang Jiao shouldn't have risen in the eight states at the same time. On the surface, it looked powerful, but in fact, not only did it make the Yellow Turban Army too scattered, but it also made it difficult for Zhang Jiao to control the overall situation. In the end, they fought on their own and were defeated by Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, and the others. Fourth, Zhang Jiao had no time or place to train his army. Not only was the Yellow Turban army undisciplined, but the army also had no fighting capacity. In addition, there were not many generals in the Yellow Turban army who could hold up the scene. Therefore, the Yellow Turban army, which was several times larger than the Great Han army, was still destroyed in the end. The fifth reason was that Zhang Jiao's life was too short. He died of illness eight months after the uprising began. Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao also fell out with each other in order to fight for the ruling power of the Yellow Turban Army.
Of course, these things would happen in the future. This was not something that Nanhua could predict. After all, Taoist Master Nanhua was not a god. How could he predict the future?
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