Tang riddles

"Amitabha, monk, where is the sister?" Just as everyone looked at the Yishen nun in amazement, the Yishen nun spoke indifferently.

"Of course you are not my own sister, but you are my little junior sister. Back then, you and my senior sister traveled all over the Western Regions with Master. Although it was hard work, it was satisfying. Such happy days are gone now." I'm back." The woman in white sitting on the eaves of the pavilion said regretfully.

"Poor nun, there is no senior sister like Your Excellency." The unwavering voice of the one-spirited nun gradually became cold.

"Hmph." The woman in white laughed jokingly.

"Since you showed up on your own initiative, you probably didn't want to continue to hide your identity. The poor nun is a monk. Although I didn't lie, it is not my wish to conceal the truth. If you don't mind, everyone present can wait for the poor nun. Let me introduce your identity." Yishen nun said.

The woman in white raised her hand and said with a smile:

"Please go ahead, show your identity so you can talk, this is also the purpose of this concubine's coming here tonight."

"Then why did you send an assassin to be the vanguard officer? Haven't you done enough to hurt people's lives?" Yi asked.

"You have to try, otherwise, how can I repay the hatred of many families in Heshuo who surrounded and suppressed my teaching and killed many of my brothers and sisters." The woman said calmly, "Besides, I am also a person who keeps what I say and does what I say. Otherwise, I told you in the letter that there will be an assassination operation tonight, but I didn’t come to assassinate you, wouldn’t I have broken my promise?”

"Your purpose is just to gather us in one place. Isn't that the purpose of the letter you gave me? That's why I happened to meet Your Excellency Princess Jin, and Your Excellency will inform the Shen brothers , it will be the situation where all of us gather here tonight. The so-called seven-day limit is just the travel time you calculated for the brothers of the Shen family to come to Qinghe. You have countless ways to achieve your current goal, but you But they just want to pretend to be ghosts, threaten and intimidate, and then send killers to actually carry out the assassination."

"My dear junior sister, killing people is my goal." Her green eyes turned towards Cui Zhen like ice, "It's just this time, whether to kill or not is actually not that important. You Buddhist disciples , Why are you so long-winded, didn't you say you want to introduce me? I can wait."

Yishenni snorted coldly and said:

"Everyone, this person's name is Anna Yi, who is a mixed race of Turkic and Sogdian. He was born evil and worshiped by his parents. He was abandoned by his parents and lived on the streets begging and stealing. Afterwards, he became a Buddhist monk with my master Liao Ming. Cunning and cruel, difficult to tame, he later defected from the sect, grew long hair and joined Zoroastrianism, becoming an important member of Zoroastrianism."

"Zoroastrianism?" Shen Sui was taken aback, "Why is it Zoroastrianism? Isn't this person a member of Nestorianism?"

"Shen Dalang, you also know that this organization, on the surface, uses Nestorianism as a cover, but in fact it is not a branch of Nestorianism at all. They are actually Zoroastrians, and only Zoroastrians worship flames and have open flames Come down to the world, burn my body, and return to the dust."

Shen Sui's mind was buzzing, as if he was thrown back into Princess Taiping's mansion in the fire 17 years ago. The coffin boat containing his mother was floating in the pool, burning with raging flames.She cried, helpless.Not only her, but Shen Jin and Zhang Ruohan were also dazzled and tinnitus as if they were being struck by five thunders.

"What's wrong? What happened!" Outside the gate, the Qianyu Sect headed by Xuan Weizi, Huyan Zhuoma, and Ying Niang, as well as Li Jinyue and people from Cui's mansion rushed to the courtyard. When the woman in white came to the Sutra Pavilion, everyone was stunned.

"Why did they pretend to be Nestorian?" Zhang Ruohan asked at this time.

"Because Nestorianism robbed the missionary land of Zoroastrianism, there was a conflict a long time ago, and it has reached the point of life and death. They pretend to be Nestorianism and do evil things, and they can eradicate the spread of Nestorianism in the Central Plains from the root." Without waiting for the nun to answer, Shen Sui said.

[This... won't this be seen through? ] Shen Jin grabbed Sister's arm and asked eagerly.

"No, in fact they succeeded. 17 years ago, Nestorianism was suspected of causing the massacre of Princess Taiping's mansion. Tangmin believers were arrested and slaughtered on a large scale. Foreign believers can be repatriated. In fact, even if they can go back It was also very lucky that most of them died during the long journey. Since then, Nestorianism has been in a slump, and it is difficult to see it in the Tang Dynasty. Only occasionally one or two cities still retain the Daqin Temple built in the past."

Shen Jin was speechless.

"Hehehe, Shen Dalang has such a quick mind, he can think through so many twists and turns in such a short period of time." The woman in white on the cornice giggled.

"I have some doubts that have been lingering in my heart for a long time, and today I finally got rid of them." Shen Sui looked at her coldly.

"Hehe, look at my junior sister, who is clumsy and tongue-tied, and I haven't explained the ins and outs of my concubine's identity until now. I said junior sister, when you introduce someone to others, you should always mention how old you are." The woman in white turned and said.

Yishenni remained silent.

"Why, I dare not say it anymore, for fear that others will think you and I are monsters?"

"I became what I am now, human beings, ghosts or ghosts, all thanks to you!" Angrily said.Zhang Ruohan looked at Master in shock. It was the first time she saw Master angry in many years.

"Master, this disciple is here to take her down!" said the taciturn Liao Hong, stepping forward.

"Don't act rashly, you and I are not her opponent." Yi stopped her.

"Hey, I said Mistress, is that how you talk to your Mistress?" the woman in white said dissatisfied.

"You are not my senior aunt!" Liao Hong said angrily.

"Heh, I'm so angry, my concubine is really kind enough to be treated like a donkey's liver and lungs. I share such a precious nectar and jade liquid for my good junior sister to eat, so that you can live a long life and stay young forever. You don't appreciate it, what a waste of money. .” Said the woman in white.

"Shut up! Is that a fine liquid? You have committed such an ugly thing, and you are proudly proclaiming it on the stage, you bastard with a human face and a beast's heart!"

"Hahahahahaha..." Yi scolded angrily, but the woman in white laughed wildly:

"Luanhuang marrow blood, the supreme secret medicine, if you and I eat it, we will be together forever, hahahaha..."

Shen Sui's scalp tightened up and down, she raised her finger to the woman in white, Anna Yi, and asked:

"What Luanhuang marrow blood? Tell me clearly!"

"Ask her." Annayi pointed to Yishenni.

Shen Sui looked at one, only to see a painful expression on one side, just bowed his head, constantly moving his lips to recite Buddhist scriptures, trying his best to suppress his anger.Looking at the situation, this matter may be the root of the pain in Yishenni's heart. It is a demon and karma hidden deep in her heart. With her cultivation base, she has not resolved it for so many years. How can she complain? All in the mouth.

"Say it!" Shen Sui raised the snow knife, pointed at Anna Yi with the end of the scabbard, and said coldly.

"Want to know? Then come with me." Anna jumped up with a smile, and disappeared behind the scripture pavilion.

"Stop!" Shen Sui shouted angrily, and rushed out with big strides, Zhang Ruohan hurriedly reached out to pull her, but her clothes slipped past her palm.

"Bo Zhao! Come back!" She cried out anxiously with her heart palpitations.

However, Shen Sui didn't turn his head back, he just lifted the snow knife upside down, and rushed out like an arrow.The sapphire blue robe on her body flashed in the faint light of the fire, and then blended into the night. Only the snow knife in her hand reflected the moonlight, which was exceptionally bright.The white light suddenly jumped up to the second-floor eaves of the scripture storage pavilion, and disappeared as soon as it stepped on the tiles.

Zhang Ruohan hurriedly said: "Hutuo, Taoist priest, brother Huyan, Congyun Congyu, you all quickly lead people to chase after him!"

"Okay, lady, don't worry, Huyan and I will take people there right away. Congyun Congyu, you stay!" Xuanweizi hurriedly agreed.

"Here!" Congyun Congyu answered immediately.

"My Cui Mansion can also send someone to help." Cui Zhen said beside him.

"Thank you." Xuan Weizi said.

"I'll take my people to stay and guard in case the other party comes back." Li Jinyue said, she was unexpectedly calm at the moment.

"Okay, please princess."

After they left, Zhang Ruohan turned around, only to find that Master Yi and Senior Sister Leo Hong had disappeared.

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Nestorianism is a branch of Christianity in the Western world - Nestorianism, because Pope Nestorianism believed that Christ has God and man has "two natures and two persons", it was regarded as a heresy, and was punished from the church. Dong fled to Dashi and was protected by the Dashi royal family.Later, it slowly spread the religion from the Western Regions to the Middle-earth region. Most of its believers are foreigners, and few Han people believe in this religion.

For several years, Shen Sui has been investigating Nestorianism, and the missionary activities of the religion in the Tang Dynasty have almost dropped to freezing point, and there have been no Nestorians in the Tang Dynasty for several consecutive years.Even if she finds some Nestorians, these people are just innocent people and have nothing to do with what happened back then.

But she didn't expect that this was actually an impostor scam!The culprit who caused her family to be ruined and exiled to a different place turned out to be Zoroastrianism!

Zoroastrianism, also known as Zoroastrianism and Zoroastrianism, is called "Zoroaster" in Dashi language.This sect is the state religion of the Great Food Kingdom. It believes in the dualism of good and evil, worships flames, calls it "infinite light", and regards worshiping fire as its sacred duty.This religion is very special. It is neither a monotheistic belief nor a polytheistic belief. It believes in the duality of good and evil. It believes that the god of good and the god of evil are constantly fighting, and the end must be that good wins the final victory.

This religion is also the predecessor of Manichaeism (that is, Mingjiao in later generations), and Manichaeism directly absorbed the worship of the "God of Light" in it.But Manichaeism is nowhere to be seen in the Great Tang at the moment, it is only spread in the Roman Empire, the reason why Shen Sui knew about Manichaeism was from the merchants in the Western Regions.

And Shen Sui's understanding of Zoroastrianism is also extremely lacking. This sect has always been mysterious. The only thing that impressed her was that they used fire as the incarnation of Ahura, the god of light. Therefore, they worshiped flames very much, and believed that flames could purify all sins.

Could this be the origin of the fire in Princess Taiping's mansion?But why would Zoroastrianism do this?My Princess Taiping Mansion, where is the crime, need them to set fire to purify?

Shen Sui was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, her eyes were red, she held the snow knife and rushed to catch up, the white-clothed figure in front of her was ups and downs, with extremely fast movements, jumping and galloping between the high and low, layered eaves, Run to the east of the wide Cui Mansion.With the strength of Shen Sui's lightness kung fu, even chasing him is extremely difficult.

But she gritted her teeth, not intending to stop at all.Right now, the woman in white is the only clue she has. If she is lost, the situation will be completely plunged into darkness.She had to catch her, at least get some more information out of her mouth.

Just when Shen Sui climbed over a wall, climbed up to a two-story attic, and ran forward along the roof, she heard someone calling her from below:

"Shen Dalang! Don't chase after him anymore, this person is too dangerous, there may be a trap ahead!"

Shen Sui looked down, and it turned out that it was Yihe Hong and his disciples who were chasing after him with an inconceivable movement like shrinking to an inch.

"There is a trap, you have to break through it!" Shen Sui snorted angrily, kicked his feet vigorously, and jumped out at a faster speed.

"Evil barrier..." Yi sighed bitterly, and had no choice but to hurry up and catch up.

The author has something to say: Nestorian Christianity, Zoroastrianism (Zoroastrianism), and Manichaeism were the three major foreign religions introduced into my country besides Buddhism at that time.Among them, Manichaeism was only spread in the Western Regions, and the Central Plains was not involved. Because of the difficulty of spreading, it was once preached in the name of Buddhism, which was banned by Xuanzong as a cult.The spread of the other two religions is relatively wide, Nestorianism is the worst, and Zoroastrianism is mostly in the Western Regions.

Note that the Zoroastrian character is not the jacket of cotton-padded jacket.

Manichaeism basically disappeared after the extermination of Buddhism at the end of the Tang Dynasty. It revived in the Song Dynasty and was renamed Mingjiao. From Mingjiao, the White Lotus Cult developed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.