Who was Zuo Ci, the warlock of the Eastern Han Dynasty who played Cao Cao? Why did Cao Cao kill him?

Has it ever occurred to everyone that Cao Cao, a famous adulterer in history, will be teased one day? The person who teased him was alchemist Zuo Ci, who claimed to be "able to worship ghosts and gods and break the valley".

Zuo Ci, whose real name is Mr. Wujiao, is proficient in the Five Classics, house art (Cao Zhi recorded his house art in On Taoism) and astrology. He was a famous alchemist in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Zuo Ci became famous when he was young. When Cao Cao heard this, he was curious about his technique, so he summoned Zuo Ci and invited Zuo Ci to his banquet.

At the banquet, Cao Cao said regretfully, "All the guests invited today are distinguished guests. I specially told them to go down and prepare a lot of delicacies. The only pity is that Songjiang in Wu lacks fish chips made of bass. " Zuo Ci stood up and said, "What's the trouble? I can get the bass right away. " It's just that he needs props, which is a copper plate full of water. I saw Zuo Ci holding a fishing rod, putting bait on the hook and catching fish on the spot. Soon, Zuo Ci caught a bass, which surprised everyone present.

However, Cao Cao said, "How can a bass be enough? We have so many guests, at least two! " Zuo Ci repeated the previous steps to continue fishing, and caught another bass, all three feet long. Cao Cao cooked bass himself and made it into minced fish for the guests to enjoy.

On another occasion, Cao Cao took more than 100 scholars to the suburbs to play, and Zuo Ci also came. He also brought a bottle of wine and a piece of dried meat. Cao Caoxiao said, Zuo Ci didn't know there were so many, and only brought a few things. Zuo Ci made no excuses, poured wine for everyone present, and finally everyone drank the wine. What's even more amazing is that Zuo Ci only brought a piece of meat, but he took a knife and cut it for everyone to eat. All the people present had dried meat and left after eating and drinking.

Cao Cao was puzzled and immediately sent someone back to find out. As a result, people who came back reported that a liquor store lost a lot of wine and dried meat yesterday. Cao Cao was very angry after hearing this. He thought that Zuo Ci had teased him, made him lose face in front of everyone and killed Zuo Ci.

But when Cao Cao was about to catch Zuo Ci, Zuo Ci went home through the wall in front of him, so Cao Cao strengthened his determination to kill Zuo Ci. Cao Cao sent many people to Zuo Ci's house to arrest Zuo Ci, and Zuo Ci fled from home to the crowded and busy market. Some pursuers don't know what Zuo Ci looks like, so they ask what Zuo Ci looks like. Officials said that Zuo Ci was blind in one eye and wore a blue scarf. As a result, in the blink of an eye, the people in the street became what the officials said, and I couldn't tell, so I had to go back and report the situation to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao knew that Zuo Ci had magical powers, but what if there were magical powers? He didn't believe that he couldn't kill Zuo Ci, so he expanded the scope and strength and issued a nationwide order to kill Zuo Ci as soon as he saw him. Soon after, someone claimed to have killed Zuo Ci. When Cao Cao brought someone to do an autopsy, the body disappeared for no reason.

Cao Cao was not the only one who wanted to kill Zuo Ci, but also Sun Ce of Soochow. Sun Ce killed Taoist Yu Ji in his early years, and Zuo Ci was also the person that Sun Ce wanted to get rid of. On one occasion, Zuo Ci wore a pair of clogs and walked slowly in front with a cane. Sun Ce tried to assassinate Zuo Ci from behind and chase Zuo Ci with a knife, but he couldn't catch up with Zuo Ci in both scurrying and running. Sun Ce sighed, Zuo Ci's way has been so deep?

Ge Hong's "Bao Pu Zi Jin Zidan" records that Zuo Ci later took Ge Xuan as an apprentice and was also very proficient in alchemy.

A big shot like Cao is played by Zuo Ci. If Zuo Ci has no magic power, how dare he do it? Sun Ce doesn't like Taoist priests, and it's futile to assassinate Zuo Ci. Zuo Ci fought against two governors in succession, and Zuo Ci was the first in the Three Kingdoms.