Shu County, Guanjiangkou Erlang Zhenjun's dojo, because the Meishan six brothers and all the grass-headed gods went to conquer the general government to obey orders, so there are only a group of immortal officials under Erlang Zhenjun's command in office in Erlang Zhenjun's temple.
Of course, this also includes the two mountain gods of Shu Mountain, 'Cancong' and 'Yu Fu'. Of course, the person in charge of Erlang Zhenjun's dojo now is Erlang Temple Earth God Huan Fan.
"In Shu Mountain, if there is no Nantianfu Fuzhao, no one is allowed to establish a sect." In the Erlang Temple, Fang Jian told Cancong and Yufu, the two mountain gods.
Cancong and Yufu immediately bowed and sang: "I sincerely obey the decree of Master Hongqing."
Fang Jian nodded and was about to leave. At this time, the land god Huan Fan suddenly said: "Master Hongqing, please stay."
Fang Jian stopped, turned around and asked Huan Fan, "What else does the land god have to do?"
Huan Fan said: "Master Hongqing, the human incarnation of the Great Marshal of the Three Realms Conquering Demons has completed his merits and returned to his rightful body. Logically speaking, Master Hongqing should come up to express his congratulations."
"Oh?" Fang Jian raised his eyebrows when he heard this. The Grand Marshal of the Three Realms Conquering Demons is Guan Yu.
Thinking that the incarnations sent by Guan Yu to the human world have returned their merits to their true form, this is indeed something worth celebrating.
Fang Jian nodded, then cupped his hands towards Huan Fan and said, "Thank you, God of Earth, for reminding me."
Huan Fan quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't dare. Master Hongqing has many things to do every day, so I just gave you a brief reminder."
After Fang Jian left Erlang Temple, he came to Cangluan Peak and called Hei Haier, who had refined the power of the immortal fruit in his body and had greatly increased his Taoist cultivation. "The Marshal of the Three Realms Conquering Demons has returned with full merit and virtue. You can go there on my behalf." Congratulations."
When Hei Haier heard this, he immediately asked: "Is it Mr. Guan?"
"Yes, that's Mr. Guan." Fang Jian said with a smile, then took out a ten thousand year old rosewood box and handed it to Hei Hai'er and said: "There is a hundred thousand year old three-life treasure emperor jade lotus in it. I gave it to the Marshal of the Three Realms to subjugate the demons." A congratulatory gift."
The Treasure Emperor Jade Lotus is a top-grade fairy lotus among acquired lotuses. Whether it is for elixir refining or cultivation, it is an excellent natural and earthly treasure.
As for the Sansheng Baohuang Jade Lotus, it is said that this jade lotus has three branches in one body. It is a variant of the Baohuang Jade Lotus and is even more precious.
This is what Fang Jian gained in Xiniu Hezhou. This precious emperor's jade lotus was 'confiscated' from Prince Ming of the Great Sun Sect.
Hei Hai'er put away the thousand-year-old rosewood box, and then Fang Jian said again: "After you finish congratulating me, come to Chang'an to find me."
"Yes." Hei Haier sang respectfully.
In the palace of the General Envoy of the Expedition, and in the palace of Marshal Subduing Demons, all the immortal officials and immortals gathered together.
Guan Yu, the marshal who subdued the demons, sat high on it, gently stroking his long beard, and slowly said: "This time I will be sent to the lower world for sixty-six years to declare virtue and enlightenment, so that all living beings in the world will know that I formed a sworn alliance in Taoyuan, and we will live and die together. I have made an oath to pass on loyalty and justice to all generations, correct customs and traditions, record videos and images, and educate all living beings. Now that my merits have been completed and my incarnation has returned to my rightful place, I am truly gratified."
The devolved immortals and gods immediately stood up to congratulate and offer gifts. Immediately, all the immortal music and laughter in the Palace of Subduing Demons were heard.
Not long after, a heavenly general quickly walked into the Demon-Suppressing Palace and sang: "Baby Hei Haier, in accordance with the decree of Master Hongqing, specially presents a congratulatory gift to Marshal Suppressing Demons."
Upon hearing the Heavenly General's report, many gods and gods present were startled, and Guan Yu, the leader, immediately said: "Please come quickly."
The gods and gods present only saw Fang Jian's boy, not Fang Jian himself, so they did not stand up to greet him, but just turned their attention to Hei Haier.
I saw Hei Haier holding a thousand-year-old rosewood box in his hand, walking quickly to the center of the palace and worshiping: "Hei Haier, in accordance with the master's decree, congratulates the Marshal of the Three Realms Conquering Demons for his perfect incarnation and return to heaven. I would like to offer you a special congratulatory gift. I gave birth to a precious jade lotus plant as a token of my congratulations."
The surrounding immortals and gods suddenly took a breath of cold air, the One Hundred Thousand Years Three Lives Treasure Emperor Jade Lotus? This Master Hongqing is really wealthy.
Even Guan Yu himself was stunned for a moment, and then he said: "Send it up."
The boy next to Guan Yu immediately walked down, took the rosewood box from Hei Haier, then returned and delivered it to Guan Yu.
Guan Yu waved his hand and opened the red sandalwood box. Suddenly, a bright fairy light of treasure emanated from the wooden box, and it was also accompanied by a burst of extremely rich and fragrant medicinal fragrance, which instantly filled the entire Demon Subduing Palace.
"What a treasure, what a jade lotus." The surrounding gods and gods praised one after another.
Guan Yu saw more clearly that on the main rhizome of the precious emperor jade lotus, three branches grew, and on each branch grew a bright and blooming lotus.
"Okay, okay." Guan Yu's face was full of love. Don't the three branches on this precious emperor's jade lotus symbolize the friendship between the three brothers?
Although only Guan Yu has the highest official rank among the three brothers, the bond of friendship in Taoyuan is as strong as gold and stone and will never change.
"Master Hongqing is interested." Guan Yu said, then stood up and saluted Hei Hai'er: "Please thank Master Hongqing for me."
When Hei Haier saw this, he immediately returned the gift and sang, "Yes."
Hei Hai'er stayed in the Demon-Suppressing Palace and ate and drank a lot. After that, he said goodbye and left. Then he went straight down to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, to find Fang Jian.
But now the situation in the Tang Dynasty has changed drastically. The prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yu Jiang, has long since passed away and has become an immortal official in the heaven. The current prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is named Hu Yanzhi, and he is the successor trained by Yu Jiang.
However, although he was trained by Yu Jiang, Hu Yanzhi and Yu Jiang had many differences in political opinions.
When Yu Jiang was alive, he didn't reveal much, but after Yu Jiang's death, he vigorously promoted changes to many systems established by Yu Jiang.
Especially when this gate completely withdrew from Nanzhan Buzhou, Li Hong was killed, the new emperor ascended the throne, the border battle was defeated, and the country was in a precarious situation, many policies formulated by Yujiang were abolished by Hu Yanzhi.
The newly enthroned emperor of the Tang Dynasty is Li Zhao, the prince of the late emperor Li Hong. When Li Hong established Taoism as the state religion, he also launched a campaign to exterminate Buddhism. Now the Taoism has been completely defeated, and the border wars are also unfavorable. It can be said that there is an undercurrent surging within the Tang Dynasty. Precarious.
Even after the Buddhist sect that was originally destroyed came back, there was a lot of talk among the people, saying that the Tang Dynasty had offended heaven by destroying Buddhism, and now it would suffer retribution. Li Hong's death was retribution.
In the end, these remarks became more and more outrageous. They said that the Tang Dynasty was about to end. Who asked you to destroy the Buddha in the first place? You have offended the Buddha and still want to escape unscathed? The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty are waiting to die and destroy the country!
Naturally, the new Prime Minister Hu Yanzhi vigorously suppressed such remarks and arrested those who spread rumors.
But you are lying if you say that the new emperor Li Zhao is not afraid. Not long after he came to power, the first thing he did was to abolish Taoism as the state religion, and demolished the Taoist temples in the palace and the palaces dedicated to Taoist saints. .
After Li Zhao did this, those rumors among the people really started to stop, and there were new rumors, saying that Buddhism should be used as the state religion of the Tang Dynasty to resolve disasters and forgive sins in order to obtain forgiveness from the Buddha.
But in the face of this new rumor, Li Zhao suddenly reacted, is it Buddhist? Does Buddhism want to become the state religion of the Tang Dynasty?
So, the next day Li Zhao issued an order to build a 'Jade Emperor Temple' in the palace to enshrine the statue of the Jade Emperor, which he wanted to worship every day.
This time, the people behind the rumors were deceived. Good guy, I worked so hard to spread rumors here, but in the end, I forced the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty to go to the heaven.
Li Zhao's thinking is also very simple. I don't respect Taoism, but I don't respect Buddha either. I respect the Jade Emperor. Come on, you have the guts to continue spreading rumors, saying that respecting the Jade Emperor will lead to the destruction of the country?
Just as Li Zhao thought, after he honored the Jade Emperor, all those rumors suddenly disappeared.
However, many new rumors have spread, but this time these rumors are all arranged for Li Zhao personally and the Tang Dynasty court, with the purpose of slandering the prestige and image of the Tang Dynasty emperor and the court.
Li Zhao was furious after seeing these rumors, and immediately prepared to mobilize his troops to kill all those who spread the rumors.
But this matter was immediately stopped by Prime Minister Hu Yanzhi. Although the Tang Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles, under the governance of the late emperor Li Hong, the people were prosperous and the country was prosperous. It seemed to be in shaky conditions, but its foundation was very solid.
But if Li Zhao went on a mass killing spree because of rumors, it would be extremely easy for someone with ulterior motives to take advantage of him. When the killings became uncontrollable, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty would be shaken.
The reason is very simple. You can't force rumors. If you kill people because of this, then if someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of it, a large number of innocent people will die unjustly. After all, you only need to use your mouth to slander someone and spread rumors. Well, the killings will definitely be carried out without distinction between green and red, black and white, which will greatly shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule and the legitimacy of the imperial power.
Although Li Zhao was angry, his mind was not broken, so after Hu Yanzhi's advice, he gave up the idea.
But Ren was getting more and more angry as he thought about it, especially now that rumors were flying all over the country. Li Zhao immediately summoned the bachelors in the court and began to write a book with the bachelors. What book should he write? Naturally, it was a book to refute rumors. They selected the rumors that discredited the emperor and the court and refuted them one by one, and then compiled them into volumes and distributed them throughout the country.
Of course, those who spread rumors with solid evidence will continue to be arrested and executed.
As a result, the emperor and the imperial court of the Tang Dynasty began to engage in verbal confrontation with some resistance forces among the people. Regardless of whether the rumors were dispelled or not, the common people had a good time watching the excitement.
Tang Dynasty, Nanzhou, Yanlai Lake outside Bailu City, Qingxia Temple.
A group of government soldiers surrounded Qingxia Temple. The newly arrived governor of Bailu City had given an order that no one inside Qingxia Temple could leave without permission.
When the Tang Dynasty destroyed Buddhism, the Qingxia Temple could be said to be crowded with people.
But after the Dao Sect was defeated by the Tang Dynasty, the Qingxia Temple suddenly became deserted and lonely. Until today, the new prefect led two thousand soldiers to surround the place.
Liu Qingxia, the original temple owner of Qingxia Temple, has passed away. Now the new temple owner of Qingxia Temple is Xuan Shang, the original figure of Qingxia Temple.
At this moment, Xuan Shang, the new temple master, is leading a group of Taoist nuns and attendants from Qingxia Temple in the square outside the main hall of Qingxia Temple to welcome the new governor of Bailu City.
"Why do you think this new governor sent troops to surround our Qingxia Temple?" A Taoist nun from Qingxia Temple asked the Taoist nuns around her in confusion.
The Taoist nuns around me were also full of doubts. One of the Taoist nuns shook her head and said, "I don't know either. Our Qingxia Temple has always abided by the laws and regulations and has not violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty."
At this time, another Taoist nun said: "I heard that the new governor's surname is Mei, and she is a woman."
Women have been serving as officials in the Tang Dynasty for decades, and it is nothing new.
But the prefect was a fourth-rank official, and there were very few local female officials of the fourth rank in the Tang Dynasty in the past few decades.
But when he heard the conversation among the people behind him, Temple Master Xuan Shang at the front frowned slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
(End of chapter)
