Dongsheng Shenzhou, Daming Kingdom, Hongnong Mansion, Lingbao Mountain.
As one of the most prosperous prefectures in the Ming Dynasty, the atmosphere of Hongnong Mansion is naturally extraordinary, especially Lingbao Mountain, with mountains connected to green clouds, water flowing to quiet springs, outstanding people, and luxuriant trees. It has been a fairy home since ancient times. A place of hidden cultivation.
Today's emperor Zhu Binggui visited this place ten years ago and saw at a glance the fairy spirit and beautiful mountains and waters in Lingbao Mountain. He immediately decided to stop at the foot of Lingbao Mountain and erected a monument and wrote a poem:
Lingshan Jade Water comes out of Luochuan, and the fairy mountains are majestic and quiet.
Today it is the place where the emperor sleeps under the stars, with a beautiful picture of the country as his pillow.
At this point, Lingbao Mountain is even more prosperous than before, and literati and poets from all over Dongsheng China have come here because of its reputation, either climbing mountains to seek immortals, taking friends on mountain tours, or living in seclusion to meditate on Zen.
As the mountain god of such an immortal mountain, Xiong Bi is certainly under a lot of pressure. Fortunately, his cultivation level is not low and he is a true immortal, so he can manage this Lingbao Mountain well.
Of course, what is more important is that the Ming Dynasty is a country that believes in heaven and Taoism, and the customs of the entire country can be said to be very 'Taoist'.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, set two iron rules: First, Nuwa is the Holy Mother of the human race. All human races have the same origin and ancestor. God’s selfless spirit.
Second, respect Taoism as the state religion and only talk about 'this life' and not the 'afterlife'. As a human being in this life, we should put aside the sufferings of the past life, not ask about the blessings of the next life, and should 'cultivate this life well'.
Therefore, the atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty is extremely simple, and everyone is motivated. Because they only focus on "this life" and do not talk about the afterlife, people in the Ming Dynasty value "this life" most. They must do their best in this life. What is the point of suffering in this life and enjoying happiness in the next? This kind of saying does not work in the Ming Dynasty. Since I am a human being in this life, I must enjoy happiness in this life. I don’t know if I can enjoy happiness in the next life.
Xiong Bi stood in front of Guangqiu Cliff in Lingbao Mountain and looked at the young scholars in front of him. Needless to say, these people must have come to Lingbao Mountain to seek immortality and ask questions.
Xiong Bi turned into an old man and shouted to the young people standing on the cliff: "Young people, come back quickly, the cliff is windy and dangerous."
The young people who heard this turned around and saw that they were all tall and straight, with handsome faces and energetic spirits. They wore long swords at their waists and tied their hair with green scarves. They did not look like frail scholars at all.
These young scholars walked up to Xiong Bi, and then took a closer look at Xiong Bi. At this time, one of the scholars said: "What an elder, you can climb this Guangqiu cliff. I admire you."
Another scholar said: "Guangqiu Cliff is full of steep slopes, which are a hundred feet long. It will take us half an hour to climb this cliff. How long did it take you, old man?"
Xiong Bi slowly replied: "Let's count it as an hour."
Everyone looked at Xiong Bi with slightly strange expressions, and then another scholar said: "Old man, we are here to seek immortality and ask questions."
"You can't find immortals, and you can't ask for Tao." Xiong Bi said: "Young people should go back and study hard to gain fame, and don't let the illusory Tao of immortals delay their future."
Several scholars looked unhappy when they heard this, and one of them even said bluntly: "The old man's words are not pleasant to listen to."
"You deserve fame, and you can also seek immortality." The leading scholar said with enthusiasm, "I want them all!"
The tallest scholar said: "Please take a look, gentlemen." He pointed to the Lingbao Mountains around Guangqiu Cliff and said: "Looking south to Buzhou, a poet named Du Fu from the Tang Dynasty once said: ' It will be so high that you can see all the mountains and small mountains at a glance. Now our holy dynasty has gone through Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizong Wen, Emperor Shizong Wu and the four generations of emperors today who have worked hard to rule and expand the territory, and have included the entire Dongsheng Shenzhou into the territory. , looking at the four major continents, our country, the Ming Dynasty, occupies the Eastern Shengzhou alone. It can be said that we can be at the top of the mountain and see all the mountains and small mountains at a glance."
The leading scholar said: "Do you remember the 'Lian Yu City'?"
When the scholars heard this, they immediately said, "Why don't you remember? What happened to the number one scholar fifteen years ago?"
The leading scholar said: "After Lian Yucheng passed the imperial examination and became a scholar in the Hanlin Academy, he took the initiative to ask the Holy Emperor for a report and wanted to travel to the southern continent to study. Although the Holy Emperor was surprised, he still gave him a chariot. Ma Jinbo allowed him to study in Nanzhanbuzhou, and he returned to the capital to meet the Holy Spirit a month ago."
"Oh?" The scholars suddenly opened their eyes and asked quickly: "Then what was the result of his study tour?"
The leader of the scholar said: "He only presented two treasures to the Holy Emperor. One is a map of the southern continental states, mainly the territory, mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty. The second is all the political programs of the Tang Dynasty in recent decades. , political achievements and gains and losses, the general record of the emperor, officials, court atmosphere and folk customs."
Hearing the scholar's words, the other scholars took a deep breath. Finally, the leading scholar said: "After the Holy Emperor obtained these two treasures, Long Yan was so pleased that he immediately awarded him the title of Lian Yucheng and promoted him to a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy!"
The scholars were not too surprised by the award Lian Yucheng received. He had been studying abroad for fifteen years and had made such great contributions to the Ming Dynasty. The official position of a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy was not excessive.
"So there will be many people in this department asking for study tours. I also have this ambition. What do you think?" asked the leading scholar.
When all the scholars heard the words, they suddenly surged with endless lofty ideals. The tallest scholar, Qiang Rang, drew his long sword and said, "A man strives for fame and wealth. Although there are many difficulties and dangers, why should he be afraid of them?"
After hearing this, several other people immediately drew their swords from their waists, and everyone swore an oath with their swords on the cliff.
"Okay, now that you have made your determination and made your oath, can you go down the mountain?" Xiong Bi asked the scholars.
The scholars retracted their swords, then turned to look at Xiong Bi and said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, I'll go down the mountain right away."
Then all the scholars followed Xiong Bi down the mountain. When they went down the mountain, Xiong Bi walked to the back. The scholars in front noticed that Xiong Bi had fallen behind, and immediately stopped and turned around to look for Xiong Bi.
But I saw Xiong Bi standing on a large bluestone halfway up the cliff of Guangqiu, and said to the scholars: "You will go back and earn a good reputation, and in the future you will benefit the world and all sentient beings and establish peace."
Finally, Xiong Bi said: "As for asking for immortality, there is no need. How can there be any immortals in this world? It's just the false words of the world."
After saying that, Xiong Bi made the magic formula with his hands, stepped on the blue clouds and flew into the depths of the white clouds of Lingbao Mountain and disappeared.
The scholars watched in stunned silence as Xiong Bi flew into the depths of Lingbao Mountain. After a while, they could only look at each other, and then they all bowed towards the place where Xiong Bi disappeared.
After Xiong Bi persuaded the scholars to get off the cliff, he returned to the Mountain God Mansion.
And when he returned to the gate of the Mountain God Mansion, he found that his patrolling generals, mountain-mounting generals, and mountain-dividing generals were all waiting outside the temple. When they saw him coming back, they immediately rushed to greet him.
"Tiger!" The patrolling general said quickly after saluting, "The God of Justice is here."
"Who?" Xiong Bi asked with surprise on his face.
The patrolling general said: "The God of Justice, Lord Hongqing is here."
Xiong Bi was startled, "Are you sure you are Zhenjun Hongqing? Not the Lei General of the Lei Department?"
"It is really Lord Hongqing. He is waiting for you, Lord Tiger, in the palace now." General Patrolling the Mountain said.
Xiong Bi's face was filled with astonishment, and he murmured: "Why is it Zhenjun Hongqing? Shouldn't it be the descendants of the gods and generals of the Lei Department?"
But Xiong Bi did not dare to neglect, and immediately took the three generals of Xunshan, Yushan and Fenshan into the main hall of Shanshen Mansion. As expected, he saw a refreshing, majestic and stalwart young man sitting in the main hall. Next to him stood a dark boy.
"Xiong Bi, the mountain god of Lingbao Mountain, pays homage to Lord Hongqing." Xiong Bi walked quickly to Fang Jian, bowed and paid homage.
Fang Jian stretched out his hand to support him and said, "You don't need to be polite, tiger. Did you report that there are demons gathering in Lingbao Mountain with the intention of rebelling against heaven?"
"Yes." Xiong Bi said: "Hui Hongqing Zhenjun, Xiaguan originally sent the memorial to Dongtian Mansion first, but recently the Taoist legend of 'Chang Yang Shen Tomb' was about to come to the world, so Dongtian Mansion couldn't spare the manpower, so he uploaded the memorial Tongcheng Court. At this time, Tongcheng Court should have handed it over to the Lei Department, but I didn’t expect that it was you, Lord Hongqing, who came.”
Fang Jian smiled calmly and said: "Tongcheng Academy sent the memorial directly to me, so I naturally want to take over the matter. Do you know where those evil spirits gather? Is there a specific place?"
Xiong Bi shook his head and said: "Hui Hongqing Zhenjun, I don't know the location. The little demon who came to report could not explain the specific location."
Fang Jian said: "Bring the little demon who reported the report."
Xiong Bi turned to the general who patrolled the mountain and said, "General patrolling the mountain, go quickly and bring the little demon dry vegetables."
"Yes." The mountain patrol general bowed and sang, then turned and walked out of the mountain temple.
Not long after, the patrolling general returned to the mountain temple, and with him came a ten-year-old little monster with green-red hair, wearing thin linen clothes and bare feet.
After the little monster entered the hall, he first kowtowed to Xiong Bi, and then Xiong Bi pointed at Fang Jian and said to him: "This is the justice god Hong Qingzhenjun."
The little monster kowtowed to Fang Jian three more times, and Fang Jian said with a smile on his face: "Don't be polite, just help her up."
The patrolling general immediately helped the little monster up, and then Fang Jian asked, "What's his name?"
"Radix." The little monster blinked and said to Fang Jian.
Xiong Bi explained at this time: "Zhenjun Hongqing, this little demon is a god of drought, and his name is also called drought."
"I can see it." Fang Jian nodded, and then asked Hancai: "Did you report someone who wanted to rebel against Heaven?"
"Yes." Han Cai said: "Bai Bai said that he was the son of some Ruishen Demon King. He also said that his father, Ruishen Demon King, was killed by Heaven, so he often summoned us little demons and said that he would build Heaven. The opposite.”
Fang Jian asked again: "Is his name Bai Bai?"
"Yes." Hancai nodded and said, "But I don't think he can do it. He may not even be able to defeat the tiger, but he said he can do it, and he also said that sooner or later he will kill him in heaven."
Fang Jian smiled when he heard this, and then asked: "Then why did you report him?"
Hancai immediately said with an indignant look: "He promised me that he would give me a basket of sweet potatoes as long as I became his subordinate, but in the end he only gave me half a basket. How can half a basket be good? I ate them all in five days. I was not convinced and went to him to argue, but he also scolded me that I was not a weed, but a greedy fat pig. I was very angry, because I was obviously a weed! But I couldn't beat him, so I came to Shanshen Mansion to report him."
Fang Jian couldn't help being shocked when he heard this. It seemed that no matter where he was, things would go wrong if he withheld wages.
(End of chapter)
