In the southern suburbs of Si'en County, Zhenwu Temple.
Nowadays, in addition to the Xianguan Temple, the main temples in Dongsheng China are the Jade Emperor Temple, Laojun Temple and Nuwa Temple.
Since the Ming Dynasty unified Dongsheng Shenzhou, it has listed the Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun and Nuwa Empress as the orthodox sacrifices of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang even wrote them into the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions".
In other words, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty since Zhu Yuanzhang must use the three deities of the Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun, and Nuwa Empress as the main gods of the national ceremony, and the accompanying deity as the 'Zhenwu Emperor'.
At the same time, the "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions" stipulates that if the Ming Emperor never worships the gods with sacrifices after he ascends the throne, then the kings can "depose the emperor".
In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to spend a lot of money and learn many lessons from the previous Ming Dynasty. The first was the lesson from the Jingnan War.
It can be seen from the weather of the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang actually did not dislike Jingnan. After all, no matter how his children and grandchildren fought for the throne, the country would always be in the hands of people named Zhu.
Moreover, the establishment of the Ming Dynasty was hard-won, and it was entirely due to the grace and help of heaven and the gods. That’s why Zhu Yuanzhang made such strong regulations and clearly told his successors: If you don’t respect these gods, then everywhere The princes and princes will come to Beijing with "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions", thousands of troops, and swords to argue with you.
But Zhu Yuanzhang also learned the lessons of the previous Ming Dynasty vassal king. Zhu Yuanzhang established the border guarding system of princes and kings, that is, setting up "border troops" on the borders of the Ming Dynasty. The number of border troops was about 50,000, and they were paid and dispatched by the court. However, It is led by princes and kings.
The border garrison princes and kings only inherited three generations. After the death of the third generation of princes and kings, this branch will no longer be hereditary. The court will find a place to move your family there to become a wealthy man in the countryside, and the new border garrison princes and kings will come from the clan. Select and appoint talented princes.
Of course, you can only become a vassal king if you are promoted by the imperial court to be the commander-in-chief of the border army. Otherwise, except for the prince, the rest of the clan will only give you the title of prince or princess of the Ming Dynasty royal family, no matter how noble your background is, and they will not give you any power. Moreover, the royal family raises you until you are twenty years old, then you can go out and make a living on your own. You can do whatever you want with a three hundred and sixty career, you can also take the imperial examination and become an official, as long as you have the ability.
So this creates a strange scene. The sixth prince who is the most beloved by the current emperor must be virtuous, talented, and the emperor likes him.
But just because he was not the eldest son, he could not be the prince, so he could only make a living when he became an adult.
So the sixth prince found a job as a lecturer in a private school in the capital. While giving lectures to earn money to support his family, he was preparing to take the imperial examination.
And daily interpersonal interactions are also with various "uncles and brothers", such as the emperor's uncle who is a Taoist priest, the little emperor's uncle who runs a zoo, the emperor's fourth grandfather who opens a pharmacy, and the emperor's brother who does carpentry work for others, etc.
In short, there are some people named Zhu in all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty, and any of these people may be relatives of the current emperor.
These royal relatives who make a living in all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty are still living the lives of ordinary people today. They may not have washed their faces when they woke up early tomorrow morning. Suddenly, the Jin Yiwei came to the door and delivered a piece of imperial edict to their arms. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, congratulations to you. After being promoted, His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers have decided to appoint you as the commander-in-chief of the 'such and such border army', and give you the title of king. From now on, you will be the princes who will lead the army and guard the border for our Ming Dynasty." Your Majesty, the carriages and horses are ready, go to the palace to express gratitude, and then take your family to the border to take up your post."
All of the above are scenes that happened countless times in the palace, court and market of the Ming Dynasty. To achieve the above, we must always maintain a strong central court. Otherwise, why would the princes and kings who have been hereditary for three generations ask you to withdraw with an imperial edict? There will definitely be turmoil. However, this system has now experienced hundreds of years of precipitation and has formed a complete set of rules and regulations, so now the rotation of princes and kings in various places will not cause any big troubles.
Now back to the topic, Fang Jian took Le Qi and Hei Hai'er to the Zhenwu Temple in the southern suburbs of Sien County. The reason why they came to the Zhenwu Temple was not to find Emperor Zhenwu, but to find the Earth God outside the Temple of Emperor Zhenwu.
Generally speaking, the temple of the earth god is rarely built alone in one place. There are cases where the earth god temple is built alone, but not many.
Many earth temples are built outside some Taoist temples. For example, outside the Zhenwu Temple in front of you, there is a small earth temple.
Fang Jian and the others disappeared and came to the Earth Temple, and then Fang Jian performed a God Summoning Technique.
I saw a white mist rising in front of the Earth Temple, and a little old man holding a peach stick appeared in front of Fang Jian. This little old man was the Earth God here.
The Earth God was surprised when he saw Fang Jian. Because he was an immortal official, he could see the golden fairy light above Fang Jian's head at a glance. , what are your orders?"
Fang Jian smiled and said, "Pindao came here to pay homage to a friend who died seven hundred years ago on the southern slope of the mountain. However, Pindao can no longer find her tomb, so he wants to ask the land god to help search."
When the Earth God heard this, he immediately said: "This is a small matter, and the little God is willing to help."
After saying that, the land god took out the land book and asked Fang Jian: "Seven hundred years ago? Is there an accurate year?"
Fang Jian said: "Seven hundred and twenty years ago to be precise."
Le Qi, who heard this from the side, suddenly looked at Fang Jian with a trace of doubt on her face. Then she heard the Earth God ask: "Shangxian, what is the name of your old friend?"
Fang Jian smiled and said, "Le Rong."
When Le Qi heard this, she felt like she was struck by lightning. Her eyes widened and she looked at Fang Jian in disbelief. Seven hundred and twenty years ago, that was the year her sister Le Rong left her.
But the old friend Le Rong that Fang Jian wanted to investigate was buried in a mass grave. Is it a coincidence? Someone with the same name?
Le Qi looked at the land god beside her again. Although she thought this was just a coincidence, there was a strong sadness spreading in her heart for some reason.
With the clear time and name coordinates, the Earth God quickly found out, "Yes, Immortal, your old friend named Le Rong died of illness on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month seven hundred and twenty years ago. He was only fourteen years old. age."
"What?" Le Qi finally couldn't help it when she heard this. Her sister Le Rong left her when she was fourteen years old, and it was also on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. It would be too outrageous to say this was a coincidence.
So Le Qi immediately asked the Earth God: "Earth God, can you see anything else about this person named Le Rong? For example, what relatives does she have?"
"Relatives?" The Earth God took another careful look, and then said, "Yes, her parents died when she was ten years old. She also had a sister one year younger named Le Qi, oh? This Le Qi is still a monk now."
Le Qi was stunned when she heard this, and then she suddenly softened and fell back, but was supported by Hei Haier, who had quick eyes and quick hands.
"It's impossible, it's impossible," Le Qi murmured, "She obviously left me after finding a good family. How could she die of illness? She was obviously fine that night. How could she die of illness?"
Hearing Le Qi's muttering, the land god was startled at first, then frowned at Le Qi, then checked the land book, and finally said suddenly: "Huh? Is it you? Are you her sister Le Qi?"
At this time, Le Qi suddenly looked at Fang Jian, and then asked: "Old god, you must know something? Right?"
Fang Jian nodded and said, "Not bad."
"Please tell me, why did my sister die?" Le Qi suddenly knelt on the ground and asked Fang Jianbai.
Fang Jian ordered Hei Haier to help Le Qi up, and then told her the complete story of Le Rong's death.
After listening to this, Le Qi burst into tears, crying heartbrokenly and heart-wrenchingly.
Then she suddenly stood up from the ground, and then turned into a spiritual light and flew towards the south hillside.
Fang Jian watched Le Qi leave, turned around and cupped his hands towards the Earth God and said, "Thank you so much, fellow Taoist. I'll give you a little thought as a reward." After saying that, he handed a small bag of robbery jade to the Earth God.
The Earth God quickly returned the gift and said that there was no need to say thank you for the hard work, and he would not accept the Fang Jian Jie Jade.
Then Fang Jian said with a smile: "Please accept this Five Hundred Tribulations Jade, please the God of Earth."
The Earth God was stunned for a moment, then quickly reached out to take the pouch and said, "The Immortal is too polite. If the Immortal has anything to investigate in the future, please be sure to come to the Little God."
"Okay." Fang Jian nodded and smiled. Then he asked the Earth God where Le Rong's bones were buried, and then left the Zhenwu Temple with Hei Hai'er.
When Fang Jian and Hei Hai'er arrived at the southern hillside, they happened to see Le Qi running around all over the hillside, crying and shouting: "Sister, where are you?"
Three days later, the southern hillside, which had been deserted for hundreds of years, suddenly became lively again.
Le Qi hired hundreds of mortals from Sien County to clear out all the bones from the mass graves on the south hillside. Those bones whose identities could be identified were buried separately and erected with monuments, while those whose identities could not be identified were buried together under a single stone. Memorial monument with no name.
The bones of Le Qi's sister Le Rong were also found. It was a very small skeleton and a severely underdeveloped skeleton.
"The feng shui of this southern hillside is good." Fang Jian said, "Otherwise these bones would not have been preserved for seven hundred years."
Of course, not all of them are bones from seven hundred years ago. There are bones from six hundred years ago, five hundred years ago, and even decades ago.
Le Qi was currently cleaning the body of her sister Le Rong herself, then dressed her in the most luxurious clothes and arranged the most luxurious funeral.
"Are these burial objects for your sister?" Fang Jian asked, looking at the gold, jade, coral, jade and various precious objects in the tomb below.
Le Qi nodded and said, "Yes."
Fang Jian said: "Then your sister may not be able to sleep well."
"Why?" Le Qi turned around and asked.
Fang Jian didn't answer, and Hei Haier beside him said, "Because there are tomb robbers."
Le Qi stood up after hearing this, then pointed to the tomb below and said: "The outermost layer of the entire tomb is an outer coffin composed of six stone slabs weighing two thousand kilograms, and the inner layer is a white jade stone coffin. When my sister's bones are put in, After that, I will use magic power to seal the white jade sarcophagus and the outer sarcophagus. Not to mention tomb robbers, generally monks below the Baodan realm cannot break the seal on the white jade sarcophagus."
"Then let me give you another suggestion." Fang Jian said: "Just seal the outer sarcophagus and the inner white jade sarcophagus. This will be enough to stop all tomb robbers in the world, but don't use magic to seal it, because you left After the magical energy machine, those passing monks may become slightly interested after sensing the magical energy machine."
Le Qi suddenly realized what he said, and then she cupped her hands towards Fang Jian and said, "Thank you, old god, for your advice."
Finally, Le Rong was laid to rest, and the tomb was built. It became the most luxurious and gorgeous tomb in the entire Sien County. Le Qi also invited ten tomb keepers and gave each of them one hundred taels of silver per year to settle down at the foot of the south hillside. Just to guard Le Rong's tomb.
But after all this, Le Qi was not satisfied. She had to do one more thing.
"Are you going to find your sister's reincarnation?" Fang Jian looked at Le Qi and said.
Le Qi nodded and said, "Yes, I want to repay the favor and find her reincarnation to repay the favor."
Speaking of this, Le Qi looked at Fang Jian seriously and said: "Old fairy, I know now that paying homage to an old friend is just an excuse. You are here specifically to enlighten me, right? If it weren't for you, I would never know about my sister. I would never have known that I owed such a huge debt of gratitude in this world."
When Fang Jian heard this, he immediately burst out laughing, then looked at Le Qi with a pair of starry eyes and said, "Now, I won't hide it from you. I am an immortal official in heaven, and I came here from the lower realms to enlighten you. You, Le Qi, after you repay your kindness, you will be struck by the lightning tribulation of becoming an immortal, I hope you will take care of yourself."
When Le Qi heard this, her original melancholy temperament was instantly wiped away, and she smiled, like the carefree and innocent smile of childhood.
Half of her melancholic temperament comes from the fact that she thinks her sister has abandoned her and left her, but now that the truth is revealed, she knows that she owes her sister, and her only goal now is to repay her kindness, so she is naturally no longer melancholy.
Then Le Qi knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times to Fang Jian and said, "Thank you, old god, for your guidance."
Time flies. I don’t know how long it has passed. In a small village in Dongsheng China, a little girl of about seven years old returned from playing with her friends. When she returned home, she suddenly saw a cute three-legged creature in front of her door. The puppy was lying in front of their house.
The puppy looked at her with a pair of big eyes and tears. The little girl was stunned for a moment, but soon she ran forward and carefully picked up the puppy, "Ah, what a poor puppy, one leg is broken." Woolen cloth."
"Whose puppy are you?" the little girl asked.
The puppy shook his head, then raised his left leg and pointed at the little girl's home. Upon seeing this, the little girl said, "You don't have a home? Do you want to live in our house?"
The puppy nodded, and the little girl was immediately overjoyed and said, "Great, I like dogs the most. You can live in our house from now on."
After saying that, the little girl carried the puppy into the house. The moment the puppy entered the house, he raised his head and looked up at the sky.
Above the sky, white clouds were billowing. Fang Jian and Hei Hai'er stood on the clouds, watching Le Rong's reincarnation carry Le Qi's transformed puppy into the house. Fang Jian gave her the method of transformation, but Can only switch between dog body and human body.
When Le Qi found out that Le Rong's reincarnation liked to keep dogs, but her parents refused on the excuse of being poor, Le Qi decided to repay the favor by turning into a dog without any hesitation. She wanted to accompany Le Rong's reincarnation. Be by your side and protect her for the rest of her life.
"Her sister was bitten by a dog and died, but she turned into a dog to repay her kindness. Things in this world are unpredictable." Hei Haier sighed.
Fang Jian said with a smile: "There are cows and horses who can repay kindness, let alone a dog? Only if you can let it go can you afford it. This Le Qi can become an immortal."
But what made Fang Jian even more emotional was that this Le Rong was obviously bitten to death by a dog in one life, but in the following lives he loved dogs so much, and he seemed to be a kind person.
There will be another chapter later
