Chapter 133: The Provincial City of God

Hearing Li Shimin ask if Luo Cheng was really here, the medicine king sighed and said to Li Shimin: "Please forgive the emperor, the poor road deceived everyone just now, but in fact, General Luo was crying on the side, and now it is General Luo who is coming back with us, and thanks to General Luo in the underworld, we can safely return to Yangshi. ”

Hearing what the Medicine King said, Li Shimin shouted excitedly in the house: "Luo Cheng, are you back?" If you don't come out to meet me, you won't forgive me for my mistakes, do you hear? ”

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he only heard Mrs. Luo say with tears on her face: "Master, don't you want us?" Why did you come and refuse to give your life, do you really not want to see us? ”

Mrs. Luo's crying became louder and louder, and she didn't know who called Luo Tong, only to see Luo Tong stumbling in a panic and falling at the door of the house.

Luo Tong looked at his father who was as young as himself in front of him, the corners of his eyes were full of tears, he wanted to rush up and hug his father and shout Dad, this face he had only seen in the portrait, but now he saw the real father, Luo Cheng's appearance was far more handsome than in the portrait, even more handsome than him, as Luo Cheng's son, Luo Tong felt very proud.

Luo Tong lay on the ground, just looking at Luo Cheng blankly, and Luo Cheng also looked at Luo Tong, who had not seen him for many years, and the father and son looked at each other with great affection.

Mrs. Luo shouted: "Master, master." Mrs. Luo, who was sitting on the ground, looked at Luo Cheng in front of her, her heart was full of pain, thinking, it is really a thing or a person, and she shed tears before she spoke, the old man is still as young as he was back then, but he is already old.

Li Shimin walked to Luo Cheng's side step by step with excitement, and said to Luo Cheng: "Aiqing, is it really you?" I am guilty, and I am ashamed of you. As he spoke, he knelt down for Luo Cheng.

Luo Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The saint doesn't have to blame himself, it is the will of heaven and has nothing to do with the saint." ”

Speaking of which, I want to tell a small episode about why Li Shimin blames himself and why he feels guilty: "Speaking of the year when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin, Luo Wei was the sixth best man in Wagang, and in the later period, due to the death of the first six in the row, he was actually the first good man. Li Shimin's elder brother Li Jiancheng, in order to fight for the throne, took advantage of Li Shimin's power cut by his father to send Luo Cheng to fight Su Dingfang, wanting to use a knife to eradicate Luo Cheng, who was bent on assisting Li Shimin. When Luo Cheng attacked Su Dingfang, he fell into a river of silt that dried up, and was killed by Su Dingfang's arrows, which is the most tragic scene in the Tang Dynasty. ”

At this point in the story, everyone should understand, if Luo Cheng hadn't been involved in the battle for the throne by mistake back then, how could he be removed by Li Jiancheng as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, it is obvious that Li Jiancheng wants to get rid of Li Shimin, but before getting rid of Li Shimin, he must get rid of the people around him, this is the internal reason why Luo became Li Shimin and died, Li Shimin has been feeling guilty for so many years, and now Li Shimin, who is now middle-aged, sees Luo Cheng again, and naturally wants to say the guilt in his heart in exchange for Luo Cheng's understanding, in this way, Li Shimin will have less guilt and self-blame in his heart.

Hearing that Luo Cheng forgave himself, Li Shimin was very happy, and immediately issued an order: "Come here, spread my will, quickly write a book on General Luo's merits and spread it to the people, build a city god temple in Chang'an East City, and I want to seal General Luo as the provincial city god." ”

Encyclopedia of what is 'Provincial City God': "City God, in some places, is also called City God." He is the magistrate of the underworld, and his authority is equivalent to that of the mayor of the yang realm, so the city god is related to the city and develops with the development of the city. The Chenghuang originated from the local patron deity that was sacrificed in ancient times and evolved through Taoism. Chenghuang originally refers to the moat, and Bangu's "Two Capital Endowment Order": "The Beijing master repairs the palace room, and the city god is declared." "The ritual of worshipping the god of the city god was formed during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the belief in the god of the city god flourished. The Song Dynasty was listed as a national ritual. The Yuan Dynasty named him the King of Yousheng. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the title of the god of the city god in the world was sealed, divided into kings, dukes, marquis, uncles, etc., and sacrificed at the age of the year, respectively, by the king and the prefecture and county to keep the order. The meaning of Ming Taizu's move is "to observe the good and evil of the people and the good and evil, and the Ming will not be spared." The city god has changed from a guardian god to a netherworld monitoring system, and Taoism calls the city god the priesthood to cut off the evil and the soul of the dead. ”

Under the jurisdiction of Chenghuang, there are civil and military judges, the great gods of various divisions, General Ganliu, General Fan Xie, General Niu Ma, day and night wandering gods, shackle generals and other gods. Among them, the wingmen of the city god are the divisions, and the divisions are configured according to the temples, which are not the same, there are three divisions, six divisions and even to the twenty-four divisions or thirty-six divisions, and the names of each division are not the same, such as the head city city god temple is divided by officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers. Only the Yin and Yang Division is the head of all the divisions. The Yin and Yang Division is the first assistant official of the City God, coordinating the divisions and supervising the cases, and then reporting to the City God. However, our General Luo was awarded the highest rank of Chenghuang - Provincial Chenghuang, which is equivalent to the current provincial governor level.

Hearing that the emperor had made himself the provincial city god, Luo Cheng happily hurriedly kowtowed to the emperor and said: "Thank you Emperor Longen, may my emperor live long live, long live, long live." ”

Mrs. Luo and Luo Tong also stepped forward to salute, thanking the emperor for his great kindness, so that Li Shimin's heart was no longer so uncomfortable, and he finally found an opportunity to compensate Luo Cheng, and at the same time, Li Shimin also had a selfish intention, that is, he hoped that Luo Cheng could help him cut off all the unjust souls that entangled him, hey, Xiantu has said it hundreds of times, make less evil, but Li Shimin just didn't listen, and if he couldn't get a punishment of the Nine Clans, he was beheaded all over the house, no wonder people would pester him.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's heart was slightly relieved, and he planned to hurry home to sleep after Cheng Yanjin lived, he hadn't slept a peaceful sleep for so many days, and he always woke up in fright.

Thinking about it, he said to Luo Cheng: "Luo Aiqing, I can't sleep at night, I always spend it in fright, I don't know if Aiqing can cure me." ”

"Your Majesty, you should find a medicine immortal for this matter of curing diseases and saving people, he has now become an immortal, and he has supreme magic and mana to help the emperor." Luo Cheng said modestly.

Li Shimin glanced at the Medicine King and continued to say to Luo Cheng: "The general is still straight, how can he not understand the meaning of my words, this disease can only be cured by the general." ”

Occasionally, when Li Shimin said this, Luo Cheng finally understood a thing or two, and said to Li Shimin: "Could it be that the emperor is referring to that matter?" It's a micro-minister who is stupid, I hope the emperor will forgive me! ”