Chapter 324: The Book of Life and Death
A snake demon male player said: "I heard Princess Pingyang say 'Tianfei Niangniang', that is our Mazu Niangniang arrived, rush to this point, I should praise Hulu Game Company!" ”
"Praise, sister Lin Moniang, that's from the Song Dynasty, okay?" Immediately there was a player who refuted it.
The snake demon raised his eyebrows: "Mazu is incarnated into tens of millions, what is a little crossing, such a powerful god is not involved in Journey to the West, it's a pity!" ”
Li Wei coughed: "This concubine, not the concubine." ”
He had already vaguely guessed that this was the plot of "Fishing Boat" again.
No one was interested in Li Wei's popular science, so everyone followed Princess Pingyang and walked away.
On the way, Li Shimin asked his sister how he could return to Yangshi.
Princess Pingyang looked at Cui Yu: "Judge Cui, you are in charge of the book of life and death, you know what to do." ”
Cui Yu hurriedly dressed up: "I am a fair and law-abiding person, even if Your Majesty ......"
Li Shimin hurriedly said: "I gave you Wei Zheng's letter." ”
Cui Yu snorted: "I don't have to say anything about my friendship with Xuancheng, but this matter is too important, without the approval of the Ten Kings, how dare I mess around." ”
Li Shimin was a little angry: "Cui Yu, don't forget, you are still serving in our court, aren't you afraid that your family will suffer!" ”
Cui Yu exhaled: "I knew that His Majesty would mention this, in other words, the judgment of the prefecture can be light or heavy, if I report the truth of the 'June 4th' incident, I don't know what will happen?" Hey. ”
"Do you know what happened to you?" Li Shimin suddenly wilted.
"June 4th" was the tip given to him by Li Wei when he went to Fuyang to find Cui Yu.
This day is the day of the Xuanwumen incident.
"The Tale of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty", as a variation of the Tang Dynasty, the judge Cui in the book dared to threaten Li Shimin with the Xuanwumen incident, which shows that the people's views on this matter at that time had been made public.
And Judge Cui mentioned in the book, "Why did you kill your brother in the front hall." Imprisoned father in the harem? It is also cited by current researchers as an important reference historical material.
Princess Pingyang glanced back at her younger brother, and then looked at Cui Yu: "Judge Cui, what do you want, just mention it, don't come to this set!" ”
Judge Cui said twice: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that the official position of the lower official in the Yangshi is too low, and it is a little difficult to support the family." ”
Li Shimin hurriedly said: "You said it earlier!" What's so difficult about this, I will make you the assassin of Puzhou and the interview envoy of the twenty-four states of Hebei, the official to the imperial doctor, and give the purple gold fish bag. Give Fuyang County 20,000 yuan of treasury money and the Qing family! ”
Judge Cui's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”
Then he turned to Princess Pingyang: "But the book of life and death is not something that can be changed casually, I don't know ...... Concubine Tianniang"
"Allow you to modify it, go ahead!" A gentle female voice came from the void, causing Judge Cui's body to shake.
In front, there is a bright palace, fragrant and colorful, which is completely different from other buildings in the underworld.
"Obey the decree of the concubine!" Cui Yu said loudly, and then disappeared directly in front of everyone.
"Let's go inside." Princess Pingyang took everyone into the palace.
In the main hall. There is a goddess with a phoenix crown and a veil on both sides, flanked by many maids.
Seeing that this goddess was so beautiful and elegant, Li Shimin's heart was so moved that he couldn't help but pay a salute.
"You're welcome. We are all family. The goddess smiled and stretched out her hand, and her every move was graceful.
"Family?" Li Shimin looked at his sister suspiciously.
Princess Pingyang snorted: "This is the concubine of Tianfei Niangniang, the concubine of Emperor Shun back then, known as the Xiangjun." Mrs. Xiang, the sister of the mother, gave birth to my family, and she is the little sister of Yuying. ”
Li Shimin's eyes widened: "Little sister is the reincarnation of Mrs. Xiang?" So why are you so sickly? ”
Tianfei Niangniang sighed faintly. I was about to narrate it slowly.
"Concubine Tianniang, I said that it was a trial, why didn't you wait for us to start?" A loud voice rang out outside the door.
Ten giants with crowns on their heads walked in.
Ten Kings of Hell!
"Well, I'm just chatting with King Tang about a few family things." Concubine Tianniang glanced at the Ten Kings lightly.
Players have watched the plot for so long, and they still don't know what to do, and there are a lot of discussions.
How can there be such a play in Journey to the West?
Li Wei couldn't help but start to explain again.
I said before that "Fishing Boat" retains a lot of more primitive settings than the 100 chapters of "Journey to the West", in fact, including "Tianfei Niangniang".
Because the fame of Mazu is getting bigger and bigger in modern times, many people forget that "Tianfei" is just a title, similar to "Queen of Heaven" and "Emperor", and does not specifically refer to a certain goddess.
In fact, before Mazu, Xiangjun, the god of Dongting and Xiangshui, was the water god with the highest divine position, and Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" wrote about her.
In "Fishing Boat", Xiang Jun is in charge of the genus of the five lakes and the four seas, and calls and drinks to Judge Cui, completely treats him as a subordinate, and grabs Li Shimin's soul to interrogate him, which is her decision, and what greets Li Shimin is the god of five mountains and four blasphemys under her.
Xiangjun has become a combination of the god of water and the god of the underworld, and his status is extremely respectful.
In the earlier "Book of Etiquette", it is set as "Our Lady of Qingjiang" and the Dragon King of the Four Seas and the Dragon King of the Four Blasphemy.
All these settings, none of which seem to have been influenced by the 100 editions of "Journey to the West", are obviously inherited from earlier works.
The organizational structure of the underworld of the King of Jizo and the Ten Kings of Hell began in the Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty began to gradually heat up, borrowing a hundred copies of "Journey to the West" to soar to the sky, completely replacing the status of the traditional Chinese gods such as Taiyi Salvation Tianzun, Wufang Ghost Emperor, and Dongyue Emperor.
A few folk dramas such as "Fishing Boat" are probably the last resisters.
However, of course, it is impossible to overturn the original "Journey to the West" in the game, so Xiangjun was only given a seat to participate in the trial.
In fact, Li Wei is still a little skeptical, if he hadn't found Tiancao Guan Li Lian, would other plots in "Fishing Boat" appear in the main world?
After all, the vast majority of players are not familiar with these things, and they are prone to controversy.
At this time, the "triage" has already begun.
From the dialogue, the player clearly feels the attitude of the Ten Kings of Hell to "go through the motions".
Where it's like an interrogation, it's just a cordial greeting.
Do you think, the ghosts of the Dragon King of Jinghe have been forcibly pulled to reincarnate, and the plaintiffs are gone, so they are still trying ghosts? (It's a ghost.) )
The Xuanwumen incident was only lightly mentioned, but the victims Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji did not come to confront them, and it was not based on Li Shimin's unilateral defense.
In fact, the intelligence system of the underworld is far beyond the imagination of modern people, and in the myths and stories of the past dynasties, the people who went to hell did all the bad things they did before their lives were remembered clearly by the underworld, and they could not be concealed at all.
Obviously, everything is recorded, and he asks Li Shimin slowly and methodically, and he believes whatever he says, what kind of interrogation is this?
"Well, it turns out that the Dragon King of Jinghe, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji are all false accusations, what does Tianfei Niangniang think?" The ten kings looked at Xiangjun together.
The reason why Xiangjun was able to attend the trial was because Jinghe was under her jurisdiction, and she wanted to protect the rights and interests of the Dragon King.
If she is not satisfied with the outcome, the case may have to be transferred to the Supreme Court of Heaven.
Xiangjun said calmly: "I already know this matter, but it is my duty, I have to come here, I have no objection." ”
The Ten Kings breathed a sigh of relief.
The Wheel King said in a loud voice: "Which judge is here, take the book of life and death, and check how many years of life King Tang still has?" ”
"Judge Cui Yu is here." Judge Cui walked in from outside the door with a thick book of life and death.
"You're fast?" The Wheel King laughed, "Just check it out." ”
Cui Yu quickly turned a page and read: "Li Shimin, the Tang Emperor of the Southern Ganbu Continent, is destined to be Zhenguan for twenty-three years. ”
The Ten Kings glanced at each other, and there was some deep meaning in their eyes.
Don't treat the Ten Kings of Hell as fools, judging the Son of Heaven in the world, how can anyone not do their homework beforehand for such a big matter?
How many years Li Shimin should live, how can it be unclear.
And Wei Zheng wrote a letter, Cui Yu changed the book of life and death, these things can't escape the calculations of Rulai and Guanyin.
Without a blind eye at the top, this kind of back door cannot be opened.
The Li dynasty took Taishang Laojun Li Er as the ancestor, which was the biggest obstacle to Buddhism coming from the east, and it was originally a target that had to be cut off.
But after experiencing events such as praying for rain and entering the underworld, Li Shimin has a great impression of Buddhism, which is a tool that can be used, so let him live for another ten years!
A digression, in the Journey to the West, the text of the book of life and death was changed by Cui Yu from "Zhenguan thirteen years" to "Zhenguan thirty-three years", but Li Shimin only lived to twenty-three years in history.
In the original story "Tang Taizong's Entry into the Underworld", Cui Yu wrote "Ten years of the Son of Heaven, and then return to the Yang Dao." "Only ten years of yang longevity have been added.
Hundred times, why ignore the historical records and the original plot, and have to make it a Zhenguan for 33 years?
Because the story of Taizong's entry into the underworld was forcibly pulled into the Journey to the West novel by this author.
After Taizong returned to Yangshi, the study of scriptures was started, and it took Xuanzang more than ten years to return to China.
The author hopes that after Xuanzang returns to China, it will be Li Shimin who will greet him, so that it will be complete and in line with history.
Ten years of longevity is not enough, so Li Shimin must live for 20 more years.
Someone said again, in history, Xuanzang's scriptures were obviously started in the second or third year of Zhenguan, why did Journey to the West be written in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan and make a bunch of loopholes?
Regarding this, Li Wei can only think of one reason.
In the book of life and death, if Li Shimin's Yangshou was originally "Zhenguan for three years", there was no way to add "twenty" to it.
In order to show his brain hole in changing the word, the author forcibly made it "13 years".
The influence of the 100 editions of Journey to the West is too great, and the "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" obtained by the Yuren in the early Qing Dynasty, as well as the "Later Biography of the Mixed Tang Dynasty", etc., also copied this mistake when it was written that Tang Taizong entered the underworld.
Ordinary people also think that the Zhenguan era is as long as 33 years.
The Ten Kings of Hell announced the end of the trial, and Cui Yu led Li Shimin back to Yang.
The players present have made great contributions, most of them have received new prefecture official positions, and Li Wei has been promoted to the "Six Inspectors" of the Six Ranks.
There is no need to escort Li Shimin back, and players have chosen to teleport back to the city.
"Li Chade, please stay, Tianfei Niangniang, please talk about it alone." Princess Pingyang suddenly appeared in front of Li Wei-
(To be continued.) )
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