Chapter 45 Delivery of the canopy
The morning sun is rising, and the quiet forest cuts the large warm sunlight into a grating and hits the buns and Roland's little faces. The snow-capped Great Plains of the Northeast are painted with a warm color. Xuanwu Lake revealed her soft face. The lake has long been covered with thin ice and covered with snow, so it is so unrecognizable that it is difficult to distinguish at night. Baozi is glad that he didn't go deep alone last night, otherwise it would have been possible to fall into the ice cave.
Since you are visiting big people, you have to have a look. The two of them tidied up their clothes, solemnly took out the deerskin scroll, corrected the position of the River God Mansion, confirmed the accuracy, took out three high incense sticks from their backpacks, lit them, inserted them in the Suzaku God Seat, and solemnly read them according to the honorific below the River God Mansion:
The cloud seal is too empty, the beginning of the catastrophe
At first glance, sinking or floating
More than five zhang, an inch of nothing
The innocent emperor is out if he asks for something.
These four sentences are compliments, that is, I am here, you are too difficult to find here, don't hide, you are a person with status approved by the Heavenly Court, I have a request for you, you come out. This passage must be read before entering the door, unless the great god himself does not need to read it, and everyone else who does business must read it. This was followed by the River Temple's own invitation to the gods. Next:
The three rivers converge, and the four sides come to serve
The five ghosts are shocked, and the six immortals are respectful
It is obvious that there is, but there is nothing
The entrance is self-attaining the path of eternal life, and the dust can also be supported
The five elements reach the eight directions, and it is the capital of the immortals."
This poem is similar to the couplet of "God says good things, return to the palace and descend auspicious", and the words of the river god's mansion are also quite arrogant compared with the words of other caves, and directly explain the content of their jurisdiction: the approval of the ascension to the immortals and the operation of the five elements in Luding Mountain, etc., it is almost clear that you all have to ask me for such words.
Baozi read it sincerely twice, but found that the scenery in front of him was still the same, and not even a bird had flown in. Roland looked around, a little panicked, "This picture is not fake, is it?" ”
At the same time, the old Zhu Yan, who was boiling water and sharpening his knife and preparing to slay the dragon at noon, got a report from the housekeeper, saying that two stupid children came to the lake, and they would recite the secret words of the gods, and they had knocked on the door three times, asking whether to open it or not! Zhu Yan stroked his beard and said, "There are only a few people who can speak my secret words, except for the messenger of heaven, that is, the Taoist chief and my father-in-law." Where did these two white goods come from? ”
The housekeeper asked, "Why don't you see for yourself?" ”
When Daoist Chief Wu Zuhong Phosphorus heard that it was two children, he was immediately frightened, and shouted, "Look, I want to see it too!" ”
The housekeeper hurriedly brought the jasper basin, and cast a spell on the basin, which was like the background controller of the camera, clearly showing the two children by the lake.
"Oh, my father and mother, it's them, even if I break up the Seven Spirits, I'll kill them!" When Wu Zuhong saw Baozi's little face, he was immediately a little angry. Zhu Yan wondered, how could two small things with mortal bodies have such great kinetic energy, and even the old centipede that had been cultivating for thousands of years was not an opponent? What is the relationship between them and the little dragon cub they just caught? Before he figured it out, it was not suitable to make the next move, so he hurriedly instructed his subordinates to "talk to the backyard, and slay the dragon slowly, and wait until the two visitors understand the intention of the two visitors!" ”
Wu Zuhong Phosphorus cried and took Zhu Yan's hand, "My old brother, you have to call the shots for me, look at me, there is only half a life left, I beg you to let them in, I will eat them alive!" ”
Zhu Yan glanced at the old centipede, although the two guys have been together for many years, but now Zhu Yan can't help but scold the old worm a few words, "You old centipede, you are too violent, don't care, you don't commit a crime, why are people beating you?" These two children have to figure out where they came from, how can he read the code words, is it from heaven, or the heir of the dragon family, or the underworld? After speaking, he pulled the butler's ear and instructed one or two, and the butler took the order.
The bun that was waiting by the lake, chewing a straw stick in his mouth, began to be anxious, watching the sun rise, after the three poles of the sun passed the afternoon, the third prince's head was afraid that he was going to move, and now he didn't even know whether the River God Mansion was here. Just thinking about it, suddenly a breeze rose, and the clear sky suddenly rolled thick clouds, and in a blink of an eye, they became a large area, and three explosions of thunder clicked, and the raindrops actually fell.
"It's November, why is it raining, and there are thunderstorms?" Roland was a little panicked.
Baozi knew in his heart that the more abnormal the more normal, the more normal it was, the location must be right, the old river god was playing a score, wanting to see if he had the ability, if it was a mortal, he would neither show up nor receive it, and blast people away. Baozi is also desperate at this moment, simply sit on the ground, let the rain beat, the heavy rain instantly connected into a rain wall, like a flood poured down, and it is early winter, the rain is extremely cold, coupled with the sudden crosswind on the lake, hit the face and body like a cold whip, Baozi looked at the lake with a stiff neck, he believed that the old river god must be hiding somewhere and watching himself.
Zhu Yan and the old centipede stared at the jasper basin, and after seeing the performance of the buns, Zhu Yan muttered, "This rain distribution game is very easy to solve, if it comes from the sky, a spell will be solved." Is this kid not making a move or is he incapable? ”
It's not that Baozi can't break the rain spell, he doesn't want to fight before they meet, I'm afraid it's not conducive to the next face-to-face communication, it's better to put up with him.
"Butler, it's too calm to move any more." Zhu Yan instructed lightly.
After a while, the thin ice on the surface of the lake was broken, and the icy lake water rolled up with the broken ice, like a giant mixer, instigating the big waves on the lake to roll, and a monstrous wave like a tsunami rushed straight towards Baozi, Baozi saw this and drew out the sword of victory over evil, and recited the spell of dividing gold to avoid water, and the waves and blades quickly collided, neatly divided into two directions and pounced, but there was no water around Baozi and Roland.
"This kid looks a little capable, but the magic weapon is a little worse." Zhu Yan said to himself. The old butler stretched out a finger and pointed at it, and whispered, "It's raining in the middle of winter, violating the festival, you toss so much, don't cause trouble." ”
"Today, the five elements are prosperous, gold can produce water, and it is nothing to rain in early winter." The old centipede refused to give up, wishing that the water would drown the two children.
Zhu Yan also felt that the toss was too much, "Well, if you increase your strength again, I'm afraid it will affect the balance of Luding Mountain, and Heavenly Court will know." After all, violating the festival is against the rules of heaven. That's it, you take the rolling thunder and waves, this rain, and then let him burn half a stick of incense, see if he can stand it. ”
The big wave disappeared out of thin air, but the rain did not stop, and the buns were wet and there was no dry place, and they shivered from the cold, and Roland kept sneezing.
He suddenly noticed that Roland was carrying the big umbrella that had been dug out of the ancient tomb on his back. Silly hat just now. Baozi quickly instructed Roland to open the umbrella bag and quickly open it to hide from the rain! The two of them worked together and pulled out the giant umbrella.
With the big umbrella erected, a circular golden light burst out from the center of the umbrella, where the golden light passed, the heavy rain stopped instantly, and even the mud subsided, the lake flattened, the sky was scattered, the sun shone warmly, the umbrella cover covered with warm spring, the buns and Roland's feet even grew green grass, and in an instant the green pushed away to the distant lakeside, the earth was green, the colorful butterflies flew one after another, and the rare birds and beasts that had never been seen also gathered over to worship the buns.
Zhu Yan and the old centipede, Zhu Wu and others on the side of the jasper basin were dumbfounded! This big umbrella is recognized by all immortals! This is... This is an important magic weapon of the Northern Duowen Heavenly King, the head of the four heavenly kings under the command of the Buddha, the Heavenly Umbrella!
According to Buddhist scriptures, there is a mountain in the belly of Mount Meru, called Gandhara Mountain, and the so-called mountain actually refers to the entire world continent. This mountain has four mountains, each of which is guarded by a Dharma king, and the human world is divided into four pieces for management, that is, the four major continents, namely the Dongsheng Divine Continent, the South Zhan Continent, the West Niuhe Continent, and the North Julu Continent. The location of our China generally refers to a part of Dongsheng Shenzhou and Nanzhan Buzhou, so China has the name of the land of Shenzhou. Xiniuhe Prefecture is located in the west of Mount Meru, that is, the birthplace of Buddhism and the destination of Xuanzang's scriptures. As for Beiju Luzhou, it is the richest and longest-lived place in the four continents, where there are green mountains and clear waters, Ruicao and strange flowers, neither hot nor cold, no wind and sand, and people can live a thousand years. The owner of this umbrella, Duowen Tianwang, is the guardian god of Beiju Luzhou, and its position is extremely lofty. Because of the power of governance, the Duowen Heavenly King is the head of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is equivalent to the Standing Heavenly King, controlling the business of the Three Heavenly Kings and hunting all continents on behalf of the Heavenly Patrol. For thousands of years, the Duowen Heavenly King is still relatively low-key, generally does not interfere in the affairs of other states, and the envoys sent are only a handful, and the task is only to bring some edicts, messages or something, limited to the nether contact, I have never seen the Duowen Heavenly King hand over the magic weapon he holds every day to the messenger.
As soon as the magic weapon comes out, there will be a big event!
The old river god Zhu Yan was so frightened that his lips twitched, "Heaven, Hades, Man, and Dragon are not in the four worlds, this kid is fucking the Buddha's faction!" It is the envoy of the Heavenly King! Since the establishment of my county government, only the lower officials of the Heavenly Court have inspected the lower realm, and they have never been to such a high-level Qincha! ”
The old centipede has a ghost in his heart, "It's not that you came down to be held accountable, right?" Doing patrols? ”
Zhu Wu reminded, "Father, could it be that the two children got it by accident from somewhere?" ”
Zhu Yan ignored Zhu Wu's prompt, and he said with great certainty, "Impossible." First of all, the magic weapon of the Heavenly King will not be thrown casually, and secondly, even if there is a strong thief who obtains the magic weapon, but without the personal authorization and promise of the Heavenly King, the magic weapon will never show mana, let alone an auspicious omen. You see that after the two of them opened the giant umbrella, the earth rejuvenated, the seasons reversed, and the auspiciousness was frequent, this kind of mana is not something that ordinary people can have. ”
Baozi also noticed Xiangrui, in fact, he himself was also scared. Baozi stood under the giant umbrella, he still couldn't believe that this umbrella had such great power, the handle stretched out from under the umbrella, and the outside was as warm as spring. Even the wet clothes of himself and Roland became dry in an instant. Baozi secretly thought that this thing might be the best magic weapon in the world, and then thought back to the process of discovering it, and felt that there seemed to be a kind of underworld force urging him, otherwise, with his own thoughts, he had no interest in digging graves, why did he lead Roland to have a good time in someone's tomb? Thinking deeply, thinking repeatedly, and thinking seriously, who has the ability to get the two treasures of the deerskin diagram and the supernatural umbrella? It must be fate in the dark!
But Baozi felt a chill in his back when he thought about it, because he was not in the game of Huang Xian and Shaman's grandmother at all, and there was still the overall situation behind them!
Baozi stepped out of the cover of the big umbrella, and before meeting him, there was a field of rabbits, mice, mandrills, weasels, frogs and snakes that had long hibernated, and even giant tigers and mountain leopards that had long been extinct. "Get up, all of you, what's going on?"
"The Heavenly Gods are on duty, we have been cultivating for many years, and I finally saw the Heavenly Court on patrol." Said a rabbit kneeling at the front, bigger than a dog.
Baozi wanted to ask who he was, but he didn't dare to say this, for fear of revealing the details.
"The gods are on the errand, we have the courage to ask, do you have the task of punishing corruption and cruelty in the lower realm this time. If so, I'll send you a letter. Big Rabbit said, and the other little goblins seconded it.
"Ah, inside, there must be" Baozi thought that this was a sedan chair and shouted injustice, "I wandered around here for a day yesterday, and I found that something was not quite right, you actually have a ghost here"
"That's exactly the first thing we report. The centipede essence, which has been cultivated for more than 1,000 years, often goes to the human world to cause chaos, mutilating young girls to help self-cultivation, and what is even more odious is that the predecessor of the river god mansion Zhu Yan ignores this, colludes with the centipede essence, accepts bribes, and will report the centipede essence to the heavenly court for canonization in the near future. This kind of thing that goes against the principles of heaven is truly appalling. ”
Another weasel said, "The matter of cultivating immortals is every half a month in the sky and once every fifteen years in the world, and only one place can be reported at a time." We have worked hard to cultivate, rooted in rural communities, served as family protectors and immortals for the common people, and cured diseases and saved countless people, but we have not been able to rank in the immortal class for hundreds of years or millennia, which has made us grassroots people suffer. ”
Another brown-haired bear said, "That Zhu Yan makes friends, pulls mountains, tree circles, often pays tribute, and does chores in the house, even if he does not cultivate, he can also report for promotion in advance." Those of us who are unknown and unsophisticated will be put to the back of the row, and no benefit will be on our hands. Zhu Yan's old official maintained the demeanor of the Wei and Jin dynasties on the surface, was not greedy, not possessive, and polite, but privately accepted bribes and continued to expand the River God Mansion, using our anointed blood, his mansion expanded, and the demand for subordinates increased, but Zhu Yan did not report to the heavenly court, and privately hired the little ghosts and monsters who had not yet cultivated the immortal rank to work as servants at home, turning the River God Mansion into a ghost temple. It's against the morality of the fairy world. ”
"Supernumerary recruitment of temporary staff, right?" Baozi sounded like a dissatisfaction with Zhu Yan, the former official of the River God Mansion. Hurriedly asked, "What about the current officials of the River God Mansion?" ”
"The current official of the River God Mansion is his own son! Zhu Yan has a hook-up relationship with the upper realm, and he talked to the immortals, and this official position was passed on to his son Zhu Wu, so isn't it Zhu Yan who has the final say! ”
Baozi nodded, it seems that this River God Mansion really needs to be rectified.