Chapter 35: The Mystery of Identity
If that child wasn't Huang Yunqiu's child, then who was she? How can a Taoist priest who has become a mountain god work so hard for her.
But now what interests me is not only what the origin of that child is, but when did Liu Cheng die, he looks so young, I used to think that he must have been born behind that mountain god, but now when I heard him, he actually saw Huang Yunqiu when he was a child, and he must be not young, so he asked, "When were you born?" It feels like you're so old. ”
Liu Cheng smiled and said, "I came here in 1948, and then I lay down in the grave and fell asleep." ”
He didn't answer me how long he was born, but he answered me when he died, in 1948, decades from now, and I said in my heart that he could really sleep, and this lie was decades, and I don't know how he survived.
Yoo Seung answered the question before continuing, "There are some things I don't know whether I should tell you or not, after all, you are too young. ”
Liu Cheng has always been more decisive in doing things, it is the first time I have seen him so hesitant, the things that can make him hesitate are definitely not simple, I was originally curious, he said this, I still have to listen, and immediately said, "I forgot it immediately after hearing it." ”
I felt a little familiar with this, and Liu Cheng also felt a little familiar, and immediately remembered that he told me before that my grandfather had made those orphan girls and widows pregnant, and immediately knocked me on the head, and scolded with a smile, "Stinky boy, what about calculating me?" ”
I smiled and said, "How dare I." ”
Liu Cheng then said, "Anyway, you are now my apprentice, and you can be regarded as a Taoist, and there are some basic things that you should know." Taoism is now divided into five major factions, namely Quanzhen Dao, Zhengyi, Zhendaojiao, Taiyi, and Jingmingdao. Among them, there are the most Quanzhen Taoists, followed by Zhengyi, these two factions account for 90% of the people in Taoism, and the other three factions have very few people, and the Taoist temples are also pitiful. ”
"Which faction do we belong to?" I interjected.
Liu Cheng said, "We belong to Zhengyi, Huang Yunqiu is also a Taoist priest of Zhengyi, and she is a disciple of the twenty-fifth generation of Zhengyi. ”
"What about us, what generation are we?" I'll ask again.
Liu Cheng didn't answer me, only glared at me, "Do you still want to hear it?" ”
Only then did I stop interjecting and gestured to Yoo Seung for him to continue.
Liu Cheng continued, "Quanzhen Dao and Zhengyi, as the two largest Taoist sects today, although they are extremely harmonious on the surface, they are actually fighting openly and secretly, and what they fight the most is on the issue of the appointment of the Yin Division, for example, there is a lack of a city god in a certain place, or there is a lack of a temple hall, these two factions will sharpen their heads and drill into this position, so the current land, city god, temple and even judges below are many of the people of these two factions. ”
I bowed, "Are they really that capable?" You can be whatever official you want to be below? ”
Liu Cheng smiled, "Do you know who the biggest person down there is?" ”
I didn't know much about the things above, let alone the things below, so I shook my head and said, "I don't know." ”
Liu Chengdao, "Emperor Dongyue is a person of the Quanzhen Dao, so you can understand why most of the officials below are Taoist priests, right?" Liu Cheng didn't wait for me to answer, and continued, "This position is changed every thousand years, but I looked at the mountain god appointment document in your hand before, and it says Dongyue 1161, do you understand the meaning of this?" ”
I am very familiar with the name of Dongyue Emperor, every household in the village has a shrine, some worship the God of Wealth, some worship Guanyin, and some worship Dongyue Emperor, I originally thought that these things were fake, they were all imaginary, but I didn't expect that there was really Dongyue Emperor.
But after thinking about it, the land lord we worship on weekdays is real, and the city god is also real, why can't the Dongyue Emperor be real?
Liu Cheng asked me that question, I thought about it carefully, if the term of office of the Emperor Dongyue was only 1,000 years, the maximum number of years of their documents was 1000 years of Dongyue, but now it is 1161 years, I immediately understood the meaning of this, so I said, "The term of office of the Emperor of Dongyue has arrived, but he has not stepped down, and it has exceeded 161 years." ”
Liu Chengen said in a loud voice, "Emperor Dongyue is a person of the Quanzhen Dao, and the previous Emperor of Dongyue was called Emperor Beiyin, and he was a person of Zhengyi. They take turns to replace this position, if the Dongyue Emperor resigns, then it should be taken by the people of Zhengyi, the current Dongyue Emperor's term of office has reached but does not resign, it means that he occupies this position and refuses to resign. I heard a rumor when I was still in the Taoist temple before, and I think it may be related to the child brought by Huang Yunqiu. ”
"What rumors?" I asked hurriedly.
Liu Cheng said this, his eyes changed slightly, became a little cold, and he said after a while, "When the term of office of the Emperor Dongyue was approaching, a Taoist priest was elected to replace him, but this Taoist priest was just a few days before the substitution, and his life suddenly came to an end, and the soul was taken to the capital city for trial, and the Emperor Dongyue sentenced him to be reincarnated as a female baby, and the female baby's entry into the Taoist temple was originally restricted, if she couldn't be a Taoist priest, she couldn't continue to be replaced, but Zhengyi still found the female baby and made her a Taoist priest, But every time she becomes an adult, she will suddenly die early, and as a result, there will be no one to replace Emperor Dongyue. ”
I was a little stunned when I heard this, and said in a daze, "You mean, Chen Yingying may be the person who was preparing to replace Emperor Dongyue before?" ”
I've always thought that this was a matter of offending others and retaliating against others, but now even the highest ranking people below are involved, which is even more difficult for me to accept than when I became the shogunate.
However, Liu Cheng also nodded and said, "Huang Yunqiu's seniority is extremely high in Zhengyi, with her status, it is impossible to just serve as a small mountain god here, I think she must be hiding from something, she is a person who is Zhengyi, and she also entered the village with a female doll, I think the female doll she is holding is very likely to be the person who will replace Emperor Dongyue." But Liu Cheng then said, "These are just my speculations, there is no evidence to prove that she is the one who was elected to replace her, you can't reveal this matter to anyone, once it spreads, even if Chen Yingying is not the person who replaces, it will cause death." ”
I know the seriousness of this matter, if it gets out, and the people below know that the girl doll who was elected to replace me is now my daughter-in-law, then will I still have to live? So he nodded again and again.
At this time, my grandfather also came into the house, saw me and Liu Cheng writing on the desk, and came in to ask questions.
Liu Cheng put away the book of life and death, and then told his grandfather about changing the book of life and death, and the grandfather was terrified when he heard it, and asked Liu Cheng with a scared face, "After changing the book of life and death, in case it is traced down, can we afford to be responsible?" ”
Liu Cheng smiled and said, "The book of life and death is in charge of the land, if the land loses the book of life and death, it is a big mistake, if the land of Pingxiang wants to continue to work, even if he finds out that we have modified the book of life and death, he will not dare to publicize it, besides, Sun Qing is now the shogunate of the land temple, once he publicizes it, he will be treated as our accomplices." The most important thing now is to return the souls of those orphan girls and widows, so that they do not fall into the sin of seducing the souls of men when the time comes. ”
Grandpa immediately said okay, I sat down with grandpa, Liu Cheng read a few obscure words next to him, and then we walked out of our bodies like walking yin, grandpa took the scarecrow that had been tied before, and then walked all the way and entered the mountain temple.
Although we don't have the mountain god documents, but we still have the mountain god seal, and we can enter and exit the mountain temple at any time, and enter it, Liu Cheng gave me some yellow table paper, and then I wrote the names and birthdays of those orphan women and widows on it, and after stamping them, I settled these scarecrows one by one.
After a while, a cloud of white light drifted in from outside the mountain temple, and directly entered the scarecrow, and several of us took the scarecrow back to our own house, and after entering our own body, we took the scarecrow to walk around the house of these orphan girls and widows one by one.