Chapter 65: The Four Temples
Early the next morning, the temple was far more lively than ever, at a distance of about ten meters down the hill in front of the temple gate, a piece of land was leveled, firecrackers were deafening, many craftsmen happily carried various tools to guard outside, and the building materials were neatly piled up on the flat ground, as if to expand the new temple.
Xu Hong was dressed in a strong suit, followed by two tall and strong men, both with very fierce faces, one of them looked at the lively picture, lowered his head and whispered in Xu Hong's ear:
"Boss, it seems that this white god is really effective, and he can make the four heavenly kings go out without saying anything. Today, the people nearby heard that the Yuan Dart Bureau in our town was going to fund the expansion of the Temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, and they all spontaneously brought tools to help, which saved us a lot of money!"
Xu Hong is the head of the Xu family who was escorted all the way to Wulian City in Jianzhou by the four quasi-god generals that day, and he came to repay his vows today and build the temple promised that day. In ancient times, doing business was no better than in modern times, and there were many hardships and difficulties along the way, and thieves and thieves blocking the way were secondary, lest they encounter some demons and monsters. Therefore, people who travel all year round are often very godly, so that they can be blessed by the gods, and once they make a great wish, they will do their best to fulfill it.
Xu Hong is also a masterpiece, the town of the dart bureau is also the number one in the northern Shu region, there are more than 30 strong men, passed down from generation to generation, their sons inherit their father's business, practice martial arts every day, plus perennial darts, fierce and abnormal, the elite soldiers in the official garrison are not even opponents.
Originally, Xu Hong didn't care about his wife Zhou's request for the blessing of the immortals for him, but the yin wind and the four gold-armored gods that night in the ancient temple still shocked them. In retrospect, I sighed that there was really a blessing from the gods, and it was safe and smooth along the way, so after I came back, I immediately came to revoke the construction of the temple.
The firecrackers rang off in front for a while, until the sound stopped, and the thick gunpowder white smoke steamed into the air.
"Hello ~~~~~"
The voice is melodious, there is a charm, the people who came to volunteer labor happily walked into the construction site, under the command of the old craftsman, began to be busy, Mo Ling did not let the people contribute in vain, although not much money was given, but three meals a day, each person had ten yuan, manpower was sufficient, the temple could be repaired in a few days at most, but it didn't cost much.
Li Jun left here as early as yesterday night and rushed to Xianghu County, preparing to cover for Mo Ling, and at the same time constantly reporting the intelligence movements of the Xianghu faction. At this time, in the apse, the four quasi-god generals stood in front of Mo Ling with excited expressions, they were the most outstanding and courageous among the divine soldiers.
The last time I escorted Xu Hong, only the four of them dared to take it, and they also experienced many risks along the way, and now is the moment of return.
Mo Ling has his own arrangements for these four people, remembering that in the previous life, Buddhism had four Dharma Protector Heavenly Kings, each of which was powerful in battle, leading a heavenly kingdom to protect Buddhism, and was even more well-known by the people. When Mo Ling learned that there were just four people under his command who appeared, and then remembered the four Dharma Protector Heavenly Kings carved on the stone cliff of Fangcun Temple last time, he thought of why he didn't use these four people to cultivate his own Four Heavenly Kings?
Afterwards, Mo Ling asked Li Xuanji and learned that in the current world, there were indeed such prototypes before, but they were called the Four Great Vajra Protectors, and they were the four powerful ghost kings who were subdued in Middle-earth when Buddhism was first transmitted. But unfortunately, it fell during the change of the previous dynasty, and now it is just the right time to use it as a prototype.
Although the level of the priesthood that can be enshrined at the moment is far from the level of the Heavenly King in the previous life. But you can give them the name of the king first, occupy the position first, and pull the banner. The common people often like powerful gods, and when they hear that they are such and such a king, why not be more pious?
Mo Ling looked at the four people in front of him kindly, and his tone was gentle:
"The four of you can have today's reward, it all depends on your own hard work, since the four of you also have your own temple, then it is definitely not enough to be a low-grade Yin God, today I will canonize you, compared to Heishui. ”
The four of them were all overjoyed when they heard this, Mo Ling paused, and then said:
"Although the four of you are honest and responsible, but they are also nameless ghosts of Suihe, since you want to open the temple and seal the gods today, you naturally have no name, I imitate the Buddha's door, follow the identity of their four protectors, and now it is just arranged for you?
The four of them hurriedly bowed their heads:
"My subordinates are willing!"
Mo Ling nodded in satisfaction, and suddenly waved his hand, Feng Shenlu appeared in his hand, and the names of the four people were directly written:
Today, there are four Yin Gods of the Three Grades, Jiang Lun, the Eastern Wind and Thunder Heavenly King, Dong Ji, the Southern Fire Heavenly King, Hua Yong, the Western Thunder Heavenly King, and Lei Cheng, the Northern Baoguang Heavenly King.
Feng Shenlu poured out the divine power of incense, and quickly transformed the four divine generals, washing away the ghostly qi on their original bodies. Mo Ling wrote it according to the memory of the previous life, and as the name was written on the Fengshen Record, the rolling divine power gushed out, and Mo Ling was ready to take out the matching treasure according to the image in the record, and become their natal weapon through the baptism of divine power.
"Jiang Lun stepped forward!"
"My subordinates are here!" said the one on the left. Mo Ling took out a golden axe, a golden lamp, a blue-gray treasure bag and a set of golden body armor, the first three were the treasures received on the periphery of the Dragon Tomb: "Today I will give you the Dry Spirit Breaking Heaven Axe, the Tushi Golden Lamp, and the Hundred Treasure Bag." and a piece of the Golden Armor of the Heavenly King. After saying that, he waved his hand and flew over.
After a burst of golden light, Jiang Lun, the king of the Oriental Wind and Thunder, showed a golden body, his blue face and red hair, lined with yellow scarves and white robes, wearing gold armor, yellow inner robes and golden boots, holding a golden axe in his left hand, holding a golden lamp in his right hand, and hanging a treasure bag around his waist. Stepping on the thunder, a round of light shines in the back of the head.
Mo Ling nodded, he was very satisfied with this shape, just relying on this kind of appearance, he could fool many believers when he went out!
Then three people in a row gave magic weapons and armor one after another. Dong Ji, the king of the Southern Fire Heavenly King, has a red face and black hair, a big and mighty appearance, a red cloak and gold armor, lined with red robes, holding a nine-day glazed red fire bead in his left hand, and a three-edged dragon pattern golden gun in his right hand. There is a purple yang jade talisman on his waist, his feet are red flames, and the auspicious light flashes around his body.
Hua Yong, the king of Western thunder, has white and black hair, a handsome young appearance, yellow scarf and gold armor, a white robe on the outside, a red robe inside, a Zichen astigmatism sword in his left hand, and a glazed relics pagoda in his right hand. Hanging a hundred mountain seals on the waist, stepping on the thousand-leaf golden lotus platform, a stream of Sanskrit incense from the body, very powerful and handsome.
Lei Cheng, the king of northern Baoguang, has a golden face and black hair, a solemn expression, wearing a soap robe and gold armor, lined with black robes, holding the King Kong Miao Xiang Wheel in his left hand and the Seven Treasures Golden Tower in his right hand. Hanging a bundle of fairy ropes on his waist, standing on the waves, the auspicious clouds and mist on his body, the fairy spirit is fluttering.
These artifacts were so glorious that each of them had a few of them, and with the armor taken from the pagoda, each one looked extremely majestic, and they had a new identity and name of their own. Under Mo Ling, there are few ugly and vicious appearances, which is related to the way people take beauty. Anyone who looks at a dignified immortal will get closer.
"The last general: Jiang Lun/Dong Ji/Hua Yong/Lei Cheng, meet the Lord!"
The image of the four people is bright and majestic, and it seems that the image alone can deter many little ghosts, Mo Ling is very satisfied when he sees this:
"You are the protector of the temple from now on, and in the future, we will grow and develop, no matter where the temple will be pasted with your portrait as a guardian god, mortal beings will also ask you to protect your family, in return, you will naturally have a lot of incense to worship, are you willing?"
"The last general is willing!"
How could the four of them refuse such a good thing, if it was just as Mo Ling said, then in the future, the four of them would become the guardian saints known to the whole world, and the level of godhead was absolutely higher than imagined.
After Mo Ling canonized the four gods, he came to the front hall again, today's pilgrims have not decreased slightly because of the construction of the temple in front, but have become more, some fierce characters who don't look like good men and women are also among them, Mo Ling looked carefully, and even saw several people who exuded black gas and did many evils.
These villains have their own divine soldiers to follow, and after understanding clearly, they will find a way to report to the government, as for the county commander to take care of it, then they can only see people and things.
"Wicked people also vainly try to obtain the protection of the gods? Really do not do bad things, are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, and ask for more gods and Buddhas, more or less have some unsightly things in their hearts. ”
Mo Ling shook his head with a smile, ignoring these few people, and came to the temple at the foot of the mountain, wanting to meet the people who donated to the Four Heavenly Kings Palace.
Xu Hong sat aside at this time to take a short rest, and they also had to work in the field themselves to show their sincerity, and Li Xuanji had a good chat with Xu Hong on the side.
Mo Ling didn't say anything, he walked over slowly, and listened next to them.
"According to what you said, your headquarters is actually in Jiannan City between Jianzhou and Shu County. ”
"Yes, there is no such thing as a stable residence for our dart walkers, but because the trade route from Yishui City to Jianzhou has always been relatively prosperous, we have rented houses on both sides, but the headquarters is in Jiannan City in the middle. ”
Li Xuanji was about to continue to say casually, but he was suddenly stunned, glanced at Mo Ling next to him, and asked:
"Then can you tell me, how is this Jiannan City?"