Chapter 67: The Present World
The great good deeds he did during his lifetime were earth-shattering ghosts and gods, but what about retribution?
The body and soul were replaced by Guanyin Bodhisattva, The general trend is that the Bodhisattva has reached the Pure Land of Bliss in the West, and he has lived for a thousand years, and he is just about to go home, but he meets the devil, his body is destroyed, the yang god is destroyed, and he almost loses his sight when he sees the Buddha's light; in the Lingshan Da Lei Yin Temple, he parted with Wu Huiyun in life and death, and he just can't see each other through the treasure bottle; thanks to the help of his senior sister Piaozi, he escaped from the Lei Yin Temple and strayed into the ancient cave, but he got the guidance of three masters, and returned to Nanzhan Buzhou, and wanted to go back to his hometown to see if the old mother was still there, but he has not been able to do so; where is Hui Yun, the clouds and the sky are vast, and there is nowhere to find it, leaving hatred in vainγ
What to say about the present life, the Yin Si report, and the afterlife, he first had doubts about the present life.
The Wang clerk observed the words and looks, saw Piao Ranzi's suspicious expression, and said, "Don't be suspicious, Lord Chenghuang, wait for me to tell you a story." That's the pre-dynasty thing, I'm afraid you've heard of it too. β
"But tell me about it. Piao Ranzi felt that he couldn't afford the title of this city god, and said: "Everyone, don't call me a lord in the future, at a young age, you can't afford it, you can call me Piao Ranzi, or Chu Chenghuang." β
In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a talented Sima Maung in Yizhou, this county, who was talented and intelligent, but he was depressed. At that time, he sold officials and sold lords, the court was corrupt, he was nearly fifty years old, and he was about to die of old age in the market. One day he got drunk, wrote a complaint, and burned the manuscript of the poem. That complaint was seen by the Night Wanderer, and guess what?" asked the clerk.
Although Piao Ranzi had heard the story, it was inconvenient to interrupt, so he just said, "You keep talking." β
"The Night Wandering God played the Jade Emperor, and the Jade Emperor asked him to act as the king of Hades for half a day to deal with the backlog of cases like a mountain. When Sima Maung arrived in the underworld, he really became Yan Jun for half a day, dealt with the four major doubts in the early Han Dynasty, and judged the unjust souls who died when Chu and Han were fighting, and they were all reincarnated to repay the debts of the previous life, so that there was a dispute between the three kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty. The Jade Emperor looked at Sima Xiang's appearance, and he judged the backlog of cases more than 300 years ago in six hours, and sentenced it fairly, proving that heaven and earth were selfless, and the results were unpleasant, so he asked him to give birth to Sima's family, and his life was going to be in the prime minister's life, passing on his descendants, and annexing the Three Kingdoms. This matter is now not only known to everyone in Shudi, but also spread throughout Nanzhan Buzhou, although it has not been reported in this life, there will be retribution in the next life. After the Wang clerk finished speaking, look at Piaoranzi.
"Hehe, listen to it, I'm still skeptical. Piao Ranzi shook his head and smiled, and asked Caseman Li, "May I ask Caseman Li, what are you in charge of?"
"The subordinate manages the Department of Life and Death, mainly assisting in the reincarnation of ghosts in the underworld, the death of Shucheng, and the Yin Cha and Abang of the underworld, and sends a list of life and death figures, and I will assign ghosts to execute, or assist in the execution. I have forty ghostly pawns under me. Case Officer Li said.
"Oh, in this way, there are ninety ghost pawns under your three divisions, plus the four patrols, a total of one hundred and seventy ghost pawns, so, what do the rest of the ghost pawns usually do?" asked Piao Ranzi.
"Brother Piao, the rest have ten left-behind mansions. The clever ghost replied. "The remaining ten, led by daredevils, stay at this temple and are responsible for keeping a record of the people who visit every day, what they come to ask for, and then tell you. The rest of the black and white are impermanent, not counting the official subordinates of Chenghuang Face. I and the land, as well as a dozen ghost pawns such as big talkers and braggarts, are the messengers around you, and they are at your disposal at any time. β
"Okay, everyone, let's all follow the rules," Piao Ranzi said this, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the gate, and the ghost guard of the gate ran to say, "There is a woman outside, come in and meet the city god, everyone quickly hide." β
Piao Ranzi said: "I am the first time to be a city god today, but I want to personally listen to what the people say, the third division and the fourth road inspection, you all retreat." β
"Brother Piao, do you have a body, will you be invisible?" asked the clever ghost.
"No!" said Piaoranzi.
"Then you just stand next to the statue of the city god, hold your breath, and treat it as a clay sculpture of the god fetus, mortals ignore it, we will be invisible. The clever ghost said, with a wave of his hand, some of the ghosts hid in the roof shed, some attached to the statue of the god, the three divisions and the four roads patrolled, and the brush retreated to the ground, and for a while, the city god temple was silent.
Piao Ranzi looked at the statue of the god in the temple, there was only one statue of the city god, which was carved from wood, and the rest were made of mud, he stood in the clay statue and held his breath.
An old lady came in outside the gate, holding burning paper in one hand and a basket in the other, inside were offerings such as incense, candles, melons and fruits.
The old woman walked to the statue of the city god in the middle, placed the offerings on the table, put incense and candles, knelt down in the dust, burned the burning paper, and began to pray.
Piao Ranzi stood next to him, heard clearly, it turned out that the old woman's son, far away and did not return, she had a dream last night, dreamed that her son was covered in water, came to ask for help, said that only the city god could save him, he was in the moat outside Shu City, she remembered asking in the dream: "Son, I went to the yamen to declare customs, let them go to find you, where are you suing me?" Her son said anxiously: "The yamen can't control this matter, the yamen went to send the disciples to death, you can only beg the city god hard, ask him to help, and go to Qingyang Palace to find a Taoist priest to save me!" After saying that, he blinked and disappeared.
The old woman was anxious to find her son, got up early in the morning, and thought about it was better to ask the city god Bodhisattva first, and the Qingyang Palace was even farther away, so she bought the paper money for the offerings, and rushed to the city god to burn incense and pray.
Piaoranzi listened to the old woman's prayer, and said in her heart, "You can do this thing." Raising his eyes to look at the clever ghost in the clay statue next to him, he motioned for him to agree for the time being. The clever ghost blinked, and when he heard a sound in the temple, the old woman kneeling on the ground was startled, and Piaozi was also startled.
When the old woman heard the sound, she looked around and saw that the temple was empty, and hurriedly kowtowed: "The city god Bodhisattva has agreed! The people's daughter Zhang will thank you here first, and when she finds my son, she will bring you my goat, and then thank you again!"
Piao Ranzi said in his heart: "Hey, I have to do things within my duties, and before I do it, someone will come to promise to thank you, how can I bear it? It seems that I must find his son, and I will live up to the trust of the people!"
The old woman kowtowed, got up and took the basket and left. Piao Ranzi was just about to gather all the ghosts, but there were footsteps outside the door again, this time, it was not a person.
"Sister-in-law Wang, have you thought about it! This City God Bodhisattva can be effective!" As he spoke, a middle-aged man who looked like a merchant came in from outside the gate, wearing a melon-skin hat and a red robe and coat.
"Hmph! Of course I've figured it out! It's because of the Chenghuang Bodhisattva's miracle that we're here to testify and see who did something wrong! Zhao's shopkeeper, you've also figured it out!" Then came a middle-aged woman with a face full of anger and a doll behind her.
Shopkeeper Zhao and sister-in-law Wang came to the statue of the god of the city god in the middle and knelt down. Sister-in-law Wang was just about to speak, but the shopkeeper Wang said to her, "I'll say it first!"
"You wicked person sue first, I'll say it first!" Sister-in-law Wang refused.
"You have a weak heart! You want to blackmail me for money, why do you say it first?" said the shopkeeper Zhao.
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