Chapter 514: The Seven Rites
After Zhang Tianshi entered the city, he stayed in the Zhengyiguan of the provincial capital.
Nanchang is the abbot of a view, and is a sacrificial wine Sun Jingxiu, leading a group of large and small bulls, outside the Taoist temple, to welcome the master of the law.
After offering incense to Sanqing and the ancestral heavenly master, Zhang Tianshi came to the Heavenly Master Hall to rest.
He first bathed and changed his clothes under the service of Daotong and Xiao Daogu, changed into a slender and misty feather coat, and then used some delicate but expensive vegetarian food, and then ordered Sun Jingxiu to come in and speak.
After paying homage to the sect leader, Sun Jingxiu stood up and complimented: "The Heavenly Master is here, and the brothers in the sect in Nanchang City, the men and women are all looking forward to it." ”
"I know why they are looking forward to me coming, don't they just want me to sing against the two highnesses?" Zhang Maocheng's expression was cold and arrogant, his eyes were like ancient wells and deep pools, and when he mentioned the two highnesses, there was no fluctuation at all.
He does have the ability to be proud, and since the creation of the patriarch Zhang Daoling in the late Han Dynasty, it has been inherited from father to son for more than 1,200 years.
No matter how the dynasty changes, Zhengyi is always there, and the emperor of any dynasty has to be respected. The Zhang family of Longhu Mountain has also become a top veteran nobleman who can be called the Confucian family in Qufu.
This made the Zhang family develop this sense of detachment of watching him rise up a tall building, watching him feast on his guests, and watching his building collapse. The emperor who doesn't think 'you sing and I'll appear' is quite a thing.
Zhang Maocheng learned to walk when he was four years old, and there was a faint thunder in the sky. At a young age, he taught and became the forty-fifth generation of Heavenly Masters.
Since he was a child, he has responded to every call, no one has disobeyed, and when he enters, he is sought after by thousands of people, which makes him look above the top and is deeply proud of his bloodline. Naturally, I don't take today's royal family, who is from a humble background, too seriously......
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"I can't hide anything from the sect master, and everyone is really looking forward to the sect leader to support them." Sun Jingxiu first flattered, and then sighed:
In fact, even the subordinates are the same. The two young princes didn't know the importance and acted recklessly. Especially that Yan Wang, how long has he been in Nanchang? More than 10,000 people have been arrested, and it is said that they will be beheaded in a few days, what a murder this is. ”
"This seat has long been shown to Jinshang, it is the appearance of a bloodthirsty pig and dragon," Zhang Maocheng said lightly: "I think his son is also in the same lineage, and Jiangxi should have this murder." ”
"Does the sect leader have a solution?" Sun Jingxiu asked tentatively.
"Difficult." Zhang Maocheng slowly shook his head and said, "If you face Emperor Hongwu, this seat can still be somewhat sure." But now these two young and vigorous princes, do they have the heart to the Tao? This seat looks eighty percent no. ”
"The sect leader is really accurate in looking at people, the two highnesses have never stepped into Zhengyiguan during this period of time." Sun Jingxiu smiled bitterly: "The subordinates said that if you don't come to worship Sanqing, the poor road will go to worship you, but the prayer post is handed in, and it is like a mud cow entering the sea without responding." ”
"I'm waiting for this seat to come." Zhang Maocheng said clearly: "Has the worship post of this seat been delivered?" ”
"Handed ......it over," Sun Jingxiu said with some embarrassment: "But the two highnesses replied that the Heavenly Master still has to fast today, so they won't meet." Let's talk about it when it's over. ”
"......" Zhang Maocheng's expression moved slightly, and his anger loomed. He has grown so big, this is the first time he has encountered it, and someone did not come to greet him immediately after receiving the post.
"It's fine." Zhang Maocheng held back two words for a while. Only then did he say slowly: "Let's go out first, this seat is going to be cultivated." ”
"Yes." Sun Jingxiu bowed down and retired.
After leaving the quiet room, Sun Jingxiu's face couldn't help but be full of melancholy. He could feel that the Celestial Master's momentum was weak, as if he lacked confidence. How can you confront those two fierce princes like this?
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Sun Jingxiu's guess was right, Zhang Tianshi was worried at this time, and he was by no means as calm as he looked.
Although he has been in the mountains, he knows everything about the wind and grass in Nanchang.
Zhang Tianshi even knew that Xiong Qitai killed Liu Lian in order to cover up the matter of "No Matter the Account Book".
Before leaving Longhu Mountain, he received a secret report from Beijing, saying that the "Regardless of Account Book" had fallen into the hands of the King of Chu......
And it is not an exaggeration to say that "Regardless of the Account Book" is a positive evidence of the crime.
"Those fools, why do you have to make an account book and write it down for such a shady thing?" At this point, when Zhang Maocheng thought of this stubble, he still gritted his teeth with hatred.
This kind of big man who was born high always lacks empathy. I don't want to think that if people don't have a book in their hands, you have no responsibility, but the pot has to be carried by others.
Besides, people must have a way to handle the right thing, otherwise they will even be able to get the due return when the time comes.
In any case, no matter how incompetent and furious Zhang Tianshi is, he can't change the status quo that the "No Matter the Account Book" has fallen into the hands of the two highnesses, and the two governors of a province in Jiangxi have also become prisoners.
This made Zhang Maocheng instinctively feel dangerous, and if he didn't get it right, he would lose face and even hurt his muscles and bones. Therefore, coming to Nanchang this time and meeting the two highnesses is really the most important confrontation in his life.
Just as Sun Jingxiu said, the believers and believers in the entire Nanchang City and even Jiangxi Province are looking at him. In any case, you have to save face.
For this kind of religious aristocracy that has been passed down for thousands of years, many times, face is more important than anything else......
"Alas......" Zhang Maocheng let out a long sigh. I finally felt that the title of Heavenly Master was not only honorable, but also unimaginable pressure for ordinary people.
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The next day was Liu Lian's Manchu Seven Festival.
A Taoist priest set up a number of altars on the large flat of the yamen of the political envoy in advance.
Because it was the presence of the Heavenly Master in person, the number of altars was also very exaggerated. In addition to the capital altar that the Heavenly Master personally ascended, there were also a full one hundred and eight altars.
All the altars are set up to make offerings, burn incense and plant flags, and the big and small bullnoses go to the altar together, praying for all the truths to come to the altar to help the mage completely resolve the grievances of the dead.
This time, the main gods invited to resolve grievances include Yuan Shi Tianzun, Salvation Tianzun, Taishang Daojun, Taishang Laojun and other main gods; As well as the Lingbao Lingbao who specializes in resolving grievances, the nine heavens of resolving grievances and relieving knots, and the four gods of Lingbao Ruyi, Wansi, Resolving Grievances and Relieving Knots.
In the overwhelming chanting of incantations, the great gods invited by the Taoist priests summoned the great gods of Jiufeng to break the filth, the great god of washing, the great god of unrighteous judgment, the great god of righteous fire eyes, the great god of thunder and drum eyes, the great god of full-angle complex body, and the great god of relieving grievances and relieving the opposite, to clear the blood lake and break the disgust.
Then, Zhang Tianshi issued an order, ordering the Northern Emperor and all the ghost officials, bull-headed jailers, the mighty god king, the Great Demon of the Three Realms, the Nine Billion Ghost King, and the Great God of the Blood Lake, to obey the edict and pardon the sinful soul.
In the end, the Heavenly Master told Yuan Shi Fu that the Yuan Emperor would pardon and save the soul of the unjust death and allow him to be promoted at the right time.
Strictly speaking, this is the end of the transcendence ceremony, but the puja is not over, and the Celestial Master still has to explain the Dharma to the devotees.
At this time, suddenly a team of guards entered the dojo with a tray and placed the tray on the table in front of Liu Lianling.
Together, they lifted the black cloth that covered the tray, revealing three bloody human heads. Then all the guards shouted in unison: "Liu Shenzheng, His Royal Highness has avenged you, go on the road with peace of mind!" ”
That is the first level of Xiong Qitai, Liu Kong and Ma experienced.
Looking at the vividness of the freshness, it is obvious that the beheading is synchronized with the ceremony.
(End of chapter)