Chapter 128: List of Gods
There are dozens of large and small temples inside and outside the city of Yulongfu, and there are nine big temples in the city.
Among them, there are temples such as the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva Temple, the Remnant God Temple, the Eyeless Arhat Temple, the One-legged God, and the Wutong God that Li Yuan is very familiar with.
"Not counting the previous dynasties, there are as many as four hundred and twenty gods who have been enshrined in the past thousand years, the most common one, there are one hundred and twenty-three, and the four gods of the thousand-eyed bodhisattva, the remnant god, the blood, the flesh, the bones, and the tendons all belong to this list......
In the teahouse, Li Yuan flipped through the book, or rather, 'the list of gods.'
There are many lists in Yunshu Building, and the types are even more varied, many of which even require a high threshold to buy, and ordinary people can't reach them at all.
Similar to the 'Talent List' of out-of-state and provincial.
The list of gods does not belong to this list, but the price of one book is also twenty taels, which is the most expensive one among the dozen or so lists that Liu Zheng bought.
It details the one hundred and twenty-three most common gods among the people, as well as the distribution of their temples.
"Among the gods, the number of temples ranks first, is the Thousand-Eyed Bodhisattva, and the temples are as many as four thousand three hundred and forty-six, which is also the number of Universiade counties......
Li Yuan watched it with relish, and on this list, there is a small story for each god.
Truth or not, but it's very interesting.
「…… The red-haired Buddha, with 380 temples, distributed in the prefectures and counties of the five provinces and 28 states......
"Sword Spirit God ......"
"Hundred-armed Taoist ......"
……
Li Yuan looked very carefully, mainly because he was also very interested in incense, and it was necessary to understand this.
It's just that what makes him slander is that the so-called righteous gods enshrined by the Dayun Imperial Court are more like evil gods than righteous gods in terms of name, appearance, story, etc.
"If you want them to believe, you must first make them afraid?"
Li Yuan closed the book, and after Liu Zheng went out, he took all the lists he bought during this time:
"Oiran List, Sword Catching List, Divine Soldier List, Peerless List...... By the way, there are also spirit beast lists, spirit insect lists, and spirit fish lists."
「…… It's so comprehensive."
After glancing at the sky, Li Yuan took the booklets and stuffed them into his cuffs, but he was not in the mood to read them at this time.
"Find a place to eat."
There is no shortage of food on the mountain, and there is no shortage of delicious food, but the variety is definitely far inferior to Fucheng, every time he goes down the mountain, Li Yuan has to treat himself first.
Although he has not yet obtained the real God worship method, but in terms of the scriptures of God worship, is this not also considered an offering to God?
Wash and bathe every day, eat well, don't listen to all kinds of pills, and the silver is like running water.
What believer in God can be so good to himself?
……
After eating, Li Yuan sent Wang Peiyao to search for all kinds of information, and he himself went shopping with Liu Zheng in the latter's resentful eyes.
On the way, Li Yuan went to the shops he frequented and found four pairs of first-order boots, two pairs each in Sihe and Liuhe.
Boots made of spirit animal skin, the starting price is twelve taels of silver to go up, and idlers don't buy them at all, but most of the time, they can't buy them.
Without him, spirit animals are scarce.
The spirit beast in the beast is like a high-grade root bone, one out of ten thousand is exaggerated, but there is still one out of a thousand, and it is naturally difficult to catch it.
"There are a lot of people in Fucheng, and there are many restaurants called the number one, and no matter how many spirit beasts there are, they are not enough."
Liu Zheng picked his teeth with an iron pick, reminiscing about the delicacy of the spirit beast, in the past, he was reluctant to eat a meal.
"The Hundred Flowers Pavilion is a sudden."
"Huh?"
Li Yuan glanced at him and remembered that he still had dozens of invitations that he hadn't used.
"Well, you can pick a few of them later......
Li Yuan does not reject this, the commander of the army is promoted to the sixth order, and the joint army furnace is a big consumer of gold and silver, no matter how much he has, he is not too much.
Fucheng is a good dragon mansion, but for more than a thousand years, many industries have long been finalized, and he wants to meddle in them
No.
The only way is to cooperate with these large and small families, and small transactions are also transactions, and small transactions add up to a lot.
"There are a few families who are quite sincere, and they have come to the banquet many times ago to invite me, and the money has not been spent."
Liu Zheng was very attentive and did not hide it, and told the big and small things during this period of time.
Including which banquets I accepted, who gave gifts, how much was returned, and how much was left......
No wonder Liu Bin was able to fill the vacancy of the county order......
Li Yuan nodded in his heart.
The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, he has never thought of eating alone, and he doesn't like others to eat alone.
"Brother Li, are you going to the Bodhisattva Temple?"
Liu Zheng reported all the way, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a towering temple in the distance.
"It's rare to go down the mountain, so naturally you have to take a turn."
Li Yuan swept behind him, and had to admit that the disciples of the inner sect of the Divine Soldier Valley had some things.
The disciples who followed him, he was stunned all the way and didn't notice it.
"Well, I've been here."
Liu Zheng smiled, leading the way, his talent is very poor, but he is very familiar with the environment quickly.
In less than half a year, he knew all the districts and forces in Fucheng.
"I don't know, did Zhao Yunsheng or the people behind him target me?"
Li Yuan was curious and cautious.
It was his first time fishing, and he didn't know if he could catch a big fish.
He didn't plan to go down the mountain, and he didn't want to go to Sun Zan's birthday banquet, but there were 80,000 miles and Fang Baoluo there, so he wanted to give it a try.
The taste of being remembered is not pleasant, if you don't kill the last batch, you can still calm down and practice martial arts.
The thousand-eyed Bodhisattva temple in Fucheng is much larger than that in Gaoliu County, and there is an endless stream of believers and pilgrims.
There are various stalls outside the temple, the sound of selling is endless, and there are many aromas of snacks.
Li Yuan bought some and followed the flow of people into the temple.
As soon as you enter the temple gate, the strong smell of incense comes from the surface, and in the center of the venue that can accommodate thousands of people,
There was an incense burner that was bigger than all three of them combined.
【Thousand-eyed Bodhisattva incense burner in front of the temple (3rd order)】
[Wrought iron mixed with iron and bronze casting, thousands of years have not changed color...... The thirst of countless believers turned into wisps of incense, and the supernatural ...... gradually became born.
[Palm conditions: worship the god law threefold, a thousand jun power]
[Palm Control Effect: Rooting on the ground (light green), some good luck (light green), incomplete worship method (light green), solemn treasure (light green)]
"This incense burner ......"
Twenty meters away from the incense burner, Li Yuan's eyes lit up, this incense burner was pure in color, without a trace of blood!
"Is this the orthodox worship of God?"
Li Yuan became interested, but before he stepped forward, he suddenly noticed that the crowd was commotioning.
"Mansion Master!"
Pilgrims exclaimed and dispersed.
When Li Yuan turned around, he saw a small gray sedan chair parked outside the temple gate, and an elegant old man walked into the temple accompanied by a headcatcher.
"The name of the head catcher is Ren Jingfei, one of the six major head catchers in Fucheng, it is said that the martial arts are extremely high, and the old man is the new lord Wang Zhaozhi......
Liu Zheng introduced in a low voice.
Two years after the death of the previous mansion master, the mansion master took office, but it happened that the Shenbing Valley opened the mountain gate before, and no one paid attention to it.
After all, the lord of the flowing water, the iron-clad Valley of the Divine Soldiers.
"Hmm."
Looking at the two people who were picked up by a few monks, Li Yuan couldn't help but think of the Lu County Commander.
Compared with the various sectarian forces, the existence of the imperial court is not conspicuous in all prefectures and counties, but if it can be the nominal co-lord of the world, the strength of the imperial court is naturally beyond doubt.
He suspected that the orthodox worship method was in the hands of the imperial court, otherwise, he couldn't figure out why the imperial court would support so many temples to come out.
"How does the imperial court use the power of incense?"
Li Yuan was very curious, but he didn't show it, and walked around the temple with Liu Zheng a few times, and then left.
"Li Yuan!"
As soon as he left the temple gate, Li Yuan heard an exclamation, and he couldn't help but be surprised when he turned around:
"Is that you?"
He was summoned by a stall owner outside the temple gate, but it was the knife catcher who had stopped him by pretending to be a fortune teller.
"Zhang Yuanfang!"
The stall owner said, his eyes full of complexity.
"You, really good at fortune telling?"
Li Yuan was a little surprised.
When they met again, Zhang Yuanfang was still dressed as a Taoist priest, and he was still setting up a fortune-telling booth, but Li Yuan's eyes were sharp, and he saw that his cuffs were empty.
Zhang Yuanfang shook his empty sleeves and laughed at himself:
"I met a group of strongmen on the road, lost an arm, and now, I can only rely on fortune telling to make a living."
"You're the knife catcher from before?"
Liu Zheng also recognized this person, he had seen this person when the city guards arrested him.
"You have eyes but don't know the dragon, you have become a true disciple......
Zhang Yuan sighed.
He never thought that a junior apprentice who had been casually stopped in the small county town was now a true disciple of the Divine Soldier Valley.
knew that today, he was bankrupt at that time, and he had to climb this thigh by smashing pots and selling iron......
"It's also the master's value, luck, luck."
Li Yuan still had a deep impression of this colleague, and when he saw him down, he couldn't help but feel some feelings in his heart.
A Taoist priest who is not naturalized is not easy to mix up no matter where he is.
"Luck, you can't be the truth."
Zhang Yuanfang shook his head, he glanced at Liu Zheng, and said in a low voice, "How about talking in a different place?"
Li Yuan nodded.
……
In the restaurant, Zhang Yuan gobbled up, and one hand did not delay him from eating at all.
Liu Zheng went back to the forging shop very interestingly.
"Is it enough? Not enough to order a few more dishes."
Li Yuan put down the dishes and chopsticks, he ate a lot of snacks on the way, but he was not too hungry.
"Thank you."
After wiping the oil stain on his mouth and drinking another cup of tea, Zhang Yuanfang leaned back on the chair with a satisfied expression.
Since his broken arm, he has not entered a restaurant.
"It's just a meal."
Li Yuan waved his hand:
"Brother Zhang stopped me, but what's the matter?"
"Hmm."
Zhang Yuanfang nodded, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he lowered his voice and said:
"You're going down this time for the Talent List, right?"
Li Yuan's eyes moved slightly, and he did not answer.
"I've seen the merchant who sent the list to Yun Shulou......
"Huh?"
Li Yuan raised his eyebrows.
Before Fang Baoluo and Ba Wanli took people down the mountain, they told him about the whole story.
The merchant disappeared without a trace, and the Supervision Hall could not find it......
Zhang Yuanfang gritted his teeth slightly and said in a low voice:
"Brother Li, this information, can I ask you to change a bowl of rice to eat?"
"If it's true, there is no shortage of you in the valley for a bowl of rice to eat."
Li Yuan agreed without thinking about it, there are more people raised in the Divine Soldier Valley, and he doesn't care about one more.
Zhang Yuanfang shook his head: "It's not the Valley of Divine Soldiers, it's you."
"Oh?"
Li Yuan was a little surprised.
"That merchant is the outer disciple of Sanyuanwu's 'Zhao Bogang, the Zhao family who was destroyed by you."
Zhang Yuanfang did not talk about the conditions, and said in a low voice.
"The Zhao family?"
Li Yuan was a little surprised: "The Zhao family can worship the Sanyuanwu?"
As far as he knew, the major sects in Huizhou had strict geographical restrictions on accepting disciples, and it was necessary to have a clear identity.
The Zhao family has been with the gods for generations
The valley has a relationship, and it is impossible to be included in the door......
"Maybe it's a cunning rabbit, right?"
Zhang Yuanfang was very determined, gritting his teeth:
"That person must be Zhao Bogang! More than 20 years ago, he killed my brother with a horseback and turned to ashes, and I recognize him!"
Li Yuan didn't bother with this, and asked:
"Where's the others?"
"Outside the city, the Blood King Kong Temple!"
……
"Outside the city?"
Seeing Zhang Yuanfang leave, Li Yuan squinted slightly, a little curious: "Did I catch a fish?"
On the one hand, there is no friendship, and he naturally won't easily believe Zhang Yuanfang's words.
Even if he gave a reason, he also talked about how to find out.
But, where did an inner strength martial artist with a broken right hand have the courage to follow the outer disciples of a major sect?
Dare to sneak into the Dragon Mansion to stir up the wind and rain, Li Yuan estimated that any outer disciple could be fake.
"Maybe it's a big fish?"
Li Yuan touched his chin, as far as he knew, novice anglers tend to make big shipments......
"That's the case."
Li Yuan thought about it, quietly went to a forging shop, and took out a second-order long-handled hammer from the warehouse.
Before going to find Zhang Yuanfang, he summoned Liu Zheng and Wang Peiyao.
"Although there are senior brothers and second senior brothers, for the sake of safety, let's call a few more people......
……
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It is not easy to live in Yulong Mansion, but people from various counties migrate here every year.
Some people gained a foothold in the city, others sold themselves into slavery, and many more gathered outside the city.
They have no land and no land, some people fish for a living, and more of them are small workers, small servants, and small two people from various families in Fucheng, and they are also absenteeism from mining mines in Shenbing Valley.
Over time, tens of thousands of households of 'villages and towns' have been formed, which are more prosperous than ordinary county seats.
"In the eyes of the people of Fucheng, we are untouchables who can't get along in our respective counties, but I have to say that it's really good to live here."
Walking more than ten miles along the riverbank, Zhang Yuanfang pointed to the villages and towns in the distance.
In addition to the lack of thick city walls, the town is really not inferior to Gaoliu County, and there are many people who come and go.
"The transportation is convenient, the mountains and rivers are close to the city, and it is indeed a good place."
Li Yuan was a little touched.
The gathering place reminded him of the urban village where he lived.
"Still relying on the Valley of the Divine Soldiers!"
Zhang Yuanfang added: "We don't leave here, we accumulate from generation to generation, just waiting for one day, a superior bone will emerge from the descendants of the next generation......
Li Yuan nodded in understanding.
In fact, there have been many disciples in the Valley of Divine Soldiers in the past dynasties, and the most famous is 80,000 miles.
Many years ago, it was also a sensation.
"Maybe a few generations, more than ten generations later, there will be people in my Zhang family who can worship in the Valley of Divine Soldiers, right?"
Zhang Yuanfang was silent and led the way.
Not long after, Li Yuan saw a small temple built at the foot of a hill that was quite deserted.
"Brother Zhang, let's go to your house first?"
Li Yuan suddenly spoke.
"Huh?"
Zhang Yuanfang was stunned and shook his head: "So as not to have too many dreams at night, Brother Li is still ......."
Before the words fell, a low roar was heard in the Blood King Kong Temple:
"Do it!"