Lanxi City God Temple, built 300 years ago, after several relocations, finally sat on Erlong Mountain 200 years ago. Since then www.biquge.info Erlongshan has become the successive Lanxi City God Dojo.

After the City God Temple was moved to Erlong Mountain, it was once prosperous with incense. Because the successive city gods of Lanxi were very effective at that time, the incense believers from the three cities and four counties around Lanxi came to Erlong Mountain to worship in an endless stream.

Even some mandrill spirits come to Erlong Mountain to worship.

At its peak, the believers who came to worship had reached the point of rubbing shoulders, and even the temple buildings donated by the believers on the mountain had reached more than 100, covering almost the entire Erlong Mountain.

More than a decade ago, however, a catastrophe struck. There has been a great drought in the north for many years, and hunger is everywhere. In the south, although there was no major drought, floods raged for months, causing plague to rage.

And Lanxi, which is in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, is naturally not immune. For a time, almost all the houses in Lanxi were hung with white silk, which can be described as full of vegetarian food.

The desperate people can only pin all their hopes on Lanxi Chenghuang. So he took his family to Erlong Mountain to worship and pray for the protection of the city god.

In the beginning, the Lanxi City God often appeared, and many believers were also treated by the City God, but one night, when people woke up, they suddenly found that the statues in the City God Temple had suddenly collapsed. The frightened believers should restore the collapsed idol. However, since then, the Lanxi City God has never appeared again.

At that time, it was believed that the city god had abandoned the believers, and the plague of integrity was raging, and for a while, the whole Lanxi fell into infinite despair.

Who knew that when people were desperate, two immortals appeared at the same time on the east mountain outside the city and among the ruins in the south of the city, one was called the Dongshan Divine Mother, and the other was called Wong Tai Sin.

People in desperation rushed to the doctor when they were sick, so they went to worship these two immortals with the mentality of giving it a try, but they didn't expect these two immortals to appear on the day of worship. Not only did it heal some believers with deep faith, but even the plague around Lanxi was gradually expelled.

Since then, the fame of the two great immortals has spread throughout the three cities and four counties around Lanxi, replacing the position of the city god who once dominated the Shinto of Lanxi.

In the following ten years, as the reputation of the two great immortals grew, Lanxi Chenghuang has gradually been forgotten by people.

I never thought that a few days ago, the Wang family suddenly offered to rebuild the City God Temple in Erlong Mountain, and even invited the county master to set up a monument inscription for the City God Temple.

This incident caused a great shock in the three cities and four counties around Lanxi. Because before this, there had been two prefectural orders in the county, and there were three prefectural orders in total.

During this period, the Goddess Mother of Dongshan and the temple blessings in the Wong Tai Sin Temple both wrote letters requesting to become official worshippers, but they were all refused.

Who knew that this time, the county order actually promised the Wang family to erect a monument inscription for the Xincheng God's Temple, which angered the temple wishes and the believers of the two immortals of the other two temples.

There are even some radical believers who openly slander the prefectural order

It is said that it is the order of a county, not to erect a monument for the true god, but to erect a monument for a false god that no longer exists, I simply don't know what to do.

Because the Dongshan Divine Mother and Wong Tai Sin believers were very powerful, they were finally under pressure. The prefectural order finally came forward to clarify that it was.

The matter of erecting the monument and inscription is to go in an individual capacity, not in the capacity of a parent official, so there is no question of erecting a city god as a formal worship.

But even so, there are still people who feel that it should not be.

Therefore, this time the opening of the Erlongshan City God Temple, the county order also came to participate under great pressure.

Although the midsummer has just passed, but Erlongshan actually has a bit of a feeling of depression, although today is the day of the reconstruction of the Erlongshan Chenghuang Temple, but there are very few people who come to watch.

In addition to the Wang family and a few domestic servants brought by the county order, only Ning Caichen's group and some villagers under the mountain who came to see the excitement were left.

As soon as Ning Caichen went up the mountain, he was sent by Master Wang to call Wang Xin.

Ning Caichen stepped forward, but saw that Master Wang was talking in a low voice with the county commander.

stepped forward and bowed: "Ning Sheng has seen the county lord, the king is outside. ”

The county commander Wang Bozheng was talking to Master Wang, and when he heard someone visiting, he turned his head and saw Ning Caichen, who was dressed in a white robe, standing in front of him like a thousand-year-old pine, and his eyes couldn't help but light up.

Turning his head to the old man beside him, he asked, "Who is this?"

When Master Wang saw that it was Ning Caichen, he stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "This is the Ning Caichen I introduced to you before, and Xin'er's illness is also thanks to Caichen's wonderful rejuvenation." ”

"Oh, I'll just say which Junjie is, it turns out to be the Ning Shen Doctor who saved my family's Xin'er. After listening to Master Wang's introduction, Wang Bo's eyes flashed with appreciation.

Seeing a flash of doubt on Ning Caichen's face, the old man on the side explained with a smile: "Caichen doesn't need to be different, the county lord is the son of our Wang family, and he is the fourth in the family, that is, the fourth uncle of Xin'er." ”

After hearing this, Ning Caichen suddenly felt in his heart, and said how could this county lord agree so easily to the matter of Lord Wang erecting an inscription for the Chenghuang Temple, but it turned out to have such a relationship.

After Master Wang's introduction, Wang Bo nodded with a smile, then pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Caichen, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to ask or not." ”

After Ning Caichen heard this, he paused and replied: "The county respects and asks, Caichen knows everything." ”

After hearing this, Wang Bo nodded and asked: "I heard what the eldest brother said before, it was Caichen who proposed to rebuild this City God Temple, but as far as I know, Caichen's mother believes in the Dongshan Divine Mother, I don't know why Caichen wants to rebuild this City God Temple?"

After Wang Bo finished speaking, a pair of eagle eyes stared at Ning Caichen motionlessly, trying to see a trace of difference in Ning Caichen's eyes.

But seeing that Ning Caichen was silent for a while, he said: "What the county lord said is reasonable, although Caichen's mother believes in Dongshan Divine Mother, Caichen is first and foremost a Confucian student, and Confucianism should put Sheji first. The major affairs of the society are also in the worship and Rong, and the two are the foundation of the country, so we have to be cautious.

According to Cai Chen's observation, this Wong Tai Sin and the Dongshan Divine Mother are not righteous gods, especially this Dongshan Divine Mother, who actually wants to use a child as a sacrifice, which is clearly the behavior of a strange and evil god.

If these gods become the official worship of Lanxi, I am afraid that the entire Lanxi, and even the three cities and four counties around Lanxi, will suffer. ”

When Ning Caichen spoke, Wang Bo stared at Ning Caichen without blinking, and saw that what Ning Caichen said was sincere, which did not seem to be a hypocrisy.

Only then did he sigh faintly and said: "Caichen is really not annoyed by seeing it, but it's a pity that I, the county commander, am in charge of the county order, but I can only stand by and watch the evil gods such as the Dongshan Divine Mother do evil, which is really sad." ”

After speaking, he sighed for a long time, and there was an indescribable loneliness in his eyes.

After listening to the words of the county order, Ning Caichen couldn't help but be angry and confused.

As far as Ning Caichen knows. Although the spirit and evil gods have great powers, they can't influence humane things, and although the county order doesn't know how to use magical powers, it has its own humane luck, not to mention the general spirit and evil gods, even the gods can't do anything about it.

Wang Bo may have felt the doubts in Ning Caichen's heart, and sighed again and said: "Caichen doesn't know, since the national teacher Qingwu Master stayed in the imperial court, almost all the rituals in the world have been destroyed, and the court of Great Chu is vying to worship the national teacher, but where is there anyone who cares about these rituals of the city god. ”

"Then, what about the people of the Qin Heavenly Prison?

"Qin Tianjian, hehe, the people of Qin Tianjian were either imprisoned, executed by the national teacher, or they were born as the doglegs of the national teacher. ”

"Then those Immortal Dao Sects and Heavenly Court don't care?"

"I don't know how long the Daomen and Heavenly Court can't be contacted, and if they can communicate with Heavenly Court, they won't let the National Teacher do this. Wang Bo shook his head with a wry smile and said.

After thinking for a long time, Ning Caichen suddenly raised his head, and a flash flashed in his eyes and asked, "Master Qingwu?"

Wang Bo was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then nodded with a wry smile in his eyes and said: "It seems that you guessed it by Caichen, yes, Qingwu Guoshi claims to be a disciple of Sakyamuni, and he is called Qingwu Buddha." ”

Seeing Wang Bo nodding in confirmation, Ning Caichen's heart suddenly understood

For thousands of years, because of this dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, I don't know how many innocent people have died, and even some Buddhist gods have fallen because of this.

However, judging from the situation described by the county order just now, the style of this Qing Wuguo Master is not like that of ordinary Buddhist disciples, but more like some monsters who have become spirits.

As soon as he thought of this, Ning Caichen spoke.

"But according to what the county zun said just now, the style of this national teacher is not like an ordinary Buddhist disciple, but more like an evil god and spirit, is there no one to identify Qing Wu's true identity?"

"Who will appraise it? At present, the Dao Sect is weak, and the Qing Wuguo Master has a Buddhist background, so if he rashly comes out to appraise it, if it is not good, he will be opposed by the entire Buddhist Sect and will be even more seriously suppressed.

As for Buddhism, I'm afraid I don't want to come out for identification, not to mention, after Qingwu became a national teacher, the imperial court was very generous to Buddhism.

Let's just say that Buddhism comes forward, even if it is identified that Qingwu is not a disciple of Buddhism, I am afraid it will not be easy to make it public. Otherwise, in the eyes of the world, how should Buddhism deal with itself?" Wang Bo said with a sad expression.

"This group of bald donkeys, who usually keep saying that they want to punish evil and promote good, end up for their own selfishness, and they don't care about the lives of the people. As he spoke, Ning Caichen's face had turned iron-blue.

Wang Bo on the side listened to Ning Caichen's words, and hurriedly stopped him: "Caichen said carefully, after all, Qingwu is currently in power, and Buddhism is powerful, if it is heard by others, I am afraid that it will inevitably be imprisoned." ”

After listening to this, Ning Caichen raised his eyebrows and said: "Others are afraid of his Buddhism, but I am not afraid." ”

After saying that, he was silent for a while, and then he asked again: "But why is it that in addition to those ancient temples in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Mansion, I have not heard of Naqing Wu building a temple here so far." ”

After listening to this, Wang Bo nodded and explained: "The reason why Jiangsu and Zhejiang have not been poisoned by Qing Wu is because the Buddhism here is prosperous and there are many temples. But as far as I know, now, except for a few famous mountains in the north, almost all of them are controlled by Qing Wu, or it won't be long before Qing Wu will completely tear his face with Buddhism and set up his own door, and then this Jiangsu and Zhejiang may not be able to escape Qing Wu's claws. ”