Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 86 Wangdi and Congdi

Xia Lei looked at my shocked look, he smiled with satisfaction, and said: "That's right, the Tsing Yi God of our Qiang people and the first Shu king of the ancient Shu Kingdom are both Cancong clan, he led the ancient Qiang people from The ignorant nomadic life began to settle down, build a country, and finally created a brilliant civilization on this land. For us descendants, his greatness is beyond doubt, so he is the god of our Qiang people!"

I just looked at the radiant old man in front of me, bit my lip and asked, "Is that Ruochu the daughter of Can Cong?"

After listening to my words, Xia Lei laughed dumbly and said: "Of course not, Tsing Yi Shen is the first king of Shu, he existed for an extremely long time, and the people who ruled the ancient Shu Kingdom later were the Baiguan clan and the Yufu clan. After Tsing Yi God, they worked hard to govern, taught farming and mulberry, and taught people fishery, making the ancient Shu Kingdom stronger and stronger, and became a well-deserved overlord in this land. The descendants of Tsing Yi God were regarded as the gods by the ancient Shu people. The descendants represent the majesty of the Tsing Yi God, and at the same time shoulder the heavy responsibility of communicating with the gods in the sky. They are revered as high priests, with a high status and are not inferior to the king of Shu. And the Ruochu you mentioned is in the old age of the Yufu clan a high priest at that time."

I suddenly realized, no wonder I saw Ruochu wearing a golden phoenix robe in the dream of the evil dragon soul, guarded by thousands of ancient Shu Kingdom guards, she looked extremely majestic, it turned out that she had an extremely high status in the ancient Shu Kingdom The high priest represents the identity of the gods.

The mysteries in my heart were unraveled one by one, and the originally scattered clues began to be connected together through Xia Lei's words.

I put both hands on my thighs and kept tapping them excitedly. I excitedly said to Xia Lei: "Then the rebellion followed, right? It was the ancestor of the zombies who took control of the ancient Shu Kingdom, and then he confronted Xia Lei again. If you start at the beginning, don't you?"

Xia Lei was stunned for a moment, the expression on his face looked a bit inexplicable, as if he didn't understand what I said, he frowned at me and said: "What kind of zombie ancestor, what kind of mess is that?"

I was taken aback, did I guess wrong?

What I saw in the dream of the evil dragon soul was the middle-aged man who caught Ruochu, and if I connected with the phantom and the golden monkey king and others I saw in the ruins of ancient Shu, it is not difficult to judge that it was the suspected man back then. The middle-aged man who was the ancestor of the zombie controlled the ancient Shu Kingdom, and captured Ruochu and made her into an artificial dragon vein.

But why did Xia Lei show such an inexplicable expression? Could it be that he didn't know what happened back then, didn't he know that the middle-aged man was a zombie?

While I was sitting there thinking wildly, Xia Lei said: "Although I don't know what you mean by that zombie, but what you said earlier is true. Everything is because of a rebellion that year."

Xia Lei's expression darkened a lot when he said this, and he said with a broken heart: "At that time, it was the era when Yufu King Du Yu was in power. During Du Yu's reign, he was diligent and caring for the people. I support him very much. However, in his later years, an unprecedented flood broke out in the whole of Shu. It was a flood that swept across the entire southwest region. Its ferocity was almost comparable to that of the flood in the time of Emperor Yao The common people suffered a lot from it, dying and fleeing, and the country fell into chaos. The population of Shu Kingdom dropped by [-] to [-]%. And Du Yu also tried to control the flood, but he tried everything The method cannot fundamentally solve this disaster.”

"Until that person came, that man named Bie Ling came to Sichuan at this time. He claimed to be from the Chu country in the east and could understand the nature of water. Yufu King Du Yu heard about Bie Ling and asked him to People called him to meet each other, but it was not too late for the two to meet each other. Du Yu thought that Bieling was not only smart, but also had great wisdom, and also knew the nature of water. He was a talent, so he appointed Bieling as the prime minister of ancient Shu Kingdom He cured the water."

I was fascinated to hear it. Although I didn't understand the relationship between Xia Lei's story and the rebellion, I had a feeling in my heart that there might be something wrong with the Chu country named Bie Ling.

Xia Lei glanced at me, and continued: "That Bie Ling is indeed a talented person. He is like King Yu who controlled the flood a long time ago. He traveled all over Shu, observed the terrain, and finally found a solution to the flood. Bieling led people to dig open Yulei Mountain and let the water of Minjiang River flow through. Since then, the flood has gradually subsided, and the entire Shu region has regained its prosperity and tranquility."

"It seems that the man named Bie Ling is very capable. He solved the flood that even the King of Shu could not control, but what does this have to do with that rebellion?" I faintly felt that something was wrong with the person named Bie Ling, but without more clues, I couldn't guess what happened next.

After hearing what I said, Xia Lei's expression became a little painful, as if what he said next made him very sad, and he said: "It doesn't matter, it matters a lot. When Bie Ling met Du Yu back then At that time, Ruochu, who was the high priest, told Du Yu that there was a problem with the turtle spirit and told him to be careful, but Du Yu, who wanted to use the turtle spirit to control the flood at that time, didn't listen to him at all, and instead kept delegating power. For Bie Ling, Du Yu can be said to have given up everything he has to control the water in Bie Ling."

"In the end, as the high priest said, during the flood control period, Bie Ling showed kindness to the people, united with his party members and cultivated cronies, and unknowingly took away the power of the ancient Shu Kingdom. After the successful flood control, he forced Du Yu passed on the throne of the ancient Shu kingdom to him, and imprisoned Du Yu on the western mountain, and put him under house arrest. As a generation of Shu king, Du Yu was kind and benevolent. He never imagined that his trusted minister would have such ambitions , and finally died of grief and indignation on the west mountain. According to ancient legends, after Du Yu's death, his soul turned into a cuckoo bird, screaming one after another: "It's better to go home than to go home", expressing the grievance and anger in his heart. Later Because of Du Yu's achievements, people respect him as 'Wangdi' and offer sacrifices to him every year."

While Xia Lei was talking, tears flowed from his eyes, and he said in a trembling voice, "I still remember that you Han people once wrote a poem."

"Du Yu used to be the emperor of Shu. He turned into a bird and flew to the deserted old city. It is called the Peach Blossom Moon every year, and it seems to complain to the spring breeze about the country's death."

Xia Lei finished reading this sad and melancholy ancient poem with sobs, his voice sounded heartbroken, as if he felt sympathy and pity for the ancient Shu king named Du Yu.

At this moment, I seem to be infected by the story Xia Lei told, and I feel sad and pitiful, but at the same time, I think of another ancient poem I learned in textbooks, written by the poet named Li Shangyin. Written: "Zhuang Shengxiao dreamed of butterflies, Wangdi Chunxin entrusted cuckoos."

Wang Di!

Unexpectedly, the legendary Emperor Wang turned out to be Du Yu in Xia Lei's story. If I remember correctly, Master once told me that there was a Wangcong Temple built in Pixian County, Chengdu, which was specially used to worship Of the two emperors who made great contributions in ancient times, it seems that Emperor Wang among them is Du Yu who turned into a cuckoo bird after his death.

I looked at Xia Lei, who was a little sad at this time, and asked quickly: "Does that rebellion refer to the usurpation of the throne by the turtle spirit and the death of Emperor Wang? And that Ruochu, what happened in the end?"

Xia Lei let out a long breath, as if he wanted to dispel the depression in his heart, he continued: "Bie Ling usurped the throne of the ancient Shu Kingdom, forced Wang Emperor Du Yu to death, and then called himself Emperor Kaiming, and was called Emperor Kaiming by others." Emperor Cong, and the ancient Shu Kingdom that started from him was called the Enlightened Dynasty, and Bie Ling was the first Shu King of the Enlightened Dynasty!"

"As a foreigner from the state of Chu, he not only usurped the throne of the king of Shu, but also forced to death the previous generation of Emperor Wang. As the descendant of the Tsing Yi God, the high priest would naturally not submit, so after that rebellion, the representative of theocracy The descendants of the Tsing Yi God and the usurper Bieling once again started a war. In the end, because the Bieling won the support of the people during the flood control, and the huge army was under his control, the result of the war ended with the victory of the Bieling. Destroyed the high priest's army and captured Ruochu by the Minjiang River. From then on, the ancient Shu Kingdom founded by the Tsing Yi God was seized by this Chu countryman from outside!"

I was inexplicably shocked. It turned out that in the dream of the ruins of ancient Shu and the soul of the evil dragon, the middle-aged man I saw was the turtle spirit!

But, isn't this turtle spirit the ancestor of zombies that the white-clothed corpse king said?
(End of this chapter)