This Liao Zhai is not right

But she quickly dismissed her previous thoughts and thought: "The idea of Shinto being revealed to the world is not a fantasy. In the ancient times, there was a very long period of time when humans and gods coexisted. Many myths handed down today were also handed down from that time. Later, Zhuanxu, one of the Five Emperors, separated the earth and the sky, divided the humans and gods, and each performed his own duties without interfering with each other."

"Of course, doing something in a tiny place like Guobei County won't cause much trouble, but if the scope is expanded, the consequences will be absolutely disastrous. Not only will the imperial court of the Yang world encircle and suppress you as it did the White Lotus Demon, but even the gods in the heavens who stay indoors will regard you as a thorn in their eyes and wish to grind you to ashes. After all, destroying someone's job is like killing their parents. This hatred is irreconcilable."

"So it's useless to think so much. It's more realistic to achieve Yang Shen Dacheng as soon as possible."

After much thought, Su Su didn't have many feasible plans.

Among heaven, earth, humans, gods and ghosts, Shinto is the most helpless.

We can only take one step at a time.

While his thoughts were wandering, Su Su had already passed through Guobei County and arrived at the end of West Street.

At this time, the low city wall at the end of the street was extremely lively. As soon as Su Su walked here, he saw many people from the city gathered around.

When I got closer, I found that they were watching the craftsmen who were busy building the Temple of the King of Hell. They were talking to each other and chatting nonstop.

"I heard that this Yama Temple was built by the Wen Judge in the city in a dream, saying that he personally followed the oracle of the City God and sent craftsmen to build it. I don't know if it's true or not."

"You may not know that some time ago, the city god of this county appeared in public and drove the ghost soldiers to capture the white lotus monster who sneaked into the city to cause chaos. That day, even the county magistrate ordered the white lotus monster to be killed. These monsters have committed many evil deeds, and it is rare for them to do a good thing."

"According to the farmers in Baishui Village, the new City God of Guobei County was originally the land of Baishui Village. He was promoted to the City God of Guobei County because of his many years of protection and meritorious service. The roof of the City God Temple that was struck by lightning was repaired the day before yesterday. I just went to add oil and burn incense, and the statue of the City God in the temple has changed its appearance. How can this be false?"

"Not only that, haven't you noticed that there are a lot more people walking outside the city at night these days? My uncle in Guangping Township said that Erlang, a boy from his neighbor's family, was almost possessed by a ghost when he was walking at night a few days ago, and he spent the night in a mass grave. Fortunately, the ghost soldiers under the command of the City God passed by and saved him."

"Hiss... is there such a thing?"

Rumors, whether true or false, spread among the onlookers, making Su Su embarrassed for a moment.

He couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had never revealed his true identity in front of the people of Guobei County, otherwise who knows what rumors would have spread.

Looking at the construction site of Yama Temple from afar, it is estimated that it will take another three days at most to complete the construction of Yama Temple. Then the eyes of the statue of King Yama will be inlaid with jade and consecrated with the power of Yangshen and the work will be complete.

So he turned around and was about to leave, thinking about going to the shop rented by Sun Si Niang in the east of the city.

As a result, after walking a few steps, two figures whose clothes and appearance were very different from those of the people in the city caught Su Su's attention. Looking up, he saw that the two men had curly beards and hair, and two huge iron rings hanging from their earlobes. It was the chilly spring season, but they were only wearing yellow cloth and were not afraid of the cold or heat.

"Amitabha, I don't know who is the deity next to us, please show yourself." After just a few glances from a distance, the two people actually noticed Su Su's gaze, and it was obvious that they were quite skilled in Taoism.

The two men put their hands together and bowed.

Judging from their words, they seemed to be two monks.

Su Fu had no intention of showing up to meet him. He pinched his throat and lowered his voice, saying, "I am the City God of Guobei County. Where are you two from and where are you going?"

The voice reached his ears, but Su Su did not show up.

One of them looked indignant, but was stopped by the other.

"I have met the city god of this county. The two of us came from the Western Regions. We have heard that there are four sacred mountains in China: Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Wutai, and Mount Luojia. It is said that the mountains are covered with gold, and Avalokitesvara and Manjusri live on them. Anyone who climbs these four mountains will become a Buddha and will be able to live forever."

Chapter 97 Shinto

Hearing what the Western monk said, Su Su almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

She had only heard the legend that Tang Xuanzang and his disciples went through 81 trials and tribulations to reach the Lingshan Mountain in the West to seek the true scriptures, and then became Buddhas on the spot.

But the two Western monks in front of him actually came from the Western Regions and claimed that as long as they climbed to the top of Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Wutai and Mount Luojia, they could become Buddhas in the flesh and achieve immortality.

Such practice is too much of a joke.

"Did you two really travel thousands of miles from the Western Regions to the Central Plains?" Su Su asked with some suspicion.

The two Western monks were already accustomed to this kind of questioning, and even though they looked indignant, the man remained unmoved.

He explained calmly, "We left the Western Regions and passed the Flaming Mountain. We saw overlapping peaks, smoke rising, and the sky and earth were extremely hot, as if we were in a furnace. Anyone who wants to cross this mountain must walk after it rains. When crossing the mountains and ridges, you must concentrate, stare at the ground, and walk lightly. If you accidentally step on a rock, a billowing flame will immediately burst out, causing burns at best and death at worst."

After he finished speaking, another monk from the Western Regions spoke up.

"After passing the Flaming Mountain, go east for hundreds of miles and you will reach the Flowing Sand River. In the middle of the river stands the Crystal Mountain. The mountain is steep, with many cliffs and cliffs, reaching straight into the sky, thousands of feet high. The surroundings of the mountain are crystal clear, as if they don't exist. There is a pass in the Crystal Mountain, called the Two Dragon Pass, guarded by two dragons, both white dragons, with scales on their bodies and manes like crystal. The two dragons have their mouths intertwined, guarding the pass, and only one person can drive through. Anyone who wants to pass through must first kowtow and ask for permission. Only after the two dragons allow permission will the crossed mouths open, and only then can they pass through."

At this point, the Western monk looked sad and continued, "We came from the Western Regions to the Eastern Land. We experienced eighteen changes of winter and summer on the way. There were twelve of us when we set out. The journey was difficult and dangerous. When we arrived in the Central Land, only two of us were left."

There were a total of twelve foreign monks who left the Western Regions and traveled to the Middle Earth. After a long journey, only two were left.

The severity of the incident can be seen from this.

Even Su Su was amazed.

"After you arrived in Middle-earth, which mountains did you climb? Did you see the true body of the Bodhisattva?" Su Su asked curiously.

The two Western monks put their hands together again and chanted, "Amitabha."

Then he said, "We have already visited the two sacred mountains, Wutai Mountain and Taishan Mountain. There are miracles on both mountains, but no Buddha or Bodhisattva. I guess it is because we are not predestined with the Buddha, and the Buddha and Bodhisattva are unwilling to show themselves to us. That is why we came to Zhejiang and intend to go to Luojia Mountain."

It is recorded in the "Avatamsaka Sutra": There is a mountain in this place, named Potalaka, and there lives a Bodhisattva named Avalokitesvara.

Luojia Mountain, also known as Luojia Mountain and Qibao Luojia Mountain, is located in the Zhoushan Islands, a few miles southeast of Putuo Mountain. It is the place where Guanyin Bodhisattva practiced. These two Western monks searched for Buddha in famous mountains but to no avail, so they set their sights on Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The Jinhua Prefecture City adjacent to Guobei County is only about 600 miles away from the Guanyin Bodhisattva temple in the Zhoushan Islands. With the speed of these two Western monks, it would probably take only ten days or half a month to walk there.

Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared many times in the stories recorded in Liao Zhai, so there is no doubt that she exists. But I don't know whether these two monks from the Western Regions, who traveled thousands of miles to China, could see the true form of Guanyin Bodhisattva as they wished.

"Guobei County is not far from Zhoushan, and it won't take much time to get there. Something big is going to happen in Guobei County recently, so it's better for you two to leave as soon as possible. If you're late, it may delay you for quite some time." Su Su reminded.

The two Western monks looked at each other. Although they didn't know what the big thing Su Su was talking about was, they felt that the other party's willingness to remind them was a gesture of goodwill.

He quickly bowed and thanked the City God: "Thank you for telling us, we will leave this county tomorrow."

Before the two Western monks could finish their words, Su Su had already left the West Street in the city and headed towards the shop that Sun Si Niang rented in the alley in the east of the city.

Su Su did not pay much attention to the two Western monks who passed through Guobei County. On the contrary, she was more interested in Mount Putuo, the dojo of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, and Mount Luojia, the place of practice, which was only 600 miles away from Guobei County.

As far as Su Su knew, there was a chapter called "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven" in Liaozhai, which tells the story of Xu Sheng, a native of Yanzhou, Shandong, who followed his brother Xu Cheng to Fujian to do business. He heard that there was a "Great Sage Temple" in this place that was particularly effective. Xu Sheng did not know who the Great Sage enshrined in the temple was. After entering the main hall of the temple to pay his respects, he saw that the statue enshrined in the Great Sage Temple had a monkey head and a human body. It turned out to be the legendary Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong.

Xu Sheng, who had always been strong and upright, laughed at the ignorance of the world and worshipped the characters in the story, and then sneaked away while everyone was burning incense and worshipping. Afterwards, his brother Xu Cheng blamed Xu Sheng for neglecting the Monkey King, but Xu Sheng didn't think so. He said shamelessly that if the Monkey King was really a spirit, he would bear the punishment alone even if he was hit by a knife or lightning.

However, that night, Xu Sheng suffered retribution. He had a splitting headache, sores on his thighs, and could not sleep or eat. He had no choice but to ask a doctor to cut off the rotten flesh with a knife. Bleeding profusely, it took two months for Xu Sheng to gradually recover. Who knew that just as Xu Sheng recovered, his brother Xu Cheng fell ill and died soon after.

Xu Sheng was filled with hatred. After buying a coffin to bury Xu Cheng, he went to the Great Sage Temple and pointed at the statue and scolded it, saying that if the Great Sage Equal to Heaven really had the power to revive his dead brother, he would kneel down facing north and become his disciple without saying anything else. If not, he would do to him the same way that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven had done when he threw the statue of the Three Pure Ones into the toilet in the Three Pure Ones Temple in Chechi Kingdom.

This threat really made the Monkey King appear, and gave Xu Sheng a way to resurrect Xu Cheng. Later, he took him as his disciple and gave him 12% interest from the God of Wealth. From then on, Xu Sheng gradually became rich. Every time he went to Fujian, he would go to the Monkey King Temple to burn incense and pray. The prayers of others were sometimes effective and sometimes not, but Xu Sheng's requests were always granted.

The legendary Monkey King Sun Wukong, who fought his way to the Heavenly Palace, defeated 100,000 heavenly soldiers, and swept across the heavens, was threatened by mortals and had to respond to every request.

It is conceivable that this so-called Monkey King is nothing more than the result of people’s faith in the Monkey King in the book Journey to the West, and they continue to worship him and accumulate incense and vows.

It is just a god born from a clay statue, where people's hearts gather and things are entrusted.

Strictly speaking, he is far from the real Monkey King.

Therefore, Su Su was extremely curious to know whether the Guanyin Bodhisattva who was practicing in Luojia Mountain was a Bodhisattva who had truly achieved the state of Bodhisattva, or a local deity born from the clay statue offered by incense and vows.

If it is the former, then these two Western monks have found the right place.

But if it was the latter, then they were destined to make a wasted trip.

"In Shintoism, there are innate gods who are born holy and live forever; there are also Guan Shengdijun who is crowned after death, transcends the ordinary and becomes a saint, and relies on his followers to continue to exist, even the remaining spirit of the evil god Chi You can only avoid his edge; there are also gods who are like rootless duckweed, born from clay statues because of the gathering of people's hearts."

Su Su sighed to himself: "It's really complicated."

Chapter 98 Wedding Dress

Before he knew it, he had walked into an alley in the east of the city, which was no more than a hundred steps long. After a brief exploration, Su Su found the shop rented by Sun Si Niang.

However, the door of the shop was closed at this time and there was no one inside.

He looked up at the sky. It was just past noon. Sun Si Niang, who also served as the daily priest of Guobei County, was probably on tour, leaving Su Fu with nothing.

She had no choice but to turn back to the courtyard of the land temple.

The journey was smooth and peaceful. Looking at the City God Temple from afar, Su Su could clearly see that the incense and prayers floating above the City God Temple were more abundant than usual.

This is obviously because the number of devout believers has increased.

Although compared with the almost inexhaustible incense and vows power in the Jiangdu City God Seal in Su Su's hand that had not yet been returned, the part of Guobei County was really pitifully small, but it was always gratifying to see that the job of Guobei County City God was thriving.

As Su Su strolled leisurely on the street, she gradually walked towards the City God Temple. When she was about to reach the front of the City God Temple, she was patted on the shoulder unexpectedly. She was so startled that she turned around quickly and found that it was Chang'e who was carrying large and small bags of things.

"You vixen, you were still refusing to go out this morning no matter what you said. As soon as I left, you were willing to go out?"

Facing Chang'e's questioning, Su Fu said confidently: "Morning is morning, and now is now. I have to go to the underworld to investigate a case tomorrow night. Can't I just take a stroll while I have nothing to do?"

His gaze turned to the large and small packages in Chang'e's hands. After taking a few glances, he saw that most of them were cloth and needlework.

"You have several boxes full of clothes of all kinds and colors. Logically, you don't need to order new clothes, right?"

Most of the belongings that Nie Xiaoqian carried back from the inn yesterday were various kinds of clothes. Su Su was dumbfounded and could not forget the scene at that time.

Chang'e rolled her eyes at her and said, "I am full of evil intentions and schemes. I can't even wear underwear. I don't know anything about needlework. Now that things have come to a head, I have no choice but to rely on you to sew your wedding dress. I don't have the slightest sense of shame."

"Ok?"

When Su Su heard Chang'e say that the cloth in her hand was for sewing wedding dresses, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and felt very surprised.

"Several boxes filled with clothes, all made by you?"

"That's natural!"

As long as people reach a certain level of leisure.

They will spend a lot of effort to cultivate various hobbies to kill time.

Su Su knew what the other party was thinking about while doing nothing in Guanghan Moon Palace all day. It was no wonder that after she was demoted to the mortal world, she had clearly communicated with the gods and realized her past life, but was unwilling to return to the Moon Palace.

And the other party seemed to have said that she had many sisters who were all living happily in the world of the living.

It seems like you have been held back for too long and it's a rare opportunity for you to come down to earth and have fun.

I won't go back until I have had enough fun.

While thinking, Su Su subconsciously thought of Jinse, who was banished for a crime and voluntarily went to the underworld to build a garden for orphans and adopted the ghosts of the Nine Netherworlds who died without return.

Both of you have committed crimes and been exiled. You are having fun and participating in team building in the world of the living, but he can only be miserable in the underworld, living with ghosts with mutilated limbs who cannot be reincarnated. The difference between you is quite huge.

Queen Mother of the West is the leader of the female fairies in heaven, and Jinse's elder sister, Fairy Yaotai, works under her. She must also be a serious female fairy. I wonder what sins Jinse committed to end up like this.

After thinking quickly in his mind for a while, Su Su said more confidently: "Everyone has his own strengths and weaknesses. Besides, I am just a vixen. I think you are making things difficult for me by doing needlework."

"He talks nonsense, talks nonsense, and makes people laugh."

Without giving Su Su too much opportunity to argue, Chang'e dragged her directly into the courtyard of the land temple and said, "I have to sew my wedding dress in the near future, so I don't want to bother you anymore."

Hearing this, Su Su was delighted.

Since you are busy sewing your wedding dress and have no time to bother me, I have time to avenge my past humiliation and harass you.

His mind moved slightly, thinking about how to get back at his former self.

"But don't be arrogant."

Seeing Su Su's delighted expression, Chang'e knew what she was planning: "Be careful or I will settle the score with you later."

"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Su Su denied it three times in a row, and his plan was even deeper hidden in his mind, which he could not tell to outsiders.

After the matter of Heishan Jun is settled, the wedding date will have to be set. There will be the risk of being wiped out at any time. If you don't get your revenge beforehand, it will be difficult for you to turn things around in the future.

When it comes to personal dignity, Su Su will never give up easily.

After watching Chang'e return to the main room to prepare to sew her wedding dress, she lay down on the recliner in the yard, looking at her own frail and boneless figure in the sunlight, and couldn't help feeling discouraged.

It is simply unrealistic to subdue the opponent in this position. The only option now is to resort to extraordinary means.

With his eyes half closed, he secretly made a plan in his mind.

When he thought of the wonderful thing, he couldn't help but feel happy.

However, we have to be more honest in the next few days and make the other party become complacent and careless.

Night fell silently.

The number of people coming to the City God Temple to burn incense and add oil to the temple gradually decreased. As the temple priest living in the side hall started to close the temple door, the civil and military judges and dozens of ghost soldiers appeared together, stirring up a gloomy wind in the City God Temple.

Su Su directly revealed his divine form, appearing before them in the image of Yama wearing a crown and a crown with tassels on his head. His face was still blurry, making it difficult to see his true appearance.

"Yan...Yan Luo?"

Judge Wen's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, thinking it was Yama from the underworld who came to visit him. He knelt down hurriedly and kowtowed: "Your humble servant greets Lord Yama."

"It's me. How can I be so flustered?" Su Fu lowered his voice and scolded.

Ah this.