Chapter 70: The Dragon Raises Its Head (IV)

Qingfangzhu looked at Qingwei Zhenren's face with his one eye, but he only saw a calm face like still water, without any ripples.

Qingfangzhu had no choice but to say: "Don't you want to know why I turned into a demon?"

Qingwei Zhenren asked back: "The reason you turned into a demon is the secret of Fenglinzhou?"

Qingfangzhu said: "This is only a small part of it."

"Anything else?" Qingwei Zhenren asked.

Qingfangzhu replied: "There is a rule in the world that people who are too powerful, whether they are immortals or gods, cannot stay in the world for a long time. They can only stay in the world for a hundred years. Unless they use countless divine powers to build a kingdom of gods and hide in it, even so, they cannot easily leave the kingdom of gods after a hundred years, just like mountain gods. But Fenglinzhou seems to be an exception. Many people or monsters who have long passed the hundred years are still active in the world, such as the great monster Tamamonomae and the Yamata no Orochi."

"With the powerful strength of the Taoist sect and the nominal rule of Fenglinzhou for nearly a hundred years, many strange and inexplicable phenomena must have been discovered. Fenglinzhou seems to be a dark and unclear place where people and monsters live together. The place where monsters live is not the same as the place where they live. In fact, the places where humans live overlap, but humans are active during the day, while monsters appear at night. "

"It seems to be a deserted ruin during the day, but at night, when the lights come on, monsters appear one after another, and it is as lively as Yoshiwara in Hidekyo. In Heikyo, when night falls, the whole street is empty. At this time, many strange monsters will appear, like a procession at a temple fair, parading in groups on the streets at night, known as the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. It is said that those who witness it will be cursed and die for no reason. "

"There is also Ise. I just went to Ise not long ago. There is a gloomy aura there. If there are not enough people, you will be cursed by the endless The yin and resentment of the world are corroded and turned into monsters. The souls of the dead cannot enter the sky, and the spirits cannot enter the earth. Instead, they will return to their bodies before death under the drive of the yin and turn into ghosts. When the killing god of the Central Plains killed 400,000 surrendered soldiers, there was no such yin and resentment. Where do these yin and resentment come from?"

"What do Gaotian Kingdom, Weiyuan Kingdom, and Huangquan Kingdom mean?"

"I believe that Taoism has a certain understanding and research on these situations, but I also firmly believe that there are still many unknown places in Taoism. Regarding these, even this native Shizhouzhai will not know better than me. "

Qingwei Zhenren really laughed this time, not an illusion: "Very good, I am very I am interested. As long as the master can answer my questions, the Taoist sect will meet all the master's reasonable requests. Let's go to another place and talk slowly. "

The Qingfangzhu bowed his head and folded his hands: "The Buddha said that there are eight sufferings: birth, aging, sickness, death, hatred and resentment, love and separation, failure to obtain, and the five elements are burning. Everyone in the mortal world suffers from this disaster. I intend to save the world, but the world is addicted to the world, the world turns into bones, and all things are empty. Only cause and effect, several cycles. Life and death. I often say to the world that if the heart does not move, there will be no suffering and pain. All things are not real, all things are like dreams, and all things are empty. The one who saves me is the compassion of the Buddha. Enter my Buddhist sect, concentrate on doing good, know what I know, get what I get, and have no desires or requests. Avoid anger and ignorance, avoid lust and greed, and you will get bliss. "

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Xiujing Camp.

After meeting the Qingfangzhu, Zhang Yuelu returned to the camp. He did not follow the army to attack, but was still buried in the documents.

In fact, this should have been Li Changge's job, but who made Li Changge be investigated?

On Zhang Yuelu's left hand was a top-secret file provided by Fenglinzhou Daofu and her notes, and on her right hand were various historical records provided by Xiangfu.

At this time, Zhang Yuelu was browsing the file at a glance.

As early as the first time the Taoist sect entered Fenglinzhou, it had already realized the existence of certain problems.

The first Fenglinzhou Daofu Master had proposed to Jinque to abandon Fenglinzhou on the grounds that Fenglinzhou had great unknown risks. As for what the risks were, the Master was vague and did not say clearly.

As for the originals, Fenglinzhou Daofu did not have them, and they should be sealed in Jinque. However, after all, they were old objects from a hundred years ago, and they should have been decrypted, but it would be quite troublesome to find them.

At that time, Jinque made a compromise decision not to actually occupy and rule Fenglinzhou, and handed it over to Toyotomi Xiangfu for autonomy. The Taoist sect should do not interfere, change, or intervene to the greatest extent possible to ensure that they can leave Fenglinzhou at any time. The Daoist sect can only make certain decisions within certain limits, focusing on trade, that is, making decisions that are allowed by the situation.

A hundred years have passed, and many people have forgotten the original decision. Even because of the vagueness at the time, later generations did not even understand the significance of this decision. So there was the Fenglinzhou war that violated the decision of the ancestors.

Zhang Yuelu was also unclear about the significance of the decision at that time. Only after combining the relevant top-secret documents of Fenglinzhou Daofu and Toyotomi Xiangfu, did he gradually have a rough guess.

Under normal circumstances, these top-secret documents are sealed in a place where no one cares and is heavily guarded. From the Great Immortal of Fenglinzhou Daofu to ordinary deacons, no one will touch them.

The reason why Zhang Yuelu consulted these two secret files was mainly because he had this idea after a conversation with Qingfangzhu.

In order to retrieve these two secret files, she specifically asked Qingwei Zhenren for permission, and Qingwei Zhenren communicated with the Fenglinzhou Taoist Office and Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office respectively. The Taoist Office and the Prime Minister's Office took a lot of effort to retrieve them. If it were Zhang Yuelu herself, it would be impossible to do it.

Zhang Yuelu turned another page.

"There is a mountain called 'Eternal Life' in Fenglinzhou, also known as 'Furong Mountain'. Back then, a Taoist alchemist went to the overseas fairy mountains for the ancestor dragon to find the medicine of immortality. He came here, but disappeared later. There are rumors that this Fangshi surnamed Xu is an ancestor of the Japanese people, but the authenticity cannot be verified."

Zhang Yuelu wrote the words "Furong Mountain" in his notes and opened the relevant records of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"In June of the 19th year of Enretsu, Suruga Kuni said that from March 14th to April 18th last year, the top of Furong Mountain burned by itself. During the day, the smoke was dim, and at night, the fire illuminated the sky. The sound of Like thunder, the dust falls like rain, and the rivers and mountains below are all red.”

"In the 21st year of Yanli, "Fenglinzhou Jiluo" contains: "Suruga Xiangmo Guoyan, Suruga Kingdom Furong Mountain, the day and night are constantly burning, and the gravel disperses like mist. Ask for divination to divine the sun and prevent thousands of epidemics. , it is advisable to order the two countries to strengthen their ties and to read scriptures to ward off disasters... In the fifth month of the month...Jiawu, abolish Xiangmo Guozugang Road, open the Luhe Road, and use hibiscus to burn gravel to block the road."

"On the twenty-fifth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of the Shinkan period, in Suruga Kuniyan, there was a great mountain fire involving the three Asama gods in Furong County. It was so blazing that it burned the mountain for one or two hundred miles. The flames were more than twenty feet high, and the fire was huge. There was a sound like thunder, and there were three earthquakes that lasted for more than ten days. The fire was still not extinguished, the scorched rocks collapsed, sand and gravel were like rain, and the smoke and clouds were thick. No one could get close. In the northwest of the mountain, there was a native habitat in the water and sea. The burned rocks flowed into the sea. , three hundred miles away, three to four hundred miles wide, and twenty to thirty feet high, the flame belongs to the Kingdom of Jia Fei."

"On the 17th day of the Xin Chou Kahi Kingdom, there was a sudden fire in Furong Mountain in Suruga Kingdom, burning the hills and mountains, scorching the grass and trees, causing landslides and rockslides, burying Yatsushiro County Motoji and drawing two seas. The water was as hot as soup, and the fish All the turtles died, and the people lived in their houses and were buried with the sea. Some of them had houses but no one was there. Their number is hard to remember. To the east of the two seas, there was also a sea of ​​water called the Hekou Sea. The flames went to the Hekou Sea. Motochi and other seas were not burned. Before the burial, there was a huge earthquake, thunder and lightning, heavy rain, rain and fog, and it was difficult to distinguish the mountains and fields."

"The second month after the fire, the Fenglinzhou court issued the order of 'Suppressing Thanks'. There will be no worries from then on."

Zhang Yuelu continued to take notes: "Four fires, the ashes almost filled the entire Kanto, and there were countless casualties. After that, the 'Hundred Ghosts Walking at Night' happened."

After writing this, Zhang Yuelu paused slightly, and then commented in small characters: "Is it because of the fire that the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk happened? Or because there were too many casualties in the fire, the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk happened? Or are these two factors indispensable? There should be doubts here.”

"In addition, regarding the so-called thanksgiving ceremony, it was led by the Ise Shrine, the former shogunate, and the Horinsu court represented by the imperial family. The Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office rose too late, and the Toyotomi family was from civilians, so there has been no relevant Detailed records of the incident are unknown.”

Zhang Yuelu leaned back on his chair and murmured: "What exactly is under Furong Mountain?"

No one can answer this question.

Perhaps Qingwei Master can answer this question after he has finished talking with Qingfang Master.

This is related to the entire layout adjustment of this Fenglinzhou war.

Now, Zhang Yuelu even believes that the Taoist sect should not have launched the Fenglinzhou war so hastily. It was only the increasingly fierce internal party struggle and the rising blind arrogance of the young faction that ultimately led to the occurrence of this war, and the result may be It develops in a direction that no one expected.

At this moment, Mu Jin walked in.

Zhang Yuelu put the files and notes on the table together and asked, "What's the matter?"

Mu Jin replied: "The secretary of Master Qingwei sent a message, and the deputy hall master Tianyuan replied. He is safe and sound."

Generally speaking, secretaries will have a special circle. For example, if two real people want to meet, their secretaries will usually contact them first, discuss the time, and finally report to their respective bosses.

In this circle, there are also distinctions between big and small. For example, the secretaries of Tang Jiaohua, Gong Jiaojun, and Qingwei Zhenren are considered senior secretaries, while Mu Jin is considered a junior secretary.

However, Zhang Yuelu has a bright future, and Mu Jin who follows Zhang Yuelu is destined to be prosperous, so the secretaries are happy to submit to him at all costs, as if they have formed a good relationship in advance.

After all, the three masters and the three princes will eventually ascend, and they can't follow them up together. By the time that day comes, Zhang Yuelu and others will be at the top of Jinque, and they will no longer be secretaries and come out to take charge of the affairs on their own. As the saying goes, the official career requires fine workmanship, constant access to capital, and constant filial piety. They also want to curry favor with these juniors who have become senior secretaries, so that these juniors can say something good for themselves in front of Zhang Yuelu and others, or Got some inside information.

Zhang Yuelu asked: "Where is Tianyuan now?"

Mu Jin replied: "On the way back to Yoshida City."