Chapter 158 Repaying kindness with hatred to the little Taoist priest

"Ten miles of the Qinhuai River is half the history of Jinling."

The Qinhuai River was named Longzangpu in ancient times and was called Huai River since the Han Dynasty.

It is said that the First Emperor of Qin passed Moling during his eastward tour to Kuaiji. There were alchemists under his command who were good at reading Qi. They reported that if there was "King Qi" in this place, an emperor would be born in the future.

Qin Shihuang then ordered to dig out hills in the area of ​​Fangshan and Shihuang Mountains in the southeast of today's place, and guide Longzangpu north into the Yangtze River to vent his "kingly spirit", and bury gold to suppress Feng Shui.

Since then, Moling was renamed Jinling. Because the river connecting the Huai River was dug by the Qin people, it was called "Qin Huai River".

The sister-in-law of the Qinhuai River Water God, whose surname is Jiang, is the Jiang of Jiangshan (also known as Purple Mountain), and is also the Jiang of Jiang Ziwen.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiang Ziwen was serving as a county lieutenant in Jinling. Sometimes mountain bandits made trouble. Jiang Ziwen led his troops to fight against the bandits and died fighting hard.

Everyone in the Jiang family mourned after hearing the news. There was a sister-in-law in the family, Jiang Ziwen's third sister, who was fourteen years old. After hearing the news of her brother's death, she cried bitterly and committed suicide by throwing herself into the Qinhuai River.

When Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, he made his capital Jinling and renamed it Jianye. Because Jiang Ziwen always appeared to bless the people, he was decreed to be named "King Chiang", the god of Zhongshan, and also the city god of Jianye.

Later, Sun Quan sent people to dig a stream from south to north in Jianye City to carry the water from Jiangshan Mountain into the Qinhuai River. Later, the stream became wider and wider, and the water became evergreen, so it was named "Qingxi".

Someone else built a temple at the intersection of Qingxi River and Qinhuai River to worship Jiang Ziwen's third sister, calling her "Little Aunt Qingxi".

Sun Quan complied with public opinion and issued an edict to canonize Qingxi's sister-in-law as the Qinhuai River Water God.

Later, when the Sui and Tang Dynasties destroyed Chen, Jin Wang Yang Guang took Chen's concubines Zhang Lihua and Kong Guifei to the vicinity of Qingxi Middle Bridge and killed them.

After the world was peaceful, the literati in Jinling sympathized with the plight of these two beauties and funded the erection of statues of the two concubines in the ancestral temple of Qingxi Sister-in-law.

Just because Zhang Lihua and Kong Guifei were not canonized by the court, they were regarded as the gods of Qingxi sister-in-law.

Sister-in-law Qingxi is a woman who left written words in the history of Jinling.

In the long years from the Six Dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, one of the Chiang brothers and sisters was a mountain god and the other was a water god. Both of them often appeared to help the people and were well-known.

In the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Jinling was renamed Nanjing. Emperor Taizu made Prime Minister Wen the City God of Nanjing. After Jiang Ziwen resigned, he was transferred to Yinsi by Emperor Fengdu to serve as the first palace King Qin Guang.

Zhang Mu went to the underworld some time ago. When he was weak, thanks to the help of King Qin Guang, he was able to gain a foothold in the underworld. Then step by step, he took advantage of the situation and took on the title of "King of Retribution", assuming the position of king of the fifth palace.<

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That's why Zhang Muzhi said that Qingxi, the water god of the Qinhuai River, has something to do with him.

If necessary, the little Taoist priest would not be able to shame himself into taking action against King Qin Guang’s biological sister.

Zhang Muzhi and Sun Wukong found a remote alley not far from the Qinhuai River and landed there.

Just now, the little Taoist priest roughly explained the relationship between the Qinhuai River Water God and himself, and Sun Wukong continued to chatter ""

"Little Taoist! King Qin Guang has been kind to you. If you plot against Sister Qingxi, wouldn't it be ungrateful?"

Zhang Muzhi suddenly stopped and turned to look at the monkey: "I just got the news before I went to Qingliang Temple. The Han Demon appeared and fought with the demon monk, causing hundreds of acres of fertile land in Tongjing Town, Bowang Town, and Jiangning Town to turn into scorched earth.

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"Hundreds of farmers have been affected. Their families, old and young, have been working hard for half a year. The food they are about to harvest has been burned to ashes. There is no output in the fields. It is said that it will be cut off in ten days and a half."

The stove is on!"

"However, they didn't even have time to mourn and cry. They just prayed for heavy rain to fall in three or two days to water the dry fields so that they could plant late rice..."

How could a monkey, who has been eating wind and drinking dew for thousands of years, know this? Hearing this, his mouth opened, not knowing what to say.

Zhang Muzhi's eyes were bright and frightening: "This is just a sign of the upcoming disaster. I don't know how many people will suffer in the future! However, the gods sitting high in the clouds in the upper world say that this is retribution for good and evil! They refuse to decree rain!"

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"What do the evils done by the Zhu family when they took over the world have to do with the people? These demons are born to disrupt the Ming Dynasty. Who will suffer in the end? Are they the sons and grandsons of the Forbidden City?"

Listening to the rebellious words in Zhang Mu's mouth, Sun Wukong vaguely understood the obsession in the little Taoist's heart.

Zhang Muzhi said with a cold face: "It's the end of May now! I have deduced the general trend of this year in the underworld. By the end of June, there will be starvation everywhere and people scattered!"

"Since many gods, including the Heavenly Court and Water Palace, ignore human disasters, I will perform my duties on their behalf!"

"I hold the Du Gong Seal and the Evil-Slaying Sword, and I am responsible for supervising the gods of heaven and man. How can I sit back and watch the people suffer disaster?"

"I don't have time to talk about the ways of the world, and I don't care whether these water gods were good or evil before! If you can listen to my orders and make clouds and rain, you can stay alive! If anyone dares to hesitate at all, I will kill them and seize their godhood!

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"Monkey, now that you have entered Buddhism, you should have compassion in your heart. If it were me, what would you do?"

The monkey was silent for a moment under Zhang Muzhi's scorching gaze, and whispered: "If I were you, I would behave like you..."

Zhang Muzhi laughed loudly when he heard this: "What a monkey! No wonder he was favored by Buddhism! In that case, why are you hesitating? Come with me to visit the flower boats on the Qinhuai River! By the way, let's change our appearance.

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Sun Wukong shook his body and turned into a noble prince wearing a red robe with gold. The golden hoop on his head turned into a forehead decorated with beautiful jade, which made him look like the heir apparent of a prince's family.

In comparison, Zhang Muzhi's appearance as a scholar in green robes pales in comparison. Fortunately, the little Taoist priest is not bad looking and has a gentle and elegant temperament, which makes people feel like spring breeze without feeling shabby and humble.

The Qinhuai River is divided into two sections: the inner river and the outer river. The inner river is located in Nanjing City, with Confucius Temple as the center, and covers a total of more than ten miles. It is a truly prosperous and romantic place.

There are many painted boats and flower boats in the river. The lights are not extinguished all night long. The orioles and swallows are pleasing to the ears and eyes, and the pipa, yao and harps are touching the heartstrings.

There are many restaurants, brothels and teahouses on both sides of the strait, as well as Jiangnan Gongyuan and gardens of dignitaries and dignitaries. There are many pavilions and waterside pavilions.

The two walked out of the alley and came to the street. They saw bright lights hanging on both sides of the road, illuminating the street as bright as day. People were coming and going on the street, mostly scholars and beautiful ladies walking together.

The monkey and the little Taoist priest walked along the street for a while and arrived at the bank of the Qinhuai River.

But in the windows of many lofts facing the water on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, there are young girls in gauze, holding silk handkerchiefs in their hands and smiling coquettishly, inviting guests, and letting the scholars on the boat dock to rest.

The scent of powder blew in the wind, causing the two practitioners to frown.

The noble prince transformed by Sun Wukong held a folding fan and shook it, lowering his voice and asking: "Shouldn't you go under the water to see the water god? Why do you still want to go to the flower boat? Is the little Taoist priest moved by the ordinary mind?"

Zhang Muzhi kept walking: "This water god is a little different, just follow me."

The little Taoist priest had already asked his fox spirit to find out clearly that the largest painted boat on the Qinhuai River was called "Ruyi Boat", and the three servants in it were Qingxi's sister-in-law and the two concubines Chen and Kong.

The Ruyi Boat floated along the Qinhuai River. The three goddesses received guests in the boat, but they did not ask for gold or silver, but wanted to be rewarded for their talents.

Whether it's poetry or lyrics, calligraphy or painting, as long as your writing skills are recognized by the owner, you can go to the painting boat to drink wine, listen to music, or talk about poetry and poetry with the three beauties.

Moreover, Hu Sanlang and other fox spirits also understood that in the brothels on both sides of the Qinhuai River, including the painted boats on the water, there were many women transformed from fox spirits, clam spirits, clam spirits and other various spirits, who were welcomed to be sent to the brothels.

That skin and flesh business.

These monsters are all unable to study, and they follow the path of a "vulgar fox". However, they are registered with the City God, and there are gods behind them to restrain them from harming others, and they only take some male essence for practice.<

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Their real owners, the gods who restrain these spirits from doing evil, are the three goddesses in the Ruyi Boat.

In this way, the three goddesses allowed those spirits with insufficient qualifications to strengthen their bodies, and restrained their behavior so that they would not commit evil. It can barely be regarded as a meritorious act.

However, Zhang Muzhi came from later generations and only had reservations about the practice of the three goddesses. He did not agree with it and was not guilty of anything troublesome.

Zhang Muzhi took out the money and rented a boat and told the boatman: "Boatman, take us to Ruyi Fang!" Sun Wukong also got on the boat and let the boatman paddle towards the middle of the Qinhuai River.

Many girls in the lofts on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were vying for beauty in colorful gauze clothes. After seeing Zhang Muzhi and the monkey-transformed noble master, they all greeted him sweetly, calling him "young master" and "brother-in-law" all the time.
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Zhang Muzhi naturally ignored these girls, and instead said to Sun Wukong: "Master Sun, is there any girl you like?"

Sun Wukong said solemnly: "Since I met you, I will never be close to women again."

Monkey's original intention was that after meeting Zhang Mu, he would become a Buddhist, and since then he would keep the precepts and avoid being lascivious to women. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the boatman obviously thought wrong.

The boatman looked at the two of them with subtle eyes while paddling, and couldn't help but shake his head: "There are so many women on the Qinhuai River, but you two men are a pair..."

Zhang Muzhi and Sun Wukong traveled by boat for three or four miles, and gradually arrived near Gongyuan. The sounds of orioles and swallows on both sides of the river disappeared, and a large painted boat was faintly visible on the river.

A string of lanterns was hung in front of the boat, and a strong man wearing a green turban and a middle-aged woman were making tea over the fire at the bow.

The boatman was obviously a familiar person. He stopped at the edge of the boat and asked, "Qiao Niang! Do the three girls have time today?"

Sun Wukong could see clearly with his eyes: "These two people are transformed from turtles... These are true turtle males..."

The woman stood up, took two steps forward, glanced at Zhang Muzhi and Sun Wukong: "The girls didn't have any visitors, they just had friends visiting, so it's not convenient to entertain outsiders!"

The boatman turned to look at Zhang Muzhi and Sun Wukong: "You two young masters, how about we go back?"

Zhang Muzhi waved his hand to signal the boatman to wait, and thought to himself: "What kind of friend? Could it be that the drought demon has arrived?" Then he smiled and said: "I am not an outsider, I am actually a friend of the brother of your third girl."

"What kind of frivolous scholar dares to think that he is a friend of the Lord of Hell? I really don't know how to write the word death..."

Qiao Niang's face turned cold when she heard this: "My third girl's brother is a big shot. There is no way he has any friends in Nanjing. It's better not to pretend to be him."

Zhang Muzhi said: "I know the details of the three girls in your family. You can just go in and report them."

"I really don't understand what the young master is talking about."

Qiao Niang shook her head and thought Zhang Muzhi was just a scholar who talked nonsense.

Sun Wukong watched the little Taoist priest respond with interest.

Zhang Muzhi couldn't bear to kill the female turtle in front of the boatman, so he casually recited a poem: "Open the door to the clear water, approach the bridge, where my sister-in-law lives, and I am alone without a man!"

The voice contained a slight thunderous meaning and was transmitted towards the boat. Qiao Niang's face turned pale when she heard it, and she realized that the scholar in front of her was an expert who could not be offended.
To be continued...