Chapter 1291 Two Dongliu Islands (22)
"Please come with me.
The samurai Koichiro bowed to Su Wu, stretched out his hand to guide him in the direction of the main hall. He bowed his waist and looked at Su Wu and the others. His expressions were completely respectful again. He no longer had the same look as when he faced the servants at home. Such a ferocious and angry look.
Su Wu and others followed him into the main room.
The furnishings in the main room are also very simple. There is only a long low table in the center of the room, with many straw futon cushions scattered around.
There is a yellowed silk painting on the wall, which shows a waterbird standing on a swinging reed, close to the turbid water of a river. Such a simple painting style, combined with the current simple and simple house furnishings, actually complements each other. On the contrary, There is an artistic conception of simplicity and simplicity.
"When I was in Kyoto, I heard that the houses in the Tang Dynasty were gorgeous and spacious, and ordinary people also had their own places to live. Several nobles also lived in gorgeous and bright palaces in the Tang Dynasty, wearing silk clothes and enjoying delicacies. It's okay big shot.
Now that several nobles have come to my humble home, I ask you not to dislike my humble house and food. The ghost land is barren and cannot be compared to the conditions in Kyoto, let alone the giant Tang Dynasty. This is the best I can come up with. It’s good to entertain..." Samurai Kaichiro asked Su Wu and others to take a seat, and said with a somewhat uneasy expression.
Su Wu shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, you are too polite.
The customs of different regions in the Tang Dynasty were different, and there were also rich and poor people. Their lives were also very different from each other. What's more, when we go to Dongliu Island now, we should follow the customs of the owner of this place. How can we blame you? You don't need to worry about this. "
As he spoke, he magically took out a silk-covered uchiwa fan, a paper fan, and several other miscellaneous gadgets, and gave them to the samurai Koichiro: "When I first came to your house, I was not well prepared. , so I take these few things with me as souvenirs, I hope you won’t dislike them.”
Samurai Koichiro hurriedly took several items. As soon as he saw the beautifully embroidered flowers on the fan, he liked it very much, especially the silk cloth stretched as the fan surface. Judging from its material, it was valuable, not to mention Tisuwu also gave a fragrant wood fractured fan as a gift. Once the fan was unfolded, there would be bursts of fragrance.
The other playthings are also extremely exquisite.
Ichiro picked up these souvenirs and liked them from the bottom of his heart. He pretended to refuse Su Wu, and finally happily accepted a few items, and then ordered his servants to prepare dinner for the distinguished guests. , and resting houses. He himself accompanied him in the main hall, chatting with Su Wu and others. He learned a lot about the Tang Dynasty from Su Wu's mouth, and became even more fascinated by the Tang Dynasty.
Su Wu also took the opportunity to inquire about the current situation on Dongliu Island from the mouth of the samurai Kaichiro.
Today, Dongliu Island, with the exception of Heian Kyo, is almost in a state of uncivilized wilderness. Many savages and native people are rampant in the land. The samurai sent by Kyoto to various places compete with these savages and native people for land. You need to always beware of bad weather and all kinds of spies that often appear.
Compared with these "countryside" and "ghost places", Heian Kyo is another world.
The aristocratic family was intoxicated, addicted to pleasure, admiring the mountains and rivers, worshiping Buddha and practicing Taoism. Kyoto was completely a flashy place of romance, and all the resources of Dongliu Island supported this city.
Nowadays, the 'Emperor Lineage' claims to be the descendant of 'Amaterasu', and demonstrates the power of Amaterasu through miraculous rituals, thus gaining the support of everyone. Relying on this connection with 'Amaterasu' According to the ritual of communication, he firmly holds the highest authority in Kyoto.
All the aristocrats in the world today are actually descended from the lineage of the emperor.
Many have blood relations with the emperor's lineage.
And even though the 'Amaterasu' has received various offerings and sacrifices, it will still appear three or four times a year from time to time. Every time it appears, the 'black sun' appears in the sky, and everyone is illuminated by this sun's rays. The skin of all people will ulcerate, and within two to three years, everything from the skin to the internal organs will die as if they have been burned.'
Samurai Koichiro felt that compared to the past, when Amaterasu appeared almost once a month, and when it appeared, people would randomly spit out black fire and die under its light, now Amaterasu has the emperor's approval. After making the donation, he became much more merciful.
He chatted with Su Wu and others for a while, then left the main hall with various gifts from Su Wu and shared them with his concubines.
The main hall fell silent.
Su Wu raised his eyes and looked at the haggard old monk Jianzhen who was sitting in the corner of the desk, seemingly inconspicuous.
Jianzhen's face was dull, but the old god was there. He seemed to have sensed Su Wu's gaze towards him, and without raising his eyelids he said: "At that time, the 'Wizard of the Candlelight' did indeed involve the cause and effect of the living, dead, ghosts and gods in the entire Dongliu Island. Arrived here in the time and space of the Tang Dynasty.
There should be two Dongliu Islands now.
But why there is no trace of the other "Dongliu Island in later generations", even the poor monk cannot explain clearly.
The entanglement of cause and effect itself is mysterious and mysterious, not to mention the involvement of the 'Ten Destruction Swords' and the 'Killing Stone Chain', so that the evolution of the situation can be explained more clearly.
But now that it has arrived, it will certainly not remain silent for long.
There will be recovery eventually. "
"It would be too passive to just wait here for it to show its traces.
Now no one can conclude that the "Dongliu Island Incident" is not a reason used by "Xiang Er" to contain us. " Su Wu looked at Jianzhen and said, "'The Secret of Rashomon' was formed from your body, and your causal connection with it must be clearer and clearer.
Don’t you know where this ‘Rashomon’ is now on Dongliu Island?
If you can find Rashomon, you can find your body. ”
Jianzhen was silent for a moment and shook his head: “No.
I only have one incarnation of obsession now, and I don’t have such a powerful means to see all the causes and effects related to me. ”
“Thousands of years have passed, and you bald donkeys are the same as before, and there is no change in your fundamental virtues.
You say that ‘monks don’t tell lies’, but in fact you are full of lies.
You are used to being mysterious and bluffing.
Seeing your previous appearance, I thought you were very capable, but now it seems that you are just a silver-plated spear head..." Tao Zu curled his lips and ridiculed Jianzhen in a yin-yang tone.
Su Wu did not stop Tao Zu from ridiculing Jianzhen.
Jianzhen was indeed as Tao Zu said, he liked to play riddles and used riddles to lead others around in circles, which Su Wu did not like.
Whether it was Jianzhen's intentional act or not, he did it.
Jianzhen's face trembled, and he ignored Tao Zu's ridicule, but looked at Su Wu, and then said: "The fierce and strange people at the same level as Amaterasu have always been the 'only one in the world'. I used the killing stone chain to create an environment for Dongliu Island where 'people walk in the daytime, and strange people walk at night, and people and strange people live together', and 'Amaterasu' was also imprisoned by this rule.
The lineage of the former emperors today only mastered the rudiments of worshipping Amaterasu, and could not, like I did in my time, establish a "charlatan" to use the power of Amaterasu through the charlatan. They have not even built a shrine to worship the descent shrine.
Now we can trace the traces of Amaterasu, and through this we may find clues to the "Killing Stone Chain", and then find the traces of the "Choko-shin Shrine Maiden" and "Rashomon".
Or perhaps, before we can find its traces, it will first take the initiative to reveal its traces..."
"Where was the "Choko-shin Shrine" built in the future?" Su Wu suddenly asked Jianzhen.
"Of course it was in Nagakawa.
After you left, Inoue Haruko succeeded you and was conferred the title of "Shogun". She built this shrine in Nagakawa, where the "Ten Extermination Swords" disappeared, to worship your shrine.
Zhuzhao Shrine was thus preserved, and until later generations, it was one of the four shrines on Dongliu Island. "Jianzhen lowered his eyelids and said so.
"You said before that Haruko was also in Rashomon.
But when 'Lü Xiong' died, you said that Rashomon could only accommodate your body--" Su Wu stared at Jianzhen and asked again, "Is Haruko dead or alive now?
You must tell the truth."
When he spoke, he did not show any momentum.
But there was a kind of resolute power in his words, which emerged in an instant.
Jianzhen heard what Su Wu said, and was surrounded by Tao Zu and Hong Renkun. His expression did not change much. He just lowered his eyelids and said: "Inoue Haruko did enter the 'Rashomon'.
After you see her, you will know that what I said is true. "
"Is she dead or alive? "Su Wu asked.
Jianzhen put his hands together, chanted the Buddha's name, and no longer responded to Su Wu's questions.
"It seems that even if he is not dead, his condition is unclear and cannot be described..." Su Wu shook his head and sighed, looking at Jianzhen and said, "When everything is over, the sins you committed must be settled. How many people have been eaten by those evil spirits that have fallen from you? You must have a number in your heart."
"What does it have to do with me if you slander me?
If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" Jianzhen lowered his head, and his low murmurs sounded in the dark corners around him.
He whispered for a while, then suddenly raised his head and looked at Su Wu, with iron-like persistence in his eyes: "As long as you can seal the 'ghost Buddha', I will let you deal with everything from now on.
If you can correct Buddhism, what's the harm if I perish? "
Hong Renkun saw that the skinny monk was still stubborn and wanted to ridicule Jianzhen, but Tao Zu stopped him.
Tao Zu looked at Jianzhen with a deep sympathy!
He looked at Jianzhen and shook his head: "How pitiful..."
Su Wu heard Tao Zu's sigh and fell silent.
It's really pitiful.
The source of Taoism is unspeakably terrifying, and at the end of Buddhist practice, it is inevitable to meet the "ghost Buddha". Everything is empty in the end, how can it not be pitiful...
"Stay here for a day.
Tomorrow, we will set off for the "Changchuan" to see if we can find the trace of the Zhuzhao Shrine there. If there is no trace there, we will go to Kyoto to pursue "Amaterasu" and explore the whereabouts of another Dongliu Island. "Su Wu finally left a message.
Jian Zhen lowered his head and murmured: "Perhaps we don't need to investigate, it will show its trace... You have come here now, I think it will not be able to hold back... After all, for it, you have satisfied its greatest wish..."
In Jian Zhen's words, Su Wu suddenly thought of the woman hanging on the bloody torii, with black hair covering the fire-colored Wu clothing, and he felt a chill in his heart!