Chen Mengsheng watched Shangguan Yanran stare at him blankly, and his face would have turned red if it hadn't been naturally dark. "Junior sister, junior sister, junior sister, what happened to what you just said about the flower demon's control?" Shangguan Yanran was
Chen Mengsheng woke up from his screams. A blush appeared on his face and he hurriedly crushed the flowers and leaves in his palms. After he calmed down a bit, he told Chen Mengsheng everything about Bihen...
Yangzhou magistrate Zhu Zijian and Jiang Meng arrived not long after the horse race. Chen Mengsheng and others were already greeting them in the hall. Zhu Zijian saw Chen Mengsheng and asked: "Where is the flower demon that Master Chen surrendered? A murder case in Yangzhou Prefecture.
The truth is finally revealed!”
Chen Mengsheng turned back to Shangguan Yanran and said, "Junior sister, go and bring the flower demon to Master Zhu for questioning."
Just when Shangguan Yanhong returned to her room, Chen Mengsheng told the story about the Flower Demon's victims. The prefects Zhu Zijian, Jiang Meng and Xiang Xiaotian in the hall were all shocked. Zhu Zijian said with palpitations: "I have been appointed as the prefect of Yangzhou for a few years.
I have never heard of the Ghost King, this matter is too unbelievable. If you, Master Chen, hadn't told you, I would never have believed it."
Shangguan Yanran entered the hall holding an earthen jar. Zhu Zijian saw that a peony with only three or two flowers and leaves in the earthen jar was really unbelievable. It was the culprit that killed more than forty people in Yangzhou Prefecture. Zhu Zijian asked Chen Mengsheng
Asked: "Master, is this the flower demon?"
Chen Mengsheng nodded and said: "Exactly, the flower demon turned out to be a red and green peony with side-to-side gold edges. Unfortunately, one of them escaped, leaving only this half of the green peony."
Shangguan Yanran said hurriedly: "Master Zhu, this green peony is called Bihen. She has her own reasons for harming people."
Zhu Zijian hesitated and said: "I have never encountered such a thing before in my case. I have only heard that Mr. Bao Zheng, a direct bachelor of Longtuge in Kaifeng Prefecture, once interrogated the black basin at night. I didn't expect that today I would have the honor to follow Xiaosu Bao's example.
The sky is blue."
Zhu Zijian walked to the earthen jar and looked at the green peonies carefully, and shouted: "Bold flower demon, let me ask you. Tell me the truth about the murders your sisters committed in Yangzhou Mansion." But the green peony was half a day old.
Peony said nothing, even when Chen Mengsheng asked. Xiang Xiaotian kept shouting for Chen Mengsheng to use a curse on the flower demon to torture it, but Shangguan Yanran persuaded him to stop.
Shangguan Yanran said softly: "Bihen, the magistrate of Yangzhou is here now. I know that it was not your intention to harm people. But those people harmed by you two sisters all have family members. Their families are so sad.
,How many families have been ruined by you!"
Green Peony in the earthen pot argued hurriedly: "Miss Shangguan is not the one. The men my sister and I killed were all heartless and unscrupulous people who already had wives at home and came to the Xingyue Boat to have fun. My sister and I
I hate this kind of person the most. Sister Epiphyllum was so sad when she was harmed by a man who forgot his love."
Zhu Zijian asked curiously: "Who is Sister Epiphyllum?"
Bihen said: "Sister Epiphyllum Epiphyllum is not a human being. Sister Epiphyllum Epiphyllum was originally a flower god in heaven. She bloomed every day and was brilliant all year round. She also fell in love with the young man who watered her and weeded her every day. Later, this matter came to light.
When the Jade Emperor learned that, the Jade Emperor was furious that Heaven would not allow them to fall in love and must break up the couple. The Jade Emperor arrested the Flower Goddess and demoted her to a night-blooming epiphyllum that could only bloom for a moment every year, and would not allow her to see her lover again.
, he also sent the young man to become a monk at Lingjiu Mountain, and gave him the name Wei Tuo, asking him to forget his past life and serve the Lord Buddha wholeheartedly, and forget about the flower god."
Bihen's words shocked everyone. Wei Tuo was the Buddha's protector. It is said that when Sakyamuni Buddha entered nirvana, evil spirits snatched away the Buddha's remains. Wei Tuo chased after him in time and fought hard to take it back. Therefore, Buddhism
As a god who drives away evil spirits and protects Buddhism, he is often seen in temples holding a vajra pestle weighing 84,000 kilograms. The vajra is indestructible. He makes a great vow that Buddhas will be born to support Buddhism. He is majestic and wears a phoenix-winged hood on his head.
Helmet, black cloud soap shoes, and yellow chain armor. If the temple is large or small, just look at the direction of the Skanda Bodhisattva's Skanda Pestle. If the Skanda Pestle is carried on the shoulder, it means that the temple is a big temple.
You can entertain the wandering monks here for free food and accommodation for three days; if the Skanda pestle is held flat in your hand, it means that the temple is a medium-sized temple, and you can entertain the wandering monks here for free food and accommodation for one day; if the Skanda pestle is on the ground, it means that the temple is a medium-sized temple.
This temple is a small temple and cannot entertain monks who travel here for free food and accommodation.
Zhu Zijian's head suddenly shook like a rattle, and he turned around and said to Chen Mengsheng: "Master Chen, this is clearly the flower demon's monstrous words to deceive the public."
Bihen said coldly: "Since ancient times, your men have had three wives and four concubines. When there is a new one, the old one is forgotten. When Wei Tuo became a monk in Lingjiu Mountain, my sister and I were just two peonies on the mountain.
Watching Sister Night-blooming Night Blossom in tears every day. After many years, Wei Tuo really forgot about Sister Night-blooming Night Flower, devoted himself to practicing Buddhism, and gradually achieved success. But Sister Night-blooming Night Flower could never forget the young man who once took care of her. She knew that every late spring
At that time, Wei Tuo would always go down the mountain to collect morning dew and sencha tea for the Buddha. So the epiphyllum chose to bloom at that time. She put the energy that had been gathered for a whole year to bloom at that moment. She hoped that Wei Tuo could look back at her and see her.
I remember her. But thousands of years have passed, and Wei Tuo comes down the mountain to collect morning dew every year. Sister Epiphyllum blooms silently year after year, but Wei Tuo never remembers her."
Shangguan Yanran sighed and said, "Even gods love her so hard, so what happened next?" After saying that, she secretly glanced at Chen Mengsheng beside her.
Bihen said lightly: "Later, my sister and I couldn't stand the bitter love of Sister Epiphyllum any longer, so we simply sealed ourselves among the peonies and stopped caring about worldly affairs."
But Bi Hen didn't know that until one day a skinny man walked past the night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night-blooming night. Seeing the melancholy and loneliness of the flower god, he stopped and asked the flower god, "Why are you sad?". The flower god was surprised, because mortals are...
The true form of the flower god cannot be seen. If there is golden light on the head of Daluo Jinxian, if there is black energy on the head of a demon, if there is no aura on the head of a mortal. The person who just walked by is obviously a mortal, how do you see it?
Seeing his true form, the Flower Goddess hesitated for a moment and replied, "You can't help me." Then he waited silently for Wei Tuo to stop answering the man's words.
Forty years later, the skinny man walked past Epiphyllum cereus again and repeated the same question from forty years ago, "Why are you sad?" The flower god hesitated again and just replied, "Maybe you can't help me." The skinny man
He smiled and left.
Forty years later, a skinny old man appeared again at the Flower Goddess. The original skinny old man looked even more dying. The man back then had become an old man, but he still asked the same question as he did eighty years ago: "You
Why are you sad?" Epiphyllum replied, "Thank you, a mortal, for asking me three times in your life. But after all, you are a mortal and you are dying, how can you help me? I am the God of Flowers who was punished by heaven for my love."
The old man smiled and said, "I am Yu Ming. I just came to break the fate that did not bear fruit eighty years ago. God of Flowers, I want to give you a message. Destiny comes and ends, fate ends, flowers bloom and fall and return to dust."
After saying that, the old man sat down with his eyes closed. Time gradually passed, and the last ray of the setting sun began to streak from the old man's hair to his eyes.
The old man smiled and said, "A flash in the pan is like Skanda, what's wrong with such a relationship? I will be punished by heaven and earth, and I will open the eyes of the sky." After saying this, the old man grabbed the flower god. At this time, the setting sun slipped into the old man's eyes, and the old man immediately
After passing away, he grabbed the flower god and went to the Buddhist country together. The flower god met Wei Tuo in the Buddhist country. Wei Tuo finally remembered the karma of his previous life. After the Buddha knew about it, he allowed Wei Tuo to come to earth to end the unfinished karma. Because of Yuming's family
The old man violated the rules of heaven, so his soul wandered all his life. He could not ride a crane to the west, nor could he enter the pure land of the Eastern Buddha. He would eventually be punished by heaven and never reincarnate. A short-lived flower in the pan, only for Skanda. So the epiphyllum is also called Skanda flower, because it is the epiphyllum.
I saw Wei Tuo after sunset. So the epiphyllum blooms at night.
Shangguan Yanran was speechless for a long time, but her eyes were already filled with tears. Zhu Zijian said solemnly: "Is this why you sisters harmed people in Yangzhou Mansion? What happened to the Ghost King?"
"I don't know who the Ghost King is. My sister and I fought with him, but he threatened to suck out the man's brain and give it to him." Bihen said helplessly.
Zhu Zijian closed his eyes and thought for a moment and said to Chen Mengsheng: "Master Chen, this case is complicated. Please come with me back home. I have something to ask the master for help. Is it convenient for you now?" Chen Mengsheng nodded and rode off with Zhu Zijian.
Yangzhou Magistrate. Arriving at the magistrate's flower hall, Zhu Zijian had a heavy look on his face. He raised his hand and dismissed the maid serving tea in the hall, then closed the door and let out a long sigh.
"Master Chen, how should you judge this case? If I really judge this case to be the work of ghosts and goblins, there will be chaos in the court. People can spread rumors that it is the work of evil spirits, but reporting it to Dali Temple is definitely not allowed.
I have been worried about this and would like to ask Master Chen for some advice."
Chen Mengsheng waved his hand and said: "I already know Master Zhu's concerns. They say that when a country is about to perish, monsters will be born. You are afraid that using monsters to commit crimes will lead to criticism from the court. Chen Mengsheng is just a rough man who has no understanding of officialdom. Please, sir."
If I were to mention something, why not just state clearly what you want me to do!"
"Haha, the master really hit the nail on the head. Now that it has been found out that the evil ghost king instigated the flower demon to kill people, Mr. Zhu just thought that this matter must be done according to the law in order to save face, and it is entirely up to Master Chen to eliminate the demon.
"
Chen Mengsheng looked at Zhu Zijian, who had both white temples, and said: "My lord has been working hard on the Yangzhou Mansion murder case for a long time. I will do my best to eliminate the demon. I hope Lord Zhu will open the city to navigation. I have seen that the people in the city are in panic these days."
If I don’t implement good policies in my daily life, I’m afraid people’s hearts will change drastically.”
"It's not that I don't know what the master said. The imperial court is afraid that the refugees in Yangzhou Prefecture will spread the word, and the situation will become even more chaotic. There was a big golden tiger in front of me, and now the evildoers have not been killed, and it will be even more troublesome in Kaicheng. It is better to attack first
Assaulting He Qing's corpse in the village and bringing it into the clan can give the people an explanation." Chen Mengsheng had no choice but to give up after hearing Zhu Zijian's heartfelt words.
Zhu Zijian walked to the door and shouted: "Come here, please go and ask Mr. Gongsun to come to the mortuary..."