Chapter 472 Li Shimin's Inspection and Research in the Underworld! [Seeking Monthly Votes]

"Is Empress Changsun still alive?"

Li Yu thought of the fact that Empress Changsun died in the tenth year of Zhenguan in history, and couldn't help asking about the current situation in the Journey to the West world. If she died early like in history, he would let Li Shimin meet her in the underworld.

Xuan Zang replied:

"Although the Empress is weak, she is still alive. When I came just now, the Empress twisted your Majesty's ear and complained that he ate too much honey."

She is still alive. This world is quite good to Li Shimin.

I extended my life by twenty years, and my sworn brother went to the West to get the true scriptures. Wei Zheng, who often offered advice, can even exercise the duties of a god... much happier than the Li Shimin in history.

Since Empress Changsun is still alive, there is no need to arrange a meeting of the two lovers in the underworld for Li Shimin. Just arrange for his other family members.

After reporting these, Xuan Zang said goodbye and went back.

His Royal Highness the Son of Heaven is being intimate with the Concubine of the Son of Heaven. It is better not to delay, so as not to be tricked in the future.

Li Yu was not in the mood for intimacy at the moment. Accompanied by Mu Guiying, he came to the scenic spot with two boxes of snacks, ready to say hello to his old mother.

"Wow, holding hands, are you here to show off your love?"

As soon as he arrived at the range of the statue, the empress teased.

Then, the voice of Hou Tu Niangniang sounded in Li Yu's mind again:

"Xiao Yu and Guiying are so close, I am relieved. I was afraid that Guiying would hurt Xiao Yu in a hurry."

Look at what you said, I am not a porcelain... Li Yu muttered in his heart, and then told Li Shimin about his upcoming trip to the underworld:

"Is his family still there?"

"Yes, especially Li Yuanji, who has just suffered the punishment of sin and the underworld... He is not old, but he defiled the harem, murdered his brother, and took human life lightly. It is really a heinous crime!"

Li Shimin has always been very resentful about killing Li Jiancheng, especially in his later years, when he often had the illusion that his elder brother was by his side.

But he was not so polite to Li Yuanji. As soon as he took the throne, he gave his good brother a bad posthumous title without hesitation.

A joke teller once said that Li Shimin felt guilty about killing his elder brother, but when he thought about killing Li Yuanji, he felt less guilty... Although it was a joke, it can also show how bad Li Yuanji's character was.

Now that they can meet again in the underworld, why not let Li Shimin see with his own eyes the operations of frying Yuanji, grinding Yuanji with stones, chopping Yuanji with knives, chopping Yuanji with axes, squeezing Yuanji juice, and grinding Yuanji sauce?

It should be said that the imagination of the underworld in terms of punishment is still not enough. If there is a chance, let the Ten Kings of Hell go to the Secret Bureau in charge of Guo Jia to inspect and learn, and they should be able to learn a lot of new tricks.

Just as she was thinking, the empress couldn't help but give her son a slap on the head:

"What are you thinking about all day? Are you going to open a tutoring class for the Ten Kings of Hell?"

Li Yu quickly begged for mercy:

"I just want to expand the business for everyone. The times are developing, and the underworld must keep pace with the times. Otherwise, there will be no novelty, and those evil ghosts will not be afraid. Going to hell is as easy as going home."

When the empress heard this, she seriously considered her godson's suggestion:

"Take some time, I will let them learn... Guo Jia from the Three Kingdoms world, right? If they gain something, I will extend his life."

Oh my, the Five Poison Youth is going to earn merits for the underworld in reverse.

Arriving in front of the statue, Li Yu sat down, opened the snack box for his old mother and godmother to taste, and talked about the arrangements for Li Shimin's one-day trip to the underworld:

"In the original novel, Cui Jue extended Li Shimin's life by twenty years, and this time, Qin Qiong and Empress Changsun's lives will also be extended."

With Empress Changsun around, Li Shimin will have someone to talk to; and Qin Qiong's focus is to live as comfortably as possible, so that the big brother of the homestay can have more time to feel the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

The Queen Mother said:

"They will each extend their lifespans by twenty years. Changsun Wugou is a little weak. Next time I will send Dizang to the human world to help her take care of her."

Yesterday, Yuwen Chengdu mentioned that the Taiji Palace was damp, and Li Yu found the root of the problem:

"The living environment is not good. Changing the living environment will be much better."

Li Yu asked about Qin Shubao, the most powerful general in the Tang Dynasty:

"What about Qin Erge?"

The Queen Mother ate snacks and said:

"He is already a door god. Zhang Daoling will teach him to use merits to bless himself. In this way, he does not need to consider the consequences of making great wishes, nor does he need to bear the cause and effect. He can enjoy his old age... This cloud cake is good. Buy me more later. I will put it in the cave to entertain guests."

"Okay, mom, I will place an order for some wholesale later, and buy all flavors."

While chatting, Li Yu's shoulders sank, and the Queen actually leaned on his shoulders and fell asleep.

He asked curiously:

"Why did she suddenly fall asleep?"

The queen said disdainfully:

"She was so noisy and didn't talk to the point. I was tired of the noise, so I let her sleep for a while."

What did you two talk about that made you so disdainful?

Li Yu wanted to find out, but was afraid of being hit on the head by his mother, so he quickly changed the subject:

"In the story of the Conferred God, except for one golden hoop fairy horse, the rest of the seven fairies who accompanied Tongtian either defected or became mounts. What should we do with them then?"

Each of the seven fairies was very powerful, especially the number one Wuyun Fairy, who was so powerful that he injured several golden fairies of the Chan Sect. It was not until the Taoist Zhunti took action that he was beaten into his original form of a giant fish and was fished by the Water and Fire Boy with six pure bamboos and brought to the Western Sect and raised in the Eight Virtues Pond.

The so-called turtle is a turtle that wants to turn into a dragon but cannot jump over the dragon gate, so it secretly swallows the dragon ball from the bottom of the sea and turns into a fish with the head of a dragon and the body of a fish.

As a messenger around the Tongtian Cult, he has become an ornamental fish in a pond raised by Westerners. I have to say that Wu Yunxian is quite sympathetic.

The long-eared Dingguang Immortal who was responsible for summoning the soul banner first defected from the Chan Sect and then from the Western Sect and became the Dingguang Huanxi Buddha. Naturally, such a traitor must be eliminated quickly, but now he is hiding next to Yuanshi Tianzun, which is difficult to deal with.

The Cunning Rabbit's Three Caves are truly well-deserved.

Jinguangxian, Lingyaxian and Qiushouxian were respectively named Jinmaohuan, Baixiang and Qingshi. They later became the mounts of the three Bodhisattvas Cihang, Samantabhadra and Manjusri.

As for Vairocana, there is very little description in the original text of "Feng Shen Yan Yi". It is only said that he joined the Western religion during the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and became Vairocana Buddha, which is also the legendary Great Sun Tathagata Buddha.

These six are all spirits and have no names. Only the Golden Hoop Immortal Horse Sui has a name. They are suspected to be from a human race, but they disappeared after the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation.

The empress said:

"Ma Sui and Wudang led hundreds of scattered immortals to hide away, retaining a piece of incense for Jie Jiao, and also used themselves to pursue the escaped one of Jie Jiao... Piluxian is a reed that becomes a spirit, and a reed in Buddhism crosses the river. The allusion is based on him, because he has transformed into the Buddha, so he has a high status."

It turns out that there is such a thing. Li Yu asked:

"What's going on with the Seven Immortals now?"

"Ma Sui immediately left with Our Lady of Wudang and continued to work as an escapee; Immortal Wu Yun was stationed in Biyou Palace, often holding objects that reached the sky to see things and think about people; the three immortals Jinguang, Qiu Shou, and Lingya went to explain Teach me, if you sit on a mount for a long time, you won’t be able to straighten your back, let alone Dingguangxian, who has been following Yuanshi..."

Good guy, I thought that after the restart, I would be able to avenge my embarrassment by following the Seven Immortals, but I didn’t expect that I would rebel before the fight even started.

"Where's Piluxian?"

"He has been meditating and practicing in Biyou Palace, but what he studied was not Buddhist scriptures, nor Western scriptures, but Taoist scriptures left by Tongtian."

Even though he has become the Great Sun Tathagata, he is still working so hard. Are he planning to try his best to become a Buddha again?

The empress said:

"Although the Attendant Seven Immortals follow Tongtian, in terms of character, they are not as good as the Ten Heavenly Lords of Jin'ao Island. This time the world of gods opens, the Ten Heavenly Lords do not invite friends to visit, but gather together Together, we continued to strengthen the Ten Jue Formation and asked Lu Yue to help increase the lethality of the formation."

Although he failed, Shitianjun refused to accept his fate and planned to create an enhanced version of the Shijue Formation to continue to challenge Chanjiao.

In terms of cultivation, the Ten Heavenly Lords were only at the realm of heavenly immortals at most, and they did not cultivate any Taoist arts. They were not even qualified to attend lectures in Biyou Palace. However, they did not flinch at all when facing Jinxian and even Daluo Jinxian.

In the original work, when the Twelve Golden Immortals arrived, the Ten Heavenly Lords knew that they would not be able to return to Jin'ao Island in this battle, but they fought hard to the end for the sake of loyalty and the reputation of Jie Jiao.

Even if they had to do it all over again, they did not think about avoiding the disaster. Instead, they strengthened the formation in more detail and continued to act recklessly. The word "unyielding" was almost written on their faces.

Compared with the seven immortals who seek perfection, Li Yu prefers the character of the ten of them.

If you don't care about life and death, do it if you don't accept it!

No matter what you are, Twelve Golden Immortals or Chan Jiao, if you want to pass the level, you have to step on the corpses of ten of us!

Li Yu asked:

"Mom, Shitianjun won't die this time, right?"

"I have asked Jin Ling to accept disciples on behalf of my master, making them official disciples of Jie Jiao, and teaching them the art of the Great Dao. I can't guarantee how much cultivation they can achieve, but they will all survive the Great Tribulation of Conferring Gods safely."

As long as they can survive the catastrophe... Thinking of the three traitors Lingya Fairy, Qiu Shou Fairy and Jin Guangxian who took the initiative to join the Chan Cult, Li Yu felt that there was no need to hold back when he arrived at Shituoling in the future.

First kill the evil thoughts of Dapeng, and then completely erase the green lion and white elephant, so that they will not continue to bully others.

As for the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal, he couldn't let it go. He turned around and let the lotus platform press the Buddhist golden body, and then started to kill him.

The empress said:

"You don't have to worry about Fengshen. When you're not busy, just cook more delicious food for Yunxiao."

She was afraid that Li Yu would ask too many questions about the cause and effect involved in the Fengshen catastrophe, so every time she talked about Fengshen's affairs, she would push Yunxiao out as a shield.

Li Yu agreed:

"Okay, I'll make ginger duck tomorrow. If it tastes good, I'll make more for you, my godmother, and Yunxiao to try."

"Okay, you and Guiying go back, and I'll talk to your godmother about something else."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu woke up the Queen, but the girl was cheating and forced Li Yu to carry her back to the B&B.

In the Wa Palace, Empress Houtu tasted the corn cakes offered by Li Yu, and then she asked:

"You have always prevented Xiaoyu from being tainted by the cause and effect of the world of gods, but you have continued to bring him and Yunxiao together. Isn't this contradictory?"

The empress sighed:

"The dispute between the avenues has too much cause and effect. Once Brother Dao can set up the immortal as the administrator, he will let Yunxiao go to the real world. Once he has a household registration, he will not have to worry about the cause and effect of the avenue. Otherwise, it is better to be careful."

The son doesn't have any magic power, and he doesn't even have a protective magic weapon at hand. If he is tainted with karma, the consequences will be disastrous, so he should be less involved.

Recently, Fengshen has been downplaying Li Yu's influence, and even Zi Shou has not been running into the real world.

When the two mothers were worried about their sons, Li Yugang carried Mu Guiying to the door of the B&B.

"Husband, you are so powerful. I thought you would get tired after carrying it for tens of meters."

Li Yu said with a smile:

"If you can't even walk a few miles after exercising all day, then it's all in vain... What did you talk about with our mother just now? She actually hypnotized you."

The queen blushed:

"This is our sect's business, don't ask... I'm so hungry, I'll reward you with a chance to make me a midnight snack."

Good guy, you're having a midnight snack, and I have to be grateful, right?

Li Yu had just carried this girl on his back for a few miles on the mountain road, and he was a little hungry, so he went to the kitchen, cooked some hollow noodles, and took out a small pot of chicken soup that was as solid as jelly from the refrigerator, and made two bowls of chicken soup noodles, one large and one small.

Mu Guiying held the big bowl and ate it hot, feeling really comfortable.

She wanted to take a photo to anger Diao Chan, but was worried that she would suffer a more violent counterattack, so she finally endured it.

The next day, after breakfast, Mu Guiying couldn't wait to squeeze into the car and went to the market with Li Yu to buy twenty or thirty kilograms of old ginger.

Jiangmu means old ginger. To make ginger duck, you need old ginger for more than three years, so that the taste is more authentic.

For those who don't eat ginger, they will get goose bumps when they think of this dish, but those who like it can't stop eating it at all.

After buying ginger and the ingredients and seasonings for lunch, the two drove straight to Shitouzhai Village and soon caught two red-faced fat ducks weighing more than ten pounds.

Back at the B&B, Li Yu followed Lin Xu's tutorial and worked hard. Mu Guiying also wrapped herself in an apron and put on a chef's hat with royal colors to help.

At the same time, the underworld.

The Dragon King of Jinghe River dragged Li Shimin here angrily. Just when he was about to ask the King of Hell for justice, he found that the hall where King Qin Guang was was decorated with lights and even the ground was covered with red carpets, as if to welcome VIPs.

This... I am just the Dragon King of a small river. This is the pomp that only my brother-in-law, the Dragon King of the West Sea, can enjoy, right?

Could it be that the Yamas in the underworld also sympathize with our old dragon?

As he was wondering, he saw the ten Yama Kings filed out and bowed together:

"Welcome Your Majesty to come and guide us!"

Jinghe River Dragon King: ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

It's not good to call me Your Majesty directly like this, right?

He was muttering to himself, but unexpectedly, Li Shimin beside him suddenly said:

"All the nobles, please stand up!"

Before coming to the underworld, Li Shimin didn't think that the name of the disciple of the Holy Son was very useful, but when he arrived in the underworld, he found that the power of the Holy Son... no, the power of the master was beyond imagination.

I will write a letter to that brat when I go back, asking him to serve his master well and not to be disrespectful all day long.

Li Shimin took two steps forward and greeted the ten Yama Kings one by one. As they were greeting each other, Dizang led the tiger-headed and one-horned Di Ting to join in the fun.

In a formal occasion, Di Ting also turned into a more majestic mythical form.

Jinghe River Dragon King looked at this scene with a blank face.

What's going on?

Didn't I ask the King of Hell to judge for me?

How did it become Li Shimin's leadership research symposium?

However, no one paid attention to him. Everyone surrounded Li Shimin and came to the hall. The ghost messengers inside knelt on the ground, and Cui Jue came to pay his respects:

"Your Majesty, the birth and death dates in the Book of Life and Death are a little vague and need to be revised. Please choose the birth and death dates again."

Although the plan to extend his life for 20 years has been set, Li Shimin can decide the date when it ends in 20 years.

Old Li is a traditional person. He looked at the Book of Life and Death and decided to die on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month:

"As the saying goes, the nine-nine ascends to the sky, I will leave the world on this day... When will my wife Changsun die, can it be adjusted to the same day?"

Hearing this, Cui Jue waved his hand:

"Yes, yes, we are just worrying about how to set the date. Thank you, Your Majesty, for helping us solve our problems."

Look, although he is helping, he uses a thankful tone. This is the art of language.

Li Shimin was also very open:

"When I return to the world of the living, I will build a grand temple to worship you all."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After talking about these, Li Shimin looked at Qin Qiong's birth and death years again, and learned that his life was also extended by 20 years. He thanked everyone on behalf of his generals.

The King of Chujiang handed a plate of fruit to Li Shimin:

"Your Majesty, you can take these fruits back to reward the generals and old ministers. This fruit can replenish qi and blood and eliminate disasters. Although it cannot prolong life, it is very effective in strengthening the body."

Hey, hey, hey, didn't they say that the Book of Life and Death cannot be changed? How can it be smeared at will... The Dragon King of Jinghe was already dumbfounded. Only then did he know that His Majesty the King of Tang had a backer, but since he was here, he couldn't just stop there.

He cleared his throat and said loudly:

"Xiaolong, please judge the matter, Your Majesty the King of Tang..."

Before he finished speaking, the Wheel King dragged the Dragon King of Jinghe River out:

"I was so excited that I almost forgot about you. The Dragon King of the West Sea sent a note to take care of you. Come on, it's time for you to drink Mengpo soup and reincarnate."

After saying that, he winked at Mengpo who was waiting outside the hall.

Mengpo understood at a glance, and quickly replaced the small bowl with a large bowl like a washbasin, filled it with a bowl of soup, and handed it over with both hands.

Before the Dragon King of Jinghe River could react, he was filled with Mengpo soup.

Then he forgot everything, even the taste of the soup, and only felt that it was warm and comfortable to drink.

Soon, the Dragon King of Jinghe River, who had forgotten everything, was taken away by several ghost messengers and judges, and Li Shimin began his investigation and research trip in the underworld.

Three Kingdoms world, Chang'an City.

Jia Xu sat on the computer chair that Li Yu gave him, finished processing today's memorials, and leaned back a little tiredly.

Wei Xu's eyes were open, and he quickly brought a cup of hot tea and reported the information obtained by the intelligence center:

"The daily output of coal exceeds ten tons. Many people in Chang'an City have begun to burn coal for heating. The transformation and promotion of coal stoves are also progressing steadily."

"Your Majesty is living well in Hedong County. It will probably take a few days to return to the capital."

"Yang Dezu is preparing to try to produce horse armor. I hope that Chang'an will send a batch of horses to measure the size."

"Wancheng reported that a young man named Deng Zhi was found from the Deng family in Xinye..."

Hearing this, Jia Xu suddenly opened his eyes:

"Deng Zhi? Let Xu Huang send someone to escort him to Chang'an. I want to teach him personally!"