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Chapter 11 Eleven: Conferred God

At the beginning of the second year of Lin Gong, the lion country outside Guanwai came to visit. Eight hundred monks from the Supreme Yoga Sect of Buddhism came with the envoys in a boat. The group was headed by a Buddhist holy vessel, the seven-treasure glazed boat, and there were twelve tower boats. The Huangsha River enters the Fushui in the west and reaches Xuandu.

In order to welcome the fleet, Xuandu rebuilt the two major ports, and along the way, also cleaned up the water transport, and consolidated more than forty water and land terminals in Xuandu into seven.After the envoys of Baoshi Kingdom arrived in Xuandu, they made some adjustments and then went to Yujing.The Buddhist monks who came with the messenger stayed in Xuandu and held a Dharma meeting at the foot of Fuyu Mountain.

Practitioners from all over the world gathered at the foot of Fuyu Mountain to discuss Taoism for half a year. During this grand event, countless eminent monks and high Taoists emerged, and the ranking of the holy places was determined, which had a profound impact on the practice world.

For ordinary people, these things are far away in the clouds, but the life trajectory of some ordinary people has undergone major changes because of this. For example, Qinghefang started to repair the bridge without the water and land wharf.

Jiang Hehe watched stone carpenters and warriors come and go by the Pu River every day, and occasionally crossed the river.She has an excellent memory, and basically all the passengers on board can recognize her, but the only one that she remembers deeply is the person who squatted on the shore and asked her name.

Unfortunately, that person never appeared again.

The puja at the foot of Fuyu Mountain was another big topic after the sage moved the capital. Jiang Hehe heard from the storyteller in the old storehouse that those gods flew into the sky and escaped from the earth, moving mountains to fill the sea, as if they had witnessed it with their own eyes.

But soon, this topic was suppressed by a strange incident-the Qinghe Bridge was halfway repaired, but the bridge foundation could not be broken no matter what.

This problem has not been resolved, and several people died.

It is said that someone saw with their own eyes that these people did not fall into the river.There was fog when the people died, and those men with the best water skills went straight into the river in a daze, and never came out again, and the bones could not be retrieved.

People said that it was the construction of the bridge that touched the cave of the God of the River and angered the God of the River.

Once this matter happened, A Niang didn't dare to go out of the boat anymore, Jiang Hehe was free for a while, without a source of livelihood, and was looking forward to this matter being resolved as soon as possible.

Some people say that people should be invited to get rid of demons, and some people say how can they be disrespectful to the river god.

In half a month, two knight-errants and a traveling monk volunteered to exorcise the demons. No one dared to leave the boat, so they asked for a fisherman's boat to go out, and they disappeared once they went.

Jiang Hehe heard that it was the Cui family who moved from Beixiang who invested in the construction of the bridge. The Cui family is a prominent Dayong family, and the government must soon let the government resolve the matter.

Sure enough, officials from Shenzhasi came forward and said that the river monster was rampant, and there must be someone offering sacrifices and calling for interrogation.

Sacrificing to gods other than righteous gods is adultery, and the crime can be big or small.

Jiang Hehe and A Niang were very worried, until Shenzhasi's demon hunters came to her door, she still hoped that these police officers would only come to ask questions, but the old fisherman also came with the police officers.

A Niang felt ashamed all of a sudden.

But Shenzhasi's messengers didn't arrest them, instead, Cui Shizuo of Beixiang invited a seal to seal a prince of Pushui Mansion.

He also said that he would send someone close to Lord Pushui Mansion to deliver the seal. Somehow, he chose Jiang Hehe, and even sealed her as a Goddess.

Jiang Hehe suddenly became a celebrity in Qinghefang. Who among ordinary people has seen a living god?

The old fisherman who testified that A Niang sacrificed to the river god was quite complacent, and went around saying that half of the credit for the birth of the goddess was due to him.

Until the stage was set up by the Pushui River, and the Conferred God Ceremony would be celebrated tomorrow, Jiang Hehe still felt like he was dreaming.

Others say that if you become a god, you will stand high and be enshrined by others.

But some inexplicable scenes emerged in her heart, the cold river water, a shadow swimming over, she only felt scared.

……

A stage was set up on the bank of the river, and Huadan sang operas. The lion dancers swayed their huge lion heads, causing bursts of applause. This is a Nuo dance from Baoshi Kingdom. It's a novelty for people.

The name of the Conferring God Ceremony sounds bluffing, but it is actually not a big deal. The princes of the palace can be big or small, and the prince of Taishan suppresses a ghost gate. He is a god on an equal footing with the emperor.As for the God Conferring Ceremony of Lord Pushui Mansion, the only people who came to watch the ceremony were the Ming Mansion from Fuguo County where Qinghe Fang was located, the steward of the Cui Clan of Beixiang, and several guest officials.

The winter in Xuandu was very cold. Jiang Hehe sat on a sedan chair wearing a red felt cloak and a green silk skirt.

A Niang was wiping tears, with a happy and sad expression.Jiang Hehe was looking forward to, afraid and at a loss. People in Qinghefang envied her, but she didn't know what would happen after she became a goddess. She probably didn't have to worry about making a living anymore, and she wouldn't live in Qinghefang anymore. where?

The four men lifted up the sedan chair, and Jiang Hehe's position was so high that she could see everyone around her. She looked over the crowd, and slowly she could see the water surface of Pushui. There was a light fog on the water surface. The picture inexplicably appeared in her mind, as if she had experienced it before - the son sank, and the icy water overflowed her chest and head.

She turned her head to look at A Niang, looked at it a few times, and couldn't help calling the bearer to stop, and wanted to go back and talk to A Niang again, but the sedan chair didn't move at all, and she yelled anxiously.

"Stop!"

"I won't be a god anymore, I want to accompany my mother!"

"Stop! Stop!"

Jiang Hehe tried his best to shake the sedan chair and grabbed the bearer's shoulders, but the bearer's movements were as steady as a rock.She asked the onlookers for help, with smiles everywhere, and the noisy discussions made her heart go blank.

"It's really filial to children."

"With such filial piety, you will be blessed after becoming a goddess."

"It's rare."

Seeing the mournful appearance of the Goddess and the birth mother, everyone felt the deep love between the mother and the daughter. Some people in the Liyuan said that after today, they can arrange a drama of "The Goddess's Resignation of Mother", which must be deeply touching.

Jiang Hehe shouted until his voice became hoarse, and he fell limply in the sedan chair, muttering to himself, his lips sticky when he opened and closed his mouth.

"Don't want me to be a god...don't be a god, I'm afraid I won't be filial and I won't be a god...let me go back and don't..."

"Don't be a god anymore?" A voice appeared in Jiang Hehe's ears.

"I'm not a god anymore..." She replied weakly.

"Don't be a demon anymore?" the voice asked again.

"I won't be a demon anymore..." Jiang Hehe murmured subconsciously.

"Well."

Jiang Hehe came back to his senses, the crowd dispersed in his blurred vision.A man stands ahead, blocking the way to the bridgehead.

"Put her down."

Among the loud gongs and drums, operas and applause, that voice can be clearly heard.

(End of this chapter)