coobybook Chapter 512 The True Gods of Dayu
Chapter 512 The True Gods of Dayu
In the early morning, before dawn, two strange people came to the government office of Zhuoyu Town, one man and one woman. The man was wearing white clothes and the woman was wearing an eye-catching red dress. Both of them had extraordinary looks and demeanor.
Wang Ruyi was full of energy and authority. He stood in front of the yamen with his hands behind his back. He frightened the constables there so much that they dared not act rashly. They sent people to invite the county magistrate, fearing that a distinguished guest was coming to visit.
A burst of hurried footsteps sounded. The county magistrate, with his official hat tilted, his clothes not neatly arranged, and his teeth and hair not yet trimmed, hurriedly put on his official robes and rushed over.
Seeing Wang Ruyi from afar, he was so frightened that his legs went weak and he almost fell. Fortunately, someone supported him and he did not lose his composure in front of the king.
The county magistrate of Zhuoyu Town recognized Wang Ruyi because her characteristics were too distinctive. It was hard to find another woman with such aura in the whole Dayu. The county magistrate knelt down, Wang Ruyi nodded, then turned to look at Li Changxiao.
It was Li Changxiao's idea to visit this town. The reason was simple. Zhuoyu Town was also a place where natural disasters and man-made calamities often occurred. Li Changxiao came here to pursue the disasters. He once said that the secret of Dayu's happiness was all in the natural disasters.
Before this, the two had visited many towns one after another. Wang Ruyi did not hide his status as an emperor and was received solemnly wherever he went. Some local officials even wanted to prepare a sedan chair for him. Wang Ruyi refused on the grounds that he was visiting incognito and it was not appropriate to be high-profile.
However, it also allowed Li Changxiao to see another side of her. When she stood in front of the ministers, her eyebrows frowned and relaxed, her lips opened and closed, and her every move was full of the majesty of an emperor. This temperament alone was easier to identify than the tiger talisman.
In front of Li Changxiao, she was innocent and enthusiastic, always finding topics to talk with Bai Yi, and secretly learned how to play finger-guessing games. However, in front of the ministers, she was very frugal with words, indifferent and distant, with a pair of cold eyes, and life and death, disaster and happiness were all in a thought.
Wang Ruyi withdrew his gaze from Li Changxiao, glanced up and down at the county magistrate, nodded slightly, then stepped into the yamen and retrieved the local county annals of Zhuoyu Town for Li Changxiao to review.
While Li Changxiao was looking through the county annals, Wang Ruyi sat in the lobby, legs crossed, brushing off the foam with a tea lid, lowering his eyes to look at the green tea, and listening to the county magistrate talk about his duties.
If they did a good job, he would praise them verbally; if they did a bad job, he would criticize them. Wang Ruyi was quite experienced in employing people, after all, he was an emperor.
It was noon, and Wang Ruyi felt sleepy, so she let the county magistrate go and sat alone. After the county magistrate left, she relaxed, but there was a hint of complaint between her brows: why hasn't that guy come back yet?
At 4:00 p.m., Li Changxiao returned from reading the county annals. He gained quite a lot, and his guess was further verified. This Zhuoyu City was often troubled by earthquakes.
Since thirty years ago, the earthquakes have gradually become regular.
Thirty years ago, there were several extremely large earthquakes that left tens of thousands of people homeless and eventually died in various places.
……
The two passed through towns and cities. Li Changxiao read county chronicles and visited temples one after another, and found that thirty years ago was an important node.
After thirty years ago, natural disasters and man-made disasters have formed a certain pattern. It is likely that the "farmers" organization of the Extreme Evil Sect began to use natural disasters to harvest mortals. However, it does not mean that thirty years ago, Dayu was peaceful.
Thirty years ago, various disasters still occurred from time to time, such as landslides, collapse of the earth, surging of rivers, earthquakes, and violent gales.
Although the number of disasters thirty years ago was small, the casualties were extremely heavy, and many places were even completely wiped out as a result. The records in the county annals of various places vaguely matched what Li Changxiao had inferred.
At this point, he was able to guess the true origins of the four gods and the twelve incense gods.
The purpose of eliminating the extremely evil sect.
Li Changxiao has seen through the muddy waters of Dayu Kingdom. There are four gods, twelve mountain gods, and scattered minor gods who have been conferred titles, etc...
I'm afraid that he and others don't belong to the world of Fuyao.
There are six worlds in this world, each of which is extremely vast. There are only two worlds dominated by human beings, namely Fuyao World and Kunlun World.
Before the spiritual energy was exhausted, the two worlds of the human race were very close and often communicated with each other. In the fight against the affairs of the prehistoric world, the Kunlun world made great efforts.
For example, the Zhenhai Tower has several rare materials that are only available in Kunlun Tianxia. Without the help of Kunlun Tianxia, the Zhenhai Tower would probably have to be downgraded to a lower level.
Of course…
These four gods, the twelve mountain gods, and the various lesser gods were not part of the Kunlun world. Li Changxiao was both unfamiliar and familiar with their origins.
The ancient world.
All signs have shown that the Four Gods, the Twelve Mountain Gods and others, seemingly high and mighty and respected by all people, are actually... just humans and animals.
Or……
The real God is someone else.
Most of the gods worshipped in Dayu have a distinct feature, which is that they are all related to animals. The God of the East rides a two-headed tiger, and the God of Tianjian Mountain sits cross-legged on the back of an eagle...
From the four gods to the three insect ladies.
The "beast" element is indispensable on the statues. The people of Dayu worship them every day, but they don't know that the priority of the statues is reversed.
Those "beasts" are the protagonists.
The real Lord of the East is not the brave man who rides a two-headed tiger, wears a purple gold crown on his head, holds a long whip in one hand and a sword in the other. Instead, it is the two-headed giant tiger under his crotch with a ferocious appearance.
In the same way...
The same is true for the Western God, the Northern God, the Southern God, Tianjian Mountain, Elong Mountain...
The gods that the people believed in were actually just the beasts of prehistoric times, also in disguise.
If you observe carefully, you can easily see that in each statue of a deity, the carvings of the animals are far more refined than those of humans, but the people of Dayu have preconceived ideas and have overlooked this.
Li Changxiao's conclusion was mostly based on guesswork, and his only basis was the county annals from various places.
In the county annals of various places, there are all kinds of disasters, but Li Changxiao divides all disasters into three categories: man-made, animal-caused, and natural.
Natural disasters are caused by nature and are not worth discussing. Man-made disasters are caused by "farmers" harvesting and are easy to identify. These natural disasters are small in scale and frequent in number, but will not significantly affect the population. As for beast disasters, they are caused by wild beasts in the ancient times.
Those wild beasts hid in the dark, but they could not change their blood-eating nature. They occasionally needed to find food, so the large-scale killings they caused had to be covered up by "natural disasters".
The natural disasters caused by beasts have caused great suffering to all living beings, and the casualties are extremely tragic. Just reading the text is shocking.
Thirty years ago, the Extremely Evil Clan established the "Farmers". However, long before the "Farmers" were established, the prehistoric beasts had been lurking in Dayu.
Hidden everywhere.
This reflects a terrible fact. In this era of depletion, the human race is seeking change and survival, but the prehistoric beasts will never sit still and wait for death. They are also actively seeking change.
And he is very interested in the incense of the human race.