I am guarding the sky prison in Journey to the West

Chapter 287
"Prison God, you are finally back! His Majesty has sent Taibaijin Star down to earth to look for you!"

As soon as Li Anran and Nezha arrived outside the Nantian Gate, the Changtian King who was guarding the Nantian Gate quickly came up to them and said, "Hurry up to the Lingxiao Palace!"

Behind him, teams of heavenly soldiers and generals held swords in their hands and were heavily guarded. Their number was more than double that of usual.

Li Anran asked: "King of Heaven, what happened?"

The King of Growth lowered his voice and said: "I heard from the general guarding the Tianhe that last night, the magpie fairies under the Queen Mother prepared to guide the magpies to build a bridge on the Tianhe River as usual to let the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet. It turned out that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were dead. Their The children also disappeared."

Nezha asked: "Aren't they just two little dolls, how could they make such a big fuss?"

The King of Growth did not answer, but said vaguely: "I don't know about this."

He will tell Li Anran about this, firstly because their brothers owed Li Anran a favor because of the macaque king's unauthorized intrusion into the Heavenly Palace, and secondly because the Jade Emperor summoned Li Anran there just for this matter, and he just said it for a while in advance. .

As for Nezha's question, it was not convenient for him to answer.

Nezha heard the perfunctory intention of the King of Growth and raised his brows, about to have an attack, but was stopped by Li Anran.

"Thank you, King of Heaven, for informing me about this!"

Li Anran cupped his hands and said thank you, then took Nezha and left.

Nezha has been sorting out the earth's veins in the volcano for so many years. Not only has his temper not changed at all, but he has become even more fiery!
However, this is not all bad!
There is a theory of good and bad practice in practice. If you go well, you will lock your heart, ape, bolt, mind, horse, heaven and man become one. If you go wrong, you will realize your original mind, cultivate your roots, and gain access to your thoughts.

Taiyi Tianzun has always wanted to polish Nezha's character. He followed the path of conforming to the way of heaven and the path of teaching and practice.

The latter is the Jie Jiao practice route, which Taiyi Tianzun despises and dislikes, but that does not mean it is worse than the former.

There are three thousand avenues, both good and bad are possible, but it is much easier to follow the way of heaven than to go against it!

Nezha said: "Li Anran, what are you doing to stop me? That Mo Liqing was a happy-go-lucky man back then, but now he talks in secret, which is really annoying!"

Li Anran said: "This matter has nothing to do with me in the first place! It's good that he can tell us this, why do you have to embarrass him! I'll go to Lingxiao Palace first, and you can go to Tianlao Palace for a cup of tea. I'll wait for you I’ll go find you with my second brother!”

Li Anran sent Nezha away and flew to Lingxiao Palace.

But in his mind, he was thinking about the last time he and Nezha were sparring by the Tianhe River, and he accidentally discovered that the Cowherd and the Weaver had a bay leaf hidden in their bodies.

Tianhe is a place where all the unkind and unjust spirits in the world gather. If the gods stay there for a long time, they will gradually lose their emotions and desires and become cold, selfish, ruthless and unjust.

The laurel tree is one of the ten innate spiritual roots. It was born on the Taiyin Star. It was owned by the ancient Taiyin Star Lord and the Demon Queen Xihe of the ancient Demon Court. Its branches and leaves are the most feminine and soft things in the world.

Those two bay leaves were enough to help the children of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl withstand the cold air of the Milky Way, allowing them to retain their normal minds and emotions.

Li Anran didn't know what Xi He's purpose was, so he told Yang Jian about it.

Yang Jian himself is a human-god hybrid, and has experienced the feeling of being persecuted by heaven until his family was destroyed.

Although he looked down upon the Cowherd who was bewitched by demons to steal people's clothes and forcefully marry Weaver Girl, he was full of pity and sympathy for Weaver Girl and her pair of children, and he also tried to find ways to help Zhinu and her innocent children get away with it.

However, the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother hated the idea of ​​gods touching mortal hearts, and insisted on imprisoning the Cowherd and Weaver Girl family on both sides of the Tianhe River as a warning to others.

The annual Magpie Bridge Festival seems to be a grace, but in fact it is to make the Cowherd and Weaver Girl family, who are indifferent, selfish, ruthless and resentful of each other washed away by the Tianhe, kill each other. It can be said to be extremely vicious.

In order not to affect his long-term plan to modify the rules of heaven, Yang Jian did not directly help Zhinu's family out of misery.

Zhixi was willing to use bay leaves to protect the souls of Weaver Girl's children, which was exactly what he wanted.

Yang Jian told Li Anran not to tell anyone about it at that time, and he just pretended that he didn't know.

At this time, when Li Anran heard the words of the King of Growth, he immediately thought of Xihe.

Could it be that Xihe wanted to use Lady Zhinu's children to deal with Heaven?
Li Anran didn't know why Xi He had been living in seclusion on Taiyin Star for so many years, and now he suddenly made this move.

However, if she really wants to use the half-human and divine children of the Girl Weaver Girl against Heaven, then she is overthinking it!

The gap between human-god hybrids and human-god hybrids is no smaller than the gap between humans and dogs!

Yang Jian and San Sheng Sheng are still brothers and sisters, but Yang Jian is already a Daluo Golden Immortal and the top powerhouse in the three realms, while San Sheng Sheng is still just a Golden Immortal, not even Taiyi!

Although there is a reason why the Three Holy Mothers are lax in their practice, the Three Holy Mothers worshiped Nuwa as their teacher, and Yang Jian fed them all kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. In addition, he gained many merits as an Earthly Immortal over the years. These bonuses are not as good as those of hard work. Hard work comes at a bad time!
The aptitudes of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl's children are not very good, slightly inferior to those of the Three Holy Mothers!

If there were no special opportunities, it would be impossible to break through to the Xuanxian within a hundred years. It is basically impossible to use them to deal with the Heavenly Court. The disgusting Jade Emperor and Queen Mother are more than enough!

Just like now.

On the one hand, the Heavenly Court strengthened its security and strictly prohibited anyone from entering or leaving the Heavenly Court, but on the other hand, it kept it secret to prevent the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals below from knowing about it. Apparently, they felt that they had lost face, rather than really being afraid of the two human-god hybrids.

Although the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl's family were imprisoned on both sides of the Tianhe River by the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, and were guarded by the Tianhe navy, as the prison god, he had something to do with this matter.

The Jade Emperor urgently summoned him to the Lingxiao Palace for an audience, presumably to leave the matter in his hands.

Soon, Li Anran arrived outside the Lingxiao Palace.

Zhang Tianshi had already received the Jade Emperor's order and had been waiting there for a long time. When he saw Li Anran appeared, he took him directly into the palace.

In the Lingxiao Palace, there were only three people, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and Yang Jian.

Obviously, the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother did not want this matter to be known to too many people.

However, judging from the fact that the King of Growth was able to learn about this matter from the navy generals guarding Tianhe, it is estimated that this matter cannot be hidden from too many people.

The most the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother could do was to prevent this matter from being brought to light and make them lose face.After some greetings.

The Jade Emperor nodded to Yang Jian, and then Yang Jian talked about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl have been on both sides of the Tianhe River for hundreds of years.

After so many years, and there has never been any accident, the Tianhe navy has already relaxed its supervision of them.

If it hadn't been the day of the Magpie Bridge Meeting on the seventh day of July, when the Magpie Fairy was building the Magpie Bridge, she noticed something was wrong with the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl's family. I don't know how long it would have taken for anyone to notice this.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were not simply dead, but completely distraught.

Their son and daughter disappeared out of thin air.

After the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother learned of this, they searched all over Tianhe but could not find any trace.

In order to protect the face of the Heavenly Court, the Queen Mother had no choice but to use magic to transform into the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl's family, and completed this year's Magpie Bridge Festival on their behalf.

However, the Queen Mother did not have the nerve to let the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl family kill each other like mother and son, father and son, and husband and wife like in previous years. They only had a quick meeting and ended it hastily.

"I have sent Roaring Sky Dog to investigate this matter. However, the Tianhe River is extremely cold and all the smells have been washed away. I am afraid it will be difficult to find clues."

Yang Jian said seriously.

His tone and expression were the same as before.

However, Li Anran noticed a trace of anger and hatred towards Yang Jian from the Queen Mother.

Obviously, the Queen Mother believed that Yang Jian was ridiculing her in her heart.

The Queen Mother had a gloomy face and said in a cold voice: "Li Anran, as the prison god, it is your duty to take care of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl! Now that something like this has happened, what are you going to do?"

Li Anran: "???" This is because you think I'm easy to bully, so you'll put the blame on me with just one mouthful, right?

Li Anran sneered in his heart. The relationship between the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother was that of monarch and minister, but it was different from the relationship between monarch and minister in the mortal world!
Mortal kings can kill and seize, but the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother cannot do that!

Li Anran said directly: "Empress, if the little god remembers correctly, the little god once told your majesty that the Milky Way is 33 days away, and the heavenly soldiers and generals in the heavenly prison cannot take care of it. Please imprison the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in the heavenly prison."

"It was the empress who insisted on imprisoning them by the Tianhe River. She also said that they were guarded by the Tianhe navy and there was no way they could escape. Why is it that if something happens now, all the responsibility should be put on the little god?"

Li Anran is in the Heavenly Prison on weekdays. Although he is one of the three war gods in Heaven along with Yang Jian and Nezha, he rarely attends court meetings and is considered the lowest profile among the three.

The Queen Mother didn't know Li Anran well, so she was stunned by Li Anran's words.

When he came back to his senses, he became furious and yelled: "How presumptuous! Li Anran, what do you mean by this? Are you blaming me?"

Li Anran did not accept this trick at all, and calmly cupped his hands and said: "The little god is not good at words. He only knows the truth. Please forgive me."

"You!" The Queen Mother's face turned red with anger, and she couldn't say a word for a long time.

Whether it is Yang Jian or other gods in heaven, when facing her, they are either respectful and flattering or neither humble nor arrogant, polite and courteous. Even if they disagree with her, they will be tactful and reserved in their rebuttals.

How can someone like Li Anran be such a talkative person? He seems to be very respectful, but combined with his expressionless face and lack of any ups and downs in his tone, no matter how you listen or respond, he is full of yin and yang.

"Okay." The Jade Emperor interrupted the conversation between the two and said, "Now is not the time to find out who is responsible. The most important thing now is to resolve the matter! Find the real culprit who killed Weaver Girl and bring those two to justice." The kidnapped child was brought back!"

Li Anran was slightly startled, and immediately understood what the Jade Emperor meant.

Although the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were in disarray, all their beautiful emotions had been washed away by the cold air of the Tianhe, leaving only selfish resentment, just like a different person.

It is a relief for them to lose their souls.

The two children were protected by bay leaves and did not lose their natural minds. They were undoubtedly saved.

But according to the Jade Emperor, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were killed and the two children were kidnapped.

In this way, even if this matter spreads, no one can say, at least not openly, that someone could not understand the cruel and vicious methods of the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, and rescued the children of Weaver Girl.

I barely saved some face for myself.

Although this face is a bit self-deceiving.

This kind of thing has happened a lot over the years, and it is reasonable for the Jade Emperor to be like this now.

but……

Li Anran thought of the Jade Emperor, the talented and ambitious brother in Yaoji's mouth. No matter how you look at it, he is very different from the Jade Emperor today!
I don’t know if it’s because the years have changed and people’s hearts have changed, or if there’s another reason!
The Jade Emperor said: "Li Anran, Yang Jian has more important things to do. I will leave the matter of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to you. Don't let me down."

Li Anran said: "The little god obeys his decree."

It is impossible to resist the decree, but whether it can be solved is another matter!
The worst he could do was to be reprimanded and have his salary deducted.

Li Anran didn't care either.

After the Jade Emperor finished explaining the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, he asked Yang Jian and Li Anran to leave.

After the two of them walked away, the Queen Mother asked: "Your Majesty, could it be that Yang Jian was shouting to catch the thief?"

(End of this chapter)