The self of the heavens has billions of clones

Chapter 179

Moreover, we learned that in addition to abducting and cannibalizing women and children, they would also sneak into luxurious homes in Kyoto and steal treasures to use in building their own luxurious palaces.These extreme and vicious behaviors have seriously affected the interests of the ruling class and the royal family, so it is time to find a way to cure Shuten Doji.It is said that similar rebellions occurred before during the reign of Emperor Saga.At that time, relying on Kobo Master's immediate action, he sealed it with his mind.But now that times have changed, the only way is to let a few people with both civil and military skills and outstanding abilities go to defeat Shuten Douji.So the general Minamoto Yorimitsu took the order and led six people, including Tsuna Watanabe, Kintoki Sakata, Nobubu Kitake, Sadamitsu Usui, and the warrior Yasumasa Fujiwara, known as the "Four Heavenly Kings of Yorimitsu", to embark on a conquest to Oeyama. road.

In order to ensure a smooth journey, they also visited the shrines of Kumano, Sumiyoshi and Hachiman before departure to ask for the protection of the gods. After reaching the foot of Mt. old man.The three claimed to be from Jin State, Ji State, and areas near the capital, and came here for revenge because their wives and children were also kidnapped by Shuten Doji and his gang.When they heard that Minamoto Larimitsu and his party had come to attack Shuten-douji, they invited him into the cave for a detailed discussion.The three old men took out the ghost poison wine and Xingjiaojia, and gave them to Yuan Laiguang and others: saying that this wine is fine for people to drink, but it is quite poisonous for ghosts. Immediately after drinking it, you will faint.After speaking, the three old men told everyone the specific location of Shuten Doji, and told them that they were actually the gods of Kumano, Sumiyoshi and Hachiman.Immediately after that, he stepped out of the cave, turned into green smoke and disappeared.It turned out that these three gods and men came here to help after receiving the worship of Minamoto Raimitsu and others.The people continued to move forward according to the point pointed out by the old people. When they were walking along the river, they encountered a young woman who was washing bloody clothes by the river. Her expression was quite painful, and she seemed to be only seventeen or eighteen years old.Yuan Laiguang came forward to talk.When the woman learned that their group was the warriors who came to attack Shuten Doji, she immediately cried: She was originally a maid in the house of Ikeda Nagon's family, but unfortunately she was with the daughter of Ikeda Nagon's daughter He was kidnapped here by ghosts.But he also became a slave to work for the ghosts here.And the clothes she is washing are also the clothes of the ghosts that were stained red by the blood of the previous young lady...

Soon after, we finally arrived at Shuten Douji's residence, and it was indeed as grand as a palace.After Minamoto Yorimitsu and others informed the gatekeeper that they were Shugendo practitioners, they were able to see Shuten Doji.They knew that Shuten-douji could not be harmed by a sword.Therefore, he uses this method to try to win the trust of the other party before taking the opportunity to take action.After meeting, Minamoto no Yorimitsu said that he came here to stay here because he got lost in the mountains, and offered sacred wine to express his gratitude.The alcoholic Shuten Doji was overjoyed and agreed to everyone's request to drink together.After his vigilance gradually lowered, Minamoto Yorimitsu poured a full cup of spirit poison wine and presented it to all the ghosts.It didn't take long for Shuten-Douji and his men to fall asleep, and Shuten-Douji, disguised as a handsome young man, also revealed his true form.Seeing that the time had come, Minamoto Yorimitsu and others put on their equipment and began to kill the sleeping ghosts.As for Shuten Doji, they tied him to the bed, and each of the four men chopped off his limbs, while Minamoto Yorimitsu beheaded him.At the moment when the head was beheaded, it suddenly came to life. The head that had left the body was flying wildly in the air, and then it dived and attacked everyone while glaring at them.Minamoto no Yorimitsu then took out the Hoshi Kabuto armor given by the three previous gods to cover Shuten Doji's head and wrapped it with it.In this way, the ghost power of the Shuten Doji clan was successfully eliminated, and many abducted women and children were rescued.Minamoto no Yorimitsu, Watanabe Tsuna and others have become famous since then, making ghosts and ghosts frightened, and the lives of people in Kyoto have returned to peace.

Because Yuan Laiguang cut off the head of Jiu Tun Douji, the king of all ghosts, the Taidao Yasuna he used was also named "Doji Kiri An Gang"; Hengji is also known as the "Five Swords of the World" in the Muromachi period.It is said that it is also a national treasure of Japan and is housed in the Tokyo National Museum.

Folding Legend II
In the middle of the Heian period, there was a ghost named Shuten Doji in Oeyama, who led a group of ghosts to live there.Shuten-douji, who cannibalizes human flesh, is frightening, and such things spread to the capital.At this time, Ikeda's daughter disappeared.The result of divination by the great onmyoji "Abe Seimei" was captured by the ghost of Dajiangshan.The emperor, who was very worried about the development of the situation, ordered the very famous hero "Minen Raimitsu" to conquer Shuten Doji.Among those who went to catch the King of Ghosts, apart from Minamoto Raimitsu and the Four Heavenly Kings (Watanabe Tsuna, Sakata Kintoki, Bubu Jiwu, and Suizai Sadamitsu), there were also Fujiwara Yasumasa, a total of six people.Before setting off to fight the demons, they went to the three shrines of Shimizu Hachiman, Sumiyoshi, and Kumano to ask for the protection of the gods.

On the way, thousands of warriors came to help, so the six said: "The opponent is a monster. If you go to so many people, you will only scare it away and go to another country; it is better to use tactics to win." So A group of people continued to move forward until they came to the foot of a mountain full of cherry blossoms, where they met three old people. "Are you going to conquer Shuten-douji? Please bring the ghost poison wine and star bag. But all ghosts like wine. It is a wonderful medicine for humans, but it is a poison for ghosts. Good luck to you!" The three old men disappeared after pointing them to the stone house where the ghost was; it turned out that they were the gods of the three shrines of Shimizu Hachiman, Sumiyoshi and Kumano.This incident made everyone very excited, so they continued to march, and finally arrived at the stone house where the ghost was.

Of course, the ghosts were very suspicious of their arrival; but under Laikou's smooth tongue and the strong aroma of the wine, they gradually lifted their guard. (There are also stories that in order to dispel the suspicion of the oni, Raikou and his party were entertained with a grand banquet, and the oni also fell asleep unconsciously under the influence of alcohol.

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