The head of a county's law and order, and the power he can mobilize, is quite terrifying.
Not to mention, he is acting on behalf of the imperial court, and he is protected by luck. If he gets official documents and stamps the seal of the county magistrate, ordinary mountain spirits, wild ghosts, and even hairy gods will hardly be able to get close.
"Looks like I picked up a really hot potato..."
Wu Ming was a little depressed, but this was the mission of the main temple, but he had to accept it.
At that moment, he looked at the sun again, seeing that it was approaching noon, so he stopped wandering around, but found a restaurant, and Shi Shiran walked in.
"Young master, please come inside!"
The two-story restaurant has a gilded signboard, which is obviously a time-honored brand.
Right now, as soon as he entered the door, a shop assistant with a white towel on his shoulders stepped forward and greeted him attentively: "Is there a young master? How about sitting by the window?"
"Um!"
Wu Ming went upstairs and sat down. With a slight movement of his nose, he could smell the aroma of wine and meat. He couldn't help laughing and said, "The sauced meat here seems to be pretty good!"
"Of course, our sauced mutton and sauced beef here are the best in Heitai! It's an old brand that has been around for decades, but beef is not often available. Today's son just happened to come. A few days ago, a cow fell to death in Lijiazhuang outside the city. Our boss bought two beef legs, they are fresh and hot... Would you like some, my lord?"
The shopkeeper was pretty good at talking, so Wu Ming laughed: "Then I'll bring you a catty... Fry two vegetables by the way, and a jug of wine!"
"okay!"
The clerk went down, and soon came up with a jug of wine. At this time, the food was precious, and the wine was a little cloudy, but fortunately, the alcohol content was low, and it could almost be drunk as a drink.
Not long after, two fried vegetables were served again. They were green, green, and fragrant. Wu Ming was already hungry, but at this moment, he was taking his time, eating and drinking slowly, and his movements were meticulous. At first glance, he was from a well-educated family. son.
"Young master, your sauced beef!"
When Wu Ming was halfway through eating and drinking, another plate of sliced beef was served. The color was dark red, the texture was firm, and the aftertaste was endless in his mouth.
"You wait first!"
After Wu Ming ate a few chopsticks, he secretly praised him in his heart, and immediately stopped Xiaoer again.
"Hey! What's the order from the guest officer?"
The shop assistant crossed his hands and asked respectfully.
"I'm a foreigner, and I'm new here. Your Heitai County...doesn't seem to be very peaceful recently?"
Wu Ming seemed to have no intention of talking.
"Alas... It's rare to be able to be peaceful next to that ghost mountain..." The shopkeeper smiled wryly: "But the guest officer is right. In the past few months, I heard that many people died in Heishui Town... Even the county The wild monks and Taoist priests invited died several times in a row, and no one dared to go..."
"Oh? So there are ghosts haunting it?" Wu Ming lifted his spirits.
"Who says it's not? Everything on the edge of Black Mountain is evil, especially... since the Earth Temple in Heishui Town was destroyed before March..."
The clerk said casually, but then consciously slipped: "Guest officer, use it first... If you have something to do, just greet the villain..."
He went down in a hurry.
"The Earth Temple was destroyed? Is it because of the lack of land? Unable to attract the souls of the dead, so the trouble happened? It's not right... What is a mere town of land? The city god can just send another one?"
At this time, I didn't ask too much. After all, it was beyond Wu Ming's expectation that a waiter in the shop could know so much.
At the moment, I was full, and after spending a few hundred cash to pay the bill, I walked out.
…
"City God Temple?!"
When going out, Wu Ming asked the direction, and now he came to the Town God's Temple.
There is a god in this world!
Not only here, but also in the Great Zhou world, there are gods.
In ancient times, the emperor held the power of the world, had the ability to create life, and could also raise and destroy middle and lower level ghosts and gods in sacrifices!
The origins of the gods are various.
Some are celebrities and officials who were blessed during their lifetime and have spirits after death, and they were worshiped in shrines.
Some are born elves, who naturally combine with the power of mountains, rivers and water veins to gain power.
Others are simply mountain spirits and goblins, ghosts and evil spirits, who deceive the foolish men and women in the countryside to get incense, fire, blood and food as offerings.
Generally speaking, the origins are various, but they must be recognized by the imperial court, or be granted a priesthood, to be regarded as a true fruit of cultivation, otherwise they will all be regarded as "prostitution and evil sacrifices" and are suppressed by the orthodox government.
The City God of Heitai County is naturally regarded as the kind of cultivator who has achieved true results. The temple covers an area of several acres, which is quite solemn.
Rumor has it that the city god of Heitai, whose real name is Wang Xuanfan, was a Jinshi of the former dynasty. When he served as county magistrate here, he advised mulberry and silkworm breeding and cleaned up politics.
Later, when the imperial court raised taxes, this man pleaded for the people, was exiled, and died of illness on the road.
It wasn't until this dynasty that the magistrate heard about this matter, so he went to the heaven to listen to it, and asked for an order to build a temple for sacrifices.
When Wu Ming arrived at the temple, he saw the god statue on the altar.
Surrounded by divine veils hanging down, cigarettes curling up, a high-quality nanmu desk, on which sacrifices for the four seasons are enshrined, and in the middle is a clay statue of a middle-aged scribe, wearing a seventh-rank official uniform, solemn and solemn, with eyes full of It seems to be majestic.
Doing as the Romans do, Wu Ming also lit incense sticks and bowed a few times.
"Um?"
In an instant, his brows twitched.
His martial arts had reached the peak of his true energy, half a step of innateness, his physical sense was ten times better than that of ordinary people, at this moment he keenly felt the attention of a force.
"Divine power?"
This feeling disappeared in a flash. If Wu Ming's spiritual power hadn't been extremely sensitive, he wouldn't have noticed it.
Of course, even if it is discovered, it is no big deal.
After all, yin and yang have different paths, and it is not so easy for gods to interfere in the yang world, especially for a person like Wu Ming who has almost reached the peak of martial arts and has exuberant energy and blood.
"Pilgrims stay behind!"
Wu Ming wanted to leave after donating a cent of sesame oil, but a voice came from his ear.
Looking back, I saw a man dressed in temple blessing standing there with a smile: "What is the pilgrim asking for? Why don't you come here and make a divination?"
"Also!"
Wu Ming had no choice but to follow the temple and came to a small table.
"I don't know if the guest officer is asking about the marriage? Or the future?" Miao Zhu said solemnly, with a bit of aura, quite like a magic stick.
Wu Ming didn't believe in this kind of thing in his previous life.
But at this time, when they came to the world of gods and ghosts, they would rather believe in their existence than in their non-existence, so they said, "Solve the problem!"
"So, please write a word as you like!"
Wu Ming picked up the brush, spread out the white paper, and wrote the word 'no' casually.
"Huh?"
Miao Zhu exclaimed: "There is nothing in the first place, where is the dust? According to the young master's appearance, there should be no disasters and disasters, but how can there be such a person in the world? It's really strange!"
"Young Master seeks solutions to problems..."
Miao Zhu took out a tortoise shell and a few copper coins. While muttering something, he suddenly turned the tortoise shell upside down, and several copper coins were arranged regularly on the white paper, which complemented the word "no".
"My son is a god-given man, I can't see the future of fate, but if you only want to solve the problem, you can go to the south to find it!"
Miao Zhu stared, with sweat pouring down his forehead, as if he had expended a lot of effort, he spoke reluctantly.
"South?"
Wu Ming frowned, thinking about the layout of the county at this time, most of the east is rich, the west is rich, the north is poor, and the south is cheap, that is, the east and west are the residences of officials and gentry, while the north and south are small people, and even slums. up.
"The words of gods and ghosts should not be completely believed, but it's okay to read them! It's just..."
Wu Ming sneered in his heart.
The county town god seemed to regard him as a chess piece and wanted to be a chess player.
Of course, being able to be used as a pawn finally proves to be useful.
Even exploiting is better than being excluded.
"Thank you sir, I will take my leave!"
Wu Ming finally took a deep look at the temple.
Seeing this person trembled all over, his eyes were full of confusion, even more obscene, and he didn't point it out. He smiled slightly, threw down a dozen coins, and strode out.
"It seems... this should be the City God, or even the County Venerable, wrestling with another force, or even losing the wind, or having scruples, so they have to come to foreign aid?"
If an ordinary cultivator encountered such a serious entanglement of cause and effect, he might have avoided it long ago and fled thousands of miles away.
But Wu Ming is different.
As Miao Zhu said before, he has no cause and effect in this world, and is even just a passer-by, so why should he be afraid
What about the magistrate? What about Cheng Huang
If you go against your own way, you can still kill it!
Of course, we still need to borrow strength at this time, and he is not a second-year middle school boy in the later generations, who shouts to go against the sky at every turn.
It's just that there is a sense of pride in my chest for no reason, and I can't help but chant: "There will be times when the wind and the waves cleave, hang the clouds and sail straight to the sea!"
"good!"
Suddenly, a scholar in green shirt next to him clapped his hands and said, "It's really a good poem!"
Seeing Wu Ming's eyes looking over, his face couldn't help turning red again: "This young master invited me, Xiaoyou Xiaye, to accompany my mother to offer incense and fulfill her wish. Seeing that young master is extraordinary, and his words are eloquent, I yearn for him. I'm rude, I'm rude..."
Looking again at this time, I saw Wu Ming's fifteen or sixteen youths, dressed in brocade clothes and robes, with a face like a crown of jade, and he was secretly heartbroken.
"It turned out to be Brother Ye, next to Wu Ming, a foreigner who has traveled so far..."
Wu Ming arched his hands, and saw Ye Xiaoyou's back, several magnificent carriages, servant girls and servants' attire, so he knew that this person was from a good background.
"Master..."
At this time, I saw a corner of the car curtain slightly opened, revealing a pair of bright and kind eyes, and after a while, a beautiful maid wearing a gold hairpin came over with the corner of her skirt: "The mistress is already urging..."
"My mother has called, I'm really sorry..."
Ye Xiaoyou bowed his hands in embarrassment: "I live at the entrance of Dongshui Lane, the first one with two stone lions is... Brother Wu, if you have time, don't forget to come and find me!"
"Is this person a rabbit?"
After this person bid farewell, Wu Ming felt a chill.
Of course, in ancient times, plagiarizing ancient poems could indeed be used as a stepping stone, but it is just a dream to think of being overbearing and worshiping from all over the world.