Last time at the Mei family crematorium, the goddess shouted, awakening the grandpa to come to the world.
This is called calling the gods.
Just like the Taoist consecration ceremony, through complex rituals, the sculptures can inherit the aura of heaven and earth and create the well-being of all people.
A sculpture that has not been illuminated is just a clay tire.
The difference is that neither the Taigong Lantern nor the City God's Temple need to be consecrated.
The origin of the Taigong lamp itself is very mysterious. It was left by a monk in the Mei family. He used the beams as the lamp poles, with the Taigong's shadow pierced on the lampshade, and lit the lamp with the fire of the soul.
The City God's Temple was a sculpture built by Emperor Taizong's edict to the world. When it was first built, there were already gods, but there was no City God in office.
Therefore, there is no need for complicated rituals between the two. Just a shout to reveal their identity is enough to awaken Shenxiu and connect with heaven and earth.
With a physique that surpassed that of the Grand Master, Xu Tong raised his energy and energy, roared, and formed a huge air current, like the thunder that created the world. The whole Yuyang City resonated and trembled.
"The City God has arrived!!"
Immediately, the divine light surged on the City God Statue, wisps of divine light shot straight into the sky, and a huge divine power penetrated into the dark clouds in the sky.
"Oh!!"
There was a muffled scream in the clouds, and suddenly the dark clouds dispersed, the heavy rain stopped immediately, and a large river outside Yuyang City began to bubble.
After a moment, a huge turtle head poked its head out, its two small eyes staring resentfully at the divine light in Yuyang City.
"The City God has appeared!"
The people in the city stared at the divine radiance that broke through the sky, and their eyes widened for a moment. Everyone knew about the City God. At that time, Emperor Taizong issued an order, and all the City God temples were built with great fanfare.
There are rumors about the City God from time to time in various places, but few people in Yuyang have seriously paid homage to the City God.
"The gods have appeared!!"
An old lady knelt on the ground and kowtowed. She might not know what the City God was, but she just knew he was a god.
This time, others bowed down as well.
"What are you praying for? Come put out the fire!"
The governor Jiang Zhen and several of his subordinates looked at each other. Seeing that the heavy rain had dispersed after a while, they were so anxious that they were about to burn up. At this time, the City God, even the Jade Emperor, could not stand up to his black gauze hat.
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Suddenly, there was only a rumble, and the wall of the warehouse that was originally on fire collapsed, and a thick cloud of dust rolled up on the ground, which immediately suppressed the fire.
The fire is out!!
Everyone was horrified when they saw the fire extinguished. It was really the City God who showed up.
"Ouch, so many rats!!" At this time, someone saw countless densely packed rats crawling out from under the rubble, and everyone turned pale with fright.
Even Jiang Zhen and others were frightened by this group of rats, and their faces turned pale when they saw the mighty rats rushing towards them.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Countless densely packed rats rushed out from the streets and formed a torrent, but they did not hurt anyone, but turned around and ran towards the City God's Temple.
Wait for everyone to follow the mouse and arrive in front of the City God's Temple.
I saw all these mice crawling on the ground together, as if they were worshiping.
When I took a look, I found that the Chenghuang Temple had been renovated at some point, and the dilapidated temple looked as bright as new in the sunshine.
Looking inside again, I saw the City God sitting in the middle, his golden body shining brightly in the sun.
“The City God really showed up!!”
Everyone immediately followed the mouse and knelt down.
Xu Tong hid behind the door and watched. Seeing that the effect was achieved, he signaled the auspicious signs to let the mice disperse.
Jixiang shook his body, and immediately the group of mice dispersed, and disappeared into the nearby mouse hole.
Without these mice, people became bolder, walked into the City God's Temple one after another, and began to kneel down and worship. After a while, the incense burners were already burning high incense.
"Brother! Didn't the local city god not take office? And although the city god orders the fifth division, when will he be able to order rats again? I'm afraid someone is pretending to be the city god."
Not far away, Nie Haitang, senior brother Zhao Peng, and third senior brother Li Xinliang stood in the corner and observed.
As members of the Huntian Prison, they are very aware of the special nature of this place in Yuyang. There has always been a vacancy for the City God. Why the City God suddenly took office was so sudden that they felt extremely strange.
Moreover, controlling rats is not something that a righteous god should do.
No matter how you look at it, it looks like a method used by cults to control people's hearts.
Recalling the recent investigation of the Modha sect, Nie Haitang's suspicions were not unreasonable.
However, after Zhao Peng observed carefully, he rejected Nie Haitang's idea.
"No, if someone pretended to be the City God, the City God's Temple would have collapsed long ago. Look at the bright and upright divine light on the City God's statue. It's the image of a righteous god returning to his throne, and it's definitely not the result of some ghostly spirit."
As soon as Zhao Peng said these words, the three of them felt uncertain about the appearance of this city god.
But since they are righteous gods, they have no right to interfere.
Moreover, the return of the righteous god is also a good thing for them. There is a city god in the city, which can bring peace to the area.
It cannot be said that to deal with the Moda Cult, we still need to borrow the power of the City God.
As for this method of controlling mice, Zhengshen would definitely not use such methods. Thinking of the loud roar just now, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue. It was not something that anyone could shout out.
It means that there must be someone else behind this, maybe someone else is manipulating it.
Zhao Peng's analysis was thorough. Although he didn't understand what happened, he probably figured out some clues.
As the three of them were talking, they saw Liu Cai and the others walking out of the street with embarrassed faces. When they saw Senior Brother Zhao Peng and the others, the four of them lowered their heads and hurriedly stepped forward: "Senior Brother!"
"What's the matter with you, looking like this?"
Third senior brother Li Xinliang couldn't help but ask when he saw the four of them looking embarrassed.
Liu Cai and the other two made sad faces and explained what happened last night.
"Sir, this..."
On the other side, Jiang Zhen and others stood outside the Chenghuang Temple and watched, looking at each other for a while.
These officials inevitably began to murmur in their hearts. They had an agreement with the Great Sage Jiuhe.
If there are foreign teachers preaching in the local area, they must do their best to suppress it.
But this is the City God. Emperor Xuanzong personally issued an edict to elevate the City God and ordered the world to build City God temples. They can't point to the City God temple and say it's a demon.
Furthermore, Jiang Zhen didn't have time to think about these things at the moment.
The Beicheng granary was burned. Even though the fire was extinguished, the food in the granary was probably burned out. It was all military rations.
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhen's head was as big as a bucket. He didn't care about the agreement with the Great Sage Jiuhe, and shouted angrily: "What this and that, go back home."
With that said, the group of people walked back, but within two steps, they saw Beicang's officials already in disgrace, being pressed down by two officers and soldiers and rushing towards them.
According to current laws, government warehouses and warehouses containing buildings are not allowed to light fires, and offenders will be sentenced to three years in prison.
Those who cause losses will be punished with dereliction of duty and exiled for three thousand miles.
"Sir, it's unjust, it's unjust, we didn't set the fire!"
The official in charge of Beicang was so frightened that he almost peed his pants. For such a big responsibility, it would be an exaggeration to sentence him to death by beheading.
"Not you??"
Jiang Zhen's eyes were filled with evil fire, and he said coldly: "It's not you, is it me? You idiot, just wait to die!"
Hearing this, the official was about to cry.
In fact, the fire was actually caused by an official below, who saw the rats swarming over and subconsciously took a torch to drive them away. As a result, the ignited rats ran around everywhere, causing the fire.
As for who was the leader, he could no longer trace this matter, but if he couldn't find a way to excuse himself at the moment, he and the officials who guarded the food would be exiled at the least, or be killed at the worst.
Thinking of this, the official suddenly saw a group of people on the street corner not far away from the corner of his eye. His eyes suddenly flashed, as if he had grasped some life-saving straw:
"Sir, it was them, they set the fire. Last night they sneaked into the granary and set fire to the food!"
Jiang Zhen heard the words and immediately took a closer look. Sure enough, he saw four people covered in black ash. At first glance, they had come out of the fire scene.
He also has a sword blade in his hand, which shows that he is not a good person at first glance.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhen narrowed his eyes and said to a subordinate: "Go and notify the Yamen to arrest the person..."
As soon as Xu Tong raised his voice today, no one in the entire Yuyang City knew that the City God had appeared.
The enthusiasm among the people suddenly exceeded Xu Tong's expectations.
In just one morning, Master gained a lot of incense merit. Although the amount was not as good as that of Fu Xian, wasn't this just the beginning?
Daya and the others looked at the steady stream of pilgrims coming in to offer incense, and they were almost crying.
They had not had incense for a long time, but when they thought about having incense tonight, they all grinned and waited eagerly.
"Don't worry, this is just the beginning. In the huge Yuyang City, with such a large population, no one can compete with us. The next step is to find ways to grow bigger and stronger and create greater glory."
"Master, what you mean is..." Da Ya understood the idea and was about to say something.
Suddenly there was a commotion outside.
I saw a woman striding in holding a piece of paper filled with densely written small characters. When the people around saw the sign in the woman's hand, they couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then they all moved out of the way.
Xu Tong squinted and saw that the woman was young, but her skin was very dark, and her hands were covered with thick calluses and frostbite.
Woman's hand holds a sign.
All I saw was the word "injustice" written in blood on the paper.
As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down in front of the City God's Hall, staring straight at the City God in front of him without saying a word.
When the others saw this, they couldn't help but sigh, and someone stepped forward to persuade: "Sanniang, this case has been closed, what do you want?"
As a result, Sanniang turned around, her black and white eyes were so clear that people were panicking, and she gritted her teeth and said word by word: "The sky is unfair and the officialdom is corrupt. I have no way to sue. Since the City God has appeared, I ask the City God to administer justice to me.
If it is not answered, then the city god is being unfair, and the daughter of the people has to hit the south wall head-on. Even Jiuyou Yincao, who is suing, wants justice!"
As he spoke, he threw the paper in his hand into the incense burner.
But at this time, a quick-eyed hand took the paper, swept it in his hand, and said after a moment: "I have taken this case, you go back, and come back in three days."
Sanniang looked up and saw that the speaker was not only young, but also dressed like a rich man. She couldn't help but stare and said, "Who are you! What does this matter have to do with you!"
Xu Tong didn't answer, and just said: "Believe it or not, it will be over in three days."
After saying that, no matter what Sanniang was thinking, she got up and walked out the door.
Putting aside the case of Sanniang, Xu Tong had just walked out of the Chenghuang Temple and was about to meet Guo Yi and others.
As a result, as soon as he took two steps, he saw a large number of officers and soldiers suddenly pouring out from around him.
These officers and soldiers rushed out and immediately blocked the road in front. They saw that a group of people inside had been surrounded. Xu Tong stood on tiptoe and looked inside. It was the four guys who followed him last night, as well as Nie.
Haitang et al.
Seeing that there were melons to eat, Xu Tong looked around and saw a dry goods seller nearby. He simply walked over, threw a handful of copper coins, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, sat down and gnawed...
