When Song You arrived here, it was already dark, and there was only a faint light between the sky and the earth. The glow served as the background, and the outline of the building became clear. It was vaguely possible to tell that this was a newly built temple.
In the evening, some people came to burn incense, which has not been finished yet. There are scarlet lights shining in the dark night. I don’t know if they came to pray for peace and blessings, or if they were troubled by evil spirits and asked the city god for help.
At this time, there was no one on the mountain. Only the Taoist, the boy, and a guide were walking up the stone steps.
The Taoist stopped at the door.
As usual, I looked up and used the dim light to identify it carefully.
The words "Chenghuang Temple" are written on the top of the head.
There are still door couplets on both sides.
What is written on the right is:
Come in and touch your heart, you might as well repent and do good;
What is written on the left is:
Why light candles and burn incense when you go out to do good deeds?
"..."
The Taoist smiled slightly and stepped into the temple door.
Even though this was the City God's Temple, a young man named Wang Xiaoman didn't want to stay alone outside at night, so he followed the Taoist girl in.
"call……"
It was originally dark in the temple, with only an ever-bright lamp no bigger than a bean lighting up, which could illuminate the corner of the altar. But as soon as I walked in, I felt the divine light inside, like that ever-bright lamp.
It was like a fire that exploded without burning people. Although it didn't burn people, it stung the eyes, and along with the hazy smoke, it made people's eyes blurred.
When his sight returned, the guide realized that the place he was standing was no longer what he remembered as the City God's Temple.
The newly built City God's Temple in Yundu is not small. It houses a City God and two military attachés and looks very empty. There is also a small temple for local gods outside. However, no matter how big the temple is, it only has one palace. It is a large room at best.
In a small room, after adding the shrine statues and other miscellaneous things, there was not much free space. However, the place in front of me was clearly the lobby of an official office. There were only desks and chairs for handling official documents and files, and the shrine statues had all disappeared.
No trace.
Like the Yamen of Yundu City.
At the same time, the temple, which was dim just now, is now lit with bright lights.
It's just that the light seems too bright, it's too bright to dazzle the eyes, and it seems that the light is unusual and made of flowers, so the person leading the way can't see it clearly.
You can't see clearly under the light, nor can you see the people under the light clearly. Everything becomes blurry, as if you are looking at people through a layer of lake water, and the water waves are still swaying, making people feel dizzy.
On the contrary, the sound only had some echo and was barely identifiable.
There was a gray-white swaying figure standing in front of him, and there was a shorter figure beside him, who was also swaying in the "water waves". He was probably the two people he had brought here, but there were two more figures in front of him.
The figures, one behind the other, looked like they were walking quickly, but they actually bowed slightly and saluted.
"The little god Qiu Zhengzhen, the city god of Yundu, I don't know that my husband's arrival will be missed at a distance."
"I'm a humble official, Gu Siyang, I've met you sir."
The guide was shocked when he heard this.
"Qiu Zhengzhen..."
This was the first time he heard the name of Master Cheng Huang.
A figure like the City God not only governs the affairs of the underworld of demons and ghosts in Yundu, but is also regarded as a god. How can he be known by his name?
The other sounded like a priest from the temple.
But at this time, the two gods were extremely respectful.
Then I heard the Taoist’s voice from the front:
"Song You, you're polite."
"I have long heard of Sir's achievements."
"There is no need to be polite, City God. I just arrived in Yundu today and happened to encounter a monster. I caught it. Remembering that it has not hurt anyone's life, and that it is difficult to practice, I can't handle it by myself, so I brought it to you.
Qiu Chenghuang, please Chenghuang handle it according to the law."
The smaller figure next to him began to shake, as if he had taken out the mouse from his trousers.
The guide heard the sound of the mouse again.
"Zhizhi..."
"Spare your life! Spare your life!"
"May I ask, sir, but that rat demon that came to Jiyafang a few days ago?"
"Exactly."
"General Gu has just finished what he is doing and has recovered from his injuries. The little god was about to ask him to go to the Jiyafang to catch this thing. I didn't expect Mr. Trouble to come here. I'm really ashamed."
"It's just a piece of cake. If the city god had caught it first, we would have lost a piece of fate."
"It's all because of the little god's incompetence..."
"The City God has just arrived. He has not fully absorbed the incense and has not yet established his feet. He has been able to reduce most of the ghosts and ghosts in Yundu City. This can be regarded as an achievement."
The sound of the conversation ahead was still heard.
The City God of Yundu also knew something about this rat spirit, and heard the Taoist tell him some of what this rat spirit had done, so he asked the priest to take it down, saying that this rat was just lucky enough to become a spirit, and it was listening to people behind the beam in the wall.
He said some fairy tales and believed them to be true, but in fact he did not know how to practice. It is not easy for him to become spiritual by reciting them. He should try to persuade him to follow the right path and make the merits of his sins go away. If he failed, he would be suppressed under the Temple of the City God.
During this period, he also talked about himself.
The City God of Yundu, who was such an incredible god, actually politely asked the Taoist who he was.
Taoists say they are just ordinary people leading the way.
During this process, the attitudes of both parties were completely different from what the leader had previously thought.
But I never expected to see the City God in person before.
In the past, he has seen Taoist priests, folk gentlemen, wizards or goddesses invite gods. When communicating with gods, they either ask gods to possess themselves, or they use a wooden man, a straw man, a paper man, or an incense, ash and copper coin.
If you get some revelations through other media, how can you really call God to show yourself?
Even if the Taoist said today that he would hand over the rat spirit to the City God, he would only think that he would take it to the City God's Temple and not burn a stick of incense or anything like that. He never thought that he would go directly to the City God's official office.
Even a mortal like him got the benefit of the doubt, listening to the conversation between the Taoist and the gods.
But their figures were still blurry and swaying, making them unclear.
The guide was well-informed and had been hanging out in the city of Yundu. He often heard these stories. He guessed that this was probably what others often said. He was not strong enough in his horoscopes and was not worthy of seeing gods. Therefore, even though he got the favor of an expert, he was lucky enough to enter the legendary city god.
Even in official offices, one cannot clearly see the true face of the gods.
I just don’t know if there will be other blessings and benefits, or if it will shorten my life and lose my blessings or something?
"How many evil spirits are there in Yundu now?"
"Thanks to General Gu and General Fang, the demons and evil spirits causing trouble in the city have almost been eliminated. Even if they have not been eliminated, they have found a way to drive them out of the city. However, outside the city... it is too big, and the demons and evil spirits are bigger than small gods.
What I originally thought was much more, and many of them have some moral integrity. The two generals have not yet fully absorbed the incense, and their divine power has weakened after leaving the city. Even if the two of them work together, it will be difficult to eliminate them."
"The City God doesn't need to blame himself, it's normal." The Taoist said with a smile, "My two children, the Sanhua Empress and the Yanxian descendant, both have the ability to eliminate demons. They were about to go out of the city to eliminate demons, so they asked the City God
We will sort out those particularly ferocious monsters outside the city, make a list, and write down their locations. Starting tomorrow, we will ask Brother Wang to take us there and eliminate them one by one. To the people of Yundu, all these achievements can be counted in the City God's Temple.
On the head, I can help the city god absorb the incense, gain a firm foothold as soon as possible, and benefit the people."
"Thank you sir..."
When the guide heard this, he realized that it was so related to him.
I felt vaguely that someone was looking at me, and I heard the City God of Yundu sigh that I had a lot of good fortune. Then the two chatted for a few more words, and then they bowed to each other, as if they were saying goodbye.
The guide still couldn't see clearly.
I even feel a little dizzy.
The whole process felt like a dream.
The blurry City God in front of him was still standing there, while the Taoist had turned around, and his facial features were still unclear. The guide also vaguely knew that it was time for him to leave. But when he also turned around, he was ready to follow the Taoist.
When I walked outside, I walked out of this official office, or I might have expected some other feeling, such as the Taoist would give me a hand, but I felt nothing. I didn't even walk out of the official office, and I saw the person behind me.
When it gets dark, the surroundings also get dark, as if someone blows out the lights in the room, and the whole room becomes dark.
Becoming dark also seems to be becoming clear.
When my eyes adjusted to the dim light, I realized that I was standing in the Chenghuang Temple, with the threshold in front of me, the altar behind me, the statue of the god, and the everlasting lamp that could illuminate a corner of the altar.
The statue of the City God sits in the middle, with two statues of military attachés beside it. Under the light of the bean fire, their figures are half hidden and half visible, like gods living in the night sky overlooking the ground.
"Let's go..."
The Taoist's voice came from beside me.
The Taoist's appearance also became clear.
"gentlemen……"
"You are a mortal with neither cultivation nor Taoism. You should not enter the City God's office casually. After entering, you will naturally not be able to see anything clearly. This is normal."
"ah……"
The guide didn't know what to say.
Just walking with my feet, I followed the Taoist out of the temple. I was blown by the night wind outside, and I felt alert. I smelled the scent of thread coming from behind me. I was surrounded by a dim and clear world. In contrast, I just saw it.
The bright and blurry official office was more like a dream.
It's like waking up from a dream in the middle of the night.
The Taoist, leaning on his bamboo stick, had already descended the mountain.
The girl next to him also turned to look at him.
The leader did not dare to stay long and quickly followed.
"Are you afraid of your feet?"
"What are you afraid of? Grandpa City God? Grandpa City God is a great good man. He became the City God after his death to protect us. How can a villain be afraid?"
"I'm going home alone."
"Alone……"
The guide turned his head and looked left and right.
It was completely dark in the city. Under the dim light, every street and alley could be seen, but not clearly, and the end could not be seen. It was different from the daytime. At this time, they looked like bottomless black holes.
"You just need to run faster, little guy!"
"You're not trying to show off."
"Don't dare..."
The leader swallowed his saliva and followed the Taoist.
I couldn't help but look back at the City God's Temple in the darkness, and felt a vague feeling in my heart——
If many years later, I tell the story of tonight to my descendants or other people's children, the description will be extremely real, and those children will feel it is extremely wonderful.