When Bai Gui was refining Cao Yuzhi, he sensed that someone was calling him with the help of Cao Yuzhi. His consciousness went inside to explore. The next moment, he came to a blessed field.
Futian is the residence of minor gods such as the Earth God, the City God, and the Mountain God.
Usually it is in another dimension in the area under its jurisdiction.
Within Futian.
There are piles of rice fields and small streams.
Beside the lush rice fields, there stands a two-story house. The plaque reads "Hezhong Prefecture Yongji County Earth Temple." A couplet is hung on the vermilion door painted with tung oil. The first couplet is "Tufa Golden Treasure"
", the second line is "Bai Yuzhen is born from the earth".
"Hezhong Mansion? Are you in Jin Dynasty?"
Bai Gui recited the name of the place and instantly understood where he was.
He walked to the door.
Then I sensed the mysterious resonance in the house.
Inside the house, a short old man with a long beard, holding a dragon-headed crutch, stood at an altar table, bowing continuously and muttering something like, "If you don't come to the immortal, little old man, this earth temple will be demolished."
There is a god tablet on the altar table with the inscription "Taishan God" written on it.
"It seems that Emperor Dongyue sent me, Cao Guan, here to deal with the incident after sensing the situation."
Bai Gui said clearly.
He walked into the main hall and revealed his true form.
Suddenly there was a breath in the Futian, and the landowner of Yongji County immediately sensed it. He turned around and saw an official in green robe standing outside the door. When he used his magic power, he saw a ball of golden light wrapped around the jade object.
The green-robed official was floating in the mourning platform. He quickly bowed and said, "Young man, I have seen the Immortal."
"No need to be polite."
"I am a human official, patrolling the human world on behalf of heaven. I wonder why your land prays to heaven?"
Bai Gui waved his hand and asked.
"Reporting to the Immortal, the little old man is the god of good fortune in Yongji County. In Yongji County, there is a villain named Chen Dahu. He is idle on weekdays and specializes in bullying men and women. He takes advantage of his younger sister to marry him.
She took the second master of the sixth house of the Wang family in Jinyang as a concubine, so she was unscrupulous..."
"A month ago, the daughter of the Zhou family in Xiaohe Village went to Xiao Lao'er's Tutu Temple and cried, saying that she was secretly ruined by Chen Dahu. She said in the temple why God didn't have eyes to make this villain rich..."
"The man named Zhou from Xiaohe Village was once a descendant of Xiao Lao'er. Seeing that this villain had done all kinds of bad things, Xiao Lao'er secretly sent two imps to defeat his luck and deprive him of his blessings."
"Originally, according to the little old man's estimate, Chen Dahu would die of a sudden illness in three months. But unexpectedly, he spent money and found a wandering Taoist priest. The Taoist priest killed the little devil I sent and gave Chen Dahu a branch.
I have taken this trick, provoking my tribe, and planning to cut down my temple and destroy my statues."
When the landowner of Yongji County said the last part, he smiled and felt a little embarrassed.
The Lord of the Earth, also known as the God of Fortune and Righteousness.
Bai Gui was stunned after hearing this.
The Tudong is a minor god. Even if the Tudong of Yongji County is the Tudong of one place, he is not as good as a god. He is the lowest among the lowest. He can only send little ghosts to do things. Now that Chen Dahu has the help of wandering Taoist priests, he can
Even if you send an imp, you will be killed.
And when a kid commits evil, it's not necessarily so upright. At least after the wandering Taoist priest kills the kid, he obviously won't be punished.
Now Chen Dahu wants to use his plan to break down the mountains and cut down the temples, and destroy the temples of the Tuigong in Yongji County.
The landowner of Yongji County was helpless, so he could only report to the gods and ask the gods to come and deal with the matter.
“Don’t believe one-sided words.”
After a moment of silence, Bai Gui said in a deep voice.
He is a human Cao official, and he has the power to control human affairs. Emperor Dongyue asked him to come to the Tu Tu Temple in Yongji County, not to favor the Tu Tu Gong of Yongji County. It is probably because he is a human Cao, and he is easy to deal with human affairs.
The communication between the world and the gods. In other words, let him handle this matter impartially.
If you want to help the Tugong of Yongji County, you can just send the generals directly.
He won't be allowed to come here.
The landowner of Yongji County was anxious and prepared to defend himself again, "Little old man, little old man..., Shangxian, every word of what little old man said is true."
Bai Gui didn't care about him, and used his magic power to brush away the man and push the landowner of Yongji County aside.
Then he silently recited the incantation, "Heavenly thunder, dragon and tiger fighting. Spiritual treasure talisman, nine-day imperial edict, yellow scarf warrior, come quickly! Hurry like the law!"
Suddenly, two big men with faces like ruby and beards like soap velvet appeared in the Tutu Temple. These two big men wore yellow scarves, embroidered jackets, and iron armor. They seemed to have a body of ten feet and a strength of thousands of kilograms vertically and horizontally.
These are Taoist soldiers who protect the law and subjugate demons under the hands of immortals. They are powerful Tao soldiers. As long as they are immortals registered in heaven or Taoist priests with background, they can be summoned by divine spells.
"Capture the soul of Chen Dahu, the patriarch of Xiaohe Village in Yongji County."
he said.
The two yellow turban warriors obeyed the order and escaped from the blessed land.
"You follow me out of the blessed land first."
"Create a court in the Earth Temple and come to interrogate these two people. If what these two people said is the same as what you said, I will uphold justice for you. If what they said is wrong, this matter..."
Bai Gui glanced at Tugui Gong and said calmly.
The Tu Tu Gong did not dare to disobey the will, so he had to obey the order and followed Bai Gui out of Futian to the Tu Tu Temple in the underworld.
As the largest earth temple in Yongji County, this Tutu Temple is not small in size and is different from the rural wild temples.
There was another Buddhist temple in Tutu Temple, and Bai Gui also summoned him.
The main temple became a public hall.
After more than ten breaths of time, the Yellow Turban Warriors captured the souls of Chen Dahu and the chief of Xiaohe Village.
The two were detained and knelt down.
The land official of Yongji County stood aside.
The common people kowtow before an official, but as an official, the Lord of the Land only has to stand.
Bai Gui was sitting in the middle, shocked, and asked: "Chen Dahu, you have robbed civilian girls. You have done many evil things and your crimes are extremely heinous. I wonder if you can do this?"
His drink was the sound of Dao.
Ordinary little demons can't resist it, let alone a mortal soul.
There is no need to use any strategies to deal with this kind of thing. Just go straight and handle the case impartially.
Chen Dahu was about to defend himself, but for some reason, he couldn't control his mouth and spilled the beans about the evil things he had done.
When he was a child, although he had evil intentions, he came from a humble family, so he could only be careful and be kind to his neighbors. But when his little sister grew up and became more and more depressed, he had a wrong idea and introduced him to the Wang family of Jinyang.
The second master of Liufang, who was once an official in the Sui Dynasty, is now over sixty years old, but he is old-hearted and took advantage of the opportunity to take Chen Xiaomei as his concubine.
Taking advantage of this, the Chen family got close to the Wang family of Jinyang. He also began to do evil and abused the Zhou family's daughter, which was just one of his many crimes.
Bai Gui asked the Zhou clan chief of Xiaohe Village again, and the information he got was consistent with Chen Dahu's confession.
All certification evidence is available.
Although the landowner in Yongji County had selfish motives, he did not deceive him. Also, the more he knew, the more cautious he would be, and the more cautious he would be in handling things.
There may be cases of deceiving your boss, but definitely not many.
"Invite the magistrate of Yongji County."
Bai Gui said to the Yellow Turban warrior.
Chen Dahu's sins are heinous, but this has nothing to do with him as a Cao Guan. This is a matter that the human dynasty should deal with, and he cannot cross the line.
Soon, the spirit of the magistrate of Yongji County was invited to the Tutu Temple by the Yellow Turban Warriors.
"I have seen... the Immortal."
County Magistrate Liu bowed and looked up. He saw the immortal official in front of the hall was glowing with golden and purple light. His face was blurred. He could only feel that he must be extremely handsome. He was confused in his heart, but he still maintained a calm and graceful demeanor.
appearance.
General Chen Dahu’s accusations were re-explained.
The Lord of the Land alone could not bring the county magistrate's soul here. At most, he could sneak into Magistrate Liu's dream and meet him. But obviously, a small piece of land could not persuade the county magistrate.
The small landholdings in the local area were often granted to the local famous gentry after their death because of their good merits. The county magistrate was a small official, but he was also a high-ranking official who did not dare to take off his beard during his lifetime.
"Chen Dahu's crime has been proven, and County Magistrate Liu can handle it on his own."
"We, the gods, will not pay attention to human affairs. But you must know that there are gods at the top of your head. Don't deceive your heart when dealing with others. Good and evil will be clear to you in the end."
Bai Gui said.
The implication is very clear. As the immortal god of heaven, he cannot cross the line and deal with Chen Dahu. But if you, the county magistrate, show favoritism, the underworld will record a crime on you. When you go to the underworld in the future, what will happen after your death?
It's clear.
"I understand."
Magistrate Liu turned pale, glanced at Chen Dahu, and made up his mind.
It’s not that he didn’t know that Chen Dahu was evil, but the person behind Chen Dahu was the Wang family of Jinyang. In the entire Jin region, who would dare to offend the Wang family of Jinyang easily. But now he saw the immortal and saw this incredible scene, and his heart
It's obvious which side the scales leans towards.
Offending the Wang family of Jinyang would only result in loss of office or dismissal from office. Moreover, punishing Chen Dahu would not necessarily offend the Wang family of Jinyang that much.
But if he offended the gods..., he didn't even dare to think about such a thing.
"Today's business is over, please leave."
Bai Gui waved his hand and dismissed everyone. The souls of Magistrate Liu, Chen Dahu, and Patriarch Zhou returned home.
In the temple, only the earth god and the temple blessing are left.
"The land in Yongji County is guilty of disturbing the yin and yang! But I think that Chen Dahu has done many evil things, and there is a reason for it. Following the decree of the Great Heavenly Lord, I will punish the land in Yongji County without salary for three years."
he said.
Being an immortal in heaven also comes with a salary. For example, merit, elixirs, flat peaches, etc. are all salaries in heaven.
"Little old man, I would like to thank the immortal."
The landowner of Yongji County looked happy and expressed his thanks.
Three years, to him, was just a moment. This penalty was more of a warning for following the rules. The real punishment did not mean much. Of course, three years of salary also made him feel a lot of pain. But compared to
Destroying mountains and cutting down temples, achieving such results made him satisfied.
"Shangxian, don't leave in a hurry."
"Little old man, I have something else to report..."
The landowner of Yongji County waved his hand, telling Miao Zhu to retreat and stopped Bai Gui.
"oh?"
"What's important?"
Bai Gui smiled in his heart and calmed down.
After working as an official for a long time, you can understand some things without saying them.
He walked into the blessed land again with Tu Gong.
"This is the finest corn from Hezhong Prefecture, so I gave it to Shangxian with a stone as a gift for this time. Shangxian turned out to be from Hezhong Prefecture, thank you for your hard work..."
The Earth God took out a blue cloth bag, handed it to Bai Gui, and said with a smile.
Millet in Jin Province supports people.
Corn is millet.
Bai Gui thought of someone he had studied with in Japan.
But after thinking about it for a moment, he realized that it was just a stone of corn, and he frowned slightly.
Just use this to bribe cadres. No cadre can afford such a bribe. This Yongji County landowner does not know how to behave.
However, he didn't show it and took the grain bag casually.
But the moment he took the grain bag, his heart turned to joy. It was not that there was "gold and silver" hidden in the grain bag, but that the corn was not ordinary corn.
Instead, it represents spiritual rice that represents merit.
Eating this spiritual rice can increase merit and improve Taoism.
"If something happens next time, you can call me again."
Bai Gui said with a pleasant look.
Being an official, making decisions for the people, and accepting bribes are not inconsistent with each other. Furthermore, the land was given to him after official business. Strictly speaking, it was not considered a bribe. At least, he enforced the law impartially before sending it.
It should be considered... the common people eat the pulp from the pot.
"The little god thanks the immortal."
A smile appeared on the face of the land master.
The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now.
Bai Gui is a human official. He is not an immortal god who occasionally descends to the lower world, but a heavenly official who has been stationed in the human world for a long time. He will have many dealings with Bai Gui in the future. Other gods and gods from the upper world, even if they are invited here this time,
It’s not certain whether I’ll come next time.
…
Returning to Chang'an again in a dream.
Bai Gui realized that he only slept soundly for half an hour.
"If you pass the examination, you will be awarded thirty minor meritorious deeds."
After he came back, this writing appeared on Cao Yu's decree. His hidden merits had accumulated.
"Thirty small merits?"
"One meritorious deed is equivalent to one hundred small merits. It takes one thousand two hundred meritorious deeds to become an immortal. I have already accumulated four hundred and thirty meritorious deeds. If I do more of these things, I will have the merits to become an immortal."
He secretly thought.
But he thought about it and realized that this kind of thing shouldn't happen often. This time it was probably because he had just taken office, so he went to Yongji County to judge the case, and the matter came to his attention.
However, even if it is less, it is still a profit.
"But... Is it because I gave the landowner a certain degree of favoritism in the assessment?"
Bai Gui was a little puzzled.
However, in an instant, he said this and forgot about it. Regardless of favoritism or not, he has a transparent mind to seek for everything. If he is obsessed with getting better in the assessment, and ends up falling into a cage, it may not be a good thing.
With everything lurking in his mind, he meditated in his study.
It will be dawn soon.
He ordered his servants to boil some merit corn donated by the landowner.
After taking it, his magic power increased a little, and his luck became a little better. Although it was not obvious, he would not dislike it no matter how much luck he had.
"I told Yuan Tiangang yesterday that I will go to his uncle to buy two golden carps today."
"I'm going to make a trip today to meet Yuan Shoucheng..."
He put on his Confucian shirt and regular clothes and walked out of the white house.
Lean less.
Ximen Street.
A blue-robed Taoist priest held a fortune-telling stall, held up a banner, and wrote: "Mr. Yuan Shoucheng of Shen Ke".
On the stall, there are Duanxi inkstones, pine smoke ink, and large pens with wolf hair. On the side, there are several pairs of tortoise shells in different shapes, and two bunches of yarrow.
The blue-robed Taoist priest has a beautiful appearance, with a few strands of clear beard attached to his chin, and has an extremely immortal air.
There were not many people gathered in front of the stall.
There are only two or three people.
Bai Gui waited for a moment, and when there was no one in front of him, he stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said "Mr. Shenke", then lifted up his lower clothes and sat on the bench, "I have heard for a long time that Mr. Shenke is the master of magic."
Chang'an, I am not very talented, so I would like to ask you to make a divination."
"Oh? You scholar, what do you want to divine?"
"I'm a poor man. You can calculate your marriage and official fortune here. You can know the bad luck and predict the good luck. You can predict the death and predict the life. You can know the heaven and geography, and you can know the expressions of ghosts. I wonder what you want to calculate?"
Yuan Shoucheng knew Bai Gui's identity when he saw Bai Gui for the first time, but Bai Gui was unwilling to confess, and he would not deliberately reveal it.
The two were playing tricks.
"When will my merits be complete?"
Bai Gui thought for a while and then said.
He asked Yuan Shoucheng to tell fortunes, and it was just a temporary idea. What he was seeking now was the path to immortality. But he didn't explicitly ask about his path to immortality, but about his merits. When would his merits be completed?
If his merits are perfect, he will become a heavenly being.
At this moment, he is an official, so it is reasonable to ask him if his merits are perfect.
Being a Cao is a way of accumulating merit.
"This hexagram... a poor man can't calculate it."
Yuan Shoucheng shook the turtle shell a few times, and after a moment, he shook his head and said.
He didn't ask Bai Gui's birthday and horoscope, he could still calculate this. But when he calculated Bai Gui's future, although he saw a purple light, when he looked again, it was a fog.
"But Pindao can say that as long as Bai Shiyi adheres to the right path, he will be able to see the moonlight when the clouds clear."
Yuan Shoucheng revealed Bai Gui's identity and said with a smile.
Revealing Bai Gui's identity can be regarded as a measure for him to save his face.
"Thank you, Mr. Shen Ke, for your kind words."
Bai Gui shook his head and smiled back.
Yuan Shoucheng can be counted as the Jinghe Dragon King, but that does not mean that he can be counted as all the immortals and gods. He has the Kunlun Mirror to cover his tracks. If Yuan Shoucheng can be counted, it will be a ghost. However, his actions this time are not without purpose.
It was also a deliberate test of Yuan Shoucheng's ability.
When it comes to divination, he is actually not bad either.
Guishan Ce, Fuxi's divine power, Kunlun Mirror's help, etc.
It's just that his divination is more about "knowing the past events and knowing the good and bad". Without Yuan Tiangang, Yuan Shoucheng's uncle and nephew's calculations are more comprehensive.
"When Pindao returned home yesterday, my nephew said that Bai Shiyi was coming today."
"But the fisherman hasn't brought the golden carp today, so Bai Shiyi can sit down and wait for a while. The poor man has just done his divination, and he will be here in a quarter of an hour."
Yuan Shoucheng stood up, led Bai Gui to sit down, and said slowly.
Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later.
A middle-aged man dressed as a fisherman came over, holding a golden carp in his hand and delivered it to Yuan Shoucheng's stall.
"This golden carp... it's a pity that it won't survive tonight."
When Yuan Shoucheng handed the golden carp to Bai Gui, he smiled.
"Why do you say this, sir?"
"I can see that this golden carp is jumping around, and it is more vigorous than the golden carp caught in the past. Such a golden carp will not die after being brought home and raised for several years."
The fisherman wonders.
He has been fishing for a long time and has a good eye for fish. He can tell that this golden carp is extraordinary. It is the most energetic one he has caught in recent years.
The Tang Dynasty also had regulations that prohibited the consumption of golden carps. Because carps are related to plums, and because Li Tang admired Taoism, it was impossible to cook and slaughter carps.
"Without it, this golden carp's lifespan would have been exhausted..."
"It's lucky to have survived these days, which is already considered its blessing."