Three hundred and eighth chapter half stone tablet
It is not without reason that these officials are so cautious.
After all, the reason why these people are able to take charge of such a large city is not because of their great ability, but because they happened to follow Chaoge's army in the Eastern Expedition, and Jiang Ziya happened to leave them to manage the city.
It's just a dream.
Later, in order to stabilize all parties, Ji Fa did not have the energy to replace them with other officials, so he directly appointed them to govern Jiameng Pass.
But after all, their status was not high at the beginning, so there were always people in the court who were concerned about their official positions. Once those people got caught, they would definitely take the opportunity to bring them down, and they would never let them have an easy time.
Therefore, for the sake of their own future, these officials decided to play it safe.
Although there are many lonely ghosts wandering around the city every night, they rarely break into the mansions of these officials.
After all, there are many strong guards in these officials' mansions, with strong vitality and blood. Not ordinary ghosts and monsters dare to approach them.
As for each yamen, they have their own majestic air, and ordinary ghosts would not dare to enter them.
It was also because of this that they had the courage not to hold on.
However, they have already reported this matter quickly, and it will be up to the emperor how he will respond.
If the emperor didn't care much about this, they would definitely worship these generals as soon as possible, otherwise they would be really uneasy.
Of course, it would be fine if those officials themselves did not dare to worship the four generals of the Demon Family, but they would never dare to stop the people in the city from worshiping them.
Otherwise, at this time of panic, these people will definitely send them all to mass graves and become one of them.
Therefore, the people in the city are still enthusiastically inviting craftsmen everywhere to carve statues of gods for their homes, and this has even led to several fights.
After all, there are only so many craftsmen in total, and it would be impossible to carve statues of the four heavenly kings into every household in a short period of time.
This is all because in the past few months, every household was worshiping the Kitchen God and needed to carve the image of the Kitchen God on the stove. This has caused many craftsmen to switch careers and earn money by carving statues of gods for others.
money.
However, worshiping the Kitchen God is not something urgent after all, and you can take your time. However, now there are hundreds of ghosts running rampant every night. People are worried about the safety of their homes, so they are all anxiously competing for craftsmen to carve statues of gods for their homes. Of course, the craftsmen
It's not enough.
Therefore, some smart people drew the statues of the four heavenly kings directly on animal skins or linen, and then sold them to other people.
This method of direct painting is much faster than engraving on wooden doors.
As soon as it appeared, it immediately caused a rush of looting.
And facts have proven that as long as you worship sincerely, this kind of painted idol can also protect your home.
Because several households were invaded by evil spirits that night, and they were blocked by the divine light pouring out from the statues. There were even a few little ghosts with weak souls who were directly beaten to death by the divine light.
When this news spread, those who knew how to paint were immediately sought after.
After all, their painting speed is much faster than those craftsmen, and they can draw many statues of gods every day.
Suddenly, this has become an emerging industry, and there is quite a lot of money to be made.
This caused a group of people to follow him and learn painting, and the profession of painter was derived.
It's just that these portraits are not as durable as the statues of gods carved on the wooden doors. Once exposed to wind and rain, they may be blurred, so the craftsmen are not unemployed.
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After Qi Yi and the others arrived at Jiameng Pass, they wandered around the city during the day and felt the excitement and prosperity of the city.
Especially in the past few days, it has become even more lively because people are vying for painters and craftsmen everywhere, which makes these young people who have been practicing in the mountains for many years very interesting.
After a few days, they felt it was no longer interesting.
After all, the meals prepared by these common people are a bit unaccustomed to those of them who are used to eating spiritual meals. The guesthouses they live in are relatively simple, but the spiritual energy in this city is so mixed that they have no choice.
Have a good time practicing.
Moreover, they have no intention of becoming officials, and they also cannot feel the taste of power.
So after the novelty wore off, they began to miss their days in the mountains.
In fact, Qi Yuan's original intention was to let them experience some things in the ordinary world and temper their character.
As a result, Qi Yi and the others did not have much contact with other people. They regarded themselves as outsiders and watched how these people lived and worked from the perspective of bystanders. Of course, this was not of much use.
The best way to truly refine one's mind in the world of mortals is to integrate oneself among the common people.
For example, some Qigong practitioners like to dress up as wandering Taoist priests and set up fortune-telling stalls, or dress up as beggars and beg on the streets, or live in seclusion in the bustling city to experience human relationships. They interact with people every day, experience all kinds of life, and understand the changes in people's hearts, so as to understand
Understand your own heart.
There are also those who entered the court as officials, such as Wen Zhong. After joining the court, he became a very popular minister. He worked hard to help the kings govern the world, conquer the south and the north, and conquer the unworthy ministers.
It can be said that the reason why he was able to cultivate to the Golden Immortal realm so quickly was that his decades of hard work during the Yin and Shang Dynasties definitely played a big role.
Even if it weren't for the Great Tribulation of the Gods, this old master would definitely be able to retire with success.
Qi Yi and others did not want to integrate into the lives of the common people, so after only staying for a few days, they began to miss the time of Qingxiu on the mountain.
Of course, they are just practicing pure cultivation, not ascetic cultivation.
Under Qi Yuan's teachings, it was impossible for them to practice hard.
After all, no Qi practitioner can still eat all kinds of delicious and spiritual meals that are of great benefit to his practice while practicing hard.
Although Qi Yi and the others have not integrated into the common people these days, they still patrol the streets in the city every night, especially those common people's homes that do not have portraits of the Four Heavenly Kings on their doorways. They are particularly concerned, but they are really concerned.
Many people were rescued by them.
After a few days, almost every household in the city had hung portraits of the four generals of the Demon Family on the door, and few ghosts dared to break into people's homes.
This caused those evil spirits to become more and more violent, and even attracted several extremely powerful evil spirits to enter the city.
However, these fierce ghosts did not dare to offend easily when faced with gods such as the Four Heavenly Kings.
After all, as more and more people worship, the magic power of the four generals of the Demon Family becomes stronger and stronger. Now that they have more power, they will of course protect these people more carefully.
In this way, even if those particularly ferocious ghosts dare to break into people's homes, they will mobilize more divine power to kill them as a warning, so that as soon as these ghosts see their statues, they will stay away and dare not approach.
However, although most of the people in the city have posted the statues of the four generals of the Demon family on their doors, the officials in the inner city do not have the statues posted on their doorsteps.
In the past, those little ghosts were not courageous enough to enter official mansions easily, but these fierce ghosts are not afraid of them.
Seeing that among the people in the city, only some high-ranking households in the inner city were not protected by gods, these fierce ghosts went straight to the homes of several officials to commit evil.
When Qi Yi and others entered the city, they had already discovered that the ghosts could not easily enter the official residences in the inner city, so they focused on the homes of ordinary people in the outer city. It was not until they heard noise coming from the inner city that they
Found something wrong.
By the time they hurried to the inner city to kill the murderous ghosts, several official residences had already been invaded.
Moreover, these fierce ghosts actually have quite a lot of magical power and a strong ghost aura. They can deal with ordinary people in the official mansions quite easily.
So by the time they arrived, some people had already been killed, and those military generals could just take it easy. After all, they were strong and skilled in martial arts, and could still fight against evil spirits. However, there were a few weak civil servants.
The spirit had been forcibly sucked away by the evil ghost, and he died.
Qi Yi, Deng Chanyu and others did not dare to neglect, and directly killed these fierce ghosts, and then turned and left without paying attention to the officials' pleas for them to stay and protect them.
These young people were impatient to deal with those officials, not to mention that they were all officials from Xiqi.
After all, the Great Catastrophe of Conferring Gods had just passed at this time, and the Chanjiao disciples in Xiqi had many plots against the Jiejiao disciples during the great tribulation. As the heirs of the Jiejiao sect, they naturally disliked these Xiqi officials.
It was good enough to save them this time, but to actually want to keep them to look after the family and nurse the home was really wishful thinking.
Besides, when they were wandering around the city in the past few days, they had already heard that these officials had not worshiped the four generals of the Demon family for their respective official positions. Now that they were invaded by the evil spirits, they had brought it on themselves.
There are obviously easy ways to solve the problem, but it's because these officials are so greedy for glory and wealth that they don't even care about the lives of themselves and their families. This is why ghosts come to their doorsteps. Now they are still wanted to protect those greedy people.
In Qi Yi's opinion, the officials simply don't know what to say.
However, after what happened tonight, I am afraid that those officials will no longer dare to take any chances. I am afraid that they will immediately hire someone to paint and post the statues of the four generals of the Demon family on the gate of the mansion as soon as dawn comes.
As for whether they will lose their official position because of this, they no longer care.
Because compared to the immediate danger, the future should be pushed back.
Qi Yi and the others were wrapped in a faint sword light and floated a hundred feet above Jiameng Pass. A flash of light flashed in their eyes. After looking around for a moment, they found that there were no more evil ghosts causing trouble in the city. They breathed a sigh of relief.
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Li Yingqi said: "Elder brother, now most of the people in the city have worshiped the four heavenly kings. I think there is no need for us to wait any longer. We might as well go directly to the mass graves and destroy the ghost domain. It is better to go back to the mountain as soon as possible.
Bar!"
"Yes, yes!"
After hearing this, He Ling'er nodded repeatedly: "Let's break the ghost realm and go back quickly."
When she first entered the city, this girl still felt a little novel and everything she saw was new. However, after the past few days, she felt bored. She missed Qi Yuan a little and wanted to go back early.
Qi Yi shook his head: "Not now."
"Why?"
Li Yingqi looked at his senior brother in confusion.
In her opinion, most of the people in the city have already begun to worship the four generals of the Demon Family, and there is no need for them to wait any longer.
"hehe."
Qi Yi couldn't help but smile a little on his face, and said: "Ghosts belong to Yin. It is the third watch in the middle of the night, when the Yin energy is strong. Although we are not afraid of those evil ghosts, there is no need to choose them based on their strength.
Fight with them when you are strongest.
In my opinion, it is better to wait until after dawn, when the Yang Qi is sufficient, and then we rush in."
Deng Chanyu agreed: "What Senior Brother said is reasonable. Master once taught us in the past that a lion also needs to use all his strength to fight a rabbit.
Although we have some skills, we don’t know what is going on in that ghost realm. Just in case, it’s better to wait until daybreak before leaving.”
After all, she came from a family of generals and was familiar with the art of war. Of course, she would not choose to rush into the ghost realm under unfavorable conditions and fight with unknown enemies.
Li Yingqi nodded after hearing this.
She is actually quite smart, but she just has no experience. Now after listening to the advice from her senior brothers and sisters, she suddenly understands that she will definitely not be so rash again if she encounters a similar situation in the future.
As for He Ling'er, this girl's mind is not yet mature. She will just listen to what Qi Yi and the others say, and of course she won't object.
There was nothing to say all night, and it was dawn the next day.
When the sun rose high, they arrived outside the mass graves in the west of the city.
Looking at the gray space in front of me, it was filled with gloomy clouds and darkness, and even the hot sunlight could not penetrate it.
And as soon as they got close, a faint sound of ghostly crying could be heard in their ears. It was so pitiful that it made people feel sad when they heard it, and it made several people want to enter the ghost realm ahead.
It's just that they all have the orthodox Jie Jiao inheritance, especially after turning to swordsmanship. In order to prevent future disciples from blindly pursuing killing and losing their original intention when practicing swordsmanship, Qi Yuan not only followed his master
I have learned many techniques to purify the mind and calm the mind, and even specifically asked the Master of Tongtian for a secret technique that has a miraculous effect on stabilizing the mind.
Of course, he would not reserve these things for the first class, and passed them all on.
So after hearing the ghost cry, they immediately started using secret techniques to stabilize their minds and not be tempted at all.
However, they originally wanted to enter it, so they had no intention of retreating. Instead, they followed the sound of ghost cries and entered the mass grave.
As soon as they stepped into the gray space, they immediately felt as if they had stepped into the underworld.
Not only was there no sunlight shining down from the sky at all, but looking around, all I felt was darkness.
In the dark place, there seemed to be countless ghosts flickering, and at the same time, the sound of ghosts crying around was loud, as if thousands of evil ghosts were wailing in the ears, which was disturbing.
"Hey..."
Qi used his hand to squeeze the magic formula, and suddenly shouted loudly, the sound was like thunder, shocking everyone in the world.
In an instant, the surrounding gray mist dissipated, and countless ghost figures seemed to leave in a hurry. The ghost cries in the ears suddenly stopped, and most of them disappeared. After a while, several ghost cries were heard sparsely from a distance.
"snort."
Qi Yi snorted coldly: "You dare to show off just the tricks of ghosts, and disturb our minds. I don't know what to say."
He waved his sleeves, led the way, and walked straight ahead with a few junior sisters.
After Deng Chanyu was cut off, she protected Li Yingqi and He Ling'er in the middle.
In terms of combat power alone, He Ling'er is not weaker than them. It's just because of her immature nature that everyone treats her as a child, and that's why they deliberately protect her.
Along the way, the ground was full of large and small graves, and there were many exposed corpses, which was so eerie that people were shocked to see it.
From time to time, there was a dark wind blowing around, and there were waves of low ghost cries.
However, the few of them did not pay too much attention to these eerie scenes. They stepped on the uneven ground and walked casually between the tombs, turning a blind eye to the ghostly images that flashed around them from time to time.
They are just some insignificant brats. You don't even dare to approach them, so there is no need to care about them.
We couldn't go more than a hundred feet, the surrounding fog was getting thicker and there were many ghosts.
Many evil ghosts no longer hide their figures and appear directly.
Although these fierce ghosts were very eager to absorb the essence of Qi Yi and others, after sensing the aura on their bodies, they were filled with instinctive fear in their hearts. Although they were wandering around, they hesitated and did not dare to step forward.
Qi Yi and the others moved forward following the place with the heaviest Yin energy. The resentment of the evil ghosts appearing around them became deeper and deeper, and the ghost energy became more and more powerful.
Each of these fierce ghosts looked at Qi Yi and others with green faces, fangs, and red eyes. They coveted the huge essence in their bodies and were afraid of the sword energy in their bodies, but none of them pounced on them to die.
However, as Qi Yi and the others got closer and closer to the center of the ghost domain, the evil ghosts became more and more restless.
Finally, after bypassing several large dead trees with strange shapes, they came to an open space together.
It is very strange here. It is obviously a mass grave, but in the center of this mass grave, there is only one grave. Within a radius of dozens of feet, not to mention other graves, there is not even a weed.
No growth.
In front of the tomb, there is still half a stone tablet erected.
The other half was cut off by someone unknown, and as time went by, nearly half of it was buried in the ground.
But as they entered the open space, the fierce ghosts around them no longer followed them, but surrounded the open space and looked at them restlessly.
If you look closely, you can see a bit of fear in the eyes of these ghosts.
"Woooooooo..."
Just as Qi Yi and the others were looking at the half of the stone tablet in front of them, they suddenly heard a strange sound.