"I've consulted the Ancestral Spirit, but the Ancestral Spirit hasn't given any hints. ”

"So are we, and the ancestral spirits don't seem to know anything about that existence. ”

In a bright wooden room, three people gathered around a table, and there were stools next to it, but no one sat down, and they were all pacing from side to side, beating their hands and feet, so as not to be discouraged.

Seeing that the bearing of the three people is faintly extraordinary, they all have a certain status, and their clothes are neat, at least a grade better than the coarse cloth of the villagers outside, and they all use cotton clothes.

The oldest of the three was no more than 50, and the younger was in his 40s.

"Otherwise, we'll report this matter to the table, it's out of our control at the moment. One of them proposed again, it was Zhang Fuman, the head of Zhangjia Village, and the other two did not need to say that it was Zhou Dexing and Li Wangcai, both of whom were the village heads of the other two villages.

Zhangjiacun was the first to contact the god of Baiyun Mountain, and the other two hesitated, so Zhang Fuman had to take the ball one by one, full of bitter fruits.

They don't believe that Zhang Fuman doesn't know much, just to force Zhang Fuman to express his position, when that one of the first birds, the other two village chiefs are also really depressed, people do it at home, disaster comes from the sky, inexplicably encountered such a major event, after this incident, the status of the three of them in the village has been greatly reduced, even the ancestral spirit is very dissatisfied, and the incense offered recently is becoming less and less.

Zhou Dexing touched his beard, nodded and said, "What Brother Zhang said is reasonable, there is still a big man in the county who is going to test the god of Baiyun Mountain, and we are ordinary ordinary people." ”

He had studied in the county, and although his knowledge was low, he was the highest among the three, and he also admired the existence of the dynasty the most.

Li Wangcai saw that the three of them couldn't discuss anything, so he had to nod and agree.

Zhang Fuman had no choice but to compliment and said: "Brother Zhou, you know a lot of people in the county, why don't you go here, I will wait for the two of you to be optimistic about the villagers, and also prepare a rich entanglement for you." ”

Li Wangcai also felt very reasonable when he heard this, they went to the county, and they didn't know which direction the door of the big man in the county was open.

Zhou Dexing saw that there were benefits, and he was complimented by the two, and he was also very proud, and the heritage of Zhoujia Village was also the strongest, with more than 200 years here, and the population was as much as 500, and the number of people in Sanjia Village was also the largest.

"Even if there are strange people and strange things pretending to be ghosts, and a row of people from the imperial dynasty come, the gods of Baiyun Mountain will also be ashes, and we can continue to be in charge of the three villages, as for those who are jumping now, they have to settle accounts after the autumn. ”

What the god of Baiyun Mountain said, it was tempting for them not to fight, they were already at the top of the three villages, and their minds were also open-minded, so they would not be so easily influenced.

Said to do it, Zhou Dexing picked up the pen, there was Zhang Fuman inquired about the news, wrote a thousand words of paper, and used ten chapters of snow-white paper, asking for a tael of silver, everything on it was detailed, all written clearly, it was written with a sore back, but he was particularly excited inside.

Carrying the paper, I hurried to the county seat the next day.

The three villages are located in the most remote place in the county, the distance of the road is also more than 20 miles, Zhou Dexing took the ox cart, set off early in the morning, and arrived at the county seat when it was almost noon, and he didn't care about eating, so he hurried to the county office.

He has read, and there are people in Zhoujia Village who have not been able to read, and there are also some people who work in the county, and the clerks of the county government are also from Zhoujia Village, or his nephew.

Baiyang County Ling heard a strange thing reported by his subordinates, very curious, this time the world is full of aura, all kinds of strange people and strange things happen from time to time, and some people specially wrote "Strange Chronicles" to record, Baiyang County Ling is also extraordinary, and there are not a few miscellaneous books he has read, but in Baiyang County for three years, he has never heard of such strange things.

He was also born in a big family, named Zhu Shijie, when the Emperor of Great Xia issued a holy decree, countless people from the big family responded, and there were not a few people like him, who came to the northwest to see if there was anything strange.

In the past three years, even he himself has almost forgotten the purpose of coming, and people like him are also preparing to return to Xia Jing, and the prosperity of Xia Jing is not comparable to this northwest.

Master Shen Juncai is also on the side, both of them are from Xia Jing, Shen Juncai is talented and intelligent, but unfortunately he belongs to a poor family. Zhu Shijie felt his talent very much, and his income and expenditure were down.

Zhou Dexing was under it, half-arched, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"The words are okay, it seems to have been practiced. As soon as Zhu Shijie saw it, he commented casually, and he also looked at it calmly.

Zhou Dexing was also afraid that the county order would not be interested, so he first asked people to submit the paper, and then he was called in to wait.

More than 1,000 words, and I read it quickly.

"Juncai, what do you think, just the mountains and fields, I don't know what kind of ghost and strange thing it is, it claims to be a god. ”

Shen Juncai kept frowning, "If this Baiyun Mountain God is really as mentioned above, it must not be simple, it is claimed to be from above the Nine Heavens." ”

"Yes, but the last two sentences are really confusing. ”

"Go down to the nine heavens and receive the mandate of heaven, live in the world and mourn the people. The underworld is opened under the nine shadows, and all beings have reincarnation since then. Shen Juncai secretly muttered to himself, "The first two sentences are the origin of the gods of Baiyun Mountain, and I don't understand the last two sentences, the underworld should be a place to live, and reincarnation should be related to people." ”

After reading all the information, this sentence is the most critical, the most information, and the rest is like what Zhou Dexing wrote, Xia Jing can do it is no longer a few.

"The god of Baiyun Mountain wants incense and is worshiped by the world, it seems that it is similar to the ancestral spirit, will it be a fierce ghost thing that does not lose its wisdom and wants to lure the mountain people. Zhu Shijie didn't care about Shen Juncai's words, but sneered: "Dare to mess around in my jurisdiction and shake the foundation of the ancestral spirit, I want to meet him for a while." ”

"Let the Taoist officials in the county investigate first, the temple existed decades ago, there will definitely be sporadic records, it won't be that simple. ”

Zhu Shijie didn't refute it, and he still respected his subordinates' words very much.

The Taoist official is a department specially set up in Great Xia, managing the strange people and strange things in the world, ghosts and fierce ghosts, etc., should have a lot of power, but unfortunately it is useless, and few people know about it.

In the face of ghosts and monsters, in addition to the protection of ancestral spirits, there are also military deterrence, people who practice martial arts, those who are strong in blood, ghosts and monsters dare not get close, and the human dynasty has another law, and those who are officials in everything are also very restrained from ghosts.

No matter how powerful the ghost king is, the army of millions, the blood and qi form wolf smoke, and they have to flee for their lives in a hurry under suppression.

But this is not to say that the Taoist official is not powerful, but his reputation is not obvious.

Zhou Dexing took a piece of paper written by Zhu County's order, followed a small servant, and came to a corner of the west of the city.

Dao Palace, the two-word plaque is tattered.

There was a cauldron inside, and three people with strange faces were touching their bellies, enjoying the sunshine, a mess.

"Someone from the county government has come. ”

One shouted, and the others tidied up their clothes in anticipation.

All the food and clothing in the Dao Palace are provided by the county, and the people in the county government are all respectful, and the cultivators are mixed to such a point, which is too desolate.

The three of them are all dressed in cyan robes, one has a thin head, one has long ears, and only one is the most normal, who also serves as a Taoist official, and both of them are deputies.

When Zhou Dexing saw such a strange person for the first time, he couldn't help but take a few more looks, but he was not afraid, after all, he had also heard of the reputation of Taoist officials, which was more related to strange people and strange things, since it was a strange person, it was naturally a little different from ordinary people.

The little guy in the county government disappeared when he brought people in, and the seven-grade official in front of the prime minister, even if the county government was an ordinary guy, was condescending to these people.

The middle-aged Taoist official in the lead looked confused, and originally thought that he had come to send some food and clothing, at least he hadn't encountered much here.

"The villain is the head of Zhoujia Village, recently there is a Baiyun Mountain God in the Baiyun Mountain Temple in Baiyun Mountain, the magic power is vast, and the incense of the villagers is worshipped, which has a great impact on the ancestral spirit, and the Baiyun Mountain God is also sneaky, rarely appears, and I don't know what it really is. ”

Zhou Dexing kicked the paper order over, after all, he was asking someone to do something, his attitude was still quite respectful, the three of them were all strange people, and maybe there were unknown means, so it was better not to offend.

"Having something to do is equal to having money to take. ”

The middle-aged Taoist official didn't think there was anything, but smiled beautifully with an old face.

"Thin head, long ears, follow the teacher to Baiyun Mountain to see the world. ”

The two people behind him said resentfully: "Can the master not call us nicknames." ”

The middle-aged Taoist official Xu Baiyang smiled happily and was silent.

To take the ox cart to the county seat, the speed of the ox cart is not much faster than the speed of people walking, but it is labor-saving, although the Taoist officials are not valued, they also belong to the people of the imperial court, this trip, the carriage is not lacking, you only need to apply for it.

The closer they got to the boundary of Baiyun Mountain, the more rugged the mountain road became, gravel could be seen everywhere, and the speed of the carriage was also affected.

Xu Baiyang flipped through the books in the county chronicles with one hand, the Baiyun Mountain Temple was not newly built, it must have discipline, especially the temple sacrifices and the like, all of which belonged to the jurisdiction of the Taoist officials.

Among the countless ancestral spirits under the jurisdiction of the county seat, Xu Baiyang can count them clearly.

The paper is pale yellow, the footer is clean, there are not many people who think about it, the preservation period is also long, and there are some blurred handwriting inside, which brings great difficulty to identification.

After reading it, Xu Baiyang noticed a trace of strangeness, there was no record of the Baiyun Mountain Temple, and from Zhou Dexing's words, he knew that this temple existed when he was very young, and there were still people in it, and it flourished for a while.

But in one day, a great change occurred, and the villagers who knew it were taboo and did not speak, and over time, few people knew about it.

And in the one hundred and sixty-first year of Great Xia, the local Taoist officials also changed a generation, and since then, they have declined, and finally before it is his turn to take over, they have been idle for several years, and the two apprentices were also accepted later, is there any connection between the two.