"By the way, do you have something to do with that person?" Xia Yao asked curiously. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Su Mo hesitated for a moment, glanced at the woman beside him, and then said with some embarrassment: "A friend of mine asked me to help find it." ”

"Hey, I didn't expect that Su Shuai, who rejected people thousands of miles away, would also help his friends, so why don't you make friends with your classmates, is there any ulterior reason?"

The girl glanced at the empty surroundings and leaned forward, looking interested, as if she wanted to inquire about his secrets.

"That, that, I'm sorry, I'm not good at communicating with people." The young man was a little overwhelmed, because the other party was too familiar and didn't care about his attitude at all.

"Ah, I'm not good at communicating with people, but I'm good at communicating with monsters?"

The other party's next sentence startled him, and the young man's body tensed slightly and turned his head and said, "You think too much, how can there be a monster." Okay, please take me to the neighborhood committee. ”

"Hee-hee, you're so funny!" The girl grinned, but did not continue to ask, and led the way with brisk steps.

It's just that more than 20 minutes later, the two of them came out of the neighborhood committee a little helplessly, because there were no clues there. The original contact information has long been broken, and the man surnamed Lou cannot be contacted at all.

"I'm sorry, I was supposed to help you, but unfortunately now the little girl has no other way. If it really doesn't work, let your friend go and worship God, I heard that the City God Temple is still very effective. ”

Xia Yao was full of apologies, she didn't expect such a simple thing to be so troublesome.

"No, no, it's me who delayed your time, so I'll think about what I can do myself." Su Mo waved his hand again and again, after all, people were also kind to help, and it would be a bit too much to be angry because of this. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "Yes, I can go to the City God Temple and ask!" Thank you! ”

The girl looked confused and saw him trotting away, and did not understand what he was happy about, did she really think that there were gods?

"Bell boy, please stop!"

When the young man rode the car not far away, the monster woman suddenly stopped in front of him, and he saw the helplessness and nervousness on the other party's face: "Bell child, we monsters are the most hated existence of the gods, they are eager to kill us, how can they help me?" ”

"Ah, what's the matter?" Su Mo was taken aback when he heard this, and then realized that he seemed to be a little reckless.

After all, in mythology, the Heavenly Court prides itself on being the orthodoxy of the Three Realms, and wants to bring the earth, the heavenly realm, and the underworld under its rule. But those monsters who are free by nature are naturally unwilling to be subservient to others, and have rebelled against the heavenly court, such as the Monkey King, such as the Bull Demon King, and so on.

In this way, the relationship between the gods and the yokai can be imagined.

"Well, if you don't do that, I'll go to Chenghuang by myself, and you can wait for me here." Su Mo thought for a while and proposed, after all, Chenghuang is the one who governs a city, and he should know all the residents of Shangdu, and there is no more suitable way to find someone than to find him.

"Well, kind human, thank you so much, I'll be here waiting for you to come back." The woman thanked her solemnly, and then her figure gradually disappeared.

The City God Temple was a little far away from here, and it would take at least an hour to go back and forth, so Su Mo had to pedal the car hard, otherwise it would be dark when he came back.

Shangdu is only a small third-tier city with a population of less than half a million. The north side of the town is next to the Mother River, and there is a small ferry, which can be regarded as driving some economy. It is surrounded by a vast plain area, with only a few scattered hills to the west, and the City God Temple is located on the top of a low hill.

Because of his special physique, Su Mo has been respectful of these temples since he was a child, because he is very suspicious of whether it is gods or monsters that live inside, after all, there are many pseudo-gods such as Wong Tai Sin in myths and wild history, occupying the temple and making trouble.

After turning several main roads in succession, I turned into a slender fork in the road, which is almost around here, right?

Seeing that the road was getting steeper and steeper, the intense consumption forced him to get off the bike and push his bicycle up the hill slowly.

The flow of people around is becoming more and more scarce, and there are no young people in sight, basically some old people. Come to think of it, there are still a few young people who believe in gods, and the more advanced technology has made them fearless.

After crossing a small stream, the high maroon walls of the City God Temple were already visible, and the surroundings became darker and darker, and the young man couldn't help but speed up his pace.

After waiting for the door, Su Mo's bicycle stopped in the carport on the side, and hurriedly entered the vermilion gate, almost tripping over the high threshold.

There were only three or five people in the City God Temple, which looked extremely deserted, and Su Mo walked along the stone path all the way inside, and soon came to the main hall located in the northernmost part.

At the door of the main hall, there was an old woman in a green shirt, sitting behind a chair dozing, and there were many "gold ingots" on the table in front of her, as well as a few bundles of long incense.

A huge statue of the god is located in the middle of the main hall, sitting upright on a throne, with a black and red face, a long beard dragged to the chest, and looking at the audience majestically.

On each side of him is a statue holding an object, one holding a book and the other holding a cylindrical object.

However, Su Mo walked around the main hall and didn't find anything strange, it seemed that the young man who called himself Chenghuang was not here.

"City God!" He couldn't help but shout.

Not only did she not get a response, but she also woke up the old woman at the door, and she rubbed her eyes and persuaded: "Child, making noise in the main hall will make the gods angry. ”

The old woman's face was full of wrinkles, her hair was snow-white, her body trembled and stood up, walked to the futon on the ground in front of the statue, knelt down slowly, bowed with her hands together and looked solemn, and said in her mouth: "I hope the gods will not be angry, the child is just an unintentional move." ”

Su Mo could clearly feel that she was an ordinary human being, and after hesitating for a moment, she still asked the question in her heart: "Old woman, do you really believe that there are gods in this world?" ”

"Faith is there, sincerity is spirit, the spirit is already in my heart, what else is there to seek." The old woman moved slowly, but reverently kowtowed three times, lit three sticks of incense and inserted them in the incense burner in front of her.

Well, it seems that faith is such a strange thing, and the boy didn't continue to ask, and when his eyes swept inadvertently, he suddenly saw a strange teenager wearing a sports sweatshirt and sunglasses sitting on the lap of the idol!