Chang County.

Wenwu Temple.

As the annual Qingming Temple Fair is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere around the Wenwu Temple has also begun to become prosperous.

Lantern.

Dragon.

Phoenix lanterns.

A large red silk that represents a festive atmosphere.

The shops around the Wenwu Temple have hung up calligraphy and paintings early, and these calligraphy and paintings are written on the congratulatory messages of cultural relics, and the shopkeeper has already happily welcomed a foreign tourist who came to visit the vicinity of Wenwu Temple.

Although it is still half a month away from the Qingming Temple Fair.

But the foreign tourists, young ladies and scholars, scholars, businessmen, and nobles who have come in advance have all appeared near the cultural relics temple to pay homage to the Wenwu Temple in advance and feel the fiery atmosphere.

And there are few entertainment items in ancient times, and staying in the inn all day long will eventually be lacking, so they all go to the streets, feel the customs of other places, and be dizzying and dazzled.

The origin of Wenwu Temple in Chang County.

According to the records of the county, it is because Chang County is close to the Yinyi River, which has developed waterways, and the boats on the Yinyi River come and go every day, and the sails are like weaving, which is lively and prosperous.

This gives the people of Chang County the opportunity to communicate with the outside world at high speed.

If people from the surrounding counties participate in the imperial examination and martial arts, in order to save travel time and money, they will basically choose to take the waterways of Chang County, so slowly, Chang County built this Wenwu Temple.

In the previous imperial examinations and martial arts examinations, they can bring a lot of incense and prosperity to Chang County.

This Wenwu Temple is also amazing.

Do not worship the two saints of civil and military.

Instead, a thousand-year-old sacred tree "Qingqian Willow" is enshrined.

People write their wishes and names on the bamboo plaque tied with a red silk rope, and then throw it to the sacred tree, the higher it is thrown, the higher it hangs, which means "the auspicious star shines high, the phoenix perches on the sycamore, and the luck is prosperous".

What's more, since ten years ago, the green money willow was miraculous overnight, and the bronze fruit became a yellow bronze coin fruit, in addition to praying for the blessing of civil and military, the sacred tree also has a rumor that it can "lead the God of Wealth into the door and attract wealth into the treasure". As a result, even those businessmen, rich merchants, and poor people began to come to the picture in droves.

In this way, the Qingming temple fair reached the most unprecedented event in ten years.

Because the sacred tree is precious, it is afraid that it will be destroyed, so this Wenwu Temple is usually not open to the public, and only a few people are left to be responsible for cleaning on weekdays.

The temple is only open on the day of the Qingming fair.

In this kind of rigorous situation, even because the temple fair is approaching, the officials sent by the local yamen in Chang County who are responsible for patrolling and guarding and maintaining order cannot enter the Wenwu Temple.

No one knows what is going on in the Wenwu Temple.

All of this started after the overnight miraculous change of the thousand-year-old green money willow sacred tree ten years ago, and it is said that it is to prevent the destruction of the sacred tree by people who are easy to mix in with some fish and eyes once there are more people.

The simpler the temple staff, the less mistakes can occur.

Zhang County Commander took office, and it was only a few years, ten years ago, Zhang County Decree was not the county order of Chang County, I don't know why the previous county magistrate agreed to this matter, ten years have passed, and I can't ask a reason. In short, this strange rule was passed down without stopping, year after year, for ten years.

Until the day of the Qingming Temple Fair, the Wenwu Temple will never be open to the public.

Even if the head catcher is here and the county order of Zhang is coming, he can't get in.

In order not to save face from the previous county order, Zhang County Commander also let this rule be inherited.

Therefore, the officials who could not enter the temple were all protected in the four directions closest to the Wenwu Temple.

It was a sunny day.

Around the Wenwu Temple, from time to time, there are white servants patrolling by with the sun overhead.

The head of the old fritter and the servant are lazy and hiding in the private house to enjoy the tea in front of the Ming Dynasty, and the name is responsible for keeping an eye on the dark place.

Suddenly.

A group of people wearing the uniforms of public officials in the yali appeared unimpeded all the way outside a private house that entered the compound.

The person who took the lead was a bearded and sturdy man riding a red horse, and his temperament was obviously different from that of ordinary officials.

Then, a servant hurriedly ran into the compound, and then found a team leader.

After a few words, the head of the squad nodded as he already knew, and then came to a room.

"Tell Zheng Zhutou that Zhao Zhutou Zhao has arrived, and he wants to take turns with Zhao Zhutou to hand over his duties. ”

As long as it is a person, it will be lacking, and mental fatigue will be prone to paralysis, so the protection work of this Wenwu Temple, several major catchers are on duty with each other every few days.

Today, it happened to be the turn of Zhao Yangping, one of the three major head catchers in Chang County, to be responsible for the handover of the shift.

"Zheng Zhutou?"

"Zheng Zhutou?"

......

However, the team leader shouted several times in succession, and there was no movement in the room.

The team leader seemed to be accustomed to it, and he didn't notice anything abnormal, and when he saw that he didn't get a response from Zheng Zhutou after shouting a few times, he returned the same way.

The head of the squad returned to the lobby and reported to a person who was sitting and drinking tea: "Back to Zhao Zhutou, just now I went to Zheng Zhutou and said that Zhao Zhutou is here, Zheng Zhutou has not responded for the time being because he is in retreat." Generally speaking, Zheng Zhutou will be in retreat for a long time, usually he will stay in retreat until nightfall before he comes out to eat a few bites of food, and then continues to retreat and practice. ”

This Zhao Zhutou is the bearded man who rode the jujube red horse before.

"Oh? Is Zheng Zhutou like this in the last few days?"

"Yes, Zhao Zhutou. The head of the team nodded and said attentively.

"It's okay, then wait a little longer, and you can report to me in advance on the defense situation. ”

......

Sunset and moonrise.

The stars are moving.

In Chang County, which fell into the dark night, a burly man walked silently on the street after curfew without footsteps.

When he walked a distance, he bumped into several villagers who were patrolling the night.

After those townsmen saw each other's facial features clearly, they all put down their weapons and saluted respectfully: "Zheng catches the head!"

When these villagers watched Zheng Zhutou go away and felt that they couldn't hear their own voice, they discussed it in private.

"Isn't Zheng Zhutou on the side of Wenwu Temple, why is he walking on the street alone?"

"You forget, today is the rotation day of the Wenwu Temple, and Zhao Zhutou will be responsible for guarding the Wenwu Temple in the next few days. ”

"Alas, have you seen it, Zheng Zhutou's face ......"

"Don't talk about this behind your back, be careful of Zheng Zhutou, and give us small shoes to wear in the future." The matter of the three major headcatchers is not something that you and I can discuss. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, don't discuss this matter, have you noticed, Zheng Zhutou doesn't seem to have a sound when he walks?"

"What's this, Zheng Zhutou is the three major catchers in our Chang County, and he must have made a breakthrough in cultivation recently, and his strength has improved again. Okay, let's go, hurry up and continue the night patrol, how do I find that tonight is a little chilly......"