Liangzhou, Zhangye

Although in the middle of the night, the bonfire is to illuminate the surroundings, this is a countryside, the construction of the Xizhou Chi Road, is to pass through here, near the east of the big locust tree, a heavy makeup, dressed in strange costumes of the old man, is dancing around a bonfire, in front of the bonfire, is placed with a high sculpture, the sculpture can vaguely see that it is a human form, but the face is hideous and terrifying.

The old man was still chanting the sacrificial words that no one could understand except him, and the people gathered around him were a little frightened and a little in awe looking at him, all of them lowered their heads, did not dare to raise their heads, looked at the statue, the old man danced for a long time, and then sat down suddenly, trembling all over, and making some noise in his mouth, humming for a long time, he opened his eyes and looked at the people around him.

"The gods have an order, don't break ground here, if you destroy the feng shui luck here, it will damage your luck, the gods will no longer bless you, and disaster will be..."

"Disaster will befall your mother!"

The old man was talking, and suddenly someone interrupted him, and still with this vicious language, the Han people value filial piety, in this era, it is an undying hatred to insult the teacher, not to mention insulting the parents, this is simply forcing the other party to draw a sword, not to mention that here is still the most fierce Xiliang, sure enough, hearing this sentence, the old man jumped up angrily and looked at the people opposite.

The people gathered around were extremely frightened and avoided one after another, but they revealed the group of people in the rear, these people were obviously outsiders, and did not belong here, the leader was a young man, and behind him, there were more than a dozen officials, even their pavilion chief, at the moment, he was also bowing his head, standing behind the young man, the young man was not wearing an official uniform, wearing a Confucian robe, holding a pot of wine, looking very comfortable.

The old man just looked at it, and immediately hid the anger in his heart, he squinted his eyes, and asked a little intimidatingly, "Who dare to ask Your Excellency?" Didn't you deceive me, Liu Yuan has no one? Dare to be so insulting? He obviously wanted to arouse the anger in the hearts of the people and let them stand on his side, the young man shook his head helplessly, looked at the official on the side, and asked, "How many are these?" ”

"Hui Zhongjun, this is sixty-two."

The young man nodded thoughtfully, took a sip of wine, looked at him, and said with a smile: "Why don't you tell me, what is the use of you, a god, and what is the most offensive to him?" ”

The old man was furious and shouted, "This is the god of my people in Liuyuan, you must not offend!" ”

Hearing this, most of the villagers around him were also unkind, and their eyes looked around, as if they were looking for weapons, and the young man chuckled lightly and said, "You want these people to besiege me?" Do you believe it or not, if you hurt me a hair, the whole village, young and old, will be buried for me? Hearing this, the old man was shocked, and the people around him also lowered their heads again.

"This Lang Jun, what did I offend you about? I'm quite familiar with Wang Xianling..."

"Wang County's order, right?" The young man asked, the old man smiled and nodded, showing his black teeth, the young man looked at the official on the side, and ordered: "Write it down, and take the county order later!" The official almost nodded.

Hearing this sentence, not to mention ordinary people, even the old man who pretended to be a ghost was also frightened, and the county order of a county was said to take it, what kind of sacredness is this, the old man endured it and did not lose his temper, so he asked: "Dare to ask who Lang Jun is?" We have not broken the law... It's just..."

"Hehehe, in Xia Zhong Changtong, the main job is to destroy gods and kill ghosts, and the deputy position... Envoy of the Son of Heaven..."

The old man's lips trembled, unable to speak, Zhong Changtong sneered, and said: "Since I arrived in this Xiliang, my duties have become a lot busier, I just don't understand, why are the people of Xiliang so good at ghosts and gods??" Along the way, I have seen all kinds of gods, urinated on their heads, threw latrines, and I did everything, you see, I am still alive and well, and the disaster did not befall me, but those thieves who pretended to be gods and ghosts were beheaded by me..."

"You—" The old man wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

Zhong Changtong looked at the people around him and said loudly: "Whoever is willing to drop that statue for me, I will give him a hundred dollars!" ”

When the people heard this, they all bowed their heads and did not dare to respond.

"Five hundred dollars!"

"A thousand bucks!!"

Zhong Changtong yelled again, in the crowd, several strong men raised their heads, their eyes flashed with a different light, this price, now you can buy a cow, if there is a ploughing cow, everyone is thinking, but a burly strong man walked out of the crowd, bowed to Zhong Changtong, and walked towards the statue, the old man was shocked, he didn't expect that someone really dared to offend the gods, if it was an official errand, how dare you, the head of the Qian? ?

The old man scolded, blocked in front of the statue, did not dare to curse the strong man, the strong man did not speak, stretched out his hand, pulled the old man's arm, and slammed him aside, and then, walked in front of the statue, flew up a foot, the statue collapsed, Zhong Chang saw this situation, couldn't help but applaud, laughing, and this scene, is to make the people are extremely shocked, wide-eyed.

Only the old man was still cursing the strong man.

Zhong Changtong waved his hand, and immediately an official stepped forward and pressed the scolding old man to the ground, the old man was speechless, Zhong Changtong stepped forward, looked at the strong man, and said with a smile: "You are very good, in the future, you will be on an errand in the county... In addition, I will build you a good place to live, and you will live a good life..", Zhong Changtong said, looking at the officials behind him, someone took the money and handed it to the strong man.

Zhong Changtong said loudly: "I heard that you will claim to be the champion and the descendants, if it is the truth, don't do anything to disgrace the champion Hou!" Wait a minute, in the future, if you encounter such a person who pretends to be a ghost, you will immediately report it to the county government, or arrest him, and you can get a reward of 1,000 yuan!! His words made the eyes of the villagers here spark.

"As for this old thief..."Zhong Changtong smiled, squatted beside the old man, pulled his hand, and ripped off the old man's gray beard, obviously, this is a fake beard, he is not as old as he appeared, but he is in his fifties, but he is pretending to be a centenarian, Zhong Changtong stood up, looked at the people, and said, "Look at it!! In an instant, he pulled out the saber at his waist, and with a wave of the long sword, the old man's head was immediately cut off by him.

The skull rolled to the ground, and the headless corpse was still spurting blood, and finally collapsed to the ground.

Zhong Changtong looked at the frightened people in front of him, and said gently: "If you dare to believe these nonsense again, or follow suit, this person will be the end." ”

After saying that, Zhong Changtong led the officials and left in a mighty manner, leaving only a headless corpse and a broken statue.

Leading the officials, humming the Liangzhou song, Zhong Changtong returned to the camp, the soldiers guarding the door bowed to him, and let him in, these soldiers were sent by Liangzhou Thorn Shi Mao to protect Xing Gong, Xing Gong did not refuse, Xing Gong made his residence into a big camp, the officials responsible for building the gallop road lived here, like soldiers, Zhong Changtong swayed to his camp tent, rolled up the door curtain, and walked in.

As soon as he walked in, he was taken aback.

Candles were lit in the tent, and a man was sitting in front of the desk, as if waiting for him to return.

Zhong Changtong took a closer look, then laughed, sat down next to Xing Ziang, and said, "Xing Gong, why are you sitting here for a moment when I am courteous??" Xing Ziang glanced at him and said, "I've been sitting here for an hour...."

"Ahem, lately, my stomach has been a little uncomfortable..."

"Anyway, where are you going to kill the gods tonight?"

"Liu Yuan..."Zhong Changtong lowered his head, like a junior who made a mistake, he looked extraordinarily casual on weekdays, and he was domineering, but in front of Xing Ziang, he didn't dare to be out of line, the two sat facing each other, Xing Ziang said helplessly: "Liangzhou people are good ghosts and gods, this is also a local custom, why do you want to be so targeted?" ”

"That guy wants to stop the gallop!"

"This is the edict of the Son of Heaven, how can he oppose it? You killed someone? ”

"He said that he believes that the gods can live forever, I just want to see if the severed head can be restored, if it can, the northern and southern armies will not have to be afraid of dying in battle in the future, just worship the gods, I am also for the sake of the northern and southern armies.."

Xing Ziang looked at him helplessly, but he couldn't say any words of reprimand, and said, "I just don't understand, why do you hate ghosts and gods so much, you have to kill them all..."

"Because they deceive people, they dare not hide Xing Gong, in my opinion, what ghosts and gods, what destiny, are all lies that deceive people, deceive those ignorant villagers, deceive money and kill people, I have always felt that people should only believe in people, I will go to worship Emperor Xiaokang, not because he has the mandate of heaven, but because of his great cause, the same, the prince, the prince of Wenren, the champion Hou, I will go to worship these people, but the so-called ghosts and gods, hehe.." Zhong Changtong sneered.

"What credit do they have? Dare to ask us to admire?? Do they exist? Over the years, I have offended countless ghosts and gods, and now I don't live well, no one has come to show up, these ghosts and gods can be removed, on the contrary, those who work for the country and the people, and those who work all their lives are more worthy of my worship, I think, ah, these people worship those ghosts and gods, it is better to worship Xing Gong! ”

Xing Ziang frowned, and said unhappily: "Ridiculous! ”

Zhong Changtong grinned and said: "Xing Gong has been working hard since the year of the crown, until today, I want to ask, in today's world, who can compare to Xing Gong, those ghosts and gods, can not be compared with Xing Gong at all!" Xing Ziang stared at him and said helplessly: "Even if you want to flatter me, don't say that, all my life, I just want to do my duty and do what I should do, this is not a merit..."

"You are still young, destiny and the like, don't say in front of outsiders, you don't believe in destiny, but I believe it, I've seen things that you don't dare to think about in your life..." Rest early, there are still a lot of things to do tomorrow, I have read the recitals you gave me, and I will talk about it tomorrow..."

Zhong Changtong hurriedly supported, Xing Ziang was holding a cane, his whole body was already bent, and he couldn't straighten his waist, and with Zhong Changtong's support, he slowly walked out of the tent.

Walking out of the camp tent and looking at the crescent moon hanging in the sky, Xing Ziang was stunned for a moment.

"Axiom..."

"Gong Xing?"

"If I'm halfway dead, you can bury me here, the moonlight here is good...."