No. 86 Zhongyi Road is a city god temple.

The temple looks small, only one story high, and the roof is covered with glazed tiles, and the overall appearance looks a bit like the mud brick houses that were popular 40 years ago.

Xu Lang stood in front of the City God Temple, a little entangled.

According to his hunch, since he really found this place based on "z86", there is a chance that the task is related to this place.

But the problem is, this is the God's City Temple, if he dares to do something here, the surrounding uncles and aunts will definitely not let him go.

"Whew...... I hope the task given to me by the system is not to blow up the temple in front of me. Xu Lang smiled bitterly, "Even if we do tasks, we can't violate social customs, right?" ”

It's no wonder he thinks so, because the paradise is full of ghosts and demons, and in traditional culture, the gods enshrined in the City God Temple are to protect the people, in addition to the annual wind and rain, but also bear the responsibility of eliminating the ghosts.

In this way, isn't the City God Temple the enemy of paradise?

Turn around and leave? Lost in the mission?

Xu Lang really thought about it, in his opinion, there are ghosts, there are gods, and he has seen a lot of ghosts so far, such as the powerful spirit officer, ghost lady, ghost uncle and so on.

The ghost market bears the stability of the spiritual world in the East China Sea, and there is a ghost lady in charge, so it is very likely that the people living in this city god temple are gods.

"Don't be afraid, since you're here, then go in and burn incense to show your sincerity. Besides, I haven't done anything bad since the park was founded, so I'm sure I'll be fine! Xu Lang kept talking to himself and cheering himself up to dispel the fear in his heart.

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After Xu Lang entered the City God Temple, he saw a half-human statue of the City God in the front, which was similar to the image of a long beard, a robe and a hat on the Internet.

In front of the statue is a rectangular concrete table that is fixed to the ground, presumably for the purpose of placing tributes.

Xu Lang took out three sticks of incense from his backpack, lit them and inserted them in the incense burner, took out some paper money, and burned them in the cornucopia under the table.

"The junior Xu Lang inadvertently passed by the City God Temple, so come in to visit. This is a little careful, and please don't dislike it. Xu Lang didn't kneel, but bowed sincerely.

The surroundings were quiet, and he waited for more than ten minutes, but there was no so-called gust of yin wind, and then a little old man stood in front of him, and so on.

Originally, Xu Lang was still a little nervous, but as time went by, he calmed down a lot, after all, the system couldn't let him die, right?

"Are you here? The younger Xu Lang came to bother. ”

Xu Lang shouted twice in confusion, but there was still no response.

"Is it because the gift isn't heavy enough?" Xu Lang looked at the empty altar, and it was true that there was only incense and paper money, as if the sincerity was not enough.

So, he went to the general market again, bought a salt-baked chicken and a pair of chopsticks, and by the way, he asked the shopkeeper to buy a bowl of rice, and then returned to the Chenghuang Temple and came once according to the ritual he knew.

But the city god still didn't appear.

This makes Xu Lang embarrassed, if the city god does not appear, what is his task?

"That's right! Set off firecrackers! Xu Lang suddenly remembered that according to local customs, firecrackers are usually set off when coming to worship the gods.

This is a small town, different from the urban area, where firecrackers are set off, no one cares.

Soon, Xu Lang bought the firecrackers, and listening to the sound of the firecrackers, he walked to the statue again, waiting for the appearance of the city god.

"Young man?"

"Hey, Lord Chenghuang......"

Xu Lang heard someone shouting behind him, and subconsciously replied, but when he saw the person, he found that the other party was an old man wearing dark short sleeves and shorts, and some baldness.

Down-to-earth, there is a shadow on the ground.

It's not a ghost, but it's not a god, right?

"Hello grandpa, is there anything you called me?" Xu Lang asked politely, nine times out of ten, this is someone's territory, and you can't be too arrogant when you speak.

"It's okay, I just heard the movement here in the City God Temple, come and see, young man, ...... are you" The old man looked at Xu Lang suspiciously.

Xu Lang explained: "Oh, grandpa, I've been having insomnia lately, and I can't sleep all the time, so I'm sorry to come here to worship Lord Chenghuang, and I'm sorry to disturb you." ”

"It's not bothering, it's just early in the morning, it's just a little strange." The old man said, "There are not many young people nowadays who believe in Lord Chenghuang. ”

"After all, this is the traditional culture left by our ancestors for many years, and if its existence can allow us to rely on it psychologically and live a better life, then its existence is valuable." Xu Lang admired himself for his foresight, he would never be able to say these words before, mainly because a few days ago, for the sake of the task, he made up a lot of relevant knowledge on the Internet to be able to say such a thing.

The old man nodded with satisfaction: "The young man has a high level of ideological awareness." ”

Xu Lang smiled, thinking that the task was not much of a clue, so he asked, "Grandpa, does this City God Temple have any history?" Or a more representative event? Hehe, I'm more interested in folk customs, because behind every folk custom, there are hard-working and brave people. ”

"Ouch boy, come on, let's have a good chat here!" The old man was satisfied just now, and now he is even more satisfied after listening to Xu Lang's words.

He took Xu Lang to the banyan tree next to him, and ordered his children to pour tea.

Subsequently, the old man talked a lot about the City God Temple.

Considering that there were likely clues to the mission inside, Xu Lang listened very carefully.

However, the old man didn't know if it was because of his age, and he spoke very verbosely, Xu Lang listened quietly for more than an hour, and he didn't hear any useful information from it.

"Grandpa, has there ever been any twists and turns in this City God Temple?"

"Twists and turns?"

"I think the development of a nation, the development of a period of history, and the development of a folk custom are all twists and turns, and they have to go through ups and downs, and this kind of history is more precious." Xu Lang said this passage that he had been pondering in his heart for a long time, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it was a rainbow fart to find out the news.

The old man looked at Xu Lang and looked at it: "The way you talk reminds me of a person." ”

Person?

Xu Lang was overjoyed in his heart and wanted to ask, but it was not good to ask directly, and it seemed to have a picture

So he said euphemistically: "Really? Anyone else talks to me like me? I'm a little curious. ”

"He's a professor, it seems that his name is Liang, it was all a few years ago, I forgot." The old man waved his hand and said.

Good?

Xu Lang's heart was shocked, wasn't it? Could it be Xia Zhengliang?

"Grandpa, is this person you are talking about, is it Xia Zhengliang, a professor of folklore at Jinling University?" Xu Lang asked.

"It seems that I don't know what university he is, but his name is Xia Zhengliang. Do you know him? The old man asked curiously.

Xu Lang was shocked, it turned out to be really Xia Zhengliang, does this task have anything to do with Xia Zhengliang? In this way, Xia Ziqi came to Poplar Town before, also because he found here?

He was very excited, but on the surface he still calmly told a white lie: "No." I'm not interested in folklore or anything like that, so I've listened to his lectures. Grandpa, what did you talk about with Professor Xia? ”

"Nothing special, it's pretty much the same as you." The old man said, "Speaking of which, our City God Temple has not had any special experience except for a few renovations. ”

Overhaul?

"Grandpa, why did you renovate it last time?" As soon as Xu Lang heard about the renovation, he knew that the problem was not simple, and places like the City God Temple were generally not renovated, because many old people believed that regular construction would affect the peace of the City God, and if the old tomb was not under special circumstances, it would not be renovated.

The old man looked around, and then whispered, "One morning about seven months ago, someone saw a pool of blood at the gate of the City God Temple! ”

Xu Lang's heart was shocked and asked, "Blood?" It can't be human blood, right? ”

"I don't know, everyone didn't call the police, they didn't check, they just washed it away with water. After that, the neighbors rushed to make money, renovated it briefly, and invited Taoist priests to do it. The old man said.

Xu Lang understood that if in normal times, it is very difficult to renovate, because everyone may not want to pay for it, but if something happens, everyone is not at ease, so they simply make a show and spend money to buy peace.

After chatting with the old man for a while, Xu Lang went back to the park.

He also got some information from the old man's mouth, and he also had a plan in his heart.

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At twelve o'clock in the evening, in Poplar Town, in the open space next to the City God Temple, Xu Lang was squatting here burning paper money.

Unlike during the day, he now burns a lot of coins and incense.

He had a hunch that the puddle of blood that the old man said was probably human blood.

"I said friend, I heard that you bleed in the City God Temple before, and I don't know if you are still alive, whether you have been reincarnated, if your soul is still here, then come out for a meal." Xu Lang did not choose to burn in the City God Temple this time, because if the owner of the pool of blood died and had not been reincarnated, it was very likely that he would wander around here.

In an instant, the wind rose.

A man whose feet did not touch the ground appeared in front of Xu Lang.

When Xu Lang saw it, his heart was shocked.

This male ghost is tall and has tattoos on his arms, and he looks like a ruthless character!