Chapter 222: Messenger
Everyone looked at each other weakly in silence.
"It seems that a few people also know that the mountain god can't protect the people of this county." Zhang Feng got up and said, "Today, after the execution of the shopkeeper, I will take someone to Dongshan with me." β
"Yes.." The master bowed and saluted.
"This.." The four old fortunes also pondered for a while, and finally said ruthlessly: "My lord.. If you don't dislike us, we are willing to go! β
"That's the best." Zhang Feng nodded and glanced at everyone, "I'm not a person who can judge at once." I also know the fundamental reason why the temple can be demolished or not, and a big reason is the people. β
Zhang Feng walked towards the door, "Because every time spring comes, the people will go to Dongshan according to the previous sacrifices.
But now, if the temple is suddenly moved, of course, there is something inappropriate.
But these things are all small things, and they don't break or stand.
Can't let a false god continue to eat the incense of our county for nothing?
And now, I'm still a little curious, is this mountain god fake? Or is there someone who makes a stumbling block and lets outsiders dress up as mountain gods and eat the incense in our county? β
"Your Excellency!" When Li Laocai and others heard the words 'stealing incense' and 'demolishing the temple', they hurriedly knelt down, looking like they wanted to prove their innocence and had nothing to do with this matter.
"Those who can eat incense are naturally monks and demons." Zhang Feng turned around and looked at them, and said something else: "It has nothing to do with a few people." I, Zhang Feng, am not a person who bends to make a move and let innocent people scapegoat. β
Zhang Feng knew what they thought, and he could hear their 'worry' meaning.
They are afraid that when they demolish the temple, they will not be able to explain to the people, and then they want to use them as scapegoats and lead the trouble.
For example, when the temple was demolished by itself, the people were unwilling, saying that they could not demolish it, and if it was demolished, there would be disaster.
But as long as you come to a 'the incense is eaten by someone among the four shopkeepers', or 'this is a certain old fortune, and the Xiuzhen sect scam that comes to overhaul and rectify every year, and wants to steal taxes in the name of the mountain god, and divide the account in five or five accounts'.
Wait for these words to come out.
These shopkeepers must have been scolded to death.
The temple must also be demolished, and the demolition will be loud.
He will even sit on the title of the master of the blue sky.
Because in the final analysis, people worship God every year, and there are still floods, droughts, and earthquakes, so they are a little skeptical.
Coupled with the people's hatred for Sun Laocai and Xing's shopkeeper, they will find another old wealth to blame for the crime.
Then this plan to lead the water to the east is logical.
It's just that Zhang Feng disdains to use this kind of strategy.
It's like I'm afraid of some mountain god and what reason I'm looking for.
If the mountain god found out that the temple was demolished, he really came over and came again, 'I thought it was a few old rich people who made ghosts, and I didn't intend to offend the mountain god?' β
I won't use this trick, but I will tell the mountain god that I see it useless, just dismantle it, so what's the matter?
To put it in layman's terms, in the words of the previous world Tao brothers, it means that as a local county magistrate, how can outsiders be allowed to collect protection money? Just take it, don't do anything, you can't bear it.
"The temple must be demolished today."
Zhang Feng came to the door of the house and looked at the people in the house who were still thinking, "Prepare axes and utensils, and then prepare some lamp oil and oil to ensure that after today, the mountain temple will not leave a trace." β
"Yes.." The master walked out, but suddenly asked, "My lord, what does the city lord say?"
The moving mountain temple is more or less a big deal, and it needs to be reflected with the 'prefect' at the next level.
The prefect is the city lord who is in charge of dozens of counties for thousands of miles.
The lord of Huaihe City.
Just talking to him, and reacting to him, takes time.
Then it's time to discuss.
The main thing now is time.
Zhang Feng thought about it, then looked at the master and said, "Send someone to Hehuai City, and tell the city lord." β
"Isn't this matter waiting for the city lord's decision?" The master was stunned.
"Why didn't you tell you?" Zhang Feng saw that the master was embarrassed, and a quick catcher next to him said, "We should pass on the letter and spread the letter, and we should demolish the temple and demolish the temple, and the two are not in conflict." β
"Huh.." The master saw that the master had indeed made up his mind, and he didn't say much, so he went to the backyard to let people prepare to dismantle the temple utensils.
And as time passes.
At noon, when the shopkeeper was executed, there was a crowd outside the execution ground, all shouting that they should be killed.
Zhang Fengde came here, sat at the head, threw down the token, and watched the executioner execute the execution.
For a while, the people's hearts were greatly boosted!
But later.
Zhang Feng didn't have much contact with the people, but after hearing that the master was ready, he took people to the Dongshan realm.
It is about ten miles away from Qiguang County.
On the way, I heard the master say that Dongshan is a majestic mountain of about 30 zhang.
There is also a huge platform at the top of the mountain, which really seems to have been flattened by the immortals with sword qi, and a mountain temple was built on it.
Time passes, too.
Zhang Feng took more than 100 guards and more than a dozen catchers, and when he came to the foot of the mountain, his divine sense swept away, and he also saw that in the villages and towns of Baili in Qiguang County, people had begun to come to Dongshan to worship.
They held sandalwood and sachets in their hands, chanted 'harvest blessing' in their mouths, and kept their eyes on the mountain peaks, ready to step up the mountain and light the sandalwood.
There are also people who came from the village forty or fifty miles away early and walked for most of the day, and now they have only arrived here.
Zhang Feng looked over and saw that although the people in a hurry were a little tired, they were more of a kind of piety that was about to make a pilgrimage.
Those who have a little condition, and some fruits, also have to go to the temple to worship and honor the mountain god.
The whole picture is viewed with divine sense.
It is a mountain peak standing in the middle of the forest, with this place as the center, surrounded by pedestrians coming and going, and there is an endless stream.
"Your Excellency has come to worship the mountain god!"
"Hongxian Ling also comes to worship in early spring every year.."
The people who came to worship, when they saw Zhang Feng coming, also saluted one after another, making way for a step road leading to the mountain peak.
Zhang Feng nodded to them one after another, and when he came to the platform on the top of the mountain, he also saw a temple of about 500 square meters in front of him.
Inside, there are people kneeling and praying, and there is a mahogany statue of more than two meters in the center.
He looked like a kind old man, his eyes slightly downward, looking at the people who had come to pray in the temple.
Reaching forward with one hand, he dragged a mountain that seemed to be ten million times smaller.
With one hand pressed down slightly, he held a cane made of tree trunks.
Zhang Feng glanced twice, and then walked forward.
Bang la laβ
The guards who followed behind, also carrying fuel hay, entered the temple with them.
There were also a few people who stood in front of the temple to stop the people who had just gone up the mountain, and martial law was imposed near the temple.
At this time, there was also a shopkeeper who came to worship who was puzzled, and asked Li Laocai, who was next to the catcher, "Li Yuanwai.. What's going on.."
"Wait a moment.." Shopkeeper Li was silent, and looked at the master who was explained by Zhang Feng and then walked out of the temple.
"What's wrong?" When the people saw such a posture and saw that the temple was not long in time, they began to diffuse the smell of fuel, and they were even more puzzled and panicked.
The crowd gathered here to hear a story.