After her physical condition has improved recently, she is no longer overworked just looking at the flowers and plants, and she can already do what she can to take care of Xianggong.

After all, Xianggong was tired and running around all day long, and when she came back, she was working all night, she felt a little distressed, so she could only be as considerate as possible in this regard.

"I worked too late last night, and I didn't pay attention to it and fell asleep."

Zhou Shize didn't elaborate, but simply made an excuse.

In the end, he remembered what the jackal demon had said before, and added: "Lady, if a jackal appears near the door of the house recently, don't panic, or give it some food." It may have come to me. ”

"Jackals?"

The wife looked puzzled, "Why did a jackal come to you?" ”

"This ......" Zhou Shize was dumbfounded for a while, hesitated for a moment and still didn't tell the truth, just smiled, "I foresaw it in my dream, or it will come true......

"How can Xianggong take the things in his dream seriously......" The wife smiled, not taking his words too seriously.

However, it seems that he was too worried, and for three consecutive days, the jackal demon did not come to visit, and he didn't know if something was delayed, and he still couldn't find him.

It is expected that he should be able to find it, after all, he is the county magistrate of this county. That should be because something was delayed and didn't come.

Zhou Shize thought so, and felt that he could ask about it in the next class. After all, such a studious student is still worth teaching.

And after putting aside the ghost town for the time being, his usual research on the records in the county town has gradually gone further.

He also learned more and more about the "mountain god eating people" from some side knocks, but he also fell into more mysteries.

This legend was first passed down from the mouth of the temple in the temple of Nashan.

Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, there are often temple blessings who stand up and take the initiative to proclaim that someone has provoked the anger of the mountain god, and sacrifices must be sacrificed to calm the anger......

In addition, it requires a lot of money to be worshipped, and there are a lot of entanglements of interests, and even more, there are worries about life.

It's just that although Miao Zhu is such an almost absurd statement, there are very few people who have really seen the face of the so-called mountain god. More of them only exist in the word of mouth of the villagers, and sometimes you can hear nursery rhymes about the mountain god in the streets and alleys, some of which describe it as a very fierce and cruel superior, and some of them are diametrically opposed, saying that the mountain god is a good god, and the people worship the suffering and saving the suffering.

And over the years, the former has gradually taken over the majority. According to his description, although the mountain god was in charge of the fate of the mountain city, he was very cruel, and if he did not want to do so, he would send torrents, earthquakes, and even droughts to punish the people, and no one dared to neglect him.

Even the people who were chosen by the temple to be sacrificed could only secretly weep and offer the people, and they did not dare to disobey at all, for fear of provoking the wrath of the mountain god and causing harm to their families.

It is said that the family of those who tried to disobey the will of the mountain god in the first two years was found to be gone after a few days, and the body was hung on a tree on the edge of the cliff a few miles away, looking terrible......

Therefore, in this mountain city, the temple of this mountain god seems to be much more authoritative than his county decree, and the words he says are like holy decrees, and no one dares to disobey them in the slightest!

It's just that although what is said in the rumors is clear and quite true, Zhou Shize has deeper doubts in his heart after reading the ancient books.

As far as he knows, more than ten years ago, there were no rumors of the so-called mountain gods eating people, and the people's belief was more similar to the tribute of ordinary temples, at most the incense was slightly better.

This appalling rumor seems to have come out after the new temple lord took office.

Therefore, he had a slight guess in his mind.

He also took some risks today, and went to the temple for the sake of incense offerings. This was about the second time he had stepped into the threshold of the mountain temple since he took office at that time.

It's just that the appearance here seems to be ordinary, but the inside is a bit luxurious, and it seems that the villagers don't have a lot of money on weekdays.

That's it, what's more important is that the temple Zhu looks like a big waist and a round waist, with a fierce face, which is not as tall and thin as the temple Zhu of an ordinary temple, and the fairy wind and bones.

If you don't look at the clothes of the temple blessing on his body, ordinary people may think that he is a fierce bandit more than a temple blessing.

"Isn't this the county magistrate, why do you have time to visit here today?"

The temple Zhule looked at Zhou Shize, who was making incense, and patted the fat belly that the robe couldn't hide, but the bottom of his eyes flickered slightly, as if he was afraid of something.

Zhou Shize glanced at him, continued to put incense candles in his hands, and said lightly: "I am not here this time as a county commander, but as a believer. I have always heard that the mountain god is miraculous, and recently I happened to encounter some confusion, and my own thoughts are rare results, so I want to come to worship, and it is not necessary to get the mountain god's solution. ”

"If it's true, that's great. If you are sincere, the mountain god will definitely give you the answer. Miao Zhu stroked his beard, nodded, and turned to look at the statue of the mountain god, which was a statue of a beast with fangs on its face, and a wooden cloud under its feet, as if it was soaring through the clouds, driving thunder and lightning clouds and mist, and the mana reached the sky, which was awe-inspiring.

It's just that I don't know if it's because of the wind and rain and the age, some places have lost some paint, revealing the small holes that have been faintly eaten by insects underneath, which is quite incompatible with such a magnificent temple.

Zhou Shize thought to himself: "This temple is so rich, and the clothes are more gorgeous than ordinary people, how can there be no money left to repair the statue?" It's kind of weird......"

After secretly observing, although there was not much gain, there was also a faint confirmation of some previous speculations in my heart. According to the custom, he stuffed a few coins of silver into the merit box, and then Shi Shiran left.

It's just that although he left, he didn't notice that the temple Zhu behind him was staring at his departing back at this time, and a little well-hidden gloom flashed in his eyes.

"This person ...... Something is not good! He twitched his fingertips, then frowned slightly, and muttered in a voice that only he could hear.

Instead, he turned his head to look at a young man behind him, and whispered, "You go and inform the goddess and let her come to me, just say that there is something important to discuss!" ”

The goddess is the main person in charge of the practice at every festival, and she is the partner of this temple blessing. Her status is similar to that of a witch, and her position was first proposed by this temple celebrity, on the grounds that she had served the mountain god and could better guide the villagers.