Chapter 254: City God's Vacancy
The City God Temple is not far from the city, and the city gate is locked at night and cannot be opened again.
But now it's all about the money. When the eldest young master of the Hou family spoke, he naturally had to open the door.
Anyway, the big merchants in the city have the habit of transporting some goods that cannot be seen at night, and the city gate guards are also used to it.
After walking out of the door for more than ten minutes, I came to the City God Temple.
This is a small hillside, built quite imposingly, with a large courtyard gate.
It's just that Wei Yuan always feels that something is missing.
Follow Ah Suo's instructions and reverse three times around the City God Temple......
At this time, the surroundings were even darker and gloomy, as if there was a faint black fog in the distance, and the lights in Hangzhou City were no longer visible.
And the gate of the City God Temple in front of him is also tall, but the paint on this door panel has actually begun to peel off.
"This is the netherworld. ”
A bright light flashed behind Wei Yuan, dressed in white, dignified and elegant and graceful, looking sixteen or seventeen years old, Ah Suo appeared behind Wei Yuan barefoot.
"The netherworld is located between the yang and the underworld, where I am free to manifest my true body. ”
"The gap between the two worlds of yin and yang?" Wei Yuan wondered.
"Yes, originally this is the place where the souls of the dead automatically come after death, and then after the first seven will go to the underworld step by step. And those underworlds come here to catch some undead ghosts who refuse to enter the underworld, and sometimes they will also seduce the living souls. ”
"It's just that now that the order of the underworld has collapsed, almost all of the ten halls of Yama have collapsed, and this netherworld has become a place where some big demon kings have enclosed land to establish power and influence the yang world. ”
Wei Yuan glanced at the City God Temple in front of him, "Then this City God Temple ......"
"The City God Temple in the Yang World is just a place of worship, and the City God and the ghosts and ghosts work in the City God Temple in the Middle Netherworld, rewarding the good and punishing the evil, and maintaining the Yang City. It's just that the heavenly court has been collapsing for a long time, and the underworld has been unable to hold on to the collapse, and these city gods, land, mountain gods, river bos and other places pardoned by the human dynasty have also declined. ”
However, Hangzhou was already prosperous, with a population of one million in the pre-Ming Dynasty, and it was still a big city despite several hardships. The incense of the city god is more prosperous here, even if the city god temple has gradually begun to decline, it will not be wiped out so quickly, and there will always be something to gain. ”
Wei Yuan nodded, "Okay, then let's go in and have a look!"
At this time, Wei Yuan's heart throbbed, and he felt that there was movement in the blocked Luka in his mind.
Although the second mosaic card of the first card [Necropolis of Mourning (Purple)] is still locked, it is also a stone-like gray, but the edges are glowing with a faint purple light!
What's going on?
Why hasn't the other cards moved? Could it be that Necropolis is higher? Or is it something else?
This is not the time to be cranky, Wei Yuan restrained his thoughts, pushed open the paint peeling door and walked in first.
The first time Erha saw Ah Suo, he was naturally very attentive and went around.
Wukong folded his hands and bowed.
The chicken leg stared at Ah Suo's jade feet as he walked, although Ah Suo was barefoot, a small lotus flower would appear to hold it every time he fell, and it didn't touch the ground at all.
After all, it is the foundation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, although the strength is not the same, but the realm is very high.
Chicken leg heart said: Okay, you are the object of Wei Yuan's boy's dreams and laughter every day!
Ah Suo glanced down at the fat cat walking and dangling, and smiled.
......
This City God Temple is really decayed, and when you enter the door, you will see a dilapidated scene, like an old courtyard that has been vacant for ten years, and everything is a trace of decay.
I walked all the way to the main hall and finally met two ghosts.
At first glance, the ghost looks no different from ordinary people, but if you look closely, your face is still a little pale, and her body looks erratic, and she can't walk steadily. There was a ghostly fire in his eyes.
"Who are you? How dare you break into the City God Temple!"
Wei Yuan raised his palms: "Amii Buddha ~ poor monk Wuji, here is to see the city god." ”
The two ghosts glanced at each other, and one of them said, "Wait here, I'll report later." ”
The two ghosts walked towards the back of the lobby, still discussing on the way.
"This monk and that woman are extraordinary at first glance......
"Whatever! The City God has been gone for more than ten years, and this City God Temple is difficult to support, and I don't know how long it can last! ”
"Eh, where should I go......"
After a while, a man with a white face and beard, dressed as a literati, came to the front of the hall with five or six ghost messengers.
Although he heard that the ghost messenger was extraordinary, the literati was still startled when he saw Wei Yuan and Ah Suo.
He is a judge of the city god, and his position and strength are not comparable to ordinary ghosts.
Although I can't see the realm of Wei Yuan and Ah Suo, I know at a glance that this is a person from the Buddhist sect, and the realm is very high and unfathomable.
Wei Yuan's cultivation of my Dharma, which was completely different from the previous Dharma, and the judge only felt that it was unfathomable, and he couldn't see that he was actually just a half-ass.
And Ah Suo is different, this is a pseudo-* Bodhisattva realm. The judge had seen those bodhisattvas a hundred years ago. I can't help but panic in my heart, it turns out that there are still Bodhisattvas in this world!
It's a cat, a dog and a monkey on the side, and it's also extraordinary!
The judge arched his hand: "I am the judge of Chenghuangwen, surnamed Zhang." Why are you two here?"
Later, Ah Suo explained to Wei Yuan that the City God was naturally the main one in this City God Temple, but there were also civil and military judges, the Seventh Master, the Eighth Master and the 24 Divisions, all of whom were gods and staff members who assisted the City God in handling the case.
Among the 24 divisions, the "Department of Academic Administration" and the "Department of Examination and Merit", which are in charge of their studies and merits, are the most prosperous.
"Judge Zhang is polite, the poor monk is here to find out the blue-faced monster who eats people outside the city. Wei Yuan said, handing over the list of the yamen.
Even a hundred years ago, when the Chenghuang incense was at its peak and the most powerful, he didn't dare to slack off the Bodhisattva. What's more, where is the heart?
Judge Zhang respectfully took the list and looked at it a few times, and said, "Yesterday, Wang Asheng was eaten by monsters, and I also heard about it, and I already know the hiding place of the mountain ghost." Originally, this should be the business of my City God Temple, but now...... Alas, the heart is more than enough, but the strength is insufficient!"
Judge Zhang didn't pretend to be a fake, and told all about the current situation of the City God Temple.
Lord Chenghuang has disappeared since twenty years ago, and the twenty-four divisions and military judges have also died out one after another.
People have yang longevity, and ghosts have yin longevity. Originally, he was named the god of the earth, but as long as the incense is still there, it will not die.
But the Lingqi retreated, and the impact was too great. It's just that the strength of the ghosts and gods of Yin Si has shrunk, and because the dragon qi of the Great Zhou Dynasty has dissipated, the Great Zhou Dynasty's forgiveness of the earth has gradually become unable to support it.
And Judge Zhang was a native of the former Ming Dynasty, because his virtue was named a judge by the then Wheel King of the Underworld, which was not the same as them, he was not a humane god, so he was still struggling.
It's just that the City God is vacant, and the strength of the City God Temple is greatly damaged. Now that the ghost is forty or fifty, even the Guardian's Mansion City is in difficulty, and he is unable to chase the murderer at all.
"Moreover, the indigo-faced mountain ghost is a ghost general under the Flame Ghost King, and he somehow broke free from the yin and came to the yang world. I'm afraid that the Flame Ghost King who killed him won't give up!" Judge Zhang frowned and sighed.
"Ao Yan Ghost King?!" Wei Yuan knew before that there was a ghost king Shen Tu Jiu, and there was another Yan Ghost King.
Wei Yuan said: "Judge Zhang doesn't have to be embarrassed, this matter doesn't need the City God Temple to come forward." Since that mountain ghost dares to cause harm to the world, I will naturally kill him! Naturally, I will bear the consequences!"
"Master Wuji, be careful......" Judge Zhang told him what he knew and sent Wei Yuan and the others away.
The group moved forward slowly, and slowly the black fog in the distance dissipated, there was color between heaven and earth, there was soil, flowers and plants on the ground, and the lights of Hangzhou Fucheng were seen in the distance. Ah Suo has disappeared unconsciously.
The cannibal mountain ghost must die! As for the Flame Ghost King, whatever!
Ah Suo said that the Flame Ghost King can't come to the yang world when he is free, so what are you afraid of? Anyway, I don't plan to go to the underworld.
Kill him!
That night, Wei Yuan returned to the Hou Mansion, planning to set off early tomorrow morning, find the indigo-faced mountain ghost, and beat him to death!
Early the next morning, a servant of the Hou Mansion hurriedly found Hou Yingxiong: "Young Master, the official who was broken by Master Wuji yesterday had an accident!"
"Ah, what's wrong? I'm too injured and I'm dead? I'm sending someone to send fifty taels of money to burn and bury it, and we must keep things down!"
"No, no! the servant is dead!"