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The shopkeeper doesn't sell Niu Fen Gaotou incense, and he doesn't force it, but he can't take it for nothing, although the loose incense is not worth a few dollars, but Niu Fen still insists on leaving ten yuan.

When he left the shop and told Lao Xi'er what had just happened, the old man just smiled and smiled, meaningful, but did not speak.

An old and a young, into the temple, the main hall is hung with a plaque of righteousness, under the plaque on the platform Guan Erye is sitting in danger, on both sides of Guan Ping Zhou Cang is protected on the left and right, and most Guandi temples are the same, there is nothing special.

Lao Xi and Niu struggled, like everyone else, kowtowed, and put incense into the incense burner.

The temple is a two-entry courtyard, and there are some small halls behind the main hall of Emperor Guan. When they had finished praying, they walked into the courtyard at the back. According to the general specifications, like this two-entry Guandi Temple, the back of the main hall should be a house for people to live in, or a small garden, mostly called Jieyi Garden. But when they turned to the backyard, they found that behind the palace of Emperor Guan, there was actually a temple of Hades, which housed the eighteen layers of hell presented by Hades and clay sculptures.

This makes the cow struggle a little puzzling, generally only the City God Temple has this kind of arrangement, because after the person dies, the Yin cha detains the soul, and he must first go to the City God to eliminate his name, and sometimes the ghost can also go to the City God Temple to report by himself, waiting for the underworld to send someone to receive. The City God often deals with the underworld, so the image of the Lord of Yama and the eighteenth layer of hell will appear in the City God Temple. But Emperor Guan has almost nothing to do with the underworld, how can he see it here.

If you don't conform to the rules, there must be a reason!

Thinking of the strange behavior of the owner of the incense candle shop when he entered the temple, Niu Struggle felt that this Guandi Temple seemed to be different. He felt that the sour old man must know the reason, but after the old man entered the backyard, he was in the middle of the yard, looking down at the green bricks on the floor in a daze.

Niu Zhan was just about to ask a question, but Lao Xi'er stood on a green brick and suddenly asked, "Hey, how many people can stand on this brick?" ”

Niu Zhan didn't understand why he asked this, lowered his head and looked at it, and found that the green brick was a little bigger than the most ordinary red brick he saw on the street, and said angrily: "There are still a few people standing, and I have to land on one leg alone, what's wrong with you today, nervous?" ”

Sour Laoxi smiled faintly and said: "Russia also thinks that it is difficult to stand alone, but if Russia wants to say, at least four people can stand on this brick, what do you think?" ”

"Don't be funny, four people, just kidding, you can't stand more than four Arhats."

Lao Xi'er smiled faintly, walked to a stone bench in the courtyard and sat down, looked at the courtyard that had experienced vicissitudes and said: "It's true, at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, King Li Zicheng was defeated and fled westward, passing through this county. Russia and Nepal said that this place was a very rich place in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rich and rivals the country. When Li Zicheng passed by here, there was a shortage of grain and grass, and when he saw that this place was extremely rich, he ordered his subordinates to burn and loot gold and silver. At that time, the two streets where the drum tower was located had the most wealthy households, so the number of dead people was also the most, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river, almost filling the lanes. I don't know if Ni noticed it, what is the name of the street we just passed by? ”

"Stinky Street!" Niu Struggle thought about it and said that the reason why he remembered it so clearly was because the name was too special.

"Yes, it's called a stinky street, and why it's stinky because there are too many people dead. That day, it happened to be the 28th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, according to legend, it was the day when Guan Erye drew a knife to kill people for the first time, since then, a generation of martial saints began to dominate the world, so this day is called "knife grinding meeting" in the people, every time the "knife grinding meeting", various activities will be held in the place of the emperor temple to commemorate. Of course, this county town is not excluded, and the people held activities in front of this Guandi Temple at that time.

There is an unwritten rule in the "Knife Sharpening Club", you can't use knife soldiers, otherwise you will be arguing with Emperor Guan. Li Zicheng doesn't believe in God, but Guan Erye's fame is too great, he is not afraid, his subordinates are afraid. Although the soldiers of the king were killed in front of the door, no one dared to enter the temple of Emperor Guan. The people who fled outside hid in the Guandi Temple, and there were indeed no less than four people standing on the green bricks that Ni stepped on. Ni said it was impossible, but this is the case, Russia has researched, it is not a blind fabrication, Nani said, how did you do it? And when the king's soldiers fled from here, and when they were about to cross the river, they drowned many people inexplicably, and the river was not wide or deep, and Ni said that they died? Lao Xi'er looked at Niu Struggle and said lightly.

"Emperor Guan has appeared," Niu Fen said word for word, and he finally understood why the locals had so much affection for this temple.

"Later, because there were too many people who died, and because of this incident, people built the Hades Hall in the Guan Di Temple, and they hoped that the dead relatives could have a good birth under the protection of Emperor Guan. It seems a bit nondescript, but this is a wish of the people, but this habit has been passed down to this day, and people have always respected and believed in it. Therefore, in the hearts of the local people, the drum tower nicknamed Phoenix Eye that we passed by has long had nothing to do with Phoenix City, and the current Phoenix Eye is the eye of Emperor Guan. Having said all this, did Ni understand it? After Lao Xi'er finished speaking, he stood up with a smile and walked out: "Russia is hungry, I want to go out to eat peach blossom noodles, what do Ni eat, Russia will call Ni first, wait for Ni to come out in a while, you don't have to wait!" ”

Niu Zhan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, both shocked and admired, both doubtful and convinced, secretly scolded the old fox, and said happily: "A bowl of knife-cut noodles, add braised eggs and dried tofu, the beef here is good, come to a plate, heat a pot of sorghum white, and drink it with you in a while!" ”

Lao Xi'er smiled and walked straight out of the Guandi Temple.

And Niu struggled, turned around and ran to the toilet in the courtyard, took out the cinnabar pen he carried with him from his body, dipped it directly with spit, tore off two extremely thin pieces on the rune paper, wrote a few ghost characters with the pen upright, and finally folded them into small squares and held them in his hand. After coming out of the toilet, he rushed back to the Hades Hall in the backyard, found the Blood Pool Hell and the Iron Tree Hell respectively, and took advantage of no one to pay attention, and put the small note in the hand of the execution ghost clay sculpture.

When he had done this, he turned around and came back to the front hall.

The old Taoist who watched the temple recognized him and asked, "Young man, didn't you just kowtow, why did you come back again?" ”

"I asked Emperor Guan for something just now, I forgot to say thank you, sin, sin, I still have to kowtow. Why don't I buy incense sticks again? ”

Lao Dao was amused by him and said: "It's quite polite, you don't have to buy it, Emperor Guan won't blame, knock it!" ”

Niu Zhan knelt on the futon, kowtowed, and secretly muttered the purpose of his trip in his heart, after kowtowing, he looked up at Emperor Guan with a flattering smile on his face, and secretly said in his heart: "Second Master Guan, you also know about it, you are a great filial son, a great loyal minister, I can't stand this kind of thing, you definitely don't need to say it." Originally, I wanted to solve it myself, but knowing that you were here, I didn't dare to cook for me. Don't get too angry, just teach them a lesson and give them a chance to mend their ways. By the way, we have already tried the sins of those two people, and the list has been reported to the ghost general, so you don't have to work hard. We are the people of Longdu Huangquan Inn, and we will never slander a good person, you can rest assured. ”

I don't know if it's because of the hallucination, he always feels that Emperor Guan's clay body seems to blink his eyes.

After praying, he ran out happily, and after finding Lao Xi'er, before he could speak, the old man opened his mouth first: "Don't ask if the spirit is spiritual, if you believe it, you will have it, and if you don't believe it, you will not!" ”

"Cut, look careful, I don't ask that, I want to say, why did you take the dried tofu in my bowl away?"

Lao Xi'er looked at the half-bitten dried tofu on the chopsticks, and said a little embarrassed: "I forgot to ask for Ni, Ni add it yourself!" ”

"Nonsense, it was obviously taken from my bowl, you see, there are still marks left in the bowl!"

"Give it back," Lao Xi'er threw the remaining half back in anger.

Niu Zhan smiled and shouted, the boss directly added a plate of dried tofu, one old and one young, and drank the wine with taste.

(End of chapter)