Chapter 44 The Lord of the Land
I sighed, looked at the village chief, and said, "Village chief, please bring me a broom." ”
"Get one for me, too!" Mei'er, who has rarely spoken, also said.
Hearing this, the village chief did not dare to question it, so he trotted to a nearby family and borrowed two brooms.
Mei'er and I took the broomsticks, walked to the land temple, gave a gentle salute, and then gently cleaned up. The village chief and several villagers stared at each other, some of them wondering why.
The land lord is equivalent to the village chief in the world, and some people think that he is not a high priest and does not pay attention to it, which is a great mistake.
Although the god position is small, the power of the gods is still there, compared to those great immortals, the land god is the most, and people's life, old age, sickness, and death are all managed by him.
There is a legend that the god of the land existed in the world before Pangu opened the world, and later after Pangu opened up the world, the position of the heavenly court has been allocated, and with his divine power, he can surpass the Jade Emperor, but he disdains these utilitarian benefits, so he wanders in the mortal world to protect the people and the wind and rain, so the people affectionately call him the lord of the land.
In this world, in addition to the people called God, only the land is called the land among the immortals, which shows his status in the hearts of the people!
And the villagers of Dayu Village treat the land lord like this, which makes me very angry. After a while, Mei'er and I cleaned up the Land Temple.
I respectfully knelt in front of the temple, took out the three pillars of incense from the treasure bag, lit them, I raised the three pillars of incense above my head and bowed three times, and after inserting the incense on the ground, I got up.
The village chief took the broom and asked, "What are you?" I glanced at the village chief, and saw that the villagers were also looking at me, and then said lightly, "The land is the god of the people, and it should not be disrespected." ”
Without waiting for the village chief and a few of the villagers to react, I walked forward, and Mei'er glanced at them before walking behind me.
The village chief and a few villagers muttered, "The god of the people...... They turned to look at the land temple that had been cleaned by me and Mei'er, and their hearts were slightly moved.
This land temple has been in Dayu Village for a long time, about a hundred years, and the statues of the gods in it have long been gone. Most of the villagers in this village have died in their families, and then come here to report to the temple, and there is usually no one to take care of this place, after listening to my words, they have some complicated feelings, and they also knelt down and bowed three times, and then rushed to the direction where I went.
After walking for about ten minutes, they finally came to the foot of the back mountain, and walked a little more before they came to the place where they were repairing the road.
As the village chief said, this place is desolate. I squinted slightly, feeling that the desolation that the village chief had spoken of was not appropriate enough, because there was not a single inch of grass growing in a radius of several miles.
Standing here, the cold wind was blowing one after another, and several strong men also buttoned their clothes.
I muttered, "Yin Qi is so heavy. When the village chief heard my words, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Little master, we used to look for someone to see it, and the gentleman said that this place is a bit gloomy because the sun is blocked by the mountain and the sun is not seen all year round." ”
"Oh? Is that so? "I felt a little funny, because I felt a bad breath in the cold air, very faint, but I felt it anyway.
"So what's the matter with the lack of grass here? Did the gentleman say that? "I'd like to see what the so-called gentleman has about it." Oh, or is it because there is no sunlight, so it is difficult for flowers and plants to survive. The village chief replied.
"Oh." I nodded slightly. I really want to give him two slaps in the face for that so-called gentleman, this is simply a child's play on the lives of the villagers in this village. No matter how the sun is, not a single grass will grow, right?
I took two steps forward, looked around, and I was suddenly attracted by a verdant bamboo forest. Because this bamboo forest is also close to this mountain, but what attracts me is that the bamboo, including the branches and leaves, is so green and black, but there is not even a single grass in such a lush bamboo forest.
I frowned, pointed to the bamboo forest and asked the village chief, "Uncle, that bamboo forest is ......" "Oh, that bamboo is called bitter bamboo, and it can be regarded as a unique kind of bamboo in our village, because this kind of bamboo likes yin and does not like yang, so it grows very well here." After listening to the introduction of the village chief, I said to myself, "Bitter bamboo, bitter bamboo, like yin but not yang." ”
I nodded, turned around slowly, looked up at the mountain slightly, took out the compass from the treasure bag, and I moved lightly until I reached the bottom of the mountain, but the compass did not respond.
I was a little surprised, I looked at Mei'er, who also looked at me with a little doubt, looking at that pretty face, I smiled bitterly, it seems that things here are still a little difficult to do!
I turned back to them and said to the village chief, "Uncle, I haven't seen the problem here yet, please give me two more days." "Hey, hey, okay." The village chief hurriedly replied. He invited a lot of Mr. Yin and Yang a few days ago, and those people looked at it and said that it was nothing, and they took the money and left, and the young man said that he hadn't seen it yet, which proved that he still felt the problem here, as long as he didn't leave. He can afford to wait a few days!
"Yes." I nodded, "Then let's go back first." "Yes, okay."
Mei'er and I walked ahead of the crowd. "Did you find anything?" I asked. Mei'er shook her head lightly and said, "I obviously feel a trace of evil aura there, but I can't find the source. "Yes." I was silent.
Just then I heard some small voices behind me. "Village chief, can this kid really solve the problems in our village? Look at him like this, he's not as old as my son! "Yes, village chief, isn't this kid here to cheat and cheat?"
"What do you say? This is the person recommended to me by the village chief of Shanglan Village, and he said that this young man is amazing, he is the head of a village, how could he lie to me! ”
"Alas, village chief, isn't it that the village chief of Shanglan Village was also deceived by him?" "Don't talk about it, give him a few more days! Even if he is a liar, it is just a few meals. ”
"This ......" The villagers wanted to say something, but the village chief waved to stop them. I smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around and said, "Everyone, please rest assured, if I can't solve it, I won't take a penny, except for compensation for food, I will kowtow to the whole village three times to show that I am not good at learning and deceiving everyone." After a pause, I squinted my eyes and said, "Of course, if I solve this matter, I will pay 100,000 yuan." How is it? ”
As I turned around, the people behind me were already silent, and as soon as I finished speaking, the village chief said with a somewhat ugly face, "Little master, don't be angry, a few of them are just talking and playing!" If you can help us solve this matter, let alone 100,000, even 200,000, we have nothing to say. If you can't solve it, we won't embarrass you, after all, you have bothered. The village chief said politely.
The villagers looked at me with a look of joke. I smiled faintly and said to the village chief, "Uncle, since you agree to give me 100,000, then my suggestion will take effect!" ”
With that, I pulled Mei'er forward. "This kid, it's so arrogant, the village chief, he won't get down the steps if you give him the steps." "Yes, I'm still a young man, and I'm easy to be impulsive!" "Okay, don't talk about it, it's not too early, let's go back!" The old man said angrily.
"Hey, then we'll go back." Seeing that the people around him were scattered, the old man sighed and muttered, "No matter how good he is, no matter how good he is, people who know occult arts are not something that our village can afford to provoke, and I don't want to add chaos to our village." As he spoke, he quickly chased after the two figures in front of him.
After dinner, the village chief's wife packed up the dishes and chopsticks, and the village chief looked at me and said carefully, "Little master, what the villagers said just now was unintentional, don't take it to heart." ”
I saw what the village chief was thinking, smiled lightly and said, "Hehe, uncle, I'm not such a conceited person, I don't care what others say about me, I just want to have a clear conscience." "That's good! That's good! ”
The village chief's family was only him and his wife, so there were still several empty rooms in his house, so he cleaned up two rooms for me and Mei'er.
At night, I lay in bed, secretly thinking about the mountain behind, but I didn't have a clue for a long time. Thinking about it, I fell asleep in a daze and had a dream......
I came to a mist-shrouded peak, and where I stood was a wide stone platform. The mountain peaks standing in the distance, the trees are mixed with layers of clouds and mist, and there is a stone table and several stone benches on the wide stone platform in front of it, and some strange flowers and plants are planted around the stone platform, which is full of vitality.
Taking a deep breath, I felt a sense of comfort fill my limbs, and I couldn't help but exclaim to myself, "What a fairyland on earth!" ”
"Hehe, young man." Just when I was full of emotion, suddenly an old voice came, and I was startled, took two steps back, and looked around vigilantly.
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of me, and an indescribable momentum came towards me.
"Hehe, don't be afraid, little friend, I am the land of Dashi Township." I came back to my senses slightly, looking at the fairy wind bones in front of me, the hair and beard were all white, and looking at my old man gently, I hurriedly arched my hand and said, "Senior! ”
"Yes." He nodded slightly, and then said slowly, "Little friend, I invited you here today to repay you for cleaning the temple for me." What do you need, I will try my best to help you achieve it. ”
I was stunned for a moment, and then I arched my hand and said, "Senior, you are the god who protects the people, and you work hard, and cleaning the temple for you is within the responsibility of the juniors, how dare the juniors make a mistake." ”
The old man glanced at me appreciatively, and said, "Hehe, little friend, the acquaintance between you and me is fate, so I'll give you a creation, okay?" ”
The old man has said this, if I don't accept it again, it will seem that I am hypocritical. I didn't think about it, and I arched my hand and said, "Since the seniors are going to give me a creation, then the juniors implore the seniors to give this creation to the people of Dayu Village!" Recently, a strange thing happened in Dayu Village, I think you must know about it, but the juniors have no clue, so the juniors have the courage to ask the seniors to help Dayu Village solve this crisis. ”