It is recorded in the "Sutra of Differences": "The ghost girl god lives in the deep river, with a tiger body and dragon feet, python eyebrows and eyes, strange shapes, can produce land and ghosts, and can produce ten sons at a time......"

At this time, the paper monster enshrined at the top of the temple is exactly the same as the description of the ghost god in the "Sutra of Differences", and even the details of the description are amazingly similar!

Therefore, what is enshrined in this temple is the god of ghosts!

As for the ten monsters of different shapes enshrined below, they must be the ten devils born by the Ghost Gu God and not eaten by her.

Because one of them, Xu Tianchuan has seen it with his own eyes, so he has even more applied for the authenticity of the existence of the ghost god!

In addition, it is the same as Xu Tianchuan imagined before, the river god worshiped by the local people is actually the ghost god.

It's just that Xu Tianchuan was surprised that why did the local people depict the true appearance of the ghost god in such detail, including the ten sons?

"Could it be that all the local people have seen it?"

"Or is there some story and secret in it?"

These two huge question marks appeared in Xu Tianchuan's heart, making Xu Tianchuan puzzled and full of great curiosity.

It's a pity that there is no one around now, otherwise it would be better to find someone to talk to and ask.

"Uncle, that devil seems to have been run away by it!"

Xing Chang turned his head to look at the water at this time, except for the ripples that rippled from the center of the water, the original three tree trunks had broken into several sections, and he didn't see the hemp rope.

Obviously, the devil slipped away with a hemp rope.

"Shopkeeper Xu, there are a total of eleven monsters enshrined in this temple, one of them is what we just encountered, could it be that there is not only one in this pool, but a total of eleven?"

Jiao San seemed to have a very serious question in his heart, and subconsciously gasped.

If that's really the case...... One is already terrifying and perverted enough, and if there are ten more, will there still be a chance to live?

Is this different from going straight to death?

Xu Tianchuan looked at Jiao San, who was frowning deeply, and nodded undeniably.

At least as things stand, that's exactly what happened.

This couldn't help but make Xu Tianchuan think of such a sentence in his heart: "A mortal dares to kill gods?" ”

In fact, when Xu Tianchuan saw that in addition to the ghost god enshrined in the temple in front of him, there were ten other devils, and his heart was also confused and devastated.

even retreated in his heart.

I feel that it is more reliable to find the dust beads.

But this thought only appeared in Xu Tianchuan's heart for a moment, and after a blink of an eye, it was firm!

"Lao Tzu has never been directly intimidated!"

"What about ghosts? What about God? ”

Xu Tianchuan took a cigarette at the corner of his mouth, looked at the dark blue water in front of him, and not only did his heart not shrink, but aroused his high fighting spirit!

"Shopkeeper Xu, why don't we call more people over?"

Jiao San looked at Xu Tianchuan and opened his mouth to ask, and at the same time casually picked up an offering apple from the table in front of the temple.

"There's no need to ......"

Xu Tianchuan shook his head, but before he finished speaking, Jiao San opened his mouth with an apple and was about to bite it, when suddenly a red tasseled spear appeared treacherously behind the temple, stabbing straight towards Jiao San's throat, a murderous aura shrouded in it, extremely fierce and ferocious.

"Be careful!"

Fortunately, Xu Tianchuan reacted quickly, and stood next to Jiao San, and at this critical moment, Xu Tianchuan suddenly grabbed the head of the red tasseled spear that stabbed Jiao San's throat with one hand.

At this time, the head of the gun was only less than ten centimeters away from Jiao San's throat, and if Xu Tianchuan shot a little slower, he would definitely be able to poke a blood hole in Jiao San's throat.

"Someone!"

The Xing Chang next to him also reacted very quickly at this time, and at the same time, he unfolded the stainless steel bone fan in his hand and slashed towards the back of the temple.

Click!

The sharp steel fan in Xing Chang's hand instantly cut off several bamboo pillars of the temple, and at the same time, Xu Tianchuan grabbed the spear and dragged it hard.

With the cooperation of the two, a figure was dragged out directly from the back of the temple.

It's an old man with gray hair!

"What kind of person, so bold, actually dare to steal the sacrifice of the river god!"

The old man immediately shouted angrily at Xu Tianchuan and the others, he looked quite old, but his voice was quite loud.

Soul Protector?

Xu Tianchuan looked at the old man and frowned slightly.

Regarding the soul protector, it is just a general term for a large category, and there is also a homonym called 'tomb protector', such as guarding the cemetery or protecting the sacrificial order, can be called the soul protector.

This kind of sacrifice in particular, because of the abundance of food offered, and in this age of starvation, it is inevitable that some atheists will fight the idea of these sacrifices.

After all, people are going to starve to death, and it doesn't matter what kind of sacrifice it is to gods or ghosts, the most important thing is to live first, so it is necessary for the soul protector to guard these sacrifices to avoid being stolen and eaten.

I saw that this old man was full of white hair, wearing a black coarse cloth coat, and his body was as thin as firewood, at least he was over seventy years old, but he was holding the red tassel spear tightly with one hand, his strength was not small, and the expression on his face was also a little masculine, obviously a practitioner.

"His grandmother's!"

Jiao San also felt that if it weren't for Xu Tianchuan's timely action, his little life would probably be explained here, so he was frightened into a cold sweat, and at the same time, he scolded angrily, and directly took out a handful of Wang Ba boxes from his body.

"San'er, don't be impulsive!"

Xu Tianchuan hurriedly stopped the angry Jiao San, and then looked at the old man in front of him, lowered his tone, and made amends: "Uncle, I'm really sorry, our third brother passed by here and got lost, and he was really hungry, so he started the idea of this sacrifice, which is offensive, please forgive me, besides, I didn't eat this apple, isn't it ......."

While speaking, Xu Tianchuan gave Jiao San a fierce look in private.

Jiao San understood, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and put down the gun, and obediently put the apple in his hand back to its original place.

Where it is negotiable, there is no need to use violence to resolve it.

But the most important thing is that this old man is quite old, and he is a soul protector, so he may know something he wants to know.

Seeing that Xu Tianchuan's attitude was relatively sincere, and his attitude of admitting his mistakes was also very positive, the anger on the old man's face slowly subsided, but he still vigilantly looked at Xu Tianchuan and the three of them from top to bottom, and said in a cold tone: "I see that the three of you are not locals, right?" This is not the place you came from, you can go all the way up the hill along this road, and twenty miles further south you will see the market town! ”

The old man pointed to a winding mountain road on the left-hand side and said, then took out two oil cakes from his body and handed them to Xu Tianchuan: "This is my own thing, you can eat it." ”

Xu Tianchuan hurriedly took the oil cake handed by the old man, which shows that the old man is still very kind-hearted, not only pointed out a way out of the mountain, but also took out a little of his own food.

"Uncle, you can see this, we are indeed not locals, we are from ...... The pharmacists from Anhui Province heard that you grow eucommia here, especially the wild eucommia in the mountains, we originally wanted to go up the mountain to have a look, but we didn't expect to get lost...... Uncle, since I met you here, can I ask you about it by the way? How many farmers in your nearby villages grow Eucommia? We can recycle a large number of people, how many to have, and the recent market price is particularly good, are direct cash transactions, but also long-term cooperation, other Chinese herbal medicines, we also accept all. ”

After Xu Tianchuan took the oil cake, he thanked him repeatedly, and added himself the identity of a pharmacist who purchased Chinese herbal medicines, without any sense of disobedience.

Because Xu Tianchuan knows that there are indeed many farmers in this area who grow Chinese herbal medicines, which can be said to be one of the important economic industries in the local area.

Not a word was said about the temple and the river god.

As I said before, there are four stunts for tomb robbery and gold mining, looking, smelling, asking, and cutting.

This is the science of 'asking', first dressing yourself up as a profession that has nothing to do with tomb robbing, first convincing the other party, and then asking through various conversations.

The old man glanced at Xu Tianchuan and the three of them again, and seemed to have some doubts about Xu Tianchuan's identity as a 'medicine merchant'.

But he still nodded and replied: "We do have a lot of wild Eucommia ulmoides on our Wufeng Mountain, and many farmers also grow various Chinese herbal medicines, mainly because the climate and soil here are relatively good. It is suitable for the growth of eucommia, if you really want to recycle in large quantities, you can go to the nearby town to find the Chamber of Commerce, as long as you have money, how much you want, the Chamber of Commerce can help you go to the medicine farmer's home to recycle......"

"Okay, thank you!"

Xu Tianchuan hurriedly smiled and nodded his thanks, and out of etiquette, he took out a piece of ocean from his body and handed it over: "Uncle, this is to buy your two oil cakes." ”

First of all, the relationship is closer, in fact, this is also a very important science.

The old man looked at the piece of ocean that Xu Tianchuan handed over, he hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out and took it.

After all, this piece of ocean is not a small amount, if you buy eucommia, you can buy at least a few dozen catties!

"Oh yes, old man, I ask you one more curiously, are you sacrificing to the river god? To tell you the truth, my hometown also lives on the bank of the river, and every year on the eighth day of the second lunar month, there is also a custom of worshipping the river god......"

Seeing that the old man picked up the ocean, Xu Tianchuan came out with a stubble.

After all, the hands are short, and the mouth is soft.

This is psychology and academics, tried and tested, you can't take the money and ignore people, right?

Indeed, the old man nodded faintly, and with reverence on his face, he looked at the water and said, "We have sacrificed to the river god for generations, in order to ask the river god to be generous and protect from floods. ”

"Then the eleven gods enshrined in this temple should be the true face of the river god, right?"

Xu Tianchuan then asked with a curious smile.

"This is the river god and his ten sons!"

The old man turned his gaze back to the temple and looked up at the paper-tied ghost god at the top.

However, Xu Tianchuan was prepared, and immediately continued with a smile: "Uncle, in fact, we have a very deep reverence for the river god for generations, as the so-called accumulation of virtue and good deeds, crossing others and crossing ourselves!" My ancestors have been doing Chinese herbal medicine business for generations, business all over the country, my ancestors have also accumulated a certain amount of wealth, my father is kind and charitable, and many schools and temples have been built in many places in the country, I am also careful to follow my father's teachings, do good deeds, if it is really because there is no money to build a temple here, I can pay for it, unconditionally help you build a river temple here, as if you are doing good for yourself, how about it? ”

Xu Tianchuan's words were very serious, and it definitely didn't look like he was joking.

And when this old man heard that Xu Tianchuan was willing to pay for the construction of the River Temple, his eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise.