Tongcheng in April, should have been the city outside the peach red willow green, the four tourists flocked to come.

But the situation is not right, and the time is not right. The best scenery has ruined the murderous atmosphere of passers-by.

Tang Mingyi only brought a dozen people with him, of which there were only three of his own guards, and the rest were the guards of Jinjuan and the defenders of Tongcheng.

This force of more than 500 people was supposed to be under the command of the commander led by Jin Xuan and the Tongcheng army, but because they did not lose their status as gatekeepers, the two naturally handed over the power of the arrangement to this young man named Tang Mingming.

Tang Mingyi himself was even more glad to accept it, not caring at all what their attitude came from what kind of thoughts they had about him.

So before the people and horses left the city, they made an overall arrangement.

Although these people of the Sun family are not human, they themselves are still human, and the people of Tongcheng are all within the jurisdiction of the Tongcheng government, so the government must take into account their safety when acting, so they cannot alarm the mountain bandits prematurely.

If more than 500 people go out of the city with great fanfare, it doesn't look like they're going to ransom people.

Therefore, it is necessary to act separately, Tang Mingyi considered that the fundamental purpose of the three parties is not necessarily the same, so according to the source of the people, these people were divided into more than 30 teams.

He and Jin Xuan and the commander of the Tongcheng army each led a team, of which the proportion of the number was about the same, and they went out of the city at the same time from the north, west, and east, and the rest of the people were split and scattered out of the city.

Due to the time constraints, less than 10 percent of the people were able to change their attire, so they were the ones who showed the way, and those who followed only had to follow the marks left by those who were in front.

So Tang Mingyi's side assumed the responsibility of being the first team to explore the way north.

Everyone walked along the official road, and according to the letter, they walked ten miles to the northwest, and sure enough, they saw the ruined temple that the mountain bandits said.

Perhaps it is inaccessible, and at the same time, the temples that are not taken care of by many people will probably use the word "broken" in short.

In fact, this temple can not be called dilapidated, the ridge and window lattice, the red wall and gray tiles are still almost intact, but it has been abandoned for a short time, and it is about to be covered by many unknown plants and trees. Looking at the system, it is obviously a Lingguangjun Temple.

The people wanted to go directly to the back of the temple according to the letter, and then hurry forward. However, Tang Mingyi temporarily changed his mind, and he had to go inside to see first.

There was nothing special in the courtyard, except for two trees that had grown too wildly and messily, so clean that there was no other clutter. It's just that the section between the courtyard gate and the temple gate has been stepped out of a road, presumably there are still people to worship, so it was cleaned up by the way.

Everyone effortlessly pushed open the temple door, and sure enough, they saw an old and faded "sitting statue of Lingguangjun".

Before Tang Mingyi could make any moves, a figure suddenly flashed in the temple, rushing straight to the nearest window from the dark place on the left side of the statue, and then smashed through the broken window that could barely support it for a while, rushed to the outside of the temple, and disappeared.

The three guards were the first to react and rushed out first, but the man was light, and by the time they ran outside the temple, he had already disappeared.

"I'm afraid it's a spy left behind by the bandits." Tang Mingyi was not panicked and frowned.

One of the guards immediately replied, "I'll chase after me." ”

As soon as these words came out, the guard was just about to act directly, but was stopped by Tang Mingyi: "Don't be busy, since the mountain bandits have arrangements, it won't be just this way." That person may not be able to see our identity, so he will do a simple investigation of the neighborhood to see if there are any whereabouts or something. ”

Tang Mingyi said that he was absent-minded, and he was also exercising some convenience without losing the convenience of the doorman, and then divided the more than ten people into three teams, Luo and Tongcheng troops each went to two directions to investigate, while Tang Mingyi stayed in the temple with the guards, in the name of preventing the thieves from going and returning to ambush.

If the other two teams were dissatisfied, he naturally didn't care, just staring at the statue of Lingguang Jun in the temple, not knowing what he was thinking.

After making sure that the others had walked away, one of the guards finally asked, "What does Your Highness see?" ”

"This is the system of the ancestors, and it has been some time since now." Tang Mingyi still didn't move, and only said this.

During the reign of Chu Shizu, the Lingguangjun Temple could only be built by the imperial court, and most of the series of worship acts could only be participated by the Great Chu royal family and some high-ranking officials in Lianzhou.

Although the people knew about the deeds of this god, after all, no one had seen it with their own eyes, so they did not know anything about her appearance.

The aftermath of the Duchenne Rebellion lasted for five years, and in addition to the bandits that appeared from time to time in various places, there was even a famine caused by a great drought, and although the people were spared from the military disaster, it was also very difficult to survive.

Over time, the scope of prayer for Lingguangjun gradually expanded, and the people began to spontaneously build temples for her according to the various details that circulated in the court sacrifices.

At that time, the Southern Chu court had a supportive attitude towards this behavior, coupled with the bumper harvest for two consecutive years, and the gradual stabilization of the situation in Southern Chu, the prestige of Lingguangjun also grew, and for a while, the entire Southern Chu from Lianzhou to the counties, from the county to the various squares, and even in the houses of some big clans, Lingguangjun temples of different sizes were built.

However, what is sought varies from place to place. Those who often drought pray for rain, those who often flood pray for sunshine, those who test their fame seek literature and fortune, those who practice martial arts seek prosperity in martial arts, and even those who wither come to ask for children, and gamblers who have accumulated years also come to seek to turn over.

All in all, in the end, there was nothing in the world that Ling Guangjun didn't care about, from big to small.

So the statues of Lingguangjun in various places are very different, sitting or lying, old or young, or holding a boy with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, or holding a halberd and holding a gun with horizontal eyebrows and cold eyes, and even the gender of men and women has been changed, and there are even those who directly integrate the characteristics of beasts with them.

Originally, the Southern Chu court was resigned to this situation, and even increased the monthly sacrificial battle, and added a handful of firewood to the people.

But with the peak of Lingguangjun's prestige, this matter has gradually changed in various places.

There are many local mountain bandits, water bandits, and big clan forces, who quietly accumulate money in the name of who is under the throne of Lingguangjun, and some have different intentions, and even openly oppose the Southern Chu court.

And when these people are discovered, they often have already caused some impact, although it will not let Nanchu fall into any too big crisis, but it has brought a lot of trouble to the local area.

As a last resort, the Southern Chu court could only order that the Lingguangjun Temple could only be built according to the state and county approved by the imperial court, and the people could not build it privately. Later, the Ministry of Rites specially demarcated the regulations, and this chaotic situation was finally brought to an end.

(End of chapter)