From childhood to adulthood, Qi Jingzhi followed his grandfather to rush through many temple fairs that returned to the Chenghuang Temple in the county, and naturally every time he came, it was crowded and lively.

At this time, the city god temple after dark was very deserted, and the young man looked through the crack in the door, only to feel that it was dim, miserable and miserable, and it seemed that even the moonlight could not shine in.

He endured the doubts in his heart before he reached out and knocked on the door, but the temple door opened by itself first.

As soon as the temple door opened, bright light suddenly poured out from behind the door, covering Qi Jingzhi's eyes.

As far as he could see, the courtyard and the hall were brightly lit and illuminated as daylight, which was very different from what he had seen through the crack in the door.

A tall and thin man in white clothes and white hat with a miserable white face stood inside the door, with a smile on his face, but his tone was full of affection: "Little Brother Qi is coming quickly, please come in quickly!" ”

Qi Jingzhi's eyes were instantly attracted by the white high hat on the man's head, and he saw that there were four big characters clearly written on the hat: "You are here!" ”

After thinking for a while, he remembered a legendary ghost and god, and immediately clasped his fists and smiled: "I've seen the Seventh Master!" ”

The man in white hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't you dare to call it indiscriminately, Xie Qiye is the great god under the throne of the capital, although we are doing similar work, our status is very different, just call me a white head." ”

He said while leading the way: "Actually, it's not just me, it doesn't matter which City God Temple is in this Great Qi Country, but whenever you see Bai dressed like this, the little brother can be called like this, and there will be no mistake." Oh, Xie Qiye is naturally an exception. ”

Qi Jingzhi nodded, only to feel that in just one day, he had seen both the heads of Yin and Yang one after another, and this experience was also rare.

He was smart, and immediately drew inferences from one another, and asked with a smile: "Then if you meet someone wearing black, you will call him the head of the black capital, only Fan Baye is an exception?" ”

Bai Dutou glanced at the young man with a little surprise, and his tone was a little emotional: "That's right, Lao Hei just went out on an errand, and I'm afraid that the little brother won't be able to see him tonight." Hey, this errand we did was all based on this skin to bluff people, and the name and surname before death were really useless. ”

Qi Jingzhi was naturally as good as a stream, and asked as he walked: "Bai Dutou, my teacher Meng Fuzi said that someone is waiting to see me in the City God Temple, but I don't know where they are?" ”

Bai Dutou looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "It's still early to ascend to the hall at this moment, and Master Chenghuang is still resting in the back hall." ”

Qi Jingzhi was surprised and said: "It's actually the county god in this county who wants to see me?" ”

"That's not it, it's just that if you want to meet, you still have to wait for the city god lord to ascend to the church. At noon today, a broken dead spirit came to Komatsuyama, and his mind was still quite clear, and he was clamoring to see you again. Meng Sigong said to it, little brother, you are a personal witness, and you will come to the hall at night, and that guy will be much more peaceful. ”

Hearing Bai Dutou say this, Qi Jingzhi had a score in his heart.

On the way out of the mountain, because he was curious about the whereabouts of the spirits of the tiger spirits and ghosts after they were killed, he specially inquired about Jiao Yulang, and roughly explained the process of humanizing the tiger and the tiger peeling.

When the knowledgeable little baby heard about the origin of the tiger spirit, his face was very ugly for a while, and then he replied that the tiger was a special ghost creature formed by the combination of the necromancer and the mountain monarch and the tiger, and the root was already a part of the mountain king, and after the ghost body was beheaded, the spirituality would return to the arms of the mountain monarch and could never be liberated.

As for the tiger spirit, according to Jiao Yulang's speculation, its spirituality is mostly confined to that weird tiger skin flower robe, and sooner or later it will be eaten and wiped clean, and it will become a very special ghost. It was only when the tiger skin was accidentally damaged and suppressed by the divine power in the temple that it took advantage of the opportunity to lose its skin, intending to regain its own spirituality against the guest, but unfortunately it was unlucky and failed.

Later, the guy really turned into a tiger, and the tiger skin and flower clothes were completely invalid, but his spirituality was restored to freedom, and he was able to enter the Yin Division through the Yellow Spring after death.

When it comes to tiger skin clothes, the little baby also made a special mention of it, saying that ghosts are a general term for a type of ghosts, not unique to Shanjun. In addition to the tigers, there are some other strange beasts and strange things in this world, which can also create and serve ghosts, each with its own special features, but it is even rarer.

Qi Jingzhi combined with Fang Cai's Bai Dutou's words, knowing that the broken dead spirit in the other party's mouth must be the tiger spirit.

He must have thought in his heart, so he had the leisure to look at the City God Temple in front of him, which was very different from the impression in his impression.

At this moment, compared with the incense and tourists in the past, there is no noise and frolicking in the temple at this time, and the atmosphere is extremely solemn and solemn.

The main hall in front of him was far taller and more magnificent than Qi Jingzhi's memory, the door of the hall was open, and the space inside was much more spacious and deep.

Under the light of candles, the statues of the gods originally enshrined in the hall were gone, and they were replaced by a few tall bookcases, which should be arranged similar to the county hall.

As if seeing the young man's curiosity and doubts, Bai Dutou explained with a smile: "What the little brother sees in front of him is that the Divine Mansion of the City God Lord is reflected in the world, between the virtual and the real. ”

Qi Jingzhi nodded, and complimented the other party's words: "The grandeur is right, and it is really a righteous atmosphere!" ”

"Haha, the little brother studied under Meng Sigong, and he is really a talker. The people in this world mostly spread false rumors about the scene of the Yin Si, but they don't want to think about it, our Yin Si is also an official government, and the ghosts and gods were also living people, how could they make this place miserable and ghostly? ”

As they spoke, the two of them had approached the gate of the temple, and they saw a couplet hanging on the pillar in front of the door, and the words were faintly blooming with golden light.

"Come in and touch your heart, you might as well repent and move for good."

Qi Jingzhi read out the upper couplet, turned his head and looked to the left hand side, and saw the lower couplet written: "Go out to do good deeds, why use candles and incense?" ”

Standing in front of the door of the palace, Bai Dutou no longer talked and laughed casually, and his voice was much smaller, and he introduced solemnly: "This is the book written by our city god master, his old man did the left deputy capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Court before his death, and he was the most iron-faced and selfless, and after his death, he sealed the city god of this city, and behaved as he did before his death, he did not like to regard himself as a ghost or god, and he did not attach much importance to the incense of believers. ”

"Just looking at this couplet, you can know that Chenghuang must have been a good official during his lifetime."

Qi Jingzhi complimented him again without difficulty, and asked with some doubts: "I remember, the left deputy capital Yushi seems to be a member of the third grade, right?" Why did you only seal the county seat? ”

Bai Dutou immediately shook his head: "That's not the case, although there is only one county under the rule of the county god, but there is the title of Xianyou Earl, which is superb, and it can shade the descendants and achieve a divine shadow gate, which is by no means comparable to the county order in the world......

"You're playing tricks again!" An old voice suddenly came from the main hall.

Immediately, an old man in a crimson official robe slowly walked out of the palace gate.

He had a serious expression, and the nasolabial folds on his face were deep and long, and he looked very majestic.

Bai Dutou hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Master Wan'an!" ”

The old man stopped and reprimanded unceremoniously: "You have been the leader of this evil for many years, and even your name has been given up, you should have seen through the glitz of the world a long time ago, and you don't want to be like this!" If you teach the little brother badly, see how Meng Xiucai treats you! ”

He turned to look at Qi Jingzhi and said very seriously: "Great Qi is a god, and the county god will be awarded the title of Count Xianyou. It's just an honor, not a human title...... If you want to compare it, it is roughly equivalent to the four-grade officials in the DPRK. If I really think of myself as an earl, I'm afraid I'll be laughed off my big teeth. ”

Before the old city god's voice fell, he heard someone at the temple gate suddenly laugh loudly: "Haha, why should the deputy constitution be so serious, just because of the blessing of the underworld brought by the position of the city god, I don't know how many princes in the world are envious!" ”

Qi Jing's heart moved, Meng Fuzi also taught him seriously, this so-called "vice-constitution" is another name for the imperial history of the left vice-capital.

He looked back and followed the prestige, and sure enough, he saw Meng Fuzi striding in.

A shallow smile appeared on the old city god's face, and his tone was much softer: "I am kind enough to teach students for you, but you don't appreciate this talent." ”

Meng Fuzi strode forward, bowed down, and said with a smile: "Why did the old man get up so early tonight?" ”

The old city god snorted and said slowly: "It's not because the old man heard that someone complained in private, saying that the official didn't know how to sympathize with his subordinates, and he didn't even let him sleep!" The old man had no choice but to rest for a while, and get up earlier to take care of his business, so as not to fall into the notoriety of being harsh! ”