The floating yin god, attached to the wooden statue, was lifted by everyone, and found that the idol shook its arms, hey, the neck can also move, hehehe, it turned out that the hinge was pressed at its joints, and it became a big puppet that could move

Four strong men carried him out of the temple gate, the courtyard gate, outside the courtyard gate parked a blue sedan chair, everyone put him into the sedan chair, sat firmly, the four sides of the sedan curtains opened, so that he could see the outside scenery clearly.

"It's so magnificent" Piao Ranzi never thought that he was patrolling the city god, and there was such a spectacular guard of honor: the street in front of the temple was full of onlookers, and along the street, winding for several miles, like a long dragon; in front of the sedan chair, eight strong men held eight tiger-headed wooden signs, divided into two teams, the left side read: quiet, and the right side wrote: avoidance. Then eight strong men held yarn lanterns, and there were three big words on them: City God Patrol. Look at the left side of the sedan chair again, 28 colorful flags fluttering, there are the scorching sun flag, the blue moon flag, the Big Dipper Seven Star Flag, the Taiji Bagua Flag, the Flying Dragon Flag, the Flying Tiger Flag, the Flying Leopard Flag, the Dart Flag, and the colorful flags are displayed; the honor guard of 64 people on the right: 64 strong men, holding a golden gourd axe and a long spear; Looking further back, there is a drum band of hundreds of people, the people are all in blue shirts, tall, short, fat and thin, old and young, not to mention, holding suona, cymbals, and gongs, among which there are 36 strong men, two of whom carry a big drum to open the road

The master of ceremonies stood in front of the sedan chair and shouted loudly: "Chenghuang out of the patrol respectfully ask for the protection of the Dharma"

The crowd flickered away, and a group of monks came to the left, wearing yellow robes, the front half of the team held a copper bowl, and the second half of the team held a wooden fish, and on the right came a team of Taoist priests, the first half of the team held a dust, and the second half of the team held a sheng pipe. Four more strong men came, carrying a large incense burner, on which were inserted nine pillars of high incense, and the cigarette smoke was filling; then, four strong men came, two carrying an apricot yellow umbrella covering the sky, and two carrying a square door leaf sprinkled with black lacquer and gold.

"The auspicious time has arrived at the city god to go out on patrol" The master of ceremonies tore his throat, and the voice came far away.

In front of the "Papapa、、、、、、 City God's Temple, thousands of long whips were lit at the same time, followed by drum music. The first team to move forward was the eight strong men holding the tiger head card, two in a row, striding forward, walking in the front.

"Hehe, the 'avoidance' written on the tiger head card, but please ask pedestrians to dodge, it is reasonable, as for the 'quiet', it is exempt, tens of thousands of people, the drum music is noisy, the voices are boiling, can it be quiet?" Piao Ranzi sat in a sedan chair and watched the spectacular parade. The second team is eight strong men holding yarn lanterns; the twenty-eight colored flags on the left side of the third team move forward; after the colored flags, the fourth team is the weapon guard of sixty-four people, and sixty-four people hold their blades high and walk forward; then, the drum band behind them walks in front of the sedan chair of the city god, and beats the eighteen opening drums, and then the drum music is noisy. After the drum band, people on both sides poured in, and there was a sea of people.

Piao Ranzi was taken aback: What are these people going to do? Aren't they kowtowing and worshiping? Then I can't afford it.

The people who came in took out paper umbrellas, oil umbrellas, and parasols one after another, and threw them onto the fluttering sedan chairs, and suddenly, these umbrellas were piled up.

"Lord Chenghuang and all the people love and please ask his subordinates to have an umbrella for all the people" After the master of ceremonies shouted, the group of strong men came over and moved the umbrella to the City God Temple.

The people threw down their umbrellas and walked away, and the monks and Taoist priests divided into two teams and marched in unison, knocking on the wooden fish and blowing the sheng pipe.

After the monk and the Taoist priest, the four strong men carried the incense burner and walked forward, followed by the apricot yellow umbrella that covered the sky, followed by the black lacquer and gold-sprinkled square door fan. After these guards of honor walked around, the master of ceremonies beckoned, and sixteen young men came over, bending down to pick up the sedan chair.

"Please get up the sedan chair" The master of ceremonies shouted, and Piaoranzi felt his body rise up, and this blue sedan chair rose smoothly from the ground and slowly moved forward.

The firecrackers have been set off, the air is filled with thick fog, and the choking smell of gunpowder smoke has lasted for a long time.

Piaoranzi was in the statue of the wooden god, raised his eyes to look forward, out of the guard of honor, had walked out of a mile, on both sides of the road, under the eaves, on the low wall, upstairs, on the roof, standing full of onlookers, men, women and children, talking and laughing.

Shucheng, Shucheng, these days, he has also turned twice, although it is a foreign land, he, a stranger, does not feel strange.

A thousand years of time, fleeting, back to the world, is to land in this place. Piao Ranzi felt nameless melancholy, and the honor guard in front of him and the crowd of people on both sides gradually blurred.

The prosperity of the world is still the same, things are not people, and the hometown of Shuicheng is haunting in his mind、、、、、、

Piaoranzi's body shook, and he hurriedly retracted his reverie, feeling that the sedan chair paused.

"Zhao Ji coffin shop Zhao shopkeeper bows and bows" The master of ceremonies outside the sedan chair shouted, and looked forward, only to see a person kneeling in front of the apricot umbrella, it was the Zhao shopkeeper who opened the coffin shop, holding a plate with both hands, and a red cloth bag on it, held above his head.

The master of ceremonies stepped forward a few steps, whispered a few words to the shopkeeper Zhao, and then shouted to the crowd outside: "Shopkeeper Zhao worships the city god with one hundred taels of silver."

The master of ceremonies shouted, and four young men came over, carrying a large wooden box with red and green flower paper paste, with the word "treasure house" written on it, and came to the front of the shopkeeper Zhao, and the master of ceremonies took the red cloth bag from the top of the shopkeeper Zhao, opened it, wrapped it again, and put it in the treasure house.

Shopkeeper Zhao bowed respectfully to the statue of the god of the city god, and retreated to the side of the road.

Not far before leaving the City God Temple, Zhao's shopkeeper was the first to offer silver taels, which was really unexpected.

Crackling firecrackers rang out, and the master of ceremonies shouted in the sound of firecrackers: "Chenghuang on the road"

Sixteen people carried the sedan chair, started it slowly, and continued to walk forward. I didn't go far, and some people knelt down to give gifts, and the amount of money they gave was uneven, ranging from as little as 30 or 50 wen to as much as 350 taels. The master of ceremonies did not let the sedan chair stop, and shouted: How much money is so and so to worship the city god, put it into the "treasure house", and then walked forward.

It turned out that those who did not exceed one hundred taels of silver did not stop the sedan car. If everyone stops the sedan chair to receive gifts, I'm afraid they won't be able to finish it tomorrow morning.

"Hey, I didn't expect to be such a majestic time when this city god was still there. Piao Ranzi said in his heart. Looking at those people who knelt down and bowed, Piao Ranzi felt very sad in his heart, the world is hard, when people encounter difficulties and obstacles, they always think of using the gods, but he, the city god, how can he manage the hundreds of thousands of people in Shucheng?

He had read the prayers and prayers of these people, and they were full of earthly hopes, nothing more than blessings, luck, longevity, happiness, wealth, good luck, and many children and grandchildren, all of which were the hopes of mortals, but how could he do them one by one?

Piaoranzi felt that she was too small, as small as a grain of sand in the Ganges.

Piaoranzi feels lonely again, the world is vast, where is his home?

Piao Ranzi felt that he was powerless, and he had failed the infatuation of mortals in vain.

Seeing the people of Shucheng embracing him so much, he was excited, but also felt weak and panicked, he never dreamed that today he would be high on the ground, let people carry the parade, and there were so many believers, respectfully looking at his statue.

He remembered that when he was a child, he also went to the temple fair, and saw the gods, gods, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and gods worshipped by people, and the piety of people's beliefs, he also had them, thinking that all the Buddhas and immortals were sacred, and they were omniscient and omnipotent, but now, he was sitting in a sedan chair, and his heart was at a loss.

"Stop the sedan chair" The master of ceremonies shouted, and Piaoran felt his body sink down, and the sedan chair stopped.

"General Chen led the generals to pay homage to the city god," the master of ceremonies shouted.

Piao Ranzi looked forward, and sure enough, General Chen led the military division and four partial generals, passed through the monk's Dharma protection team, bypassed the smoky incense burner, and came in front of the apricot umbrella, and the six people bowed down to salute. General Chen bowed his head and said, "Chen Zhenyuan, the general of Shucheng, is waiting for the city god."

Piao Ranzi couldn't make a sound, this was what Murong Yan had explained-lest he would frighten mortals.

Seeing that he didn't answer, General Chen didn't pay attention to it, stood up straight, and said to the crowd on the left and right: "Lord Chenghuang personally went outside the city to help me kill thieves and demons, such a great kindness, Chen Mouming felt heartfelt. You, the people, are protected by the city god. Today, I am here to welcome the city god, and present five hundred taels of silver, please ask the city god's subordinates"

After speaking, four soldiers came behind him, carrying a large plate with five big red cloth bags on it, and the master of ceremonies came over, but he didn't open it, and shouted: "Chen Zhenyuan, the general of Shucheng, offers five hundred taels of silver with the city god pattern."

The crowd was excited, some cheered, some applauded, and some shouted: "Lord Chenghuang has saved the people, and his merits are immeasurable."

"Master of ceremonies, get up and go, Shucheng is big, don't delay going back at night. The military advisor waved at the master of ceremonies. General Chen led five men and retreated to the side of the road.

Piaoranzi looked at General Chen, standing on the side of the road, and felt his heart warm.

The guard of honor in front of them was still walking forward, going around to the center of Shucheng, and coming to the gate of the Taishou Mansion, and the master of ceremonies shouted: "Get off the sedan chair."