Lord Chenghuang, a majestic martial artist, took Piaoranzi's hand, as if pulling his long-lost brother, and walked to the back of the hall. Leave the clever ghosts, take a few ghost pawns, and go to get wine and meat.

It's getting brighter. Behind the hall is a deserted garden, turn the deserted garden, come to a house, they enter through the corner gate, inside the building and the building is hidden.

Lord Chenghuang said to Piao Ranzi: "The garden behind this Chenghuang Temple, and this village courtyard, were all bought by me, and we all lived here during the day, and no one doubted it. There are too many people in the temple during the day, and although it is close, it is very quiet. ”

"Ah, you hide in this courtyard during the day, and no one sees you?" asked Piaoranzi.

"The original master's family, seeing that this city god temple was often haunted, sold this place. We locked the gate and hid here to have fun. Lord Chenghuang said.

"Is this the case with other City God Temples?"

"I am the only city god in Shu City, and the other city gods seem to be hiding underground during the day and can't come out. ”

A group of gods and ghosts came to the courtyard and walked to the pavilion in the middle, and the city god said: "Right here, let's catch the wind and wash the dust for the old brother." ”

The old man of the land leaned on crutches and pushed Piaoranzi inside: "Young man, please sit inside." ”

"No, no, no, I'd better take a few seats, I'll just take the next seat. Before Piao Ranzi finished speaking, he heard a rough roar from the west wing: "Lao Tzu wants to drink!

"Ignore him," Lord Chenghuang pushed Piaoranzi into the pavilion, sat down with his head down, and said, "There is a criminal who is being imprisoned. It's a madman. ”

"Because of what sin?" asked Piaoranzi.

"Don't mention it. He's really bad. Lord Chenghuang said. "Let's have tea first. ”

Black and white impermanence, big talk ghosts, and braggart ghosts all sat down below, and on both sides of Piao Ranzi were the city god and the land elder, and the little ghost pawn poured tea, and Piao Ranzi drank a few sips, but it was sweet and delicious.

"Little brother, there is a fate to meet thousands of miles away, but there is no chance to meet on the other side. Lord Chenghuang grinned and said, "Our brothers hit it off at first sight, hey, we hate to see each other late!"

"Thank you for your kindness, and I can't thank you enough. Piao Ranzi replaced the wine with tea, and toasted the city god and the old man of the land.

"Little brother, I see that you are worried, is there a great grievance? How did you die? Can you tell me. The land elder asked.

"I stayed in the Tibetan Scripture Hall of the Pure Land of Bliss, and met five demons, who destroyed my body, and a shadowless old monster, who eliminated my yang god again, leaving this tangible and intangible yin god body. As soon as Piaoranzi talked about the past, several gods and ghosts all sighed.

Piao Ranzi looked at these ghosts and gods who didn't want to be vicious, and asked, "But I don't know what your duties are in Shucheng, please make it clear." ”

Lord Chenghuang laughed and said: "Little brother, if you don't ask, I will also sue you and tell you about our City God Temple, you can hear it." ”

Chenghuang is the protector of the city, also called Chenghuangye. At that time, Jiang Ziya beheaded the gods, and only sealed the gods in the sky, the gods on the earth on earth, or the mountains have mountain gods, and the places have land old. However, with the gradual increase in the number of cities and the increase in population a lot, how could an old land lord be able to sustain it, so Heavenly Court appointed some deceased heroes and good generals to assist in the management of the city, just like the "office" of Heavenly Court stationed in the world. As for the Netherworld, because of the large population in the city and the large number of dead and alive, it is necessary to strengthen management, so the city god is used as a contact point with the Netherworld, just like a police station that manages household registration.

The city god needs to be responsible for the heavenly court, and also needs to work for the underworld, so to say that the identity of the city god is also very prominent, not only related to the heavenly court and the underworld, but also some human kings, to be sacrificed, knighted, and some of the city gods are also named the holy king, and the local bureaucrats preside over the sacrifice.

"How is it? I'm doing a good job, isn't it?" said the Chenghuang Lord and said with a smile.

"But I don't know what exactly you do?" asked Piao Ranzi after listening, as if he understood or not.

"For one term of office, for the benefit of one party. It's busy!" sighed the City God. "If there is any drought, flood, or plague in the local area, I will report it to Heaven. I can't pretend to be deaf or dumb, the people will carry me out on patrol and let me understand the people's feelings. ”

"Isn't that great?" said Piaoranzi.

"Okay what?" said Cheng Huang with a wry smile. "I don't have the mana to return to heaven, so I can only report to heaven. If there is a perennial drought and no rain, then I am unlucky: let the people whip me, or go to the scorching sun. ”

"You are sent by heaven, aren't the people rebelling?"

"No, the Jade Emperor had a decree back then: in addition to being worshipped, if the city god is not strict in his duties, plots against him, and fools the people, the people and gods are angry, and they can be punished together. This is not counting, usually the government doesn't care, it's all in my care, what is lost, I have been wronged, sometimes women give birth to children, and they have to get to the City God Temple, asking for help, hey, I have a headache when I think of this. Chenghuang shook his head.

"Don't you have so many helpers?" asked Piaoranzi.

"You say they?" Cheng Huang pointed to the black and white impermanence and the big talk ghosts and braggarts, and said with a wry smile: "They still have a lot of things to do, mainly dealing with the underworld, some are to capture the dead souls, some are to send the yin souls to reincarnate, and some have to investigate and collect evidence for the ten halls of the Hades, and there are many ghosts doing these jobs every night, which is very hard." ”

As he was talking, the clever ghost came with a few ghost pawns, all of whom took wine and meat, set the meal on the table, and the ghosts and gods began to eat and drink.

"Little brother, this is the best bamboo leaf green, you can taste it!" Chenghuang poured a bowl for Piao Ranzi.

"My mother told me not to drink outside. ”

"Men don't drink, they walk in the world. What can you do if you don't drink it?" Black Impermanence took the wine bowl and clashed glasses with him.

Piao Ranzi had to drink some, the entrance was spicy, the wine was strong, Piao Ranzi frowned, it was not as good as the rice wine in his hometown.

"Little brother, I'm not used to it at first, I've drunk it a few times, and you're addicted!" Chenghuang said with a smile.

"You shameless ghosts, let Lao Tzu out!" the roar came from the West Wing, probably the imprisoned criminal, smelling the wine.

"What kind of case did that person commit?" asked Piao Ranzi, pointing to the West Wing.

"That's a drunkard, a few days ago drunk on the street, cursing the Ten Palaces Yin Monarch and the Netherworld Sect Master with a dry mouth, we brought it back, and I have time to take Yin Cao to the hall to see if he scolds the leader of the ghost world. Bai Wuchang said.

"Do you think this drunk is looking for death?" "If I am found by the four-value gongcao, I should suffer it again. ”

"If you are drunk and have no virtue, it is not a big crime to scold two people, right?"

"If he scolds the emperor, there is a human prison to take care of, and he scolds the Yin Monarch and the Netherworld Sect Master, we have to take care of it. He was drunk, so we caught him and wore a lute bone, otherwise, he would have looked like a murderer, and we might not be opponents. "Chenghuang Road.

"Oh, then I want to see what he looks like, does he have three heads and six arms!" After Piao Ranzi finished speaking, he picked up a bowl of wine and said to the ghosts and gods: "You drink first, I'll go and see." ”

"Don't come closer, be careful of hurting you!" the city god admonished.

Piao Ranzi came to the west wing with a wine bowl, and through the window, he saw a person, tall, but not as fat as the city god, unkempt, grasping the window lattice with both hands, closing his eyes and gritting his teeth.

"You were imprisoned because you scolded Yan Jun and the Nether Sect Master?" asked Piao Ranzi.

"Don't come to me! I won't sue you!" the man had a strange look on his face.

"Oh, dude, must be a drunk!" said Piaoranzi. He had seen many drunkards, and when he saw this man staring at the wine bowl in his eyes, he knew that he was a drunkard. "If you don't mind my bowl of wine, quench your thirst. ”

"What do you 、、、、、、 you do?" the man looked at him suspiciously.

"I don't know how. Seeing that you are uncomfortable, I will give you a bowl of wine to drink. Piaoranzi said.

"I don't drink!"

"Brother, I see that you are also a good man, passing by here today, even if you respect the hero, I will give you a bowl. If you don't drink it, you look down on it?"

"Well, thank you!" the man took the bowl from the lattice, drank it all, and handed it to Piaoranzi.

Piao Ranzi took the empty wine bowl and turned around to leave.

"Wait, you're just leaving?" the man whispered.

"Ah, I'm going back, what's the matter?" said Piaoranzi.

"I see you've just arrived here, and I have a word of advice. The man waved at Piao Ranzi to see that there was no one behind him, and when Piao Ranzi leaned his head closer, he whispered: "They want you to be a city god, don't agree!"

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