Exquisite city, city god temple.

Today is the auspicious day when the Temple is completed and the consecration ceremony is held.

It stands to reason that the temple should have been completed months ago.

However, the city god they worshipped was not willing to be lonely.

In just a few months.

Not only did he occupy nearly half of the territory of this resting capital, but he even extended his hands and feet to the Western Turks... The authority has been expanded again and again, and because of this, the City God Temple, which was originally only a county seat, is now a little insufficient.

Without moving the main hall and the main body.

In the follow-up time, I basically expanded the specifications and tinkered... From the city god of the prefecture to the specifications of the city god of the capital... Various pavilions and pavilions, equipped with attached halls have been added one after another.

And because of this old man in the temple, he is not only in charge of the city god.

Mountains and waters.

Basically, as long as it is on the ground, he holds it in his hands, which causes the newly built temple to be added to and changed from the original structure of the city god to suit this person's status.

Tinkering.

Finally, the construction was completed, and finally it was the auspicious day to open the statue and invite the gods to move in.

The temple is about to officially open, but there is another accident... The battle at the front went smoothly, the Turkic royal city was destroyed, and the whole territory surrendered.

The news was good news, but the officials and craftsmen who supervised the construction of the temple did not think so, and they wanted to cry without tears.

Fortunately, before they could start work again, an official letter from Lu Guogong, the head of the march, stopped the temple from expanding again, and asked the Taoist disciples to re-select an auspicious day.

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Dunhuang, the government office.

At this time, Lu Guogong, who had white eyebrows, was explaining things to the general surnamed Su.

"Dingfang, you don't have to worry about the affairs of the Turkic royal family, someone else takes over, there is something more important for you to do at the moment, you go to the Elite City for your father, and visit the one... Chenghuang, witness the consecration ceremony of the temple."

A temple was completed, and the local magistrate always had to be present to witness it.

Although the era of co-governance of gods and men has long passed, and now the Tang people and gods have their own duties, but those evil tricks and criminals who make trouble don't pay attention to these... What's more, they will all be colleagues and neighbors in the future.

It is reasonable that as the chief officer, he should go to the meeting.

But now that the war report of the destruction of the Western Turks has just begun, and it is still on the way to Chang'an, the credit has not yet been determined, and the rank and name of the god are naturally undecided.

In cases where the situation is not clear.

He, the prince of the country, is not very easy to play.

After all, there are very few temple gods who can withstand the worship of other princes, and although the one has worked hard and has a vast territory, his current identity is still that of the city god.

I went to visit with a good heart, but the national fortune on my body collided with the idol, and good things had to go bad.

In contrast, Su Dingfang, the deputy general, is just right to replace him.

Su Dingfang clenched his fists and said, "No... But if that person is disgruntled, what will happen to his subordinates?"

Lu Guogong waved his hand: "This is not a big deal, and not repairing the temple now is just to avoid tossing those craftsmen all the time, working the people and losing money, and it is also to avoid the construction period being delayed again and again, and the temple cannot operate normally.

The temple will be completed as soon as possible, and at the same time, the incense of the city god will be vigorous, and it will also make the people of this Western Regions more willing to pay more attention to my Datang, whether it is for him or for the Tang Dynasty, it will be beneficial and harmless, and it will be a win-win thing.

"That's it, the gods are moody, I'll still fix a book to explain the truth. You will take it and burn it in front of the statue of the god, and you will be able to do it thoroughly."

As for the rest...

After all, no matter how you say it now, he can be regarded as a righteous god, and he will not kill Su Dingfang, the deputy general, for this little thing.

After speaking, he seemed to think of something again, and added, "Dingfang, before you leave, bring a group of craftsmen from this Dunhuang City

, the main temple in the Exquisite City has been repaired, and it can't be delayed in other cities in the Western Regions."

Although the Western Regions is remote and desolate, there are dozens of cities built on oases and water sources, large and small, and it is quite heavy to operate.

As for the rough work of fighting, just leave it to their group of big soldiers.

"Yes!"

When the words fell, Su Dingfang turned around and left, he was not an eventful person, and besides, this was not a military matter, so how the prince explained, he would execute it.

With dozens of craftsmen and guards in tow, they hurried all the way.

Three days later, the group came to the outside of the Exquisite City.

......

Today is an auspicious day that has been discussed in advance, ready to consecrate the statue of the gods, and invite the city god to settle in.

Originally, this matter was handled by Lao Wang Taoist priest and local cultivators, and the official side was the captain of the local garrison, and the civil representatives were well-known local sages.

Of course, it is said that it is a local sage, but it is actually the original royal family of Jingjue City.

But now, with Su Dingfang arriving, the captain naturally can't stand in the position of the protagonist, and the original personnel have to be adjusted... After some hasty arrangement, the ceremony finally began.

The streets on which the temple is located are crowded with onlookers.

The scene was crowded.

This has nothing to do with the government, and the people of these Elite Cities all came spontaneously.

After all, it was the territory that Zhang Ke initially took over.

The people here have witnessed more than one scene of the appearance of the gods, especially the original spiritual tide, although most of the benefits have been covered by the practitioners, but the people have also received a lot of blessings, and at the same time, almost everyone's life expectancy has also risen to varying degrees.

Blessing and longevity, all diseases are eliminated.

Good fellow, if such a miraculous god does not come to worship and worship, it is difficult to do any worship and prayer.

You can't even see the face of the true God once in life, you can only suffer endless suffering, and then go to heaven after death.

Do you believe this?

Oh no, heaven isn't for everyone.

Those who do not buy indulgences have no chance of heaven.

Hehe.

Therefore, don't care about the people in the city, what they originally believed in, from the frequent apparitions of the city god, plus the daily help of the cultivators in the city to eliminate disasters and solve problems...

This set of combination punches basically conquered the people of the whole city.

Therefore, from the moment the ceremony is over, the crowd outside the temple can no longer be stopped, and they have flocked to the City God Temple... Of course, although they rushed to show their faces in front of God, they rushed to offer a stick of incense in front of others.

However, after all, this is an era of divine manifestations, and the one enshrined in the temple not only has the name of miracle, but also the ferocious temper has also been transmitted from the front line.

After squeezing into the temple and stepping on the stone path, it was noisy a moment ago, and the people who swarmed immediately quieted down.

In order, one by one they entered the main hall and bowed.

"Lord Chenghuang, bless my family with peace and happiness, and no misfortune!"

"Lord Chenghuang, bless my family to make a lot of money and make a lot of money!"

"My lord blesses my daughter-in-law to give birth to a big fat boy, and there will be successors to the family business."

「......」

Although the Elite City is just an ordinary city-state in the Western Regions, it has a permanent population of tens of thousands.

Coupled with the lively merchants and Tang people... From morning to night, the incense burner in the temple is always full, and the smoke from the burning of incense and candles envelops the entire interior of the main hall, and even the statues of the gods are shrouded in the vast smoke.

With such a vigorous incense, Zhang Ke naturally felt it for the first time.

At the same time, I was surprised, but I also couldn't laugh or cry a little.

It is indeed his duty to protect the environment and the people, with a bumper harvest and smooth wind and rain... It's all within his jurisdiction, but having children is the same as making a lot of money

If you want to find it, you have to be the God of Wealth and Guanyin, right?

He can't do that.

Of course, even the people of Kyushu often worship the wrong gods, let alone the people of the Western Regions.

Moreover, these people may not really understand.

"Not bad, either!"

Previously, after going to the Huashan Treasure House and seeing the emperor's use of incense, Zhang Ke also learned the same.

The incense is no longer absorbed into the body, but remains in the idol to conceive and refine.

When the god statue transforms into a golden body, it is equivalent to having an additional combat power comparable to himself.

It's a bit rude to use it like that.

The best way to use the golden body of incense is to sit in the temple, so that it can respond to the pure vision of some believers on weekdays, and it can also serve as an existence similar to the Array Eye/Domain Core.

Any demons and monsters who do chaos, and even human beings who have committed evil things, will receive the first attention of the golden body, and those who should be killed will be recorded, and those who are not guilty of capital crimes will be recorded, and the list will be drawn after death.

helped Zhang Ke share part of his official duties.

Of course, the golden body has limited wisdom, it still acts more according to instinct, and it is okay to deal with some things that do not use your brain, and the real official business is best left to the subordinate gods to deal with.

In fact, as early as Zhang Ke stayed in Jingjue City, there should have been a supporting team when he was the county god.

Judges, bull-headed horses, shackled generals, wandering gods day and night... In addition to this, the mountain wastelands, and the rivers should also have matching gods.

However, this place in the Western Regions was originally used to settle the cow and snake god, similar to the exile of the criminal officials and their families to Lingnan... Waste is recycled and reused, so although the Xiyue Emperor is transferred to sit in the town, it is only to sit in the town, take care of these children, and not let them make trouble.

I guess I didn't think that there would be such a freak as Zhang Ke in this group of waste.

Unexpected conditions.

Datang naturally hasn't reacted yet.

On the other hand, it is natural that the Tang Dynasty has taken too big steps in the past, conquering the Turks in the north, fighting Goguryeo in the east, and pressing Xiangxi Lingnan with ease, these newly occupied places have created a situation of more porridge and fewer monks.

There are not enough officials, and there are not enough gods.

There are a large number of vacancies, and even some officials are officials during the day and gods at night, and one person breaks two places, which is really 007.

Naturally, the location of the Western Regions has to be pushed again and again.

Although Zhang Ke had mentioned it to Lu Juan before, until now there are only 1,000 Yin soldiers and two 500 generals under his command, not to mention that they belong to the gods, and they have not even seen a single Yin who hooks the soul, and the dead souls have all consciously gone to the netherworld to be tortured.

Therefore, no matter how anxious Zhang Ke is, he has to wait.

Of course, this kind of hard life is not a few days away, after all, now that the Western Turks have been destroyed, the day of going to Chang'an to report is just around the corner, and you can't wait for Zhang Ke to be under the noses of the bigwigs, or a bare pole, right?

Not to mention Zhang Ke's mood, the emperor alone can't say anything about it.

So he didn't need to worry about it at all.

What's more, the Western Regions is the land of Xinna, and according to Lu Juan, there was no task index for the first hundred years, and it will gradually get on the right track with the Central Plains after a hundred years.

Century?

It is still unknown whether the current emperor can last for fifty years, and the follow-up is the major event of the Wu and Zhou dynasties and the Tang Dynasty. Of course, the remaining bit of land in the Western Regions before this is estimated to have been bulldozed.

There is no index, the current cultivator is in charge of the people, and the rough stocking of the demons to dredge the leylines can barely maintain the balance, and Zhang Ke doesn't need to worry about it, as long as he condenses the golden body of incense, and deals with the matter of protecting the territory and restoring the people's vision, he can free his hands..

Well?

Just as Zhang Ke started to melt the incense into the statue, preparing to condense the golden body.

A flame suddenly appeared in the ethereal incense.

"Whew!"

A letter fell out of the fire.

Seeing the rich national fortune on the letter, I didn't expect that the person who wrote the letter was still a big man.

Zhang Ke reached out and took the letter, opened it and read it... The letter explained why the construction of the temple had been stopped.

He didn't care about this matter originally, after all, it was just a building in the copy, and no matter how well it was built, he couldn't take it away, and he wasn't a person who was greedy for pleasure, otherwise, with his current status, although he couldn't rob the strong people's daughters, no one in the demons of the Western Regions could do justice.

All it takes is a little tweaking.

Exotic, swing supreme.

Of course, he can not care, but after all, it is an infringement of Zhang Ke's due rights and interests, if he doesn't even have a word of apology, it is impossible to say that he doesn't mind at all... Now the epistle is just right.

His gaze lingered for a moment in the first half of the period, and then he continued down.

The second half of the letter is basically about the return of the class teacher.

As is customary,

When the will comes, the army can set off for Chang'an, only the army.

Of course, this is not to say that Zhang Ke has been forgotten, but there is no need for him to participate in the process of returning the army.

First, the speed of the return of the army is not as fast as when it came, half a month is normal, even if the Western Regions is a newly recovered land, the affairs are not busy, and it cannot be without gods for a long time.

Second, when the holy decree to reward him arrived, Zhang Ke officially became the god of the Tang Dynasty, the kind of establishment.

Having this identity not only allows him to enjoy the orthodox status and benefits, but also symbolizes that in the territory of Datang, as long as someone worships him with incense, Zhang Ke can be unimpeded.

In this way, you only need to summon him to Chang'an before the ceremony of sacrificing the prisoner, and after the sacrifice is completed, you can stay in Chang'an for a few more days, and if you don't want to stay, you can break up in advance, and there is no need to go around and work a month or two in advance......

These are all things that the emperor has not mentioned before, and of course it may be that he feels that these little things are not important.

After all, if Zhang Ke is not exposed, who can know that he is an internal ghost?

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