"Sanhua Niangniang."

"Huh?"

"It's cold in the snow, isn't it?"

"Sanhua Niangniang has hair under her feet."

"It's still going to be cold, right?"

"Sanhua Niangniang is not afraid of the cold."

"Then can I hug Sanhua Niangniang?"

“？”

The three-flowered cat, who was striding forward, paused for a moment, turned her head to stare at him, and after a while, she spoke:

"Yes."

After speaking, he walked towards the Taoist.

The Taoist also bent down and picked her up.

The wild is really cold and windy, although Sanhua Niangniang is full of hair, but when she just hugged it, the outer layer of hair is also cold, but the cat is hot after all, a little force, touching the body, the temperature through the hair is enough to make people feel very warm.

Hezhou, especially Guijun, is full of military disasters and demons, droughts and plagues, and the people are really miserable.

The Taoist is just a passerby, the military disaster can't kill him, the demon is not afraid, the drought has passed, and the plague can't bother him, but he walks through it, and his mood is not immune to it.

Hug Sanhua Niangniang to calm your heart.

But it's not just the moment.

For four or five years, it has been the same.

Continue all the way north.

This world is flat, the snow makes the world white, from a distance, it is a vast area, the wind and snow blow, and a little more turbidity, the Taoist and the swordsman two figures, a red and a black two horses, in this vast and white world is really inconspicuous, like a few small black dots.

It's like throwing it in, and you can't find the way out.

The cowardly are undoubtedly afraid.

Those who are open are naturally full of open-mindedness.

Forty or fifty miles, that's most of the day.

However, the place close to Hanshu County is fine, although it is not sunny, but there is not much wind and snow. As we get closer to the snowfield, the wind and snow are getting heavier and heavier. The snowflakes are almost flying sideways, and ordinary people may have to use enough strength to walk in them, and if they are not careful, their bodies will be blown obliquely, and the sky in the distance is even more gloomy, as if they are shrouded in a blizzard at all times.

It is difficult to distinguish the time of day, and it is difficult to distinguish between west and east.

The group walked very firmly.

Even the dark horse of the swordsman, who has followed the Taoist for nearly a year, seems to have been infected with a bit of spirituality, not only is not anxious due to the wind and snow, but like a red horse, he moves forward silently.

When did you know when you walked to the snowfield?

It is a temple that appears on the distant horizon.

Looking far away, I saw that between the dim and turbid heaven and earth, there was a temple almost every other section, and there seemed to be a divine light in the wind and snow.

"There is a temple."

The three-flowered cat in the Taoist's arms stretched out a paw, round, wearing white gloves, and pointed to that side.

"Sanhua Niangniang's eyes are sharp."

Song You said and walked forward.

The temple is not high, not big, only about the same as a private house, and the repair is also simple, and there are many gods in it.

There are not only the gods of the Heavenly Palace Thunder Department, the priests of the Dou Department, but also several famous Dharma Protector Gods, and even the Buddha Bodhisattva and the Dharma Protector Heavenly King. The front of the god platform is almost full of mud squares, densely packed, each piece of mud square is densely filled with burned incense candles, squeezed very tightly, saying that almost no other incense can be inserted is modest, it is really not inserted, some of the incense on the back, there is really no place to insert, either they can just pinch a piece of mud and put it on the top, or they have to be inserted on the bamboo skewers that were originally burned out but squeezed tightly, and the bamboo skewers are regarded as new clay squares.

Song You stared at it, and there was an inexplicable shock.

At this moment, the people's beliefs and visions seemed to have substance. It's on this dense clay incense stick. Ordinary children can also see clearly.

It seems that he can see the spiritual sustenance of the people from it.

the fear of demons;

trust and expectation in the gods;

The yearning for peace......

It's all on this dense incense stick.

"Hoo ......"

Song You blew a breath, and there was a lot of dust on the altar.

It can be seen that no one has come to incense for a long time, maybe the last time was on the sixth day of June last year, maybe longer, but except for the dust on the altar, the statues are all dusty.

These idols are also very interesting.

It is not uncommon to mix the gods of Buddhism and Taoism - many village temples are like this, except for not knowing whether the gods will quarrel over the distribution of incense, I have not heard of anyone having an opinion, but there is neither the emperor nor the Buddha in the many statues, only the gods who can fight the eight classics and have the duty of subduing demons and eliminating demons.

The statues of the gods are all visceral images.

What are the five visceral images?

Legend has it that a Taoist priest who came down from Qingcheng Mountain passed on the method before, that is, when shaping the statue of the god, although the mud and grass were used, it also fabricated a complete internal organ for the mud statue, and the statue was naturally clean from then on. Later, there were even some exquisite palaces and temples that would fill in the internal organs, meridians and bones for the statue when sculpting the statue, but at this point, it was meaningless and had no other effect.

The idol is not stained with dust, which is good for itself.

I don't know whether it was the local government or the imperial court that built it, or whether the people built it spontaneously, but no matter which side, there should be guidance from a master.

Song You stopped in front of an old acquaintance.

“……”

Looking back at the quilt bag, Song You frowned.

"What are you looking for, sir?"

"Nothing."

This time, I forgot to bring incense again.

"Alas......"

But I can't blame myself.

It was only after I went out of the city that I heard from the little officials that there were temples on the border of the snow field, and now that I am cold, where do I buy incense and candles?

Song You had no choice but to sigh, then his expression froze, and he said solemnly to the front:

"Please come out and see Zhou Leigong!"

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated.

Most of the demons in this snowfield are special, but I don't know what is special, if you ask who is the best, he is a priest who fights with him all year round.

Silent –

On the altar, the statue of Lei Gong is brilliant.

The original painted plastic color gradually became natural, the stiff edges and corners also became soft, the eyes of the god flashed shiny, like a flash of thunder in the night, this statue seemed to quickly come to life, a pair of eyes staring straight down, there was a terrifying majesty.

It's just that in the past year in Hezhou, Song You has met Zhou Leigong many times at night, and has dealt with him a few times, and there are other intersections that he has not dealt with, so he is much more familiar than before.

"Lei Gong, long time no see."

The voice of the Taoist is gentle, but it does not melt into the cold wind.

"He Yuan?"

Zhou Leigong's voice was like thunder, as if rolling with thunder, deafening.

Competent gods are invited to the lower realm, and naturally know which temple and which god it is.

"Exactly!"

The Taoist replied.

“……”

Zhou Leigong sat on the altar, his eyes scanned the circle, and saw the cat squatting at the feet of the Taoist and looking at him, as well as a swordsman, and two horses outside, but he didn't care, he focused his eyes on Song You again, squinted his eyes, and figured it out.

"You summoned me here to ask this snowfield demon?"

"Exactly."

"What do you want to ask? I want to ask me why the god of Thunder failed to get rid of this demon? Or something else? ”

Although he said this, his tone was much softer than when he first met him by the Mirror Island Lake.

"Passing through here, I heard that the great demons in this place are entrenched, turning the vast fertile land into a demon country, and spreading plagues and harming living beings. I also heard that a few years ago, the Heavenly Palace tried its best to suppress the demon here, but it was unsuccessful, but I didn't know what special skills this snowfield demon had, so I came to ask for advice. ”

“……”

Although it may still sound like he is questioning, Zhou Leigong also heard his intentions.

"You want to get rid of the demon?"

"Exactly."

Lei Gong bowed his head, and the Taoist looked up.

The two eyes looked at each other from afar.

"This demon is the original heavenly god of Heyuan, not the essence of plants, trees, beasts and birds." Lei Gong stared down at him, "The innate gods are the most difficult to exterminate, and this demon has a great life-saving supernatural power, can you have a way?" ”

"Listen to it."

"There is spiritual water under the Heyuan, the spiritual rhyme is endless, full of vitality, and the place where the ground is exposed is called Lingze.

Lingze County, the county seat, got its name from this.

"This spiritual water spreads all over the underground of Heyuan, and the spiritual light that exposes the ground is also all over the entire Heyuan.

"This demon was originally an innate god located in Heyuan, but it has always been chaotic, it doesn't matter whether it is good or evil, and it doesn't often appear, but there is not much movement. Until the Great War in the North of the World, at least 200,000 soldiers and soldiers were lost here, and the people of Heyuan were slaughtered, and the blood stained the Lingze red, and the resentment was soaring, and the ghosts were everywhere, and the most increased cultivation. This demon seems to have tasted the sweetness, and with the help of the flesh and blood essence of these hundreds of thousands of people and the resentment of the Yin Soul, he has become addicted to it, and he has been out of control, and soon turned into a land evil god, entrenched here, giving birth to demons, feeding on blood, and wanting to expand outward. ”

Zhou Leigong finished speaking in one breath and continued to stare at him: "Although this demon is strong, the Heavenly Palace is not helpless, but it is the incarnation of the Lingze Lingyun under Heyuan, and it is Lingze itself, and I don't know where I learned it or I realized an amazing supernatural power, if it is not to drain the Lingze all over the Heyuan underground, or turn this entire Heyuan into a dead place, it is impossible to get rid of it." ”

Song You listened to it and couldn't help but praise:

"It's amazing."

How easy is it to drain the groundwater within a radius of 100 miles? Wouldn't it be easy to wipe out the entire Heyuan machine and turn it into a dead place, not to mention how big the price is?

If the mountain gods of Pingzhou's hundreds of miles of mountains had this kind of magical power, how could they worry about the elimination of the Heavenly Palace?

I only heard Lei Gong say again: "You said it wrong." ”

"Please teach Lei Gong."

"The Heavenly Palace Zhengshen has tried his best to eliminate demons more than once a few years ago, and there have been two times when the Thunder Department and the Dou Department have jointly cleared it, and my Thunder Department has done it once a year. However, because of what I said before, although we can defeat it, we have no way to completely destroy it for the time being. Zhou Leigong still sat on the altar and said in a deep voice, his voice was like thunder, "So I had to build a temple at the border of Heyuan, offer a statue of the god, and guard it here, so as to prevent this demon from continuing to expand the land outward and endanger the common people, and also be vigilant against the demons going out and harming the people." In addition, once a year, my Thunder Department clears out the demon soldiers and demon generals in Heyuan, and also weakens its power, just waiting to exterminate all the demon kings further north, and then free up his hands and slowly clean him up. ”

"I see."

Song You nodded, thoughtful.

It became a tug-of-war.

(End of chapter)