"How did this chicken come about?"

"How? Good long mountain running pheasant. ”

"I said it ......"

"That's it! But a secret recipe from a merchant in the north! The name is Immortal Lu! The stall owner grinned, "It is said that a fairy passed from there and passed it on to him, but I don't know, whether it was passed down by the immortals, but if the gods in the sky take a bite, they will definitely be reluctant to return to the heavenly palace!" ”

"Hehe......"

Song You couldn't help but smile and continued to pursue: "Since it's a secret recipe, how did you know it?" ”

"This ......"

The stall owner couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, realized the contradiction in his words, and then smiled embarrassedly: "The villain is stupid, and Mr. please don't make fun of the villain." I don't know if it's a secret recipe, but it must be a practice that hasn't been done before. The merchant was also strange, but whenever a customer came and went, no matter who asked him about the secret recipe, he would teach him, just so as not to rob him of his business in the local area. ”

"How many are there in Changjing?"

"There are several, too."

"I see......"

"But none of the villains do it!"

"Yes yes yes ......"

Song You smiled and did not refute.

"Your chickens."

"Thank you."

The handle of the bamboo basket is curved, which is easy to lift, Song You hooked it with one finger and walked back slowly.

It was mid-afternoon when I walked home.

That's it for today's dinner.

The recipe of this braised chicken has actually changed slightly, and the spices are very expensive these days, and the quality and quantity of the spices used in the street stalls are not enough, and the taste is a little light, and it is not too good, but it is always another feeling to be able to eat the familiar taste in Changjing in this year without having to do it yourself.

When I thought of the time when I handed over the recipe to the inn store in Mozhu County, Zhaozhou, I said to the shopkeeper that I asked him to carry it forward and spread it all over the country, so that when I wanted to eat it in the future, I didn't need to make it myself and buy it everywhere, which helped me a lot. At that time, it was actually just a casual remark, and I didn't hope that the store would really do it, but I didn't expect that in just a few years, I had already smelled a familiar smell on the streets of Changjing.

It can be regarded as exchanging sincerity for sincerity.

That's even better.

……

In the next two days, Song You basically didn't go out.

Before, I came back all the way from Yangdu, from late spring to late autumn, and there was little rest in between, but now I have arrived in Changjing, and I can rest for two more days.

Anyway, although Changjing has changed, it is still prosperous, and it is still the Changjing where you can order takeout for dinner, take the bus for travel, and buy everything. The Taoist is now quite wealthy, and his children will go out to buy him rice every day, or steamed buns or soup cakes, and sometimes go out to buy some vegetables and cook a meal for him.

Within two days, it was already winter.

"It can't be delayed any longer."

Song You suddenly rose up and went out dressed and went out.

"Where to go?"

The cat immediately followed him and asked at the same time.

"Go to the City God Temple and retrieve the two paintings we have deposited with the City God." Song You said.

"Sanhua Niangniang will go too."

"Naturally."

It didn't take long for Song You to come to the city god temple.

It's still the hill bag, the city god temple on the mountain.

Although it is not a solar term, there are still many people who come to incense, the stone steps up the mountain are full of pilgrims, and the smoke in the temple can be vaguely seen rising like a cloud, but there are no people selling incense at the bottom of the stall.

The Taoist took the cat and climbed the stairs.

It's really the smell of incense and candles.

"I don't think this body will last long, why do you hurry up and do some evil things? If you think that your previous life is already doomed, why not be a good person. ”

Song You recited the door couplet while stepping into the City God Temple.

Now when she comes to this kind of place again, it is rare for Sanhua Niangniang to feel pressure and embarrassment, she just twists her head and looks around curiously, sniffing here and there, trying to cling to the feet of Taoists, so as to avoid being stepped on by other people's feet. If you are stepped on by a Taoist priest, then forget it.

After the pilgrims, walk into the City God Temple.

The statue of the god of the city god is still sitting on the altar, looking down, there is a lot more charm and majesty than before.

Below, from left to right, five futons.

The futon was full of people.

People sincerely offered incense, bowed their heads and prayed, accompanied by the green smoke, the incense power wafted out, and it seemed that they could faintly hear their inner murmurs.

There was a large pile of incense on the altar.

Nowadays, the city god temple is famous, and those who come to worship, whether it is the princes and generals, the officials and dignitaries, or the poor people, sometimes they will give some sesame oil money. The money from this incense oil is used to help light the light lamps in the City God Temple, buy incense sticks and provide them to pilgrims for free, and also for the temple to celebrate daily life, for temple repairs, and more, for almsgiving.

In this way, the power of desire is naturally pure and sincere.

“……”

Song You shook his head, it was really not what it used to be.

Sanhua Cat also shook her head, feeling that there were so many people incense Chenghuang all the time, and so many people chattering at the same time every day, if she was replaced, she would definitely not be busy.

At the beginning, her small temple had an average of two people every day to offer incense, and she had to work hard to remember, and she had to be tired and half dead at night.

At this moment, a fresh breeze rose in the temple.

The breeze blew the bright lanterns and green smoke, stirred the windbreaker of the idol, and silently, the five pilgrims who were offering incense in the temple and the more than ten people lined up behind them were gone, and even the entire temple was visibly changing with the naked eye, like a ripple of water, and everything changed everywhere it passed.

The shrine and the idol in front of him disappeared, and the five little priests, who were farther away from one person and one cat, and farther away from each other, were all sitting on chairs, with tables in front of them, covered with paper and pens.

The five priests seemed to be listening, some writing notes while listening, some frowning, some sitting helplessly, and some looking surprised as if they had heard gossip.

In this way, most of the wishes made by the people who come to offer incense are impractical or do not fall within the jurisdiction of the City God Temple.

"Meow?"

The three-flowered cat was extremely shocked.

Shocked by the unconscious changes in the scene, he looked left and right, and also looked back, trying to find the way he had come, and was also shocked by the five priests who were in charge of recording, so he stared at them with round eyes, and his mouth opened slightly, almost writing the word shock on his face.

Song You glanced down at her and smiled slightly.

When he raised his head again, there were already three more figures in front of him.

The leader is the Changjing City God, with two auxiliary officers standing on the left and the right beside him.

Behind them, there was already an extra door.

"Greetings, sir."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"Sir, this way, please."

"Okay."

Song You walked forward, and at the same time pointed to the five little priests behind him: "These are ......"

"Oh, they're all dead scholars and literati in the city." Cheng Huang said as he led the way, "Since Mr. mentioned it a few years ago, listening to the wishes of the people has always been done by several priests in their spare time, but as the incense in the temple becomes more and more prosperous, there are more and more pilgrims, and several adults are too busy. It just so happens that in the past few years, there have been more and more people dying and turning into ghosts, especially those who have not been obsessed. These scholars are all knowledgeable and virtuous people, either died of illness or were killed, studied hard for many years, and died before their talents were used, it was a pity, and the little god brought them into the official office under the temple of the city god, first as a shadow, to do some writing things. ”

Chenghuang said as he led them into the government office.

Although the City God Temple is small, it has a cave-

It's already a complete Earth Priest's Office.

There are office halls, living quarters, and even dungeons.

Song You listened and watched, and then glanced down at his cat, and then sighed: "The system here in Chenghuang is already very perfect." ”

"It's just like the sun."

"That's just right." Song You said, "If you talk about the Chenghuang Yin Division, a few of them are the most experienced. ”

"How are you going, sir?"

"How many people know about the ghost town of Toyoshu?"

"The little god is the city god, and the civil and military forces below are also the gods under the city god temple, which is considered the god of the earth, and he is limited to the land of a city, and he must not go out easily, and he has lost his divine power when he goes out. In the past few years, although I have encountered ghosts from ghost towns who have come to Changjing to detain ghosts, and there have been exchanges, I don't know much about it. Chenghuang replied.

"There are three temporary halls in the ghost city of Fengzhou, and this first hall is in charge of the detention of yin ghosts." Song You said, "However, the world is so big, if you just send ghosts from the ghost town to search for ghosts everywhere, even if the ghost city has this kind of ability, it will be too busy after all." Either it's too late, or it's leaky, it's easy to cause harm. In addition, there are occasional martial artists who become ghosts, cultivators who become ghosts, people who are obsessed with ghosts, or ghosts who are originally evil ghosts, which are more likely to cause trouble. ”

Song You paused.

"To put it bluntly, for the understanding of the local area, don't say that the ghost town of Fengzhou today is the underworld that will be perfected in the future, and it is impossible to compare with the local city god."

"Sir, I mean, connect the Tianxia City God Temple with the first hall of the ghost city, and if someone in the local area dies and becomes a ghost, the City God Temple will first detain the ghost and take it in, and then hand it over to the ghost town?" "It's much easier to get people out of a ghost town than it is to get them out of a ghost town." ”

"Exactly." Song You nodded, "The ghost city of Fengzhou is the prototype of the underworld, and if the underworld is condensed in the future, it will also follow the old system of the ghost city." ”

“……”

Chenghuang immediately understood.

The cohesion of the underworld is the general trend, no less than the original heavenly palace, which has great creation, and in this way, it is equivalent to riding the general trend of the underworld.

As for how much to take it, it depends on this arrangement.

"How to build the City God Temple, what positions to separate, what positions to perform, how to get along with the people, how to deal with the demons and ghosts who make trouble, how to formulate rules and regulations, and even who to choose as officials, all depend on a few adults to take a lot of pain." Song You said for a moment and began to talk about the benefits, "From now on, the City God will belong to the Yin Division, and the City God Temple in the world will be under the jurisdiction of Changjing." As the chief secretary of the city god in the world, the city god is only half a level lower than the palace king of the first hall of the ghost city, but there is no need to be restrained by it, usually one is in the human world, the other is in the underworld, and it is a cooperative relationship. Wherever the city god takes office, the dispatch and the deposition are all under the control of the Changjing city god. ”

Chenghuang and the auxiliary officer listened attentively.

Cats are already confused.

(End of chapter)