Bai Gu originally wanted to persuade Nanyu to eat more and grow taller. But after thinking about it, she is not a palm's height taller than her, which doesn't seem to be convincing.

It's not that you can't grow taller after eating so much......

Before Bai Gu could speak, he was messy first.

In addition, Bai Gu really didn't know how to chat with the girl and what to say, so the atmosphere along the way was a little awkward.

It's not that Bai Gu is not good at chatting with girls, it's that no matter whether he is a man or a woman, as long as he is not familiar with Bai Gu, he rarely talks.

No topic.

It's different to talk to the old beggar, the guy can talk openly, and he can be as presumptuous as he wants.

The Chenghuang Temple in the north of the city is not too far away, but the time for a stick of incense has arrived.

The City God Temple is on the Yingchun Road in the north of the city, Bai Gu and Nanyu walk along the small mountain street, and at a distance of several hundred meters, they can see many vendors lined up along the street like fish bones, in an orderly manner.

Sellers of food and drink, jugglers, and portrait trayers...... You can't see the edge.

The whole street is crowded with people, like a carp crossing the river, and the clothes of various colors are dazzling.

Nanyu instantly became excited, "It's so lively!" ”

There were too many people, and the noise became louder. Bai Gu couldn't hear what Nanyu was saying, so he leaned in and shouted, "What were you talking about just now?" ”

Nanyu also shouted: "I said, it's so lively here!" ”

Bai Gu nodded, "Yes! Let's go, let's go and help Wu Lao incense first, and then come and walk slowly. ”

"Good!"

Then the two squeezed through the crowd, and finally arrived at the gate of the City God Temple, but found that there were more people in front of the temple, and there was not even a trace of space, and they couldn't squeeze in.

I had no choice but to walk slowly along the crowd.

Nanyu took out a string of sugar gourds and stuffed them into Bai Gu's hand, "You invite me to eat, I invite you to eat sugar gourds, it's just right!" ”

Bai Gu looked at the sugar gourd in his hand, and bit one with some caution, it was sweet and sour, it was quite delicious, Xiaoxiao should like it, "Thank you." ”

"Thank you, it's just a bunch of sugar gourds." Nanyu also picked up a string of sugar gourds and ate them.

Bai Gu smiled and didn't say anything.

Bai Gu thanked him not for Nanyu to invite him to eat sugar gourds, but for letting him eat something as delicious as sugar gourds.

Bai Gu had never eaten a sugar gourd before, and he didn't have half of it.

So I didn't know what it tasted like, so I was very cautious when I first ate it.

I'm afraid it's some...... Strange taste.

In the past, it was simply because he had no money, but now, he doesn't want to spend some unjust money to eat some miscellaneous things.

He planned to wait for Bai Xiaoxiao to wake up and try it together.

It's just that didn't Nanyu say that she was full just now? How can you continue to eat sugar gourds now? If I'm not mistaken, she also ate a potato wedge, a candy man, and a large cup of white fungus lotus seed soup.

Is the amount of food for girls so strange?

I don't eat much for dinner, but I can eat a lot of snacks.

The two of them squeezed through the threshold of the gate of the City God Temple, and were shocked by the scene inside the temple.

Behind the gate was an open plaza, the size of three spacious rooms. There is a circle of wind and rain corridors around the square, and the eaves on it hang low, which is the image of the four rivers returning to the church. There are four transepts on the left and right sides of the square, which are usually reverent for good men and women.

In the square, there is an eight-treasure gilt lion head furnace, which is engraved with the eight characters of "born confused" and "dead to understand". The incense in the lion's head furnace is like hair, and there is a steady stream of people coming up to incense. The smoke and flames lingered over the entire City God Temple, lingering for a long time, as if they were filling the vacancy above the Four Waters Gui Tang, but it seemed that they could never be filled.

In the middle is the main hall of the city god, the main hall is majestic and tall, simple and dignified. The roof ridge of the main hall is engraved with the dragon pepper map and the iron hairpin cloud goose, divided into two sides of the town. In front of the hall is a platform, more than one meter high, and there are several steps to climb. The stone pillars on both sides of the main hall are engraved with a couplet, which are "good and evil will be rewarded in the end" and "Yin and Yang are not forgiving", there is no horizontal batch in the middle, only a big abacus and a pair of yin and yang fish.

It is rumored that after death, people must first come to the City God Temple to eliminate the earthly books, settle the merits and demerits of their lives, and get the text written by the City God himself, before they can go to the underworld. Therefore, after the death of a person, the City God Temple is the starting point.

Bai Gu was a little melancholy, but also a little expectant.

I am melancholy because I don't seem to have come to the City God Temple to give incense to my grandmother, and I have been tired of life for the past few years and have no time to come, and I don't know if my grandmother is still wandering in the world because of this incident and cannot be reincarnated.

But if grandma's soul is still in the world, is there a chance to meet her?

Doesn't the book say that some people who use the means to reach the heavens can let people see their deceased relatives and friends, or the soul can appear on its own and become what ordinary people call ghosts.

If you say this, won't you and your grandmother be able to meet again?

Bai Gu was in a complicated mood for a while.

Nanyu seemed to notice Bai Gu's abnormality. She glanced at Bai Gu, but didn't say anything.

Bai Gu and the two slowly moved forward along the crowd, but suddenly a hand patted Bai Gu's shoulder, and then a cheap voice sounded, "Little Bai Gu, what's the matter, come with the little girl to ask for a signature?" Asking for marriage? ”

Bai Gu turned around and saw that it was the young Taoist's unbeaten face, squatting on the railing of the corridor.

Nanyu "poofed" and his face turned red.

The corners of Bai Gu's mouth showed a "kind" arc, "Do you want to know?" Come over a little, I'll tell you. ”

The young Taoist hurriedly waved his hand, "Poor Dao is talking nonsense, don't take it to heart." ”

"But I took it seriously." Bai Gu stared at the young Taoist, very sincerely.

The young Taoist raised his hand and begged for mercy, "Little Bai Gu, Big Brother Bai, Uncle Bai, Poor Dao admits defeat, right?" ”

Bai Gu pointed at the young Taoist, "There are a lot of people today, I won't beat you, I just don't want you to be too embarrassed." But, not as an example. One more time, if I don't knock out two of your teeth, I won't be white! ”

Being pointed at his nose and threatened, the young Taoist still smiled. He stepped forward and wrapped Bai Gu's fingers with both hands, pressed it, and looked at Nanyu again, "It's easy to say, no, no." What are you doing today? Also, who is the little girl next to you? ”

Bai Gu withdrew his hand, but his eyes glared at the young Taoist with warning, asking him to restrain himself, and his squinting eyes were about to fall out, "We are here to incense Wu Lao." Her name is Nanyu, and she is a person from Wu Lao Pharmacy. ”

Bai Gu deliberately bit the word Wu Lao very hard.

Nanyu gave a blessing, "Nanyu has seen the Taoist. ”

"Eh, it's easy to say." The young Taoist was particularly impressed by Nanyu's words, and his face suddenly smiled even more.

The little girl is just good, much more polite than this stinky boy.

It's really different people of the same age!

The young Taoist's eyes rolled, "You just said that you came to make incense for Wu Lao?" Say it earlier, come to the poor road, this place is poor and familiar. ”

As he spoke, the young Taoist turned over and jumped off the railing and walked to the square.

Bai Gu was skeptical, but after looking at the crowd in front of him who couldn't walk at all, he still decided to take a gamble.

Bai Gu jumped on the railing, and one turned over and fell into the square, but he was a little unsteady and almost fell into the mud.

Bai Gu glanced at the young Taoist, "Can it be done?" ”

"Believe in the poor way. Poor Dao is very familiar with the goddess here, and he is very good at talking. "The young Taoist is full of confidence.

Bai Gu's eyes were even more suspicious, "Could it be your ......?"

The young Taoist hurriedly covered Bai Gu's mouth, "Don't talk nonsense!" Poor Dao is innocent all his life, don't splash dirty water! ”

Bai Gu shook off the young Taoist and waved his hand at Nanyu again, "Nanyu, come here." ”

Nanyu shouted, "Then you have to catch me below!" ”

Bai Gu nodded, and pressed the young Taoist's head again.

Nanyu turned over the railing and jumped.

Bai Gu motioned for the young Taoist to pick it up, after all, the young Taoist was a little taller, and it was much safer than going to pick up Nanyu himself.

The young Taoist had no choice but to take a few steps forward, spread his hands, and prepared to pick up people.

It's just that I didn't expect Nanyu's body to deviate and smash straight towards Bai Gu.

Bai Gu couldn't dodge it, and was directly pressed under Nanyu.

The young Taoist looked surprised, and hurriedly ran over to help Nanyu up. Seeing that Nanyu was fine, the young Taoist picked up Bai Gu and asked him if he was okay.

Bai Gu looked at the young Taoist's beaten face, listened to his fake inquiry, and grabbed the young Taoist's collar, "You did it on purpose, right?" Do you really think I wouldn't dare beat you? ”

The young Taoist raised his hands with an innocent expression, "It's really not the intention of the poor Dao, you can only blame yourself for your bad luck." ”

Nanyu also hurriedly came over to play the round, "Bai Gu, Dao Chang, he is also kind enough to pick me up, I have a problem with dancing, don't blame Dao Chang." ”

Bai Gu looked at Nan Yu, then at the young Taoist, and pushed the young Taoist away hatefully, without speaking.

Bai Gu's intuition told him that this must be a ghost made by a young Taoist, otherwise why would Nanyu suddenly jump to his side? Bai Gu and the young Taoist are several meters apart, how can there be such an outrageous mistake?

But he has no evidence, so he can't grasp the appearance of the young Taoist.

The young Taoist tilted his head, "Let's go, aren't you going to incense Old Wu?" The poor road will take you to the shortcut. ”

After speaking, the young Taoist turned around and led the way.

Bai Gu seemed to see that the moment the young Taoist turned around, there was a smug smile on the corner of his mouth.

It was a kind of villainous laughter.

Bai Gu tried hard to press down his impetuous heart and followed with Nanyu.

The young Taoist led the two of them on a rampage and went straight to the main hall.

In the middle of the main hall is the statue of the shrine of the Lord of the City.

The city god wears a king's hat, a yellow silk five-clawed dragon robe, and a flowing cloud flying horse official boots. An incense case is placed in front of it, on which are incense candles, sticks, and drums, for good men and women to offer incense and pay respects.

Next to the incense case, there are four goddesses, each wearing blue, red, yellow and white four-color robes, each representing the four seasons, and is called the goddess of the four seasons.

The young Taoist smiled and came to a tall middle-aged goddess wearing a white Taoist robe, "Granny Dong, Poor Dao has brought two friends over, they are here to incense Wu Lao. ”

The Winter Granny looked kind, and said with a smile: "Small things, all the people who come are kind-hearted pilgrims, not to mention that it was brought by Daoist Qiu himself." Then ask one of the two to hold an incense and worship the statue, and give good advice. ”

As she spoke, Granny Winter picked up three sticks of incense from the incense table and lit them and handed them to the two.

Bai Gu wanted to take it, but Nanyu took the lead.

Nanyu smiled and said, "I'll come, I'm a maid, and it's my duty to help Wu Lao do things." ”

Nanyu's reason, Bai Gu couldn't refuse, so he had to let her come.

Bai Gu thought for a while, "Granny Dong, you can ask for physical safety here, right?" ”

Granny Winter nodded, "It's okay for yourself and your family." Are the little pilgrims asking for peace? ”

Bai Gu nodded, took the three sticks of incense handed by Granny Dong, looked at the tall statue of the city god, bowed, and said silently in his heart: "I hope that Xiaoxiao can get better as soon as possible, and I hope that Chenghuang can bless Xiaoxiao with peace and smoothness, and his life will be safe." ”

Then Bai Gu followed Nanyu to the lion's head furnace in the square to make incense.

Back at Granny Dong's side, Bai Gu picked up the stick holder and shook it gently, and the stick made a "long click" sound.

It didn't take two shakes before a bamboo stick fell off.

Granny Winter picked it up and took out a yellow talisman from the example, on which there was a bamboo stick proverb that Bai Gu begged for.

Bai Gu took the proverb, took out the purse entrusted by Wu Lao from his arms, and handed it to Granny Dong, "This is the incense money handed over by Wu Lao, all here." ”

Bai Gu took out a silver ingot of ten taels from his arms and handed it to Granny Dong, "This is my own share of the incense money and the money for the signature." In addition, I also ask Granny Winter to unsign. ”

Granny Dong smiled slightly, "The Taoist friend next to you is much more advanced than the old woman and me, Zhuyu is in front, and I don't dare to show my clumsiness." Besides, the little pilgrim is a friend of the Taoist, wouldn't it be more convenient to find him to unsign? ”

Bai Gu looked at the young Taoist, who was staring at the incense money in Granny Dong's hand, and her eyes and saliva were about to fall out.

Bai Gu was full of suspicions.

Just this guy, just this virtue, is really that powerful?