Chapter 143: Statue of Emperor Guan
Song Guan's hometown is in a small remote village in the south of Dongchuan Province.
In Songjiazhuang, Xidong County, Zhou Ming drove into this small village, which immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.
Although Songjiazhuang is not a poor place like Yinshui County, the people here are not rich, and when Zhou Ming came, he asked Yu Long and them to collect the information here.
Martial arts prevail, most of the villagers here, most of the ancestors were born in martial arts, and to this day, there are still many people who insist on practicing martial arts. There were several wooden stakes on the village square, and when Zhou Ming came over, a few young people were still posing on them, and they stopped when they saw Zhou Ming enter the village.
"Outlander, what are you doing here?" A middle-aged man with wide joints and thick calluses on his hands walked out and asked in a deep voice, looking at Zhou Ming's gaze with some hostility.
"I am a friend of Song Guan, I met him last time, we had a good conversation, I heard that he lives here, so I came here for a visit." Zhou Ming said lightly.
The people of Songjiazhuang are very xenophobic, and the people are fierce, because of martial arts, it is easy to have bloodshed, Zhou Ming did not come here to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and he didn't think about fighting, so he said that he was a friend of Song Guan, hoping to save unnecessary trouble.
"Song Guan?" Zhou Ming didn't say anything, but as soon as these words came out, the middle-aged man's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and he was blue: "You are the friend of that rebellious beast?" ”
"What a bold man, he dared to find here."
"Whatever your relationship with that beast, since you're his friend, you're our enemy. Eat me with a punch. After speaking, the middle-aged man punched sharply and hit Zhou Ming, and he was full of vigor and momentum.
But it is only limited to ordinary people, but in Zhou Ming's eyes, it is not worth mentioning.
Feel free to reach out. The middle-aged man's extremely fast punch in the eyes of others was held by Zhou Ming, and then with a gentle push, the middle-aged man suddenly felt a strong surge over. He couldn't control his body, kicked back a few steps, and sat on the ground. His face was full of horror.
"Uncle Huai~"
"Dare to beat Uncle Huai and look for death."
The middle-aged man was pushed this time, which immediately angered those young people who were practicing martial arts in the square, and they rushed over one by one with righteous indignation, surrounded Zhou Mingtuan, and were about to make a move.
Zhou Ming frowned, things were a little unexpected, he didn't expect Song Guan to be so unpopular in his hometown, because of Song Jiazhuang's xenophobia, Yu Long didn't find out about this secret situation.
"Stop." That's when it happened. An old voice suddenly came from a distance, stopping the men.
"Village Chief."
An old man on crutches came from a distance, and his steps were quite steady, without the vanity of ordinary old people.
This old man should be the village chief of Songjiazhuang. At the same time, he is also the head of the family.
Most of the people in Songjiazhuang have the surname Song and are people of the same clan.
"Don't you have long eyes, people are merciful, and they don't know what to do, so retreat." The village chief said in a deep voice. He was the patriarch and had supreme authority in Songjiazhuang, although those young people were full of unconvinced, no one dared to disobey him and retreated.
At this time, the middle-aged man came back to his senses, jumped up from the ground, strode in front of Zhou Ming, and stared at him: "You are very strong, I am far from being an opponent, but you are a friend of Song Guan's beast, you are not welcome here." ”
As soon as he said this, the rest of the people believed that the young man in front of him was indeed extremely powerful, not because he was a trick or a middle-aged man who was careless, but was easily defeated by Zhou Ming, and their eyes when they looked at Zhou Ming were suddenly full of horror.
"Ah Huai." The village chief paused on crutches and stopped the middle-aged man: "Don't say it, it's a guest from afar." ”
"However, the village chief ......" The middle-aged man was anxious.
"I believe that he should not be Song Guan's friend of that beast." The village chief glanced at Zhou Ming, with the wisdom of insight into the world.
"You think, Song Guan, that brute, has the face to mention this to his friends?" The village chief's words made the middle-aged man who still wanted to say something speechless.
"Song Guan's brute was expelled, twenty years ago, he did something rebellious, which is also his great shame, if it was a friend, he shouldn't mention it here." The village chief explained to Zhou Ming again.
Zhou Ming nodded, Song Guan is an evolutionary, and he was expelled from it, thinking that when he had not yet become an evolutionary, these people were beasts one by one, which showed the degree of hatred for Song Guan, but I didn't know what he had done, and it had been so long for the people of Songjiazhuang to mention it.
"Well, I'll tell you the truth, it's true that I'm not a friend of Song Guan, but because of some reasons, I'm very interested in his hometown, so I left this trip." Since he said it, Zhou Ming did not hide it, and generously stated his purpose.
Of course, the conflict with Song Guan and his death in his own hands, Zhou Ming could not say it, he only said that he was interested in Song Guan's hometown.
Song Guan was expelled, and it has been twenty years since he left here, plus the closure of Songjiazhuang, they will definitely not know about Song Guan's death, after all, after becoming an evolutionary, Song Guan and here are already people from two worlds.
The people at the entrance of the village were driven away by the village chief, and the middle-aged man was left with the village chief.
"Please also ask the village chief to tell me about Song Guan." Zhou Ming said.
"Our Song family, who migrated here hundreds of years ago during the war, took root and landed, until now, to put it mildly, our ancestors also had a few generals who galloped on the battlefield." For Zhou Ming's request, the village chief did not refuse.
Of course, this is also related to the strength shown by Zhou Ming, the middle-aged man is the best one in Song Jiazhuang, but he can't help Zhou Ming gently push, the gap is too big, and Zhou Ming didn't show much malice, otherwise it would be impossible to give in so easily to the folk customs of this place.
"That brute is also a member of our Song family, as a member of the same clan, we won't do too much, but that brute did too much back then, which caused public anger, so he was expelled." Speaking of the events of that year, the old village chief still had hatred in his eyes.
The village chief and the middle-aged man led the way in front and led Zhou Ming all the way to a remote place in the village.
This is a temple, but at this time it is deserted, the outside is overgrown with grass, no one has taken care of it for many years, on a horizontal plaque with paint on the side, you can vaguely see two words: Wu Temple.
There is a statue of Emperor Guan enshrined in it, which should have been incense continuously, but now it is dilapidated and shabby, and the statue of Emperor Guan fell to the ground, and no one cared about it.
"This martial temple used to be a sacred place for our clan." The village chief paused his crutches hard, and his voice was painful: "Our Song family, everyone practices martial arts, so it is said that as long as you practice martial arts in this martial arts temple, you can get twice the result with half the effort, and the fact is also true, as long as you practice martial arts in the martial emperor temple, the effect is often twice as much as that in other places, this is the protection of Emperor Guan for our Song family." ”
"But, Song Guan's brute ......"
There was a deep hatred in the village chief's voice, which had not dissipated even after twenty years: "That beast actually smashed the statue of Emperor Guan, a great rebellion, a great rebellion." ”
"This brute, I hate that I didn't have the ability to do it today, otherwise I would have killed him, and I wouldn't have let him leave." The middle-aged man also hated on the side, he was about the same age as Song Guan, and he thought that he had also experienced the events of the past.
Zhou Ming understood.
The people of Songjiazhuang regarded the statue of Emperor Guan as a sacred object, but Song Guan smashed it, no wonder it made them angry, such a serious crime, even if it was executed, it was already merciful.
The village chief's statement is a bit miraculous, and if you were a bystander, you would definitely not believe it, what Emperor Guan blessed, it is completely superstitious, but Zhou Ming doesn't see it that way.
Song Guan can become an evolutionary, it must be related to the treasure of heaven and earth, and this is a long process, Song Guan's ancestors are inseparable, so it is very possible to live in Songjiazhuang in this generation.
"What did Song Guan's ancestors do?" After thinking about it, Zhou Ming asked a question.
"The ancestors of that beast are all the caretakers of the Wu Temple, responsible for guarding and cleaning the Wu Temple, and they have always been the most conscientious, I didn't expect such a beast to come out, and it is precisely because of this that he did this kind of thing, which makes people angry." The village chief said.
"The ancestors are all temple watchers?" Zhou Ming narrowed his eyes.
If he guessed correctly, the key is in this martial temple, but when he walked here, Zhou Ming did not sense any heavenly and earthly treasures, even if he opened the heavenly eye and looked in all directions, he did not find the aura of heavenly and earthly treasures.
With a turn of his gaze, Zhou Ming's gaze fell on the statue of Emperor Guan who fell to the ground.
"This statue of Emperor Guan?"
"It turned out that one was broken, and this one was added later." The village chief explained: "That beast smashed the statue of Emperor Guan, so that Emperor Guan's protection disappeared, and then this place became the same as the outside, gradually, it was also deserted, alas, the beast that was killed that day." ”
Zhou Ming's eyes flashed, and he intuitively realized that the key was on the original statue of Emperor Guan, and Song Guan must have discovered something to shatter the statue of Emperor Guan.
"Where is the statue of Emperor Guan? I want to take a look. Zhou Ming said.
The village chief glanced at Zhou Ming with some surprise, he didn't expect Zhou Ming to make this request, he had also seen the statue of Emperor Guan, but he didn't find anything abnormal, he hesitated, he still pointed out the direction to Zhou Ming.
The broken statue of Emperor Guan had no effect, so it was abandoned by the people of Songjiazhuang and thrown in the mountains outside Songjiazhuang.
Songjiazhuang is built by the mountains, there are many mountains in Dongchuan Province, and it is also surrounded by mountains, and the people in the village often go into the mountains to hunt, and if there are useless things, they will often throw them into the mountains.