The half-bent yellow crescent moon hung in the night sky, and the four fields were filled with the restless sound of insects. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe so-called moonlight is dusk, there will be a long rain, and now it has gradually turned into a sultry summer, and the land of Sichuan and Shu will finally usher in the shower season.

At this time, it was already the second watch, and in the Guandi Temple on the outskirts of the town, a little beggar was stepping lightly into the temple.

According to common sense, in the long history of the Three Kingdoms, the most respected figure of the Shu people is Zhuge Kongming. Even Du Zimei, the ancient poet saint, when he lived in Chengdu Mansion, also left the seven laws of "where to find the prime minister's ancestral hall, and Parson Sen outside Jinguan City", which shows how much respect he has for this first wise man in China, Prime Minister Zhuge in the hearts of Shu people.

However, in addition to the "Jinguan City", looking at the whole Shu land, there are not necessarily many temples to pay tribute to Kong Ming; on the contrary, every city, every township, and every village in Shu must have a Guan Emperor Temple to commemorate Guan Yu.

This is not because Guan Gong's fame is greater than Kong Ming, nor because compared with Kong Ming, the Shu people respect Guan Gong more, but because of a simple truth - Guan Gong's miracle.

Whether it is a saint who has been famous for centuries, or a wise man who has no equals in the country, even if it is a demon and monster full of evil, when it comes to the people, there is actually no big difference. There is only one simplest and most realistic criterion left, that is: whoever is effective, will worship.

And in this land of Sichuan and Shu, especially in Chengdu Mansion, which was known as "Jinguan City" in ancient times, Guan Gong is the most effective deity. Many people said that they had seen Guan Gong appear with their own eyes, and used the 82-pound Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand to kill the wicked, punish the evil and promote the good. But I don't know if this is true or false, or if it's just a rumor, no matter what, at least the people of Shu believe it.

Therefore, every Guandi temple has never lacked incense. And right now, this little beggar slipped into the Guan Di Temple on the outskirts of the town in the dark, because he was hungry all day and wanted to go to Guan Gong's offering table to steal some tribute to wrap his stomach.

Of course, the little beggar didn't dare to light the lamp, so he could only sneak into the main hall dedicated to Guan Gong's temple in the dark. Compared with the feeling of righteousness during the day, the main hall of Guandi Temple, which is now shrouded in darkness, has an indescribable weirdness, and even looks a little gloomy.

Fortunately, this is not the first time that the little beggar has come in to steal tribute, so he is very familiar with this Guandi Temple. In the middle of the altar of the main hall, there is a sitting statue of Guan Gong, with a green scarf and red face, wearing a green brocade robe, holding "Spring and Autumn" in his left hand and a long beard in his right hand. On the left side of Guan Gong, the yellow-faced Guan Ping who stood holding the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand, and on the right was Zhou Cang, who was leading the red rabbit horse chasing the wind. There is also a couplet engraved on both sides, which reads: "The red face is bare with a red heart, riding the red rabbit to chase the wind, galloping, not forgetting the Red Emperor; ”

It's a pity that the little beggar is most concerned at the moment, just the tribute on the table, and now the incense has long been extinguished, but on the plate in front of the statue of Guan Gong, there are really three big longevity peaches, symbolizing the allusion of "Taoyuan Three Knots". The little beggar didn't get anything to eat for a day, and he was so hungry that his chest was close to his back, and when he swallowed his saliva, he was about to get the longevity peach on the table, but unexpectedly, a rush of footsteps suddenly came from behind him, and there were several people like himself, who broke into this Guandi temple in the dark.

Could it be that the matter of stealing the tributes of the Guandi Temple that he had been stealing was finally revealed, so the temple of the Guandi Temple was bringing someone to arrest him at this moment? The little beggar panicked and didn't care about it, and subconsciously pulled open the curtain covering the offering table, and slipped under the offering table to hide.

As soon as he hid himself, he heard the footsteps of people who had entered the main hall, and there were vaguely three people. Immediately afterwards, the lights flickered, and even through the thick curtain in front of the offering table, the little beggar could feel that the entire main hall had been illuminated.

Who would come to the Guandi Temple at this time? With the lights on, I only heard a rough man's voice "bah" and said: "It turned out to be a Guandi Temple, it is really unlucky!" Where the words fell, I heard a clear sound of "pop", as if someone had taken a loud slap, and the rough man's voice scolded: "You fool, you asked you to find a broken temple to rest, how did you find a Guandi Temple?"

Another man's voice immediately said aggrievedly: "Why did the eldest brother beat me? This Guandi Temple is also a temple, and it is clean and tidy. Wouldn't it be a hundred times more comfortable for us to spend the night here than for a broken temple?" After saying this, there was a clear sound of "snap", and it was obviously the "big brother" he called in his mouth that gave him another slap in the face.

Fortunately, the third man's voice spoke in time to persuade and said, "The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to say more." Although our deal is a little disgraceful, it can be regarded as a smooth completion, which shows that this is also the blessing accumulated by the second master of Guan on weekdays. For now, I borrowed Guan Erye's place to rest for one night, and I won't blame us if I want to come to Guan Erye. ”

After saying this, the three of them discussed in a low voice for a while, obviously deciding to use this Guandi Temple to rest. The little beggar under the offering table didn't know much, and when he heard this conversation, he could only hear that these three people were not Shu accents, and they were obviously outsiders, but they didn't know where they came from. Now that these three men are present, no matter how hungry the little beggar is, he naturally doesn't dare to come out and steal the longevity peach on the table.

At this moment, he heard a heavy footstep sound from outside the temple, and then stepped into the main hall step by step. To say that although this little beggar has not seen much, he has seen many people, but he has never heard a person actually step such a heavy footsteps. Listening to this voice, even if he is not a big fat man, he must be an unusually burly strong man.

I didn't expect this Guandi Temple tonight to be so lively, but I don't know who is coming back this time? I heard the sound of a soldier coming out of the sheath in the main hall, and the man with a rough voice had already asked in a deep voice: "Who is the master here?"

Immediately followed by a suffocating tranquility, whether it was the person with heavy footsteps later, or the three men before, they actually stopped talking, and the little beggar who was frozen in the main hall under the *** table couldn't see the situation outside, and couldn't help but be a little inexplicable, I don't know why these four people suddenly became dumb.

After a long while, the man who heard the rough voice stammer, "You...... Your Excellency ......, but he said nothing. Then he heard the sound of the wind, and what appeared to be a heavy blade flew through the air, and then a bulging thing tumbled to the ground, and a man fell to the ground with it.

But when I heard someone screaming in the main hall, I immediately made a great movement, and I didn't know whether to step forward to fight or run back, and then another bulging thing rolled to the ground, and then there was a muffled "poof", and another person fell to the ground.

At this time, the man with a rough voice finally spoke, and screamed to himself: "Second Master Guan spares his life...... Guan Er Ye spare!" He screamed in his mouth, and at the same time, the sound of "dong dong dong" sounded, thinking that the man was begging for mercy while kneeling on the ground and kowtowing.

But this man with a rough voice, why did he call "Guan Erye spare his life"?

Suddenly heard a man's voice ringing like a bell, shouting in a deep voice: "Brave bandits, eat a certain knife!" As soon as the words fell, the third bulging thing immediately rolled to the ground, and the man with a rough voice finally fell to the ground.

Then in the main hall of the entire Guandi Temple, there was no sound, and even the man with heavy footsteps did not move at all. Although the little beggar under the offering table did not see what was happening outside, a strong smell of blood was already in his nose.

No matter how ignorant the little beggar was, he already knew that there must have been a death outside, and he was suddenly trembling with fright. He waited under the offering table for a long time, but there was still no sound outside, but he was afraid that there would be no living people in the main hall of the entire Guandi Temple.

I don't know if it was because he was so hungry or because of curiosity, the little beggar under the offering table didn't know where he got the courage to suddenly lift the curtain and get out from under the offering table. But when I saw that the oil lamps in the main hall had been lit and shone brightly, the walls, the ground, and the offering table were covered with splatters of blood, and the three headless male corpses were lying upright in a pool of blood in front of the offering table!

The three headless male corpses were obviously the three men who had come in earlier, but for some reason they had their heads cut off by the man with heavy footsteps later. But looking at the main hall of the entire Guandi Temple, where is there a fourth person? And the little beggar never heard the footsteps of the later person when he left.

Thinking back to the words of the man with a rough voice begging for mercy, could it be that tonight it was the legendary grandfather of Emperor Guan who appeared and used his Blue Dragon Glaive Knife to cut off the heads of these three people?

The little beggar couldn't help but shudder, he had come in to steal the tribute, and when he saw such a murderous case, how could he dare to call someone? Fortunately, he still remembered that he had come to steal the tribute, and he was going to get the three longevity peaches on the plate, and he just wanted to take the tribute and leave here quickly.

Who knew that he looked at it fixedly, but saw that there were still any longevity peaches on the plate on the offering table, which were clearly three bloody human heads, with a hideous expression, staring at himself with six round eyes!

"Ahh

A terrible scream came from the Guandi Temple, piercing the entire night sky.