A large gray cloud emerged, and the sky suddenly became overcast.

Yan Huandan turned over his horse and looked up: "It's raining tonight!"

Chen Tang rode on a rouge horse and wore it neatly: "Whenever there is a big event, there is always wind and rain." ”

Yan Huandan smiled: "That's not necessarily, this season is already rainy." ”

Behind the two of them, there was Captain Yan Yun in soap clothes and hats, the number of five people, and the remaining four people were busy with other things.

After learning the address from A Bao, Chen Tang immediately came to find Yan Huandan. It's not a remote place, on the contrary, it's a well-known and lively place, and it lives up to the old adage: the more dangerous the place, the safer it is.

It is not to blame the person in charge of the search for his eyes, the city and county are huge, there are thousands of houses, such a large area, there are no specific clues to guide him, and trying to find a person is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. Moreover, Chen Hongru has always been deeply hidden, except for a very few people around him, the sect members below don't know where the sect leader is, and they haven't even seen it.

The identity is mysterious, the face is unknown, and when he casually drills into the street, he disappears into the vast sea of people.

"Go, lest you have too many dreams at night!"

Yan Huandan shouted, and as soon as his legs were clamped, the mount ran up.

"Go!"

Not to be outdone, the rouge horse spread its four hooves, and its bowl-sized hooves stepped on the street with a roaring sound.

It was getting dark, but it wasn't too late. There were not many people on the street, and when I heard the sound of horses' hooves from afar, I quickly got out of the way.

From the morning, the people from the Nine Gates, the people who united with Gu Xuezheng, and the soldiers sent by Yan Zhifeng to make a show carried out a search of the whole city, and there was a lot of commotion. The common people were uneasy, speculating that something big must have happened, and at such a time, it was not advisable to go out, and it was better to stay at home.

Time was pressing, and Chen Tang and the others couldn't care so much, so they just galloped on horseback. When passing through the streets and alleys, I saw people on both sides, almost every household at the door, there are incense and paper money and the like, some also display incense cases, put all kinds of sacrifices, and put paper people, paper cars, horses, houses, etc., the color is red and green, quite eye-catching. I ran in a hurry, and sometimes I saw a person standing there, and the wind blew his sleeves, as if he were alive, and when he saw his snow-white face, his eyebrows and eyes, he found that it was just a one-man tall paper man.

Seeing such a scene, the timid felt chills in their hearts.

Chen Tang's heart was cold: Today is July 14, and when you wait for the child, it is the Midyear Festival, and at that time, it is the time when the legendary ghost door is wide open. If Song Si is planning a big event and wants to step into the world, he will definitely choose that point.

Time is really tight.

After running for a while, I saw that some people had already started to light fires and burn incense paper money. When it burns to a large piece such as a paper house, the fire will burst out, and the hunt will burn, bringing a strong smell of incense.

Afterwards, these families brought their children and daughters to the ground and bowed to the ground and prayed sincerely.

"This breath ......"

Chen Tang felt something, so that the rouge horse slowed down a little, raised his eyes and looked around, and saw wisps of breath fluttering, as if there was nothing.

"Bad ......"

It occurred to him that something important was happening.

Yan Huandan, who is the person, quickly noticed, and at the same time slowed down the horse: "Chen family boy, what did you think of?"

Chen Tang said with mixed emotions: "Although it is customary to pay tribute to the deceased and comfort the deceased today, at such a time, such behavior is tantamount to taking the initiative to invite ghosts out of the underworld, which is equivalent to helping Song Siming." ”

Yan Huandan sighed: "That's true, but the people's hearts are helpless, but they can't stop it." Otherwise, it is easy to provoke a popular uprising and get out of control. ”

At present, the people in the city are terrified, for fear that they will be approached by evil spirits. It also coincides with the Ghost Festival in Zhongyuan, if you don't let them pay tribute and pray, won't it be a ruin in your life? At that time, the people will really fight with you.

Whether it's ignorance or being blinded, people don't care so much.

People's hearts are like water, and water is impermanent, nothing more than that.

Chen Tang knew the key point and nodded: "That's it, let's go." ”

Horseshoe hoop, no more hesitation.

About a quarter of an hour later, they arrived at the place, in front of a well-built city god temple.

In the world's nine states, major states and counties, there must be a city god temple in the city, and most of the lower prefectures and counties are also like this.

The City God Temple, the Mountain Temple, the Land Temple, the Dragon King Temple, etc., have built a mysterious system of ghosts and gods. Perhaps this system is not strict and rigorous, but it has been inherited for thousands of years, and the continuous incense is enough to prove that it has strong vitality.

A long time ago, Chen Tang made it clear that he had crossed into an abnormal world, with demons and monsters. But to this day, he is still groping for what a ghost is and what a god is.

This is a big proposition, not a distinction between black and white.

Temples were set up in various places, and they were canonized by the imperial court, and the people were paid incense to pay tribute. Those that are not officially recognized and whose purpose is evil and evil are heresies are heretical, and once discovered, they will be suppressed and culled.

According to Chen Tang's understanding, this is a system of rules formulated by the rulers of the world in order to seek a balance between yin and yang. Moreover, since ancient times, the theory of ghosts and gods has been an excellent means of fooling the people. It makes people's hearts have sustenance, so that they will not wander and think wildly.

Without mentioning it, let's get back to business, but when I was discussing with Yan Huandan last night, Chen Tang actually circled several key places, including this City God Temple. After all, these places, which are inextricably linked to Yin Si, are the primary target of suspicion.

In other words, this City God Temple, Captain Yanyun brought people to inspect it. I just searched around and found nothing, so I left again.

The City God Temple is different from other places, there are temples and believers in it, over the years, it has already formed a circle of lofty status, for the sacred place, and other idle officials, they dare not easily come to search. Nine doors out, but I looked inside and out, but I couldn't find anyone.

Of course I can't find it, and Chen Hongru is not sitting in the hall openly.

The city god temple of the city and county, whether the scale or the construction, are far beyond the county government, there are five or six houses, divided into the main hall and the side hall, etc., there is a large courtyard outside, a large incense burner is placed in the courtyard, and the furnace is full of incense.

I don't know when people began to believe that the thicker and higher the incense, the more sincere it is, and the more prominent it is, the gods will be able to notice themselves for the first time, and choose to enjoy the incense they offer and give gifts.

Therefore, the incense sold in the temple is also getting bigger and longer.

Of course, the price naturally rises and becomes more and more expensive.

Today is different from the past, there are many people who come to the City God Temple to burn incense, although it is almost dusk, but there are still dozens of people kneeling in the courtyard. After worshipping outside, you can enter the temple to worship.

The arrival of Chen Tang and his entourage immediately attracted everyone's sideways glances, with anger in their eyes, as if they were complaining about the sound of horses' hooves, which disturbed the peace of the city god enjoying the incense.