Chapter 114: Ancestor Worship
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It was noisy outside, and several people had to raise their voices when they were talking in the tent, Zhou Zhengchuan beckoned Liang Wenfu over, and asked loudly: "Wenfu, I don't plan to leave today!" I will stay here until dusk, and then, I am going to stay at your house for one night, are you welcome?"
Liang Wenfu was stunned for a moment, he was worried that Zhou Zhengchuan would leave immediately, so that Zhao Tongju and Peng Zhixian would definitely follow. If they're all gone, this valley will be in danger!
I was thinking about how to keep Zhou Zhengchuan, but I didn't expect him to take the initiative to propose to stay, Liang Wenfu was overjoyed and said: "It is the luck of the humble house to be able to keep the light too much, how can it not be welcome?"
"Okay, that's it! You are here to chat with me now, and in the evening, come to your house with me!" Zhou Zhengchuan made a decision and motioned for Liang Wenfu to take a seat.
Liang Wenfu raised his head and saw the eager eyes of Zhao Tongju and Peng Zhixian, his heart moved, and he invited the two: "If you don't think the poor cottage is short, please don't drive with the county honor, and be a guest at the cold house with Taishou." ā
Liang Wenfu didn't like officialdom to welcome him, and wanted these two officials to entertain Zhou Zhengchuan for him, so the two naturally wanted to be more intimate with Lord Zhou, but they didn't dare to agree directly, and looked at Zhou Zhengchuan expectantly together.
Zhou Zhengchuan nodded: "It's okay, the two of you will go together in the evening!"
Zhao and Peng were overjoyed and said happily: "It's an honor! In this way, it will disturb Liang Buque." ā
At that moment, several people began to chat in the tent. Outside, under the organization of the goddess and the governors, the villagers tried their best to maintain order and try to keep the people of Shangxiang from rioting.
The new Ten Aunt Temple is indeed magnificent, tens of thousands of people lined up to burn incense in turn, and it only took an afternoon, and it was almost over.
The jubilation in this valley has lasted for more than ten days, and today everyone at the scene saw the manifestation of Aunt Ten with their own eyes, and most of the people who were happy dispersed one after another after burning incense. Seeing that most of the people have decreased, many hawkers have also demolished their sheds and brought their belongings home.
When the sun turns west, the smoky valley gradually clears up, and only a few dozen vendors and more than a thousand villagers have not left, as if they are not willing to end this rare bustle.
The tea was fragrant in the tent, Liang Wenfu chatted with Zhou Zhengchuan and others about the political situation, economic history, but most of his attention was outside, waiting all the time, the legendary descendants of the gods who would return to worship their ancestors.
Seeing that the sun is about to set, and Shenao has not yet appeared, Zhou Zhengchuan and the others are about to leave the valley soon, how can I let them stay for a while? I agreed, I want to help Aunt Du Shi protect the descendants of Shenao!
At this moment, Zhou Zhengchuan suddenly got up: "It seems that it is quiet outside, it seems that the person should be finished, right?" As he spoke, Zhou Zhengchuan walked out of the tent directly, and Liang Wenfu and a few people hurriedly followed.
Looking at the crowd that had not dispersed, Zhou Zhengchuan beckoned to Chang Sui and gave a few orders. The chief entourage took dozens of officials to the crowd and loudly announced the order: "Those who have not burned incense should quickly enter the temple to burn incense, and those who have finished burning will go home quickly, and no one will be left in the valley tonight!"
After hearing the government's order, the crowd started to move, and most of it took a moment to leave, and the vendors were a little slower to pack up their goods, but it was only a little more than a quarter of an hour. Seeing that no one was burning incense anymore, the goddess hurriedly came out and locked the temple door, saluted several officials and lords, and then took her leave and went home.
At this time, in the open space in front of the temple, in addition to Zhou Zhengchuan and dozens of officials, there were only more than 100 civilians standing abruptly.
These people gathered in groups of three or five, staring at each other without saying a word, and some of them stood there alone, staring at the few officials here with gloomy faces.
The officials wanted to step forward and drive them away, but Zhou Zhengchuan ordered them to retreat, and then strode forward by himself, and asked with a kind face: "Fellow villagers, do you have any grievances to tell this official?"
None of the crowd answered, but dozens of them gritted their teeth and retreated with reluctance on their faces.
Liang Wenfu stood behind Zhou Zhengchuan, and knew in his heart: It seems that Zhou Zhengchuan already knows about Shenao, and he is taking the initiative to help himself! It's just that the people who are waiting for the idea of Shenao now, in addition to these in front of him, there must be many masters hidden around.
At this time, there were only more than twenty people who did not leave, and all of them looked uncertain, as if they were fighting fiercely in their hearts. There are a few people who are actually covered in clothes that bulge up like balloons, and they are all drumming out of spiritual power, and it seems that it is very likely to do it at any time.
Unexpectedly, someone would dare to confront several court officials in person!
Liang Wenfu secretly used spiritual power and was ready to do it at any time, but Zhou Zhengchuan suddenly took another big step forward and said coldly: "There is no grievance, and you won't give me a retreat!"
Zhou Zhengchuan's voice was not loud, and his face was full of contempt, and he didn't take the people in front of him seriously at all. But just like that, those who are obviously masters are like balloons that have been punctured, and their momentum is immediately discharged.
In the blink of an eye, all the twenty-odd people had retreated, and no one dared to stay here.
Since the last time they experienced Lu Tongzhi's trap together, in Liang Wenfu's heart, Zhou Zhengchuan's prestige has long been gone. But now this incident has re-made Zhou Zhengchuan's image more powerful, and he is still as ambitious and contemptuous of all cows, ghosts, snakes and gods as he was when he was the magistrate.
Zhou Zhengchuan snorted with satisfaction, turned back to Liang Wenfu and said: "Wenfu! How can you let me say hello to you? I have long advised you to use your heart to officialdom, and you want to die to learn what kind of practice! Just that little person just now, as far as you are like a great enemy, what do you say you want?"
Liang Wenfu sighed secretly: He has been making up for so long and has not done anything, Zhou Zhengchuan saw that he had no intention of officialdom, and he came this time not only to help himself, but also to persuade himself to firmly enter politics!
It's a pity that in Liang Wenfu's opinion, Zhou Zhengchuan is indeed quite majestic in the face of these cultivators, but that is only by virtue of the prestige of the imperial court. And within the official government, against an official who is slightly older than him, is it not like a gray grandson?
And Liang Wenfu chooses the path of cultivation, the most important thing is freedom, everything depends on his true ability, and he doesn't have to rely on other people's faces. The reason why those cultivators didn't dare to provoke Zhou Zhengchuan was that their cultivation was not strong enough, and besides, the righteous path cultivators would not actually have a conflict with the government at all.
At this moment, a whirlwind suddenly appeared on the ground around him, and the whirlwind slowly became stronger and stronger, and several people stood unsteadily, and hurriedly retreated to the side, and in an instant, the whirlwind had covered most of the open space in front of the temple.
As the whirlwind became stronger and stronger, all the incense smoke that filled the entire valley was enveloped in, dyeing the whirlwind into a monstrous column of smoke as black as ink.
Liang Wenfu thought that there was another cultivation master, and even Zhou Zhengchuan looked solemn.
At that moment, the whirlwind suddenly stopped, and the plume of smoke dissipated without a trace. In the open space in front of the temple, a turtle appeared out of thin air.
The gray-brown body of this turtle is so large that it almost occupies more than a dozen acres of open space in front of the temple, and the height from the back armor to the ground is five stories high. If it weren't for the fact that its golden-scaled limbs were too conspicuous, it would have almost been mistaken for a small mountain.
God!
Liang Wenfu understood that this turtle was the descendant of the legendary Shenao. Because his body was too big, Shen Ao couldn't move here at all, so he had to stand still, raise his tall head, and let out a long mournful roar at Aobei Mountain.
From the huge head of the god turtle, Liang Wenfu finally understood the difference between the turtle and the turtle except for the size: the neck of the god turtle is covered with a dragon-like armor, and the whole golden head is exactly the same as the legendary dragon, with dragon horns and dragon whiskers on the head are very distinct.
With the appearance of Shenao, Aunt Du Shijiao finally showed her true body again, she flew and hovered above Shenao, and threw an object from her head. The thing rose when it saw the wind, and in an instant it turned into a huge blood-red **** cover, covering the entire back of Shenao.
Without waiting for Liang Wenfu's request, Zhou Zhengchuan directly ordered Zhao Tongju and Peng Zhixian to stand on the other side of Shenao, and he took Liang Wenfu to guard here. The officials wanted to step forward, but Zhou Zhengchuan waved his hand and sent them away - if he couldn't stop the enemy, what was the use of dozens of officials?
At this moment, the surrounding air fluctuated continuously, and several cultivators who were obviously not good at coming came out.
Zhou Zhengchuan's face sank like water, and he shouted angrily: "If you don't want to live, just try it!" Zhou Zhengchuan had a very strong attitude, but he didn't dare to take the initiative.
Those cultivators' faces were cloudy, looking at the Shenao that could only be seen once in five hundred years, and then at Zhou Zhengchuan and the others, they were hesitant to make up their minds to do it, and at the same time, the cultivators were obviously guarding each other.
In the case of everyone's sabre-rattling, Shen Ao's sorrowful howl that made people's hearts sour finally stopped. Two lines of tears slipped from Shenao's eyes, and converged into one on the chin, "bang" a series of loud sounds, and after landing, it was like a waterfall, rushing the ground out of a big hole.
Then, Shen Ao knelt down on all fours and kowtowed to Aobei Mountain three times, and the bang really shook the whole valley.
After kowtowing, Shenao stood up and raised his head to the sky again with a mournful ......
Everyone was silent, motionless and confronted each other, and Shen Ao finished kneeling and bowing three times and nine bows by himself.
Wisps of black smoke resurfaced, gradually converging around the Shenao, turning into a smoke screen that enveloped the Shenao. As the monstrous whirlwind roared again, a long-haired cultivator finally couldn't help but make a move.
However, as soon as a ball of qi appeared in his hand, three golden qi waves roared and knocked him out with a bang, which was the righteous qi attack of Zhou Zhengchuan and the other three officials.
The long-haired man's whole body was strangely twisted, and a blood mist erupted with a "poof", and he was seriously injured. Before he could land, he was caught up by the yellow hurricane sent by Liang Wenfu, and the skin of the man's whole body quickly withered and decayed, and he turned into a dried corpse in an instant.
At this moment, the whirlwind in the middle stopped abruptly, and under the cover of Du Shi's huge net, only the black smoke was left filling out, and the divine ao inside had disappeared.
A few unwilling sighs came one after another, and those cultivators reluctantly turned to leave.
In the square in front of the temple, there were five large puddles, and they turned into fountains, and there were goldfish jumping in them! These five springs, one of which was formed by the tears of the gods, and the other four were formed by kneeling on all fours.
Aunt Du Shi slowly fell from the air, and with a move of her hand, she shrunk and retracted the red giant net, which turned out to be the hairnet she usually wore on her head.
"Shenao has a safe trip, and I want to thank a few adults for their help!" Aunt Du Shi shook Zhou Zhengchuan and the three of them to the ground, and expressed her gratitude sincerely.
This time things seemed simple, except for the long-haired man who was killed, no one else did anything. But in fact, if it weren't for these officials, with Du Shijiao and Liang Wenfu, the odds of winning would not even be thirty percent!
However, Aunt Du Shi knew that the officials looked down on herself, so she didn't mention anything to repay - could it be said that she blessed others with promotions?
Sure enough, Zhou Zhengchuan just nodded slightly, and didn't look at Aunt Du Shi.
Liang Wenfu stepped forward and arched his hand: "The matter of protecting Shenao is over like this?"
He couldn't believe it, how could the ancestor worship ceremony of the Shenao once in 500 years be so simple? That Shenao came here, but he risked a lot of danger, just to come and cry a few times and kowtow a few times?
Aunt Du Shi nodded, and smiled happily: "It's over! Our agreement has been completed, with our friendship, little brother, you help me rebuild the temple, I won't say thank you!"
Zhou Zhengchuan glared at Liang Wenfu, with a very strange look in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, and directly ordered the officials to prepare horses and prepare to go to Liang's house for the night.
Liang Wenfu led the way, and thanked Zhou, Zhao, and Peng along the way, this time, the three not only helped him a lot, but also protected a lot of people!
Zhou Zhengchuan was polite at first, but when he got to the back, he suddenly teased with an ambiguous face: "Wenfu! I heard that you are guarding the gods here, so I took the initiative to help you." But I really didn't expect it, but it turns out that you have another purpose for guarding the gods!"
Liang Wenfu rolled his eyes: "I think too much, I and Aunt Du Shi are just exchanging interests." ā
Zhou Zhengchuan shook his head: "Why do I think too much? The exchange of interests does not belong to the 'other purpose'? Could it be that what else do you think?"
Damn, I was ridiculed by the old-fashioned Zhou Zhengchuan...... Liang Wenfu shook his head helplessly and sighed.
Seeing Liang Wenfu deflated, Zhao Tongju and Peng Zhixian laughed.
After joking, Zhou Zhengchuan suddenly became serious again, and said to a few people: "This time I came to help this god, it really should! Although this god is stupid, but for the sake of simple filial piety, he is willing to risk nine deaths to come to worship his ancestors, and this matter should be propagated in a festival to show education!"
Zhao and Peng hurriedly echoed and said yes, and Peng Zhixian bowed down and promised: "Your Excellency of the prefect can rest assured, I will return to the county office tomorrow, and the officials will personally supervise this matter!"
Zhou Zhengchuan nodded and stopped talking about it. The fiery red sunset reflected the red sky, and the group rode horses, chatting and heading towards Persimmon Village.