Soon, the big red lantern hanging behind the Lin Mansion had turned into a small red dot, and Lu Tianhong stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead. I walked too fast just now, and although it was cold, I was still sweating.

"Where should I go?"

At this time, Lu Tianhong began to think about what to do in the future.

"I heard that Uncle Seven said that my father and mother were buried in the Antian Temple outside the city, so it was better to worship my parents first, and then leave Yueyang. There will always be a place for me. ”

Lu Tianhong thought about it, and came to the north city gate. But when he was about to reach the city gate, he realized that the gate had already been closed and locked. The walls were so high that he couldn't get over them. At the top of the city, the soldiers guarding the gates could be seen pacing back and forth against the battlements. Under the city walls, three or five soldiers were warming themselves around a bonfire, and from time to time they shouted a few words about the ghost weather.

Lu Tianhong hid behind a big willow tree in the city wall, and a layer of snow also fell on the dead branches of the willow tree, which was blown by the wind and fell into his neck.

"How can I get out of the city? If I have to wait until dawn, even if I don't freeze to death, I will be arrested by the people of the Lin Mansion. Lu Tianhong said in his heart. The punishment of the Lin Mansion was extremely harsh for the house slaves who escaped, and he had personally seen them being captured by the escaped slaves and tied to the yard and beaten to death.

"No, we have to find a way out of the city. ”

Lu Tianhong was anxious, and couldn't help but regret that he was too impulsive and should wait until dawn before leaving the Lin Mansion. But it's too late to regret it now. In a hurry, I suddenly found two red lanterns in the northwest corner of the city wall, with shadows and shadows, and it was dark and faint under the lights, as if they were several houses.

"City God Temple. ”

Lu Tianhong remembered it and was secretly happy in his heart. He had entered the temple before, and knew that it was very simple, and few people came, so he could hide for a while.

Pushing open the door with a squeak, a damp musty smell came to his face, and Lu Tianhong, who was choking, coughed repeatedly. Except for the two small red lanterns hanging at the door, there was no incense in the temple. After relieving himself, Lu Tianhong looked inside carefully, and gasped in his heart. By the faint light outside, I saw a statue of a city god facing the temple gate, with red eyebrows and indigo faces, and two eyes wide open, sitting behind the desk. Two hideous-looking imps stood on either side, holding water and fire sticks, staring at the ground with round eyes. Lu Tianhong settled down, strengthened his courage, and couldn't help laughing to himself:

"Puppet mud tire, what's there to be afraid of?"

With that, he arched his hand to the statue and said aloud:

"Master Chenghuang, it's freezing outside, but Lu Tianhong has nowhere to go, so I spend a night in the temple to avoid the wind and cold, and I hope that Chenghuang won't be surprised!"

After that, Lu Tianhong bowed and saluted and said:

"Since Chenghuang doesn't speak, it's agreed, thank you very much!"

Lu Tianhong sang to himself, felt a lot calmer, turned around and closed the temple door, picked up two bundles of straw from behind the door, spread them on the ground next to the pillar on the left, leaned on the pillar with his face inward, took out the pancakes he brought with him and ate two, he still felt very cold, so he hugged a bundle of straw, closed his eyes and recuperated, and gradually fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, Lu Tianhong felt someone tap him on the shoulder, turned his head to look, and stood up in fright. It turned out that the person who patted him on the shoulder was a blue-faced and fanged ghost, dangling in front of him with a ghost claw.

"Hurry up, Lord Chenghuang will let you pass!"

The ghost spewed cold air and said with a whining voice.

Lu Tianhong took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, looked along the hand of the ghost, and found that at some point, the City God Temple was several times larger, the red light was hanging high, the green mist and purple smoke were rising, and the ghosts around him were unknown.

"What is not a city god, the past will pass. ”

Lu Tianhong glanced at the ghost, tied the padded jacket tightly, and let him lead the way in front. Turning a row of screens, Lu Tianhong came to the main hall, the statue of the city god had come to life, leaning on the official chair and looking down. Under him is a ghost official with a red pen in his hand, with a blue beard, Lu Tianhong guessed that it should be a judge. Then there were two impermanences, one black and one white, standing on the left and right, with a tongue two feet long and a soul-locking whip in his hand, and his face expressionless. Further down are a group of grinning ghosts.

"Could it be that I'm already dead?

Lu Tianhong was puzzled in his heart, and only heard the ghost at the head of the row shouting:

"Bold Lu Tianhong, when I saw Lord Chenghuang, I dared not to kneel!

With the order of the powerful ghost, impermanence and the fierce ghost all turned their faces and stared at Lu Tianhong viciously, and for a moment they were full of ghosts, as if they were going to devour him alive.

Lu Tianhong was not afraid, and shouted.

"I have heard that the god of the city god examines the good and evil of people, and rewards the good and the evil. Nowadays, the world is black and white, there is no distinction between good and evil, and you don't care. I asked myself what I had done to myself, but what did I do with me? Besides, how could I kneel to you ghosts who were so manly!"

A burst of laughter rang out, and Cheng Huang Huo stood up, looked at Lu Tianhong carefully with his hand on the table, and sneered for a while.

"It is worthy of being a heavenly man, and he has the courage!"

At the beginning, after Tai Bai Xing reincarnated Tianjizi into the Lu family, he returned to Heaven to give his decree. As soon as Venus left here, Chenghuang Duwan immediately sent a ghost envoy to the Ten Halls of the Netherworld to find his brother-in-law, King Yama of the Ninth Palace, to deliver a message. It turns out that among the Three Realms, Nandou is born and Beidou is dead, and he is the god in charge of the Netherworld in Heavenly Court. As one of the Big Dipper, Tianjizi once participated in the Equality King in front of the Jade Emperor, saying that his corpse was a vegetarian meal and he was careless about human life. King Ping was afraid, so he put the blame on Du Wan, who was a city god in Luoyang at that time, and Du Wan, who was harmed, was demoted to Yueyang. Luoyang is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the incense is extremely prosperous, where it is used to make the flow of oil for the city god's fertilizer. Yueyang is a small city in the south, with few people and sparse ghosts, and the City God Temple is dilapidated, so there is no benefit. So Du Wan hated Tianjizi very much.

After King Ping got the news, he asked him to closely monitor Lu Tianhong and find an opportunity to take revenge, but don't act rashly. In fact, when Tai Baixing left, he told Du Wan to treat Lu Tianhong's injuries so as not to be disabled. Du Wanzheng wished that he would suffer alive, how could he go to treat his injuries? Moreover, most of the Lu family's defeat was due to Du Chenghuang.

For nineteen years, Lu Tianhong has been a slave in the Lin Mansion, and Du Wan has gloated when he sees the hardships of his life. I don't want Lu Tianhong to escape from the Lin Mansion now, fly away, and leave his jurisdiction, of course, absolutely not. However, the road is narrow, and Lu Tianhong came to the City God Temple to escape the cold and spend the night, and he happened to send it to the door himself.

Lu Tianhong was asking who Tianjizi was, when he heard Chenghuang say again:

"Lu Tianhong, you definitely don't know who Tianjizi is, I can tell you. Tianjizi is you, the righteous god of the heavenly realm, the beloved disciple of the Big Dipper Star King, you used to be very majestic! But it's a pity that you coveted women, defiled the heavenly court, and ruined the Danyuan Assembly, and you died without repentance, confronted the Jade Emperor, and were demoted to the lower realm, and punished you for eternal reincarnation and suffering. In other words, you can no longer be an immortal, you can only be a lowly villain in the yang world forever. Do you understand?"

After Chenghuang said triumphantly, Lu Tianhong seemed to have an understanding, but he still didn't fully understand.

"In short, you will always be under the control of our netherworld, rich and poor, life and death, sickness, this city god has the final say. ”

Chenghuang smirked.

"So, I am where I am today, all because of your city god?"

Lu Tianhong asked coldly.

"Almost, who let your kid sue in front of the Jade Emperor at the beginning, and the city god who harmed him was relegated to this small place where birds don't...... Ouch!"

Before Chenghuang could finish speaking, half a brick fell from the sky and hit his head, bleeding profusely. Ghost blood is different from human blood, it is green, and the face of the painted city god is full of green.