The second day of the eighth month of the ninth year of Yonghe.

Anchang County, Welcome Building.

The owner of the Yingke Building is a very smart person, and the Yingke Building at this time retains the general structure of the last time Su Xia performed, and invited a popular opera dancer to perform.

With the fame brought by Su Xia before, and the chef and singer, she does have some real kung fu.

The business of this welcome building is much more prosperous than before, basically full every day, and sometimes if you want to treat guests here, you have to book a few days in advance.

Of course, no matter how much supply exceeds demand, in the eyes of some people, it is still idle.

Among them, there are four families in Anchang.

At this time, in the most luxurious private room of the welcome building, the four heads of the family were there, and they were entertaining distinguished guests.

The sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra, as well as the singer's tactful and soft singing, all kinds of beautiful sounds, the whole room, are surrounded by a layer of slightly drunkenness, making people unconsciously half of the body crispy, and want to be intoxicated.

Outside the room, the shopkeeper was a little busy.

His usually warm and kind face is covered with hot sweat. Still drinking from time to time:

"What about the drunken fish? let Lao Wang be quick with his hands and feet, this is our signature!"

"Dumbfounded, are you stupid...... I don't care which table ordered this dish first, you bring it to me here, do you know who is inside? The four masters, Wei Xianling, are here! If you offend them, you won't want to mess around in Anchang!"

Fortunately, the shopkeeper has a bit of managerial talent, although he is a little flustered, but he still handles the affairs in the private room in an orderly manner, so he does not neglect the guests.

Inside a private room.

The four family masters and Wei Zhun County Commander are all from everyone's background, and they will not be fascinated by this little battle, but they think that this restaurant is quite attentive.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhou Biqing made a look, and the singers in the private room all bowed and retreated respectfully. That's the time to get down to business.

Wei Zhun has been an official for many years, and he has already experienced it, his expression remains the same, he raises a glass and drinks, but there is a bit of banter in his eyes.

The four masters glanced at each other, but Zhou Biqing got up first, toasted a glass of wine, and said: "Since Lord Wei came to my county parents and officials, he has opened up fertile land, reclaimed wasteland, soothed orphans and old people, punished thieves, built bridges and paved roads, and judged strictly. In less than three years, it can be called a great rule, the night is not closed, and the road is not forgotten. This is all the work of adults, and I can't wait for the honor to give you another drink!"

Wei Zhun raised his glass and drank it all, and said with a smile: "Where and where, it depends on your cooperation, Wei is just loyal to the imperial court and fulfills his duties!"

Wu Zhirong, the head of the Wu family, is a middle-aged fat man, hearing this, his oily and ruddy face has a few more smiles, and he said: "The merits of Lord Wei are still unquestionable, presumably this year's evaluation will definitely be able to get a first-class, and then you will be promoted to a higher level, and you can go straight to the state capital." With Lord Wei's talents, it may not be long before he can be in charge of a mansion, and then he will really be blessed with hundreds of thousands of people, and he will have great luck!"

This flattering word still scratched Wei Zhun's itch, although he didn't even dare to say it, and tried his best to hide it, but the slight joy still made the four masters who had been through ups and downs for a long time see it.

Wu Zhirong glanced at him, Zhou Biqing understood, and finally got to the point.

"I'm waiting for today's banquet for adults, and I really have something to ask for!"

"What's the matter? If the official is within his ability, he will naturally respond to his request!" The implication is that if the strength is not exhausted, it can be pushed all the way out.

"Old fox!" Zhou Biqing scolded secretly in her heart, with a smile on her face, and said: "It's just a trivial matter, I bought a piece of land in the north of the city and wanted to build a temple......"

"Wait...... Aren't you entertaining me?" Wei Zhun turned cold when he heard this, and said, "Or are you waiting, it's comparable to the Junwang family?"

There are no gods in this world, and there are generally three kinds of temples in the county town that can be worshiped by incense.

The first is the royal temple, which is the most authentic of the official regulations.

The second is the Taoist temple, this is the power of the Taoist gate, if you want to build a new Taoist temple, in Wuzhou, you must have the endorsement of the Baiyun Temple, otherwise, it is an obscene and evil sacrifice, and you must receive the king's law.

The third is the county wang and the gate valve family, which can allow the ancestors to be worshiped by outsiders, receive incense and luck, and increase the foundation of their own family. This is a move to damage the court and enrich one's own family, which naturally leads to taboos, and the major families join forces to fight openly and secretly for a long time before they can win it.

Now Wei Zhun heard that the four families were going to build a temple, so he thought that he wanted his ancestors to receive incense from outsiders, although the strength of the four families was very strong, but even if they worked together, they could not be called the county's prestige, and to do this kind of thing, Wei Zhun sneered a little in his heart, this is self-isolation from the world. I also have some doubts, these four masters should not be so unwise.

Zhou Biqing smiled bitterly and said: "The county lord thinks it's a misunderstanding! We haven't been so unwise, dare to compare ourselves with the county, we are waiting to build this temple, what we want to worship is not our own ancestors, but a sacrificial spirit in the countryside!"

"This spirit is extremely effective, it can protect one party, the people in the county, and there are also beliefs, we and others, but there are some thin names, and they have been entrusted to handle this matter!"

"Countryside Sacrifice Spirit?" Wei Zhun was startled, and was a little speechless again.

The affairs of the countryside are quite complicated, and in the countryside in this world, there are fierce ghosts haunting them, and the news is closed.

There are many kinds of sacrifices in the countryside, and there are many people who don't know their origins, including ancestors who are generated by themselves, and those who are attracted when the homeless people flee, and even, there are powerful ghosts, disguised as sacrifice spirits, taking the opportunity to harm people. It is a mixture of fish and dragons, and it is very difficult to distinguish.

Moreover, in the countryside, how can there be a big family in the county town who has sacrificed their ancestors for hundreds of years? Wei Zhunzhi suspected that the four masters were joking with him.

For Wei Zhun, as long as the rural sacrifice spirit can protect the peace of the party, and there is no harm to human blood sacrifices, he will be left to fend for himself.

But a temple in the city to worship?

This is really unheard of, after all, the sacrifice spirit cannot move, how could this have been the case before?

From the perspective of the king's law, the county order is a "hundred miles of waiting", although the forbidden ghost Cao Si has a special status, but it is still under the jurisdiction of the yamen, this matter, Wei Zhun can indeed call the shots, but this is just a side ball, usually not a thing, the scene, being involved in a book, may also be annoying.

It depends on what the four masters come up with to make a deal with Wei Zhun and let him take this risk.

After thinking about it, he asked, "What is the name of this spirit?"

"This spirit is called the Earth God!" Zhou Biqing said.

"Land God ......" Wei Zhun chewed these words, his heart was relieved, there was no specific name, even if it was everyone's ancestor, he couldn't collect luck to make up for his own family, which would save a lot of trouble and avoid some suspicion.

Wu Zhirong added another fire and said: "If the adults can do this, we will be grateful, and this year's tax will be paid in full and on time." You can also subsidize 3,000 taels of silver to help adults build roads!"

Wei Zhun was taken aback, this condition can be said to be extremely generous.

It is a big problem for the big cadres to collect taxes every year, especially when the landlords secretly resist taxes, and when the time comes for tax collection every year, those who evade taxes, bribe, devote themselves to the work, and sell land are complicated, and it is a confused account. In addition, the officials took the opportunity to rub the oil. If you can harvest seven or eight percent every year, God blesses you.

Now Anchang four people promise to pay taxes on time, they are the largest landlords here, less thorns, this year's taxes, will be extremely smooth, to the time of the house, naturally there is a "excellent" comment, for the future career, very good.

As for building roads, it is a big pimple in Wei Zhun's heart, the original head of the family praised him for building bridges and paving roads, although it is a real thing, but it is only in the county, and it benefits the people a little.

Anchang County is located in a remote area, and the main passage with the outside world is only one mountain road, which is still in disrepair, and the traffic is very inconvenient.

But I exhausted the county treasury and went to Fuzhong to grind some more, and there was still a gap of two thousand taels of silver. Usually it needs to be funded by large households in the county, and all of them have become iron roosters, but now they are smashing out three thousand taels of silver at once, which is really hemorrhaging. Excluding the part of road repair, there are still 1,000 taels left, where to use, naturally there is no need to say anything.

It's just that if you want to take it, you must first deal with it, and the conditions given by the four masters are so generous that Wei Zhun is a little surprised.

said: "This matter is very important, and we have to allow this county to think about it for a few days!"

The four masters glanced at each other, as long as they did not explicitly refuse, there was hope for this matter, and they did not say anything more.

After that, everyone only talked about some poems, but the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

After the feast.

Wei Zhun returned to the county office, and his own maid brought the sobering soup, Wei Zhun drank a few sips, dissipated his drunkenness, and said: "Go and invite Master Zhao to come!"

The maid was ordered to retreat, and not long after, Master Zhao came in, saluted and said, "My lord!"

The name of this main book is Zhao Kongming, the position of the main book, the chief clerk of the six divisions, the coordination of the upper and lower, the prime minister yin and yang, equivalent to the prime minister, naturally not a cronies, this Zhao Kongming is the old man in Wei Zhun's family, and he has a lot of relationships, so he was transferred over, as an arm helper, it is even different.

Wei Zhun rubbed his brows and said, "Today, everyone invited me to the banquet and proposed one thing, which made me hesitate!" He told him about the previous incident, and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhao Kongming was about thirty, with a bookish aura, but at this time, his forehead was wrinkled, he thought about it, and said: "The name of this land god, I am faintly familiar with it, and the previous document seems to have been reported, and it was archived by He Dianshi to the forbidden ghost Cao Si." ”

Wei Zhun frowned and said, "Call He Song!"

As soon as He Song came in, he felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, knelt down and saluted, and said, "Say hello to the eldest master!"

Usually, Wei Zhun would have called He Song to get up, but this time, he only heard the cold voice above: "He Song, do you know about the land god?" He Song was shocked, like falling into an ice cellar.

However, at this time, he still settled down and said: "Not long ago, there was a document, but the Lingzhu Dao Master was not there, so I will file it first!"

"Bastard! Go get it!" He Song at this time, almost like getting out, Wei Zhun usually admires He Song's talent, but when he encounters serious things, he naturally does business, and there is nothing to talk about.

After a while, the document was taken, Wei Zhun read it carefully, and his face became more and more gloomy.

"Hey...... It's so daring, it spread a few months ago, what a four! What a land god!"

At this moment, even Zhao Kongming was in a cold sweat.

He Song's heart was horizontal, knelt down, kowtowed heavily, tears fell, and cried and said: "The villain has to be promoted by the adult to have this future, how dare he hide it, before he saw that this matter was under the jurisdiction of the forbidden ghost Cao Si, and he was afraid of getting into a relationship, and he was blinded by lard for a while, and he hoped that the adult would forgive his sins...... "Kowtow like pounding garlic, and red appeared on the ground." In my heart, I am still glad that I kept a hand and archived it first, otherwise, it is really irrefutable.

"Hmph!" Wei Zhun sneered, the anger in his heart has disappeared a lot, after all, it is human nature to be afraid of ghosts.

"But in the past few days, there has been news that makes the villain tremble, even if the adults don't look for the villain, the villain will come to report!" He Song continued.

"The sacrifice of the land god has been prevalent in all the townships, even in the county, there are more than half of them, five or six thousand people believe, so that the subordinates are very frightened......" He Song told the whole story, not only to show loyalty, but also to help the land god to promote the strength of the meaning, can be regarded as slippery, two can not be offended.

"What ......" Wei Zhun's surprise was really extraordinary, he stood up suddenly, and knocked the paperwork and ink on the table to the ground.

Since it has been spread all over the county, if Wei Zhun beats the land god into an obscene shrine and orders it to be destroyed, if one is not handled well, it will provoke a popular uprising, and four other big families will secretly open their eyes, causing a big disaster. Although he asked for help from the government, he could still be suppressed, but Wei Zhun's county order was also at the end, and if he didn't do it, he would have to punish the crime, and his face was a little blue.

Fang Ming also underestimated the influence of the land god, this is the true god, and the supernatural power is closely related to the lives of the people, as long as the faith is devout, there is a response, Tong Su is not bullied, and there are four big people who add fuel to the fire, in just a few months, it has swept the whole county, and even the county has more than half of the faith. Therefore, he had the confidence to signal the four families to seek sacrifices in the county for him.

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