Chapter 45 City God’s Office
In the evening, Lu Yin, dressed in white, walked to the City God's Temple. There were many people offering incense and saluting. Pedestrians came one after another. The City God's Temple had quite a lot of incense.
There were two old men in Taoist robes cleaning the house, and they seemed to be working part-time in the temple blessing business, but few people came to ask for the signature.
Lu Yin stood aside, and the two people didn't care about Lu Yin, just treating him as a strange person.
Lu Yin observed for a while and found that most of the people who came here to offer incense were middle-aged and elderly people. All they wanted was for their children to come back safely.
One said that the child fell into the water, another said that the child was caught by a monster, one cried and begged the child to come back, and the other with an ashen face begged the child not to suffer in death.
After listening for a while, Lu Yin understood what was going on. There were man-eating monsters in the Cang River outside the city, and they would sometimes come ashore to rob them. The government officials did not have enough people to catch them, so even if they patrolled all day long, it would be of no avail.
Lu Yin recalled what Qing'er said that night, that General Fubo of the Dragon Palace flooded the farmland roads, and the people in the city had to rely on caravans and fishing if they wanted food.
But fishing is undoubtedly dancing on the tip of a knife, and these people who are crying and begging are also fishermen near the river.
Miao Zhu took two steps forward and said in his not-so-resonant voice: "The City God will definitely bless you all. Magistrate Lu has also left the city to ask for help. I hope that the danger of the demons will be relieved in a while."
"Everyone, please don't be too sad and take care of yourself."
It would be better not to be comforted, but once he was comforted, everyone in the City God's Temple, men, women, old and young, held their heads and cried together, with loud cries and tears.
Even Lu Yin secretly clenched his fists.
We cried until night, when everyone felt better, and then left together with the comfort of Miao Zhu.
The middle-aged Miao Zhu turned around and found that Lu Yin had also disappeared. He was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lu Yin had just left. He lit the lantern, closed the door, and left through the side door.
Seeing Miao Zhu leave, Lu Yin walked out of the darkness, holding the Yin Si Tong You Token in his hand, and channeled his magic power. A mysterious wave came, opening the boundary between reality and the netherworld.
By the time Lu Yin woke up, he had already entered the underworld of the City God.
This place is different from the temples seen during the day. Instead, it looks like a government office, with pillar lamps lit with cold fire on both sides and a plaque with the word "City God" hanging in front of it.
However, the door was ajar. Lu Yin reached out and knocked, but there was no response.
Only the wisps of fragrance during the day moved along the crack in the door. Lu Yin pondered for a moment and walked in through the crack in the door.
After entering, there is a large courtyard. There are oil pans and guillotines in the corners. On the ground on the left and right sides are scattered the water and fire sticks held by the yamen servants, also called killing power sticks.
However, there was no sinister mistake. There was only a statue of the City God in the high hall, and the seat of the civil and military judge beside him was empty.
The whole place seemed deserted.
Only the continuous fragrance floated into the statue of the City God.
Lu Yin circled around the City God Statue a few times, his face turned cold, and he stretched out his hand to hit the City God Statue on the head. Lu Yin's palm strength was far beyond that of ordinary people. Let alone the City God Statue, it was just a pile of steel. Lu Yin slapped it.
The palm is also a five-finger print.
"No, no, no! Sir, please wait!"
A cry for mercy came from the statue of the City God.
Lu Yin curled his lips and snorted coldly, "Get out of there yet!"
"Yes, yes, the villain is coming out right now. Sir, you must stay sensible!"
The voice in the statue of the City God trembled.
"I know, come out."
Lu Yin replied angrily.
"I'm coming."
A line of black smoke appeared from the statue of the City God and fell in front of Lu Yin, revealing his figure.
Wearing a blue official robe and two imposing moustache, his whole face looked majestic. But paired with his stooped body and flattering smile, it gave Lu Yin a strange sense of contrast.
"Are you the City God of Beihe?"
Lu Yin asked.
"No, no, no, I'm not. I'm just acting as the city god now. The previous city god, Mr. Li, took people to argue with the Canghe Dragon Palace, but he never came back."
"The villain was originally a spy under Mr. Li. It was my turn to patrol that day, so I was lucky enough to survive."
The man quickly explained, "I hope Yin will see clearly!"
Yinshi?
It turned out that he thought I was coming from below. Lu Yin asked again, "You are such a little shady, you dare to pretend to be a city god and smoke incense. Do you know what your crime is?"
The man looked bitter and said truthfully: "You don't know something, sir. The incense is condensed from human wishes. If I don't occupy this statue of the City God, and within three months, the demon City God will come out at the right time. That's it."
Difficult to deal with."
"Furthermore, since I became the acting City God, I have also done some good things and tried my best to keep the City God's temple running."
"Be bold!"
Lu Yin scolded, "Today I have been squatting up there all day, and all the people who come here are crying and begging for their descendants. If you are the city god, how dare you ignore them!"
The Yin Zha was so frightened that he trembled all over, but still gritted his teeth and said: "It's not that I don't care, but the one who kidnapped the children was General Fubo of Canghe Dragon Palace. How dare I, a Yin Zha with a core, be hostile to him!"
"If it causes a huge flood, no one in Beihe City will be spared!"
This answer is quite watertight.
Moreover, looking at his pale face, but his clear eyes, maybe the trembling appearance is just fake, but he is actually a smart person.
"Okay, stop bending over, I'm not the messenger of the underworld."
Lu Yin smiled.
The Yin Chai was stunned for a moment, then straightened up and got angry, "How dare you, do you know what the crime is for teasing Yin Chai!"
Lu Yin smiled and shook the token in his hand. The Yin Cha's expression changed and he suppressed his temper, but also looked at the person coldly, "Humph, even a junior dares to frame me like this!"
Lu Yin was speechless and could only unleash his full aura. The Yin Chai then looked at the person with a straight face and said, "Tell me, what do you want to do here?"
Lu Yin put away the token, walked to the statue of the City God, reached out and knocked it, and said: "I originally planned to ask for help, but now it seems that the City God judges have taken the lead."
"Humph!" Yin Zai laughed loudly, "Please help me! When I burned the paper down there, it almost burned me. No one came!"
"There is no response to the message sent out. I think the area around here is either blocked or the message has been hijacked by the petty Canghe Dragon King."
"Oh?" Lu Yin retracted his curious hand, "How do you know?"
Yin Chai rolled his eyes, "Why should I tell you!"
Lu Yin smiled and waved the gold and silver paper money he took from Miao Zhu in front of him.
"How bold! You dare to bribe me!"
Although he said so, his eyes were still staring at the paper money in Lu Yin's hand.
Lu Yin put the paper money in Yin Chai's hand and said with a smile: "Your eyes are different from your appearance."
Yin Shi stuffed the paper money into his sleeves, and then said seriously: "I can't help it, I am weak, but at the beginning I really regarded myself as the acting city god. I have also been to General Fubo."
Several times, I was beaten back every time.”
"I was injured and could only be repaired with incense, but the price was that I lost my original handsome appearance!"
Yin Chai pointed at Lu Yin specifically, "Well, maybe he's better than you."
Chapter completed!