I didn't intend to become a fairy

Chapter 445 An Extraordinary Visitor
The young man dressed in black and white clothes also walked out of the temple, walked to and stood next to the young Taoist priest, and looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest quietly. With his demeanor, one could tell at a glance that he was not a mortal.

The middle-aged Taoist priest was stunned again when he saw this, and when he faced Song You again, he immediately didn't dare to be contemptuous, and only respectfully returned the salute: "Poverty Dao Qinghuaizi, Daoist friend is merciful."

"I came here this time to inquire about something from my fellow Taoist."

"Ask about something?"

"Exactly."

"Good talk good talk!"

Qing Huaizi originally wanted to go out, but he didn't know what to do, so he didn't go out at this time, and only made a gesture of invitation to him: "Friend Daoist is a guest from afar, please come to the backyard, let us fry a pot Tea, let Taoist friends try the fruit craftsmanship of Qingyun Temple in Le County, and let’s talk slowly in the tea room.”

"Alright..."

Song You lowered his head and glanced at the little girl beside him, then looked back at Yanzi behind him, and then followed Qing Huaizi.

"I wonder which fairy mountain cave my friend came from?"

"It's not a fairy mountain, but a small mountain in Lingquan County, Yizhou. It's called Yinyang Mountain. It's not a cave. It's just a small Taoist temple on the mountain. There is no incense in it. It's called Fulong Temple."

"Yinyang Mountain Fulong Temple..."

"Not very famous."

"Mountains are high and low, immortals are known by their names, palaces and temples are big and small by gods." Qing Huaizi opened the red-painted wooden door of the backyard and tilted his head to ask, "Who are these two..."

"I am Empress Sanhua!"

"My surname is Yan, my name is An, that's polite."

"Then I'm polite!"

The two little monsters answered one after another, followed Song You, and also stepped into the backyard of Qingyun Palace one after another.

Qing Huaizi listened, made a gesture of invitation, and still led them forward. He looked calm on the surface, but in fact, there were some disturbances in his heart——

The girl looked young, she looked like the Taoist boy of this fellow Taoist, but she was also the same as the young man, she was not a mortal just from her facial demeanor, expression and demeanor.The name Sanhua Empress is obviously not an ordinary name for Taoists. With her three-color clothes, she is either a monster or a god.

This young man is dressed in black and white clothes. His surname is Yan and his name is An. He can also attract the appearance of Lord An Qing...

Could it be that he is a descendant of Yanxian?
Qing Huaizi didn't know much about magic practice, and he didn't often see gods appearing. He could only set up altars according to the procedures and regulations. However, being in a Taoist temple, he had been immersed in it, and he had been serving the gods for a long time, so he naturally had his own opinions on these things. Recognition and conjecture.

It was immediately known that the visitor was an extraordinary visitor.

Not long after, a few people were sitting across from each other in a wooden room, with a stove next to them making tea and several plates of fruit on the table.

The so-called "guozi" does not just refer to fruits, but is the name given to snacks and snacks served with tea in some areas of Dayan. They generally include preserved fruits, cakes and dried meat, and this trend is especially prevalent in the Jiangnan area.

"Wow..."

Qing Huaizi poured a few cups of tea for them.

"Thank you..."

Song You and Yan Zi both expressed their thanks with tea.

Sanhua Empress also thanked her, but she just glanced at the cup of tea and left it on the table. She just sat next to the Taoist, turning her head left and right, looking around with curious eyes.

"What does the Taoist want to ask?"

"Is such that……"

After hearing this, Song You temporarily put down the teacup in his hand and spoke in detail:
"We came from Langzhou this time, but when we walked to the junction of Langzhou and Yangzhou, we found that the local mountain people worshiped an evil god named Anle God. This Anle God is the earth god granted by the imperial court. They were restrained by the Imperial Master during his lifetime, but after his death, his true nature gradually emerged. This god of peace and joy actually began to coerce the mountain people and sacrifice their children, which is not allowed by the laws of nature."

"The Imperial Master is dead?" Qing Huaizi was stunned when he heard this and his eyes widened.

"He's been dead for a year and a half."

"We... why didn't we hear about it?" Qing Huaizi was even more shocked.

"It has been several years since the imperial master left the capital. The Taoist returned to the mountains and fields, just like the wandering clouds and wild cranes. Even if the world cannot find him, they will only think that he is practicing in seclusion, practicing elixirs hard, or seeking freedom in the mountains and rivers. I am afraid that most people in the court now I didn’t know he was dead.”

"Then... how dare you ask me! Is the national teacher at the end of his life? Or become a fairy or a god?"

"Don't mention it."

"..."

Qing Huaizi was still in a daze.

"Back to the topic. Later I heard that for gods like Anle Shen, the imperial court had granted a total of five titles in Yangzhou and its surrounding areas. Each of them had secret things to do. A year or two ago, there should be someone from the imperial court's Ministry of Rites or the National Preceptor. There was an order to abolish these five gods." Song You took a sip of tea and smiled at him, "Yangzhou is so big that it is quite troublesome to find them next to each other. The abolishment of such earth gods should be common. I was notified and passed the largest palace and temple in the area, so I came to visit Qingyun Palace to find out more."

"An Le God..."

Qing Huaizi frowned and murmured.

"Fellow Taoist, have you heard of it?"

"Taoist Master, wait a moment." Qing Huaizi said, and immediately stood up and walked out.

The little girl raised her head high and followed him with her eyes.

The Taoist was not in a hurry, he just sat there, raising a cup of tea and occasionally twisting a piece of pastry, only breaking off a small piece as big as a fingernail and putting it into his mouth.

The life of Yangzhou people is indeed exquisite. Even if it is a palace, the snacks they eat on weekdays are so exquisite.Mung bean cake and red bean cake will turn into powder when you touch it lightly. If you eat it dry, it will naturally smear your mouth. But if you eat it with a sip of fragrant tea, it will melt in your mouth and turn into a stream of water with the fragrance of pastry and tea. Fragrance lingers on lips and teeth.

The sound of footsteps outside the door gradually faded away.

When Song You ate half of the pastry, the footsteps came back again.

"Squeak..."

Qinghuaizi opened the door and returned to the room. At this time, he already had two booklets in his hands.

"Pindao has some impression of the god of peace and joy that the Taoist priest mentioned, but he just can't remember it clearly. But if it is said that it was a few earth gods that the imperial court appointed for no reason more than ten years ago and abolished them for no reason more than a year ago, Pindao The impression was very profound. I had doubts more than ten years ago, and again more than a year ago." Qing Huaizi sat down, opened the book, and said to Song You, "Fortunately, as the Taoist priest said, the imperial court The decree given to the local gods will be notified to the local temples, and will also be conveyed to the local temples and the people through us, and we have recorded it."

"Oh?"

Song You turned around and watched him rummaging.

"The names of these five earth gods are similar. In addition to the God of Anle mentioned by the gentleman, there are also the God of Bliss, the God of Pleasure, the God of Comfort, and the God of Peace. They were originally entrusted in different places in Yangzhou and surrounding areas, but due to the exchanges of traffickers and pawns from various places, Gradually, they became mixed, and because they often appeared and had magical powers, some people collectively called them the Five Manifesting Gods, and many people believed in them."

Qing Huaizi showed the booklet to him as he spoke.

Song You lowered his head and looked carefully.

In fact, the above does not introduce the five earth gods in detail as Qing Huaizi said, but is a transcript of the original text of the imperial decree on the five earth gods——

It is probably said that there is a god in a certain place, and his original name is something or other. He probably brags about his merits and magical powers, and then he is named a god. The Anle God of Jiulang Mountain is one of them.

Qing Huaizi looked through them for him one by one.

Five articles in a row, all the same.

Then he picked up another book and turned it over to him.

The same original text was copied, but it accused the five gods of not pursuing their own affairs in their positions. Not only did they not benefit the people, but they often appeared for no reason and frightened the people, so they were abolished.

"Lejun Yushan, the God of Pleasure."

Song You pointed at the book with his finger and pointed at one of the names: "I wonder if fellow Taoist Qing Huaizi knows anything about this god of pleasure?"

"Of course I know. When the government made him a god and built a temple at the foot of Mount Xue, a senior brother sent by our Qingyun Palace went to be his temple blessing for a year so that local people could come to worship him. When the incense became more and more popular, Senior brother will come back only after the prosperity. Unfortunately, he has gone out to perform rituals in the past few days. It will take 49 to [-] days, and this is only about ten days."

Qing Huaizi glanced at Song You before continuing:

"However, Pindao's senior brother has never seen the true face of the God of Enjoyment. I only heard him say that during the year when he was a temple priest, he often dreamed of a mandrill thanking him and saying something like "Let him stay here alone." "Thank you for your hard work in a small temple in the mountains." Sometimes when you wake up, you will find strange fruits beside the bed. They seem to be ordinary wild fruits in the mountains, but they grow very large and smell attractive. It's the legendary spiritual fruit or something like that. He ate a lot of it. So until now, senior brother is already over 30 years old, and he still looks like he's about [-] years old, and he's in good health."

"This god of pleasure is very particular."

"We don't know whether it's true or not..."

"But it also says that the God of Pleasure often appears in the mountains for no apparent reason, frightening the people and threatening them to submit sacrifices. Is this true or false?"

"Oh, if I don't hide it from the Taoist priest, it's true."

"Oh?"

"People's hearts are changeable, so why not gods and ghosts?" Qing Huaizi said, and couldn't help sighing, "Actually, a few years ago, people from the foot of Yushan came to the palace to burn incense. That senior brother still couldn't believe it, so he took a boat and went to Yushan again, and lived in the temple of Yushan for several days, but he could no longer dream of the old mandrill like he used to, and woke up every morning. When I came here, there was only frost and mist outside the temple, but no spiritual fruits in the mountains. After my senior brother came back, he didn’t talk to anyone for a long time."

"I see……"

Song You couldn't help but feel a little emotional for a while.

From the bustling Lejun government office and the well-known palaces and temples where people come and go, to a small temple in a mountain village to perform temple blessings. You have to eat, drink, and relieve yourself in the temple. On weekdays, you have to run around for a newly-confessed earth god. How difficult and difficult it is for the people to publicize his name and magical powers, attract incense for him, and consolidate his status as a god?

I think the God of Pleasure was also sincerely grateful at that time, so he thanked me in his dream and sent me spiritual fruits to express my condolences.

One year is neither long nor short.

Most of them also have some friendship with each other.

How complicated was the Taoist priest's mood at that time?

"The Taoist asked these..."

Qing Huaizi's voice interrupted Song You's thoughts.

"Oh, traveling the world downstream, I love listening to strange stories, and visiting temples and temples." Song You saluted with a smile, "So I want to ask how to get to Youyu Mountain, and I want to pay a visit."

……

Golden Jasmine has launched a plan to save expired monthly tickets——

It will expire soon!
(End of this chapter)