People are among the Eight Immortals, starting from Painted Skin Ghost

Chapter 29 City God of a State; Tianhu Court 【Repaired】

"Where are you a Taoist priest, dare to show off your spells in front of the City God?"

Not long after, a shout came from the idol.

But it was a little ghost of a day-traveling god under the seat of Qizhou City God, who was interrogating him.

"Poverty Taoist Han Xiangzi, a fellow Taoist of the ancestor Wang Ao of Yunmeng Mountain, wants to visit the City God."

"Oh? Do you recognize Patriarch Wang Ao?"

The kid was taken aback.

After hesitating for a moment, he spoke again.

"Then come in and follow me to meet Lord Chenghuang."

Say it.

Han Xiangzi felt his body lighten, as if he rushed into the mouth and nose of the god statue with the power of the room full of incense.

After he returned to his original body, he realized that he was in a tunnel with a little ghost leading the way ahead.

That little ghost, with a raw silver face like lacquer, was naked to the waist, holding a yaksha.

After walking with him for a stick of incense, Han Xiangzi suddenly trembled and felt chilly. When he looked up, he saw that there was a turbulent cloud around him, and the dim lights were like beans.

I think it is the place where yin and yang meet.

Going further, Han Xiangzi finally saw a majestic temple with strict laws standing on both sides of the yin and yang.

"Why did you bring a human Taoist priest here without knowing the rules?"

The little ghost who led the way stopped in front of the Town God's Temple, but the guard who guarded the place glanced at Han Xiangzi and scolded the little ghost.

"The priest said that he was familiar with the ancestor Wang Ao, and he wanted to come to see Lord Chenghuang."

The kid was a little innocent, and replied.

"Then let him in."

Ancestor Wang Ao was a guest of his Lord City God, and the two of them had a close relationship, which is clear to the janitor.

Therefore, knowing that Han Xiangzi was coming to visit Lord Chenghuang, he couldn't stop him, so he let him go.

"Go in by yourself."

Arriving in front of the real City God's Temple, the little ghost dared not make any mistakes, pointed to the main hall, and said to Han Xiangzi.

"It's work."

Han Xiangzi thanked the little ghost Jishou.

After speaking, he stepped in.

When he came to the main hall, Han Xiangzi first saw a little ghost a few feet tall holding a book under the desk, for a tall ghost in a black robe to read.

The little ghost holding the book saw someone entering the hall, and immediately looked at him curiously, and found that it was a Taoist priest, his face changed slightly.

It's just that, with this dazed effort, the book he held up shook from side to side.

The ghosts and gods who read the book looked displeased and accused:
"Hold on."

"City...Master City God, a Taoist priest is coming!"

The leading kid hurriedly opened his mouth.

"I'm not blind yet!"

The ghost muttered something.

Afterwards, he suddenly threw the book in his hand and cursed:

"Xialiu Village, the God of the King, what kind of nonsense book did you send? Not only is the handwriting scribbled, but the handwriting is also crooked!"

Han Xiangzi watched from the sidelines, only to feel that the city god had a temper, and his personality was presumably aggressive.

But this is his territory, so he could only show a smile on his face, and bow respectfully to the City God of Naqi Prefecture:

"Xiaodao Han Xiangzi, pay homage to Qizhou City God!"

"You don't need to be too polite. You are wearing Wang Aona's old-fashioned Pilan scarf on your head. You think you have a good relationship with him."

"You came to see me, Chenghuang, why?"

Qizhou City God nodded slightly, unexpectedly his attitude was very easy-going.

"Don't dare to hide, Lord Chenghuang, Xiaodao came here because of the three-headed demon fox."

Han Xiangzi said seriously.

"Didn't the old Taoist of Qingyun Temple be in charge of this before?"

"Why is it a different person now?"

Qizhou City God frowned, picked up a plate of melons and fruits offered before the table, and ate them.

"Brother Zeng Dao left this matter to me."

Han Xiangzi didn't know that the city god of Qizhou knew about this, so he could only bite the bullet and say it now.

"He is a person who retreats despite difficulties..."

Hearing this, Qizhou City God smiled, and then his expression gradually became serious:
"Han Xiangzi, do you know that those three demon foxes are now pulling up the big skin of Tianhuyuan?"

"As for Tianhu Academy, how much do you know?"

"Report to Lord Chenghuang, Xiaodao knows."

"This Tianhu Academy is the chief division of the Taishan Empress, who is in charge of the fox clan in the world, and the head of the Tianhu Academy is a third-rank fairy official."

Although Han Xiangzi didn't understand why, he still told the truth.

"Since you understand, why do you still come to this muddy water?"

Qizhou City God suddenly couldn't laugh or cry, and looked at him with a confused face.

The three foxes are making trouble in Qizhou, how could he, as a local city god, not know?

Including the fact that Mrs. Hu and her party used the name of ghosts and gods in the countryside to bluff and deceive, Qizhou City God also knew it well.

But he was helpless.

These three foxes are now quite appreciated by Kang Jijiu of the Tianhu Academy, and they are also the leaders of the Qizhou Fox Society.

It's half a fairy official.

If you want to arrest him for questioning, you must greet Kang Jijiu in advance.

As for the Kang Jijiu, he is a sixth-rank immortal official of the Tianhu Academy. Although the Qizhou City God is also a seventh-rank deity, it is inconvenient to have enemies with him.

If he was from Yuefu, it would be more convenient.

After all, the Empress of Mount Tai and Emperor Dongyue are both in Mount Tai, so they are considered close neighbors, and their friendship is definitely not low.

However, this City God is not under the control of the Yin Division.

Naturally, it can't be counted as Yuefu's lineage.

The position of the city god is mostly awarded to the military generals who died in the previous dynasty or the local respected officials.

During this period, the canonization of the city god by the imperial court was also particularly important.

City Gods are divided into prefectures, prefectures, and counties, and the top of these three is the City God.

This capital is City God, and it is under the jurisdiction of Fengdu under the jurisdiction of Ziwei Xingfu, and has nothing to do with Yuefu.

Therefore, knowing that there are monsters in the land he governs, the Qizhou City God wants to deal with it strictly, but he is powerless.

In addition, after the three foxes returned to the Tianhu Academy, they restrained a lot, so he could only choose to turn a blind eye.

"For those of my generation who practice the Tao, what I want is to look up and down. I am worthy of the heaven and the earth. How can Xiaodao just sit idly by in the chaotic world of foxes and demons in front of me?"

After the Qizhou City God's voice fell, Han Xiangzi understood his difficulties.

But he also has his own persistence.

"It's a good one, worthy of heaven and earth. Compared with you, my city god lacks this transparency..."

The city god of Qizhou was very touched when he heard this, and couldn't help but praise Han Xiangzi greatly.

"My lord Chenghuang is just in his position and wants to do something else, unlike Xiaodao Yishan, who has nothing to worry about."

Han Xiangzi smiled politely.

"How can you be more eloquent than the Buddhists?"

"Come here, show the seat to Daoist Han!"

One sentence touched Qizhou City God's heart, he waved his hand casually, and ordered.

The little ghost at the side couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this.

This little Taoist priest in front of him, probably not even a real person, was treated so politely by Lord Chenghuang.

After being stunned for a moment, the little ghosts quickly moved a stool with Han Xiangzi according to the order of the city god.

"Thank you, Lord Chenghuang."

The stool was moved, and before Han Xiangzi sat down, he bowed to the Qizhou City God to thank him.

In this regard, Qizhou City God nodded slightly, and then asked:
"Han Daochang, if you find out the evidence against the three foxes, how will you deal with this matter?"

"As far as I know, these three foxes have lives on their bodies."

"Xiao Daohui will first report the matter with Kang Jijiu of Tianhu Academy, and then burn a document to the head of Tianhu Academy and Empress Taishan."

Han Xiangzi said without hesitation.

"very good."

Hearing this, Qizhou City God's eyes lit up.

Han Xiangzi had such courage, which made him very satisfied.

"Han Daochang, just... have a look at it patiently. This is the document from Xialiu Village Wang Sheshen on the first day of this month. It may be helpful to you."

While speaking, Qizhou City God made a palm move, and the documents before the case fell into his hands.

After receiving the document handed over by Qizhou City God, Han Xiangzi glanced at it.

Soon, he frowned.

He finally understood why the city god of Qizhou asked him to "look patiently". It was indeed the handwriting on the document, which was too worrying. .

At this moment, he suddenly understood that Qizhou City God was about to lose his temper.

It would be nice not to go crazy reading such documents all day long.

"Here, Wang Sheshen of Xialiu Village was a well-known dutiful son during his lifetime. It's a pity that he has plowed the fields all his life and hasn't studied much, but his family has confessed to him as a scholar and a scholar."

Seeing that Han Xiangzi looked different, Qizhou City God explained.

"It's okay, take a look at Xiaodao."

Han Xiangzi smiled wryly.

There are three copies of the documents from Chen Shanglai, the God of Wangshe under the lower willow tree.

It probably means that three demon foxes came to the village, borrowing the orders of ghosts and gods, to resell fake medicines to make money.

One is a baby under the age of one, one is a patient with epilepsy, and the other is an old woman suffering from asthma.

Of course, this is only the case of one village in Xialiu Village.

The three-headed demon fox has been in the countryside for a long time, and other villages must have gone too.

"Those documents belong to Qiantang Village and Shangba Village."

Qizhou City God's eyes suddenly fell on a corner of the desk, and he motioned.

When Han Xiangzi heard the words, he also took a look

The gods of Qiantang Village and Shangba Village are obviously more educated than the one in Xialiu Village.

The content of the above-mentioned documents is also acceptable and clear.

Right now, including the three lives in Xialiu Village, there are seven people in total in these two villages.

It seems that Sanhu has a lot of lives on his back.

Han Xiangzi was slightly startled.

"Han Daochang, what you see is more than that."

"Another five people died in the locust plague, three people were drowned by floods in Xin County, and five people were killed by landslides in Peng County..."

Qizhou City God listed Sanhu's crimes again, which made Han Xiangzi dumbfounded.

In this way, the three foxes have caused a terrible disaster, so how dare Kang Jijiu cover it up?

"Master Chenghuang, if the three foxes committed such a crime, the Tianhu Academy really doesn't know?"

After all, Han Xiangzi couldn't hold back his doubts and asked.

"Tianhu Academy has always been concerned with the world's foxes, teaching them how to practice, and supervising their studies. How could they care about these things? What's more, whether floods or landslides, they can all be attributed to natural disasters. People die because of them every year. If you ask again and again, how busy you are ?”

"Then how does Lord Chenghuang know?"

"Han Daochang, you don't know. My City God's Mansion has Yin Yang Division, Rapid Reporting Division, and Picket Division. There are many people and horses. Naturally, the City God can see and hear."

"I see."

"In addition, the three foxes also committed a disaster in Tianlu Temple. If Daoist Han wants to investigate the three foxes, don't forget there."

"Thank you, City God, for letting me know."

Han Xiangzi had a good conversation with Qizhou City God, and also collected some important information.

But these alone are not enough to support him to write documents.

He had to understand the whole process in order to make his statement valid.

In other words, he had to do it himself to investigate the Three Foxes' crimes!

Thinking about it, Han Xiangzi felt a headache.

Fortunately, he got many useful clues from Qizhou City God.

Although it cannot be used directly, it also pointed out the direction for him.

"Right now, these three foxes still want to build a fox temple in Fengxiang Mansion. I'm afraid it will make the city full of wind and rain again. You need to be careful."

The city god of Qizhou seemed to have remembered something, and did not forget to remind him.

"Xiao Dao wrote it down."

Hearing this, Han Xiangzi's expression became serious.

The conversation came to this point, and it came to an end. Han Xiangzi gained a lot, and then he got up and said:

"Today Xiaodao is concerned about Sanhu, so he has no choice but to take the liberty of disturbing me. I hope Lord Chenghuang will forgive me. Xiaodao will leave now and come to visit another day."

"Don't worry, I have a Dao talisman with you here, it will be more convenient for you to do things if you want to."

Seeing this, the city god of Qizhou stretched out his hand to stop Han Xiangzi.

After finishing speaking, he hooked his palm, and a golden light flashed in the hall, and a half-foot-square talisman fell into Han Xiangzi's hands.

This talisman is warm and moist at the beginning, like precious jade, and the fairy energy on it is like mist, and the spirit is endless.

Holding the amulet in his hand, Han Xiangzi felt that he had an extra connection with the City God.

Feeling this, Han Xiangzi's heart trembled, and he immediately realized the Qizhou City God's thoughts, and immediately bowed to him:
"Thanks for the gift from Lord Chenghuang, Xiaodao will definitely live up to the entrustment."

"Just try your best, and you can keep this talisman well. When Sanhu is done, remember to return it to me."

Qizhou City God smiled kindly.

"It's natural."

Han Xiangzi said.

The City God's Fu Zhao is not a magic weapon, but more of a decree, which can ensure that Han Xiangzi can travel unimpeded in Qizhou and arrest ghosts and dispatch errands.

Watching Han Xiangzi go to the main hall, Qizhou City God lowered his eyebrows slightly, wondering what he was thinking deeply.

……

After leaving the City God's Temple, which stands in the yin and yang realms, Han Xiangzi declined the little ghost to lead the way.

Still the same as when it came, it turned into a cloud of green smoke, got out of the mouth and nose of the statue, and finally returned to the world.

According to the current situation, Han Xiangzi can only collect evidence of Sanhu's crime step by step, catch them all, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to take them down in one fell swoop.

After all, foxes are cunning and suspicious by nature.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster!

Therefore, after thinking about it, Han Xiangzi decided on Tianlu Temple as the first stop.

According to Qizhou City God, after the three foxes escaped from Yunmeng Mountain, the first hiding place was Tianlu Temple.

Moreover, the first life Sanhu carried was the little monk from Tianlu Temple!
……

Tianlu Temple is located west of Yunmeng Mountain, near Xialiu Village.

Although the name of this Tianlu Temple is quite magnificent, it is actually a small temple.

This temple is located in the mountains, not in the downtown area, and its reputation is not obvious, resulting in very little incense in Tianlu Temple.

Most of the people who come here to offer incense are poor people who can't afford much incense money.

Naturally, there are very few monks in this temple.

Usually, there is only one old abbot and a young novice.

It was already late when Han Xiangzi found the temple.

Above the head, the bright moon hangs high, the white moonlight cascades down, and the mountain forest is full of silver frost.

……

(End of this chapter)