Journey to the West: Yinhu Zhenjun

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 who were cleaning, and seemed to be part-time temple blessing business, but few people went to ask about the lottery.

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 basically all the people who came here to offer incense were middle-aged and elderly people, and what they wanted was for their children to come back safely.

One said that the child fell into the water, one said that the child was captured by monsters, one cried and begged the child to come back, and the other begged the child not to suffer when he was dying.

After listening for a while, Lu Yin understood what happened. There were monsters eating people in the Cang River outside the city, and sometimes they would go ashore to snatch them. The yamen guards were short of manpower, even patrolling all day would be of no avail.

Lu Yin recalled what Qing'er said that night, that General Fubo of the Dragon Palace flooded the fields and roads, and the people in this city had to rely on caravans and fishing if they wanted food.

But fishing is undoubtedly dancing on the tip of a knife. These people who are crying and begging are also fishermen near the river.

Miao Zhu took two steps forward, and said in a not-so-resonant voice: "Master Chenghuang will definitely bless you all, and County Magistrate Lu has already left the city to ask for help. I believe the danger of demons will be relieved after a while."

"Everyone, please don't be too sad and take care of yourself."

It's 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 Miao Zhu's comfort.

The middle-aged Miao Zhu turned his head, but found that Lu Yin had also disappeared, he was taken aback for a moment, as if Lu Yin had just left, he lit the ever-burning lamp, closed the door, and left by himself through the side door.

Seeing Miao Zhu leave, Lu Yin walked out of the darkness, holding the Yinsi Tongyou 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, but it looks like a yamen, with pillar lamps lit 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 while and walked in through the crack in the door.

After entering, it is a large courtyard, with oil pans and guillotines in the corners, and water and fire sticks, also called killing power sticks, in the hands of government servants scattered on the ground on the left and right sides.

It's just that there is no accident, there is only a statue of the City God on the high hall, and the position of the civil and military judge beside him is empty.

The whole place seemed deserted.

Only the continuous aroma floated into the statue of the city god.

Lu Yin walked around the statue of the city god for a few times, his face turned cold, and he stretched out his hand to strike the statue of the city god. Lu Yin's palm strength far exceeds that of ordinary people, let alone the statue of the city god, it is just a pile of steel. The palm is also a five-fingerprint.

"Don't, don't, don't! Wait a minute, my lord!"

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 will come out soon, sir, you must stay rational!"

The voice in the statue of the city god said tremblingly.

"Understood, 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.

Dressed in a blue official robe, with two imposing mustaches, his whole face looked majestic and majestic, but coupled with his stooped body and flattering smile, Lu Yin gave Lu Yin a strange sense of contrast.

"You are the City God of Beihe?" Lu Yin asked.

"No, no, no, the villain is not. The villain is only an agent of the City God. The former City God, Mr. Li, took people to argue with the Canghe Dragon Palace, but he never returned."

"The villain was originally a spy under Master Li. It was my turn to patrol that day, so I was lucky enough to survive."

The man hurriedly explained, "I hope Yin will see clearly!"

Yin envoy?

It turned out that he thought I was coming from below. Lu Yin asked again, "You little shady guy, 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: "Your Excellency, I don't know. The incense is made by people's willingness. If I don't occupy this statue of the city god, within three months, there will be a demon city god coming out. That's true." 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."

"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 a city god, how dare you ignore them!"

The ghost was trembling with fright, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "It's not that I don't care, but that the one who kidnapped the child was General Fubo from the Canghe Dragon Palace. How dare I be hostile to him as a pill-forming ghost!"

"If it causes a huge flood, no one in Beihe City will be spared!"

This answer is still 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, shook the token in his hand, the errand changed his face, suppressed his temper, but also looked at people coldly, "Hmph, but a junior, dare to frame me like this!"

Lu Yin was speechless, he could only let out his whole body's aura, and the errand looked at people squarely, "Tell me, what do you want to come here?"

Lu Yin put away the badge, walked up to the statue of the city god, reached out and tapped it, and said, "I originally planned to ask for help, but now it seems that the judges of the city god have already taken a step ahead."

"Hmph!" The errand laughed loudly, "I want help! I burned the paper for the people below, but I almost burned me over, and 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 can I see it?"

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."

He stuffed the paper money into his sleeves, and then said seriously: "I can't help it, my strength is low, but at the beginning I really regarded myself as an acting city god. I have also been to General Fubo." Several times, I was beaten back every time."

"I was injured, and I can only use incense to repair it, but the price is that I lost my original handsome appearance!"

Yincha also specifically pointed at Lu Yin, "Well, maybe he's better than you."

Lu Yin glared at him, "Say it quickly!"

(End of this chapter)