From Jiu Shu's world

Chapter 210 Asking the land

About ten minutes after Linghe flew out, Uncle Jiu and Henry Zhang were still waiting quietly. The incense burner burned a third of the incense, and suddenly a gust of wind blew the window.

Two streams of smoke flew in from the window and fell to the other side of the table.

The two streams of smoke turned into human figures, about one meter in height, a man and a woman could be seen in the haze, both were leaning on crutches, bent over, looking old-fashioned, but the detailed appearance could not be discerned.

Henry Zhang and Uncle Jiu saw this appearance, but they were not surprised. The most common secular gods, such as the land lord and the land woman, are very special.

Some of them are old people who are highly respected in the local area. After death, they were enshrined and enjoyed incense in legends from generation to generation, and became the God of the land.

Some of them were enshrined in the city god of the underworld, and their ghosts did not go to reincarnation, and became the gods of the earth in the underworld.

This is why in some places, the land father-in-law still has the priesthood to manage the local Yin gods.

What's more, this clay sculpture has received countless incense.Spirituality was born, adhering to the wishes of the people of one side, and became the god of incense and fire to protect one side.

This type of land god was born from the people's incense and vows. It is the purest, without even a face, but if one party is in trouble, it will help without selfishness.

After the two smoke figures arrived, they first saluted Uncle Jiu and Henry Zhang respectfully. Both of them had duties in the underworld, and their identities were higher than that of the land father-in-law and the land mother-in-law, let alone their cultivation base. Strong, so this time the two first saluted Uncle Jiu and Henry Zhang.

Uncle Jiu and Henry Zhang also hurriedly hugged their hands to salute, and said in their mouths: "You two are polite, please sit down and enjoy."

Dealing with ghosts and gods is difficult. After all, if you don't have a job, or you don't have any skills, if you want to find them, it is extremely difficult, and only they can find you.

It's easy to say, like Uncle Zhang Xuanjiu who has a shady job and a high level of cultivation, you can just ask directly, set up a table of tributes, and get things done, it couldn't be easier.

As soon as Uncle Jiu's words fell, they were not polite. After all, Uncle Jiu had been neighbors for many years and they knew each other very well.

The two smoke figures nodded without making a sound, their figures changed, they no longer maintained their human form, and turned into two cloud-like clouds of smoke, which began to envelop the food on this table.

Ghosts and gods swallow incense, and the same is true for enjoying tributes. Enjoy the fragrance, taste the taste, and eat the gods. The land lord and the land woman are enjoying the tribute prepared for them by Uncle Jiu and Henry Zhang.

To the naked eye, these tributes have not changed much.But in the eyes of Henry Zhang and Uncle Jiu, they could see that these tributes faintly lost their color and gradually turned into black and white.

The tribute at this time, if you taste it again, it will probably taste the same, no matter how bad it is, it will be sour and astringent, in short, it will not return to the original taste.

"Ah Xuan, add fragrance and wine."

Henry Zhang stepped forward and sprinkled the three cups of monkey wine in front of the censer across the ground, then picked up the jug on the side and filled it up.The Sanbei Monkey Wine has already been tasted, so if it loses its taste, it is natural to add another wine.

After Henry Zhang added the wine, he picked up the three sticks of incense on the side, lit them and inserted them into the incense burner.

The enjoyment of the tribute lasted for two sticks of incense, and then the smoke on the table gathered up, turning into two figures and returning to the opposite of Uncle Jiu and Henry Zhang.

Uncle Jiu cupped his hands and said, "You two, please tell the village guard what happened?"

The land lord and the land woman nodded, and then stretched out their fingers, each with a stream of smoke, which floated out and went straight to the eyebrows of Henry Zhang and Uncle Jiu.

Henry Zhang and Uncle Jiu did not evade, letting the smoke sink into the eyebrows, only to see that there seemed to be an illusion in front of them at this time.

A muddy mountain path appeared in front of Henry Zhang, and he was looking at the plants and trees on the mountain path from the perspective of God.

Suddenly, a stumbling figure appeared at the end of the mountain path. He was covered in mud, his clothes and hair were all knotted together, leaning on a broken bamboo stick, he staggered down the mountain path step by step, heading down the mountain.

This embarrassed figure was exactly the crazy old man Henry Zhang met a few days ago.

Could it be that the crazy old man came to Renjia Town on the way?

Henry Zhang had a guess in his mind, so he continued to look, and saw that the crazy old man followed the mountain road all the way down to the middle of the mountain. He saw a dilapidated mountain temple, and walked in. He wanted to use his own I went to wipe the clay sculpture of the mountain god on my sleeve, but as soon as I raised my hand, I saw that my sleeve was full of mud.

With a smirk, the crazy old man went out again, found a puddle, washed the dirt off his sleeves, and then came back to wipe the clay sculpture respectfully, and then wiped the altar clean.

After finishing everything, he respectfully kowtowed to the mountain god, making three loud bangs, and said with a smirk, "Hey hey, help me."

After saying this, he hugged his broken bamboo stick and fell asleep leaning against the leaky dilapidated mountain temple.

Looking at this scene, Henry Zhang was a little silent, not knowing what to say in his heart.

However, the illusion of the crazy old man continued.
He walked all the way to Renjia Town, worshiping gods and entering temples when he met gods, he was more devout than anyone else, even though he was stupid, the only thing he could never forget was the word "help".

He was exposed to heavy rain, ate tree bark, slept in the wild, and was teased, beaten and scolded by those village bullies and naughty children, and he came to Renjia Town after stumbled.

Suddenly, the illusion in front of Henry Zhang changed suddenly, as if it had become a first-person perspective.

"Ah! Let's go!"

After a burst of drinking, a broken bamboo stick was waving indiscriminately in front of him, Henry Zhang thought to himself, is this the perspective of the crazy old man?
I saw countless unidentifiable black shadows flying in front of the crazy old man, laughing wildly. The crazy old man shouted in anger and fear, waving a broken bamboo stick.

Henry Zhang knew in his heart that this must be the trouble he encountered, so he looked closely at where it was.The scene was dim, and I couldn't see it clearly. I could vaguely see the excited earth embryo house, which seemed to be a certain village.

Is it the village where this crazy old man lives?

Henry Zhang guessed in his heart, but the picture stopped abruptly at this time, and the last touch of information told Henry Zhang that this is Fengxia Village.

Exiting the illusion, Henry Zhang and Uncle Jiu looked at each other and nodded. It seems that both of them saw the illusion. Although the land mother-in-law didn’t know what happened, at least she knew the crazy old man There are clues to the origin of the story.

Moreover, both master, uncle and nephew are kind-hearted people, seeing this crazy old man suffering all the way, I'm afraid they won't stand by and watch this matter.

Uncle Jiu cupped his hands and said, "We understand what you two mean. We won't stand by and watch this matter. Please rest assured."

Both Henry Zhang and Uncle Jiu are not fools. I am afraid that these two have deliberately let them see the suffering that this crazy old man has suffered all the way. Otherwise, it is enough to just talk about Fengxia Village. Why bother?

I'm afraid that the crazy old man asked Henry Zhang for help because the land mother couldn't bear the crazy old man's suffering, and reminded him to find Henry Zhang.

After listening to Uncle Jiu's reply, the land lord and the land mother bowed even more respectfully, and then turned into flying smoke and flew out of the window.

The room suddenly calmed down, Uncle Jiu and Henry Zhang sat on both sides of the table, each poured a glass of wine, Uncle Jiu said: "A Xuan, there is a clue to this matter, I am afraid that something happened in Fengxia Village, what are you going to do? "

Henry Zhangdao: "I'll go back and inquire about the situation in this village, and I'll go and have a look at that time, and I can't leave this matter alone."

Uncle Jiu nodded and said: "It should be taken care of. Since I found you, and you are also a shady person, you should be under the jurisdiction. If it is done, it is also your merit and virtue. Go, if you encounter trouble, tell me .”

(End of this chapter)