Holy Bone

Chapter 48 Prosperity of Chang County
Chang County.

Wenwu Temple.

As the annual Qingming Temple Fair is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere around the Wenwu Temple has also begun to flourish.

Lantern.

Dragon Lantern.

Phoenix Lantern.

A bright red Aya.

The shops around the Wenwu Temple had already hung up calligraphy and paintings. These calligraphy and paintings were written with Wen and Wu congratulations, and the shopkeeper in the shop had already happily welcomed a foreign tourist who came to visit the nearby Wenwu Temple.

Although there is still half a month before the Qingming Temple Fair.

But the streets are already bustling with people, and the flow is endless.

Tourists from other places, young ladies, scholars and talents, family members of merchants, and female relatives of landowners and foreigners, who came early and were famous in advance, appeared near the Wenwu Temple at this time, paid their respects to the Wenwu Temple in advance, and felt the lively and popular atmosphere before the festival.

The origin of the Wenwu Temple in Changxian County is recorded according to the county annals——

Because Changxian County is close to the Yinyi River with developed waterways, boats come and go on the Yinyi River every day, with sails like weaving, lively and prosperous.

This gives the people of Changxian the opportunity to communicate with the outside world at a high speed.

Therefore, if people from the surrounding counties participate in the imperial examinations and martial arts examinations, in order to save travel time and money, they will basically choose to take the waterways of Changxian County.So slowly, Changxian built this Wenwu Temple.

And this Wenwu Temple can bring a lot of incense and prosperity to Changxian during the previous imperial examinations and martial arts examinations.

It's just that this Wenwu Temple is also strange.

The two saints of civil and military are not worshipped.

Instead, they enshrine a thousand-year-old sacred tree "Green Money Willow".

People write their wishes and names on bamboo plaques tied with red silk ropes, and then throw them on the sacred tree. "Rising up".

What's more, since ten years ago, the green money willow became magical overnight, and the bronze fruit has turned into a golden bronze money fruit. In addition to praying for civil and military affairs, there is also a new tree that can "lead the God of Wealth into the door and attract wealth and treasure". rumor.As a result, even those businessmen, wealthy businessmen, and people from poor families began to flock to the scene.

In this way, the Qingming Temple Fair reached the most grand occasion in ten years.

However, because the sacred tree is very precious, it is afraid that it will be destroyed by others, so this Wenwu Temple is usually not open to the public, and only a few people are responsible for cleaning on weekdays.

Therefore, the Wenwu Temple will only open on the day of the Qingming Temple Fair.

In such a rigorous situation, even the yamen dispatched by the local yamen in Chang County to patrol and maintain security due to the approach of the temple fair could not enter the Wenwu Temple.

No one knows what's going on in the Man Mo Temple?
And all of this started ten years ago after the thousand-year-old green money willow sacred tree changed overnight. It is said to prevent people from destroying the sacred tree once more people are easily mixed in.

The simpler the staff in the temple, the less mistakes there will be.

The magistrate Zhang took office in the past few years. Ten years ago, magistrate Zhang was not the magistrate of Chang County. I don’t know why the previous magistrate agreed to this matter?But in the past ten years, things have changed, and there is no reason to ask.In short, later this strange rule was passed down like this, year after year, for ten years.

Until the day of the Qingming Temple Fair, the Wenwu Temple will never be open to the public.

Even if the head arrester came and the magistrate Zhang came, he would not be able to get in.

In order not to lose the face of the previous magistrate, Magistrate Zhang also let this rule be passed down.

Therefore, the yamen who could not enter the temple were all guarded in the private houses in the four directions closest to the Wenwu Temple.

It was sunny day.

Around the Wenwu Temple, from time to time white servants with the sun overhead patrolled by.

The class head and yamen of the old fritters were lazy and hid in private houses to enjoy the tea from the Ming Dynasty, and they were called responsible for tracking in the dark.

suddenly.

A group of people wearing yali official uniforms appeared unobstructed all the way outside a private house that entered the compound.

The person who took the lead was a strong bearded man riding a jujube red horse, and his temperament was obviously different from those of ordinary yamen.

Not long after that, a yamen hurried into the compound and found a class leader.

After the yamen listened for a few words, the head of the class nodded his head to show that he already knew, and then walked outside a room.

"Report to Zheng Zoutou, Zhao Zoutou has arrived, and I want to take over the duties with Zheng Zoutou."

The defense work of the Wenwu Temple is every few days among the major arresting heads, and they are on duty with each other.

Today, it happened to be Zhao Yangping's turn, one of the three major catchers in Changxian County, who was in charge of taking over the rotation.

"Zheng catcher?"

"Zheng catcher?"

……

However, the class leader kept shouting a few times, but there was no movement in the room.

The class leader seemed to have become accustomed to it and didn't notice anything unusual. Seeing that he didn't get a response from Zheng Zhaotou after shouting a few times, he went back the same way.

Bantou returned to the lobby and diligently reported to a man who was sitting and drinking tea: "Back to Zhao Zaitou, I just went to report to Zheng Zaitou, saying that you are here because of Zheng Zaitou. It happened to be in retreat at this time, and there is no response for the time being. I also ask Zhao Zuotou to sit for a while. Generally speaking, Zheng Zuotou will be in retreat for a long time. Usually, he will only go out to eat a few mouthfuls of food after the retreat until nightfall, and then continue to retreat. practice."

The Zhao Zhaotou was the strong bearded man who rode a purplish red horse before.

"Oh? Has Zheng Zhaotou been like this the past few days?"

"Yes, Zhao Zhaotou." The head of the class nodded and bowed graciously.

"It doesn't matter, then wait a little longer, and you will report to me in advance on the recent defense situation."

……

Sunset Moonrise.

Shifting stars.

Falling into the darkness of Changxian County, a burly man fell silent and walked alone on the cold and quiet street after curfew without the sound of footsteps.

After walking some distance, he ran into a few night patrolmen holding torches.

After seeing each other's facial features clearly, the few villagers put down their weapons and saluted respectfully: "Zheng Zhaotou!"

When these villagers watched Zheng Zhaotou go away and felt that they could not hear their own voice, they discussed it privately.

"Isn't Zheng Zhaotou at the Wenwu Temple, why is he walking on the street alone?"

"You forgot, today is the guard rotation day at the Wenwu Temple, and Zhao Zhaotou will be in charge of guarding the Wenwu Temple for the next few days."

"Hey, have you seen Zheng Zhaotou's face..."

"Don't talk about this behind your back. Be careful to offend Zheng Zatou, and give our brothers a few shoes to wear in the future. The matter of the three big Zatou is not something that you and I can discuss."

"Yes, yes, we won't discuss this matter. Have you noticed that Zheng Zhaotou seems to have no sound when he walks?"

"What's the matter, Zheng Zhaotou is the top three catchers in our Changxian County. Maybe he has made a breakthrough in his cultivation recently and his strength has improved again. Okay, let's go, let's continue to patrol the night, what should I do? I found that it was a bit chilly tonight, as if there was always a chill blowing from the back of the neck..."

(End of this chapter)