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Chapter 167 Enthusiastic masses
The eighth day of August in the eighth year of Song Yuanyou (1093)!
Auspicious: breaking ground, offering sacrifices, making an alliance, accepting!
Taboo: burial, marriage!
It's a fairly normal day, but today, the villagers at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain are a little uneasy, why do you think?It turned out that a mountain road appeared overnight in the mountains.

It's also surprisingly clean and tidy, don't you think it's strange?
This mountain road, according to the legends of their ancestors, was originally a royal palace leading to it, but it is said that it was built too gorgeously, and God couldn't stand it.

So a fairy palace was thrown down from the sky, and the palace was completely destroyed. Later, people were afraid of God's punishment, and they dared not enter it. Slowly, it fell into disrepair, and the road was once again occupied by nature.

This is the consequence of extravagance. Not only can God not stand it, but you have to return to nature in the end!
Now that the mountain road has reappeared, I don't know what it means. Could it be those people in the palace who were crushed to death by the Heavenly Palace, who came out to find a scapegoat?

Well, how should I put it, the story is very educational, but if Qiu Zhiqing, who has just finished clearing the road and is going up to repair the mountain road, knows what the villagers think, what kind of mood will he feel?
It must not be too beautiful!

Qiu Zhiqing, who had completed the road construction work all morning, sat alone in front of the Sanqing Hall, meditating, counting the time since he ate a rabbit that had no eyes and crashed to death on a tree stump last time.

I should have not eaten for almost a month, but I still haven't felt hungry or tired. Could it be that I have become a fairy?

But it seems that it is not quite right to say that, I am a fairy in the first place!Immortals are also immortals!
Looking at the statue of Sanqing in front of him, Qiu Zhiqing couldn't help but fell into deep thought. He always thought that when he was making a statue of Sanqing before, it rained heavily, and it was because the three masters were dissatisfied with his statue.

That's why I watched the initial version being washed away by the rain, and now I am satisfied with my work, and then I will give the god statue a light.

Looking at it now, there is a feeling of purity and inaction. Wouldn't it be more reassuring after the consecration?

Thinking of this, Qiu Zhiqing refrained from ordering Sanzhu's homemade... um... grass and woods, the smell of smoke is a bit strong, but the effect of repelling mosquitoes is good. Although he is not afraid, there are too many mosquitoes, which is not friendly to pilgrims. .

Cigarettes are faint, soaring to the sky!Taking a few steps back, looking at his masterpiece in front of him, Qiu Zhiqing was very satisfied: "The Patriarch of the Sanqing is here, and the conditions are limited. The three of you will use it first, and the tribute disciples will make up for it!"

While Qiu Zhiqing was still admiring his handicraft, a panicked shout suddenly came from the entrance of the Taoist temple: "Ghost~~~"

Immediately afterwards, a burst of crying and shouting reached Qiu Zhiqing's ears, and Qiu Zhiqing's heart skipped a beat. How could a ghost dare to act wildly in Daoist territory?
Stepping out of the hall in one step, using the kung fu in the eye openings, looking around, the air is faint, where is the ghost coming from?
Qiu Zhiqing, who didn't know who was yelling, came to the entrance of the Taoist temple, but saw the villagers running in panic in the distance, and the sticks at the entrance of the Taoist temple.

Qiu Zhiqing, who didn't believe in evil, looked around carefully again, and finally concluded that there was a ghost, who was screaming blindly, and closed the gate with a bang, ignoring the villagers who ran away screaming...

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Back to more than an hour ago, the elders of several villages at the foot of the mountain gathered together to discuss the sudden appearance of the mountain road, and finally the elders decided to get together.

Pick up a few bold ones, and let's go up the mountain along the mountain road to have a look!

Everyone readily agreed, so under the situation of patchwork, a total of nine people were gathered from the three villages. A small group of people held sticks and marched together along the mountain path repaired by Qiu Zhiqing.

The sunshine in August is just right, but walking on the mountain road with high mountains and dense forests, the mountain wind blows from time to time, and the rays of light come in.

From the perspective of these preconceived villagers, everything is so weird, especially when the tiger is fierce in August and autumn, suddenly entering a shady environment, and then being blown by the mountain wind...

Then the four weeks are accompanied by the normal insects and birds, all these things that are normal, in their view now, are true and not normal.

Enjoying the shade of the mountain forest, wiping the cold sweat off their foreheads, the group of people marched cautiously, and finally came to a gate after half an hour.

The Guanmen is a three-arched gate, resting on the top of the mountain. After the two wings extend out for a certain distance, the brick walls extend to both sides. The base is very old, and some of the stones on it are covered with moss.

It can be seen that the foundation that was rearranged not long ago, the legend of Tiangong, is indeed true!
But it is still a brand-new building, especially the log paint on it, which looks like it has just been painted on, and the plaque on the mountain gate looks like a stone carving from a long time ago...

The nine villagers looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally decided to knock on the mountain gate of the Taoist temple!
But when everyone made up their minds, a villager pointed to the shadow of smoke emerging from the Taoist temple, and shouted in horror: "Ghost~~~"

They ran away, and the other eight people, when they saw the shadows of smoke, couldn't help but think of those ghost legends, and ran away one by one, even throwing away the sticks they carried with them.

A moment later, the gate of the Taoist temple opened, and a Taoist came out from inside, looked around suspiciously, and finally looked suspiciously at these villagers who were running away...

Jingzhao Mansion (Xi'an), Yongxing Jun Road, among the government offices, this is located in the magistrate, where flowers are being planted and thrushes are teasing. Suddenly, a servant of the government office ran in and reported:

"My lord, no no~ it's not good, Zhongnanshan~ Zhongnanshan! It's haunted!"

After hearing the arrester's words, Yu Zhifu instantly lost the smell of the bird in his hand, and angrily said: "Nonsense, Zhongnan Mountain is the residence of gods, how can it be haunted? You don't talk about strange powers, just read more! "

After all, as soon as he flicked the sleeves of his official robe, he was going to drive this arrester out quickly.

"My lord, listen to me..."

Seeing this, the police quickly told the story in detail. At the beginning, Yu Zhifu still thought it was mysterious, but after listening to it, he thought about it.

"You mean, the Taoist temple over there was built overnight? The road was also repaired?"

The policeman nodded quickly and looked at his prefect expectantly, wondering what the prefect would do next. Of course, it would be best not to let them do it.

Yu Zhifu stroked the three long beards under his chin, with a playful smile on his face!

He is a scholar educated by orthodox Confucianism. There is Yan Ruyu in the book, there is a golden house in the book, and there are no monsters and ghosts in the book, so this matter will be easy to handle!

It seems that those who can afford to build Taoist temples are definitely not ordinary people. Let's find out first, and then don't eat mutton by then, and cause a lot of trouble.

Naturally, the prefect will not treat this as a ghost story like those ignorant people. He has nothing to do every day, so he will naturally read the local chronicles of this place.

Naturally, he knew that there used to be a Zhenyi Temple there, which was the imperial palace temple of the former Tang Dynasty, and now it has been repaired by someone. Is that another large sum of money?

Don't ask him why a magistrate who has nothing to do all day long reads local chronicles. If he participates in literary and poetry meetings and doesn't even know the local allusions, it would be embarrassing. How can he have the face to be an official in court?
On Qiu Zhiqing's side, seeing everyone ran away, he didn't worry about it anymore, and continued to repair the Taoist temple. Among them, he had already finished all the best walls, and the rest were the most troublesome.

What kind of pillars, upper beams, tiles, all kinds of gods and beasts sitting in various places, etc. Qiu Zhiqing plans to spend three to five years getting them done.

On the second day, Qiu Zhiqing finished his morning class and was doing routine work when he suddenly heard someone knocking at the door. Listen carefully, it's really true!
When I came to the gate of Guanguan, I opened the door and saw that there were three yamen servants.

"I don't know what to do with a few yamen's messengers coming to this temple?"

Qiu Zhiqing's questioning was obviously knowingly asking. The guards saw that it was a young Taoist priest. Although the cloth looked good, the style was ordinary.

It could not be said that it was a servant of a rich family. After making a preliminary judgment, the guard was not polite, and directly reprimanded:
"Can't you tell what the identity of the men is? You can also ask about the business affairs? Why don't you hurry up and invite a few men in for a cup of tea, and then ask your master to come out, and I will be ordered to inspect it!"

"Poverty is the master of the temple!"

When the three of them heard this, they burst out laughing. After laughing, the leader asked: "Since you are the temple master, do you have an order? Did you report it to the government first?"

"No ultimatum, no report!"

Facing Qiu Zhiqing's calm answer, the leader murmured in his heart: I'm afraid he met some powerful character?
He thought so in his heart, but he knew what kind of virtue his magistrate was. If he couldn't figure it out and couldn't get money, then he couldn't say that his position belonged to others.

Heartbroken, the leading yamen servant said with a sinister smile: "So, you are not a serious Taoist priest, but a hooligan pretending to be a Taoist priest? Then come with us!"

After finishing speaking, the shackles in their hands were really embarrassing for them. It is really professional enough to climb such a long mountain road and wear shackles with them.

However, Qiu Zhiqing had reservations about his words, he was a serious Taoist priest, as for the hooligans...

It seems that it is right to say that he is a "rogue". Those who have no land are called "liu", and those who do not have a proper job are called "rogues". In this way, it seems that Qiu Zhiqing is a "rogue".

Of course, he can't admit it!
"Pindao is not a 'rogue', he is a doctor, and he has a legitimate job! And Pindao is also a serious Taoist priest, this Taoist temple is the place where Pindao lives!"

But sometimes, you want to reason, but people don't want to reason with you, they want to talk to you about fists...

Seeing the approaching young Taoist in front of them, the three of them fell to the ground, resisting the pain in their legs, and kept moving backwards. The leading yamen servant hurriedly begged for mercy:
"Master Daoist, if you have something to say, let's be reasonable, right? You really don't have an order here, and we enforce the law impartially. I hope the real person will spare me this time..."

(End of this chapter)