Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 219 Empty Temple
"A few idlers dared to stop us from asking for money. I'm really impatient. Young master, why bother to be so polite with them just now? Just kill them. We are a little less than them, but we really want to do it. Come on, they are no match for us."

On the way, Wu Fei touched his bald head, obviously a little bit aggrieved by what happened just now.

Li Xiuyuan said: "Your thinking is very dangerous. You must know that killing people can't solve the problem. Don't keep thinking about killing people. Besides, they are not big treacherous people. Others just ask us for wages." , if you kill someone else, what's the point?"

"The sky is big and the earth is big, the reason is the most important, everything must be reasonable."

"Yes, yes, yes, what the young master said is true." Wu Fei grinned.

But when Li Xiuyuan came to the Temple of the City God, he found that there were guards standing in front of the gate, blocking the way.

"Who is it, stop there, no one is allowed to enter the important place of the court." The soldier shouted immediately.

Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then looked up, that's right, it's the Temple of the City God, the plaque on the Temple of the City God is still hanging on it, when did this place become an important place for the court.

"Do you know what's going on?" He asked the guard next to him.

Xing Shan next to him said in a low voice: "The city was flooded, the yamen was washed away by the flood, and it was no longer inhabitable. The officials who came to Guobei City for disaster relief from the imperial court before saw that the Town God's Temple was still refreshing and clean, so they took it. The Town God's Temple was used as a temporary government, and although the people have left, there is still an official left as the temporary magistrate, and a few teams of soldiers."

"So that's the case." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

This is quite reasonable, after all, the whole city was flooded before, but the City God Temple was sheltered by the City God, and it was not submerged by the flood, so it is the best preserved, and it is not without reason that the government people now look at it.

"Several, can you accommodate me a little bit, I have something to go to Chenghuang Temple."

Li Xiuyuan stepped forward and saluted.

"Go, go, go, now the Town God's Temple is where the imperial government's yamen is located, how can you and other dubious people can come in and out at will, if you are sensible, just get out, my uncle is in a bad mood today, don't continue to pester me Otherwise, the sword and gun in my hand will not open his eyes." The soldier guarding the gate shouted aggressively.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I'm not going to go to the government to do something, but I need to ask ghosts and gods about some personal matters. I'm also a scholar after all, let's save face."

"Why are you so annoying? If you say otherwise, you won't be allowed in. If you don't leave, believe it or not, we will drive you away."

After the soldier finished speaking, he waved the spear in his hand, trying to drive away Li Xiuyuan and others.

"Take down these soldiers, and knock them unconscious if they resist." Li Xiuyuan waved his hand immediately.

As soon as these words came out, the guard next to him rushed out immediately.

The soldiers were surprised when they saw this: "You dare to force your way into the yamen, but do you want to rebel?"

But before they reacted, Li Xiuyuan's guards quickly put them all on the ground, only to hear a few cries of pain, and five or six soldiers crawled to the ground.

"Eldest young master, didn't you say that the sky is big and the earth is big, and the reason is the most important, why is this unreasonable?"

Wu Fei placed a soldier and grinned.

Li Xiuyuan said: "The sky is big and the earth is big, the reason is the biggest, but the fist is also the biggest. It depends on how to choose. If you encounter someone who is unreasonable, you can only talk about fists. This is the way of life. You still need to study hard. .”

After placing these soldiers, everyone entered the Temple of the City God.

In the temple at this moment, there are yamen servants and servants walking back and forth, like a yamen.

And in the main hall of the City God Temple, the statue of the City God with the severed head has disappeared, and it is unknown who moved it away, but there is a desk chair in the middle of the main hall, like an office place.

"The incense is gone."

Li Xiuyuan looked at the roof of the main hall, but found that the house full of incense left after the death of the City God had disappeared.

In just a few days, the incense will not disappear for no reason, unless it is charged by ghosts and gods.
Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Before he left, he had arranged for the Yin soldiers here to guard the incense. It seemed that many strange things had indeed happened in Guo Beicheng during this short period of time.

"Go to the little ghost hall to have a look."

Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said.

If the Yin soldiers I arranged are still here, they should be in the little ghost hall.

But when he came to the little ghost hall, he found that the clay sculptures of the little ghosts in the old place had been cleaned up, and there was not a single statue of the little ghost.

Not only was there no god statue, but after a quick glance, there was no sign of any Yin soldiers.

Apparently, all the ghosts and gods in the Town God's Temple are gone, and they don't know where they went.

"Whoever dares to break into the yamen, surround them all, and if anyone resists, they will be shot to death." At this time, a loud shout suddenly came from behind.

Soon, soldiers rushed out from various places in the Town God's Temple, at least thirty or forty soldiers, and immediately surrounded Li Xiuyuan and others.

"Young master, these people are left behind by the lord who helped the disaster. It seems that there are a lot of people." Wu Fei said, "I'm afraid we disturbed the officials here just now when we broke in."

Li Xiuyuan nodded, but he was not afraid. Although there were thirty or forty soldiers, if they really fought, they would not be able to stop him alone.

At this time, a burly middle-aged official in official uniform came out, and stared at Li Xiuyuan and the others angrily: "It's you who broke into the yamen?"

"I wonder who this lord is?" Li Xiuyuan saluted.

"This official is Guo Beicheng's acting magistrate, Song Yuan." The middle-aged official said.

"Li Xiuyuan, a late student, has met the magistrate." Li Xiuyuan said.

Song Yuan frowned: "What? You are Li Xiuyuan? Li Xiuyuan, the son of the Li family who hired people to relieve the disaster and saved countless people after the flood occurred in the city a few days ago?"

"Master Zhifu knows Wansheng?" Li Xiuyuan was also a little surprised.

"I don't know, I heard from the people in the city that Mr. Fu also praised your actions. He thinks that your actions have saved countless lives and are worthy of praise. For this reason, Mr. Fu specially wrote your name into the memorial. Send it to Your Majesty."

Song Yuan said: "Looking at your previous actions, you are also a respected and noble person. Why are you so arrogant, knocking out the soldiers guarding the gate, and dare to lead people to force the yamen?"

Li Xiuyuan said: "With big things in mind, there are no taboos. If you are scrupulous everywhere, even late students can't help the disaster some time ago."

Song Yuan said: "Okay, I will listen to your reason. If you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I will take you down today regardless of what you did before."

"Wan Sheng came to Chenghuang Temple this time for one thing only, to cure the plague." Li Xiuyuan said.

(End of this chapter)