Chapter 468: Incense, Temple, Beggars' Sect's Secret Line

Dayu Kingdom has a complete incense god system, which has been passed down from generation to generation. Various temples can be seen everywhere, from big cities to villages.

Where people gather and there are outstanding people and beautiful places, there are big temples, such as Hemu and the Four Gods. Where people are sparse, there are small temples, such as land gods, small mountain gods, and small gods conferred by various places.

In addition, the mountains and rivers all have their support, and none of them are vacant.

Because it is all the way to the east, the most common temples along the way are Dongshenjun Temple. Compared with them, the number of Hemu Temples is less than half of that. This is understandable. After all, Hemu Temple is not a local god, and the amount of incense is limited. Gods are like vicious tigers, hungry and indiscriminate. How can they be willing to give too much of the "meat" in their mouths to Hemu?

However, Qingrao City, Hongfang City, and other large cities with developed commerce have frequent business and convenient water transportation. They rely on Hemu, so they worship frequently, and there are more Hemu Temples than other places.

After all, the meaning of the river mother is "bringing wealth", "seeking children" and "ensuring safety". Merchants who go out burn incense to pray for wealth and safety, and women at home pray for children.

The meaning represented by the river mother, I don't know how many people envy and envy, but there is nothing they can do, who let her enter the industry early. Long before the great reform, most monks at that time stayed indoors, hiding in the mountains and rivers, watching the changes in the world quietly, but she had already taken her disciples to travel around, looking for the way to reform and study this incense.

Those temples have long been like anchors, scattered all over Lingtianzhou, and have long been extended to the outside of the continent. For those who come here later, all kinds of gods burst out together, strange and bizarre, and it is difficult to shake its status.

Back to the topic, the East God Temple is mainly "red" and "green", and "blue" and "purple" are auxiliary. It stands in the mountains and forests and is very conspicuous.

Li Changxiao entered the temple and looked up at the statue, which was made of jade. With a magic whip in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, he rode a two-headed tiger and wore a purple gold crown on his head.

The incense was woven into a cloud belt, and his eyes were bright and majestic.

"East God..." Li Changxiao stroked his chin.

In the incense system of Dayu Kingdom, East God controls the east, and the east is wealth, so it also means wealth. The magic whip in his left hand can whip ghosts and gods, and the sword in his right hand can cut off bad luck.

As for the two-headed tiger under his crotch and the purple gold crown on his head. It is related to the legend of East God.

It is said that the two-headed tiger was originally a fierce beast in the forest. East God was a hunter. Hearing that there was a vicious tiger eating people, East God went up the mountain with a sword.

He fought with the evil tiger for three days and three nights, and finally pierced the heart of the two-headed tiger with a sword, successfully killing the evil tiger, but he also died. Later, people went up the mountain to look for people and saw the body of East God.

This matter was widely spread, and later the emperor of Dayu State learned about it, and ordered him to be named a god. The purple gold crown came from this, and the two-headed tiger under his crotch represented his achievements.

If a monk wants to enjoy incense, he can't just make a statue, build a temple, and put it there to absorb it.

Don't forget that incense, at its root, is "public opinion". The power composed of long-lived immortals will be exhausted in an instant, while the imperial dynasty where immortals and mortals are mixed can exist for a long time. It was for this reason that Mu Qin got the spiritual light, studied incense, and studied the people's will.

Therefore, for the god of incense, the name is very important, and the degree of spreading is very important. If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that most of the stories of gods are not complicated, and there are not too many twists and turns.

This is for spreading, even children can tell it clearly, and the story is familiar to the heart.

Li Changxiao heard most of the things about Dong Shenjun from Hongfang City. "Bringing wealth", "beating bad luck", "cutting off bad luck" are the meanings of Dong Shenjun.

It is normal to be in any place of this temple, but it is extremely abnormal to be worshipped by a group of beggars.

Beggars, who is not a person who is plagued by bad luck and loses money? It is good enough not to hate Dong Shenjun, but to worship him actively?

Moreover, this temple is full of incense, and people always burn incense and worship him. There are also fruits in front of the jade statue, which are very fresh.

It is not difficult to guess that Dong Shenjun and the Beggar Gang may have a thousand connections.

But if you say, what kind of connection can there be between the high and mighty Dong Shenjun and the lowly Beggar Gang, Li Changxiao can't guess it.

Li Changxiao thought flashed through his mind. Although he thought a lot, he only stayed in the temple for a moment. He turned around and left, and continued to walk towards the top of the mountain.

After he left the East God Temple, the eyes of the jade statue flashed with a sharp light.

…

The top of the mountain.

The drizzle in the sky had stopped, and the fragrance of grass, trees and soil filled the nose. There was actually a temple on the top of the mountain. It was built of wood, the whole was black, and there was a faint stench.

Li Changxiao entered the temple and scanned it with his spiritual sense. He had a general structure in his mind. There was a room on the left side where more than a dozen people were imprisoned.

Deep in the temple, there was a secret passage with traces of people passing through. Perhaps the leader of the Beggar Gang heard the wind and fled quickly.

Li Changxiao blew a breath of wind towards the secret passage, which was a life-threatening wind.

Then he turned around to rescue the hostages and pushed open the door. There were terrified sobs from both men and women.

They were tied up tightly and scattered on the ground. Their clothes were stripped off by someone and their hair was disheveled.

The wooden basin on the ground was filled with rotten food. One look at it made me want to vomit, but this was their daily food.

Such a desolate situation was really pitiful. Li Changxiao cut the rope with his sword and blew a gust of wind to send them all down the mountain.

The breeze blew away the haze and the memory.

Li Changxiao had done his best, but this scene really shocked Liu Qier. He had seen many killings and was a little numb. It was just a sword, but the skill of blowing a breath to drag people down the mountain was much more mysterious than killing with a sword.

…

Li Changxiao entered the secret passage and found the body of the beggar leader in a corner. Next to him, there was another person, who was probably middle-aged and wearing official uniforms.

The pupils of the two were dilated, and there were no scars on their bodies. They were both dead. They were blown away by Li Changxiao's killing wind and died cleanly.

It turned out that the distinguished guest received by the Beggar Gang today was the official of Qingrao City. Li Changxiao, who was used to seeing the collusion between officials and bandits, was not surprised. Instead, the official's body on the ground and the booklet tightly clenched in his hand caught his attention.

He opened the booklet and the name of the person was written inside. It probably records who sold what land, how much silver they sold it for, etc.

In the booklet, human lives are clearly marked with prices, like goods, the most expensive is more than ten taels, the cheapest is dozens of copper coins, so cheap that it makes people shudder. Li Changxiao also noticed that this booklet has a lot of information. If you look into it, it is not just a transaction of mortals.

It also involves many people who prolong their lives, and even monks. For example, a large family in Northwest City purchases 32 boys and 33 girls every year.

This is obviously related to prolonging life.

There are many cases like this. Li Changxiao frowned. The country of Dayu is peaceful and the people are safe, but the dark forces are so rampant. Who is leading it?