Chapter 477: The God of Mount Elong

Salted vegetables and white porridge, but only three or two mouthfuls, Li Changxiao put three copper coins on the table, stretched his waist, and went out of the hall.

Since entering Dayu country, what he has seen is that the incense and gods system is extremely complete, and can even be described as "severe". There are gods in every city and spirits in every temple.

Going to the street, Panjiu City is bustling with people, all heading somewhere. The mountain god of Elong Mountain is one of the twelve mountain gods, with a high position and power. Li Changxiao did not see Elong Mountain, but saw the Elong Mountain Temple first.

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Following the flow of people, he quickly found the front of the temple, and across the flow of people, he could see the color and shape of the temple.

The temple is rectangular, with gold and blue as the main colors, and purple and red as the auxiliary colors. There is a stone tablet in front, which is a merit tablet, engraved with the name of the person who built the temple.

If you look at the inscription, you can see the name "Wang Changping", which is particularly conspicuous. It is decorated with red lacquer and looks brand new. It must have been painted every year to achieve such an effect.

It is not difficult to guess that the person who can receive such treatment and whose surname is "Wang" is the founding emperor of the Dayu Dynasty. It is rumored that Wang Changping was blessed by heaven, and the mountains and rivers helped him. He worked hard to govern the country and made a great success in three years after the founding of the country.

After the world was at peace, he personally wrote an imperial decree to confer titles on the mountains and rivers.

The Twelve Mountain God Temples and the Four Directions God Temples were all established at that time.

After that, during his reign, he conferred titles on minor gods, land gods... various temples, and countless temples were established in the territory. The emperor once said that within the territory of the Dayu Dynasty, every blade of grass and every tree were his subjects, and the people were made of flesh and blood, with five orifices and spiritual light, eyes that could see, ears that could hear, and mouths that could speak. They could be governed or educated by laws and words.

But the grass and trees are heartless, eyeless, mouthless, and earless, so they are left to the jurisdiction of the mountain and water spirits.

So it can be seen that the mountain and water spirits are another kind of court. What about the twelve mountain gods and the four gods? They have their own grades. But this "mountain and water court" is ultimately based on the mortal dynasty.

"Wang Changping?"

Li Changxiao muttered silently.

The ceremony of inviting the gods in front of the temple was almost over. Among the crowd, there was a person who stepped on the steps of inviting the gods and chanted the words of inviting the gods. Suddenly, he was startled.

His eyes were absent-minded for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he had changed to another person. Although he was the same person and looked the same, he gave people a completely different feeling. This was definitely not a disguise.

The people bowed one after another. There was a big copper furnace in front of the temple, and a layer of incense ash was spread in the furnace.

"The gods will come in three quarters, and they will not wait for it!"

One person said loudly.

When the words fell, the crowd was restless. They had already prepared incense, fearing that the mountain god who visited once a year would not see their sincerity.

Most of the people who burn incense are children. They are no taller than the copper stove, so they need to stand on tiptoe or even jump up to insert the incense.

There are reasons why children burn incense. First, they are unfamiliar, and they show their faces to the mountain god to pray for protection.

If they are favored by the mountain god, the whole family will have no worries about food and clothing, and there is no need to say more.

Second, the children are still young, and the incense is pure.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the copper stove was filled with incense, and the smoke was rising, as if the fairyland had come down to earth.

The people also brought three whole pigs, cows, and sheep. The mountain god might not eat them, but he must show his attitude.

According to legend, there was a village that was ignorant and uncivilized. They thought the mountain temple was an eyesore and the incense money was too expensive.

So they demolished the temple and kicked the statue.

Since then, the villagers have been plagued by bad luck, the mountain roads are difficult to travel, and wild beasts attack them. Finally, heavy rains, rocks and mud rolled, and the village was swallowed up in an instant.

After hearing the news, His Majesty sent people to rescue. When they arrived at the scene, what they saw was a tragedy. There were more than 300 people in the village, but no one survived. Their bodies were buried underground forever.

After learning the reason, His Majesty selected a village chief, erected a monument for him, and conferred the title of "Nianshanjun" to appease the anger of the mountain god and the resentment of the villagers.

In front of the temple, there was a lot of commotion. Zhang Long and Zhao Hu walked out of the crowd and brought prisoners from both sides.

Seeing this, the mountain god walked towards the temple, and Zhao Hu and Zhang Long followed closely. In this situation, even if the unknown prisoners resisted, it would be useless and they were forced to follow into the temple.

The two knelt on one knee and reported their work in detail. Most of what they said were things they encountered on the way, big or small, light or heavy, no matter how big or small, they did not dare to neglect it.

There were bandits blocking the way, and giant tigers blocking the road. There were all kinds of scenes, which were wonderful and showed that the two men worked hard, worked diligently, and adhered to their duties.

The mountain god of Elong Mountain nodded slightly. Although he listened to the two men's reports, his eyes were always on the unknown prisoner, as if he was smiling and amused.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were arrogant and domineering, but they were very restrained in front of the mountain god, sometimes even stuttering and speaking unclearly.

The unknown prisoner was tense all over, and dared not move, and could not move.

Finally, the mountain god made a final judgment and said to the prisoner, "Your Majesty is wise. I will not wrongly accuse you of stripping your name. You must have committed a serious crime, and beheading is not enough to pay for it. Please forgive your sins for this trip. Whether you are a human or an animal in the next life, I hope you will not repeat the same mistakes."

"Fate brings retribution. Why don't you seek the suffering of this life yourself? You could have enjoyed fame and glory, but you chose to do dirty things. Alas."

The voice fell.

The prisoner whose face was covered with mud, even if he could not see his face, could still feel that his face turned pale in an instant, and his eyes seemed to have endless sadness.

Even though her heart was far superior to that of ordinary people, she could endure all the hardships and pains along the way, and she had already known about the punishment, but when she heard it from others, the desolation in her heart was indescribable.

It seemed that her blood was drained out, and she was faintly unstable and shaky.

The rest of her life was only pain, and she could not be a human in the next life. Hearing this verdict, the pain in my heart...

The mountain god of Elong Mountain turned his head and said, "I'll give it back to you two. After leaving the city and walking fifty miles south, you will enter the boundary of Elong Mountain. Although I will protect you on your way back, you still have to be careful. Your Majesty will not treat you badly when you return after your achievements." you."

His voice gradually became softer, as if it was coming from the sky, until it finally disappeared completely.

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu bowed deeply, kowtowed three times, and performed the important ceremony before escorting the prisoner out of the temple.

The prisoner's hands and feet were weak and he collapsed to the ground, unable to get up. Zhao Hu sneered, grabbed his shoulders with his big hands, picked him up, walked a few steps, and fell to the ground again.

"What a bullshit high official, nothing more than that." Seeing this embarrassing posture, Zhang Long and Zhao Hu mocked, and simply grabbed one shoulder and carried her away.

The iron claws dug into the iron and buckled on the shoulders, which naturally caused pain. The people made way out and allowed the three people to leave.

Inside the temple.

The forehead of the Longshan Mountain God statue, with a little spiritual light in its eyes, watched the three people leaving.

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The mountain god enters the city and comes to an end.

The people gradually dispersed, and everything returned to normal, but there was a figure in white clothes, following the figures coming in and out, entering the temple, looking up at the statue of the god.