Feng Juan saw the golden statue from a distance and was startled: Is there a mistake? It’s not like Chengcheng County officials have never been here before. There has never been such a big statue before. Is this just built?
He quickly stopped a passerby: "When did a statue like this appear in Chengcheng County?"
He was not wearing official uniform at this time, and was dressed like a businessman in casual clothes. When the passerby heard what he said, he knew that he was from out of town. He immediately rolled his eyes and looked at him like a bumpkin: "That's from our county." All the rich people raised money together to build the statue of Daoxuan Tianzun, and it has only been completed for two days."
Feng Jun's heart moved slightly. He had heard of the name Daoxuan Tianzun. When Taoist Master Ma Tianyuan prayed for rain, didn't he claim to be asking for rain from this Tianzun? He also said that the Dragon King of the Four Seas was captured by Tianzun by the neck.
A passerby said a little proudly: "Isn't this Tianzun statue well built? We sent thousands of people from all walks of life to build it and it took two years to repair it.
Feng Juan said "Hey", thousands of people built it for two years? Was there any mistake? This is a year of great disaster, are you doing this kind of thing? Aren't you afraid of starving to death? No, wait! The Chengcheng County I saw along the way looked like it was not affected by the disaster.
He asked in a low voice: "Daoxuan Tianzun had rain in Chengcheng County? That's why you built this statue for him?"
Passersby laughed: "Not only did it rain, Tianzun personally took action and helped us defeat the Guyuan rebels."
"Do it personally?" Feng Juan was startled: "How can you do it personally?"
The passer-by rolled up his sleeves, gestured with a palm move falling from the sky, and added a voice: "You rebels, why don't you accept death?"
"Look, just like this, Tianzun's hand was slapped from the clouds and was more than ten feet wide. With a bang, the mountains shook. The Guyuan rebels were so scared that they wet their pants, hahaha."
After listening to this, Feng Juan silently put a "sick" label on the passerby's head, clasped his fists and said:
"Thank you for your advice, brother."
After saying that, quickly get out of the way.
The servant came over and whispered: "Master, what that person said is not true, is it?"
Feng Juan: "That person is crazy, let's go ask Liang Shixian directly.
There was a huge golden statue leading the way, so they didn't need to ask for directions. They walked quickly in the direction of the statue, and it didn't take long to reach the City God's Temple.
There is still a plaque with the words "City God's Temple" hanging at the entrance of the temple, but it has not been replaced with "Daoxuan Tianzun Cave". This is of course from Li Daoxuan's decree. He did not allow the little people to change the plaque of the City God's Temple, because the City God's Temple is in his In his eyes, it is a landmark building and historical and cultural relic of Cheng County. It will still be a tourist attraction in later generations. The name cannot be changed because of his prank. That would be a bit unsightly.
The layout of the City God's Hall has not changed. The main hall is still dedicated to the City God. The huge golden statue of Li Daoxuan is placed in a newly opened open space behind the temple.
Feng Juan walked for a long time before reaching the foot of the statue.
At a glance, he saw Liang Shixian, standing at the foot of the statue, holding a stick of incense in both hands, and uprightly offering incense to the statue of Daoxuan Tianzun.
Feng Juan was shocked: Mr. Liang is also doing this?
I saw Liang Shixian finished lighting the incense, picked up the drumstick with his own hands, and struck a big bell next to him with a sudden sound. The bell sounded melodiously, soaring into the sky.
Li Daoxuan was eating Chunhua glutinous rice at this time. Just a few minutes ago, the Chunhua glutinous rice dumplings he bought at a certain treasure were delivered.
I quickly made myself a bowl, held it in my hand, and while eating, I sighed that it was not the fresh glutinous rice from Heyang County, which was a little regretful.
Seeing "Chengcheng County" flashing on the box, he clicked the button and jumped over. He saw Liang Shixian had just finished applying incense and was muttering something in a low voice to the huge golden statue of himself.
His voice is very low, but Li Daoxuan can hear it clearly as long as he turns on the "follow" function.
"Reporting to Tianzun, this official has been serving as the county magistrate of Chengcheng County for three years. He has to return to Beijing to report on his duties and has been transferred elsewhere."
Liang Shixian's tone was rather desolate: "During the three years that Xiaguan has been in Chengcheng County, he has been taken care of by the Heavenly Lord. He has given food and money to help Xiaguan help the people. Now that Xiaguan is leaving, the world is confused and I don't know what will happen. Wherever I go, without the help of Heavenly Lord, I don’t know if I can still be a good official. Alas...
Liang Shixian came to Chengcheng County as the magistrate at the end of the seventh year of Tianqi. When he took office, he also brought the news of the death of Emperor Tianqi. In the blink of an eye, three years flew by. The local officials of the Ming Dynasty were once every three years. At that time, his term was up and he had to return to Beijing to report on his duties and then be transferred elsewhere.
Li Daoxuan suddenly reacted when he heard what he said.
For Chengcheng County, this was a major event that could overturn the situation. No wonder he had to ring the bell even at the risk of "disturbing Tianzun's peace".
Liang Shixian murmured: "After the official is transferred, the successor does not know whether he is an upright official or a corrupt official. If he is an upright official, it is naturally very good. If a corrupt official comes, I can only ask God to use your magical powers to punish corrupt officials. Protect the people of Dawn.
His tone, as if he was explaining the aftermath, was quite miserable.
Li Dao They will definitely take it very seriously, and it will be very troublesome if they make a fuss.
Just as he was thinking of this, he saw Feng Juan coming over, smiling and greeting behind Liang Shixian: "Brother Liang, what are you muttering to the statue?"
Liang Shixian's muttering was so low that only he and Li Daoxuan could hear it, and he didn't want to talk to anyone else, so Feng Juan didn't hear a word and thought he was making a wish to the statue of an immortal.
This greeting startled Liang Shixian, and when he turned around, he realized that it was his junior, Feng Juan, who came.
Feng Juan was a few years younger than Liang Shixian, so he was considered Liang's junior in Donglin Academy.
Both of them were students attending classes at Donglin Academy, that is, classmates. In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, this classmate relationship was very strong. Cliques in the officialdom basically started from the relationship between master, apprentice and classmate.
Liang Shixian was a little surprised: "Huh? Why is Brother Feng here?"
Feng Jun said: "I have some urgent matters and I want to talk to Brother Liang."
Seeing that he was wearing casual clothes and his serious expression, Liang Shixian knew that something was serious, so he whispered: "Brother Feng, come with me, let's find a quiet place to go."
Li Daoxuan also saw Feng Juan at this moment, and thought to himself: It is interesting for the magistrate of Heyang County to come to Chengcheng County in casual clothes. You can basically be called AWOL, and you can be convicted.
It seems that there is really something important to brag about.
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