People and ghosts have different paths.
The combination of humans and gods disrupted the order of heaven and earth.
Which serious city god would dare to take a girl from Jiaofangsi as a concubine? From Yi Luli's perspective, the Taoist priest looked like a ghost being manipulated by a tiger spirit!
As for why he was targeting Jiaofangsi.
There is no answer yet.
"It must be a demon." The younger junior brother was furious. He listened to the present, and with his own knowledge, he revealed the truth in one sentence: "The city god never accepts filial piety from the world, let alone harming girls."
Since the Northern Song Dynasty, there has been an unwritten rule in the imperial courts of all dynasties. Whenever a new official takes office, he must go to the City God's Temple to stay overnight and ask the City God to manage local affairs with him.
Ouyang Xiu, the great Confucian scholar whom the younger junior most admired, once wrote an article to worship the City God, which mentioned:
The officials do their best, and God bless them with their spirit. They each perform their duties and are worthy of the people.
That is, officials in the human world and officials in the underworld depend on each other and respect each other to govern the people under their jurisdiction.
Therefore, let alone using such despicable means to deceive a girl, even if he wants incense and tribute, the city god will act openly and above all, and first bless the place with good weather and clear black and white, so that the people will worship sincerely.
And after the illusion was exposed.
Scholar Song sighed. He had been lying to himself before that it would be a great blessing for Miss Jiaofangsi to marry the local city god as a concubine.
However, after twenty years, the sage's book had not been read into the dog's belly. He hesitated for a long time and chose to come to the Hou Mansion for help first.
"Have you ever seen the City God?"
Han Yu asked, one hand already placed on the evil-killing fine steel sword, and he thought:
Not long ago, I knelt down in front of Laojun and the Patriarch, saying that I would kill all the evil spirits in the world and restore a peaceful world to the world. Unexpectedly, as soon as I returned to the Hou Mansion, I heard that there was a fake city god persecuting the scholar. If he didn't get rid of him as soon as possible, he would kill him at night. They don't dare to sleep, for fear of dreaming about their ancestors questioning him!
"No." Scholar Song shook his head and said with evasive eyes, "The Taoist priest asked us to send people to the City God's Temple at night."
After questioning twice, he felt more and more ashamed.
As Lu Li and others said, a real City God would never act like this. In fact, Scholar Song had long been aware of this, but he was lucky that maybe the City God was real.
The girl gets married and enjoys happiness, Brother Shen comes back safely, Jinling City God is happy, everyone is happy.
In addition, there was another point that Scholar Song did not admit, and he did not dare to think deeply about it, that is, he vaguely felt that it was completely worth it to trade the life of an official prostitute for the life of a young official.
What is an official prostitute?
Those mothers, elder sisters, younger sisters, and daughters, no matter how big or small, who were considered by the imperial court to be the most vicious and heinous criminals, were all sent to the Jiaofang Division, where they were allowed to be molested and entertained by high-ranking officials and nobles.
The court has made such a determination, so why take it too seriously? In the past, when sleeping with a girl, he said a few words of lovesickness, and then pretended to say "People leaning on the building" a few times, pretending that life was lonely, but did not say a word about himself. I don’t know how many girls I’ve told this to, it’s just to make people happy and flirt.
Of course, to tell the truth would be a disgrace.
What's more, they are the masters of people's education and are qualified to be officials. It is clear at a glance which one is more important.
"A gentleman has no regard for his heart when it comes to his deeds, and there is no saint when it comes to his heart."
At this moment, Scholar Song kept chanting these words in his heart, and then he felt much better and looked at Lu Li eagerly.
aside.
Qingfeng hugged her beloved tightly, tears falling down. She had been in the Jiaofang Department, and no matter how bitter she felt, she had to laugh out loud to make her benefactor happy, and those girls who had already combed their hair were even more so. To receive guests all day long, you have to rest. No matter what the guests look like, you must greet them with a smile and a warm heart.
It was already so miserable, and yet they were targeted by ghosts and unfaithful people. According to the Taoist priest, several girls had already been robbed and sent to the City God's Temple.
"A person who is righteous is only a dog-slaughterer, but a person who is unfaithful is mostly a scholar."
Seeing Qingfeng crying so much that the pear blossoms were covered with rain, Lu Li sighed, these words are indeed true. Scholars with simple minds like my junior brother are in the minority after all.
If I didn't come back before dark, what would these Confucian scholars choose?
The girl who was sent there before is proof of this.
Scholar Song, who was connoted by Lu Li, pretended to be calm and said: "Please ask the little Marquis to help me to save Brother Shen. He is known to be talented and is the only son in the family..."
Lu Li turned his gaze to Qingfeng.
For reasons of emotion, reason, and his own interests, he had to visit the City God's Temple.
Next to him, the junior brother who was always timid and afraid of ghosts was also clamoring to go and take Mr. Tiantai's signature to suppress the fake city god who didn't know how to do it.
"I'll explain things to the servants at home."
With that said, Lu Li made a move.
The boy in Tsing Yi who was standing by the main entrance immediately ran over. Every dandy has a shrewd henchman beside him. Although he cannot accomplish anything big, he is more loyal than anything else.
When I left the house at noon, I left it to him to take care of the relations in prison.
"Little Marquis, everything has been settled, and I will be locked up at the bottom of Jinling Prison."
"When the guard heard that you were coming, he specially gave Master Fu a bath, put on a new prison uniform, and entertained him with delicious food and drinks."
Having said this, the young boy in green clothes looked at Qingfeng girl with slightly swollen eyes, showed a flattering smile, and said, "I took a special look, Master Fu is in good spirits, and his body is still strong, and he can also read "The Complete Book of Zhu Xi"" Woolen cloth."
"Yeah, well done."
Lu Li nodded and took the token from Jinling Prison from the boy's hand: "I will reward you well when I come back after finishing my work."
Only when rewards and punishments are clear can people be convinced.
Having a smart servant to help with mundane matters can indeed save you a lot of worry.
"It's your duty to do things for the young Marquis."
No wonder he was favored by himself in this world before, he could indeed speak, and he had eyesight.
When Lu Li was sighing with emotion, he saw that the boy resigned directly without wasting any time, obviously knowing that he would be busy next.
"Qingfeng, after we finish dealing with the City God matter, we will go straight to Jinling Prison to visit my father-in-law."
There was a deep sense of relief in Lu Li's tone.
The yamen in charge of night patrol is the Wucheng Army and Horses Division. With the Marquis Mansion sign in hand, no one dares to stop him.
What's more, no one dared to stop Lu Li from going anywhere.
"Do you want to accompany us?" Taoist boy Han Yu glanced at Scholar Song and his party.
At the same time, the junior brother hurriedly said: "Wait for me, I will go back to the room and bring some things with you."
"Forget it, I can't help you, so I won't cause trouble to you." Scholar Song smiled awkwardly and added: "We can only hold a banquet at Fule Yuan by the Qinhuai River and wait for the good news. "
Fule Yuan is the most luxurious brothel in Jinling. It not only has beauties, but also delicious food and beautiful scenery. It was pardoned by the order of Taizu of this dynasty.
Lu Li waved his hand and directly refused the group of people's thanks. He waited for his junior brother to come out and everyone was gathered before he started on his way.
It is foreseeable that he will be particularly busy tonight.
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