Who would have thought that the temple blessings at the City God's Temple would actually become evil cultivators?
If the old smoker hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it.
"Gaga, you discovered it!"
Miao Zhu didn't want to hide anything anymore at this time. The aura on his whole body suddenly changed, and it was a thick evil aura. Near his body, a thin layer of green quietly enveloped him.
"Sure enough, it is the power of Yamata no Orochi!"
Seeing the dark clouds gradually appearing above their heads as the temple prayers started, the old smoker understood clearly.
Miao Zhu itself should have some power. After specializing in evil cultivation, his Taoism has improved a lot. Now the old smoker is not even his opponent.
However, the old smoker was thinking about something else.
At this time, the temple blessing activated the power of Yamata no Orochi. Under such circumstances, will Yamata no Orochi also notice the movement here?
Regarding the movements below the Lujiang River, Lao Yangui suspected that the Yamata-no-Orochi knew the situation to some extent. At least there was no City God in the City God's Temple, and the power of incense poured into the body of the Yamata-no-Orochi. The existence of those ghosts was unknown. If Qi Orochi didn't know, it would be a bit cover-up.
"go to hell!"
An unparalleled force rushed out of Miao Zhu's body and suddenly hit the seemingly defenseless old smoker.
A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the old smoker's body fell backwards, just falling into the dry well.
Even though he easily drove the person into the dry well, the expression on Miao Zhu's face did not change at all. He just lowered his head with a smile, looked at the dark dry well, snorted coldly, and then turned around and left.
As he left, a green light suddenly covered the ancient well, completely sealing it.
It is absolutely impossible for a person who falls into an ancient well to come out.
"Captain Qian?"
A confused voice came from behind Qian Mu.
He subconsciously turned around and saw the Miao Zhu from the City God's Temple looking at him with joy, and then quickly came up to meet him.
Qian Mu is somewhat familiar with this temple blessing. After all, due to a sudden heavy rain and power outage over the Chenghuang Temple, Qian Mu was also sent here to investigate several times. Although nothing was found in the end, what happened? A lot more familiar.
Later, Qian Mu took his friends to the City God's Temple several times. Whenever he met the temple ministers, he would say hello, and they became familiar with them.
In fact, this is nothing. At this time, Qian Mu was thinking about something else. He remembered that the old smoker clearly said that he would go to Miao Zhu first, so why was Miao Zhu alone now?
His heart was full of doubts, but Qian Mu didn't show any special expression in his heart. He just watched Miao Zhu walk up to him with a smile, and the two greeted him politely.
"Captain Qian, it's really you! I even thought I was seeing the wrong person just now. What? Are you bringing your friends here to play again today?"
Miao Zhu looked at Qian Mu with a smile and asked curiously.
"Isn't that right? I haven't been to the Chenghuang Temple for a long time. I just happened to pass by here, so I stopped by to have a look. It's a temple blessing. It's been a long time since I saw you. You look much better than before!"
When the words came to his lips, Qian Mu subconsciously changed his story and concealed the fact that he came here with the old smoker.
Although he hadn't been to the City God's Temple for a long time, he still clearly remembered that the temple blessings he saw before were definitely not as good as they are now.
Moreover, it seems that Miao Zhu is much younger than before.
You know, this is absolutely impossible.
Miao Zhu was old and his hair had turned gray. This time, Qian Mu took a closer look and inadvertently saw that there were faint black hairs in Miao Zhu's tied hair.
At Miao Zhu's age, even if his metabolism is very good, his new hair should be white, and it absolutely cannot be black.
He looks obviously much younger, and with the faint appearance of black hair, what's going on?
Rejuvenation?
According to Qian Mu's knowledge, no matter how powerful skin care products and cosmetics are, they cannot achieve the effect of rejuvenating people.
So, why would a temple worshiper who has been at the Chenghuang Temple his whole life have such a phenomenon?
At this time, Qian Mu had countless questions in his mind, but he couldn't find an answer yet.
"Maybe it's because our Lujiang County has been going smoothly recently. I'm in a better mood than here. With a better mentality, I look younger.
I think Captain Qian is very high-spirited!
I heard that the big case that troubled our county chief was finally solved by Captain Qian and his men. I would say, Captain Qian, you are the really powerful person!
Look at what I said, Captain Qian, please don't mind, I just really think you are the good person who works for the people.
I'm just going to say this in front of you. You haven't been to the City God's Temple for a long time. Just in time, I'm walking around the City God's Temple with Captain Qian! "
Halfway through his words, Miao Zhu noticed that Qian Mu's expression was not quite right. He seemed to realize that he might have said something wrong, and he quickly made up for it.
Although Qian Mu didn't show any concern, he was already filled with doubts.
He has known this Miao Zhu for a long time, and the two of them chatted often before, but no matter how you look at it, Miao Zhu's words make people feel comfortable both physically and mentally, so they won't make such small mistakes.
But what about now?
The words in the temple seemed to be about seeing Qian Mu moving towards a high position, saying that Qian Mu was the most powerful person. Did he ignore everyone else in Lujiang County?
If this word gets out, even if Qian Mu doesn't mean it at all, others will think too much about it, and Qian Mu himself will have no future.
Miao Zhu, this is going to ruin Qian Mu’s future!
Feeling uncomfortable, Qian Mu always had a strange feeling of being out of place when he looked at Miao Zhu again.
Obviously the person is still the same person, but the feeling has changed.
"That's troublesome. I used to hang out with my friends in the City God's Temple. Most of the time I just walked around and looked at the flowers. Speaking of which, I really haven't looked at the City God's Temple carefully. This time there is a temple. I hope you can accompany me to visit it. I think I should be able to There will be greater gains!”
No matter what, Miao Zhu took the initiative to say that he would take him to visit the City God's Temple, and he didn't see the old smoker now. He didn't know where he went and whether he saw Miao Zhu, so Qian Mu simply agreed.
He also wanted to see what this temple was doing.
After all, when the county guard came to the City God's Temple in person in the past, Miao Zhu took the initiative to accompany him and wandered around the City God's Temple.
Qian Mu would not be narcissistic enough to think that he could have more dignity than the county magistrate here in Miao Zhu.
"Haha, Captain Qian is so polite. It's also an honor for me to take you to visit the City God's Temple!"
With a gentle smile still on his face, Miao Zhu was very happy. He took three sticks of incense from the free incense window next to him and handed them to Qian Mu.
"Captain Qian, when you arrive at the main hall of the City God, why don't you light some incense?"
Smiling attentively, Miao Zhu's request was really difficult for Qian Mu to refuse.
Passively taking the three sticks of incense from Miao Zhu's hand, Qian Mu looked at the statue on the lotus platform again.
There was something in front of him, but the picture of the statue in his mind was only blank.
The old smoker said that the statue of the City God had long since disappeared, and now all that is left is the breath of Yamata no Orochi.
The incense they contributed was actually given to Yamata no Orochi.
As long as he thought of this, Qian Mu could not convince himself to light the incense.
"I'm really sorry. We have requirements not to spread feudal superstitions. Although I came to the City God's Temple to hang out, as a public official, I can't break the rules openly. I can't light this incense, otherwise , I’ll go back to the punishment department later, and I’ll have to be punished first!”
With a very embarrassed look on his face, Qian Mu said this and revealed his identity. This was really beyond his control.
After all, there is a big difference between hanging out at the Chenghuang Temple and offering incense at the Chenghuang Temple.
If nothing else, if Qian Mu puts incense on his front foot, he might be reported to the police for his back foot.
The gentle smile on Miao Zhu's face became stiff for a moment. He seemed to have really not expected that Qian Mu would reject him.
Staring straight at Qian Mu, a dark green flashed through the depths of his eyes. Temple was a little anxious and said in a stiff tone: "Look at my brain, it's because I'm old and I can't use it well anymore. No, I have forgotten that Captain Qian is different from ordinary people like us.
I was negligent. Captain Qian, let's go to other places. There are still pilgrims offering incense in the main hall. If we are here, it may affect other pilgrims offering incense..."
After all, it was Miao Zhu who compromised, and there was talk about asking Qian Mu to offer incense, but his eyes fell on the pilgrims behind him.
As long as these pilgrims are there and the power of the incense is there, the Yamata no Orochi will naturally exist, and its source of power will not disappear.
As for the rest, it is beyond my scope of consideration.
Qian Mu's identity made Miao Zhu somewhat taboo, and he was thinking about the possibility of leaving Qian Mu here.
In the end, he chose to give up.
Who knows the news about Qian Mu's visit to the City God's Temple? Does anyone in charge of the punishment department know?
With Miao Zhu's current strength, he is naturally not afraid of mentioning people like Xing Si. However, if it attracts official attention, it will bring some trouble to the Chenghuang Temple and attract more attention, which Miao Zhu does not need.
"Then let's go! Speaking of which, I really haven't visited the City God's Temple properly!"
A smile appeared on Qian Mu's face, and the two of them tacitly agreed not to mention the previous topic, but naturally changed the subject. The two of them walked past the main hall and walked towards the backyard.
There were noisy voices in the front hall. The incense in the Chenghuang Temple was always very strong, and there were many pilgrims coming to offer incense.
Compared to the noise in the front hall, the backyard seems much cleaner.
There is a bamboo forest in the small backyard. There is a pavilion vaguely visible in the bamboo forest. There are stone tables and benches in the pavilion. On the side of the bamboo forest is a path with some flowers and plants planted on both sides. It looks very lush.
At the end of the path, there is an ancient well. It seems to be old and probably abandoned. It does not have the supporting tools to fetch water.
In the middle of the yard, there are two faucets, specially made of stones to create a flowing water scene. The water from the faucets flows into the garden through the water channel next to the path, watering the flowers and plants in the backyard.
When Qian Mu came here before, he mostly took a look at the door. He was not willing to go into the backyard and squeeze in with the crowd. Naturally, he didn't know if the backyard had changed compared to before.
However, Qian Mu glanced at it seemingly casually, but he saw soot on the path.
Anyone who comes to the City God's Temple knows that smoking is prohibited here, and they will never take the initiative to smoke. Even those who are addicted to smoking will endure it when they come to the City God's Temple, or else they will leave on their own initiative.
Under such a premise, there should absolutely be no soot inside the City God's Temple.
The person who can make Qian Mu think of him when he sees cigarette ashes is the old smoker.
He remembered clearly that the old smoker said that when he went to the temple to pray, he had the cigarette rod in his hand, and even if he did not smoke again after entering the Chenghuang Temple, there was still ash from the previous cigarette in the cigarette rod.
Has the old smoker been in the backyard?
Where is he now?
"Captain Qian, the backyard is not big, and it also leads to the wing where pilgrims stay. But as you know, although there are many pilgrims in the Chenghuang Temple, there are still too few pilgrims willing to stay, so the wing is all empty.
However, Captain Qian is just in time for you today. Zhai Fang has launched Su Zhai, which is very popular. Captain Qian just happened to be able to try it! "
Seeing Qian Mu standing motionless when he reached the Liushuishijing, not knowing what he was thinking, Miao Zhu followed behind, not urging him, but he naturally pointed to another path and introduced it.
After all, you can see the wall behind the ancient well at a glance, and there is nothing interesting about the ancient well that is no longer in use.
"Then my luck is really pretty good!"
Qian Mu nodded and followed Miao Zhu towards the path leading to the wing.
Just when he was about to walk through the archway into the courtyard of the wing, he suddenly caught a glimpse of green flashing past the ancient well out of the corner of his eye.
Stopping subconsciously, Qian Mu rubbed his eyes.
"Captain Qian, what's wrong?"
Miao Zhu had always paid attention to Qian Mu's every move, so he immediately asked.
"It's okay, I was just thinking, why don't you use that well? Logically speaking, that well should be able to produce water, and it can supply the daily water supply of the City God Temple, right?"
Qian Mu looked at the well and asked hesitantly.
After all, places like temples and Taoist temples always claim to be self-sufficient. Since there is a well, it will be used under normal circumstances, right? (End of chapter)
