Su Wuming frowned and said, "It's this shrine again."
Xue Huan said indignantly: "This shrine wine is not allowed to drink, and people are forced to kneel down! This shrine god is so domineering!"
Xijun worriedly said, "Brother Yi, I always feel that something is wrong in this state!"
Su Wuming narrowed his eyes: "It's not ordinary, it's very strange!"
Zhou Hao didn't raise his head, "This place is a place where the king's orders are not reached. The shrine controls the officials and the people of Ninghu. If Brother Su wants to be with Guangchen, it will be fine, but if he wants to break through the evil spirits here, he must be careful. Now that Lu Lingfeng is not here, I will follow Brother Su when he goes out."
Su Wuming smiled and said, "If it is really as Brother Qingxu said, Su Mouding will not be with the crowd. If it is a blessing, Brother Qingxu will be fine."
Zhou Hao laughed and said, "Brother Su is polite."
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Su Wuming was really rude and pulled Zhou Hao out in the afternoon.
He also brought Master Fei Ji with him and said he was taking him to Yaoyuelou for a drink.
The three of them entered the Yaoyue Tower together.
Su Wuming directly called for the turtle wine.
The waiter didn't say whether to sell it or not and just introduced it.
"This wine is made of the water from the lake..."
As soon as he talked about this, Zhou Hao was no longer interested in this wine, the crocodile's bathing water.
I often throw people in and feed them to crocodiles. Can this water be clean?
Master Fei Ji said anxiously: "You don't need to introduce me. Just serve us wine as soon as possible. Give me... Let's try it."
The waiter said dissatisfiedly: "Master, didn't hear me say anything just now? The wine is not something that the governor has to drink now."
Su Wuming stared and said, "What a big tone!"
The waiter quickly smiled and said, "It's not absolutely impossible to drink it. On the Shangsi Festival on March 3rd every year, the god of the turtle will appear on the birthday of the turtle. The god-watching ceremony will be held on the island. The officials and civilians who landed on the island will have the chance to drink it. You are Sima and a high-ranking official, and you will definitely invite you to the island."
Master Fei Ji stood up suddenly and shouted: "But Sima wants to drink now!"
The waiter said, "How can that be done? It would be amazing if this violated the turtle god."
Su Wuming sneered: "It is natural for the wine in the state to be enjoyed by the people in the state to be enjoyed. If it is exclusively owned by the so-called turtle god, then he may not be called a god."
The waiter was frightened and changed his face: "Don't talk nonsense, if you hear this by the shrine, you will implicate me."
Su Wuming: "You worship this so much, what else is there in the Great Contemplation of Gods? Then I ask you, have you ever seen the Gods?"
The waiter smiled and said, "I don't have this blessing in my heart, but our master has seen it."
Su Wuming shouted: "Call him!"
Master Fei Ji shouted, "Go quickly!"
Zhou Hao watched from the side without saying a word. Although Su Wuming did not say anything about his plan, he could guess it.
He asked Yaoyuelou for information. The entire Ninghu turtle wine is produced by this Yaoyuelou, and it is exclusively for the turtle shrine.
If they had to say that they had nothing to do with the shrine, no one believed it, so they came to Yaoyue Tower.
It made Lao Fei very excited and thought that Su Wuming really came to ask for wine for him.
The shopkeeper came soon.
The shopkeeper of Yaoyuelou is an old man with a disgraceful appearance and a little cross-eyed.
But he is quite proud. Only his family can produce turtle wine. Although he doesn't make much money, it is also a supreme honor.
The shopkeeper said proudly: "What's so strange about seeing the turtle god? Every year on Shangsi Festival, I transport wine to the island. The turtle god will show his true body several feet tall, and will also ask the officials and people who are lucky enough to land on the island!"
Zhou Hao smiled and said, "Have you ever seen the appearance of the turtle god with your own eyes? Could it be that you could see through the curtain?"
"This Taoist priest was joking. The honor of the turtle god is not visible to mortals. It is an honor to see the true body through the curtain!"
Zhou Hao and Su Wuming looked at each other, and both of them understood that these people had not seen the so-called true body of the turtle god.
Su Wuming: "Did this turtle god always exist?"
"Of course, it has been there since the Later Han Dynasty, but the first time the Ghost God appeared was thirty years ago."
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The shopkeeper panicked: "This is not something to say. I want to sell it to you in private, but I will lose my life!"
Master Fei Ji said angrily: "What? A shrine dares to kill people at will? Is there any other way to rule?"
"Oh! This guest official, you can't say that, Sima Su, I beg you to spare the villain!"
The shopkeeper was so scared that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.
Su Wuming could not find out what he could do and could only leave.
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On the way back, Master Fei Ji kept urging Su Wuming, wanting him to deal with the shrine.
The people around them looked at them and pointed at them.
Hiding from them as if the plague god was.
Zhou Hao found that there was anger and fear in the eyes of these people.
The three of them were on the way back to Sima Mansion, and five people from the shrine appeared in front of them. They were wearing black leather armor, red cloaks, and black crocodile half-covered masks on their faces.
These people were surrounding an old man at this time.
The old man was kneeling on the ground and kowtowed, begging, "Please, please give me some grace!"
"Three months ago, you said that the business was not good. Not only did I give you a grace, but I also lent you money. Now you can't even pay back the money you owe. How do you tell me to the shrine?"
This makes sense. It is natural to pay back the debt. If you can’t borrow money, don’t you cause trouble for others?
However, this borrowing of money is not necessarily voluntary, and a shrine collects commercial taxes, which is simply shaking the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.
This alone is not allowed by any person in power.
In fact, there is no need to prove that the genital shrine is guilty of committing crimes. As long as the local officials entrust a third party to collect taxes, the genital shrine will be in trouble, and the officials in this state will be ruined.
So Zhou Hao thought it was strange that the existence of the turtle shrine was.
The old man begged: "The interest rate is too high..."
OK, this is also a job of catching money (an official who specializes in lending loans to the public).
Moreover, the imperial court borrowed voluntarily, and this shrine was obviously forced to borrow.
"What did you say!"
The old man said in horror: "I...I'm wrong. The inn business has been bad recently. Please give me a few more days of gratitude. Even if I sell the money, I will pay back the money I owe."
This look was full of fear. Zhou Hao had seen crazy believers. These people were obviously not real believers. They were just afraid of the gods and had to believe them.
Such beliefs are not pure, so the so-called turtle god worshipped in that turtle temple is pitiful.
"I think you are disrespectful to the god of turtles!"
The headed shrine personnel raised their hands and were about to hit people.
Su Wuming rushed up and grabbed the man's arm.
This guy is really brave. Di Renjie is good at literature and martial arts, proficient in medicine, and his archery skills are amazing.
Chapter completed!