Chapter 4: The City God Arrives (two chapters in one)
"Rumble..."
Early the next morning, the sky was still misty, and it rained all night outside.
Xu Tong stretched and walked out of the room as if he was full from sleep.
I wandered downstairs and found that Guo Yi and others were already awake.
"Sir! Did you sleep well last night?"
Seeing Xu Tong walking down, Guo Yi hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern.
"so so!"
Xu Tong responded casually, "Sleep? Sleeping with a big-headed ghost. Last night, he was dragged by his master to read a book all night."
Fortunately, I am now a great master and have a photographic memory. In one night, I have memorized the "Shen Tiao Lun" and "Continued Natural History" that my master asked me to read before.
As for whether you can understand what's inside, be damned.
However, after memorizing books all night, Master Song still agreed to sit in the position of the City God. As for the merits of incense, it is 30-70 points.
The master took three of them, and the rest went to Xu Tong.
Now that the master has agreed, Xu Tong will naturally do all the rest.
Sitting down and looking at the watery porridge on the table, Xu Tong glared: "Just eat this? The shopkeeper's!!"
"Master, this is good, very good. Just put it down in the morning."
When Guo Yi saw the prince getting angry, he immediately took his arm and indicated that he had arranged the breakfast.
Xu Tong rolled his eyes at Guo Yi and said, "The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. You follow me. How can you eat these? Withdraw, withdraw. The shopkeeper will serve meat and rice. Those who can eat will come!"
The shopkeeper was naturally eager to spend money. As soon as he heard this, he immediately ran to the kitchen.
Guo Yi had a grimace on his face, but Xu Tong didn't give him a chance to speak. He looked around at the followers and said, "When you're full later, come with me to a place."
"Young Master is going to report to the government office?"
After hearing this, Guo Yi immediately became energetic, thinking that after the crown prince reports for duty, they and others will be able to have public meals, and there will be no need for the crown prince to spend money on food, drink, housing and transportation.
"No, there is no need to rush the report!"
However, Xu Tong rejected his idea.
He didn't plan to report to the Yamen so early. The river demon was obviously in cahoots with the Bastard. Wasn't he willing to die by running over there?
More importantly, Xu Tong also wanted to see how deep the water in Yuyang was.
Li Zheng was just a fool, but he was appointed as a river inspector.
It reminds me that they met the Shenwu Guards and the people of the Moda Cult on the way here.
I'm afraid that this place in Yuyang is just a big whirlpool, and it's hard to tell whether there are humans or ghosts under the water.
Under such circumstances, Li Zheng was appointed as the river inspector, and it was obvious that he was being used as a gun.
Can you go to the door obediently and serve as cannon fodder for these people??
Only a fool would rush to the door.
As the saying goes, build the wall high, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly.
Xu Tong has already made a plan in his heart. You guys are waiting for cannon fodder, but I won't come to the door. Whoever likes to be in a hurry will go in a hurry.
Guo Yi was very sad when he heard this.
They know that their eldest son likes to mess around, but how can he do this casually? Besides, if they stay in the hotel for one more day, they will have to spend one more day...
Just when Guo Yi was feeling anxious, the food was already on the table.
Xu Tong picked up a pancake: "Eat!"
Except for Guo Yi, the rest of the entourage saw the meat rice being served on the table. There was no reason not to eat it, so they immediately started eating and drinking.
Most of these followers are third-rate today in terms of strength, but they are definitely top-notch in terms of eating.
More than ten people ate with open stomachs, and most of the food on the table was eaten immediately.
Guo Yi felt very distressed when he saw it, and the pancakes in his hands no longer tasted good.
"Several guests please come upstairs!!"
While everyone was eating, they couldn't help but look back when they heard the noise behind them.
"Master!"
Guo Yi glanced at it, then turned his head and looked at Xu Tong, who was holding the pancake and munching on it.
"Um!"
Guo Yi winked and said nothing.
Xu Tong followed Guo Yi's gaze and saw a group of men and women walking into the inn.
There are three masters, one is first-rate and four are second-rate.
Just glancing at it, he could see the strength of the eight people. What surprised Xu Tong was that the woman among them was not the same woman who was almost given to the fat and thin Tutuo at the entrance of the ruined temple before.
I originally thought that a woman is a chivalrous heroine who fights alone and encounters difficulties in the road, but now it seems that she was wrong.
The woman's injuries are still there, but she seems to have stabilized.
Looking up, she saw that her luck was very strange.
The three dead knots are intertwined. Although one has been untied, each time one is untied, the last button becomes closer.
"Um!!"
Nie Haitang seemed to notice that someone was staring at him, so he turned around and looked around, and happened to make eye contact with Xu Tong. Seeing this guy's eyes staring straight at him, Nie Haitang suddenly felt disgusted.
She didn't know why, but the other person's eyes were staring at her, which made her feel a strong sense of discomfort.
Fortunately, Xu Tong then turned his attention to the other two great masters. One was handsome and tall, carrying a long sword on his back. The people around him were following him invisibly, and he was obviously the one above their heads.
The other one is a little older, with a pair of triangular eyes looking left and right, looking very alert.
He looked over, and his triangle eyes were also looking at them. When he saw Xu Tong looking at them, his triangle eyes were startled, and then he glared at Xu Tong fiercely.
Seeing this, Xu Tong immediately pretended to be timid and fearful, lowered his head and ate the cake.
The origins of these people are unknown, but the sudden arrival of so many masters in the small Yuyang City inevitably made Xu Tong wary, so he deliberately hid his aura.
Because of the [Black Brocade Robe], he had to hide his aura, so even an enlightened master might not be able to detect him without looking carefully.
This group of people was obviously staying in a hotel.
However, the inn obviously does not have that many rooms, so it can only arrange two rooms and one large shop.
When these people went upstairs, Guo Yicai said solemnly: "Sir, those people just now are not simple. We must not provoke them."
Several other attendants were still a little unconvinced and said doubtfully: "Brother Guo, I don't think these young men and women are just people in the world."
"What do you know!"
Guo Yi's face darkened, and the others' hearts tightened, and they immediately did not dare to speak.
Not only was Guo Yi better at kung fu than them, but he was also a seasoned veteran. They encountered a shady shop along the way and almost got made into human meat buns. Thanks to Guo Yi, he noticed something was wrong in time and took the people away immediately.
Everyone usually laughed and laughed at him, but seeing that Guo Yi was really angry, no one dared to say a word.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Guo Yi slowed down and said, "Sir, the wind is blowing under the feet of this group of people when they walk, but not a single raindrop is stained on their shoes. Look at the bad road outside. If you are not a top expert, you will not be able to do it at this time." The soles of my feet are already full of mud."
After everyone heard this, they lowered their heads and found that the ground was wet, but there were only two pairs of muddy shoe prints. The other shoe prints were only slightly watermarks. After taking two steps, they disappeared.
Now everyone couldn't help but be shocked.
Xu Tong also pretended to be surprised: "So awesome!"
After saying that, I couldn't help but hold my chin up and sighed with pity: "That girl just now looks so good..."
"Master!!"
Guo Yi's face changed, and he quickly reached out to cover Xu Tong's mouth: "Be careful what you say!"
"I know, I know, what's so great about a little girl? There are plenty of them in the brothel. Everyone, hurry up and eat. When you're full, come with me..."
At the corner of the stairs, a man and a woman were standing there with unfavorable expressions. Although they were far apart, Xu Tong and others could hear every word they said.
Nie Haitang's eyes widened and he held one hand on the hilt of the sword: "You frivolous person!"
"Junior sister!" Zhao Peng held down Nie Haitang's sword-drawing hand with one hand and shook his head at her: "Your injury is not healed, so don't get angry with these people."
"Can!!"
Nie Haitang squinted at the group of people below, staring hard at the young man eating the cake among them. He didn't know why, but the more he looked at him, the more he felt displeased with him.
"Junior sister, don't forget, we have other big things to do!"
Zhao Peng was afraid that Nie Haitang would be willful and ruin their plan, so he could only comfort him: "Don't worry, as for this kid, I will naturally vent your anger on your behalf, senior brother!"
When Nie Haitang heard this, the anger on her face dissipated a lot. At this time, she suddenly felt something strange. She lowered her head and found that senior brother Zhao Peng's hand was still on hers.
Suddenly my face became hot.
Zhao Peng also noticed something. When he looked at his hand, he immediately realized that he was offended and quickly took his hand back. He looked a little embarrassed, but his eyes did not move away from junior sister Nie Haitang's face.
As if aware of his senior brother's fiery eyes, Nie Haitang's heart was pounding, and he hurriedly said to go back to the room to rest, and ran away in a hurry.
Looking at the junior sister hiding in the room, Zhao Peng stood there, raised his palm, put it under the bridge of his nose and took an intoxicating sniff, with an intoxicated look on his face.
But in a blink of an eye, he raised his eyelids and glanced sideways at Xu Tong's figure downstairs.
"snort!"
Immediately, he snorted coldly, walked downstairs, and came to the backyard. He happened to see his junior brothers Liu Cai, Wang Yang, Dong Le, and Zhao Xian walking out of the Tongbu room.
Liu Cai and the other four are not very strong, but they can be considered third-rate masters in the arena.
In addition, he has learned a lot of strange skills from his master, so ordinary people are definitely no match for four people.
After seeing the four people, Zhao Peng raised his eyebrows and stepped forward to call them.
"Big brother!"
Liu Cai and the other four saw their elder brother approaching and hurried to greet them. Zhao Peng reached out and held Liu Cai's shoulders, lowering his voice and said: "You guys go out later and keep an eye on the guys outside. Find someone."
Give them a chance to teach them a lesson..."
…
After breakfast, Xu Tong took the people out.
Instead of going anywhere else, he went straight to the City God's Temple.
“Sir, what are we doing here??”
Xu Tong raised his head, looked at the City God Temple, and said to Guo Yi and others: "Whether we can go back alive this time depends entirely on the City God."
"ah??"
Guo Yi looked up at the dilapidated City God's Temple in front of him with confusion on his face.
Xu Tong didn't waste any time and signaled one group of them to start cleaning, while the other group went to hire carpenters and purchase paint to prepare the place to be renovated.
"Sir! This money is all worth it."
Guo Yi was stunned when he saw Xu Tong's extravagant efforts to build the City God's Temple. He didn't know what the prince was going to cause.
"That's right, so I have to use it on the edge of the sword. Get some more money and give the city god a new suit."
Xu Tong didn't care about Guo Yi's bitter look and spent a lot of money.
This busy work lasted a whole night, and when it was already bright and dim the next day, the City God's Temple had a completely new look.
Even the statues were painted with a layer of gold paint, and the entire City God Temple became brighter.
"Sir, why are we doing this?"
On the way back, the sky had darkened.
When Guo Yi settled his accounts, he found that he had spent three hundred taels of silver today, and he was heartbroken.
Of course Xu Tong couldn't explain it. He couldn't let his master live in a ruined temple. Besides, people want to dress like gold. If you don't even have a decent appearance, who can trust you?
At this moment, a plume of gray smoke came out of the street, and the gray smoke slipped into the hall through the darkness of night.
Seeing Ji Xiang coming back, Xu Tong raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at the empty street behind him, raised his head thoughtfully, and happened to see a restaurant in front of him, grinning: "Brothers, you have worked hard today, just in time.
Let’s have a good meal!”
"Thank you, sir!" The other followers didn't think as much as Guo Yi. When they heard that the food was good, they immediately became happy.
"Master! Master! Ouch!"
Guo Yi looked sad and almost cried.
But I could only follow him in obediently.
"What should I do? Do you want to do something??"
Liu Cai popped up at one end of the street and frowned when he saw them entering the tavern.
"What Senior Brother means is that we don't want us to make a big deal out of it. It's better to wait until they come out before taking action!"
The four of them discussed it and decided to wait here.
The cold wind blew in the night, and the four of them felt so empty in their stomachs that they felt so cold that their whole bodies shivered.
Just when they were getting a little impatient, they saw a man walking out in front of the restaurant, it was the young man that the senior brother mentioned.
As soon as the young man went out, he looked around and then walked towards the alley on the side.
"Ha, we're finally out, let's go! Follow him, beat him up today, and give Senior Sister a good vent!"
Liu Cai's eyes lit up. After saying this, he followed up with three people.
The four of them followed Xu Tong's figure and walked all the way into the alley. They were also talented and brave people, and they followed closer and closer without worrying about any trouble.
But little did he know that as soon as he walked out of the alley, he turned around and realized that it was a dead end.
“Where are the people??”
The four of them felt surprised, and suddenly Liu Cai's ears moved and they were pressed against the wall.
There seemed to be some sound behind the wall.
I wonder if someone climbed over the wall and got in?
"Hmph, they jumped over the wall and stole. We caught them right in front of them. Send them to the government and charge them with theft."
Thinking of this, Liu Cai waved his hand, and the four of them tapped their toes and jumped over the wall easily.
As soon as I landed, I saw that there was a rice warehouse behind the yard.
That rustling sound came from the rice barn.
The four of them looked for the sound and walked to the warehouse door, only to hear the noise inside getting louder and louder.
Seeing this, the four of them looked at each other. Liu Cai took a deep breath and kicked the door open: "You brat, how dare you steal... Hiss!!!"
Just in the middle of speaking, Liu Cai's voice suddenly stopped, and then he took a breath of cold air.
In the dark rice barn, he saw pairs of red eyes staring at him. As he looked around, he saw densely packed rats.
These mice were eating so deliciously that Liu Cai and the four of them were so frightened that they shuddered. Then, as if they were stimulated by something, they screamed and swarmed down.
"Run!!"
Seeing the black mass of rats rushing down, Liu Cai's face turned green. No matter how high his martial arts skills were, he couldn't withstand so many rats rushing towards him. One rat would not be able to chew four of them in one bite.
He immediately screamed, turned around and ran out.
As soon as they ran away, the rats behind them also rushed out in a swarm.
Good guy, are all the rats in Yuyang City holding a meeting here today? It's so dark, they rush out in a swarm, like a torrent under the night sky.
This was originally the government's rice warehouse, so it was naturally guarded. When they heard the noise, they immediately rushed over. From a distance, they saw the four Liu Cai people running over in a panic.
"stop!"
The officers and soldiers raised their swords and wanted to call the four people to stop, but at this time, the four people could not care so much.
Seeing the officers and soldiers blocking the way, Liu Cai yelled: "Get out of my way!"
I saw the blade of the sword at the waist was raised, and the knives in the hands of the two officers and soldiers flew out. The four of them flew across the wall, stepped on the officers and soldiers' heads, and jumped more than ten meters away.
The two officers and soldiers didn't know what was going on. When they saw this, they didn't care about the knives in their hands. They immediately turned around and gave chase, shouting as they ran: "Catch the thief!!"
At this time, the entire granary became lively, and large numbers of officers and soldiers rushed out from all directions.
Liu Cai and the others wanted to explain, but at this moment, a scream suddenly came from behind.
All the officers and soldiers looked back, and then they saw the dark rats coming out of nowhere from behind. These rats had red eyes and would bite anyone they saw.
The officers and soldiers were also in a mess. They had never seen so many rats in their entire lives.
"Set fire, set fire quickly!!"
I don’t know who had the bright idea to propose setting fire to it.
result……
"It's gone!!"
The people of Yuyang City saw a flame rising into the sky from a distance, and immediately rushed over with buckets of water.
At this moment, the governor of Yuyang City was drinking with several subordinate officials, discussing when the new river inspector would take office.
"Sir, I heard that the river inspector sent this time is Prince Gong's eldest son."
"The prince is not the prince, he is just a young boy. Just wait until he comes and fool around for a few times. If he doesn't know how to promote, huh, dealing with him will not be easy!"
The governor Jiang Zhen was full of disdain, and he didn't even pay attention to the so-called prince.
Who is the person behind him? It's the Wu family.
If the Wu family does not fall, who dares to touch him??
Not to mention the death of a small river inspector, even if a few unworthy princes were killed, no one would dare to do anything to him.
"Did your Majesty kill too few people from the Li family?"
Perhaps because he was drunk, Jiang Zhen had no control over what he said. Fortunately, the people who could sit here were his confidants. Otherwise, if this sentence was spread, even ten heads would not be enough to chop him off.
"My lord...my lord...it's not good!"
At this moment, someone rushed in in a panic outside the door.
"You bastard, you're so panicked. If the sky falls, it will be my fault in Yuyang City!"
Jiang Zhen's face smelled of alcohol and he spoke wantonly.
Just as he was getting excited, the official who came to report could not care so much. He quickly grabbed Jiang Zhen and said, "Sir, something big has happened. The granary, the granary has leaked!"
When Jiang Zhen heard this, he immediately curled his lips, raised his hand and slapped his subordinate on the face: "Water leaked in the granary? If there was water leakage, just go and put out the fire. Notify Wu Houpu to put out the fire. What's the big deal and make a fuss? What's the etiquette of it!"
"Sir, it's... the granary of Beicheng."
Beicheng Granary, these four words made Jiang Zhen startled, and then he was startled, his whole body trembled, and he suddenly woke up from the alcohol.
"Beicheng Granary!!"
At this time, the expressions of other subordinates also changed drastically.
Yuyang is an important place for garrisoning troops, and the granary in Beicheng is used for this year's military rations. If something goes wrong, even the Wu family will have a hard time protecting him.
Even if it is not military rations, the warehouse is an important place. If a fire breaks out, he will not be able to escape punishment if anyone in the court tamper with him.
Jiang Zhen immediately panicked and immediately asked someone to organize manpower to put out the fire.
When Jiang Zhen hurried over with people, his heart went cold. He saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and it had begun to spread to the surrounding houses.
Seeing this, Jiang Zhen's heart trembled, and he didn't bother to ask about the cause of the fire. After thinking about it, he immediately called his confidants: "Quick, go and invite the Great Sage Jiuhe!"
The fire grew bigger and bigger.
Many of the people who put out the fire found that as soon as they rushed in, there were countless rats inside, and the black mass rushed towards them, almost frightening people to death.
These rats rushed outside in groups, so that people did not dare to put out the fire.
"Master! Why don't you let these rats go to the homes of rich people and cause some trouble?"
With the experience of Fu Xian last time, Daya and the others have already summed up their own method.
As long as those wealthy people take the lead in donating money and materials, their reputation will soon spread.
This is the same as whether a company in reality can find angel investment.
Xu Tong was about to nod when he suddenly noticed something. He raised his head and saw that at some point, thick dark clouds began to form in the sky.
"Huh!!"
Da Ya also noticed something unusual at this moment: "That river demon is really quite capable, he can actually control the wind and rain!"
After saying that, Da Ya inevitably said sourly: "It seems that this river demon has really eaten a lot of incense in the world. If this continues for a few years, there is no chance that he will cultivate the divine way."
"Hmph, if you want to become a god, it's a wonderful idea!"
Xu Tong looked at the heavy rain that had fallen, and jumped up. His figure was like a big roc, and he arrived at the City God's Temple in two steps.
"It's better to come early than to come well. Master, you can take office today."
Xu Tong took out the Beiyin order to kill, and saw a ray of soul behind the order. Xu Tong affixed the order to the statue of the City God.
All of a sudden, the divine light shone brightly, and the originally dull statue suddenly gave people a sense of indignity under the divine light.
Then Xu Tong walked out of the gate, stood in front of the gate, opened his mouth and took a long breath. He saw the air flow around him, and Xu Tong's chest muscles bulged, and he shouted toward the sky: "The City God has arrived...!!"