Chapter 48 Changxian County is prosperous (Thanks to the leader @'')
Chang County.
At Man Mo Temple.
As the annual Qingming Temple Fair approaches, the atmosphere around Man Mo Temple begins to become lively.
Lanterns.
Dragon lantern.
Phoenix lantern.
Bright red damask.
The shops around Man Mo Temple have all hung up calligraphy and paintings early. These calligraphy and paintings are all written with congratulations to Wen and Wu. The shopkeeper has already happily welcomed a foreign tourist who came to visit the vicinity of Man Mo Temple.
Although there is still half a month before the Qingming Temple Fair.
But the streets are already bustling with people, and the flow never stops.
The well-known foreign tourists who arrived early and in advance, including young ladies, scholars, businessmen’s families, and women’s families of famous aristocrats, appeared near the Cultural Relics Temple to pay their respects to the Wen Mo Temple in advance and feel the lively and popular atmosphere before the festival.
The origin of Wenwu Temple in Chang County is recorded in the county annals
This is because Chang County is close to the Yinyi River with developed waterways. Boats come and go on the Yinyi River every day, with sails like weaving and it is bustling.
This gives the people of Chang County an opportunity to communicate with the outside world at high speed.
Therefore, if people from the surrounding counties take part in the imperial examination or martial arts examination, in order to save travel time and money, they will basically choose to take the waterway of Chang County. Therefore, slowly, Chang County built this Wenwu Temple.
This Wenwu Temple has brought a lot of incense and prosperity to Chang County during the previous imperial examinations and martial arts examinations.
But this Man Mo Temple is also strange.
Do not worship the two saints, civil and military.
Instead, a thousand-year-old sacred tree "Qingqian Liu" was enshrined.
People write their wishes and names on bamboo plaques tied with red silk ropes, and then throw them on the sacred tree. The higher they are thrown, the higher they are hung, which means "the lucky star shines high" and "the phoenix dwells in the phoenix tree".
"The luck is rising step by step."
Even more, since ten years ago, the Qingqian Willow had a magical effect overnight, and the bronze fruits turned into brilliant yellow copper coin fruits. In addition to praying for civil and military blessings, the sacred tree also has an additional one that can "attract the God of Wealth to the door and attract wealth."
According to rumors, even those merchants, rich businessmen, and people from poor families began to come in droves to take part in the excitement.
In this way, the Qingming Temple Fair reached its peak in ten years.
However, because the sacred tree is so precious and may be damaged by others, the Man Mo Temple is not usually open to the public, leaving only a few people responsible for daily cleaning.
Therefore, Man Mo Temple will only be open on the day of the Qingming Temple Fair.
Under such strict conditions, even the government officials sent by the local government in Chang County to patrol and maintain security due to the approaching temple fair were not allowed to enter the Wenwu Temple.
No one knows what is going on in Man Mo Temple!
All of this started ten years ago after the thousand-year-old Qianqian Willow Divine Tree underwent a magical change overnight. It is said to be to prevent some unscrupulous people from destroying the sacred tree once there are more people.
The simpler the personnel in the temple are, the less mistakes will be made.
It has only been a few years since Magistrate Zhang took office. Ten years ago, Magistrate Zhang was not the magistrate of Chang County. I wonder why the previous magistrate agreed to this? But ten years have passed and things have changed.
I can't figure out the reason. In short, this strange rule was passed down like this without a trace, year after year, and lasted for ten years.
Man Mo Temple will not be open to the public until the day of the Qingming Temple Fair.
Even if the arrester comes and County Magistrate Zhang comes, he can't get in.
In order not to disgrace the previous county magistrate, County Magistrate Zhang allowed this rule to be passed down.
Therefore, the government officials who could not enter the temple were all guarding the houses in the four directions closest to Wen Mo Temple.
It was a sunny day at this time.
Around the Man Mo Temple, from time to time there would be patrols by white guards with the sun above their heads.
Laoyoutiao's squad leader and government servants were lazily hiding in private houses, enjoying Mingqian tea, and were said to be responsible for spying in the dark.
suddenly.
A group of people wearing government official uniforms appeared outside a private house as soon as they entered the compound.
The leader was a muscular man with a beard riding a bay-red horse, and his temperament was obviously different from those of ordinary government servants.
Then, a government servant hurried into the compound and approached a shift leader.
After the yamen servant echoed a few words, the squad leader nodded indicating that he already knew, and then came outside a room.
"Report to Capt. Zheng that Capt. Zhao has arrived and wants to take turns taking over duties with Capt. Zhao."
As long as we are human, we will be tired, and mental sleepiness will easily lead to paralysis. Therefore, in the protection work of Wen Mo Temple, several major arrests take turns with each other every few days.
Today, it happened to be the turn of Zhao Yangping, one of the three top catchers in Chang County, to be responsible for the handover of duty.
"Zheng Captou?"
"Zheng Captou?"
…
However, the shift leader kept shouting softly several times, but there was still no movement in the room.
The squad leader seemed to have become accustomed to it and didn't notice anything unusual. Seeing that there was no response from Captain Zheng after shouting several times, he returned the same way.
The squad leader returned to the lobby and reported to a person sitting drinking tea: "Back to Capt. Zhao, I just went to inform Capt. Zheng that you are here, Capt. Zhao, just because Capt. Zheng
It happens that I am in retreat at this time. I haven’t responded yet. I would like to ask Zhao Captou to sit for a while longer. Generally speaking, Zheng Captou’s retreat will take a long time. He usually stays in retreat until nightfall and then comes out to have a few mouthfuls of food and then continues to retreat.
Practice.”
This Capt. Zhao is the muscular man with a beard who rode the bay-red horse earlier.
"Oh? Has Mr. Zheng been like this in the past few days?"
"Yes, Capt. Zhao." The squad leader nodded and bowed his head and said politely.
"It doesn't matter, just wait a little longer. You can report to me in advance the recent defense situation."
…
Sunset and moonrise.
Time flies.
Falling into Changxian County under the sinking night, a burly man fell to the ground silently and walked alone without any footsteps on the cold, quiet streets after the curfew.
After walking for some distance, I bumped into several country warriors on night watch.
As soon as the local heroes saw each other's facial features clearly, they all put down their weapons and saluted respectfully: "Zheng Captou!"
When these local warriors watched Zheng Ba head go away and felt that they could not hear their own voices, they started discussing in private.
"Isn't Mr. Zheng over there at Man Mo Temple? Why is he walking alone on the street?"
"You forgot, today is the day of changing the defense at the Man Mo Temple. In the next few days, Capt. Zhao will be responsible for guarding the Man Mo Temple."
"Hey, have you seen Mr. Zheng's face..."
"Don't talk about this matter behind your back. Be careful not to offend Mr. Zheng, who will give our brothers some shoes to wear in the future. The matter of the three major chiefs is not something you and I can discuss."
"Yes, yes, let's not discuss this matter. Have you noticed that Mr. Zheng seems to have no sound when he walks?"
"What's the point? Chief Zheng is one of the top three arresters in our Chang County. Maybe he has made a breakthrough in cultivation recently and his strength has improved greatly. Okay, let's go, let's continue patrolling the night. What should I do?
I find that it is a bit chilly tonight, as if there is always a cold air blowing on the back of my neck..."