The next day, Li You was sitting around in the office. It was expected that the magistrate Chen had arrived in the official room and was about to ask the magistrate to offer incense at the Chenghuang Temple tomorrow. By the way, he wanted the eldest man to see if the girl he found was unsatisfactory. He was probably a scholar.
Everyone likes this scene, wandering in the back garden or burning incense in the temple and meeting beautiful women by chance.
A government official came to Li You and said, "Mr. Li! Just now, a group of people gathered outside the county government gate. They were all from various temples. They were carrying four or five statues of gods and two notices. They were listening to what others said and wrote.
Why are you asking for orders for the people, and what are the injustices of history that we hope the sky will decide."
Li You felt funny when he heard this. How crazy are they? They really think of themselves as the leader of the church after worshiping a few statues of gods? I wonder if all the gods officially created in this country are granted by the government. How dare they threaten the government by carrying gods?
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The yamen servant said kindly: "They all seem to be coming towards you, sir, so be careful."
Li You didn't care. At this time, someone came to deliver a message: "The elder asked Mr. Li to go out and deal with matters outside the county government office."
Following the order, Li You gathered a dozen or so servants on duty and a number of handymen. When he came out of the gate of the county government office, he saw five colorful statues of gods being carried on the street outside, and a few white statues.
There was a notice with black characters on the bottom. There were about twenty people dressed in Taoist robes kneeling around the statue. They were not making any noise, they were just sitting quietly. I vaguely recognized a few of them who had visited the temple yesterday.
At this time, the surrounding people are crowded with spectators. Recently, five bans have been imposed. No parties, performances, or weddings are allowed. The excitement of the common people is much less. It is rare to see such a sight as today. What's more, it is a cloudy day and it is very cool.
, very comfortable outside.
The notice is also interesting. On the side facing the county government, it says: "Please pray for the people to do the rain. Li Dianshi is unfair and asks the sky to make the decision." On the back facing the audience, there are two lines of words: "In three days, the incense in our temple will be reduced by 50%."
The interpretation of the hexagrams is free, and the magic power of the gods will not be discounted without any worries."
These temple congratulators are really a little clever. Firstly, they don’t make any noise; secondly, they are some distance away from the government office, almost across the street, so they cannot be regarded as gathering a crowd to besiege the county government office. There are no city appearance management regulations to control this these days.
Third, he only opposed Li Dianshi, a minor official, but not Chen Qingtian, the big boss. He was absolutely politically correct, which did not anger the magistrate but also aroused sympathy among the people. Fourth, he attracted a strong onlooker from the people, and he was emboldened in front of everyone.
Li You was filled with anger after reading the notice. Yesterday, he refuted your reputation once, so he dared to hit you on the nose like this? Do I really look easy to bully? Little did he know that the misunderstanding was really deep and entangled.
It's comparable to the necessary scenes in youth idol dramas.
Li You walked up to Jia Miaozhu, who was kneeling in front of the statue of Guandi, and scolded: "What do you want from these idiots!"
Najia Miaozhu suddenly raised his head and cursed: "You are a thief who disrupted the county's rain prayer event and caused a long drought without rain. I am asking for your life for the people!"
Li You was filled with hatred. What he originally thought was, don't you just want to parade around the streets with your gods? I'm sure you are, and it's not a matter of principle. But now, how can you afford to lose face like this, so he turned to the government officials
He ordered: "Break it up!" After becoming a Dianshi, Li Dianshi's mind became more and more depraved. What if there were no city appearance management regulations?
The government officials were about to take action with the standard long sticks of water and fire, but they heard someone shouting from the crowd: "Is there any king's law in broad daylight?" Someone else shouted: "Aren't you afraid of the wrath of the gods in front of the statues?" This angered the crowd.
There was a lot of discussion and pointing.
"Oh, this is too cliche," Li You said disdainfully. He dared to let the unorganized onlookers cheer and cheer like they did during the sacrifice to heaven a few days ago, but how much resentment would it take to really beat up the officials and servants together? Just beat a few God stick?
Jia Miaozhu felt that his premeditated plan had succeeded, and couldn't help but feel complacent, and continued to curse: "Li You, you disrespect the gods and fornicate the temples, and you will be punished by heaven!" But he didn't know that the words "fornicating the temples" in this sentence were really true. This is the biggest failure today.
As soon as the people around heard these four words, they immediately threw away some of their grievances and recalled that Li Dianshi seemed to be a real romantic figure. Is there a new joke about fornicating the temple? I have never heard of it, so a Everyone's face was filled with the desire to know, and the tense atmosphere that had been aroused by a few dedicated people was completely gone.
The government officials had done a lot of bad things, so they were not afraid of the gods or the people, but these big temples and temples were all a bit influential, so they couldn't be too rude, so they took advantage of this and stopped, with the words "Please tell the truth" written on their faces. words.
Faced with naked insults, which was the last thing he wanted to hear, Li You became furious and kicked out when he got angry. Forget about Emperor Guan and Jiang Taigong, Zhao Gongming and Dragon King Xuhe were easy to bully.
After kicking down two soft persimmon statues in succession, Li You gritted his teeth and said to the temple blessings: "How dare you claim to represent the gods! You are not punished by God, you dare to slander this classic history, I will teach you how powerful the king's law is!"
As soon as Li You finished speaking, everyone suddenly heard rolling noises coming from the sky. This familiar yet unfamiliar sound was obviously the thunder that had not been heard for several months. God does not know when it will become more gloomy.
Jia Miaozhu laughed proudly and said: "God's punishment has indeed come! You dare to blaspheme the gods. At this moment, God is sensing it and will rain down thunder to punish you! This is heaven's punishment! God's punishment! You still haven't confessed your guilt!"
As Jia Miaozhu laughed, there was a loud crack in the air. Everyone couldn't help but feel their hearts shaking. They looked at Li You again, but he was safe and sound. He even stretched out his palm to catch something, and it turned out that big raindrops were falling.
At this time, it actually rained! The breath of ecstasy spread throughout the city in an instant. At this moment, the people in Xujiang County collectively looked up at the stars and cheered. Some excited farmers knelt down in the fields and thanked God.
The camera returned to the outside of the county government office. The audience witnessed a coincidental and magical scene. After the ecstasy, they were all stunned. According to their simple logic of heaven and man induction, the analysis is as follows: Li You fell from the sky because he smashed the statue. Gan Lin, how to explain this?
Li You himself couldn't laugh or cry about this coincidence, and he didn't know what to say. Things had reached this point, and it was useless to stay at the scene for a long time. There was nothing wrong with being outside in the rain. Li You quickly led the government officials back to the county government office.
The onlookers watched Li You's tall figure go away and couldn't help but whisper.
"These gods are useless. Even Li Dianshi can't subdue him. He has to send rain to beg for mercy."
"I have the same intention. It seems that I don't need to pay attention to them in the future. Does Li Dianshi have a backing in heaven?"
"When I read the story of the Conferred God, I was surprised that a seven-year-old could defeat the Dragon King, but now it seems that it is not a random fabrication."
"I need to seriously think about which god I will worship in the future."
"I heard that Yawei Buddha and Coconut Bodhisattva from the West are very useful. They can calculate life and death based on the stars, sun and moon. How about offering them as an offering and burning a few sticks of incense to see if they have any effect?"
"Just give it a try. If it doesn't work, replace it. Where can I buy the portrait?"
Abandoned by his faith, Jia Miaozhu sat slumped among the statues, wanting to cry without tears. In this ancient country that is used to seeing rise and fall, and in Xujiang County, a highly commercialized county, this kind of belief in
Things are as elusive as the clouds in the sky.
In the City God's Temple, Dai Miaozhu was also crying without tears. All preparations were made to carry the god to the streets to pray for rain. He was going to have an exclusive limelight tomorrow. However, at this time, there was rain from the sky, and all the careful preparations were lost due to the rain.
