After conversing with the spirit, Qin Liuxi looked at the statue in front of her again. The depression in her heart dissipated and was replaced by a kind of joy, which radiated from her heart and made her face glow, as if there was light shining on her. It looks like it's above, so bright that people can't take their eyes away.
The women who had been worshiping all looked at her with shock on their faces. In this short moment, this person had changed a lot.
Qin Liuxi noticed her gaze, turned around and asked, "What are you asking the City God for?"
The woman was stunned for a moment and then said: "I pray for good weather and safe coming and going in the coming year. The current world is not as good as before."
Qin Liuxi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Nothing else? The City God here will be very smart."
If it didn't work, she helped him appear.
The woman was stunned again. After thinking for a while, she shook her head: "It's nothing. The peace of the family is better than anything else."
"You will get what you wish for. The City God said that there is something happy in your family. I think you are going to have a baby." Qin Liuxi said with a smile.
The woman was shocked.
“If it’s true, I’ll remember to come back and repay the favor.” Qin Liuxi smiled and said, “The City God likes to eat chicken, and it would be even better if he has some strong wine and candles.”
Woman: “…”
Why does it feel like you are speaking for the City God?
She left the Chenghuang Temple with doubts. An hour later, she returned home. As soon as she got a ladle and prepared to ladle some water to drink, her son came back supporting his wife and saw her face full of joy.
“Mom, she has the little flower, and you are going to be a grandma.”
Suddenly, the water ladle fell to the ground. The woman looked at her daughter-in-law with a smile on her face and caressed her belly in shock. After a long while, she clapped her leg and said, "Hey, the city **** has appeared!"
Qin Liuxi walked around the Chenghuang Temple at this time and found that there were no temple blessings in the temple. Where were the original Song temple blessings?
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
Qin Liuxi turned around and saw a small official wearing a government uniform, looking at her with a suspicious face. When he saw her face, he was stunned and said, "Are you the master from Qingpingguan?"
“Do you recognize me?”
The clerk rubbed his hands and said: "When the City God's Temple invited the gods again, I was also there. I have seen the master's magical powers, but why are you here?"
Qin Liuxi asked: "Why is the incense in the City God's Temple so dim? Also, where is this temple blessing?"
The clerk sighed and said: "Master, don't you know that there have been a lot more exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in recent years? The life of the common people is not better than before. They can't even eat enough. Where can they get the energy and money to worship the gods? Didn't you look at the altar table? There are no offerings. Firstly, there are few people coming to worship the gods. Secondly, after offering the offerings and worshiping, some people will take them back to their families to eat. Even if they don’t take them, there will be beggars waiting outside. Everyone will come in and take away the offerings.”
Qin Liuxi's brows furrowed. No wonder the city **** looked like that in the void.
“In just three years, the City God’s Temple has already fallen into such a state of decline?”
The clerk smiled bitterly: "Nan County was already poor. When I first asked the gods to come back, life became better. It was fine for two years. I finally looked forward to getting ahead. In the past year, it has failed again. I don't know if it's God. It’s not good for our southern county.”
Qin Liuxi is a little indifferent. If so, it is a sign of decay in the court.
“But in fact, our Nan County is pretty good. It’s not that we can’t survive at all, but it’s worse than the previous two years. In some really poor villages and towns, it’s really difficult to survive, and there are more children being sold. "The clerk said: "As for the temple blessing you asked about, I suffered a serious illness in April this year and died. The county magistrate was busy with government affairs and did not find a suitable temple blessing. In addition, there are fewer and fewer people coming to worship the City God. We can only send some of our little government guards to do some inspections to prevent beggars and refugees from disturbing the City God’s Temple.”
Siluo, is this another good thing you did?
A sharp light flashed across Qin Liuxi's eyes.
The clerk suddenly felt cold, so he took two steps back and glanced at Qin Liuxi warily, feeling that she was in danger.
“Is the magistrate of Nan County still in trouble now?”
"Yes."
"Take me to see him." Qin Liuxi touched her waist and paused again. She had just come up from the bottom and she didn't have a few copper coins on her body.
Forget it, let’s meet Nian Youwei first to see what’s going on in the past few years.
County government.
Nian Youwei rubbed his sore forehead with a tired face. He had just discussed official matters with the county magistrate and others. Although this year's harvest was not bad, the people had paid taxes, and the remaining grain might not be enough to eat. New grain will be harvested next year. This is one thing. In addition, there will be people fleeing and concealing their rights, which is really a big problem.
When he heard that Qin Liuxi had come to the county government office, he was stunned for a moment and asked the government officer who sent the message: "Who did you say is here?"
"It's the young temple master from Qingping Temple...ah, now I have to call him the temple master, right? The one whose Taoist name I don't ask for."
Mother, isn’t that Qin Liuxi?
Nian Youwei was so excited that he almost jumped up and stopped drinking tea. He hurriedly went to meet people and came to the flower hall where guests were entertained. As expected, he saw Qin Liuxi with his back turned to him and looking at a picture hanging in the center of the main hall. His eyes turned red. .
He naturally knew the news of Chi Yuan's death. He also knew that after her master was buried, Qin Liuxi decided to be the young master of Qingping Temple and disappeared.
Since she disappeared, there was no news. Many people were looking for her, but no one could find her. Unexpectedly, she appeared again.
"Guanzhu." Nian Youwei's voice was choked.
Qin Liuxi turned around, frowned when he saw him, and said, "We haven't seen you for three years. Are you worried about Mr. Nian's appearance?"
Ye Youwei was less than thirty years old. In that year, he became a Jinshi and became a county magistrate. He was very high-spirited, just like his name, he was young and promising.
But now, I have grown a beard, I have Sichuan lines on my forehead, and there is still a little bit of gray hair on the temples under the official hat. I have grown ten years old in three years, so it’s not like that!
Nian Youwei's excited mood was suddenly a little depressed by these heart-wrenching words.
However, he has indeed been very worried in the past year. He has worked hard for political achievements. How can he not become anxious?
He touched his face and smiled bitterly: "It's all for me." Then he asked her, "Where have you been? I heard that you disappeared after the death of the Immortal Master Chiyuan."
When he said this, he was still a little cautious, fearing to offend Qin Liuxi's sadness.
Qin Liuxi: "Well, I lived in the underworld for a few years, and I just climbed up from below!"
Promise for the year: “???”
Why can't he understand this? Is the underworld the one he thinks of? Climb up?
Then is she a human or a ghost?
"Don't think blindly, I'm just a human being." Qin Liuxi saw through his doubts at a glance and said, "Tell me, what happened in the past few years, has Nan County returned to the difficult days before?" (This chapter over)