Chapter 53: The geese do not pluck their hair

After directing the ceremony of worshiping the heavens, Li Dianshi was sweating profusely.

Fortunately, there is no need for the master to act in this scene. As long as he is as expressionless as usual, he is angry and scolded. He is familiar with him. After all, he has been a parent official for half a year, and it is indeed very fast to enter the role. It is worth mentioning that the moment when Magistrate Chen closed his eyes and burst into tears, it was definitely the extraordinary performance that the actor and the role had after the complete integration of the actors and the roles, and received unanimous praise and cheers from the onlookers.

On the contrary, Li You himself is not only a director, but also serves as the main supporting role, which is very testable. He needs to constantly change out various complex expressions such as surprise, helplessness, excitement, etc., and there are action scenes of flying to stop people. He also needs to be careful not to steal the protagonist's limelight.

In fact, the scene is very simple. The above complicated rhetoric was used by Li Dianshi in the county government. Only the old world, such as the county government, would not believe that there is really a blue sky.

The next day, Li You sat in the public room and thought that after the ceremony of worshiping the heavens, he should do some other rituals. But he really didn't want to find monks and Taoists anymore. As mentioned earlier, the national dynasty has a lot of divine resources, and there is really no shortage of various gods.

Take Xujiang County as an example. There are many money and many temples. The larger temples in the city include the City God Temple, Guandi Temple, Dragon King Temple, Jiang Taigong Temple, Chao Shen Wu Zixu Temple, God of Wealth Temple, etc. In addition, there are a lot of professional little gods such as carpenter gods, weaving gods, blacksmith gods, and wine gods worshipped in various industries. Many of them also have small temples, especially the three major industries of silk weaving, winemaking, and woodware that are extremely popular in the county.

Li You considered ordering all of these temples to carry the gods and pray for rain. No matter whether they are effective or not, they should be a pious look for everyone to see. As for Buddhism and Taoism, which have a legal official organization, you cannot force it. Let's go aside, and I will not serve you!

Just as he was thinking about it, someone gave him a pillow when he was dozing off. The door reported that the people from Chenghuang Temple in the county came to find him. Li You thought he was well, so he asked him to come in.

The city gods in various places were granted by Emperor Taizu in the early years of the State Dynasty, and the county city god was named Xianyoubo. The city god temples were all built by local governments. It is not a coincidence that the regulations are very similar to those of the government offices. The official color is very strong, so it is not surprising that the people in the temple can enter and exit the county offices.

Li You waited for a moment, but a strangely dressed woman came in. She was thirty-two or three years old. Although she was beautiful, she was dignified and not charming. She was wearing a robe that looked like a slut, with a lotus bouquet of hair on her head.

"You seem to be the Han witch in the City God Temple? What's the point of doing?" Li You recognized it. The one who dressed like this was the same as Wu Zhu. On weekdays, the City God Temple is managed by the Temple God Temple. This Han witch is the wife of Zhu Dai in the County City God Temple Temple, and she received female guests in the temple.

The witch Han bowed her head and did not dare to look at Li You, and replied in a low voice: "There is something that the small temple asks you to let the small temple walk on the streets to pray for the rain and benefit all living beings."

Having said that, the matter of carrying the spirits on the streets was relatively casual in the past. However, the emperor of this dynasty strictly reiterated the system. He just issued an edict two years ago: No special reason, only the law and the God’s birthday are allowed to parade on the streets, and no other time is allowed to avoid disturbing people’s livelihood. In the past two years, Jiangnan has demolished more than 20 erotic temples due to this matter.

But two months of severe drought should be considered a special situation mentioned in the edict. The four words "agriculture is the foundation of the country" are that no one dares to object from the emperor to the county magistrate. At least they dare not object on the surface. A severe drought is a matter that shakes the foundation of the country. How can it not be considered a special situation?

It is not impossible to approve the parade of the street, but Li You asked strangely: "Don't you say this? Why are you here?"

After hearing Li You's question, Han Shenpo turned pink and remembered what her husband said to her last night: "My goodness, go and look for Li Dianshi tomorrow. He is famous for being romantic and lustful, and he can easily listen to women's words. You should take out your beauty and beg for soft words. He is merciful and careless, and maybe he can give us some convenience. I believe that in that government office, he can't do any lawless actions, and you can't suffer a great loss. If it becomes a good thing, you must teach me to be ahead."

Dai Miaozhu still doesn't understand Li You. If he saw how Li You beat Miao Chuntao and humiliated Yao Xing'er, he would not think about it. But coincidentally, the request of the witch Han was coincident with Li You's idea, which seemed much less than asking for the greedy monks and Taoists.

Seeing the other party's shy answer, Li You wondered, how could you say that you were a person who came and sent him to the temple. He was over thirty years old, so why did you pretend to be shy? He was so confused that he was too lazy to ask again, and then said, "This matter is correct! I will give you ten taels of silver for parade expenses! Remember to pray for rain, and never leave the question, otherwise this history will not spare you!" Li You was still not old enough, so he habitually transferred ten taels of silver. He thought that it was very cost-effective to get rid of ten taels of silver, which was much more cost-effective than a monk.

"That's great thanks to Mr. Li." Although Han's thirty years old, his voice and skin were very delicate. Things went so smoothly, she was surprised and happy. Could it be that Li Dianshi was so happy about her appearance as her husband said? Thinking of this, Han's face turned red again.

At this time, the clerk Wang Zhong, who was in the same room, came back from outside and happened to see the witch Han walking out with a slightly red cheek and thoughtless heart. He couldn't help but ask Li You curiously: "Dare you ask sir, what's going on with that witch Han? He looks full of spring. What's wrong with her?"

Li You didn't hide it from Wang Zhong, and told him about the parade. Wang Zhong said with a whisper: "Why give her ten taels of silver? Even if you ask her for ten taels of rice, she is willing to do so!"

Li You looked full of doubts.

Wang Zhong replied: "Sir, it seems that he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, so he doesn't go to the temple often. The Chenghuang Temple in this county competes for incense and Guandi Temple, because the two gods have a similar matter. This year, the incense of Guandi Temple is getting more and more popular, and the Chenghuang Temple is getting deserted. The temple prayer must have wanted to take the opportunity of praying for rain to carry the gods and parade the streets, create an exclusive momentum to restore the situation, attract pilgrims to attract incense. I have to pay you money."

When Wang Zhong said this, he suddenly realized something and immediately changed his words: "Sir, you think carefully and have a certain plan. My subordinates don't understand the truth, and they are smart and talk nonsense!" I thought to myself that I don't believe that people like you don't understand this. It must be that beautiful witch who promises you good things!

I really lack experience. Li You sighed in his heart. He didn't know how to eat the oil when he was right. He had to rely on the old people to remind him.

However, it is not too late to repair the sheep. If you can run away, you can't run away. If you can't run away, you won't get out of the temple. If you blackmail the money of the charlatan, you won't feel public anger, and you won't feel uneasy. What's more, there are so many temples in this county.

Besides, Dai Miaozhu from Chenghuang Temple, seeing that his wife not only successfully accomplished the matter, but also received ten taels of funds, she couldn't help but feel suspicious: Why didn't Li Dianshi ask for benefits, but instead allocated ten taels of silver? What happened between his wife and Li Dianshi?

I began to suspect that because my wife's apricot was out of the wall, I asked you to sell your face but didn't ask you to sell yourself! I could take advantage of it without paying more benefits, and I didn't let you sacrifice yourself to get the money back! So Dai Miaozhu made a fuss at home, forcing the witch Han to point at the statue and swore that he would never have done anything to betray his husband.

Although Dai Temple Zhu felt a little relieved about the color of the hat, he still couldn't get around his doubts, and he tossed and turned at night and couldn't sleep at night. I thought that the clerks in the yamen were all tough guys who plucked the feathers, why did Li Dianshi give him ten taels of silver instead of taking the money this time? It's really unpredictable.

It's so weird! I saw the clerk asking for money, but I had never seen anyone who gave money. The ten taels of silver were very hot. Could it be that Li Dianshi wanted to use this hand to transfer the silver from the official warehouse to his own pocket? In that case, he really had to know the truth and had to worship Li Dianshi.
Chapter completed!