Chapter 1516 The Correct Explanation of Officials Protecting Each Other

After Jiang Hao explained to the leaders of each faction, he asked them to go to Zhuge Wolong to learn the official duties of the City God, while he left four Jindan masters behind.

"To be honest with the senior brothers, I have investigated the Five-Tong God before, but the Five-Tong God is very cunning and does not show his face at all. This time I am going to force him to come out."

"How to force!" Xuanji asked.

"In the name of the city gods in various places, the people who believe in Wutong God in their dreams use the government to smash the statues of Wutong God, arrest the Wutong God's men, and cut off its foundation!"

"But when forced to a certain extent, Wutong Shen will definitely fight back. I secretly recruited some of his men before. Let's force him to South Zhili or Jiangsu and Zhejiang little by little, and shoot down the ambush to destroy him in one fell swoop!" Jiang Hao said.

Jiang Hao immediately informed several real people of the more detailed situation and plan, and the four real people couldn't help but nod.

The next day, all the immortal sects evacuated Jinhua Mansion one after another, and the people of Jinhua Mansion went out of the city to see each other off, which was very lively.

The old Taoist Xuanji said to the disciples of Laoshan Sect: "You walk back and go one step ahead for the master."

After saying that, he flicked his fly whisk, and a white cloud rose under his feet. He quickly flew up, his white robes fluttering in the wind, and flew into the distance. When the people saw this, they thought he was a god. They knelt down and kowtowed, shouting for blessings from the gods. .

Jiang Hao was amused in his heart, he was so good at pretending to be an old man!

The matter with the old demon of Heishan is over, and the affairs of the City God's Mansion can be left to old man Zhuge. Instead of staying in the other courtyard, Jiang Hao returned to Lanxi Hu's Villa.

This time he did not fly with a sword, but used the Earth Escape Technique to come back. The guards of the Hu family were making a fuss again. When he arrived at the Hu family villa, it was already night, and Jiang Hao's body came out of Hu Xinyue's show building. Drill directly out of the ground.

Cui'er, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up. With wide eyes, she saw it was Jiang Hao. She was about to call her uncle when Jiang Hao's big hand suddenly covered her mouth.

"Woooo~!"

Cui'er squeaked twice.

Jiang Hao whispered in her ear, "Don't make a sound."

Cui'er froze.

Is my uncle going to do something to him?

"Where is Xinyue?" Jiang Hao asked.

Cui'er blinked her big eyes, and it turned out that she had thought wrong.

Jiang Hao let go of Cui'er, and Cui'er blushed and gasped in a low voice: "The lady is upstairs, she probably hasn't slept yet."

Jiang Hao nodded and walked up the stairs quietly.

Seeing Jiang Hao disappear at the top of the stairs, Cui'er covered her chest with her small hands and felt her heart beating loudly. Her uncle had just touched her face. This was the first time that her uncle had touched her.

Jiang Hao performed the traceless light skill of stepping on the snow, and his feet fell on the ground without a sound. After walking into the building, he found a beautiful figure sitting in front of the desk, with a few candles illuminating the silhouette.

The woman was drawing with a brush. Jiang Hao walked over and gently grabbed the woman's hand. Hu Xinyue was startled. When she turned around and saw that it was her husband, she suddenly smiled.

"Lang Jun, you are back!"

Jiang Hao looked at the woman, gently held her waist with his other hand, put his face close to the woman's ear, and whispered: "Actually, you have already heard that I am back, right? I just saw your little ears Moved."

Hu Xinyue's thoughts were revealed, and she got into the man's arms with some trepidation.

Jiang Hao knew that women cooperated with his little taste.

"What is Xinyue drawing?" Jiang Hao asked.

"Your portrait, the first one I drew for you was too ugly. I want a better one." Hu Xinyue said softly.

"Lang Jun will paint with you."

"Hmm~!"

The two people clasped their hands together and lightly applied the hook line. The man's face was pressed against the woman's neck, blowing out hot air from time to time. The hand holding the woman's hand moved slightly occasionally, making the woman's face blush and her heart heat up, and her body continued to heat up.

"Langjun~~~~."

"Um?"

"Slave family~~~~~."

Cui'er was sitting downstairs, staring at the candlelight in a daze, when she suddenly heard a charming sound coming from upstairs. Her little ears were very sharp, and she could hear all the sounds clearly, and her little face suddenly turned red.

The next day.

Get up early in the morning.

Hu Xinyue dressed up, held the gold hairpin in front of the mirror, inserted it into her black hair, and picked up the eyebrow pencil. Jiang Hao walked over with a smile and gently took the eyebrow pencil from the woman's hand. Hu Xinyue looked at Jiang Hao tenderly.

Jiang Hao muttered softly, "Phoenix bun with golden mud ribbon, dragon-patterned jade palm comb. We walked to the window and smiled and supported each other. The love of the thrush was as deep as ever. I spent a long time leaning against the person with my brush, and tried my hand at tracing flowers. It's time to wait. When I was doing embroidery, I asked with a smile how the word "Yuanyang" came into being."

"Lang Jun, what are you going to do next?" Hu Xinyue asked.

"My official duties have been arranged. I've been spending time with you at home lately, um, practicing hard." Jiang Hao said with a smile.

Hu Xinyue knew what her husband meant by 'practicing hard', her face was slightly red as if she had put on rouge, but her heart was extremely sweet.

Jiang Hao was enjoying the beautiful life of being a lover and a concubine at home, but the newly appointed city gods became busy one by one. Before, the city gods everywhere were empty, and everything needed to be re-established.

According to the arrangement of the Du Chenghuang, they need to inspect local officials, famous ministers, upright people, local good men, and even local monsters.

Another important task is to investigate the situation of the evil god Wutong God and clean up the Wutong God.

Let’s talk about the Longyun Sect. After returning to Jiujiang, Huguang, the leader, Taoist Shouyang, arranged for his disciples to go to various places to serve as city gods.

The Longyun Sect is a lineage of Quanzhen. Its dharma lineage is from Taishang Laojun to Yaochi Golden Mother, Yaochi Golden Mother to Baiyun Shangzhen, Baiyun Shangzhen to Donghua Emperor, Donghua Emperor to Zhongli Quan of Zhengyang Emperor, Zhongli Quan authorized Lü Dongbin, the emperor of Chunyang, was appointed the auxiliary emperor of Chongyang.

Because they are all from the lineage of Lü Dongbin and have a close relationship with Laoshan, this time the head of Longyun Sect, Taoist Shouyang, was named the City God of Jiujiang Prefecture, which governs seven counties. Because it is close to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, many people worship Wutong God.

In addition to arranging judges and clerks to conduct population surveys, Taoist Shouyang led people to personally investigate the situation of Wutong God, and then implemented the strategy set by Jiang Hao, using the name of the City God to send dreams to the people, criticizing Wutong God as an evil god and obscene worship, and to be cleaned up, otherwise disasters would befall them.

In just two days, the news that the City God sent dreams to judge Wutong God spread throughout Jiujiang Prefecture, and many people talked about it.

It spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and it spread like wildfire.

The prefect of Jiujiang and many officials also heard about this, but they only thought it was a folk rumor.

But that night, Jiujiang Prefect Xie Ningsu had just fallen asleep when he suddenly felt someone next to him. He opened his eyes and was immediately startled. There was a guy in a police uniform standing next to his bed.

The prefect was angry and shouted, "Whose subordinate are you? Why did you come to my bedroom without notification? What do you want to do!" The officer was calm and bowed to Prefect Xie, "I meet the Prefect of Jiujiang. I am a servant of the Jiujiang City God. The City God asked me to invite the Prefect to come over to discuss important matters." Prefect Xie was shocked, "Jiujiang City God?!" "Yes, Jiujiang City God." Prefect Xie followed all the way to Jiujiang City God Temple with trepidation. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, Prefect Xie was surprised to find that Jiujiang Tongzhi and Tongpan were also there. The prefect is in charge of all matters of the prefecture. Tongzhi is the deputy assistant of the prefect, in charge of supervising grain, catching thieves, coastal defense, river defense, water conservancy, etc. Tongpan is in charge of grain transportation, water conservancy, farming, horse herding, river and sea defense, etc. These three people are the three highest-ranking people in the prefecture, covering almost everything. "You two were also summoned by the City God?" asked the prefect Xie.

"Yes, I was called here without knowing why, and I'm still nervous now." Tong Zhizhi.

At this time, a clerk came out of the door and said to the three people in the courtyard: "The City God invites the three adults."

The three hurried in.

Taoist Master Shouyang, wearing the official robe of the City God of the Prefecture, stood in the hall waiting for the three people. When the three saw the City God, they immediately bowed and saluted, "Meet the City God of Jiujiang, Lingyou Hou!"

The City God is an official title conferred by the Taizu of this dynasty, just like the official positions in the court. The City God of the Prefecture is the second-rank Lingyou Hou, the prefect is the fifth-rank, and the co-prefect is the sixth-rank. The official title of the City God is much higher than theirs, so the three naturally bowed to salute.

"No need to be polite. Although I am the City God, you are the local parents, and many things still need your help." Taoist Master Shouyang said.

"I wonder if the Lord City God has any instructions?" asked the prefect Xie.

"Eliminate the evil god and the obscene worship of Wutong God!"

Jiujiang Prefecture issued a notice that Wutong God was not allowed to be worshipped. The government officials were sent to the outside of the city to destroy the Wutong Temple on the spot. The officials and government officials were also mobilized to collect Wutong statues everywhere. As long as they saw Wutong statues, they should be destroyed immediately. If anyone concealed it and did not report it, he could be punished and imprisoned.

Wutong God was originally an evil god and obscene worship designated by Taizu. The court had a law to follow to eliminate it. Before, it just ignored it, or dared not to do it. Now that there was an order from the City God, the prefectural government moved with all its strength and took a ruthless approach to the Wutong God Cult.

For a time, countless destroyed Wutong statues were thrown on the roadside, and the Wutong statues in each house were gone.

The Wutong statues were smashed and the temples were destroyed. The leader in charge of Jiujiang Prefecture was naturally angry. At night, he brought the managers of several counties and prepared to make trouble for the prefect together. Several evil ghosts went to the prefect's back house.

"Go and capture the soul of the prefect. He dared to destroy the Wutong Temple. Today, he will suffer a lot. Punish him with fifty Yin whips. Tomorrow, let him send people to build a bigger Wutong Temple!" The leader said viciously.

Several ghosts rushed into the backyard together.

Suddenly,

countless lights lit up around them, and talismans flew out, spinning in the sky and trapping them in the middle.

Several ghosts were shocked.

"There is an ambush!"

The city god of the prefecture appeared outside the formation with several Yinsi generals, looking at the ghosts with a cold face. The city god of the prefecture snorted coldly, "A few evil ghosts dare to call themselves gods. Today, I will let you know what Yinsi law is. Catch them!"

Several Yinsi generals took action together, and the formation shrank, immediately surrounding the evil ghosts. The Taoist talismans were added to the bodies, and the ghosts screamed in pain. Finally, a few Taoist talismans flashed by and directly imprisoned them in the magic weapon.

Governor Xie had been hiding in the house before, looking out through the window. When he saw the evil ghosts being caught, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and dared to come out of the house.

"Thank you, Lord Lingyou, for your help!"

Taoist Shouyang waved his hand, "You have also contributed to this matter. I will report it to Lord Chenghuang. When your life is over, you will have blessings."

Prefect Xie was overjoyed, "Thank you, Lord Lingyou!"

Taoist Shouyang looked at Prefect Xie and said with a smile, "Although this matter has been resolved, there will definitely be many things to communicate in the future. I wonder if Prefect Xie has ever thought about taking a position in Chenghuang to accumulate more blessings for himself?"

"Those with deep blessings can be reincarnated into a good family, or when their life is over, they can be directly granted the official position of Chenghuang. What do you think, Prefect Xie?"

Jiang Hao told them during the meeting that if there are some local officials who are relatively honest and capable, they can be brought into the Chenghuang system. Prefect Xie is a good official and has some reputation in the local area. Taoist Shouyang is ready to absorb him. If he joins the Chenghuang system, things in Jiujiang Prefecture will be much easier to handle in the future.

According to Jiang Hao, this is called officials protecting each other.

Magistrate Xie was pleasantly surprised when he heard this. Although the judge was an official from the Underworld, in the eyes of ordinary people, he was also a deity, and his official position was not low, much higher than that of a mountain god or a land official.

"I do!" Magistrate Xie responded immediately.

Taoist Shouyang smiled and said, "In that case, I will report your name to the Capital City God and wait for the conferment. As for now, you will be my judge first."

Xie Zhifu, who has been in officialdom for a long time, immediately stepped forward and bowed, "The judge of Jiujiang City God's Mansion has met the City God of Fucheng!"

Wutongshen's subordinates were eliminated and no one was left to manage them. The government continued to step up inspections. It didn't take long for Wutongshen's forces in Jiujiang to be eradicated.