East of the city.
Land God Temple.
Years of natural disasters have afflicted the people, and the incense has flourished.
There were only a few people walking on the street. There was a lot of noise around Land God Temple, and there was a long queue of pilgrims and believers.
The temple blessing Master Huang looks more advanced than a few years ago. The robe is embroidered with gold and silver threads, and the wrist is hung with a string of crystal emerald green beads. If you look closely, it is actually polished by a wooden spiritual object.
Even low-grade spiritual objects are priceless in the eyes of mortals!
"There are fewer people offering incense today!"
Master Huang put on an air and ordered the boys waiting around, "Tomorrow I will let someone pass the news. In the future, the master will be promoted and will be in charge of Azure Cloud Prefecture people's underworld. Burning incense and worshiping can increase the yin virtues."
"As commanded."
The boy first bowed to accept the order, and then reminded, "Should you report it to Land God first? Those green-skinned gangsters and storytellers have no clue, so they easily blew it away..."
Land God Temple is now the master of Linyang County. Just give an order on the street, and those people can turn Wenjian into the true god in charge of life and death of Yin and Yang, and the rise and fall of all spirits.
"It doesn't matter. Even if believers come looking for me in the future, just push me out and talk nonsense and spread lies."
"Land God is about to be promoted, and Incense and Fire Prayer Power is most lacking. That Azure Cloud Prefecture is not like Lin Yang, and can be called countless gods. We don't understand how gods talk about friendship, and they probably have to reciprocate politely!"
Master Huang stroked his long beard gently and said, "So the common people should understand Land God's difficulties. If you have to suffer for a while, I will bear the infamy!"
"Got it."
The boy couldn't help but feel admiration. No wonder Master Huang could stand out from all the temple blessings and become the person Land God trusted most. This loyalty alone was unmatched by anyone.
It is rumored that when Land God takes office, he will take Master Huang with him to Azure Cloud Prefecture and do a great job in City God Temple.
In the future, when your life in the human world is over, you can still become a servant of the underworld, which can be regarded as an alternative Dao Path!
While speaking.
Suddenly, there were several thunderclaps in the sky, and the rumble was like exploding in the ears, making Master Huang fall to the ground in fright.
Immediately afterwards came the voice of the head of the Supervision Department, who was powerful as a prison. After hearing the content clearly, Master Huang suddenly turned pale with horror.
Miao Zhu was aware of what Land God was doing.
People who serve God never believe in God. It is better to say that both parties are a community of interests. Gods want incense, and temple blessings want money!
The believers in line reacted very quickly and dispersed when they heard the sound. The brave ones even stole a few handfuls of incense money before leaving.
Master Huang lay on the ground and shouted, "Go and invite Land God!"
Buzz!
The statue of the god in the temple bloomed with golden light, and a figure appeared from the light.
Wearing gorgeous brocade robes with white beard and hair, he is none other than Linyang County Land God. He glanced at the fleeing believers and couldn't help but sneer.
"They are all people who follow the trend of others!"
Master Huang rolled over and kowtowed. "Greetings to Land God."
"Well, you're pretty good!"
Land God was very satisfied with this loyal subordinate and said, "I have always done things safely. It has been a year, and it is useless to check."
"Go and stabilize the other people in the temple and wait with peace of mind. You can all go to Azure Cloud Prefecture in the future!"
"Follow the law."
Master Huang was a little relieved. On weekdays, he always relied on Land God's name to dominate.
Once Land God is robbed, not only will he lose his power, but he will also be retaliated a hundredfold.
Land God nodded slightly, but he did not explain to Master Huang that the investigation of crimes by gods is not like that of mortals, who pay attention to evidence and laws, and only need to use the secret technique of investigating Spirit Soul.
All the truth will be revealed naturally!
Creating disasters and poisoning the people was destined to be difficult to deny, and Land God was not afraid to run away.
The mortals on the left and right just died, and some benefits were shared with the monks who investigated the case, and the immortal protection passed away.
Land God has heard and seen many things like this, and knows that the so-called protection from gods is just a name used to harvest incense, and how can they really sympathize with and protect mortals.
"Sixth-grade master, if the number is too small, it will be difficult to gag, and he must bleed profusely!"
"Most of the income earned in the past few years has been used for financial purposes. If you want to survive this disaster, you must spend all your savings... When I find out who is going to complain, I will cut him into pieces!"
Land God was furious and helpless, so he had to bleed heavily and be sent to the superior.
If we really find out the case and take him to the capital, he will definitely go to Execution Platform!
"In the future, if you go to Azure Cloud Prefecture, you must search it back ten times and a hundred times to make up for today's losses. There are tens of millions of people in a government, and you can get a huge amount of incense for any reason!"
Thinking of this, Land God became a little angry, straightened up his appearance and flew into the air with a smile on his face.
Above the sky.
Jin Yangzi sat cross-legged in the cloud, looked at Land God expressionlessly, and showed his "Inspection Department" identity token.
"I am here under the orders of His Majesty. I also need Linyang Land to release Spirit Soul to facilitate the investigation."
"Meet the Master."
Land God bowed and saluted. "I have protected Linyang County for hundreds of years. I dare not say that I have tried my best, but I have never harmed a common person. In recent years, there have been continuous natural disasters, and I have tried my best to protect him. It must be a false accusation made by a villain. Please be careful."
"Don't worry, I have always been fair and strict. If you are innocent, you will definitely punish those who falsely accuse you!"
Jin Yangzi said, "Let Spirit Soul go and find out whether he has merit or demerit."
Land God suddenly realized that Jin Yangzi had a huge appetite. Resent flashed in his eyes, and he bowed and said, "Please move to Land God Temple, sir. I will definitely comply with all the requirements for investigating the case."
"Okay."
Jin Yangzi took a deep look at Land God, then flew into the clouds and fell into the backyard of the temple.
The temple was already deserted, with only a few temple blessings huddled in the front hall, praying to the Land God statue to bless Land God.
Land God followed, took out the jade box from Storage Bag, bowed and handed it over. "This junior was framed by an adulterer, and all the evidence is inside."
Jin Yangzi took a photo of the jade box and opened it in front of Land God. Inside was the crystal clear Wish Power Pearl.
No more, no less than a thousand!
"Not bad, not bad!"
Jin Yangzi put the jade box into his sleeve and said, "This evidence is very important, but the quantity is a bit small. It is difficult to prove that fellow Daoist has been framed."
When Land God heard this, he was so angry that Mana rebelled.
Looking back at the past five years, I worked hard to harvest several waves of leeks. The small part was given to the wild gods, and the big part was handed over to Qingyun City God. In the end, I didn't even get a cent.
Now I am being exploited by the Supervisory Department again. Not only am I unable to save my capital, but I also have to pay a lot of help!
Why bother?
If I had known that he would simply die and disappear, with hundreds of years of merit and virtue protecting Linyang County, maybe he could still step into Dao Path in reincarnation.
It's a pity that regret is useless. Now we must try our best to satisfy Jin Yangzi's greed. Otherwise, if we fall in love with Execution Platform, we will lose our soul and not even have a chance to be reincarnated.
Land God had no choice but to take out another box of Wish Power Pearl and said.
"Sir, Linyang County has a small population and a small land, and there are only so many lower-level officials."
"Fellow Daoists should know that His Majesty has great talents and great plans, and is working hard to govern and reform the local area Orthodox God."
Jin Yangzi put Wish Power Pearl into his sleeves and said, "A few days ago, I just killed Chang Ning Prefecture, the rain god. That person was a fifth-grade official. He became Execution Platform just because he arbitrarily changed the timing of rainfall..."
Chang Ning Prefecture regulation is equivalent to Azure Cloud Prefecture, which is different from Linyang County, which has only Orthodox God and only three wild gods in total. Because of the vast territory and large population, almost all aspects of the people are managed by gods.
The Rain God is in charge of rainfall, the Wind God is in charge of the wind, the Kitchen God is in charge of lighting fires, and there is a Flower God even when planting flowers and grass.
Many of the gods have overlapping powers. For example, the Spring God and the Farmer Shendu are in charge of farmers' farming. Which one the people worship depends entirely on the gods' methods.
Land God said with fear on his face. The mighty fifth-grade Rain God actually died for some minor crimes. The crime he committed was so serious that even a hundred times beheading would not be enough to repay him. He said with a horrified face.
"So it's unforgivable to be a low-ranking official?"
"Fellow Daoist, you have misunderstood. This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor and losing one's head!"
Jin Yangzi said solemnly, "This... requires more money!"
Even though Land God felt extremely reluctant to give up, he had no choice but to take out all the spiritual objects. After searching his guts and scraping his stomach, he finally collected another two thousand Wish Power Pearl, and became even more resentful towards the person who reported him.
"Sir, do you think you should announce your innocence to the people?"
Land God has made up his mind. After sending Jin Yangzi away, he will find a way to recruit Linyang County people. Otherwise, if he goes to the post without any hair, he will make his colleagues laugh to death.
"It's easy to talk about."
Jin Yangzi was sure that Land God could not bring any benefits. Muranjian looked solemn and ordered, "Linyang Land, don't let go of Spirit Soul yet, let me investigate the crime!"
"Huh?"
Land God said in disbelief, "Sir, what do you mean by this?"
Jin Yangzi said in a cold voice, "I am bathing in the emperor's favor, so I must enforce the law impartially. Linyang Land can rest assured that if he is not guilty, he will not be framed."
"..."
Land God was silent for a while. He was not a fool after hundreds of years of practice. Just now he was just afraid of the court and eager to survive. Looking back now, how could he not know that he was being blackmailed.
"Sir, are you not afraid that I will go to the capital and report your bribery to the court?"
"My master is Ministry of Revenue Tianguan, ranked second grade. Are you afraid that you, a mere golden elixir, will file a lawsuit?"
Jin Yangzi sneered, "I advise you to let go of Spirit Soul quickly. If you dare to delay the investigation for no reason, I have the right to forcibly search for souls!"
Land God was so angry that he didn't dare to disobey Nascent Soul Cultivator's order. If he could really escape, he would have fled with Wish Power Pearl and changed the world to become a wild god.
"Please be more careful, sir!"
He spoke through gritted teeth, letting go of Spirit Soul and letting Jin Yangzi check the memory.
Jin Yangzi Divine Sense quickly scanned it and saw that Land God had caused natural and man-made disasters for five consecutive years, and there was no anger on his face. He had seen this kind of thing many times in the Supervision Department.
"There is solid evidence that Lin Yang's crimes are serious. He will immediately go with me to Kyoto for trial."
"As you command!"
Land God hates Jin Yangzi more than the person who made the complaint. The latter defrauded him of hundreds of years of savings just for the sake of justice or revenge.
Jin Yangzi was walking in front, when suddenly a magic sword fell from his sleeve, he turned around and cursed.
"Are you blind? When you saw my official Dharma Treasure dropped, you didn't take the initiative to pick it up?"
Land God The Three Corpse Gods jumped out of anger, thinking that Jin Yangzi was deliberately insulting themselves, and that the dignified Jindan monk was acting as a slave to order them. However, sensing the cold murderous intention, they had no choice but to suppress their anger and bend down to pick it up.
The magic sword was originally the size of a palm, and its body was as blue as water. It continued to grow as soon as it was held in the hand.
Until it was three feet long, it bloomed with a fierce sword light and slashed directly towards Jin Yangzi.
brush!
Sword Qi scratched the Daoist robe, leaving a scar on Jin Yangzi's back.
"Okay, not only have you committed a heinous crime, but you also dared to sneak attack on me and try to escape. Such a lawless person should be punished!"
When Jin Yangzi spoke, he waved his hand and cast dozens of spells, drowning Land God who was standing there confused.
When the light of the spell dissipated, only a few severed limbs were left on the spot. Land God's body was dead, and only a wisp of Spirit Soul was barely surviving under the protection of Incense and Fire Prayer Power.
The remnant soul looked ferocious and screamed, "You are so cruel. You killed the imperial court Orthodox God privately. I'll wait for you below!"
"I am an impartial and strict officer, and I have investigated the case of Linyang's land abuse against the people. However, the murderer refused to be arrested and was accidentally beaten to death."
Jin Yangzi said, "For such a crime, I have to go to Execution Platform anyway. At most, it is just an early execution. What crime do I have?"
When Land God heard this, Spirit Soul was twisted and confused, and was almost destroyed on the spot.
Jin Yangzi put his hands behind his back and did not intend to kill Land God with his own hands. He had just used the excuse of defensive counterattack, but now he was suspected of destroying the evidence of the crime by killing Spirit Soul, so he had dirty his hands in vain.
He continued, "Do you know who went to the capital to beat the imperial drum and expose your crime?"
Land God wanted to scratch this person's skin and muscles, and immediately asked, "Who is it?"
Jin Yangzi said, "Linyang County is a poor commoner without any cultivation. All his parents and relatives died at your hands!"
Land God's soul twisted and trembled. He had no regrets at all, nor did he feel retribution. Instead, he resented the mere mud-legged man for daring to sue the royal court Orthodox God!
Not to mention it was just a natural or man-made disaster, even if Linyang County people were massacred in blood sacrifices, it would not be able to compare with the lives of the Golden elixir monks.
It happened to succeed, and Land God ended up dead. He will definitely become the laughing stock of his colleagues in the future.
"If you were a real mortal, not to mention beating the royal drum, you would travel thousands of miles to Kyoto, and you would most likely become the rations of the evil gods in the mountains along the way."
Jin Yangzi continued to stimulate, "This person went to Wushan to chop wood, and was lucky enough to hear the mountain god's sermon. Who would have expected that he was so talented that he was promoted to Foundation Establishment in a short period of time, and then he had the strength to go to Kyoto to file a complaint."
"The mountain god lectures..."
Land God was stunned for a long time, and then cursed again, "That good-for-nothing Wushan, what are you talking about in your free time, actually ruined my plan for a bright future? Damn it, damn it!"
"Don't worry, I have found out that Mount Wu God colluded with you to harm the people, and I will send him to death."
Jin Yangzi After hearing about this incident from my colleagues in the Supervision Department, it was like a story in a story. After thinking about it carefully, I felt a little afraid of karma.
Be careful when asking for bribes in the future. It is best not to leave any clues. Only dead people will not talk nonsense.
"One more thing, I was very envious when I heard about it. City God in Kyoto, who has not accepted a disciple for hundreds of years, attaches great importance to that person's talent. He accepted him as a closed disciple a few days ago. Dao Path will be unlimited in the future!
Poof!
Land God Hatred, jealousy and other emotions were superimposed and distorted, and the remaining soul exploded directly and dissipated into a wisp of smoke.
"After hundreds of years of practice, I can't stand a few words, and my mood is so bad!"
Jin Yangzi looked contemptuous and was about to leave Land God Temple. He also needed to arrest Mount Wu God quickly to prevent the wild god from learning the news and escaping.
At this time.
A voice came from outside the door. "My subordinate Linyang County ordered Zhao Tai, my mentor Left Censor, to see the head of the Supervision Department."
"Come in."
Jin Yangzi didn't want to pay attention to it. He was just a ninth-grade official, which was very different from Divine Path's sixth-grade. However, when he heard that Zhao Tai's mentor was Left Censor, he made an exception to meet him.
Magistrate Zhao bowed in, took out the jade bottle from his sleeves after seeing the ceremony, and said.
"The lower official has long known that Land God is poisoning the people, but he speaks lightly and Mana is shallow and dare not provoke him. He can only endure the humiliation and secretly collect evidence of Land God crimes. These Wish Power Pearls are the proceeds of his torture!"
"Please, sir, be careful!"