SFS Chapter 143 Ji Chenghuang
Chapter 143 Ji Chenghuang
Feng Yunlin couldn't stay for even half a minute, and immediately said goodbye to the old man Xin, covered his face with his sleeves, and left Xin's house quickly.
Although Feng Yunlin's donkey was not tied up, it was still grazing leisurely in the ruined temple, dumbfounded, and didn't know how to take the opportunity to find freedom.
Feng Yunlin rode on the donkey and slapped the donkey's buttocks several times.The donkey yelped a few times in pain, and ran out of the ruined temple with fast hooves.
As soon as it ran like this, the bumpy Feng Yunlin suddenly felt his stomach churn.The yellow soup poured into his stomach during the day became vigorous and drunk, and he couldn't hold it back, so he could only let it rush wildly.
After running for an unknown amount of time, the donkey ran to a wilderness and finally got tired and stopped.Feng Yunlin rolled over from the donkey with soft legs, knelt on the ground with his hands propped up, and vomited all over the floor.
After vomiting, Feng Yunlin felt powerless all over, so he turned over and fell to the ground.That is to say, the wilderness and ridges are naturally full of vegetation.Feng Yunlin felt quite comfortable lying on the grass, and didn't bother to get up again, so he fell asleep in a daze.
Beside him, the donkey was grazing slowly, and it turned into that dull look again.
After Feng Yunlin left Xin's house, the old man Xin solemnly apologized to Ji Zihe, and thanked him by the way for smoothing things over for him and not telling Feng Yunlin the truth.Ji Zihe is not such a stingy person, and he didn't blame him either.The reason why he didn't tell Feng Yunlin the truth was because Ji Zihe didn't like that scholar very much. First impressions are still very important.
After Ji Zihe had dinner at Xin's house, it was already dark, so old man Xin wanted to keep Ji Zihe overnight.Ji Zihe rejected his offer. He now holds two jobs, dealing with county government affairs during the day, and going to the Town God's Temple at night.
But Huang Jiulang, Ji Zihe gave him a holiday so that he could stay overnight, just remember to go back tomorrow.
Ji Zihe wanted to do business, so old man Xin naturally didn't dare to keep him, so he politely sent him out of the ruined temple.
After leaving the ruined temple, Ji Zihe took out the City God Seal.The Seal of the City God is a good thing. It is not only the seal of the City God, but also a magic weapon and storage space. It can also be used as a prison when necessary.Just imagine, the prison is carried by the city god, and it is impossible to rob a prison in this life.
Putting on the official robe, Ji Zihe's figure suddenly disappeared into the wilderness.Of course, he didn't become invisible, he just became the city god's dharma, and the human race couldn't see or touch him, unless he had yin and yang eyes.
Ji Zihe shook his robe, and his gaze suddenly became much higher, which really made him a little uncomfortable.This is also a matter of no choice, an official must naturally have official prestige, and the city god is also an official, if he does not look "majestic", how can he convince the public and deter Xiaoxiao.
Xiao Qinglong, who was sleeping in Ji Zihe's clothes, suddenly felt something was wrong, and touched Ji Zihe's belly with his claws.What you get is no longer soft flesh, but rough skin like dry and cracked bark.
Meng Zhang opened his eyes, reluctantly crawled out of Ji Zihe's clothes, and squatted on Ji Zihe's shoulder.
"Your appearance is really hot-eyed." Meng Zhang said with disgust.
"I think it's okay." Ji Zihe smiled and looked scary at first, but he got used to it.I have to sigh, habit is really a terrible thing.
Adapted to the official appearance of the City God, Ji Zihe not only didn't feel afraid, but even felt a bit majestic.Although ugly is a bit ugly, but Ji Zihe doesn't have to face the mirror all the time, being ugly is also ugly to others.Moreover, he is very big now, and the servants under him are at most as high as his belly button. This kind of "superior" feeling is not something ordinary people can enjoy.
Meng Zhang silently looked away. He was already ugly, but it turned out to be even uglier when he smiled.This underworld official robe is also annoying, after wearing it, the whole person's appearance has changed, Xiao Hezi's belly is so soft, now it is hard, like a stone, and he is so lazy when he sleeps.
After tidying up his robes, Ji Zihe headed towards his office.
The so-called office location is the Town God's Temple on the outskirts of the city.
The previous City God was a big corrupt official who was too corrupt, so he was dismissed from office and sent to hell to suffer.Erlang Zhenjun really handled the officials in these places clearly. The City God was dismissed from office, and the group of judges under him, black and white impermanence and other shady officials were also taken care of.It's all a nest of snakes and rats, and no one is innocent.
They have all been executed, and the new City God has not yet arrived, and the local government affairs cannot be left alone.Therefore, Erlang Zhenjun directly selected some of the local ghosts with meritorious virtues to act as Yin officials temporarily, and decided on their fate after the Chenghuang took office.
Because none of them have become full-timers yet, each of these temporary yin officials worked very hard one by one, just wanting to give the new city god a good impression.Ji Zihe was also happy and relaxed, and did not touch them for the time being.
Strictly speaking, the City God is not a god of the underworld. It was originally a small god in the heaven, similar to the god of the earth, but later added a lot of priesthood, and its power became more and more powerful.But for some reason, the heavens gave it up and assigned it to the underworld, so the City God was tested in the underworld.
Chenghuang is the patron saint of the city, and his main duty is to protect one city.But there are also many other responsibilities, such as managing Mingji, good and bad floods and droughts, punishing evil and promoting good, supervising local officials... As long as it is something that happens in the city, no matter what, it is right to go to the city god.
But Ji Zihe didn't feel that the work was very tiring, on the contrary he was quite relaxed.After all, he is not only the city god, he is also the county magistrate, the parent official of one party.The responsibilities of the two identities of City God and County Magistrate overlap a lot, and he can handle most things as a local county magistrate, so there is no need to wear a vest.
As for the affairs of the underworld, Ji Zihe doesn't take much care of them. The undead have their own judges and black and white impermanence to manage them.It stands to reason that the City God is regarded as a subordinate of the king of hell, and the ghost needs to be first examined before being sent to the palace of the king of hell.
However, this regulation was not really implemented, because the underworld soon discovered that this preliminary review system was very unreasonable.The City God tried for a long time, and the results of the trial may not be complete.But in the underworld, there is no need for interrogation at all. After taking a photo in front of the evil mirror, all the good and evil things the undead have done in their life are clear. Why let the city god waste this effort.Moreover, the laws of the underworld are not sound, and after the first trial, the City God may give a result that may not be in line with the king of Hades. In the end, the king of Hades has to make a judgment himself, so the effort of the first trial is simply avoided.
So Ji Zihe just listened to the judge's report on the matter of the Mingji.Although the small officials under the seat of the City God have little power, they have clear responsibilities.The judge held the book of life and death, dispatched the bull's head and horse's face, black and white impermanence to seduce the soul, and if the number was enough, they would be pulled directly to Huangquan Road and sent to the underworld, where their own special personnel would take over.
The priesthood of guarding the city includes more. The Town God's Temple in Ning'an County enshrines the day and night wandering gods, so there are day and night wandering gods under Ji Zihe's seat.When they patrol on weekdays, if they encounter injustice, they will punish the evil and promote the good.Of course, there are few of them, so if you don't meet them, it's none of their business.
However, if there is a grievance, you can go to the government.Humans can go to the government to appeal for grievances, and demons and ghosts can also go to the Temple of the City God to appeal for grievances.Although the City God does not judge the good and evil of the undead themselves, if the undead has grievances and needs to sue the officials, it is a criminal case, and the City God will also try it.
But Ji Zihe had only taken office not long ago, not to mention complaining at the Town God's Temple, not even the county government.I don't know if it should be said that the law and order in Ning'an County is too good. He has never handled a single case, and he has never opened a case regardless of his identity.
As for natural disasters such as floods, droughts, diseases, etc., Ji Zihe was a little helpless.Although within the scope of his duties, these heavens are managed by special gods. If Ji Zihe wants to manage others, he has to listen to himself. What he can manage is really limited.And the common people seem to regard the city god as omnipotent, not only praying for rain and sunshine, but also for marriage, children and so on.
There is also the priesthood of supervising magistrates, and I don't know who added it.After Ji Zihe came to the Yamen to report, the first thing he did was to offer sacrifices to the City God. It is said that this is a tradition.In fact, this is also quite contradictory. On the one hand, the imperial court does not allow officials to talk about strange powers and gods when they do things, but local officials have to worship the city god when they take office and when they leave office, and the emperor also worships the sky every year. Very strong.
It's really embarrassing to offer sacrifices to yourself, and what's even more embarrassing is that the city gods all have names.Ji Zihe went to the county government office to take office, so he also came to Chenghuang Temple to officially take office.
The Town God's Temple in Ning'an County is generally incensed, and there is only one old temple with a hunchback.Ji Zihe officially took office, in addition to coming to the Town God's Temple to take over his statue and meet his subordinates, he also had to show his spirit, show a miracle, and tell the old temple that the local Town God had changed.Ji Zihe still wanted to save face. He only told Miao Zhu that his surname was Ji, but he didn't tell him his full name, so he asked him to arrange it.
Lao Miaozhu's combat effectiveness was very strong, and soon everyone in the county knew that the city god of Ning'an County had changed, and his surname was Ji, which was the same as the new county magistrate.Believe it or not, it's still a matter of conversation, and there are even rumors that the new city god is the ancestor of the county magistrate, and he came here to protect him.
One can imagine how shameful Ji Zihe felt when he worshiped him.But Ji Zihe still wants to reward the old Miao Zhu, after all he has done a good job, and he has been doing temple blessings in the Chenghuang Temple for many years. The favorability instantly exploded.
When Ji Zihe arrived at the City God's Temple, the temple was brightly lit and filled with incense. To Ji Zihe who was wearing the City God's vest, he thought it smelled good.
Lao Miaozhu has gone to bed now, he is a mortal, but he doesn't know that a group of gods come to check in every day in the temple.
Ji Zihe originally wanted to consume today's power of faith stored in the statue first, and then summon the judge to handle official duties.Unexpectedly, before he touched the statue, the judge suddenly came up to greet him, and saluted Ji Zihe, "My lord, there is a ghost who handed over the pleadings and wants to ask your lord to uphold justice."
Ji Zihe paused, his eyes lit up, he is about to open his business!
When Feng Yunlin opened his eyes, it was already dark, and the sound of howling wolves could be heard from time to time in the distance.Feng Yunlin woke up in an instant, and quickly got up.Looking around, it was pitch black, and he didn't care where he was now, so he pulled the dumb donkey that was grazing and rode on it, found a random direction and hurried on the road.