On the second day of the eighth month of the ninth year of Yonghe.

Anchang County, Welcoming Building.

The owner of Yingke Tower is a very smart person. At this time, Yingke Tower retains the general structure of Su Xia's last performance, and invites popular opera dancers to come and perform.

With the fame brought by Su Xia before and the chef singer, she does have some real skills.

The business of this welcoming building is much more prosperous than before. It is basically full every day. Sometimes if you want to treat you here, you have to book a few days in advance.

Of course, no matter how in short supply, in the eyes of some people, it is still easy.

Among them are the four great masters of Anchang.

At this time, in the most luxurious private room in the Welcoming House, the four heads of the family were all there, and were hosting guests.

The sound of silk and bamboo orchestra, and the gentle and gentle singing of the singer, all kinds of desolate sounds surrounded the entire room with a slight intoxication, making people unconsciously feel half as weak as they are intoxicated.

Outside the room, the shopkeeper was a little busy.

My face is usually warm and kind, and I drink it from time to time:

"Where is the drunk fish? Let Lao Wang be quicker, this is our signature!"

"Erlangzi, you are stupid!... No matter which table below I order this dish first, you will bring it to me. Do you know who it is inside? The four masters and the magistrate of Wei are here! If you offend them, don't think about being in Anchang!"

Fortunately, the shopkeeper is quite talented. Although he is a little flustered, he still handles the affairs in the private room in an orderly manner so that he does not neglect the distinguished guests.

In the private room.

The Four Masters and the Magistrate of Wei Zhun are both from all generations and will not be fascinated by this little thing, but I think this restaurant is just taking good care of it.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Zhou Biqing winked, and the singers in the private room bowed and left respectfully. This is what we are going to start talking about serious business.

Wei Zhun has been an official for many years and has already experienced it. His expression remains unchanged. He raises a glass and drinks, but there is a bit of joking in his eyes.

The four masters looked at each other, but Zhou Biqing stood up first, toasted a glass of wine, and said, "Since Lord Wei came to our county's parents, he opened fertile fields, reclaimed wasteland, caressed the elderly, and strictly guarded the thieves, built bridges and paved roads, and made strict judgments. In less than three years, he can be called a great governance, and he will not close his doors at night and pick up the remains on the road. This is all the achievements of the Lord. I can't wait for the honor, so I wish you another cup of the Lord!"

Wei Zhun raised his glass to drink and said with a smile: "Where is there, I have to rely on your cooperation. Wei is just loyal to the court and perform his duties!" This is true. Without the cooperation of the four great masters of Anchang, Wei Zhun's authority would basically not be able to leave the county town. If there are no ancient and modern counties, they are all trapped in the hands of local snakes?

Wu Zhirong, the head of the Wu family, was a middle-aged fat man. When he heard this, there was a few more smiles on his rosy and rosy face and said, "Mr. Wei's contribution is still unquestionable. I believe that this year's assessment will definitely be of top quality. You can go straight to the prefecture after the promotion. With Master Wei's talent, it may not take long to take charge of the prefecture. By then, you will be very blessed with hundreds of thousands of people and have great luck!"

These flattering words still touched Wei Zhun's itch. Although he didn't dare to hide it, he tried his best to hide it, but the slightly revealed joy still made the four masters who had been ups and downs for a long time see it.

Wu Zhirong winked, Zhou Biqing understood and finally got to the point.

"We are waiting to invite the Lord today, and we really have something to ask for!"

"What's the matter? If the official can do what he wants, he will naturally respond to his requests!" The implication is that if he has the strength, he can be completely defeated.

"Old fox!" Zhou Biqing cursed in her heart, with a smile on her face even more, and she said, "It's just a small matter. We have bought a piece of land in the north of the city and want to build a temple..."

"Wait... are you just enjoying me?" Wei Zhun's face turned cold when he heard this, and he said, "It's better if you wait, you can compare to the Junwang Family?"

There are no gods in this world. In the county town, there are generally three types of temples that can be worshipped by incense.

The first is the royal ancestral temple, which is the most authentic one.

The second type is Taoist temple, which is the power of the Taoist temple. If you want to build a new Taoist temple, you must have the endorsement of Baiyun Temple. Otherwise, it will be a lewd sacrifice and an evil sacrifice, and you will have to be punished by the king.

The third type is the county and family families, which can allow ancestors to be worshipped by outsiders, collect incense and bring prosperity to their own foundation. This is an act of harming the court and enriching their own family, which naturally leads to taboos. The major families join forces and fight openly and secretly for a long time before they can get it.

Now that Wei Zhun heard that the four great masters wanted to build a temple, he thought he wanted his ancestors to be popular among outsiders. Although the four great masters were very strong, even if they worked together, they could not be expected to be in the county. When doing such a thing, Wei Zhun sneered in his heart, saying that he was self-destructive from the world. He also had some doubts that these four great masters should not be so unwise.

Zhou Biqing smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. County Master thought it was a misunderstanding! We are not so unwise yet, and we dare to compare ourselves with the county's expectations. We want to worship this temple, but not our ancestors, but a sacrifice spirit in the countryside!"

"This spirit is extremely effective and can protect one side. People in the county town also have faith. We are just a little famous and have been entrusted to handle this matter!" The head of the Wang family added.

"Sacrifice of the spirit in the countryside?" Wei Zhun was shocked and speechless again.

Things in the countryside are quite complicated. In this countryside, there are evil ghosts that cause trouble, and the news is blocked.

There are also many spiritual sacrifices in this countryside, and there are many people who don’t know the origin. Among them, some of them are born by their ancestors, some are attracted by refugees when they flee, and even evil ghosts disguised as spiritual sacrifices and took the opportunity to harm people. It is very difficult to distinguish between fish and dragons.

Moreover, in the countryside, there are no large households in the county towns who have sacrificed their ancestors for hundreds of years. Wei Zhunzhi suspected that the four masters were joking with him.

For Wei Zhun, as long as the countryside sacrifices can ensure peace and harmless blood sacrifices, he will let him die.

But set up temples in the city to worship?

This is something that has never been heard of. After all, the sacrifice spirit cannot move. How could this happen before?

From the perspective of the king's law, the county magistrate is a "hundred-mile waiter". Although the banned ghost Cao Si has a special status, he still belongs to the jurisdiction of the yamen. Wei Zhun can indeed make the decision on this matter, but this is just playing the edge ball. It is not a matter of normal times. If you are involved in the scene, you may be troubled by being included in this book.

It depends on what the four masters have to deal with Wei Zhun and let him take this risk.

After thinking about it, he asked, "What is this spirit?"

"This spirit is called the God of Land!" Zhou Biqing said.

"The God of Land..." Wei Zhun felt relieved as he chewed these words. Without a specific name, even his ancestors could not collect luck to make up for his own family. This would reduce a lot of trouble and avoid some suspicion.

Wu Zhirong added fire and said, "If the adults can accomplish this, we are grateful. The tax this year will be paid in full on time. We can also fund 3,000 taels of silver to help the adults build roads!"

Wei Zhun was shocked. The conditions were extremely generous.

The annual tax collection of taxes is a big problem, especially when landlords secretly resist taxes, every year when the tax collection season comes, those who evade taxes, bribe, devote themselves to, and sell land are complicated, and they are a mess. In addition, officials take the opportunity to take advantage of the situation. If they can collect 70% or 80% every year, it is God's blessing.

Now the four great men of Anchang promise to pay taxes on time. They are the largest landlords here. Without the thorns, the tax revenue this year will be extremely smooth. At that time, there will naturally be a "excellent" comment in the mansion, which will be of great benefit to the future career.

As for road construction, it was a big knot in Wei Zhun's heart. The original head of the family praised him for building bridges and paving roads. Although it was a real thing, it only benefited the people of the city within the county town.

Anchang County is located in a remote area, with only one mountain road with the most important passage from the outside world. It is still disrepaired for a long time and traffic is inconvenient. Wei Zhun originally wanted to repair this road.

But after spending all the county treasury, I went to the mansion to grind some, and there was still a gap of 2,000 taels of silver. I usually need to support the county's large households, but they all became iron roosters. Now I have smashed 3,000 taels of silver at once, which is really a big bleeding. Apart from the road construction part, there is still a thousand taels left. There is no need to say much about where to use it.

However, if you want to take it, you must first give it to it. The conditions given by the four masters are so generous that Wei Zhun was a little surprised.

He said, "This matter is of great importance, and we have to let our county think about it for a few days!"

The four masters looked at each other, and as long as they did not clearly refuse, there would be hope for this matter and would not say anything more.

After that, everyone only talked about poetry, the romantic and romantic, and the host and the host were all happy.

After the banquet.

Wei Zhun returned to the county government office and a maid brought the sober soup. Wei Zhun took a few sips and calmed down his drunkenness. He said, "Go and invite Zhuzhu Zhun!"

The maid took the order and withdrew. Not long after, the chief clerk Zhao came in, bowed and said, "Sir!"

The chief clerk is named Zhao Kongming, who is the chief clerk, and is in charge of the six departments. He coordinates with the top and bottom. The prime minister is equivalent to the prime minister, so he naturally has to be trusted. Zhao Kongming is an old man in Wei Zhun's family. He has had a lot of relationships before he can be transferred here. As an assistant, it is even more different.

Wei Zhun rubbed his brows and said, "Today, the four people invited me to the banquet and asked something, which made me hesitate!" Then he said the previous incident and asked, "What do you think?"

Zhao Kongming was about thirty years old, with a bookish aura, but at this moment, his forehead wrinkled, and thought for a while, saying, "I am a little familiar with the name of the land god. I seem to have received any previous documents, but He Dianshi sent it to the Forbidden Ghost Cao Si for archives."

Wei Zhun frowned and said, "Call He Song!"

As soon as He Song came in, he realized that the atmosphere was a little wrong. He knelt down and bowed, saying, "Please pay tribute to the master!"

Usually Wei Zhun had already called He Song to get up, but this time, the sound from above was cold: "He Song, do you know the affairs of the God of Land?" He Song was shocked, as if he fell into an ice cellar.

However, at this time, he calmed down and said, "Not long ago, there was a document, but Taoist Lingzhu was not here, so I will wait for it first!"

"Damn it! Go and get it!" He Song was almost out at this time. Wei Zhun usually admired He Song's talents, but when he encountered serious business, he was naturally doing his job and had no feelings for him.

Soon after, Wei Zhun took the document and read it carefully, his face became more and more gloomy.

"Hehe... I'm so brave. It actually spread a few months ago. What a four great master! What a land god!"

Now, even Zhao Kongming was a little sweating.

He Song felt aggrieved in his heart, kowtowed heavily, and cried and said, "The villain has to be promoted by the lord, so he dared not hide it. I saw that this matter was under the jurisdiction of the Forbidden Ghost Cao Si. He was afraid of getting involved, and the lard was caught in the heart for a while. I hope the lord forgives the guilt..." Kowtow was like pounding garlic, and red appeared on the ground. In my heart, I was still glad that I had kept a hand and archived it first, otherwise, it would be irrefutable.

"Hmph!" Wei Zhun sneered, and his anger disappeared a lot. After all, fearing ghosts is normal.

"But in the past few days, there has been another news that has made the villain frightened. Even if the adults don't look for the villain, the villain will come to report!" He Song continued.

"The sacrifice of the land god has become popular in various townships. Even in the counties, there are more than half of the people who believe in five or six thousand people, which makes his subordinates very shocked..." He Song told the whole story, which was both showing loyalty and helping the land god to promote his strength. It can be considered slippery and not offends.

"What..." Wei Zhun was really shocked. He suddenly stood up and knocked the ink and pen on the table to the ground.

Since it has spread all over the county, if Wei Zhun cast the land god into a lewd temple and ordered it to be destroyed, if one is not handled well, it will arouse civil unrest, and four other officials will secretly open their eyes and cause a disaster. Although they can still suppress it from asking for help from the palace, Wei Zhun's county magistrate is over, and he may even have to be punished, and his face turned a little blue.

Fang Ming also underestimated the influence of the land god. This is the true god. His supernatural powers are closely related to the lives of the people. As long as you believe in devoutly, you will always be able to meet your requests. There are four masters who will help you. In just a few months, it became popular in the county, and even the county town had more than half of its faith. Therefore, he had the confidence to signal the four masters to seek sacrifices in the county for him.
Chapter completed!