Chapter 181 180. Tomb Keeper (Subscribe!)

"Split it!"

At Xu Qing's voice, the Jiazi God, dressed in black armor, moved rumblingly, took a big step forward, and chopped out with the mountain-splitting axe in his hand.

Violent power surged, and the extremely sharp aura rushed straight into the sky, and the space seemed to be torn apart.

A ray of golden light fell in an arc shape, and the government office shrouded by the country's destiny shook violently. Dust fluttered in the air, and thumb-wide cracks appeared on the walls.

Just as the government office was about to collapse, a cold snort came from inside the office.

Pieces of wood formed by the country's destiny suddenly floated out from various places in the government office and transformed into a Xiezhi as big as an ox, shaped like a Qilin, with a horn on its forehead, blocking the blow that was big enough to split a mountain.

"Sanmu?" Ning Fang frowned.

The three woods are shackles, fetters and throws.

It is said that the superiors are guilty of shackles and fetters.

Anyone who is struck by the three woods will be imprisoned and unable to move.

These three trees flew out from various places in the government office, indicating that the people in the office had clearly been prepared and were just waiting for them to enter.

Fortunately, Junior Master-Uncle did not let them rush in, otherwise they would have been surrounded by enemies by now.

At that time, our junior master might have to go in to rescue us.

crunch
The tightly closed door of the yamen opened.

Xu Qing looked inside, and saw a lifelike stone statue half an arm's height standing on the table in the lobby.

The official seal of Fengyang County Magistrate Ye Shi'an was floating above the stone statue.

"You Taoists in Yuanfu Temple are really brave." The stone statue spoke with a cold tone.

"Don't say anything like that." Xu Qing shook his head. "The wheels are turning. Does everyone have to say something like this to show off their authority?"

The stone statue choked and its eyes became even colder.

Xu Qing walked calmly into the hall of the government office, his eyes met the stone statue above, and then he asked a barrage of questions:

"Who are you? Why are you here? And where is Lord Ye Shi'an?"

At the end, Xu Qing's voice became louder and louder, shaking the entire government office:

"The last and most important question is, what exactly happened in Fengyang County and even the entire Fengyang Prefecture?"

"Why do you have to investigate this?" The stone statue was silent for a moment, then grinned and said, "This Dasheng is the world of the imperial court, not the world of your Yuanfu Temple."

"Don't you think you guys are controlling too much?"

"Even if your ancestors of Yuanfu Temple have made great contributions to the Great Sheng, it is not a reason for you to act so recklessly!"

"Reckless?"

"From what you said, you should be from the imperial court." Xu Qing could no longer conceal his disdain and smiled contemptuously, "The laws of Dasheng state that no human sacrifice is allowed in the country. Anyone who sees it can be killed!"

"This one was established by Taizu himself!"

"Everything I do is in accordance with the laws of the Great Sheng Dynasty, but in your mouth, it is 'meddling'."

"Does it mean that in your opinion, everything the Great Sheng Taizu said is bullshit?"

Taizu of Dasheng had seen mountain and water spirits and wild gods in the countryside that caused harm to the area when the previous dynasty collapsed. They ate humans and enjoyed human sacrifices and offerings.

After the founding of the country, it issued a clear ban on any lewd sacrifices in the mountains and the use of living people as tributes.

Although this law is no longer as strict as it was during the reign of Emperor Taizu, it cannot be violated. For example, the villages along the Dajiang River in Yangzhou Prefecture sacrificed living people to Zhu Polong, and the Beiji Exorcism House and the canal transport soldiers turned a blind eye.

After all, in the final analysis, it was the government's inability to wipe out those troublesome pig dragons, and the people were left with no other options and had to use young boys and girls to beg those pig dragons to spare their villages.

But during the reign of Taizu, no matter what the reason, people in Dasheng were not allowed to perform human sacrifices or offer sacrifices to wild gods.

"Asshole!" The stone statue's eyes shot out cold light, staring at Xu Qing as if it wanted to devour him, "When did I ever say that what Taizu said was bullshit?!"

"You are such a silver tongue! If it weren't for the fact that your Yuanfu Temple has made great contributions to Dasheng, I would definitely charge you with a crime of disrespect and punish you severely!"

Xu Qing smiled disdainfully.

Ning Fang leaned close to Xu Qing's ear and whispered, "This stone statue of Junior Master seems to be the keeper of the imperial mausoleum."

What Ning Fang bestowed was the "Taishang Zhengyi Du Zhangbi Yinlu".

This talisman records a large number of Taoist scriptures and rituals, and most of the people in the talisman sect are in positions related to the transmission of the Dharma.

At the same time, anyone who is granted this certificate is one of the most learned people in the sect.

"The keeper of the imperial mausoleum?" Xu Qing asked in surprise.

"Yes." Ning Fang said in a serious tone, "As far as I know, the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum has been guarded by the 'Kang Jinlong' lineage of the Arctic Exorcism Institute for generations, and all the people in this lineage are disciples of the royal family."

"These are living people guarding the mausoleum, but there is also a group of dead people guarding the mausoleum."

"The tomb keepers are also descendants of the royal family. After the death of a royal family member, they can choose to be transformed into a tomb-guarding stone statue based on their achievements during their lifetime to guard the tomb and be worshipped by the royal family and the people."

Xu Qing raised his eyebrows. This tomb keeper sounded more like
"Incense gods?"

"Yes." Ning Fang nodded.

Xu Qing pondered for a moment.

Unexpectedly, the Great Sheng Dynasty banned the worship of mountain and water spirits, but still retained the worship of incense and gods, and only used them on the royal family members.

"There aren't many tomb keepers like this, right?"

The gods and spirits need to be ordained by the dynasty, and ordination consumes the country's fortune.

With the many uses of national destiny by the Great Sheng Dynasty today, it should not be possible to allocate too many national destiny to the gods and spirits for enshrining incense.

Ning Fang's mind moved, and the "Taishang Zhengyi Du Zhangbi Yinlu" in his body turned into a book that flipped open, revealing the temple's records on this matter.

"Not many. Historically, only royal descendants who have made great contributions are eligible to be appointed as tomb keepers."

"According to records, the number of people in public does not exceed twenty."

On the surface
Xu Qing's eyes moved, and he shot over like a sharp sword: "So, why is this tomb keeper who made great contributions during his lifetime and was awarded a title after his death, and should have stayed in the imperial mausoleum, now here?"

There was no concealment in the conversation between Xu Qing and Ning Fang, but the stone statue did not choose to interrupt their conversation, but allowed Ning Fang to tell his secrets.

"Since you know my identity, you shouldn't get involved in this matter. Just know that everything I do is for Dasheng and it is never out of selfishness!" The stone statue had a righteous expression.

"For the sake of Dasheng?" Xu Qing's face darkened. "So they manipulated the people of Fengyang County to kill their own relatives as sacrifices, and then used their own spirit to perform sacrifices continuously?"

Every time the people in the city kowtow and pay tribute, a bit of their energy and spirit will be sucked away.

If the sacrifice continues for a long time, the people in this city will die from exhaustion!

"What do you know?" the statue was furious. "It's better to have some people die than to have the world plunged into turmoil!"

"Now, only the people of one prefecture are suffering. If the country is unstable and the people of the whole world are swept into chaos, what crime will you be charged with?!"

(End of this chapter)