Chapter 223 222. Lady Lu Jin and the Twelve Star Bugs (Subscribe!)

"Lujin Temple?"

Xu Qing took a sip of tea and asked, "Which deity is enshrined in the temple?"

"It's Lady Lu Jin."

"Lujin Goddess?" Xu Qing raised his eyebrows slightly. The name of this deity sounded a bit strange.

"Is it a temple recognized by the imperial court?"

"Yes." The shopkeeper nodded, "Since it is a reconstruction of the post station, it naturally needs the permission of the government first."

"So this Lujin Temple is a genuine temple."

"It's just that the gods in that temple have never appeared, and someone died in the Lujin Temple."

"Later, as the temple was built, all kinds of strange phenomena appeared, and no one dared to go and worship."

“Over time, it became abandoned.”

"I heard that some people died. How many people died? Doesn't the government care?" Xu Qing asked again.

"Not many people die, maybe ten or twenty a year." The shopkeeper said calmly, "Most of them are passers-by who are on their way here and don't know the strangeness of this place."

"As for the government not doing anything? The government wants to do something, but how can they do anything about the mosquitoes all over the mountain?"

"Spraying pesticides doesn't work, so are we going to chop with a knife? Using a butcher knife to kill a chicken is an insult to the butcher knife, and using those police knives to kill mosquitoes is just laughable, isn't it?"

"Since the whole mountain is full of mosquitoes, why don't you take another route? Wouldn't it be fine as long as you don't pass the hill ahead?"

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "You don't know, if you want to go to the city, this road is the only way. If you take other roads, you will have to walk dozens of kilometers more."

"Besides, you won't die if you enter the mountains. You can just cover your mouth and nose with a cloth during the day to avoid being affected."

Xu Qing seemed to be thinking about something after hearing this.

It is really strange that a temple recognized by the imperial court has fallen to such a state.

And those mosquitoes.

This situation sounds like a mosquito demon that has appeared. The government cannot handle it, so they can only build a temple to suppress it.

But whether this is true or not, you have to go there in person to find out.

"Thank you, shop owner." Xu Qing thanked the shop owner.

The shop owner waved his hands and said “I don’t deserve it”.

Xu Qing turned to look at Bai Lele. The dishes on the table had been cleared away. "We're done eating. Let's continue on our way."

"it is good!"

The two men mounted their donkeys and headed towards the hill where the Lujin Temple was located.

The people in the teahouse looked at the donkey and the two figures going away, and unconsciously lowered their voices and asked, "Do you think that is a real Taoist priest?"

"He must be a real Taoist priest. He asked the store owner about Lujin Temple and still dared to go forward. It would be strange if he is not a real Taoist priest."

"So, you're heading for Lujin Temple? Can the mosquito problem be solved?"

"It's hard to say. What if he is just passing by? He may not be one of the demon hunters from the Arctic Exorcism Institute."

"Yes, those demon hunters all wear black robes."

"Hey, I still hope that this Taoist priest can help solve the problem of mosquitoes on this mountain. The number of mosquitoes is increasing now."

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The whispers of the people behind them floated into the ears of Xu Qing, Bai Lele and Zhong Nengshu without missing a single word.

"These people were deliberately talking about the Lujin Temple in front of us just now." Zhong Nengshu shook his head.

"It's just the survival wisdom of ordinary people." Xu Qing had seen it a long time ago, but did not expose it.

Anyway, they have to cross the mountain to the city ahead, so if the problem can be solved, it will be solved. If not, they can just write a letter to report the situation here.

Xu Qing and his companions, along with the rat, walked for a while when they heard a "buzzing" sound from afar.

Looking up, there was a thin layer of black mist flowing over the mountains and plains, which was particularly penetrating in the snow-covered scene, like a sticky stain.

"There are so many mosquitoes here." Xu Qing sighed.

They could hear a buzzing sound before they even reached the door. No wonder it could suck people to death with blood and tendons exposed.

"There is a demonic aura here." Xu Qing sensed it, "but it's very weak. It seems to be hiding."

"Let's camp out in the Lujin Temple tonight."

"Okay!" Bai Lele naturally had no objection.

This disgusting and terrifying scene was nothing but child's play to her. She had seen more horrifying scenes in the village.

For example, the insect nest and insect pool.

As the two climbed the mountain, the swarms of mosquitoes that were all over the mountain began to retreat.

Xu Qing looked at Bai Lele. These mosquitoes were afraid of her.

It should be the poisonous insects on Bai La La's body that scared off these mosquitoes.

The two of them successfully arrived at the Lujin Temple. The structure of the temple was very simple, just a bungalow.

The altar in the middle houses a clay and wooden statue.

The clay statue is in the shape of a woman, but her appearance is not very clear.

"Is this the Lujin Goddess? There is nothing dirty in the statue. It's just an ordinary clay statue." Zhong Nengshu saw through the statue at a glance.

Anyone who wants to create a body for the gods must go through the step of making it dirty.

This method was originally created by Buddhism and was later fully accepted by Shintoism. Generally, five objects are stuffed into the belly of the statue to give the statue vitality.

Xu Qing's eyes burned with a golden flame as he looked carefully at the clay statue.

“No, this statue is indeed not dirty, but it has Confucian classics!”

"Confucian classics?" Zhong Nengshu was stunned. Confucianism has always only respected heaven and earth and the emperor of the world, and does not worship other gods.

"This clay statue is made of Confucian classics wrapped in mud, which contains the meaning of 'moral principles'."

"Confucian ethics? What are you suppressing?" Zhong Nengshu's eyes were serious.

Although it looked down upon the Confucian doctrine of moral principles, it also knew that the principles of moral principles were very effective in suppressing and enfeoffing.

"It seems that these mosquitoes all over the mountain are summoned by something suppressed by the statue, but I can't see anything being suppressed." Xu Qing asked in confusion.

"Could it be that the suppressed creature escaped and wanted to get rid of this Lujin Temple, so it summoned these mosquitoes?"

"Even if it is a god created by Confucianism, it will not be able to survive for long without incense and offerings."

Zhongneng Rat said this.

Xu Qing frowned and thought for a while, and felt that there was some truth in it.

If this is the case, it will be a bit troublesome to deal with the mosquito pest in the mountains.

"Stay here for a night and see what happens." Xu Qing said calmly, "I want to see how these mosquitoes harm people."

Even if there are a lot of mosquitoes, it is difficult for them to suck all the blood from people and die without them noticing when the temple is on fire.

Having made up their minds, the two men and the rat settled down in Lujin Temple.

Because of the snow, the sky was dark and it was difficult to tell the exact time.

Bai Lele released a twelve-star insect for this purpose.

The Twelve Star Insects are a kind of strange insects.

Also known as the twelve-hour insect, it looks like a lizard, as big as a palace gecko, with long legs and a green body, and red flesh. Its head changes with the twelve hours, such as a rat head at midnight, an ox head at ught, and a horse head at noon.
This is the insect that the people in Bai Lele’s village use to tell time. It can be considered a mobile watch.

The insects of the Gu Master are not only used to attack others, many of them are also useful in daily life.

Such as the honeypot ants and towel bugs that Bai Lele had taken out before.

(End of this chapter)