The Dark and Foolish King: The Fierce and Crazy Concubine Has Infinite Strength

Ye Beimo looked at the city gate that was faintly visible in front of him, pursed his lips, and felt a little unsure.

He had done his homework before coming here. He heard that Tang City had a city motto that as long as their interests were not threatened, they would remain permanently neutral, not actively participate in any war, and not have any ties or connections with any country or camp.

Therefore, he only had a 30% chance of success when he came here to borrow troops.

The closer they got to the city gate, the more people appeared on the road. They walked in groups of three or five, some carrying live chickens and ducks, some carrying incense and candles as offerings, and they were talking and laughing as they walked towards the mountains.

Ye Beimo felt strange watching this scene, so he asked Ye Baijiang to go and ask what the people were doing.

Ye Baijiang dismounted and stopped a commoner who was carrying a fruit basket and preparing to go up the mountain. He asked kindly, "Auntie, where are you all going?"

The woman looked him over and said, "You are not from here. Tomorrow is the Dragon Raising Festival, so of course we should go to the mountain temple to offer sacrifices to the mountain god and ask him to bless us with good weather and good harvests."

Ye Baijiang nodded in understanding and asked, "Since tomorrow is the Dragon Raising Day, why don't you go tomorrow?"

The woman explained to him kindly, "Our mountain temple is very popular, and is worshipped and worshipped by people from all over the city. Tomorrow almost all the people in the city will go there to offer sacrifices and pray for blessings. How can we old people squeeze in? We have to go a day earlier."

"I see. Thank you very much." Ye Baijiang said goodbye to the woman and returned to his horse to reply to Ye Beimo's message.

Ye Beimo said nothing after hearing this. He thought that he had only heard that people in Tang City believed in mountain gods, but he didn't expect that they believed in them so deeply. It was only the second day of the second month, but the whole city was alarmed and went to the mountain god temple to worship.

In that case, if the Mountain God gave them some kind of instructions, wouldn't they have to obey him?

Ye Beimo rolled his eyes and a brilliant idea came to his mind.

"Your Highness, what are you thinking about? Are we going into the city now?"

Seeing him stop and think, Ye Baijiang asked curiously.

Ye Beimo chuckled, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head, "Let's not go into the city yet. Come with me to the mountain temple tonight. Tomorrow someone will personally welcome us into the city with great fanfare."

The mountain god temple was very popular, and the pilgrims who came to worship did not gradually disperse until midnight.

The old man guarding the temple saw off the last group of pilgrims, packed up all the items in the temple, locked the temple door, blew out the candles, and then fell asleep on the couch next to the statue of the mountain god.

As the night deepens, the moon becomes dim and the stars become sparse. The vibrant mountains fall into silence. Only the nightingale, unwilling to be lonely, occasionally chirps once or twice, adding a touch of vitality to the dull night.

Just as the old man guarding the temple was drowsy, a reed straw slowly emerged from under the incense table in front of the statue. The next second, a puff of white smoke flowed out of the straw and quickly floated to the old man's nose.

The old man was originally in a half-asleep state. When he smelled the smoke, he suddenly felt dizzy and in a short while, he fell into a deep sleep.

Then, a masked man in black quietly emerged from under the incense table...

The old man guarding the temple would never have thought that the man in black entered the mountain temple during the day and secretly hid under the incense table when there were so many people around.

He crawled out from under the incense table, holding a small porcelain bottle in his left hand and a brush in his right hand. He carefully climbed onto the incense table, dipped the brush into the liquid in the bottle, and began to write and draw on the chest of the mountain god statue...

After doing everything, he hid back under the incense table, waiting to come out tomorrow when there were many people around.

The night passed peacefully. The next morning, as soon as the sun showed half of its face, the mountain temple was surrounded by pilgrims waiting to worship.

This time almost the entire city was out, men, women, young and old, the dark crowd almost occupied the entire mountain.

They all held various offerings and waited sincerely for the mountain god temple to be opened so that they could go in and pay homage to the mountain god.

When it was time to open the temple, the old man in the temple woke up. He stretched, rubbed his aching head, and wondered why he had slept so deeply.

Seeing the dense crowds of people outside through the window, he did not dare to delay and quickly got up, tidied his bed, walked to the door, took out the key, and opened the door of the mountain temple.

The gate of the mountain temple faces east. Once the gate opens, the rising sun immediately casts soft golden light into the temple, covering the giant statue.

At this moment, a magical thing happened. Under the gaze of thousands of eyes outside the temple gate, two lines of red words suddenly appeared out of thin air on the chest of the mountain god statue!

When he looked closely, he saw the words: "The True Dragon Emperor descended on Tang City and promised him 180,000 soldiers!"

When the visiting people saw this scene, they were surprised at first, but when they reacted, it was like pouring boiling water into an oil pan, and it boiled instantly.

"Oh my god! Did you see that? Two lines of words appeared out of nowhere on the chest of the mountain god statue!"

"I see it, I see it, it really appeared out of thin air, this is a miracle, the mountain god has appeared!"

"The mountain god has appeared! The mountain god has appeared!"

The people cheered and talked a lot, some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the mountain god statue.

At this time, the old man guarding the temple also turned around and saw the words on the mountain god statue. He was so surprised that he kept shouting, "Strange, strange! I was guarding the temple alone last night and didn't notice anything unusual. How come a miracle appeared as soon as the door was opened today?"

"Or should we say it is a miracle? How can we mortals understand the magical powers of the mountain god?" Someone responded to the old man's words.

Looking at the statue of the mountain god again, it appears more majestic and solemn under the sunlight. It looks down at the people from a high position, as if it is really issuing orders to them.

Years of faith had been responded to, and the people were ecstatic and excited. They swarmed into the temple, vying to offer the tributes they had brought and devoutly telling the mountain god their wishes.

Taking advantage of the large crowd and many eyes, the person hiding under the incense table found an opportunity to come out, and was quickly submerged in the crowd without attracting anyone's attention.

However, there was always a loophole. As he was trying to get out, a small porcelain bottle fell off his body and rolled to the innermost corner under the incense table...

The power of Bagua is terrifying. The news of "the appearance of the mountain god" spread quickly throughout the streets and alleys of Tang City like a fast horse with legs.

The people of the whole city stopped working and gathered in groups to discuss the incident and guess the meaning of the two sentences on the statue.

The mountain god temple ushered in an unprecedented prosperity. People came to offer sacrifices and pray for blessings, and the various offerings piled up into a small mountain. It was very lively.