My mythology is different from yours

Yuan Chong Tianjun, who is in charge of etiquette and education, ranks among the twelve righteous gods. He is one of the main gods enshrined in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and his position is eternal.

Chen Jing was finally persuaded by his father, and chose to use a small sacrifice now in exchange for the long-term stability of Jiuli City.He put on the mahogany box and went out from the back door of the Chen Mansion, and ran towards the southeast.

Jiuli City is a city leaning on mountains. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. Prayer Mountain is located in the north and west of the city. Even if Xingjun falls, Jiuli City loses the protection of the gods. The towers on the two highlands in the northwest are also the least infested by evil spirits place.

Wealthy households in the inner city also mostly built around the temple, and the roads in the northwest area are accessible, with wide houses and large courtyards, and there are many restaurants and merchants.

The Chen family is naturally a wealthy family upstream.Chen Jing followed the holy water and found two homeless men in a small temple in Dongcheng District. The small temple used to enshrine an immortal under the Xingjun constellation. Now that the statue is gone, there is still some incense in the temple. It was also cleaned very well.

The gods are merciful, so the temple is often the shelter for these wandering beggars at night.

Chen Jing didn't want to do such evil things in the temple, so he flicked a puppet talisman into the window, and the talisman paper was stuck to the body curled up on the ground. Get out of the temple.

The homeless man's eyes were tightly closed and he was still snoring. Driven by the talisman, he burrowed into a remote alleyway like a marionette.At the end of the alley, Chen Jing silently watched people walking towards him.

Holding the dagger in his hand, he hesitated for a moment, finally gritted his teeth fiercely, threw up the mahogany box in his hand, and split the box in half with a single swing of his hand.The wooden box and the cinnabar talisman on it were divided into two, and the strong blood of the demon diffused, and the blade of the dagger was stained with the blood of the demon and swiped across the vagabond's forehead.

Ordinary people do not have spiritual protection, but to demons, they are like fish on a chopping board.The homeless man woke up from his sleep, and as soon as Fang opened his eyes, the blood between his eyebrows penetrated into his brain. His eyes were about to split open, and he let out two low cries of dying struggle from his throat.

Chen Jing tore off the puppet talisman on his body, quickly exited the alleyway, and finally couldn't help but glance back.

I saw that thin adult man, like a rapidly melting candle, getting tired little by little.His face maintained the expression of bewilderment and fear at the last moment, his eyes stared straight at him, the expression in his eyes had long since lost their luster, but there was a glimmer of light cast from nowhere in the empty pupils, and he was taken away. His figure was also captured in the pupil.

Chen Jing's heart skipped a beat, he subconsciously stepped back a few steps, and left in a hurry.He used the talisman fire to burn off the remaining blood on the dagger, sealed the dagger into the scabbard, and put all the sealing spells he knew on the dagger, and threw the dagger into the water when he crossed the river bank.

In that remote alleyway, not long after Chen Jing left, the skin and flesh spread out on the ground swelled up as if blown, and slowly stood upright.

The homeless man straightened his clothes and walked out of the alley like a man. He raised his head and sniffed left and right, then walked along the long street to the most popular Xilefang.

It was at the fifth watch that the city of Jiuli was completely boiling. At that time, the sky was twilight and the earth was dimly lit.Many traders have already got up and prepared to make a living for the day.

The brothels around Xilefang are constantly lit up at night, and the long street is crowded with shops and vendors during the daytime. It is a dirty place that those grandpas in the upper reaches disdain, but it is the most lively place in the city.

Men and women, fish and dragons mixed together, the atmosphere of the market was strong, before dawn, a fierce woman dragged the disheveled man out of the brothel, cursing and cursing, and the shouting resounded throughout the street. , while watching the excitement.

"My old lady worked hard to support you from morning to night, and you said that you would study poetry and books with your classmates all night, and you just read them on the bed with your buttocks naked?"

The scholar who was being dragged was flushed and staggered forward. While fastening his belt, he frantically raised his sleeves to cover his face, begging for forgiveness: "Don't shout! If there is anything, let's go back and close the door and talk, don't make people laugh."

The woman turned her head and slapped it, and said with red eyes: "You can do it, are you afraid of being laughed at?"

In the morning, the first ray of sunlight penetrated the morning mist and sprinkled down together with the woman's slap. Under the eyes of everyone, the scholar seemed to have been slapped by the slap, and his whole body dried up quickly, and finally fell into the pile of clothes, spread out A piece of human skin on the ground.

Screams erupted throughout the long street, and people immediately noticed that not only the scholar, but also the shopkeeper of the rouge shop next door, the peddler who made dolls, the laborer who carried water...the familiar faces around him were obviously fine the last moment, and they were still laughing and talking , The next moment it collapsed to the ground when the sun showed its face.

Someone yelled in horror, "The demon! They were eaten up by the demon!"

"The demons have entered the city!"

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When Xuanzhi woke up from her sleep, someone knocked on the door outside, she thought it was Han Xiangye, but when she heard the voice outside the door, it was Su Yihong and her brother.

She responded, turned over from the bed, dressed neatly, and opened the door to go out, "Brother, sister Hong, why are you here? Is your injury healed?"

Su Yihong stretched out her hand to press her shoulder, then leaned over to beg her, "It's done, I haven't thanked Ah Zhi for saving her life."

Xuan Zhi hurriedly pulled her back, "A family should protect each other. Sister Hong said that, does she treat me as an outsider? Then I will get angry."

She is a foreign soul, and she is really not familiar with the original owner's brother and sister-in-law. She said this because she wanted to imitate the original owner's past behavior and deliberately express intimacy. In memory, the original owner's brother-in-law also liked her to act like a baby in front of them.

In the end, I didn't expect Xuan Qing and Su Yihong's reactions to be even more unfamiliar than hers. The expressions on the faces of the two of them froze slightly, and they almost couldn't even maintain their smiles. They said dryly: "Why, Zhizhi will always be us good sister."

Xuan Zhi raised her brows silently, she didn't feel too hard for herself, and said straight to the point: "Brother and sister Hong came to look for me together, is there something important?"

As soon as Xuan Qing felt guilty, he didn't dare to look directly at others, as if he could feel at ease in this way, he turned his head to stare at a pear tree in the yard, and now the pear blossoms were just blooming, and the petals were glistening in the morning mist.He cleared his throat and said dryly: "Father and the elders of the various families, let us call you over to discuss matters."

Seeing his appearance, Xuanzhi had a guess in his heart, nodded and said: "Then let's go."

The three of them came out of the wing room and walked along the mountain road to the front mountain. On the way, Su Yihong suddenly said, "Azhi, the evil spirits entered the city last night."

Xuanzhi was stunned for a moment, walked a few steps to her, and said in surprise: "The city tower is lost? Why didn't monks come to inform me last night? I can take Xiaotiangou there."

Su Yihong shook her head, "The cultivators on the tower didn't even notice, somehow the demons took advantage of the gap in the formation to come in."

At this time, Xuan Qing, who was walking in front, stopped, lowered his head and said in a huff, "The portrait of Zhenjun Erlang in the temple has completely faded, and most of the lines have disappeared. Even the specific shape can't be seen clearly. The clan elders think that Erlang The True Monarch's divine power is limited, and he can't suppress the demons, so he stopped the preparations for the sacrifice..."

He sighed, and finally turned his head to face Xuanzhi, and said, "Father told me and Yihong to call you, just to let me inform you in advance that the Yun family has brought the statue of Yuan Chongtian. , in the tea house thirty miles away from the city, as long as..." The corners of his mouth were slightly pursed, he paused, and continued, "As long as you go to meet him, the Yun family will immediately enter the city with the statue."

Xuanzhi was not surprised, but asked, "Who is here?"

Xuan Qing didn't speak, Su Yihong answered for him, "It's Yun Zhishen."

"Just go out of the city to meet him?" Xuanzhi looked back and forth at them, asking the bottom line. She didn't believe that Yun Zhishen let her go so easily because he wanted to kill her at the beginning.

The facts were indeed as she expected, because both Xuan Qing and Su Yihong were silent for a long time, their brows were tightly furrowed, their expressions seemed to be unbearable but helpless, and their eyes were full of distress for her.

The Xuan family used to have Xuanliuyuan, and it has always been smooth sailing. They have a reputation and status in Jiuli City, and their family background is wealthy.Only in the face of adversity can the trade-offs be seen.

Xuan Zhi thought to himself, according to the nature of the original owner, he has probably spoken to comfort them by now, and offered to go no matter what the conditions are.She loved her parents, brother and sister-in-law so much since she was a child, how could she be willing to embarrass them.

When they didn't speak, Xuanzhi didn't speak either.In the end, Xuan Qing couldn't procrastinate, and said helplessly: "You are married, and you went back to your mother's house without the permission of your husband's family. Yun Zhishen said in the letter that you should be punished according to the Yun family's rules. He enters the city."

Whether Xuan Zhi was mentally prepared or amused by this outrageous request, she said in disbelief: "You agree? If I kneel down to meet him, the Yun family will have face? Your Xuan family will have face?"

Xuan Qing seemed to be ridiculed by her smile, and said with a painful expression: "Zhizhi, I was short-sighted and hurt you at the beginning. I should have listened to my father and sent you back, otherwise I wouldn't have caused trouble like this. Kind of place."

"Now the evil spirits are still hiding in the city, and I don't know how many people have entered. The people in Jiuli City are terrified, and they all flock to the foot of the mountain to pray for gods. They also know that the Yun family is waiting outside the city with the statue of Yuan Chong Tianjun. " He finally raised his eyes to fix Xuan Zhi's eyes, and said word by word, "The Xuan family can't go against the will of the whole city."

Xuan Zhi stared at them for a long time, smiled at them, and responded obediently as before, "Okay, I always listen to my father and brother."

The three of them went all the way to the Shengzhao Hall in silence, where the elders of all the families were present, as well as many monks.Xuan Zhi saw the empty shrine at a glance, the portraits on it had been taken down, and he didn't know what to do with it.

Xuan Qing nodded slightly to his father when he entered the door, and Xuan's father felt relieved, he sent Xuan Qing to persuade Xuan Zhi in advance, just because he was afraid that Xuan Zhi would rely on the contract to get the talisman, get angry and disobedient, and would make a fuss in front of everyone , there is no other benefit except to make the matter more rigid and the Xuan family's situation will be more difficult in the future.

It turned out that he was fascinated by ghosts for a while, believing that his daughter could have great fortune, if he could rely on his own daughter, of course he didn't have to rely on outsiders.

It's just that rotten wood is rotten wood after all, he shouldn't wishful thinking.

Father Xuan felt disappointed, and went up to explain to her on behalf of the clan elders, what he said was similar to what Xuan Qing said before.

However, in order to prevent her from recognizing the reality clearly, Father Xuan lowered his voice and whispered a harsh word to her, "Your god can't be visualized, can't be cast into a statue, and can't enjoy the incense of the world at all. Divide thin noodles, your thing has long been labeled as a monster."

Xuanzhi raised his eyes in surprise, his eyes slowly passed over the face of Xuan Liwen, and then turned his eyes to look at the people present, and said in a loud voice: "Father, if you have something to say, you don't have to be so secretive. It's a good 'I The gods of the gods cannot develop images, cast images, and enjoy the incense of the world', so, if they can protect you, they are gods, but if they cannot protect you, they will become demons and evil things?"

Xuan Liwen didn't expect her to confront people so bluntly in public, and she blushed with anger.This daughter really thought her wings were hard!

There was a moment of silence at the scene, and the cultivator who had held incense and worshiped the statue said, "I'm not talented, but you can still tell the difference between divine power and demonic power. True Monarch Erlang is magnificent and powerful, and he is by no means a demon."

The immature boy's voice also sounded crisply, "Shoutiangou is a god dog!"

Some responded, while others retorted, "There is no god in this world who would not be immune to incense. Even the ghost emperor did not reject the incense in the world. Only some pretenders to play ghosts will show their true colors under the incense."

"If the Roaring Dog can really scare off the demons, how can any demons dare to enter the city."

Seeing that they were about to quarrel over this matter, the abbot yelled at them to stop the quarrel.

The head of the Chen family took the opportunity to step forward and said: "Now is not the time to argue about this, the evil spirits are still hiding in the city, and it is necessary to invite Yuan Chong Tianjun statue into the city as soon as possible."

The Xuan Liwen was watched by the elders of the big families beside him, and he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He followed the request of the Yun family and read it in public: "Xuanzhi, you are married to the Yun family, and you should have returned home with your husband's family." , but you acted without authorization, which is against the virtue of a woman, today the Yun family will give you a chance to reform yourselves, so you should go out of the city and kneel to welcome your husband's house according to the Yun family's rules."

Xuanzhi looked at the person in front of him indifferently, "Dad just watched others humiliate his daughter?"

Xuan Liwen flicked his sleeves and said, "It's only natural for you to accept punishment for what you did wrong, so why bother to insult you?"

"The married daughter, the water that was thrown out, it seems that Dad really treats me like a spoonful of water that was thrown out."

Xuan Liwen couldn't bear to look at her, and sighed: "It's hard to get over the water, you go."

"Okay, it's hard to get rid of the water." Xuanzhi suddenly smiled very relaxedly, "Then please uncles and priests, please be a witness, my daughter who was thrown out from the Xuan family will have nothing to do with the Xuan family from today on. connection."

"It's just that the husband I married is not Yunsan, a rogue outside the city. On that day, I arrived at Baiyunjian with the Yun family's motorcade. First, I didn't step into the gate of the Yun family. Yun Zhiyan made an appointment with me in the name of Yun Zhiyan, but in the end he forced me to marry Yun Zhishen, falsified the marriage contract, disregarded the etiquette, and shamelessly committed such fraudulent behaviors, the marriage contract between me and the Yun family will of course be invalidated."

"I'm not his Yun family's wife, so I don't need to abide by his Yun family's bullshit house rules."