In the Blade

"So what's going on with you?"

In the corner of Dengzhou City, near the warehouse originally prepared for the barbarians, Bai Wujiu showed up in person for the rare occasion.

Just because the barbarian temple was built without his approval, you know, this is a serious non-compliant behavior, even if it's not his place, just according to the laws of Dachen, this is not feasible.

Although Dachen has always been indifferent to religion, in addition to monks and Taoists who can build temples by themselves, some local folk beliefs have temples, and the Dachen government often recognizes them - but this recognition is limited to the folk customs within Dachen, and those foreign things, such as the barbarian temple, the Dachen government will never give any approval.

As for the reason, on the one hand, it is because the locals are not happy. Nowadays, in this chaotic year, it is not easy for everyone to pretend to be gods and ghosts. Why should you, a barbarian from outside, grab food as soon as you land?

On the other hand, the Dachen government was somewhat wary of this kind of Yi people's sect. As we all know, monks have monk soldiers, Taoists mostly practice swords, and those folk witches and sorcerers mostly dabble with swords and guns. There are already too many potential hidden dangers that disturb public order, and there is really no need to add more.

This also means that, in terms of emotion and reason, his subordinates should not agree to this matter. Even if Dengzhou City is about to rebel, as long as Bai Wujiu does not nod, this matter will not be possible.

"Uh, this matter... Mr. Bai, we are just about to report it."

Facing Bai Wujiu, who was furious and even ready to start dealing with the traitor, the officials who were called did not know how to explain.

"Just, this matter, it, is not about building a temple."

"Huh?"

Bai Wujiu immediately glared.

He dared to talk back when something happened, what does this mean? Do you really think he will not kill people if he has a good temper?

However, after several officials explained it, Bai Wujiu realized that there was something to this matter.

At the beginning, these Yi people did want to build a temple, but not to mention Bai Wujiu, even the officials below would not agree - but these Yi people did have an idea, and they actually changed the name and built a ancestral hall.

Da Chen prohibited outsiders from building temples, but did not prohibit outsiders from building ancestral halls. After all, things like respecting heaven and following ancestors are also extremely important to the Chen people themselves. It's just building an ancestral hall, and each household can do it by themselves, so naturally there is no need to go through any procedures.

"So, are you really worshiping your ancestors?"

Bai Wujiu led a group of officials and broke into the Yi people's temple. He would not give the other party any chance to take advantage of the loopholes.

"Don't think that you can scare them, so you can scare me."

"It's really worshiping the ancestors, it's really worshiping the ancestors."

Facing the murderous Bai Wujiu, the leading Yi people elders were all smiles.

According to the Yi people elder, this ancestral hall was built to express gratitude for the kindness of their ancestors. Long, long ago, these Yi people were enslaved by another group of people. At that time, an Yi people ancestor used his great magical powers to beat the group of people who enslaved them into a miserable state. Later, he used a dove stick to split the sea and forcibly opened a way out for these enslaved Yi people.

It is precisely because of this great kindness that the later Yi people built ancestral halls for this Yi people ancestor, burning incense and praying day and night to pray for the ancestor's blessing.

"If it weren't for the blessing of the ancestors, the ancestors would not bless us, nor would they let us, the descendants, worship him."

The Yi people elder corrected Bai Wujiu's speech error.

"The reason why we built this ancestral hall is mainly to follow the ancestral precepts. The gods and the ancestors made an agreement, and we, the descendants, will definitely continue to abide by it."

"Ancestral precepts?"

Bai Wujiu frowned slightly.

But soon, his brows relaxed.

As for the reason for his relaxed brows, it was naturally because the ancestral precepts that the Yi people elder brought out seemed to have no problem. There were a total of ten ancestral precepts, all of which were about guiding people to be good and not committing crimes. If there was any problem, it was that the first one of the ancestral precepts mentioned the service of gods.

But this matter was not a big deal. Most Yi people believed in gods and ghosts, so it was not surprising that they would include worshipping gods in their family tree.

From this point of view, the Yi people did build a ancestral hall, and just looking at this respect for the ancestral precepts, it actually had some of the meaning of the local people of Dachen passing down poetry and books from generation to generation - this made Bai Wujiu feel more favorable in his heart. After all, he was also a scholar. When he met such a polite person, even if the other party was a foreigner, he still felt a little close to him.

Since they were close, it was inevitable that they would talk more, and once the conversation started, it was unknown when it would stop.

At least when Bai Wujiu came to his senses and realized that he was about to leave, he was already holding a cup next to the wine table.

"This is the wine from our hometown. We only take it out when entertaining friends."

Just when Bai Wujiu was about to put down the wine glass, the Yi people elder had already poured him a full cup.

"Come on, friend, try the fine wine from our ancestral land."

"I..."

Bai Wujiu was speechless for a long time.

Now that it has come to this, what other reasons can he find to refuse?

"Don't say it, it's all in the wine, it's all in the wine."

The barbarian elder toasted Bai Wujiu one cup after another, and even though Bai Wujiu had a good alcohol tolerance, he soon couldn't resist.

When Bai Wujiu woke up again, he was already lying back in his home. Everything that happened before seemed to be an illusion - but he soon realized that it was not an illusion at all, because just when he came to the Governor's Mansion, he had heard the intelligence from his subordinates that the barbarian trading station had broken ground.

When the Governor's Mansion sent people to interrogate them, the barbarians took out the approval document written by Bai Wujiu himself.

There was even Bai Wujiu's seal on the document.

"It's bad, I was fooled by the barbarians."

Bai Wujiu slapped his head, and he knew that the wine he had yesterday was not so delicious.

But it was too late to regret it now. It was just for a barbarian trading station, so he didn't do such a thing of changing his mind every day - not to mention that Bai Wujiu was a little curious about why these barbarians were so persistent in taking root in Dengzhou.

Thinking of this, Bai Wujiu sent some people to keep watch. If these Yi people were honest, it would be fine. If they were not, when the uprising came, Dengzhou would be in chaos. At that time, even if several people died, no one would care.

But Bai Wujiu did not expect that the people he sent to keep watch would actually find something.

According to the reports from the men who kept watch, these Yi people from the west were secretly looking for something, a saint.

I will update it later. If there are friends coming from afar in the evening, they should go out for a meal, so the update may be late, but it will not affect it.

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