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It is said to be the protagonist, but it is actually just a mascot.After all, the Lantern Festival is not a festival for the City God, it's just that merchants have borrowed the place of the City God Temple to hold a temple fair to make money, and they don't really want to celebrate the City God.

Even so, it is also good for the Town God's Temple. When people participate in the temple fair, they arrive at the gate of the Town God's Temple. It's a shame not to go in and pay homage.

Although the City God is an upright god, speaking of it, the incense is not so prosperous.There are many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples in Ning'an County, and I don't know why, the higher the location, the more fragrant the incense, it seems that the gods who climb a few more mountains to worship will be more spiritual.Looking at the Town God's Temple, it is much more down-to-earth. The place where it was built is outside Ning'an County, close to the place where the people live, and it is only a few steps away, but it is not as popular as Buddhist temples and Taoist temples.

It is estimated that during the year, the incense is the best when the temple fair is held.It's no wonder that Lao Miao Zhu and Chenghuang agreed to lend their own land, so that they could have a chance to win over a few more believers, and the Chamber of Commerce would give him a lot of incense money, who wouldn't be happy.

Ji Zihe spent last year's Lantern Festival in Jingzhou, and the prosperity of Jingzhou was far inferior to that in Ning'an County.Originally, Ji Zihe didn't want to go to that temple fair. He is the magistrate of the county now, so he is considered a celebrity anyway, and being recognized by others might bring some bad influence.

But Ji Zihe still went because his grandfather was here.As soon as the old man came to Ning'an County, Ji Zihe wanted to show him around more.

To be on the safe side, Ji Zihe removed his thick fake beard, and as soon as he followed Old Man Ji into the street, he was not recognized.

People who have seen Ji Zihe are used to Ji Zihe's bearded appearance, Ji Zihe's face is too tender without beard, it really doesn't match the majesty of the county magistrate, so I really dare not recognize him.If you haven't seen Ji Zihe, you won't recognize him.Walking with old man Ji, people will only think that this is a very ordinary grandfather and grandson, at most they will think that this guy is really handsome.

At the temple fair, there are people walking on stilts, dancing lions, rowing dry boats, playing Taiping drums... so many performances are easy to attract people's attention, arouse people's emotions, and make people forget how much money they have in their pockets. I can't help myself, I only know how to buy, buy, buy.I regretted it only when my purse bottomed out.

Ji Zihe felt that he was a person who had seen the world, how could a temple fair in a small county catch his attention.However, the slap in the face came so fast that he didn't even know what he bought, and the money was gone.I wanted to invite a Zigu God back home, but I found out this situation after choosing it at the stand.Fortunately, old man Ji also brought money, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

After the sun goes down, the temple fair turns into a lantern festival.Of course, the Lantern Festival does not know that there will be a Town God's Temple here, and the merchants in the city are not fools who only look at other people's money, so they will naturally seize the opportunity of the festive season.

Although the flow of people has been diverted a lot, the excitement of the Lantern Festival near the Town God's Temple is not lower than that of the daytime, and it even looks more lively than the daytime.

The Lantern Festival is so fun, even the ghosts are greedy.They dare not show up during the day, and only dare to play in the crowd at night when the lights are dim.As long as they don't do anything illegal, of course Ji Zihe won't care about them.

There are many aliases for the Lantern Festival, such as Shangyuan Festival, Yuanxi, Little First Moon, etc. Each name has a different origin and has its own related customs.

The custom of lighting lanterns on the Lantern Festival originated from Taoism. Taoism has the theory of three yuans, and the Lantern Festival is called the Shangyuan Festival, because the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of Emperor Ziwei, the first-rank blessing of Shangyuan.On this day, the heavenly officials of Shangyuan will descend to the earth to abstain from sins and blessings, so it is also called blessings from heavenly officials.

However, there is no custom of worshiping the Heavenly Official in Ning'an County, so only those believers in the Taoist temple will go to the Taoist temple to worship the Heavenly Official and ask for blessings from the Heavenly Official.

Of course, there are also Erbi who don’t believe in anything and come to join in the fun. When they go to the Town God’s Temple to worship the City God, they secretly pray to Ji Chenghuang and ask him to talk to Shang Yuan Tianguan and give himself a blessing. Give Cheng Huang a reward.

Ji Chenghuang:? ? ?

Young man, let me tell you, you will definitely be unlucky when you go back, if you are not unlucky, you will lose the city.

But speaking of this blessing, I reminded Ji Zihe.take office

The City God is not responsible, resulting in a bit too many lonely and wild ghosts in their county, and it is time to clean them up.

So Ji Chenghuang followed the trend and bestowed a blessing, and issued a grace to give those wild ghosts who could not be reincarnated a chance to be reincarnated.All wild ghosts can come to Chenghuang Temple to register on the night of Lantern Festival, and they will be sent to the underworld by errant messengers.

After arriving in the underworld, Ji Zihe can't control whether he is reincarnated or punished. The power to choose whether to accept this grace is in the hands of the wild ghost himself.If you don't accept it, unless you become a ghost cultivator, you will be dead sooner or later.If you accept it, even if you will go to hell, you will still have a chance to be reincarnated after being punished, so the lonely ghosts are all boiling.

The consequence of such an impulsive move was that all the employees of the Town God's Temple had to work overtime, and even Ji Zihe stayed up until dawn, and his hands were still shaking slightly when he went to the county office the next day.

"Ah, you're finally awake. I'll call Miss." Xue'er said pleasantly, put down the soup and ran out the door.

"Hey, wait, where is this?" The third lady of the lotus flower hurriedly shouted when she saw Xue'er leave before she could figure out the situation after opening her eyes.

But Xueer didn't turn her head because of her voice, and soon disappeared.

The third lady of the lotus complexion was pale, and she looked around the room. After feeling her injury, she supported the bed and stood up, intending to go out and have a look.But she seemed to have overestimated herself, and when she left something she could rely on, her steps were faltering, as if she would fall down at any time.

"Why are you up? Your injury is still not healed. Lie down quickly." Xin Shishiniang saw this scene as soon as she entered the door, and hurriedly supported her, and pushed her back on the bed together with Xueer.

The third lady of the lotus flower thought, this should be the one who saved her, so she didn't struggle.

"Trouble girl. Where is this place and why am I here?"

"This is my house, and it was my maid Xue'er who saved you." Xin Shishiniang said.

"Thank you two girls for helping me out."

Although Xin Shi Niang said that it was her maid who saved her, Miss He Hua knew that without Xin Shi Niang's approval, how could a maid put a strange woman in her home.However, the third lady of the lotus flower knew that they were not her real saviors.If someone hadn't defeated the red fox, he definitely wouldn't be able to wait for them to come to rescue him.

"Excuse me, have you ever seen a white-haired nine-tailed fox demon at the place where you rescued me?"

Xin Shishiniang's face remained unchanged, "I've never seen it before, is that your friend?"

Third Lady Lotus shook her head, "No, he is my benefactor."

Although a little disappointed, it was also something to be expected, and the third lady of the lotus flower was not entangled.

"My name is He Sanniang, I haven't asked the girl's name yet."

"My surname is Xin, and I am the fourteenth in my family. People call me Fourteenth Mother. Sanniang is not from the local area, is she? Are you looking for relatives in Ning'an County?"

"Correct."

"Where do your relatives live? I'll send someone to let them know and let them pick you up."

Third Lady Lotus shook her head, "I don't know where he is now."

Xin Shishiniang didn't know what to think, and comforted her, "Don't worry, your injury is still not healed, and you can find it slowly after you recover. My family has been local for generations, and there are many relatives and friends, I can help you Find it. You can stay here with peace of mind, the most urgent thing is to heal your injuries."

The third lady of the lotus flower did not try to be brave, because she really couldn't leave.She has been in a coma for so long, not only because of Mrs. Hong, but also because of the recurrence of old injuries.Her old injury was caused by accidental injury by Yan Chixia's master when she and Yan Chixia fought against the Demon King Shu in Lanruo Temple.That time directly hurt her roots, so she could only be warmed up slowly, until now her original shape is still a dried lotus.

"I still have to continue to disturb the girl."

"No problem. After sleeping for so long, you must be hungry. Let's go to the kitchen and get you some food." Xin Shishiniang said.

"Thank you."

Xin Shishiniang took Xue'er out of the house, and Xue'er frowned, looking very unhappy.

"what happened?"

"Seeing her I

I just thought of that ugly thing, if I stole your things, I will never forgive her. "Xue'er said angrily.

The ugly thing Xue Er said was Mrs. Hong. When she and Xin Shi Shi Niang met her, she was still an old woman.Seeing that she was pitiful and that she was of the same family, Xin Shishiniang took her in.But the old fox actually stole Xin Shishiniang's storage bag and escaped.

There are many good things in Xin Shiniang's pocket, all of which Xue'er found for her, the most precious of which is a Yinhuo pearl.

Xue'er was also a villain who did many evils back then, and she changed her ways after meeting Xin Shi Shi Niang.In order to show her sincerity, Xue'er used the yin fire bead to suppress her cultivation, lest she could not restrain her demon nature and do evil things again.It wasn't until last year, when Xueer felt that she could control herself, that she took out the Yinhuo Orb and gave it to Xin Shishiniang as a souvenir.

Xin Shishiniang didn't guard against Mrs. Hong and leaked money in front of her, which made Mrs. Hong feel evil.After the storage bag was stolen, Xueer chased it all the way, but there were too many treasures in the storage bag, and Madam Hong escaped.You Kong even refined the Yinhuo Orb, improved his cultivation, and became younger.

Madam Hong increased her mana and gained confidence, and even ran to Xue'er to fight back.Yinhuozhu can suppress Xueer's cultivation, it is purely because Xueer abused herself, not because she is really afraid of this thing.Knives can kill, but when you hold an ak, are you still afraid of a person with a knife?

Without any suspense, Mrs. Hong was beaten half to death, fled in a hurry, fled to Ning'an County, and fell into someone's house.But Xueer was slow because she had to take care of Xin Shishiniang's relationship. When she rushed to Ning'an County, she happened to save the life of Sanniang Hehua.

Even if Xin Shishiniang is kind by nature, she can't say anything about things outside her body at the moment.She understood Xueer's importance to those things, and said, "The red fox must be hiding now, how can we find her?"

Xue'er raised the corner of her mouth, "I've already thought about this. I think there seems to be some deep hatred between that ugly thing and this Miss He. I didn't kill her this time, and I will definitely attack again. We just need to watch closely Miss He, if I can catch that ugly monster sooner or later, I will definitely skin her to relieve my hatred."