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Volume 1 Chapter 347 Vested Interested Persons

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    The man named Wang Laowu woke up after being pulled by his companions. He looked at the people around him and looked at him, and quickly turned around and rushed towards the city.  Seeing the two people leaving, Chang Jin also sent out a spiritual message: "Let's follow and ask what's going on." Bai Susu nodded, and the two left the crowd and slowly entered the city.  It is now close to noon, and the streets in the city are still deserted, with only a few pedestrians passing by.  Many of the shops on both sides were closed and not open at all.  This depressing scene is very similar to what I saw in Crouching Tiger Mansion a few days ago.  Seeing two men coming out of a shop, Chang Jin hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "You two brothers are polite." "You are" The two looked at them for a few times, showing doubtful expressions.  "It's like this. The two of us are traveling scholars. We passed by Shayang County by chance. We saw a notice at the city gate about the marriage of the river god to his wife. The two eldest brothers seemed to be familiar with this, and the young man was very curious.  Can you please tell me in detail?" Chang Jin said.  "I don't know, we don't know anything. You must have the wrong person." Before Wang Laowu could speak, the thin man directly denied it.  While speaking, he turned his head and looked around, for fear that someone would hear him.  "The two eldest brothers are afraid that we will listen to the report. Don't worry. We are just curious. We will never tell anyone after listening." When Chang Jin spoke, the law came out as he said it, and the slightest luck on his head blessed him.  "I don't worry, don't worry." The two men looked confused and nodded in unison.  "It's noon now, why not let me be the host. Two eldest brothers, how about we find a place to eat and chat?" Chang Jin said again.  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." At this moment, in the consciousness of the two of them, the scholar in front of them seemed like an old friend who had known each other for many years, which made them have no doubt at all.  There is a small shop not far away. It is deserted and no customers have come in yet.  When Chang Jin and the others walked in, the waiter happily came up to them with a rag, wiped the tables and benches cleanly, served them tea, and then asked them what they wanted to eat.  This kind of roadside shop will not prepare any delicacies, except for two meat dishes, which is brown rice.  Chang Jin ordered a large plate of cooked beef, a fried beef takeout, and a pot of turbid wine.  Not long after, the food was served.  The two men hadn't seen meat for a long time, so they picked up their chopsticks and ate.  The food prepared in the small shop tastes average and is characterized by sufficient portions.  Neither Chang Jin nor Bai Susu felt hungry. They moved their chopsticks twice and then stopped to watch them eat and drink.  Feeling that the two of them had eaten about the same amount, Chang Jin asked again: "Two eldest brothers, can you tell the younger brother in detail about the marriage of the river god here?"  It's really a disaster for us." Wang Laowu's face turned red and his voice became louder after drinking several glasses of wine.  Chang Jin himself was fine, but he was just afraid of causing unnecessary trouble to the two of them, so he immediately moved his expression slightly and automatically blocked the space, shrouding the four of them in it.  "The river god was lustful and immoral. As soon as he ascended the throne, he sent us a message in a dream, saying that he wanted to marry a human woman, otherwise a flood would flood the county and the farmland outside the city After learning about this, people were very worried at first.  I was angry and disagreed. Unexpectedly, in the next few days, the river god actually stirred up the water waves so fiercely that they were about to break the embankment. In desperation, the nearby villagers knelt on the river embankment, burned incense and prayed, saying that they would do so within three days.  Choose a bride for the river god, and the flood will recede" "Didn't the government stop this?" Bai Susu asked in surprise.  Since her husband ascended to the throne of City God, her understanding of Shinto has increased day by day.  The secular county magistrate himself has no cultivation, but he takes charge of a county on behalf of humanity and has the spirit of all people.  This kind of luck accumulates over time and is very huge.  When ordinary gods see it, they have to avoid its edge.  If the county magistrate expresses his opposition to this matter and writes a derogatory memorial to inform humanity, the river god has no moral principles and uses his evil deeds to disturb the world. At that time, it will attract the reaction of heaven and man, and there will be backlash.  When Yu Qingdao wanted to secretly attack her husband, he ordered the prefect of Wanshan Prefecture to make a derogatory memorial.  The thin man replied: "We also reported this matter to the county at that time and asked the county magistrate to make the decision. But the county magistrate was weak and incompetent. He was a weak official. He just refused to do anything and let others decide" "You didn't go.  Do you want to visit the Taoist Temple in Fucheng? I heard that the Taoist priests are all very capable. Why don't they come to deal with it? "Bai Susu asked again? "Why didn't you go? The Taoist priests didn't let us in at all." Is this possible?  Is this also a chess game they secretly set up?  Having dealt with Taoist temples many times and knowing their faces, Chang Jin could have thought of this.  The thin man said angrily: "The three-day deadline has been changed."When we arrived, we had no choice but to exchange money and buy a girl as a gift to the river god.  " At this point, he sighed in a low voice: "Hey, I didn't expect that I made a mistake in every step.  If we had united as one and not compromised with the River God that day, maybe it would not have dared to break down the embankment Since then, the Xisha River has been calm for a while, and everyone thought that the matter was over.  Unexpectedly, three years later, the River God gave everyone a dream again, saying that he wanted to marry a wife" "From then on, every three years, the village elders would collect money from door to door to raise funds for the River God to marry.  Use.  We were afraid that the river god would find out if we didn't pay, so we had no choice but to accept it even though we were reluctant.  It¡¯s just that the river god is getting more and more cunning, and always wants a beautiful girl.  In order to prepare for the marriage of the River God, the temple priests and village elders of the River Goddess often wander around the villages. When they see young and beautiful women, they register them in the register to prepare to be the bride of the River God.  In order to prevent their daughters from jumping into the pit of fire, many families gave money to temple ministers and village elders, begging them to cross out their daughters' names from the books.  " Hearing this, Chang Jin and Bai Susu looked at each other and sighed. "The people of the world are so ignorant and cowardly. This is obviously an evil god, but no one dares to stand up and resist. I am afraid that the river god took a fancy to this, so he kept putting forward more  Ridiculous request. When Miao Zhu and the village elders profited from the marriage of the river god, this kind of thing would become a rule. Recalling the notice he just saw, Chang Jin estimated that the next step would be for the county magistrate to join in the spoils.  , I heard Wang Laowu scolding: "The thief is not open to the eyes," and the county magistrate also issued a notice, saying that in order to hold a marriage ceremony for the river god, all the people in the county had to pay, regardless of gender.  Young and old, ten coins each.  I can collect several thousand taels of silver each time.  It only takes a hundred taels to marry the River God, and the rest is divided among the county magistrate, village elders, and temple ministers" "The River God has to marry every three years, and rich families can also pay some money for their daughters.  To avoid suffering, poor families have no money to bribe village elders and temple ministers, so they can only drag their families and flee the county.  Because of this, the people are getting poorer and poorer, and the city is deserted" The thin man followed and said: "Last month, the county just changed its magistrate. I heard that he is an upright official who makes decisions for the people.  I thought I might have a way out this time, but I didn't know that I was the same person.  Less than two months after taking office, he was already planning to marry the River God.  Hey" He sighed, feeling helpless. Chang Jin just lamented his misfortune and was angry that he would not fight. Not only the people here, he found that the people of the entire Yan Dynasty lived with a resigned attitude. Back then, the Baishui River God  What he did was similar to what he did here. If Chang Jin hadn't taken action, the outcome might not have been much different. He wanted to find out what he wanted to know. Chang Jin didn't ask any more, but kept urging the two of them to eat well and wait for the table.  After the food and wine were all gone, he called the waiter to pay. After walking out, Chang Jin saluted the two drunken people and said, "Brothers, let's say goodbye. We'll see you again in the future.  "It's easy to talk, it's easy to talk, little brother, walk slowly." The two drunk men helped each other and walked away. Until they walked more than half a mile, the cold wind blew, and the two slowly woke up. They looked at each other, their faces full  With confusion. ¡°We drank at noon?  "The thin man asked. "Yes, two scholars wanted to know about the customs and customs of Shayang County, so they invited us to drink" Wang Laowu shook his head and replied. In his memory, the other party asked them some questions about Shayang County.  County snacks, fun places, etc. ¡°These two people are so generous, they just asked us a few words and invited us to dinner.  "The thin man licked his lips, with a hint of excitement, "In my age, this is the first time I've eaten so much beef." "Me too, I'm lucky today. I'll tell Lao Liu when I go back, and I'll irritate them."  Watching the two people leave, Chang Jin and Bai Susu flashed and came to a back alley. "Yun Sheng, let's go out of the city now to find the Heshen Shuifu and kill them to put an end to this matter.  "After hearing the whole story until now, Bai Susu was filled with indignation and couldn't hold it any longer. "No" Chang Jin shook his head and explained, "The river god is no longer important. Now it is not just one river god who is doing evil.  In this matter, the county magistrate, village elders and temple priests are all vested interests, and can gain huge benefits every time a ceremony is held.  Even if the river god is killed, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.  In order to continue to make profits, they will definitely create new river gods to continue the wife-wedding ceremony.  " "This" Bai Susu was about to retort, but she stopped talking. She found that what her husband said was very likely. These people would do anything for money. "Then what do you think we should do?  "She asked back. "If you want to end this completely,The problem should be cut off at the source.  Chang Jin's brows showed a bit of anger, he held the sword in his hand and said: "My three-foot green peak has killed ghosts, monsters, and foreign evil gods, but I have never killed corrupt officials, but today I have to give it a try."  " "You want to kill the county magistrate?  Bai Susu was startled and said with a worried look on her face: "Yun Sheng, when you see the county magistrate, just threaten him and make him repent."  After all, the county magistrate is a secular official with a humane destiny.  If I kill him, I'm afraid the backlash will be"
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