What is the big thing that the ghost-catching general Sun Mao mentioned?

Let's go back to the moment when Fang Jian first saw the land god of Qiu'an County. The Yangxia County Magistrate Gou De'an led a mighty group of people to Qingping Mountain to demolish the temple.

The people from several villages around Yangxia County, who had already learned the news, rushed over with hoes, shoulder poles, and flails, and surrounded the Yangxia County magistrate and his entourage.

Looking at these aggressive people, a trace of panic flashed across the face of the legal advisor, but Gou De'an maintained his airs as a county magistrate, pointing at the people in front of him and saying, "What do you want to do? Do you want to rebel? I am an official appointed by the imperial court!"

An old man came out and clasped his fists towards Gou De'an, saying, "County Magistrate, you are an official appointed by the imperial court, and the Earth God is also an official of the heavenly court. Why are you demolishing the Earth God's temple?"

Gou De'an said, "The Land God has lost his spiritual will and can no longer protect the people of Yangxia County. I simply want to demolish the Land God Temple and build a Mountain King Temple to invite the more powerful Mountain King to protect our Yangxia County."

"What is Mountain King? What is the official title? Does he have a priestly position?" asked another white-haired old man.

Gou De'an was startled for a moment, then replied, "The Mountain King has boundless magical powers and is a high-level deity. I am but a mortal, how dare I ask such a question?"

"This is strange. The God of Land is an immortal official appointed by the Jade Emperor in Heaven. He is in charge of all living beings in Yangxia County. He is a god with a name and a heavenly decree! This mountain king that the county magistrate mentioned has no origin at all. How can he be in charge of protecting the people of Yangxia County?" Yang Jin's wife Li Zaorong said.

After Li Zaorong finished speaking, the peasant women around her immediately started clamoring, all questioning the words of Gou De'an and the mountain king.

"How dare you!" The lawyer shouted, his voice timid and fierce. "How dare you, rude village woman, question the county magistrate!"

After saying that, he pointed at Li Zaorong and said, "Come on, arrest this wicked woman."

"Let's see who dares!" Yang Jin held a hoe in his hand, his tall body blocking Li Zaorong, and shouted at the two yamen runners who were walking up to him.

"Catch him too." The lawyer pointed at Yang Jin and said.

Immediately, four or five yamen runners rushed forward and pinned Yang Jin to the ground. Yang Jin struggled hard, and the surrounding villagers of Shelin Village also surrounded him, roaring.

"What grounds do you have for arresting people?"

"We haven't broken any laws, so why are you arresting us?"

County Magistrate Gou De'an looked at the people who had gathered around him and shouted, "I am an official appointed by the imperial court. You are committing treason. This is against the law!"

As he spoke, he pointed at Yang Jin and Li Zaorong and said, "These two are spreading lies and misleading the people, inciting civil unrest. Take them back to the county government office and interrogate them after I return."

"Release Brother Yang!"

"Let Aunt Li go!"

The people of Shelin Village rushed forward and surrounded the yamen runners who were escorting Yang Jin and Li Zaorong. At the same time, people from other villages around them also came over.

The bailiffs and constables were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they kept looking back at the county magistrate and the legal advisor.

Gou De'an was no longer concerned and addressed the constables and runners, "How dare these unruly people surround the imperial officials? They're clearly plotting a rebellion! I order you to draw your swords and protect them. Anyone who dares to take a step forward will be killed on the spot. I will report this to the court and give an explanation afterwards."

When the constables and yamen runners heard this, they no longer had any scruples and drew their swords one after another. The bright flashes of the swords immediately threatened the angry people around them.

Looking at the sharp blade and Gou De'an's words, the people immediately became hesitant and dared not move forward.

At this time, the old man from before spoke up, "Your Excellency, we are not rebelling, and we dare not offend you. But we have decided to protect this land temple. If you want to demolish it, you can do so over my corpse first."

After saying that, the old man walked straight forward and sat in front of the land temple.

The next moment, more people followed the old man and came to the land temple to sit down. The people sat next to each other, filling up the Qingping Mountain, which was not a big place to begin with.

"Your Excellency, what...what should we do now?" The lawyer looked at it in amazement and asked at a loss.

Gou De'an looked at the people in front of him with a gloomy look and said in a cold voice: "I will give you a cup of tea. Go back to where you came from!"

However, the people ignored him and sat there in silence with determined eyes.

Gou De'an snorted coldly, his fury no longer suppressed. He immediately ordered, "Attack them! Attack from the outside. I'll decide whether to injure or maim them!"

As long as King Yintushan can build a temple in Yangxia County, he will have a solid backing. Even if he injures all the people in front of him now, King Yintushan will be there to deal with the aftermath.

For a moment, the constables and yamen runners held knives in their left hands and sticks in their right hands and beat the people in front of them one by one.

However, they only hit the shoulders, back and legs, and did not dare to attack directly the head. After all, hitting the head is the most likely to cause death.

When the sticks fell, the people immediately screamed in pain and stretched out their hands to block them, but the more they tried to block, the more fiercely the yamen runners beat them.

At this moment, a teenager was hit on the shoulder with a stick. He screamed in pain and his entire neck immediately became red and swollen.

The young man watched the stick falling down again above his head, and he quickly raised a ancestral tablet he had brought from home to block it above his head.

As the constable brought down his stick, there was a "crack" sound, and the god tablet was instantly split into two, breaking into several pieces and falling to the ground.

'Thunderbolt, crack!' At the moment the shrine was shattered, a loud thunderbolt suddenly fell from the originally clear sky. The sound of thunder exploded over Qingping Mountain, making everyone's scalp numb.

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