"Okay then, I'll be the second in command..." Shi Yi hesitated for a moment before agreeing. Su Rui guessed that he was reluctant to follow suit after seeing Wu Qianqian's enthusiastic response.
"Then I'll be the third gang leader!" Su Rui finally nodded in agreement. He didn't care who was the boss, he just wanted to use the gang's name to get Shi Yi to take him to Qingpi to test his sword.
"Then what should we name our gang?" Wu Qianqian asked.
"Why not call it the Azure Dragon Gang?" Shi Yi suggested, then explained, "It's rumored that there's an Azure Dragon in the Tongqu River. Setting up a gang here would also be in line with Azure Dragon's intentions!"
"How about calling us the Three Heroes Gang?" Su Rui suddenly remembered the sworn brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. He still remembered the plot of the three heroes fighting Lu Bu clearly, so he opened his mouth and said.
"The Qinglong Gang is too tacky, let's just call it the Sanying Gang. It sounds nice!" Wu Qianqian made the final decision.
Although there was no blood oath, the Sanying Gang was established by the Ye River in Tongqu County.
The three of them stayed for a while longer, inspecting the gang base, and then, feeling the strong wind near the river, they began to head back.
Su Rui wanted to continue to go to the City God Temple to see if the City God was Magistrate Su and verify his guess.
Shi Yi had to accompany Wu Qianqian to the county government office and accept the punishment from Captain Wu.
After agreeing to meet in the courtyard of Captain Wu's house at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow, Su Rui parted ways with the two.
When Su Rui returned to the restaurant alone, two servants were standing outside the door asking the waiter about his whereabouts.
Seeing him return safely, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were very anxious about Su Rui's hasty departure, they did not dare to blame the young master and only dared to gently admonish him.
Su Rui naturally agreed to all of them and dealt with them. Although he was a servant, it was for his own good and he couldn't let him down.
It's almost noon.
Accompanied by his servants, Su Rui came to the City God Temple again.
The City God Temple is much quieter today, but the restaurants in the street are still very lively. I asked the servants and found out that the storytellers here love to tell stories of gods and monsters, and have cultivated a group of stable "diners", so it is also bustling on weekdays.
Su Rui could understand this. It was like a movie theater that specialized in showing American blockbusters, which could attract a lot of loyal fans!
He even thought that if he was short of money in the future, he could write novels like Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West and sell them to storytellers to earn some royalties.
He thought it would be very interesting to see a group of ancient people watching the drama.
After walking forward for about a quarter of an hour, Su Rui finally saw a temple covering an area of more than an acre in front of him. It was not magnificent, but looked quite simple in appearance.
There is a plaque hanging on the archway at the gate of the courtyard, with three large dark golden characters "City God Temple" written on it, which looks majestic.
After passing through the courtyard gate, a large incense burner stands directly ahead. Further ahead is the main hall of the City God Temple. In the center of the hall is a statue of a deity, flanked by figures of civil and military officials, the Sun and Moon Gods, and various other ghost and deity officials, resembling a fully equipped government office.
Su Rui looked up at the statue of the City God, and found that it did not look like Magistrate Su.
He couldn't help but feel a little regretful, but this was also within his expectations, so he wasn't too disappointed.
Su Rui donated two taels of silver, took the long incense from the temple keeper, and bowed three times respectfully to the City God.
When he looked up again, Su Rui discovered that the statue of the City God was shining brightly and was actually alive.
The City God who came back to life saw that he was staring at him with burning eyes, and knew that he had seen through the Yin and Yang and saw him, so he looked up and blinked at him, and then returned to normal.
In a deep and secluded space within the temple, the City God withdrew his gaze and asked the guard, "Who is burning incense in the temple at this moment?"
The guard replied, "It's Erlang from Magistrate Su's family!"
The City God nodded, made no comment, and began to write at his desk.
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