The temple keeper was an old man who hadn't noticed Su Lie's previous actions at all. His face lit up with pride when the Black Emperor was mentioned.
"The Black Emperor was one of the Five Emperors of antiquity, possessing immense divine power. He once sought the well-being of humankind and severed the passage between heaven and earth..."
Wen Xinjun, who was resting to the side, slowly frowned. Of course he knew who the Black Emperor was, the ancient sage emperor who created the calendar and the eight tones.
But the temple keeper's tales became increasingly outrageous, including things like severing the passage between heaven and earth. The tone was very off; as far as he knew, the Black Emperor had never performed such feats.
But it just so happens that the temple was personally designated by the emperor's brother-in-law as the main deity. He vaguely felt that this suddenly appearing black emperor was closely related to the so-called goddess!
The most important matters of state are war and sacrifice.
How could such an important sacrificial ceremony be controlled by a swindler from the countryside? Wenxin was both angry at His Majesty's muddle-headedness and blamed the officials in the court for their inaction.
Seeing that Su Lie was still listening with great interest, Wen Xin suppressed his annoyance and interrupted the temple keeper himself:
"Where did you hear all this from?" The temple keeper asked coldly, his expression hardening.
The temple keeper was a little unhappy about being interrupted, but he still answered honestly:
"This temple was built by people sent by the imperial court. Of course, this is what the officials said. It is said that the goddess mentioned this great god, and His Majesty admires the Black Emperor, so he made great offerings to him."
As expected! Wenxin, on the contrary, calmed down.
At this point, he was no longer just playing along with his friend in a game to expose the scammer.
But he genuinely wanted to kill someone!
Su Lie realized this at this moment, after all, he just didn't like moving the thing on his neck, but he still had it.
Seeing the two men's increasingly frightening expressions, and noticing dozens of armored soldiers outside the temple, the temple keeper grew afraid and instinctively unfurled a tiger skin as a large banner.
"His Majesty not only built the Black Emperor Temple, but also the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Temple. Many great monks in the capital tell the story of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva every day."
There was more than one, and even Buddhist matters were involved.
Su Lie instinctively looked at his friend, as if asking what to do.
“I’ve never heard of a temple being used for unauthorized worship of one of the Five Emperors. Su Lie smashed this temple,” Wen Xin said in a deep voice.
The temple keeper stared in disbelief as a dark shadow flashed by, followed by a series of cracking sounds. Soon, the new temple was reduced to ruins.
He only came to his senses after everyone had left, and then, stumbling along, rushed to report the incident!
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