Chapter 828: Snowy Night
Each deity has its own duties, and the City God's role is to protect the city's inhabitants, coordinate yin and yang, and assist the gods of heaven and earth. However, ever since the Human Emperor deified the City God and tied him to the fate of the dynasty, the City God's position has become extremely delicate.
The Queen Mother of the Underworld was unwilling to compete with the Emperor of Humanity, so she stopped showing up. If the Queen Mother of the Underworld didn't care, then the other Underworld Gods would be even less likely to care, and the Heavenly God, who was not responsible for managing the City God in the first place, would naturally not interfere.
To some extent, the City God now governs and governs himself. While his duties remain the same and he is self-sufficient in offerings, he bears the brunt of his own misfortunes. This naturally has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it gives the City God unique authority, but on the other hand, he no longer has the protection of a higher authority.
When a dynasty is at its peak, as long as there's no chaos and it manages itself, it's fine. But once the dynasty declines, contradictions surface, and its flaws become apparent. Now that the Great Gan Dynasty is entering its twilight years, the signs of the dynasty's end are clear, and the city gods of all the world cannot help but be anxious.
People in the situation sometimes cannot see themselves clearly, and sometimes even if they can see clearly there is nothing they can do but be swept forward by the general trend.
What will happen to the city god system that is attached to the fate of the dynasty? This is a problem that the city gods of the world have to solve.
The Heavenly Palace and the Underworld don't care, but this doesn't mean they won't care in the future. When the Great Gan is destroyed, everything will be settled again, and the exact position of the City God system at that time is still uncertain.
At this critical juncture, the Yue Mansion naturally did not want to cause any complications. Whether the City God performed his duties well or poorly would be a matter for public opinion in the future, and the Yue Mansion had no need to interfere.
The vacancy of the Yin register caused by the City God would be recorded in the City God's account in the future. Therefore, the Yue Mansion had every reason to ignore this matter, but in the end, Peng Yanjun still came, which was enough to show his benevolence.
Gong Mengbi couldn't explain these complicated relationships to Master Shi in detail, but he still reminded Master Shi: "Please ask Master Liu to come forward more often in everything. He is a disciple of the Emperor, so he should also do some meritorious deeds."
Master Shi was a shrewd man. When he met Gong Mengbi's fox eyes, he understood his hidden meaning.
Master Liu's cultivation level was not high, but he was favored by the Emperor and could handle major events. If he said it was a good thing, it was a good thing. On the other hand, although Master Shi's lineage could be traced back to Tianfu, he was not as useful as the Emperor. However, this did not mean that a good thing could not turn into a bad thing.
"You really woke me up."
Gong Mengbi did not stay in Gusu for long. The end of the year was approaching, and there were still things to deal with in Fox Courtyard.
After coming out of Gusu, Gong Mengbi looked up at the sky, only to see leaden clouds piling up, covering the waning moon.
"It's going to snow again."
It started from the moment a slight chilly wind blew, causing tiny snowflakes to fall on the roof, making a rustling sound, to the moment gusts of wind and heavy snow falling. It only took an hour or two.
Zhao Siqi stroked the dog's head. The man and the dog squeezed into a dilapidated earthen house, keeping each other warm with their body temperature and sleeping soundly.
But when the snow was a foot deep, Zhao Siqi was awakened by a scream.
Wuhong Dog's eyes glowed in the night, and its wet tongue licked Zhao Siqi.
Zhao Siqi pushed the dog's head aside, stood up and pushed open the leaky door. He heard old scolding and hoarse crying in the distance coming from the snow wind, accompanied by a strong smell of blood that hit Zhao Siqi's face.
Zhao Siqi looked at the fierce wind and snow, sighed resignedly, and said, "Let's go!"
Wu Hong Dog reluctantly came out of the warm grass nest and followed Zhao Siqi, going against the wind and snow.
The dilapidated houses and collapsed walls along the way were half-hidden in the snow, as quiet as tombstones.
This village is already mostly deserted, with only the elderly, weak, and sick who could not escape being forced to stay and struggle to survive. The whole village exudes an air of impending death.
Zhao Siqi walked all the way here and found an abandoned house with a door that could barely be closed to hide for a night, but he encountered such an emergency again.
Since the last time he met Gong Mengbi in Gusu, Zhao Siqi had a peaceful life for more than two months. He returned to Wuning, went to Fox Hill, left some Gallic leaves for Gong Mengbi, and rested for a while.
But more than two months later, after he once again dreamed of the green snake that looked like him, he knew he had to set off.
Gong Mengbi told him that this was his fate and also his whetstone. The Snake Mother Goddess used his soul to shape the Green Snake, and the Green Snake would definitely come to kill him in order to achieve perfection.
Gong Mengbi has no way to deal with the Snake Mother, so Zhao Siqi can only rely on himself to deal with this disaster.
Gong Mengbi had an apologetic look on his face when he said this, but Zhao Siqi only had gratitude and respect for him, and he understood the high hopes he had for himself.
So he hid and practiced at the same time, eliminating dangers and saving people in distress, and slaying demons and monsters along the way. He wanted to see himself through the eyes of all living beings in the world, use the false to cultivate the true, and condense his true soul.
Just like running towards the wind and snow without hesitation at this moment to see what is happening.
When they arrived, they saw a house with its door wide open. An old man held a torch in both hands. Four gaping wounds pierced his stomach, his body stained black with blood. His body was trembling slightly, and his eyes held the cold, trapped light of a beast, like a cornered wolf.
Behind the old man, a woman was holding another woman and crying heart-wrenchingly.
The young woman clutched a torn jacket and tried to rush out, but the elderly woman held her down tightly, crying, "You can't go! You can't go!"
"My son!" The young woman cried until she fainted and could no longer move.
Zhao Siqi immediately spotted something hiding in the darkness where the old man was staring with the torch. Sensing Zhao Siqi's approach, the thing retreated into the darkness and vanished into the dark, snowy night.
"Xiaohong, chase!"
The five red dogs barked wildly and chased into the darkness.
Zhao Siqi appeared in front of the old man's house, covered in snow. He took off his bamboo hat, revealing a young and upright face. He said, "I am Zhao Siqi, a Taoist priest. I passed by here and came here after hearing the noise. Don't worry, old man. I am not a bad person."
The firelight fell on Zhao Siqi's face. The young man was thin but handsome, with bright eyes.
The old man lost his temper and staggered, holding onto the door frame to avoid falling. "Young Taoist priest, a monster has kidnapped my grandson. Please spare his life!"
Zhao Siqi stepped forward to support him, reached out to help him seal the blood vessels around the wound, and stopped the bleeding. He said, "I'll help you stop the bleeding first. I'll deal with other things when I get back."
After hastily treating the old man's wound, Zhao Siqi was worried that the Five Red Dog would suffer, so he immediately followed the direction in which the Five Red Dog had left.
The footprints of the five red dogs in the snow were quickly covered, but the ferocious barking of dogs in the distance pointed Zhao Siqi in the direction.
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