Chapter 65
Li Yang didn't expect that the soul he sent to the underworld five days ago would be converted faster than himself.
He saw Wu Xinghua in the middle of the night, wearing a scarlet official uniform and hat, floating in from the terrace of the kindergarten teacher's dormitory, happily announcing the good news to him: "Mr. Li, I became the judge's secretary!!!"
Li Yang: “?”
Wu Xinghua talked about his experience in the past few days, "I passed the trial of merits and demerits immediately, and then the judge said he needed a secretary and asked if I was willing, so I stayed."
He worked as a cook in the army. After retiring, he was assigned to work as a security guard in the park due to some physical injuries. He never expected that he would be able to find a job there.
Wu Xinghua sighed, "The underworld is really great. Officer Cheng brought me a lot of gold ingots. I bought a house and a car, and also bought some high-quality incense and candles. Mr. Li, do you know how magical it is down there? There are incense and candles that taste like Sichuan hot pot!"
I haven't been to the head office in more than half a year, but others have bought a house and got a formal position in just five days. Li Yang: "..."
"The judge also said that I can get 8% commission for the incense offerings to him. I asked other colleagues and they all got 3%! I follow a good leader!..." Wu Xinghua excitedly told what he had seen and learned, and then said: "I came here to thank you and Mr. Zhou. I won't go to Mr. Zhou's place. Please help me thank him. I also have to go to Officer Cheng's dream, so I won't disturb your sleep. Good night!"
Li Yang looked at Wu Xinghua who was floating away. He came and went freely despite the kindergarten's restrictions. There was only one explanation: he was indeed officially certified.
Thank you, I can’t sleep and feel at ease.
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The rest of the colleagues went home on the third day of the holiday, leaving only Zhou Du.
Li Yang couldn't remember clearly whether Zhou Du said during the meal that day, "Can't I come back often to give him some food and other things?" or "Can't I stay in the kindergarten and only come back home occasionally?"
In short, Zhou Du was basically in the garden, calling Li Yang to eat three meals a day on time. Occasionally, he would go out after lunch and come back before dinner to cook.
This seriously affected Li Yang, including Li Dongqiang's late sleep. Li Dongqiang asked every day with hints: "Xiao Zhou, why don't you go home? When will you go home? Can't you go home?"
Zhou Du was annoyed by the question, so he answered seriously: "I will be urged to get married."
During his vacation, Li Dongqiang applied for the right to use the smart phone for the elderly that Li Yang used as a backup phone. These days, he has been browsing Douyin and seen countless short dramas shot by people who like to make fun of others during the Spring Festival, and now he knows what it means to urge people to get married.
Gossipy ladies, uncles, parents all take turns asking about salary, urging people to get married, have children and go on blind dates.
Although it is not old enough to empathize with the protagonist, it can be seen from the protagonist's exaggerated painful expression that these problems are not good problems in the adult world.
I felt understanding and sympathy at the same time: "Then you should stay with us."
After saying that, he took a sip of the Codonopsis chicken soup made by Zhou Du, and suddenly thought of Yaoyao, the ginseng spirit of Gangcheng. So he drank it in one go, left the children's chair, held his mobile phone, and contacted Yaoyao to maintain friendship.
Li Yang and Zhou Du cleaned the table and washed the dishes. Then Zhou Du took out a long piece of red paper from the room where idle teaching materials were kept. He flattened it with a paperweight, dipped a brush in ink, and wrote four words vertically in the middle: Kitchen God's Shrine.
Li Yang looked at a wall in the kitchen, where there was a piece of red paper with the words "Kitchen God's Altar" pasted on it. It was pasted last year, and the corners had curled up a little. Then he remembered that today was the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year, and it was a good time to worship the Kitchen God. The Kitchen God would also have a holiday starting today until the 15th day of the first lunar month.
"But isn't Nanjiang's Little New Year on the Lantern Festival?" he asked.
Zhou Du paused to finish writing, then raised the tip of the pen, the dark ink image looming in his eyes.
The man held the pen, which was pleasing to the eye but also profound and dangerous. He was talking nonsense, "That being said, the Little New Year in the north is one day earlier than ours. If we wait until the Lantern Festival to worship the Kitchen God, the number plate we get will be behind one billion people."
Li Yang: “…”
I sprinkled a lot of gold powder into the inkstone, stirred it with a brush, and started writing again, outlining the lines of spring flowers and magpies. Gold ink is beautiful in itself, and the painting is lifelike, much more beautiful and unique than the ones printed by machines sold outside.
"You go and paste it." When it was almost done, Zhou Du moved the paperweight away, took it out and handed it to Li Yang.
Li Yang tore off the old red paper and pasted new ones. Zhou Du had already prepared the offerings and incense sticks and placed them under the altar.
He lit three incense sticks, and after waving away the flames, only the scarlet flames at the incense heads remained.
After performing the bow ceremony while holding the incense sticks, they were inserted into the incense burner one by one. The distance between the incense sticks was perfectly balanced, as if they had been precisely measured with a ruler.
It was this incense... Li Yang had learned how to observe incense in class, and there were dozens of pictures of incense cases, but he had never seen the kind like the one in front of him - he was so cautious, as if he was breathing, he didn't dare to eat the incense, and even the smoke that rose up was trembling and intermittent.
Zhou Du frowned: "Not very auspicious."
As soon as the words came out, the incense sticks became brighter for a long time, as if it was breathing heavily, dimmed for a moment while taking a breath, and then immediately became brighter again. Soon it burned to half, without even a drop of ash falling off, presenting the man with the auspicious sign of a big lotus.
Zhou Du was satisfied.
Li Yang:?
…
As the year draws to a close, all departments hope that there will be no more mistakes and that they can finish the tasks at hand perfectly and have a good new year.
But the 779 Institute couldn't do that, as they pried some information out of Feng Bozi's mouth.
Li Yang and Zhou Du were contacted by Director Wang, who said that there had been some progress in the evil cultivator incident and asked them to go to the bureau to talk.
We drove to 779 and found that this was a very formal talk. It was held in a conference room and the case was reported in the form of a meeting.
779 All the people involved in the investigation are here.
"This matter may be more serious than we thought." Director Wang glanced at everyone, "Xiao Hong, let's start."
Brother Hong pressed the remote control and Feng Bozi's photo appeared on the large screen.
"Feng Bozi, whose original name was Feng Jianquan, was a fellow disciple of Zou Gui, whom we arrested last time. They later defected from the sect together. Zou Gui was very stubborn and has not revealed any useful information until now, but Feng Jianquan spilled some information a few days ago."
"According to Feng Jianquan, after he and Zou Gui defected from their master's sect, they joined the Chaoyuan Sect, which only worships one god, Lingfeng Shenjun."
"We have never heard of this sect, and neither has Lord Lingfeng, but there is a General Lingfeng."
Some people wondered: "Is there such a divine general? I have never heard of him."
Brother Hong continued, "He is a righteous god. There are records of his ascension during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Because of his position as a war god, he played a big role in exorcising evil spirits among the people and in the conquests of the emperors at that time. Especially in the military, before a battle, no matter whether it was a big ceremony or a small ceremony, sacrifices had to be made to him. This shows how many believers he had in the mortal world at that time, so he was very popular for hundreds of years, and there are probably hundreds of palaces and temples built in various countries."
"But the records of this god have disappeared for thousands of years. I'm not sure which dynasty the last record was from, but it was at least before the Northern Song Dynasty - 'Generals of two countries worshipped the God of Wind at the same tomb, and both countries were destroyed.'"
"That one time may be an exception, but there are several more times in the records where people were defeated after the sacrifice, and they were very tragic defeats."
A god of war who is placed with high hopes on the battlefield of the mortal world...it's easy to imagine what will happen next.
“So the later records show that people in the mortal world no longer believed in him, and some even went out of their way to burn and destroy his temples.
The last sentence in the record is 'The gods will not appear for a long time, I am afraid they will die.'"
Someone exclaimed: "Fallen?"
"Whether it really fell or not, we don't know. This is just a guess. But apart from this record, there have been no other related records or guesses since then."
Everyone's face gradually became serious.
They understood what Director Wang meant when he said at the beginning that this matter was much more serious than they had imagined.
If it was fallen, then what were Feng Jianquan and the others worshipping? ——Only one word was different, they didn't believe that Lingfeng Shenjun and Lingfeng Shen would have no connection.
If you want to impersonate a real god, why not choose a name that has been heard of in the mortal world? Why pick a minor god who has disappeared for thousands of years?
In short, it is unreasonable, very unreasonable, for a minor god who had been silent for a thousand years to suddenly appear with a different name.
If their predecessors could guess, so can they.
Apart from falling, there is another possibility - becoming a demon.
The original titles of the gods are no longer used because they are recorded in the operation of the heavenly way.
But by changing one word, one can avoid the suppression and restrictions of the Heavenly Dao and continue to attract believers and receive incense.
If this is true, then it will be a mess. Regardless of whether the situation is now in an unimaginable state, the pressure it brings is enormous.
After sorting out the information, most people were certain that Lord Lingfeng was the Lingfeng General, and they analyzed and proposed plans among themselves.
"So everything that Feng Bozi and his senior brother did was directed by that Lingfeng Divine General... Divine Lord?"
Brother Hong: “That’s what he said.”
"How many believers are there? Where do they gather? How many people with the same status as Feng Bozi are there in Chaoyuan Sect?"
Brother Hong shook his head, "He didn't say any of this."
"How do we investigate then?" someone asked in annoyance.
In the final conversation, everyone discussed a special investigation on Chao Yuan Sect based on the goal, and divided into three groups. Group A searched the entire city and the entire network for traces of Chao Yuan Sect followers' activities, Group B used Feng Bozi's subordinates to go undercover and get close to the names he revealed, and Group C stayed in the bureau to fight Feng Bozi and his senior brother. All three parties tried their best to find out the details, the number of followers, and the means, channels and nests of dissemination.
There are three main tasks, so the side tasks fall on Li Yang's head.
"Comrade Xiao Li, you and Xiao Zhou should check on the Lingfeng God General. See if he is the same person as the Lingfeng God General of Chaoyuan Sect, or if he is an impersonator. We can then have a corresponding countermeasure." Fat Director Wang, sitting in this position, cannot take things for granted. If he wants to investigate, he must investigate thoroughly. Moreover, this matter is very important. If it is really a fallen angel, he must report it to the highest level.
Director Wang sought Li Yang's opinion.
Li Yang also knew that Director Wang called him here to assign him some tasks.
"How do I check?"
A map with the location marked appeared on the big screen.
Brother Hong adjusted his glasses and said, "Later, the dynasty moved and the city changed, and many temples were demolished or destroyed, not to mention the Lingfeng God who had not appeared for a long time. By our generation, no one knew about his existence, but we searched the whole country for two days and found the only temple of his."
"So close!" It's in Yizhou City, in the neighboring province to the south. It takes less than three hours by high-speed rail, and you can drive there yourself.
"We don't have enough manpower in our bureau, so we'd like to trouble you and Zhou Yuan to go there for us and ask the current owner of the temple and some of the neighbors and see if there's any information, such as folk tales or something like that."
Li Yang thought it was a simple idea, so he agreed.
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