Fang Jian, who had casually punished Gou Yu, did not care about him anymore. He was very measured in his punishment of Gou Yu. That fall was enough to paralyze his lower body for life, and he would have to lie in bed for the rest of his life, and living would be more painful than death.
At this time, Fang Jian was at the Land God Temple in Shanghe Village, Yangxia County, looking at the little boy crying against the earthen wall of the temple.
It is called the Land God Temple, but it is actually a small mud house built by villagers with yellow mud. The mud house is very low, only as high as an adult's knee.
In the minds of the people, this is the place where the land god lives after all, so there is no point in building such a high land temple.
The little boy squatted on the ground, hugged his knees with his hands, leaned his back against the wall of the land temple, buried his head between his knees and cried loudly.
Fang Jian was watching from the side. As the land god of Yangxia County, even if his land temple was on the outskirts of the county town, he could sense any movement as long as there were people praying and offering sacrifices in front of the land temples in the villages.
As soon as he heard a child crying in his ear, he immediately used his magical powers to rush to the land temple in Shanghe Village. Seeing that the child was just wronged, Fang Jian felt relieved and watched him cry with interest.
The child cried for a long time, finally stopped, wiped his tears with his arms, and then stood up sobbing.
As soon as he stood up, his pair of bright eyes with a watery gleam immediately caught sight of Fang Jian standing beside him.
You have to know that Fang Jian is not in a divine state at this moment, and ordinary people cannot see it, but it is different for children.
Children under the age of twelve have pure minds and the innate energy in their abdomens has not yet dissipated, so they can see things that adults cannot see.
"I've seen you crying here for at least an incense stick's time. Your tears almost washed away the land temple." Fang Jian said, looking at the child.
When the child heard this, he sobbed and said with a pout, "None of your business."
Fang Jian laughed, then looked at the child's legs. He was wearing a pair of very short brown pants, and his calves were bare and exposed. There were a few red marks on his legs.
"You got beaten?" Fang Jian asked, "Who beat you?"
The child said, "It's none of your business."
"..." Fang Jian's face darkened. "You're squatting at my door crying, and I can't even ask you a question?"
The child said, "It's none of your business..." But he immediately realized, "What do you mean by your home? This is the shrine of the Earth God."
"Good boy, good boy." Fang Jian stepped forward and touched his head, smiling and said, "I am your land grandfather."
Without saying a word, the child bit Fang Jian's wrist directly. However, the bite felt like biting a piece of cowhide, which was hard, tough and very uncomfortable.
The child quickly spat on Fang Jian's arm and cursed at him, "You are disrespectful to the Earth God. You will be struck by lightning."
Fang Jian chuckled and said to the child, "Just watch."
After saying that, Fang Jian came to the land temple, then slowly sat down with his back to the temple.
The child only saw Fang Jian's figure suddenly become smaller, and then he sat directly into the land temple, merging with the statue of the land god. His eyes widened instantly.
Then a flash of light appeared in the land temple, and then Fang Jian's figure separated from the land god statue and walked out. He became bigger and bigger, and gradually returned to his original appearance.
"How about it, do you believe it?" Fang Jian asked with a smile.
The child blinked his big eyes, then his eye sockets turned red and tears fell again.
Then he pounced on Fang Jian, hugged Fang Jian's waist with both hands and cried, "Grandpa Land, I am innocent! Wuuuuu!"
As he spoke, he burst into tears again. Fang Jian quickly squatted down and kept comforting him, which made the child stop crying.
"Tell the God of Land why you were wronged?" Fang Jian asked.
The child said tearfully, "This morning... I went to the mountains to herd cattle. Soooo, sob, sob, sob. Then... I fell asleep on a rock. Halfway through my sleep, I heard a cow lowing. I opened my eyes and saw a huge tabby cat dragging the cow away. Soooo, sob. I chased it for a long time but couldn't catch it. I came back and told my dad, but he didn't believe me and beat me. He said I was sleeping like a pig and lost the cow. Soooo, I've wronged the Earth God."
Fang Jian's heart moved when he heard this, and he immediately comforted her, "Okay, okay, don't cry, the Earth God will take care of it for you. First, tell me, what's your name?"
"Little mouse," sobbed the child.
Fang Jian nodded and continued, "What do the little mouse and the big cat look like?"
The little mouse wiped his tears and said, "Big ears, long tail, and lots of black spots on the fur..."
"It looks a bit like a leopard." Fang Jian thought to himself, and then asked, "Then tell me, where do you graze cattle?"
The little mouse raised his head, turned around, pointed to a group of mountains east of Shanghe Village and said, "It's in Ertou Mountain."
Fang Jian glanced at Ertou Mountain, then said to the little mouse, "Okay, stop crying. Go home first. The land god promises to find the cow for you."
"Really?" The little mouse looked up at Fang Jian, who smiled and nodded.
At this moment, a loud shout came from the village entrance not far away: "Little mouse, come back and eat when you've cried enough!"
When the little mouse heard the sound, he looked back and saw his mother standing at the entrance of the village with her hands on her hips looking at him.
"Grandpa Land..." When the little mouse turned around, he found that Fang Jian was gone.
The little mouse looked blankly at the air in front of him, then looked at the land temple next to him, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it was real or an illusion.
"Little Mouse, what are you doing?" There were footsteps behind him, and then a young woman walked up behind him, grabbed his arm and said, "Go back and eat. Your father and your uncle have already gone to Ertou Mountain to find cattle. Don't blame your father for beating you. There are still no cattle at home. What will we use to plow the fields next spring? What will you eat?"
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