Chapter 423 The clues left by the Olympian Venerable!
The snowy night is long, and the collapsed temples are soaked in the dark red like rust.
The broken statue of the god was half hidden in rubble, and the fishy smell of moss oozed out from the cracks, as if the gods were left with sighs.
You Su stroked the remaining cinnabar between the statue's eyebrows with his fingertips, and the debris fell, refracting fine blood light in the candle. This half of the face is already broken and I can't tell who it is.
"Whose statue is this?"
You Su looked at Ajiu, but Ajiu just shook his head. The statue looks older than him, how could he know?
You Su had to withdraw her gaze and doubts gradually arose.
The temples are strictly controlled by the sects in the five continents. The highest commanding institution of the Five Great Sacred Mountains is the Immortal Ancestor Temple that appeared to commemorate and inherit the Five Great Immortal Ancestors.
In the world, temples are only allowed to be built in a very rare situation - to commemorate some people who have made unique contributions.
You Su has been to many cities, but has never seen any temples built in the city, which shows how high the requirements of this "unique" are.
If the temple is built without the recognition of the Immortal Ancestor Temple, it will be a lewd temple or an evil temple. As long as you participate in it, it will be a serious crime of falling into the ground and implicating relatives and friends.
Such strict regulations are to avoid the flood of faith and to give those evil gods the opportunity to corrupt the human race from their faith. But some people also believe that this is a means by which the Immortal Ancestor Temple is in an orthodox position among all the people in the five continents, so that they can always sit firmly at the top of the Five Continents.
In short, it is not easy to build a temple, which makes You Su even more curious about the owner of the statue.
A Ying raised her hand tremblingly, like a cautious schoolchild who begged the lecturer to allow her to speak in the lecturer.
You Su turned her body and tried to be gentler, "Do you know?"
A Ying nodded, "It's... a statue of Venerable Qianlong."
As soon as he finished speaking, You Su raised his eyebrows slightly, and he didn't expect that this great man who was carved into a commemorative image was Venerable Qianlong. At the same time, Bai Ze's pupils also contracted inadvertently.
The two of them looked at the half-break statue together. They were surprised that once they knew that this was Venerable Qianlong, they could really see some similar shadows. "How do you know that she is Venerable Qianlong?" You Su asked again. "It was my mother who said it..." A Ying couldn't suppress her tears when she thought of her mother who had been buried in a evil way. "My mother said that this was a statue she had before her birth. It was the appearance of Venerable Qianlong that gave us a city in Beiaozhou that could shelter from wind and snow, so the lord of Changshan City personally built this temple for her..."
"Why haven't I heard from my mother?" Ajiu asked in confusion.
A Ying squeezed out a reluctant smile, "Brother doesn't believe it than Mother. Even if I have told you, I won't remember it."
You Su frowned when he heard this. A girl in the mortal world could know that the name of the Lord of One Continent was enough to shock him, and what shocked him even more was the degree of narcissism of Venerable Qianlong.
According to the information he knew, Venerable Qianlong was also an immortal official in the Immortal Ancestral Temple, and he must be one of the most powerful people. Then the petition to build a temple for her will definitely be passed on to her. Even if she thinks that she has made great achievements, she will not agree to build herself, right?
After all, building a temple is not a casual thing. Even if it is really necessary, it should be done after she abdicates, and the later generations will agree to build it, right?
"What are you thinking about with your brother?" Bai Ze came over with curiosity in his eyes. "I'm wondering what kind of person this Venerable Qianlong is." "What do you think?" Bai Ze asked again. "Two possibilities." You Su clarified Li's clothes, "Either a shameless person or a foolish person."
A Jiu and A Ying were stunned when they heard the comments from You Su. They looked at each other, and seemed to be incredible that the brother who saved them dared to scold the gods in the temple.
"Why do you say that?"
You Su did not hear the concern in the girl's tone, but felt that she was curious: "If she agreed to build a temple for herself, for fear that others would not know that she had made contributions, but did not give the protection that these people who came to the temple should have, this is shameless; if she was hidden in the dark and had not known for decades, someone built a temple with her as a trust, it means that her so-called compassion for the people is also false, she has never seen the world at all, this is ignorance."
This evaluation is certainly a bit rigid and arbitrary, but for an enemy who wants to take his own life, who can resist being more mean. You Su is not a perfect person, so why should you pretend to be a guest in front of Bai Ze who is in the same hatred with him? "Yes... She built a temple here to worship, but seeing that the surrounding area was dilapidated, it means that no one has come to worship her for a long time. It's not as good as me, the little mountain god!" Bai Ze hummed and put a gold on his face, just about to demote the Venerable Qianlong to no avail.
You Su smiled at her, "At least you have really protected many people who have experienced in the Arctic Snow Field, much better than her."
When Bai Ze heard You Su praise her, he quickly got closer. According to habit, she should have used her little head to rub her arms in You Su's arms at this time, but this time, she seemed to have just stopped here and did not act more intimately.
You Su was surprised, but she saved him from explaining the embarrassing trouble in front of outsiders.
The brother and sister sitting on the side listened to the conversation between the two. They could no longer imagine what kind of god they had met.
The cold wind knocked open the leaking window, and the candles on the altar suddenly disappeared. Ajiu quickly got up and tied the leaking window frame with a straw rope.
You Su thought to himself that this temple of Venerable Qianlong was indeed disrepaired, so what is the significance of this temple?
He suddenly felt something was wrong. Since the city lord advocated construction, it means that he respected Venerable Qianlong. Even if the people did not believe it, why did he ignore it?
You Su seemed to have caught something faintly, and then asked Ajiu and Aying about this evil tide.
From their mouths, they learned that the evil tide suddenly began to explode two days ago, and no one knew where they came from. Bei Aozhou is icy and snowy, and the probability of evil spirits being in chaos is the lowest in the five continents. Such a large-scale evil tide directly defeated the Changshan City defense line that was built not long ago, and the killing spread to the entire city. They wanted to escape, but they didn't know where to escape.
You Su also experienced evil tides in Izumo Castle. With the experience of those who have experienced it, he asked: "When you stay in this city, have you ever noticed any strange phenomena in the city recently? For example, heavy fog fell from the sky, snow changed color, etc." But the two did not give the answer he wanted, and Ajiu and Aying shook their heads together.
Ajiu whispered: "We live the same life, and did not notice any strange phenomena. Then suddenly he heard screams and roars from the streets. We began to know what happened, but we just ran with everyone... but we couldn't escape..."
"I didn't even know what happened?" You Su frowned, "Are there no monks in Changshan City? Even if the evil tide exit was in the city, even if these monks couldn't resist for a while, there would be no monks coming to spread the news of the evil spirit invasion."
Ajiu and his sister looked at each other, and according to their cognition, they didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with this. After all, the monks had a small sense of existence in their lives. They only knew that they were immortals who could not afford to offend.
Of course, You Su had to think more deeply, there were only two possible situations. One was that the entire Changshan City monks attacked and the entire army was wiped out, and the other was that there was indeed no monk in Changshan City - because they all ran away before the evil spirits invaded!
The possibility of the previous one is too small. Even the foggy ghost in Izumo City was unable to make the monks in a city in an instant, and they could not even react at all, and they were wiped out. If this level of evil spirit really occurs, it may be a disaster that threatens the safety of the entire continent.
The latter idea was too dark, and he dared not think about why there were monks who deliberately abandoned the city and ignored the people. You Su really didn't want to make up, so he didn't say out his guess.
"If you want to say something strange, you have seen one of the weird guys." Seeing You Su pondering again, Ajiu didn't want to be a useless child, he hollowed out his head and dug out news that might be useful to the immortal in front of him.
"What weird guy?" You Su was indeed interested.
"A Taoist priest in fancy clothes, he put seven puzzles on the hem of the old tree in the south of the city, saying that the one who solves the problem can get a hundred taels of silver. At first we thought he was a fake Taoist priest who cheated, but we didn't expect to be a real and kind person!"
As soon as he finished speaking, You Su suddenly opened his eyes. He subconsciously glanced at Bai Ze, but saw the girl looking at him in surprise.
Just because they know better than anyone else that in this black, white and gray Bei Aozhou, there is only one Taoist priest who wears whistles, and that is the Master of Mathematics!
Seeing his message was really helpful to the two immortals, Ajiu was obviously interested and looked at his sister proudly and said:
"My sister also solved the question of the Taoist priest, but unfortunately we went late. He said that his money had been paid and asked if we could owe it. Of course, I wouldn't agree, but seeing that he had given money to so many people, Ajiu agreed to him. He said that Ajiu had wisdom and said..."
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"What did you say?" You Su asked hurriedly.
Ajiu scratched her head and gave her sister a hint of embarrassment.
A Ying understood it and knew that his brother had forgotten the genius's genius's words. He took the conversation: "He said 'It's better to teach people how to fish than to teach people how to fish', so he gave me a booklet, saying that this is a reward that is countless times more expensive than a hundred-two-patterned silver. He said that if I figured out the things in this booklet, even if the city lord saw us, we would have to be respectful."
You Su felt aggrieved in his heart, "What booklet is it? What is it written in the booklet?"
"Probably... it's this account book." A Ying tried hard to recall, and then said apologizing, "I don't know much, and I have to help my mother work during the day, so I didn't study the book clearly. I really don't remember what I wrote..."
"A sister, you are already the one who knows the most in our family." Brother Ajiu encouraged her sister.
You Su also smiled at A Ying to express her affirmation, and then fell into his own thoughts.
Based on the words "The city lord must be respectful when we see us", it is not difficult for You Su to infer that this account book is the tax account book of Changshan City! So as long as you understand this account book, you can know where Changshan City has done its tricks. This is indeed a reward that is countless times more expensive than a hundred-two-patterned silver!
Lank Book, the account book, again the account book!
The Master Olympiad was exposed to the conspiracy of some people in the name of checking accounts, which led to offending those people!
For some reason, Mr. You Su remembered the scene of a hurry parting with the Master Olympiad on the snowy field under the sacred mountain. At that time, the unreal flower Taoist priest smiled meaningfully at him.
I have survived death in the sea for a long time, but I have no time to take care of the affairs of the Olympian Venerable. But now that I have just escaped from the sea, I met the girl he once gave me, and I have once again got to know him.
You Su suddenly felt a strong intuition, and the account book of Changshan City was probably not that simple.
A great monk gave the account book of a city as a gift to a kind-hearted girl, which is somewhat unreasonable...
Suddenly, You Su sat up in shock! He suddenly realized that the irrelevant appearance of the flower Taoist priest almost forgot that he was the one who carried the tripod of Beiao Constitutional calculating!
He had already come to this account book and would come in handy today!
You Su clenched his fists unconsciously, feeling both cold hairs upside down, and also feeling that he is worthy of being the name of Olympiad.
"Where are you putting that book?"
A Ying was startled by You Su's sudden movement of standing up and murmured: "Here, pressing under my mattress..."
"Take me to find it, I will protect you."
You Su put the Mo Song Sword at his waist. Seeing A Jiu's hesitation, he continued to say warmly:
"The safety here is not because of the protection of the statue, but because the popularity here is too thin, most evil spirits have not been attracted to this for the time being, but this is not a place for a long time. Take me to get the account book, and I will take you out of here!"
A Jiu also clenched his fists when he heard this. He knew that You Su was right, so he had no choice.
"Okay!"
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The north wind wrapped around the snow particles and hit the broken window frame, and the tung oil lamp in the account room swayed in You Su's palm.
He rubbed his fingers off the dust from the cover of the sheepskin account book, and with the dim light, he saw the Nine Palace calculation diagram outlined with cinnabar at the title page - it was the unique mark of the Olympian Venerable.
Ajiu brought the fire sack closer, and You Su's back stretched straight.
Bai Ze lay on tiptoe on You Su's shoulder, his nose almost covered with yellowed paper pages. Her two ponytails swept across the side of the young man's neck, carrying the cedar in the Xuan Li Pool: "These tadpole-like runes are the account books of the world?"
You Su didn't have time to answer her, and his fingertips suddenly hit the last page. The ink traces are like a knife, and the strength penetrates the back of the paper - "In May 104th, the frost of the Shenshan Mountain fell, and the vegetable garden outside the city consumed 73,000 taels of silver, which was 9,000 stones of Linggu. However, the amount of this year is only 100 stones."
Ice crystals grow windingly on the window frame, reflecting the frost between his eyebrows heavier. There were dark brown finger marks left at the corners of the account book, as if someone had pinched his palm while reading it.
The teahouse in Shuocheng is the core of the tax issue, and this Changshan City is a vegetable garden.
You Su can hardly imagine that a vegetable garden costs 73,000 taels of silver. There is definitely something wrong with this vegetable garden!
(This chapter ends)