Chapter 528: Mountain Worship Ceremony

"Laws, orders, killing..."

"Dusk is the boundary, yin and yang are divided. Living people and evil spirits, each go their own way..."

Hu Ma held the mace, and seemed to be frozen there for a long time. Even his body, who came to the mansion to watch the New Year, could not bear such a weight, but he still felt that the weight on the mace was still increasing.

Before this, he did not know the origin of this mace, but only knew that it was a token of the Hu family. Until this moment, when he raised the mace, he felt the rolling evil spirit contained in the mace.

There are even some of the most ancient and magnificent things inside, pointing directly to the deepest secrets and logic of this world.

The cause and effect on this mace is much greater than he imagined, even more than what the Zhensui Hu family, one of the ten surnames, should have. There are many things that seem to be impatient, and after he raised the mace, they scrambled and pressed on his shoulders.

From the moment the mace was raised, something deep in the world had been affected, with layers of cause and effect intertwined.

In a remote village, Aunt Zhang, as usual, helped to send off an elderly man in the village, declined the other party's funeral banquet, and came back to feed the listless chickens in the yard.

Just as she was wondering why the chickens she fed were becoming less and less energetic and not laying eggs after she came back from Mingzhou Prefecture, she suddenly heard some movement in the house.

She hurriedly put down the dustpan and came to the house. She was shocked and saw that the token she brought back from Mingzhou and placed on the table was shaking gently, and the three incense sticks in front of the token had burned to the bottom.

She quickly lit three more incense sticks and silently chanted a spell to the token for a long time before the token settled down. However, she was already thinking: "Maybe, I have to go to Mingzhou again?"

Beside Qingshi Town, because this family has not given birth to a new child for a long time, the seventh aunt is still the seventh aunt's family. They are gathered in the nest, drinking happily and teasing the gold and silver dolls raised by their side.

The seventh aunt, who has always had good teeth, suddenly froze for a moment while gnawing on the chicken bones, shrugged her shoulders, and felt uncomfortable.

"What's wrong with the aunt?"

The third and fourth children who only know how to eat and sleep next to them felt something was wrong and asked with squinted eyes.

Seventh Aunt was stunned for a while, feeling something was wrong, but nothing seemed to be wrong, so she simply shook her head and said, "It's okay, it's okay, continue eating chicken and drinking."

The two gold and silver dolls next to her, originally spiritual treasures, seemed to sense something now, trembling and hugging each other, shouting, "Seventh Aunt, there is official power..."

"..."

Further away, a square-faced bearded man who was hiding in a grave and practicing hard in the altar, silently practiced for a long time, but suddenly had a whim and opened his eyes. When he looked at it, his face suddenly changed drastically.

The oil lamp in the altar was as small as a fly bean. He stretched out his hand to protect it and tried to add oil in a hurry: "I just borrowed some things to cross the bridge, why is there such a big reaction?"

But suddenly, the oil lamp suddenly became brighter and burned his eyebrows. He jumped up with a scream, his face was pale, and his voice was trembling: "No, why did you give so much at once?"

"I just borrowed your things, but you are so good that you want to transfer the house to me?"

"I am a thief, not your son..."

"..."

"..."

"Senior, the Hu family's token is already in my hands..."

Hu Ma has no time to care about the changes happening everywhere. He just gritted his teeth. After confirming the ownership of the mace, he suddenly gathered all his strength, loosened his hand, and slowly put the mace back into the stone box.

It seemed that only at this moment did his stiff body get better. It seemed that every bone in his body was broken and reconnected. Since he entered the mansion, he rarely felt serious fatigue.

"Don't worry, don't worry..."

He looked at the iron mace in the box and couldn't help but whispered: "I only took the mace. It's not time to go to the court yet. Don't rush to give it all to me..."

After a long while, he took a deep breath, turned around slowly, and looked around. He only raised the mace for a moment, but he seemed to have a feeling of being reborn.

After a long time, he stood firm, bowed to the box lightly, and then turned around.

At this moment, he also changed in the dark. Turning around, he saw Shanjun's face clearly. He was gentle and elegant, and he was elegant and refined. Shanjun was not a mortal, but now he could see him clearly as if he could see a mortal.

Even, maybe holding this mace, there are many more powerful things that I couldn't imagine before. I even feel that maybe with this mace, Shanjun...

"Even if it's just in your heart, can you respect me more?"

Senior Shanjun frowned suddenly when he saw Hu Ma turning around with the mace, and his body slowly retreated a little. It was not because he was alert, but as if he was looking at Hu Ma better, he sighed softly, and then said softly:

"The golden mace to suppress evil spirits..."

"It's a heavy weapon that has been refined by gathering 72 coppers, 81 mountain irons, and firewood from 370 states in the world... Although I have been looking forward to seeing you pick it up, now that I really see it, I feel a little sad..."

"What about you?"

He sighed, and suddenly looked at Hu Ma seriously: "If this thing doesn't come out, it will be nothing. Once it comes out, it will be doomed to tremble in all directions. Now that you have this trump card, you..."

"...Who are you going to hit on the head first?"

"..."

Facing this question, even Hu Ma was startled for a moment, and then couldn't help but look outside.

Today, there is a vague chaos in Mingzhou, with the Hu family's branch, the cannibal General Tianming, and the ambitious Tongyin Meng family hiding in the dark...

But countless figures flashed through his mind, but Hu Ma didn't answer for a long time. It wasn't until a huge thought came to his mind that he slowly looked up at the tiger and whispered: "The golden mace to suppress evil spirits is born. How you hit it the first time is indeed very important..."

"Maybe I have to hit the hardest one, maybe I have to hit the most accurate one..."

"..."

After listening to his words, the tiger couldn't help but become curious. He looked at him and said, "Then how do you plan to knock?"

Hu Ma let out a low breath, and a smile appeared on her face, saying: "I think this first blow should be the loudest one."

"So, I also need to see whose head is hard enough!"

After listening to his words, Tiger suddenly laughed, as if he had seen something interesting, and his laughter was full of expectation.

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"What? Is there a closing tax?"

"What is official tax?"

"Tax is rent. If you cultivate the land owned by the landlord, shouldn't you pay rent to others?"

"But we have already paid rent to the landlord's family, why do we have to pay taxes again?"

"If the landlord doesn't pay, then you have to pay?"

"..."

And at the same time when Hu Ma entered Juehu Village and obtained the golden mace for suppressing evil spirits, which had already affected many things even in the depths of the world, changes were quietly taking place in Mingzhou Mansion.

The government tax collector, who had disappeared for many years, began to appear in the villages, fields, and in front of the landlord's warehouse. He held his fists in his hands and said good things. He held an account book and an abacus in his hand, but his attitude was very firm. There will definitely be taxes.

Because of the sudden tax collection, many disputes arose, so soon, even the government officials in Mingzhou City showed up, and the district chiefs from various places were named, and the young people from all over the place began to be They were picked out to receive the grain from the government and collect the grain from the people.

It was as if the Mingzhou government office, which had disappeared for nearly twenty years and was almost forgotten, came to life overnight and revealed its unattainable figure.

In addition to those government officials who go to the village and go to the fields, there are even some government officials who stay in Mingzhou City all year round and are rarely seen in leisure time, as well as a group of officials in charge of punishment and political affairs and high-status people. The noble Lord also appeared.

They set up an incense table in front of Laoyin Mountain and placed three animals and six animals as offerings. They burned incense and prayed to the gods: "Heaven and earth are the basis for granting the emperor's orders, collecting taxes, and being in charge of criminal laws. Now I sue the ghosts and gods. I only wish." The weather is going smoothly in my day..."

On the surface, it is a sacrifice to the gods, but it is more like announcing the rights and responsibilities.

This is the exercise of authority by the Lord of the Yangjian Palace, and it is a matter of course. Even the Lord of the Underworld Palace has no choice but to interfere without authorization.

But this matter has not happened in Mingzhou for twenty years, so even the person praying was worried. The people from the Truth Sect who came to observe the matter even widened their eyes and held their breath to watch.

After the prayer, there was silence for a long time.

Although this grand ceremony was unprecedented, and the government officials were also pious, but after waiting for a long time, they only saw the incense on the incense table burning quietly without any abnormalities.

No one touched the offerings on the incense table. Even after they had been placed there for a long time, flies landed on them.

"Don't accept our sacrifice?"

The people who burned incense and paid their respects waited for a long time, but when they saw that there was no movement, they felt uneasy and didn't know what to do.

At first, some people couldn't control their worries and looked at General Tianming who was wearing a red robe next to him, wanting to persuade him, but he hesitated.

The destined general hesitated slightly, turned around and looked behind him. The attendants were surrounding him. He looked at a sedan with a curtain hanging down. He saw that there was no movement inside the sedan. However, in this invisible silence, he seemed to be able to detect someone in the sedan. A little irritable.

So, he frowned, climbed up from the ground, patted the soil on his knees, and then slowly walked to the incense table.

He took a piece of fruit from the altar, wiped it on his clothes, ate it, and said coldly: "Whether he accepts the sacrifice or not, the etiquette has been fulfilled, so why should he be polite to them?"

"Go to the countryside tomorrow. My people will accompany you!"