Chapter 194: Destroying the Gods and Destroying the Locusts
"Xuanjia Iron Horseman, invincible in the world!"
"Xuanjia Iron Horseman, invincible in the world!"
Yanzhou, on the wide official road, the banner is waving, the iron hooves are ringing, a team of Xuanjia cavalry is galloping at full strength, the person at the head, wearing a 'ghost face helmet', wearing a 'cold iron armor', sitting down 'Moyanju', it is the governor of the west - Xuzhou Mu - Xiao Yi!
A sudden locust plague simply stopped the upcoming war of the princes, and also changed the situation in the world, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao did not fight between the two strong, and Sun Ce of Jiangdong had no chance to take advantage of it, but in order to prevent the 'tiger' from hurting people, Xiao Yi ordered his general Zhang Liao to command 30,000 troops to sit in Shouchun, and he led the Xuanjia army to return north overnight, preparing to deal with the locust army that made people smell and change color!
In order to further understand the disaster situation in order to come up with a way to deal with it, Xiao Yi did not go back to Xuzhou directly, but made a detour to Yanzhou, and rushed to the most severely affected counties.
The way of life is cut off, the people are panicked, today's Yan and Henan prefectures, like a pile of huge dry firewood, as long as a spark pops out, it will immediately burst into flames, in the face of such a grim situation, it is too late to ask the imperial court, Xiao Yi immediately in the name of the 'Governor of the West of the West', forcibly ordered the local government to provide disaster relief, and made a hard and a soft, both hands prepared!
For this princely war, the local government has prepared a large amount of military food, now the war does not have to fight, these military food has naturally become 'relief food', the treasury has been opened, began to send grain and grass to the disaster area, and to ensure that the distribution to every family of the victims, as the so-called 'food in the hand, do not panic in the heart', as long as the people can be fed, there are few people willing to take risks!
On the other hand, Xiao Yi divided the Xuanjia army under his command into more than a dozen teams, patrolled back and forth in the disaster area, and shouted the slogan of 'Xuanjia Iron Cavalry, invincible in the world', in order to deter those evildoers with ulterior motives.
Stabilize the situation with grain and grass, and deter people with killing, relying on these two methods, there was no large-scale civil border in the disaster area, even if there were some small disturbances, they were quickly suppressed by the Xuanjia army, but the locust plague is still continuing, Yuzhou is over, Yanzhou is also finished, and now the locust army is advancing all the way to the east, is sweeping Shanyang County, if they are crossed, behind is the vast land of the five counties of Xuzhou!
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Shanyang County, located at the junction of three states, is not only a place for soldiers to fight, but also a channel for the locust army to advance eastward, Xiao Yi once served as a taishou, and is most familiar with the 'geographical environment, customs and customs' here, so he is ready to put the battlefield of the sniper locust army on this land that he has governed!
"Sacrifice...... Locust God! ”
"Grandpa Locust God, enjoy the sacrifice!"
"Grandpa Locust God, return to heaven as soon as possible!"
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Outside Shanyang County, a huge sacrificial ceremony is underway, from the local officials to the Li people, the black crowd is beyond the boundary, there are tens of thousands of people, all kneeling on the ground, holding all kinds of tributes, bowing to a newly completed altar on the hillside!
The altar is very luxurious, the boulder is the base, the blue brick is paved with the ground, it is divided into nine steps, there are soap-colored flags of twenty-eight stars on the four corners, in addition to the three animals in front of the stage, there is a huge bronze tripod, the cigarette smoke is swirling, and the sparks are flying!
Looking at the stage again, there is a statue of the locust god of 'insect head and human body', only to see this god, square head, green face, long beard, a pair of front teeth are huge, the corners of the mouth are about to crack to the side of the ear, and he is also wearing a big red god robe, with a jade belt around his waist, and there is a big seal hanging on it, engraved with eight big characters~~'The locust descended from the sky, eating the world! ’
Just as a mouse will regard a cat as an idol, people are not resentful of these locusts that eat up their crops, but deeply afraid, and then have a kind of awe!
Thinking that they are sent by God to sweep the world, in this case, how can people fight with the sky, so they only worship this locust god devoutly, offer precious sacrifices, hope that this god will return to heaven as soon as possible, if the mouth is merciful, can give the people a little bit of crops, it will be great, but unfortunately, the locust god grandfather has always been 'do not eat all, do not stop' character!
When the Xuanjia Army arrived, the sacrificial activities were in the middle of the first class, countless officials and people knelt on the ground, desperately kowtowing to the altar, 'bang' sound, and soon knocked on the forehead, and even knocked out bloodstains, which shows how afraid people are of this locust god in their hearts!
Seeing this situation, Xiao Yi rode straight in, the iron horse in front of the road, the horn sounded in the back, and there was a dark green flag fluttering in the wind, on which was a fight 'big' Xiao character, along the way the people avoided it, some good eyes, after seeing Xiao Yi sitting on the 'ink smoke horse', he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and shouted, "See Lord Taishou!" ’
Although he has been away for two years, Xiao Yi's prestige in Shanyang County is still unparalleled, it is this Taishou Lord, who started from scratch, used iron-blooded means to destroy the strong, suppress the bandits, sweep away the rogues, and reclaim the wasteland, so that the destitute Shanyang County is full of vitality, and then it has become the most prosperous place among the eight counties of Yanzhou, and the people even set up a shrine for him, and the incense is endless!
"The lower officials visited the governor, but they didn't know that the soldiers and horses had come here, and they couldn't meet them from afar, and they hoped to atone for their sins!"
Seeing Xiao Yi appear, the officials of Shanyang County stepped forward to salute, led by the Taishou Qin Yu, he was originally a master bookkeeper, because he was diligent in his work, he was outstanding, Xiao Yi recommended him to take over the position of Taishou after he left, and in the past two years, he has governed the place and pacified the people, which can be regarded as quite a political achievement!
"Bastards, incompetent, a bunch of useless things!"
Xiao Yi's face was pale, and after jumping off the horse, he picked up the horsewhip in his hand, and whipped Qin Yu on his head and face, and said with blood marks on the beating, the official robe was torn, and most of the governors were angry, and this Taishou didn't dare to hide, so he had to kneel there straight and let him be beaten!
"The locust plague is raging, the grass and trees are wiped out, and the people of Li are in dire straits, you guys don't go to disaster relief and save the people, but hide here and bow down to a useless clay statue, and the faces of the Han officials have been lost by you!"
After pumping Qin Yu, Xiao Yi stepped into the group of officials, one person and one whip, no one let go, and the smoke was 'popping' ~~~
"The governor of the capital atons for his sins, the locusts are a godsend, and they can not be saved by manpower, although the lower officials and others are anxious, but there is no other way to use it, but to sacrifice to the locust god and pray for God's blessing!"
Qin Yu was beaten with tears in his eyes, and he felt very aggrieved, he didn't have a disaster relief, the grain and grass in the treasury were all distributed, and the money and silk were also exhausted, but the locust plague was too big, and there were too many victims, in order to appease people's hearts, he ordered to sacrifice to the locust god, for which he didn't eat meat for several days, and bathed and changed clothes, which can be described as pious!
"Sacrifice to the locust god, this is the ghost method you came up with, the incense is burned, the head is also knocked down, can the locusts be reduced in the slightest?" Xiao Yi was almost speechless with anger, people are the spirits of all things, and they were scared like this by a small insect, it is a sacrifice and an offering, the question is whether it is useful?
Along the way, the fields were full of locusts, and the sound of clattering and clattering was endless, and at least half of the crops in the entire Shanyang County were eaten, but these people only kowtowed, so no one thought about going over and killing these insects?
"Dadu, locusts are godsends, they can only be worshipped, not offended!"
"That's right, please give the locust god a few sticks of incense, and pray that his old man will return to heaven soon!"
Those officials who had just been beaten came up again, holding a few incense candles in their hands, since ancient times, when encountering locust plagues, they are kowtowing to worship, and the higher the identity of the worshipper, the better, now that the governor is here, he is naturally the best candidate to worship the locust god, maybe this 'foodie god' is happy, and he will go back to the sky~~
"I am the canonized governor of the Western Empire, the pastor of Xuzhou, and the Marquis of Wuwu in the Han Dynasty, kowtowing to a bug, just kidding, today the governor of Pontus will let you see, whether this worm is effective or not!"
Breaking the incense candle in three or two clicks, Xiao Yi knew that no amount of reprimands was useless, if he wanted to break the awe of locusts in people's hearts, he had to take some practical action today!
Thinking of this, with a wave of his big hand, his own soldiers immediately rushed up, surrounded the altar, and one by one the bows were wound, the knives were unsheathed, and the surrounding people were vigilantly monitored to prevent them from making trouble!
Look at Xiao Yi again, shake the black big hat on his body, and walk towards the altar, the first thing he saw was the bronze tripod weighing hundreds of pounds, the incense inside was booming, without saying a word, he kicked it over, only to hear the sound of 'boom', the huge copper tripod was kicked to the ground by Xiao Yi, and then rolled down all the way 'jingling' chaotically~~
"What is the Metropolitan going to do? He~~ Is he crazy? ”
Seeing the giant tripod rolling down, the officials under the altar were all dumbfounded, first of all, they were amazed by Xiao Yi's divine power, this is a big tripod used to worship the locust god, full of materials, all of them are fine bronze, weighing five or six hundred catties, and they were kicked down with a kick, is this still flesh and blood?
Secondly, they were really frightened, from ancient times to the present, the Chinese 'respect heaven and earth, fear ghosts and gods', only kowtow to offer, I have not heard of anyone who dares to be rude, although the locust god is just a small insect god who does not enter the stream, but after all, it is also a god, most of the governors do this, are they not afraid that the gods blame and anger the heavens?
Xiao Yi is not afraid, he is really not afraid, in his previous life he was a more naughty child, poking swallows, burning ants, catching sparrows, there are no less things to do, catching locusts is one of the games he and his friends often play, not only catching, they also dare to eat it, the locusts roasted by the fire will turn golden brown, and they will taste crunchy, especially in some big restaurants, there are special insect feasts, a plate of fried locusts costs dozens of yuan, and ordinary people can't afford to eat it!
The bronze tripod kicked down, the three big sacrifices were torn off, and the flags on the stage were broken seven or eight in a row, and finally Xiao Yi stepped to the statue of the 'locust god grandfather', and began to look up and down with bad intentions!
Not to mention, the craftsman's craftsmanship is good, the statue is made vividly, if it is placed in the future generations, it can be regarded as a work of art, especially the eyes of the locust god, it really paints the charm, indifferent, greedy, crazy, arrogant, ......, it is even more divine than the human eye, Xiao Yi also compared the height, except for the pair of big whiskers on the top of his head, he is almost the same as this locust god~~~
"Don't do it, don't do it!"
"That's the locust god master, if he is angry, God will condemn him, come down quickly and kowtow to ask for sin!"
The officials below finally reacted at this time, and had the heart to step forward to stop it, but they were stopped by those Xuanjia soldiers, so they had to kneel under the stage, begging and kowtowing at the same time, and they couldn't tell whether they were worshipping the locust god or worshipping this disrespectful ghost god!
"A clay sculpture, there are gods, today Pontus will let you all see, what is called man will conquer the sky!"
While speaking, Xiao Yi pulled out the 'Chopping Sword' on his waist with his backhand, and with a flash of cold light, the head of the 'Grandpa Locust God' flew out, and with a 'snap', it rolled off the stage, smashed beyond recognition, two big whiskers, and a pair of front teeth all fell off~~
That's not all, Xiao Yi flew up again, and was kicking on the chest of the locust god, where the clay statue could hold his divine power, and suddenly with a 'bang', it shattered into countless small pieces and collapsed on the altar!
Looking at the fragments on the ground, Xiao Yi made a few clicks with his sword, picked up the locust god seal, and put it in his arms, "Yes, it is treated with pure gold, and the weight is very sufficient, just take it back and smash the walnuts, since Xiao Jing has the 'indestructible' seal, Lu Ling'er is very envious, and she has not been pestering Xiao Yi to have one, now it's okay, one for each person, the two little girls in the province are always fighting!" ”
"Wow! ~~ Oh my! Oh God! ”
"The Metropolitan Governor really did it, cutting off the head of the locust god grandfather, and smashing the idol ......"
"Why didn't there be thunder, no rain, not even a cloud, could it be said that the 'locust god grandfather' was also afraid of the divine power of the Grand Duke......
Qin Yu was stunned, the civil and military officials were stunned, and countless people were stunned, with that sword and kick, it was not only the locust statue on the altar that was broken, but also the gods in their hearts, which also turned into dust!
However, the Chinese cannot live without gods in their hearts, the locust god grandfather is gone, but another god statue sits in their hearts, that is, the Xiao Dadu Governor on the altar who is drawing his sword and scolding the sky, gods and ghosts are afraid of evil people, when a person is fierce to the extreme, but even ghosts and gods have to make three points for him!
"The Governor of Pontus has announced that from now on, all the temples of the people that worship the locust gods will be smashed, and those who sacrifice to the evil gods indiscriminately will be killed! …… In addition, the people of Yu and Yan Prefecture will be ordered to ~~ destroy the gods and destroy the locusts! ”
Holding a sword, Xiao Yi gave an order murderously, God blocked and killed God, this is the true nature of a man!