From then on everything became out of control. During the Hundred years, approximately seventeen brides disappeared in the Yu Jun mountain region. Sometimes in a full year nothing happens, while at other times in a very short period of time there will be two brides who disappear. In a short time, a frightening legend circulated quickly in the community: There is a Ghost Bridegroom on Mount Yu Jun. If he likes a bride, then he will kidnap her during the wedding procession and then eat the brides' relatives who take her.
Initially, problems like this will not be notified to heaven, because even though there were seventeen missing brides, hundreds of thousands of other brides managed to go through their marriage processions safely and safely. However, it would be impossible to find the missing bride-to-be and save them, so the community has no choice but to continue this procession. It's just that the number of families in this region who dare to marry off their daughters is reduced and they do not dare to make a festive and grand wedding procession. However, to be exact the seventeenth bride was the daughter of a great official. The father spoiled his daughter very much, and when she heard about this legend, she carefully selected forty brave and extraordinary military officials to escort her daughter to her bridegroom. However, even with such preparations his daughter still disappeared.
This time the ghost of the groom has found the wrong prey. The bride's father could not find anyone in this mortal world for help. So, he made cooperation with fellow officials in the government and continued to make rituals. He even took the advice of the elders to open the barns and help the poor. After creating such an uproar, he finally managed to surprise the heavenly officers. If not, how could those small voices reach the ears of the heavenly officer.
"That's roughly the picture of the problem." Xie Lian explained
Because the faces of these two young war gods looked unfriendly, he wasn't sure if they were listening or not. If they did not listen, then Xie Lian had no choice but to tell it once more. But, beyond his expectations, Nan Feng raised his head and frowned then he asked, "do the brides have anything in common or in common with each other?"
Xie Lian replied, "There are some brides who come from rich families and some from poor families. Some are beautiful and some are ugly, some are a legitimate wife and there is also a concubine. In short, the loss of the brides does not have any pattern. Nobody can even guess what this groom ghost looks like. "
"Mmmm," Nan Feng snorted then raised his glass and drank his tea. It seems like he started to think about this problem. Whereas Fu Yao did not even touch the glass of tea Xie Lian had given him. He just kept rubbing his hands with a white handkerchief before asking an indifferent question, "Your Highness Prince, how can you decide that this ghost is a groom? That is still not certain. Nobody has seen it. How can we know whether he is a woman or a man, is he old or young? Didn't you think about this problem too simply? "
Xie Lian smiled and then replied, "The conclusions written on this scroll are a summary that comes from the Ling Wen Khaled Official Hall. "Ghost of the Groom" is the name used by the people in this area. But, what you have said also makes sense. "
After exchanging thoughts like this, Xie Lian realized that the way of thinking of these two war gods was quite sharp. Although the expressions they showed were not very good, they did not underestimate work problems. This made XIe Lian grateful. Because it was getting dark, they left the teahouse. Xie Lian put his bamboo hat back on and then walked. After walking a few steps, he finally realized that the two people behind him were not following him. Feeling confused, Xie Lian turned to look at them and realized that they too were looking at him with a confused face.
Nan Feng asked, "Where are you going?"
"I will look for a place to stay. Fu Yao why are you rolling your eyeballs again (haha for a long time, the eye blades are children)?
Nan Feng asked again with a confused feeling, "Then why are you walking towards the mountains and the forest?"
Xie Lian was used to eating and sleeping on the streets. As long as he could find a place to spread his clothes on the ground, he would lie there all night. As usual, he intends to find a cave and light a campfire. But then he remembered that Nan Feng and Fu Yao were gods of war taking shelter in the respected palace hall. If around here there are Nan Yang or Xuan Zhen temples, then they will go there. What do they sleep in the forest for?
In a short time, they found a small temple that was worn and damaged and located in the corner. The incinerator was split, and this place gave the impression that very few people came here. The name of an earth god is written on a small round stone plaque. Xie Lian called him several times, for years there had been no one who called or made offerings to the earth gods of this area. When suddenly he heard someone call him, his eyes immediately rounded. He saw the three of them standing in front of him. Even the area around their bodies is covered by beautiful light. It is very difficult to see their faces clearly. Immediately jumped in surprise, the earth god trembled and shuddered before finally daring to ask, "Do these three heavenly officers have orders for this low me?"
Xie Lian nodded his head as a greeting and then spoke, "There is no order, we just want to know if there is a general temple around Nan Yang or General Xuan Zhen around?"
The Earth God did not dare to ignore them, so he answered, "that ... that ... that ..." he counted with his fingers and then answered again, about five li1 from here, there was a temple that offered offerings to General Nan Yang. "
Xie Lian held her hands together and thanked the earth god. But the earth god felt like he had been blinded by the sparkling light that stood beside Xie Lian except that he didn't dare to tell it. Whereas Xie Lian, groped for her clothes to find a coin so she could make an offering to the God of Earth. Then he saw an incense that had fallen, straightened it and lit a fire on it. During this process, Fu Yao rolled his eyes for the number of times, honestly Xie Lian wanted to ask him if his eyes were tired?
As expected, after five li had passed, they actually found a temple. The temple was built on the side of the road and looks very glorious and famous. Even though the temple is a little small, everything needed is there. But this place is bustling with excitement and unusual noise seen from the crowd that comes and goes. The three of them hid themselves before entering the temple. And of course, a statue of Lord Nan Yang who was holding an arrow stood firmly on the worship altar.
When Xie Lian saw this magnificent statue, he said "uh..huh .." in his heart.
For a small temple in the countryside, this magnificent statue and the paint is roughly madeOverall this statue is very far from the impression Xie Lian had on Feng Xin.
However, almost all of the heavenly officers were accustomed to seeing their statues that were not made according to their appearance. Don't be surprised if their mothers don't even recognize the statue of their child. There are even some official officers who do not recognize the statue itself (chuckles). Well, however, there aren't many artists who have met the heavenly officers in person, so it's only natural that they can't describe it exactly. Even so, these statues can be very beautiful or even very ugly. They can only rely on the special posture that each statue has like a weapon, and their clothes to recognize which heavenly officer the statue depicts.
Overall, the richer an area that built the statue will be, the more similar the statue will be to the original heavenly officer. The poorer the area makes it, then it can be sure that the statue will be a very tragic sight. So far only the statue of General Xuan Xhen has looked good overall. Why? Because almost all of the heavenly officers do not care if their statue is not made well though. Unlike the case with Xuan Zhen, if he sees someone making his statue ugly, then he will intentionally destroy it so that the artist makes it back better. Sometimes, he even made a vague dream for the artist to show his dissatisfaction, so that now all his followers knew that they had to make a nice sculpture for their master.
Members in Xuan Zhen's palace have personalities that are not much different from his General. They all pay close attention to details. In less than two hours they entered the Nan Yang temple, Fu Yao had commented on the mistakes in the statue. It could be 'the shape isn't right', or 'the color doesn't match', or 'the technique used by the artist is very bad'. He even commented on how the tastes of the artists were very strange. When Xie Lian saw the veins on Nan Feng's face began to appear, he began to think of ways to change the subject. Coincidentally, Xie Lian saw a young woman enter to pay homage to Nan Yang. As the young woman knelt down, Xie Lian began to speak softly. "As we know that the territory of Nan Yang ZhenJun is in the south. I didn't expect that the incense that was burned to offer to Nan Yang would be this much even though this is the northern region. "
When temples were built in this mortal world, they were made to resemble palace buildings in heaven. God statues are usually a reflection of the appearance of the heavenly officer himself. The number of followers and incense that they burn for offerings is a source of spiritual strength for heavenly officials. In addition, due to the geographical location of each individual, history, social habits, class and many other different reasons cause people in each region will worship different gods as well. They have great spiritual strength in their respective territories, also known as the advantage of their place of origin. Only the Emperor had temples built in all directions, so it made no difference to Jun Wu whether it was his native area or not. Nan Feng should feel very proud to see the incense that was burned for a large number of offerings in a temple that was not in the territory of his master. But seeing the look on his face, that didn't seem like a good thing to him.
Fu Yao stood aside and smiled faintly then said, "not bad, not bad, General Nan Yang does not receive small amounts of love and respect."
Xie Lian responded, "But, I have a question ... but I'm not sure ..."
Nan Feng interrupted, "if you want to say 'I don't know if it's worth asking,' then don't continue."
"not. I want to say 'I don't know if anyone wants to answer it." He muttered to himself.
Even so, Xie Lian realized the answer to her question would not be good. So he decided to change the subject again.
Unfortunately, who would have thought that Fu Yao would casually say, "I know what you want to ask, you must be confused why so many followers have come here today. Why are almost all those who come are women, right? "
That was truly the question Xie Lian wanted to ask
Female followers of a god of war are usually fewer than male followers. It's just that he (Xie Lian) has been an exception eight hundred years ago, and the explanation behind the exception is very simple. The reason is only a few words: He is Handsome.
Xie Lian really understands this. It was not because of virtue and dignity, or not because he had extraordinary abilities. But because the statues and temples are very well made. Almost all of the temples were built by workers from the kingdom and the statue of the gods was made by famous artists in his country. Plus because of his famous words, 'The body is in hell, but the soul is in heaven' the artists always add flowers to the statue of the god. And also they make the temple look like a sea of flowers. So, he used to have another nickname. Xie Lian is also known as the 'God of War the Flower Crown'. That's why the women liked the statue that looked beautiful, and they also liked the temple which was filled with flowers. That was enough to make them hurry to come. Luckily they were also willing to come in and pay their respects to him.
However, usually the god of war is identical and surrounded by a murderous aura. So most of the forms of the statue that they have will usually be arrogant, handsome, or even look scary. For female followers they usually prefer to worship the god of compassion rather than having to worship a god who has such a statue. Although this statue of Nan Yang is far from a scary impression, but it is unexpected that those who come here are almost entirely women. Plus Nan Feng didn't want to answer that question, making Xie Lien think that something strange was happening. At that moment, the young woman had finished praying and stood up to burn incense. And then turn around.
When Xie Lian saw the woman turn around, she suddenly pushed the two people beside her slowly. Initially, none of them intended to see. But because it was pushed like that, they followed the direction of their vision. However, in just one glance the two's expressions immediately changed.
Fu Yao Shouted, "Too Bad!"
Xie Lian was silent for a moment before finally waking up and said, "Fu Yao, you can't say that to a woman like that."
Actually, what Fu Yao said was the right thing. the young woman's face was completely flat, as if someone had slapped her face. And also if someone says that this woman's face is mediocre, then that will give a negative meaning to the word 'mediocre'. If his face was described, Xie Lian was afraid they could only express it with the words 'crooked nose and narrow eyes'.
However, Xie Lian did not show them her beauty or ugliness, what she pointed out was actually a very large hole in her skirt that was seen when she turned around. It's impossible to pretend you didn't see that.
Fu Yao was also surprised at first, but he immediately calmed down. On the other hand, the veins on Nan Feng's forehead that had been seen had disappeared without a trace.
When Xie Lian saw their faces that immediately changed, he hurriedly said, "Don't panic, don't panic."
After that, the woman put her incense in the incense burner and knelt down once more. He began to pay his respects and said, "Please protect us General Nan Yang. I am a follower of your woman named Ying praying that the groom's ghost can be captured as soon as possible. Do not let innocent people feel their wickedness ... "
He prayed solemnly, and really did not realize there was a hole in his skirt. He also did not realize the existence of the three people who were crouching under the feet of the statue he worshiped.
Xie Lian began to think and ask, "what should we do? We can't possibly let him go like this, right? Everyone will be able to see that when he walks home.
Also, the cut on the skirt looked like it had been deliberately made by someone using sharp objects. Xie Lian was afraid that people would not only come and see but there would also be people who rudely mocked the woman, making her a public spectacle. Things like that are really embarrassing.
Fu Yao answered nonchalantly, "Don't ask me, after all he worshiped is not my gender Xuan Zhen. And I don't see any disturbance. "
On the other hand, Nan Yang's handsome face turned pale. He could only wave his hand without being able to say anything. This kind and proud lord was forced to be mute, and it was clear he could not be relied on at this time. Because of that, Xie lian took the initiative to do something. After a brief glance, he removed the layers of his outer robe and dropped it. Blown by the wind, the robe flew towards the young girl and covered the hole in her skirt. Seeing that, the three of them sighed in relief.
Only, the gusts of wind were very clearly felt, making the girl frightened and looked in every direction. He then took the robe, hesitated for a moment and then placed it under the statue. He still did not realize his condition. Because the incense had been burned, he hurried to leave. If they really let this woman out, Xie Lian was worried that this woman would no longer dare to show her face in front of people because she felt ashamed. When Xie Lian saw the two people beside him just stay quiet, both of them seemed useless - he sighed. Nan Feng and Fu Yao felt that the place beside them became empty and realized that Xie LIan had transformed into a figure that could be seen and jumped down.
The lighting in this temple is not lacking, but they deliberately make it invisible. Xie Lian's jump made another gust of wind, and made the flames of the candle flicker. This young woman, Ying only felt her vision blurred and saw a man emerge from the darkness. His upper body is not wearing anything. When Xie Lian extended her hand to the girl, her soul flew somewhere out of fear.
As expected, the girl screamed. When Xie Lian was about to speak, the woman sent a slap and shouted, "Ah !! Harassment! "
Xie Lian got slapped on his face. The sound of the slap was very clear. When they heard that, the faces of the two people who were still hiding under the statue became shocked. Even though he was slapped, Xie Lian was not angry or upset. He just held out his robe to the girl and said a few words in a calm voice. After hearing what he said, the girl was shocked. When she touched the back of her skirt, her face instantly turned red and her eyes filled with tears in a split second. No one knew whether it was the cry of anger or the cry of holding back shame, but he then grasped the robe Xie Lian had given before hastily leaving the temple. Only the fragile figure of Xie Lian was seen in the temple. When the cold wind blows, he suddenly feels cold.
Xie Lian rubbed his face before turning around. Finding a slap on his cheek, he began to say to these two little gods, "OK, now everything is fine."
After he finished his words, Nan Feng pointed at him and asked, "You ... are your wounds open?"
Xie Lian looked down before muttering, "Oh."
What was displayed after he took off his robe was beautiful skin as white as jade. However, his chest was covered by layers of white cloth, which were very tightly bound. Even his neck and wrists were bandaged. And some of the small wounds seen under the bandages were a truly shocking sight.
After thinking about it, Xie Lian felt that his dislocated neck was fine, and he began to remove the bandage.
Fu Yao looked at him again and asked, "Who?"
"What?" Xie Lian answered.
"Who fought with you?"
"Fight? Ah, nothing ... "
"Then the wounds on your body?" Connect Nan Feng.
"I fell alone."
"..."
Those are the wounds he got because he was descended from heaven. If he really fights against someone, then it's impossible for him to get hurt like this. Fu Yao muttered something. Xie Lian didn't understand what he was saying, but it was clear that it didn't seem like a compliment to him so Xie Lian ignored him. He only focused on opening the bandages around his neck. As soon as he finished, the gazes of Nan Feng and Fu Yao, their eyes focused on his neck.
A Black Collar wrapped around her neck as white as snow.