After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

But Fang Nanzhi still came.

Take a closer look. The mountain god temple is a two-courtyard complex. The main hall in the first courtyard is where the mountain god is enshrined, while the second courtyard is mostly guest rooms where people live.

The manager of the mountain temple is an uncle named Wu.

In fact, he has another identity, that is, he is the biological father of the child prodigy. But the child prodigy is now a temporary existence similar to the incarnation of a mountain god, so naturally he cannot have a mortal father.

Therefore, when Uncle Wu saw his son, he had to respectfully call him "child prodigy".

They can only restore their father-son relationship after the child prodigy loses his divinity and a new child prodigy takes over.

There are many people coming to the mountain temple today. After all, the mountain has just been opened and everyone is very enthusiastic.

Some nobles would leave after burning incense.

There are also some poor families who, after paying homage to the mountain god, simply ask for lodging here.

They all live there for free, which is considered as the protection of the mountain god. This is also one of the reasons why people respect the mountain god.

Uncle Wu met Fang Nanzhi and personally received her.

He had also gone to the mountain to open it the day before yesterday and knew that this person was blessed and might be the one favored by the mountain god.

It seems that he is related to the imperial physician and is a distinguished guest.

"Doctor Fang, please come in."

Uncle Wu is very enthusiastic.

"Are you Uncle Wu? As expected, you often practice in the mountain temple, and your spirit and energy are different." Fang Nanzhi spoke without hesitation.

Uncle Wu was very happy. He felt that it was a great blessing for his family to have a child prodigy.

He also got the job of guarding the mountain temple, which brought more income to the family.

My family is indeed protected by the mountain god.

"Doctor Fang, you're too polite. I'm just an ordinary citizen. I don't understand what cultivation is. The real practitioners are the servants of the gods and the divine children. I just clean the temple."

"Uncle Wu worships the mountain god every day, so he will accumulate divinity and practice." Fang Nanzhi tried his best to agree with what he said.

She discovered that they believed in mountain gods and did not care about merits or anything like that, but rather attached great importance to divinity.

Prodigies and divine servants are respected because they have a relatively high level of divinity and can communicate briefly with mountain gods.

Uncle Wu was indeed very happy to hear her say this.

Fang Nanzhi wanted to know about the past of the mountain temple, saying that some of her family members also believed in gods and she also respected them.

Uncle Wu naturally believed it.

He mentioned that the mountain temple has a history of more than 300 years.

There are some written records, and Fang Nanzhi can be invited to take a look.

This document is not something that ordinary people can read, which shows that Uncle Wu values ​​Fang Nanzhi.

Fang Nanzhi thanked happily and was led to the side hall.

There are two scrolls in the side hall, which give a detailed introduction to the mountain temple.

One book is dedicated to the development of mountain temples.

The first people to build the mountain temple were a group of mountain people. They simply built it with stones and thatch.

It is built in a mountain valley and is not very famous. Local people don’t know much about it, and even fewer go to worship the mountain god.

There isn't even a dedicated maintainer.

At that time, the mountain people built mountain temples, which was actually more of a reverence for nature and the mountains.

As for whether there are mountain gods or what they look like, they actually don’t have much idea.

Until two hundred years ago, when the previous dynasty was about to end and a new one was about to take place, wars were going on everywhere. There was no military rebellion in their Puliu Town, but local taxes were getting higher and higher.

Such as population tax, grain tax, road tax, housing tax, feces tax, water tax... and so on.

Let me put it this way, as long as you are alive, even if you take a breath, you have to pay taxes!

With so much tax, the people could not survive, so they fled into the mountains and forests.

One is to survive in the mountains and not be swept up by the chaos outside, and the other is to avoid taxes.

Those mountains do have opportunities, at least there are wild vegetables, tree bark and mushrooms that won't make people starve to death, but there are also endless dangers.

Poisonous snakes, wolves, tigers, etc. are all great enemies of mankind.

At the beginning, they suffered a lot, but later, under the leadership of local mountain people, everyone went to worship the mountain god.

I thought that when I was on someone else's land, I had to be respectful.

As time went by, the people found that their lives were much better in the mountains, and even when they encountered wild beasts, there were fewer casualties.

The people thought it was the mountain god appearing.

In Fang Nanzhi's opinion, this is their adaptation to the environment and they are becoming more and more able to survive in the mountains and forests.

As the turmoil ended and the new dynasty was established, the people gradually returned to Puliu Town.

But at that time, the mountain god was already very trusted, so the common people and gentry spontaneously contributed money and manpower to rebuild the mountain god temple at the foot of the mountain.

This mountain temple has been completely transformed and is much more magnificent than before.

As life gradually settled down, the local people actually relied mostly on the mountains and forests.

Not to mention the numerous villages in the mountains, even the people in Puliu Town and those who run restaurants always have to buy some game hunted in the mountains.

There are also stalls selling various mountain products, and even the medicine shops have to rely on the mountains to buy medicinal materials.

They are truly inseparable from the mountains, and therefore they revere mountain gods even more.

As for the mountain god temple in the city, it was built by the town’s security chief three years ago.

Baozheng is similar to Lizheng. He is not an official appointed by the court, but he has a lot of say in a certain area.

Baozheng felt that mountain gods were sacred and that there should be more temples to serve as their dojo.

So he paid most of the money, and with the help of local gentry, he not only repaired the temple here, but also expanded the temple at the foot of the mountain.

Another book mainly tells the story of the mountain god's appearance during these three hundred years.

There was a mountain villager who was lost in the forest and couldn't find the way home. The mountain god gave him guidance so that he could find his way out.

A mountain god once appeared. At that time, there was a violent storm in the mountain, and the mountain was shaking. It was suspected that a major disaster was about to happen, but someone saw the shadow of the mountain god on the top of the mountain, and then everything calmed down.

However, Puliu Town and Huangniu County further ahead were very unlucky. A torrent of wind and rain swept through the area, causing the collapse of their houses and the death of many people.

It also includes the stories told by the ladies at the banquet yesterday.

Fang Nanzhi thought it was okay when he read it as a vernacular story, but in some places, the so-called appearance of the mountain god was a bit forced.

For example, a major earthquake, this kind of thing has a scope.

The figure you see on the top of the mountain is probably just a rock, after all, it is very likely that it cannot be seen clearly due to the strong wind and heavy rain.

In short, Fang Nanzhi was interested in mountain gods, but it was hard for him to believe that such gods really existed.

If there is, she would like to see it.

By the time she finished reading everything, it was already evening, and they had lunch in the temple.

Before leaving, she went to burn incense and then mentioned that she felt the mountain god was great and wanted to discuss it more deeply with the god's servants and the child prodigy.

Uncle Wu shook his head: "They want to practice cultivation and serve the mountain gods, so they rarely see outsiders."

As the father of the child prodigy, he only sees people when the mountain god parades and opens the mountain every year.

Fang Nanzhi didn't force it, he just wanted to pass on a message through him, and Uncle Wu agreed to give it a try.

He could only pass on the message to another mountain temple and could not see the child prodigy at all.