Chapter 16, the fourth
Fan Li's cultivation speed is very fast, he was a high-ranking official when he was alive, he was a rich man, retired to the mountains and forests, and scattered all his family wealth. His perception of Dao and Truth is far better than we expected, twenty years have passed, and he is already an Earth Immortal, which is much faster than the original Yi Zhi, and we all expect him to become the second Heavenly Immortal of the Demon Cultivation.
Yi Zhi is the one he is looking forward to the most, he still always mentions the night he was thrown in Yanjun Village, he desperately hopes that Fan Li will get the same treatment, even the hammer to demolish the house is ready, he wants to do it himself.
Fan Li didn't know these things yet, and now that he was assigned a new job, the boss asked him to make a detailed plan for the reform of the prefectural government.
The second child is back, with countless livestock, as well as endless birds and beasts in the mountains. One of the tribes on the steppe of the world had died in the previous winter, and the second child had looted it before the livestock froze to death, and a mountain fire broke out in the south, so he looted another mountain.
There was a lot of life in the underworld, and these creatures were given to ghosts with better evaluations, and Daji picked a white fox from it as a gift. Although the nine-tailed fox hurt her a lot, she didn't hate the house and Wu, and was still attracted by the snow-white care. This fox is also a spiritual, does not have the taste of the fox itself, and is extremely intelligent, when he first arrived in the underworld, his eyes widened, his paws straightened, and he looked like he was obediently dying.
Recently, there have been some changes in the princes, and several people have died in the world, and they are still fighting except for quarrels.
Shang Ying had recently taken the top spot among the princes, as Bai Qi and Wang Jian soon arrived. Bai Qi's situation is a bit complicated, there are too many people killed on the battlefield, but they are not considered meritorious. He himself is a man who cherishes life in his own life, yes... The general who killed the most enemies on the battlefield for thousands of years was a man who cherished life, and he only ordered killings on the battlefield, and never killed anyone who had nothing to do with war. He was rated superior among all the ghosts' jaw-dropping, and then went to choose a practice. No one understands what his situation is, and his progress in cultivation is so fast, and he is about to become an immortal. Wang Jian praised a lot of sentences, and the number of enemies killed was not as good as Bai Qi, but he had a flexible political mind, and he had not done anything bad, and he was treated the same as Bai Qi. The two ghosts went to visit Sun Tzu and Shang Ying successively, and wanted to visit Wu Qi, but Wu Qi was still in hell because of personal life problems.
They finally participated in the battle between the princes, and they had a lot of achievements, and they came to Yan Jundian to ask where Zhang Yi was, and were told that they were soaked in hell with Su Qin, and the two of them killed a lot of people with their mouths, and they had to stay in hell for a few years.
The chaos of the sons disappeared completely after the death of a man, and the underworld waited for decades for him to die, and the sons followed for decades.
Qin Shi Huangdi, a man with the greatest achievements among mortals, a man full of personal charm and dominance.
The whole underworld is paying attention to his every move, many ghosts among the sons are respecting him, and the rest of them can't say anything, sweeping Liuhe, which is the dream of everyone except Mozi. While the way to achieve this may be somewhat unkind, the reality is more direct and real than the ideal.
All the sons gathered at the Ghost Gate, and even Zhuangzi and Guiguzi came over to see the excitement. Han Feizi sat indifferently from a distance and watched, his feelings for Ying Zheng were really difficult to tell.
The Yan monarchs sat in the Yan Jun Hall and each had a headache, and Ying Zheng's merits and demerits were too difficult to determine.
Fan Li stood below to analyze the situation for Yan Jun and said, "Although Ying Zheng seems to be a little brutal, he has never killed people indiscriminately. Everyone who killed was convicted according to Qin's law, and at most, the people below were implicated in the innocent when they were on errands, which should not be counted on him. ”
What he said is very reasonable, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the monarchs of the Qin State have rarely killed and punished wantonly, and most of them have been punished according to the law, and they have not punished people.
However, Yingzheng sent troops deep into Lingnan and killed many local Tu people, which belonged to the category of slaughtering innocents, and it was not a reason not to punish them.
Fan Li could see our hesitation, and said: "At present, only Yingzheng can suppress the princes, and the merit of destroying the six kingdoms is enough to make the princes have nothing to say, and he has made a lot of reforms in the world, I think they can all be borrowed, it is best for him to be responsible for the change of the official system of the prefecture and the division of administrative regions, I think he can take over my work." He's better suited than me!"
The boss nodded, what Fan Li said was the truth, but there has never been such a thing as letting the kings of the world serve in the underworld, these kings have always been unruly, unwilling to be subservient, and lack of public will, unable to judge impartially.
Listening to the boss's worries, Fan Li suggested again: "Anyway, Yan Jun of the underworld is still empty, tell him the conditions, let him work hard, he only thinks about seeking immortals in the last time in the world, let him come to cultivate immortals, I don't believe that cultivating immortals will not be able to let go of power, and those who can't let go of power can still become immortals." ”
The boss slapped the table and set the tone: "It's him!"
The second child also said: "Yes, Lao Tzu is a golden immortal, will he still be afraid of a human monarch?"
We all nodded, we really don't worry about Yingzheng doing bad things, but we're worried that he can't let go of his power and cause other trouble, now the underworld is very stable, and the luck is rising rapidly, we are planning to give the sons the ghosts and gods, they have the favor of the underworld, and they are not afraid of not doing things for the underworld!
The ghosts and gods are put down in advance, and they will use Yingzheng first. Even if you can't hook up with the princes with Yingzheng, Shang Ying and Bai Qi Wang Jian have to work, and Zhang Yi, who is about to be released from prison, can't run away from him!
Bo Xi, Zhong Cha, and Yu Lei sent Yingzheng down together. Ying Zheng's appearance at the moment is very young, this is what he looked like when he was in power, it can be seen that his lifelong obsession is in that time period.
Yingzheng is different from the previous kings, he doesn't have that kind of arrogance, he is very confident, extremely confident, he doesn't need to be proud, his life is proud enough.
On the way, Birch explained to him the difference between life and death, and the current state of the underworld.
When they entered the Ghost Gate, they jumped up, obviously thinking that the princes had moved the battlefield here.
We only thought it was funny when we saw their guarded expressions in the Yan Jun Palace! A group of old ghosts were frightened by the ghosts younger than them!
Bo Xi pushed Zhong Cha and Yu Lei with a dark face, and ordered the little ghost to separate the princes and the onlookers left and right, and then took Yingzheng to the Yanjun Palace.
Ying Zheng was a little curious about the thatched houses of Yan Jun, looking left and right.
The boss spoke first and asked, "What do you want to say about your merits?"
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said: "There is nothing to say, the future generations have their own comments, and all merits and demerits will be judged by you Yan Jun." ”
Lao Qi said: "Do you have any wishes?"
"Yes, I have begged for immortal doors all my life, and my death was too sudden, and I failed to make arrangements for things in the world. ”
He was straightforward and straightforward.
Lao Liudao: "All kinds of things in the world, once you die, there is no class in the underworld, Yan Jun and the little ghost are equal, can you let go of your status in life?"
Ying Zheng replied: "It is right, the prince of Qin Fa is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and the king of Huiwen has broken the law and has also been exiled, and there are not many status differences between people. ”
We looked at each other, and Ying Zheng was a little more open-minded than we thought. He was not lying, and although the prince would still be tolerant of breaking the law, he would indeed be punished according to the law. Shang Ying got off to a good start, and after King Qin Huiwen died, he specially talked to Shang Ying for a few days, and finally smiled and went to the reincarnation.
The second child said: "Now that your sentence has been decided, you will be punished for serving in the underworld for 500 years, do you have any objections?"
Ying Zheng didn't seem to expect the punishment to be so light, he killed a lot of soldiers in the Six Kingdoms, and asked with some doubts: "I know that the killing is too heavy, is Yan Jun's punishment in accordance with the laws of the underworld?"
I explained to him: "Life and death on the battlefield have their own destiny, and the reason why you were punished was because of the development of Lingnan, and the soldiers killed many innocent local Tu people because of your orders. ”
Ying Zheng suddenly realized and said, "I am willing to accept the punishment." ”
The boss patted the table and said, "You just follow me first, I am reforming the prefectural government system, and your county system in the world is quite good." ”
Ying Zheng's head said yes. His attitude far exceeded our expectations.
The boss opened the spell of sound transmission and said, "Is it too easy for him to agree, I always feel that there will be a problem." ”
The second child said: "What are you afraid of? A group of immortals will never be frightened by a ghost." ”
The sixth child also said: "Yes, just like Fan Li said, if he can cultivate into a heavenly immortal, it is nothing for him to be a Yan Jun, if he has other thoughts, he can't become a heavenly immortal, and he won't be able to give birth to any big mess." ”
The fifth and seventh both nodded, and I said, "I'm okay!"
Yi Zhi, who had never spoken, also echoed: "You're right!"
And so it was settled.
Ying Zheng followed the boss, Fan Li handed over all the documents prepared before to Ying Zheng, he really tried his best, he was really not good at this, he was good at management and tricks, this kind of administrative work really can't be done.
The Yama monarchs each went back to their own cities, and I also took Daji, who had filled the hall with air before, back to Huaicheng.
Before we could go far, the boss sent us another message, so everyone returned to the Yan Jun Palace.
The second child is quite puzzled, and so are we.
The boss came back alone, and he temporarily asked Fan Li to take Yingzheng to familiarize himself with the work.
said in a heavy tone: "The woman has fallen into a ghost, and the fourth child took her on the way here." ”
The atmosphere suddenly became heavy...
We have been paying attention to the affairs of the fourth child, and the fall of the two of them has never been hidden from us. Lao Qi thought of many ways to slow down this speed, but it still couldn't last long.
No one spoke, so Daji stood silently behind me and rubbed my head.
The fourth came very slowly, he was almost no longer even an earth immortal, and he walked into the Yan Jun Hall holding hands with his wife.
The two ghosts were very happy, greeting each other with a smile, and everyone smiled in return.
The fourth smiled and said, "Don't be so strong, I know you're sad." ”
We all kept our heads down and didn't speak.
The woman also smiled and said, "We are very happy and happy, you don't need to be sad for us." ”
Lao Qi opened his mouth and said: "What are you doing now? Reincarnation will have to wait for more than a hundred years, I can forcibly postpone the reincarnation of a good woman, and you still have a lot of good days." ”
"Old Seven, you're over!" the boss shouted angrily, ghosts and ghosts are equal, and Yan Jun can't be selfish.
Lao Qi lowered his head and did not speak.
The fourth said: "Old Seven, I have received my wishes, but it doesn't have to be like this, Yan Jun upholds his public heart, how can he make an exception for my husband and wife." ”
The woman also said: "It is true that there is no need to do this, we are here today to ask for something." ”
Lao Liu said: "What do you ask for?"
The two said in unison: "I wish to enter the water of the Lethe River for five hundred years, and I only want the three generations not to forget each other." ”
We were shocked by their words, and Daji's hand on my head couldn't help but pause. She had only heard about Lao Qi and Jiang Shang, and she had never seen a ghost who was willing to go to Lethe River to soak in water, she deliberately tried it, it was very bitter, and she couldn't stand it in less than a quarter of an hour.
I asked, "Are you really decided?"
The fourth nodded and said: "It's decided, I will disperse the earth immortal cultivation, and go down to Lethe River with the body of a mortal ghost and the woman, and taste the same pain as her." ”
The woman leaned on his arms with emotion.
The boss couldn't speak, and we couldn't speak.
Or the sixth child wanted to open it first, he was also very affectionate, but unlike the fourth and seventh children, he knew more about the word "willing".
"Okay, I'll send you to Lethe. ”
The sixth ignored our expressions and took them away.
After a long time, the boss let out a long sigh and said, "Whether it's good or good, it's all what he wants." ”
The eldest is gone, and the second is gone, and the pace is a little scattered when he walks.
The fifth child is also gone, and he is gone.
Lao Qi sat there dumbfounded, I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go and rest for a while, don't interfere in the affairs of the fourth child again." ”
Did the official Lao Qi listen to it, I took Daji, called Yi Zhi, and left the Yan Jun Hall together.
Yi Zhi asked me, "Are you sad too?"
I said, "Are you upset?"
Yi Zhi nodded, and I said, "I have known the fourth child for more than 3,000 years. ”
Yi Zhi stopped talking and silently went back to his Shangqiu City.
Daji took my hand very suddenly, and I looked at her in surprise.
She said, "Your Majesty, I want to drink, can you drink with me?"
I nodded and let her pull me back.
The roof of the second floor is full of wine, only wine. I clicked a few times on my body and drank with Daji.
I know that Yan Jun may go to Meng Po's to drink soup tonight, but I don't want to go, no matter how good the soup tastes, I can't get drunk, the wine is okay, I just want to drink unconscious, it's better than watching the fourth couple suffer.
When I was halfway through the wine, the sixth child came, flew directly to the top of the building, didn't say a word, drove Daji next to me, sat down, took a bowl, and drank it by myself, I didn't talk to him, just drank.
When Yi Zhi came, he brought a few more altars, he directly held the jars and drank, standing on the top of the building and looking into the distance, which was the direction of Lethe.
Lao Qi was very polite when he came, knocked on the door, and although he walked up by himself without waiting for an answer, he also brought a jar of wine, and went to look at Lethe River with Yi Zhi.
The fifth and second came together, and when they came, the fifth was already a little drunk, and the second one threw him on the ground and drank the soup from Meng Po silently.
The eldest brought a lot of soup and drank it with the second child.
The Yan gentlemen were wandering on the roof of the building, and Daji leaned on me and kept drinking with me.
Immortals? Why do you want to be immortals? What is so good about being immortals? Is it better than love? Where is love compared to immortals? Can love make people immortal? Love itself is not long, and for thousands of years, how many pairs of lovers have really been together for several lifetimes? I have never seen it, and they have never seen the boss. Even if Lao Qi personally reincarnated three lives, he did not achieve the three lives together.
Daji is also very sentimental, she has always had a good relationship with the woman, and the woman also helped her write a letter to scold Bo Yi Kao. She is also very envious and envious of the relationship between the fourth husband and wife. She is actually very entangled and contradictory, she doesn't want to forget her feelings, but she is afraid of the fleeting nature of love.
Drinking, drinking, just drinking today.
The eldest silently took care of the drunk Yan Jun, and the second child leaned on the edge of the grass canopy, folded his hands to his mouth, and blew a tune.
The fifth child asked him what the name of this song was, and the second child said that it was called Green Willow, which was a farewell friend in his time.
The song was so long that we all fell to the ground and didn't hear the end......