Chapter Forty-Nine: The Ten Halls of the Yama King in the City of Xudu
After stepping out of the white fog, a huge city gate is located on the wide brick and stone road, and the three characters "Xudu City" carved on the city gate make people awe-inspiring. In front of the city gate, dozens of Yin soldiers dressed in black armor and holding glaive scimitars lined up one on the left and one on the right, further highlighting the majesty of the capital city.
The black flags swaying from side to side on the city wall are also dancing at this time, and on a wide road, large and small carriages are running back and forth, giving people a very lively scene.
"Wow, it's so lively, I can't imagine that there is such a lively place in the Netherworld. I couldn't help but sigh, but Lu Zhiqi didn't respond to any of my words at this time.
"What's wrong, you're stunned too?"
When I looked back at Lu Zhiqi again, I found that his face was swaying from side to side, as if he would fall to the ground in the next moment.
"What's going on?" I grabbed Lu Zhiqi and asked in horror at Black and White Impermanence.
"Hahaha, it's normal, the soul of the dead before entering the capital city is called a living soul, and after entering the capital city, he will really become a ghost. ”
The answer to my words was not black and white, but a tall and powerful monster with a three-pointed fork, a fish-headed man with blue skin, a red apron, and bare feet, walking towards us.
"So familiar, you're so familiar! By the way, you are the monster I saw in my dreams, and you told me in my dream that you are one of the ten handsome fish gills in the underworld, and the gills in charge of the fish spirits in the yang world?" I looked at the fish gills walking towards me in surprise and asked again and again.
"Yes, it's me! "The gills have come to me before I speak.
"You're the one Bai Wuchang said wanted to see me?" I frowned and looked at Bai Wuchang.
"Yu Gill, you're right, this kid really chased him to the underworld, and I brought it to you by the way, it seems that you know him better than we do." Bai Wuchang preached to the gills with his big red tongue.
"Hahaha, the two of you made a special trip for the little brother, and I will prepare some incense candles for another day, and personally come to thank you. "The gills respond to white impermanence.
Their conversation made me mumble instantly, listening to the meaning of Bai Wuchang's speech, the gills had long known that I would follow them to the underworld. And say insulting words such as saying that I am a wild seed, and pretend that I never knew I existed?
Obviously, they have only one purpose in doing this, that is, they don't want Uncle Zhu to know all this, but what is Uncle Zhu's secret?
Could it be that Uncle Zhu was the demon who framed Zuo Yingqiu and his wife? Because his family also has a dry well, but no, Zuo Yingqiu and his wife have been sealed in the dry well for many years, and there is no reason to forget to seal their dry well.
Forget it, let's see what the gills say, my thoughts are very confused at this time.
"Then my two brothers will take their leave. After speaking, black and white impermanence turned into two clouds of black gas and flew towards the capital city.
And I was thinking about the reason for all of this, and I was distracted, completely oblivious to what they were saying.
"Gills, I want to ask••••••" Just when I was about to open my mouth and ask the gills to solve my doubts, I was held against my chest by the gills with a three-pointed fork.
"This is not the place to talk, I know what you want to ask, I will let you know in the future, if you want your friends to return to the yang, go to the city first. After the gills moved the three-pointed fork away from my chest, he pointed at Lu Zhiqi and said.
At this time, I realized that a black aura appeared on Lu Zhiqi's pale face, and it seemed that he was completely a ghost. But listening to the meaning of Yu Gill's words, he wanted to help me make Lu Zhiqi return to Yang, in order not to offend Yu Gill in order not to make trouble, I had to put aside the doubts in my heart for the time being.
"Without further ado, let's go. ”
I helped Lu Zhiqi and followed behind the gill of the giant fish and walked to the capital city.
When I came to the gate of the city guarded by the Yin soldiers, a carriage happened to pass in front of me, I looked back, it turned out that the horse was led by a paper man, the carriage was also made of paper, the paper man saw that I was looking at him, turned back and gave me a strange smile, this smile made people look a little frightened.
"What's so beautiful, the carriages are full of Yin Spirits, these carriages are burned by the Yin Soul family, and the items sent to the underworld by the Yang World can only be used in the capital city. When the gills saw me stop and look at the carriage running back and forth, he wondered about me.
"I see. I replied with gills and continued to walk after him towards the city.
After entering the city gate of the capital city, there are ancient buildings that cannot be seen at a glance, but the row of yamen halls in front of me is particularly conspicuous, and each yamen is guarded by four Yin soldiers.
"In this row of halls, there are ten halls of Yama, each of them performs their duties, one hall of King Qin Guang is in charge of the good and evil of the dead, good and evil during his lifetime, and after trial, he is sent to the remaining nine halls to receive criminal responsibility; the second hall of King Chujiang is dedicated to punishing those who injure people's limbs, adultery and murder; the third hall of the Song Emperor is dedicated to punishing and instigating lawsuits; the fourth hall of the pestle official king is to punish those who rely on the rent of grain; the fifth hall of the king of Yama is retried and re-examined, so as to decide whether to enter the eighteenth layer of hell; the sixth hall of Bian Cheng Wang is dedicated to punishing those who disobey and respect the elders and are not filial; the seventh hall of King Taishan is dedicated to punishing the sale of counterfeit medicines. Those who have left their loved ones, the king of the city of the eight halls punishes those who are deceived by the world's transactions, the king of the nine halls of equality punishes those who kill people and set fires, and the king of the wheel of the ten halls is in charge of those who are reincarnated, that is, the king of Hades who decides whether to be a human or an animal in the next life, I hope that your friend has not done evil things in his lifetime, otherwise the various tortures of the ten halls of Hades will be uncomfortable. After speaking, the fish gill pestle with a three-pointed fork walked to the first yamen lobby.
"Didn't you say that my friend could be repaid, and why should he be tried?"
"Your friend's yang life is over, and the cause and effect in his previous life must be punished, even if he wants to return his yang, the punishment court of the underworld is not a decoration. The gills stopped, turned in response.
"Can't you help us plead for mercy?" I asked again, because I was afraid that after Zhiqi was tried, he would be tortured by the Ten Palaces of Yama.
"It's impossible, the underworld only talks about merit and demerits, not about feelings. ”
After the gills finished speaking, I continued to stride towards the first yamen, and I had nothing to do, so I had to help Zhiqi and follow closely.
When entering the entrance of a hall, Yu Gill took out a piece of yellow paper with words written on it and handed it to the Yin soldiers guarding to check.
As soon as you enter the inner hall, the first thing that catches your eye is a master of the underworld wearing a black dragon robe, a high crown on his head, and a black beard, who is sitting in front of the red case in the main hall.
The official master was surrounded by a group of judges dressed in flowers, each holding a piece of white jade, staring at us with deep eyes, plus the scimitars lined up on the left and right, making the whole hall look incomparable.
"Desert fish gills, I have seen King Qin Guang. After saying that, the gill giant body knelt in the center of the hall.
"Well, get up. ”
The one who wears a dragon robe in front of the red case should be King Qin Guang, who is in charge of the good and evil of the dead soul, and the good and evil in his lifetime.
After listening to King Qin Guang's words, Yu Gill got up and pointed at Lu Zhiqi and said: "The hall has committed the soul Lu Zhiqi, Yangshou has already arrested, and the desert has arrested his soul, please ask King Qin Guang to judge the trial." ”
Put your mother's bullshit, it's obviously black and white impermanence, and I can't imagine that the underworld will lie. I thought to myself.
"Damn, I dare to swear in this lobby, and someone will slap my mouth. ”
King Qin Guang pointed at me, stared at his eyes as big as a cow and said, after a yin messenger received the order, he picked up a wooden torture instrument and slapped it back and forth in my face twice, which made me feel a hot pain.
What is the situation? Do I think that this King Qin Guang can also know, it is amazing, it is as magical as the ghost thing that transformed into my grandfather in the ancient tower. My heart unconsciously meditated again.
"When someone comes and fights again, they compare this king with the ghosts in the ancient tower. ”
Yin Cha waved the wooden torture instrument again, and whipped it back and forth twice, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of my mouth.
Okay, you bastard, I don't want to do it. A wave of anger rose in my heart for no reason, and I covered my mouth that was bleeding from the beating, and masked for mercy in some mit.
"You dare to scold this king for being an old bastard, you kid who doesn't know the height of the sky. ”
After speaking, King Qin Guang rushed out of the red case angrily, snatched the wooden torture instrument from Yincha's hand, grabbed my collar, and jerked it at my mouth. I don't know how many times I was beaten by him, anyway, I knew that I was missing a tooth in my mouth, and I wanted to resist during this period, but after being caught by King Qin Guang, my body was instantly petrified, and I couldn't move at all.
After King Qin Guang relieved his anger, he threw me to the ground, he sat back in front of the red case and brushed the dragon robe, and said: "What do you see, I haven't seen this king beat people, but it seems that you really haven't seen it. ”
At this time, I realized that all the Yin Judge had grown their mouths and looked at King Qin Guang in disbelief.
"Ahem, who in the hall reported his name. ”
After King Qin Guang carved lightly, he slapped the startled wood and shouted, and everyone came back to their senses, only Lu Zhiqi knelt on the ground as if he was frightened.
"Soul Offender Lu Zhiqi has seen King Qin Guang, a person from Guangcheng Fangba. ”
Lu Zhiqi didn't have any yin spirit qi at all, and he was a fool. It seems that it is due to the ecstasy soup, I looked at Lu Zhiqi with some surprise, and at the same time I was very afraid, if I drank the ecstasy soup of this underworld, I don't know how many evil things I did in my life.
"Well, tell me all the good and evil you did in life. King Qin Guang asked Lu Zhiqi with wide eyes.
"When the villain was eight years old, he threw a dead mouse into a neighbor's cooking pot, at the age of eleven, he rescued a child who had fallen into the water, at the age of thirteen, he stole the medicine from the owner of the medicine store, at the age of sixteen, he defrauded a large family in Fangba Town of some cash, and when he was eighteen years old, Fangba Town was haunted, and I pretended to be a Taoist priest to defraud the family surnamed Zhou of money, which delayed the illness of his child. Other than that, nothing bad has been done. ”
Lu Zhiqi knelt on the ground, his eyes closed, and spoke very slowly about his past.
"Well, there are thefts and abductions that must not go unpunished, but is there a reason for you to do these things?" King Qin Guang stroked his beard and continued to begin his interrogation.
"I threw the rat into the neighbor's pot because I was playful when I was young, stealing medicine and cheating money to treat my mother. Lu Zhiqi responded.
"Well, although it is an evil thing, but it is excusable, you can look through the records to see if he really saved people?" Qin Guangwang ordered the judge standing beside him.
A man in a red-robed official uniform immediately picked up a book and flipped through it.
"Lord Qin Guangwang is indeed like this, the soul of the dead in the hall did rescue a child who fell into the water, and he is timid by nature, his mother has been sick in bed for many years, and the mistakes made in the yang world are excusable, coupled with his good character, his merits can be resisted, and he can be exempted from the torture of skinning and frying, and he meets the standards of sending it to the Ten Palaces. After checking it, the judge reported to King Qin Guang.
"Well, do what you want. King Qin Guang responded coldly to the judge.
"That's right, fish gills, why did this little bastard bring his life unfinished?" Qin Guangwang pointed at me and asked Yu gills.
"My lord, the desertion was ordered by the Emperor Xudu to do an errand, and it is not easy to say it here, and I hope that King Qin Guang will forgive me. The gills responded respectfully to King Qin Guang.
What did the gills do to bring me here? What does it have to do with me?
"This little bastard has a question for you, you can take him away. ”
King Qin Guang waved his hand and motioned for us to retreat, I almost forgot that King Qin Guang can know what others are thinking, and he must not be disrespectful at this moment, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin again.
I picked up Lu Zhiqi, turned around and walked out of the gate of the hall, and retreated outside the hall gate after some etiquette.
When I saw Yu Gill come out, I couldn't wait to stop in front of him and asked, "Yu Gill what is the purpose of bringing me to the underworld? Black and white impermanence know that I exist, why do they pretend that they never know me in the Zhu family? What does this have to do with the Zhu family, what are you helping Emperor Xudu do? What is the errand?"
I dragged all the doubts out of my mind, hoping that the gills would give me an answer.
"If you want to resurrect your friends for your parents, just be obedient and don't ask anything, and after you get the three artifacts of the underworld, all the mysteries in your heart will be solved. The gills squinted at the fish's eyes and spoke to me with a mysterious expression.
"But you don't tell me anything, and I feel bad. ”
"Do you still want to save your friend? If it's too late, he'll really not be able to recover. ”
Yu Gill's words stuffed all the doubts back from my mouth, because I really wanted to save Lu Zhiqi.
"How can I save it?"
"Let's go to the Ten Halls to meet the Wheel King first!"
After the gills finished speaking, the barefoot girl walked in the direction of the ten halls. I shook my head and led Lu Zhiqi to follow him closely.
Like the first hall, after a simple negotiation between the fish gills and the Yin soldiers guarding the door, we came to the front of the hall of the Wheel King of the Ten Palaces, where a person wearing a golden dragon robe and a high crown with a big red nose on his delicate face was sitting in the center of the hall. Needless to say, this person is the king of the wheel.
After some etiquette, he pointed to Lu Zhiqi and said to the Wheel King: "Lord Wheel King, this son has no great evil in his life, and the process of the underworld is finished, and the end will know your jealous and hateful temper, so please put the overall situation first." ”
For me, I can't wait to resurrect Lu Zhiqi, but for the underworld, it is just to resurrect a small revenant, what kind of overall situation will be involved in resurrecting Lu Zhiqi?
"I have ordered someone to put it at Meng Po's place, Yu Gill, I hope you are doing the right thing, you can take them away. ”
The Wheel King let out a long sigh and then stopped making a sound.
When we turned around to leave, the Wheel King, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly said, "Fish gills, haven't you noticed something in this kid's eyes?"
"Yes, Lord Wheel King, I have already noticed something strange when I was at the gate of the city, I wonder if you can do anything?"
The gills looked me in the eye in response.
Is there something in my eyes? Are they talking about the mana of my heavenly eye? I listened to their conversation with a blank expression.
"There is no other way in the world except Qingquan tears, it seems that this kid's time is running out, you and the emperor have to hurry up and hurry up what you and the emperor decide, you must hurry. ”
After speaking, the Wheel King turned around again, without the slightest intention of answering the gills.
There is no other way in the world but to cry from the clear spring! It seems that this kid's time is running out? I looked at the gills with a blank expression, hoping that he would answer for me, but the gills shook their heads at me, which made me full of disappointment.
Seeing that the Wheel King was not easy to answer with his back to him, the fish gills folded his hands on the three-pointed fork, bowed respectfully, and then led us to the apse of the Wheel King.
The apse is a bow-shaped bridge, and under the bridge is a viscous river of blood, in which snakes, insects, and centipedes swim from time to time. There is a stone tablet with the words "Sansheng Stone" written on the bridge, and an old man with a hunched back on the bridge is holding a bowl of water for the people in a long queue to drink.
On the opposite side of the bridge, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, the three pillars of light are soaring into the sky, and the sun, moon and stars that have not been seen for a long time have also appeared on the opposite side of the bridge.
I can't help but sigh that the distance of a river has a different scene.
"Child, drink it, the soup in this bowl is melted by the tears of your previous life, drink this bowl of soup from my wife, and forget him in your past life and this life. Meng Po preached to a ghost who was about to be reincarnated with a kind face.
"Well, thank you, Mother Meng. ”
The ghost took the soup from Meng Po's hand with tears in her eyes and drank it in a big gulp. It seems that this ghost creature has too much reluctance in this life, so he will drink this bowl of Meng Po soup with tears.
"Meng Po, the purpose of my coming here, I think the Lord of the Wheel King has already told you. The gills walked around the long line and walked to Meng Po's side and said.
"Are people coming?" Meng Po tilted her head and looked at the gill of the giant fish.
After listening to Meng Po's words, Yu Gill waved his hand to me and Zhiqi and motioned for us to walk over.
What's the matter, as long as I can revive Lu Zhiqi, I dragged Lu Zhiqi, who looked sluggish, and walked quickly onto the Nai He Bridge.
"He is not conscious because he has not yet touched the Sansheng Stone, this paper figure was entrusted to you by Lord Wheel King, and at the same time, you can also seal his soul in the paper figure, and after returning to the Yang world, set the paper figure on fire, and the body will be restored immediately. Your longevity is not over, so Meng Po soup will be spared, but your friend's longevity is over, and the underworld forcibly restores his soul, and he must drink my bowl of soup. But don't worry, after he returns to his soul, he will forget all the things in the underworld, but he will still remember what he experienced in the Yang world before his death. ”
After speaking, Meng Po handed over the yellow paper figure to me, and then poured a bowl of soup into Lu Zhiqi's mouth.
"Thank you, Mrs. Meng. ”
After thanking Meng Po, I walked to the other side of the bridge, in fact, I still have a question in my heart, that is, why did the Wheel King give me a paper figure to restore Lu Zhiqi's body, because his body is still in the yang world.
"Boy!"
When the gills saw me walk off the bridge, he raised his hand, and a sparkling scale from my body flew out from between his eyebrows and landed in the palm of his hand.
Why are you going to get his stuff back now?" I watched in confusion as the gills moved.
"The aura of my remnant soul will grow stronger and stronger with your experience, you have to make good use of it, but remember not to show it off. With that, the gills returned the scales to my body.
"Damn, you can send it if you want to, and you can take it back if you want to, it's fucking bad if it's not your own. I couldn't help but curse.
"Go ahead, and I'll get you here. Remember, collect all the three artifacts of the underworld, you will know all you want to know the answer, and you can also lead to the destruction of the dust to avenge your parents, the three pillars of light on the opposite side, from left to right, are the fairy road, the humane way, and the animal way, but you will return to the yang world when you go. Fish Gill stood at the head of the bridge and said to me.
Looking at the three pillars of light in front of me, I glanced back at the gills on the other side of the bridge, and the doubts in my heart had actually been solved. Because it was too smooth in the matter of resurrecting Lu Zhiqi, but due to the situation, I still have to continue to go like this, as for when it will be the head, I am also looking forward to it!
We are finally going back to the yang world, I don't know what the current situation is? Thinking of this, I led the ghost of Zhiqi and strode into the fairy road.