King Bian Cheng said: "People who die in vain are people whose life span is not at the end, but they die for some reason, after they die, they are often unwilling and resentful, so they cannot be reincarnated, and they must temporarily live in the city of vain death to calm their grievances!"

If a person is murdered and killed, he can go up to the castle tower and look at the world, see with his own eyes the retribution of the enemy who murdered him, and resolve his grievances. When the resentment is gone, the hatred is exhausted, and the heart is unhindered, until the original life span is exhausted, you can be reincarnated.

Han Yu nodded, and King Bian Cheng continued: "Twenty years ago, the people of Yucheng were slaughtered, all of them died in vain, and their grievances were soaring.

After a few years, the resentment of the soul in the city gradually disappeared, only to be reincarnated at the end of life, but there was only an old woman, resentment was difficult to settle, the heart was difficult to let go, and it was impossible to reincarnate normally.

coincided with Wang Hong's siege of the city and was killed, after his death, he was worried about his son, he was very obsessed, and his resentment was not gone. ”

After hearing this, Han Yu said: "This is a good deed, Xiaosheng must do his best to help." ”

King Bian Cheng nodded and said: "If this matter is successful, this king will make up a few strokes in the "Merit Book" to accumulate virtue for you and ensure your wealth for a lifetime." ”

Han Yu thanked him, and then under the leadership of the judge, he went out, and after a while, the two came to the place where the old woman lived, and the judge pushed open the door of the house, and Han Yu saw the old woman in the room.

I saw that her temples were gray, her hair was messy, her face was sad, her expression was dull, she was carrying a packet of medicine in her hand, walking back and forth in the room, chanting words in her mouth, and ignoring the two people who came in.

Over the years, she has become ill with thoughts and obsessions, blinded her mind, and has lost her mind. The judge sighed.

Seeing this, Han Yu suddenly felt sad, and had an indescribable kindness to the old woman, did not step forward, said mother, the old woman suddenly heard it, not stunned, her hands trembled, and looked up at Han Yu, "You...... You're mine...... Kid?"

Han Yu saw the old woman's eyes with tears, her eyes were full of tears, and her eyes were wet, "Mother, yes, I am your child, I came to see you." ”

However, at this time, the old woman's expression changed, and she shook her head and said, "No...... You're not my child, my child is not eight years old, how can it be you?"

Han Yu replied: "Mother, back then, you went to grab medicine for me, and after many years of leaving, the child was taken care of by good people, and he has grown up. ”

The old woman was stunned, "Yes, yes, it's my mother who is confused." The old woman patted her head and said, "When my mother went into the city to grab medicine, but she died in the city, she was resentful in her heart, worried about you, and gradually lost her mind, and after many years, she was awakened by the child. ”

"Since you said that mother, my mother knew that you were here, and my mother should not suspect you, my mother was confused. The old woman blamed herself.

Han Yu said: "Mother, it's the child's fault, I just came to see you today, and you suffered a lot in vain." ”

The old woman couldn't help herself anymore at this time, she caressed Han Yu's face, tears fell like rain, and she couldn't cry.

Although Han Yu knew that he was a fake, an indescribable thread welled up in his heart, and he was also moved, burst into tears, and then comforted the old woman with words.

The two were like real mothers and sons, talking for a long time, and then the old woman said: "Knowing that the child is okay, the mother will be relieved, the mother has been dead for many years, and now she is finally worried, and it is time to die." ”

Han Yu cried tears and said goodbye to the old woman, and after the old woman left, Han Yu felt inexplicable grief in her heart, and she couldn't let go of it for a long time!

"Han Gongzi helps people die, this is a great good, and Yan Jun will definitely add merit to Gongzi. The judge said.

"How dare you say anything about it. Han Yu wiped away his tears and said, "Since this matter is over, it is time to leave next." So Han Yu continued on the road to the capital.

In Yama, the judge replied to King Bian Cheng that the old woman had entered reincarnation, and Han Shusheng left. King Bian Cheng nodded and said, "That Han Shusheng is really the reincarnation of the old woman's son, and the old woman did not return from taking the medicine back then, and her son died of illness because of this, which is also considered a vain death!"

Now let their mother and son meet, but the old woman is worried about it, and she has added merit to Han Shusheng, so that he can be on the emperor's list, rich and noble, and the right to compensate is also reasonable. ”

The judge asked, "Why didn't you tell the truth to Han Shusheng?"

King Bian Cheng said: "Han Shusheng has been reincarnated, drank Meng Po soup, cut off the kinship of the previous life, and has nothing to do with the previous life, so why let him know about the things in the previous life." The judge nodded, and then withdrew from Yama.

Then Han Yu continued to go to Beijing to catch the exam, and on the way, he bought a scholar with silver to take care of his diet and daily life. This one, go to a mountain. You have to pass through a pontoon bridge, but because of the heavy rain in the near future, the pontoon bridge was submerged, and the master and servant had to go around from the deep mountains, the mountain is called Ashan, the mountains are stacked, the mountains stretch for dozens of miles, and you can't see the end at a glance.

The two went up the mountain, the mountain road was rugged, they walked very slowly, they did not go halfway, it was getting late, they had to sleep in the mountains, the two lit a fire to avoid the cold, and the scholar went to the mountains and forests to pick up dead branches, but he never returned.

Han Yu couldn't wait for the left and right, for fear that the scholar would have an accident, so he went to the mountains and forests, and when he found the depths, there was no trace of the scholar, and there was a faint bad premonition in his heart!

After taking a few steps forward, he suddenly saw many scattered dead branches in front of him, and there was a pool of blood next to the dead branches, and the blood stains extended into the distance, and there were several bloody handprints next to them, like the traces of the victim being dragged and struggling by a fierce beast.

Seeing this, Han Yu was very frightened, and he was afraid that the scholar was in trouble, and he was bitten to death and eaten by the beasts in the forest.

"You're all right! It's really scared to death!" Han Yu was overjoyed and stepped forward to say to the scholar.

"It's all right, what can I do!" said the scholar, "let's go." ”

"You...... Aren't you here to pick up dead branches?" Han Yu felt a little strange when he saw that the scholar was empty-handed!

"Oh, here, here. The scholar picked up the dead branch next to the pool of blood and said.

Since the scholar is fine, whose pool of blood is it? Han Yu had some doubts in his heart.

The two returned, lit a bonfire, and while chatting, Han Yu found that the scholar was a little strange, not only the tone of his speech was far from before, but he didn't know anything about the past!

Han Yu asked again, and the scholar closed his eyes and rested on the grounds of sleepiness, Han Yu had to give up, but he was very puzzled in his heart, he didn't know what was wrong with the scholar, and he was faintly uneasy in his heart.

After dawn, the two hurried and walked for about an hour, the sky suddenly changed suddenly, dark clouds were thick, lightning and thunder roared, and the thunder roared, the scholar seemed to be very scared, leaning on Han Yu tightly, pulling Han Yu's sleeve, not daring to let go.

"What's wrong with you?" Han Yu asked as he noticed something unusual about the scholar.

The scholar hurriedly said, "No...... It's okay, let's find a shelter from the rain, it's going to rain. ”

"Well," Han Yu replied, running forward with the scholar, hoping to find a cave and other shelter from the rain.

The two of them walked forward for about a quarter of an hour, and the rain poured down, the wind was fierce, and the lightning and thunder were very terrifying, and the scholar was even more frightened, and trembled incessantly.

At this time, Han Yu found that there was a house in front of him, and he was overjoyed, and when he saw that it was a mountain temple, he took the scholar into the shelter from the rain, but the scholar grabbed Han Yu's sleeve, and he couldn't enter, and he was very afraid of the mountain temple, and then pointed to the back of the mountain temple, and it turned out that there was another house behind the mountain temple.

The two of them ran towards the house, pushed open the door, a musty smell came to their faces, apparently it had been uninhabited for a long time, the house was dilapidated, the rain leaked badly, divided into two rooms, separated by a wooden door, this house should have been inhabited by the person who once guarded the mountain temple.

The two of them rested in the room, the wind and rain outside were getting stronger and stronger, the thunder and lightning were constantly shining in the clouds, the thunder rumbled non-stop, and the scholar heard the thunder, he looked very frightened, his face was pale, and huge beads of sweat dripped down.

"You...... Are you alright?" asked Han Yu.

"I didn't ...... I...... I'm fine, I'll go... I... I'm going to make it easier. The scholar was terrified, spoke incoherently, and walked towards the back room.

Seeing that the scholar was too weird, Han Yu wanted to go over to see what the scholar was doing, but at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of doors and windows hitting in the mountain temple in front of him, and it turned out that the wind and rain were too strong, and the doors and windows of the mountain temple were blown open.

Although Han Yu is a scholar, he believes in ghosts and gods, and usually goes to the temple to worship, at this time, he saw that the doors and windows of the mountain temple were scraped open, and he was afraid that the rain would blow into the temple and flood the statue of the mountain god, so he braved the rain to go to the mountain temple to close the doors and windows.

Just as he wanted to return, he suddenly heard a thunderstorm in the sky, and a thunderbolt went straight towards the house behind the mountain temple, which was already dilapidated, how could it withstand the lightning strike, and it collapsed in an instant.

After that thunder, the rain suddenly passed, and Han Yu hurriedly ran to the collapsed house, wanting to see how the scholar was, but how could he still find the scholar, there were rubble and tiles everywhere, and the scholar must have been crushed by the collapsed house, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to survive!

Han Yu felt very uncomfortable in his heart, he wanted to use his hands to pick up the rubble and rubble, but a weak scholar was exhausted and out of breath after moving a few stones.

After sitting by the pile of rocks and crying for a while, Han Yu decided to go down the mountain and ask for help. Fortunately, this place is not far from the bottom of the mountain, and when I came to the bottom of the mountain, I asked for help from the villagers living at the foot of the mountain, and the villagers were very kind-hearted, and they followed Han Yu to the collapsed house, and everyone worked together to clean up the rubble and rubble.

However, in the end, the scene under the rubble frightened everyone into gasping! Everyone was shocked, under the rubble, it was not a scholar, but a huge spotted python! It was already dead, charred and black, and it exuded a burning smell, as if it had been struck by lightning.

Han Yu was shocked in his heart, but he was puzzled, how did the scholar become a python?

At this time, an old man among the villagers walked out and asked if the scholar was normal before the accident, Han Yu remembered that the scholar was very strange after he returned from picking up dead branches, so he told the old man in detail about the matter.

After hearing this, the old man pondered for a moment, then suddenly looked at Han Yu carefully, suddenly realized, and said, "I see!"

The old man said: "Your scholar has been eaten by this python when he picked up the dead branches, and the scholar he met later was transformed by this python demon, so I don't know what happened to you before, and the tone of your speech is also different." ”

Han Yu was puzzled, why didn't the python eat me, but instead turned into a scholar and stayed by my side?

The old man replied: "Because you are not an ordinary person, I will look at the art of physiognomy, and see that your forehead is open and full, and there is a faint flow of talent, and the stars are shining, which is the appearance of the champion, and the person of destiny." ”

The old man then said: "The python demon must have done a lot of evil, attracted the thunder tribulation, knew that he was in the catastrophe, after eating the scholar, he saw you again, and also knew that you are the person of destiny, the thunder did not dare to split, so he changed into a scholar to stay next to you to avoid the thunder tribulation!"

But I was frightened by the thunder in the house, and I had to show my original form, and I didn't want you to see it, so I found an excuse to hide in the back room, but unexpectedly, you walked out of the house in the rain and went to the doors and windows of the Guanshan Temple, causing the python demon to be killed by lightning. ”

After Han Yu heard this, he sighed, and cut open the python's abdomen with a knife, and saw that there was a person inside, who had been corroded by the snake's stomach acid and couldn't see his face clearly, Han Yu saw this, his heart was sad, and after burying him, he cried bitterly in front of his grave for a long time.

Han Yu thought of what he had encountered in the "City of Dead in Vain" before, and sighed that everything in this world seemed to be silently determined! But he still had to continue to live after all. So he packed up his heart and continued to go to the capital to catch the exam.