Chapter 18 The oil pot under the sea of fire and the mountain of knives
The three locks of beard said in a gloomy manner: "You can't live if you do your own evil." The princes originally planned to give you a way to live, but since you are looking for death yourself, the prince will not stop you. Come! Send this little imp to the eighteenth layer of hell! β
A ghost general with two ghost soldiers stepped forward in response, and he was going to take Zhang Qiusheng away. "Wait!" The round head and the fierce god stopped the ghost general at the same time.
The round head said: "This wicked man of the ninth world is fierce and cunning, and he is full of tricks. Suddenly take the initiative to go to the eighteenth layer of hell, and there must be something strange in it. This king guessed that nine times out of ten, he wanted to rely on his cultivation to kill these soldiers and escape halfway. β
Well? This is also true. If Zhang Qiusheng wanted to run halfway, the soldiers who escorted him would indeed not be able to stop him. How is this good? Three-lock beard looked at the round head, wanting to hear what he had to think next.
The round head leaned into the ear of the three locks of beard and whispered, "This king thinks that the seven of us should send this wicked man together." β
The three locks of beard frowned tightly and said, "What is your reasoning?" The Seven Great Princes personally sent a little ghost to the eighteenth layer of hell, and there has been no such rule since ancient times. If it is spread out, it will arouse suspicion from many parties. β
The round head sighed lightly and said, "The matter has come to this point, and there is no way to do it." Did the prince forget? To send a little ghost to the eighteen layers of hell, there must be a judge's judgment, which states what kind of sin the little ghost has committed in the yang world, and punishes him for suffering in the eighteen hells.
We have no excuses, we can only run errands privately. The Eighteen Hells will not sell the account of the little general, only if we go and say a bunch of good things in person, I am afraid that we will have to collect it from others. β
Sizzleββ, three locks of beard gasped. I was so confused by this wicked person that I forgot about it. Suddenly, another thing came to mind, and the three locks of beard asked, "The king has never asked much about this, but now I think of it, and all the evil deeds of this great wicked man have not been recorded by the judge?" β
The fierce god shook his head viciously and said, "I didn't keep an account." His ninth life is actually only one life. It's not even over yet. β
The three locks of beard didn't understand and asked, "What is the reason for this?" β
The fierce god said, "If you want to go to the judge to keep accounts, you must ask why you died, and see if there is any discrepancy between the way of death and death in the book of life and death." In this way, the good deeds will be brought out. A good man is a man who has his head broken by a wicked man for molesting a woman of a good family, and finally dies at the hands of a quack doctor. In this way, the merits accumulated by the first nine generations of good people will be written off. You also know that the judge is the most unkind, and we can only count them as having never finished their lives. β
Zhang Daohan has been paying attention to the movement outside. Hearing that Zhang Qiusheng voluntarily went to the eighteenth layer of hell to suffer, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
This kid's idiocy is still not cured, and he is still so stupid. Thinking about Qiusheng's refining of the Sea of Iniquity, there is no suffering in hell that can hurt him, but he is not too anxious about his safety. When I heard that the suffering of Qiusheng's ninth life was only one life, and it was not over yet. The anger of injustice in my heart rose in vain.
originally thought that Qiusheng was already a good person in the ninth generation, and as long as there was no major accident in the next life, the good people of the tenth generation would be considered meritorious. After a long time of trouble, there was no account in the book of life and death, and the suffering of the ninth life was in vain. With anger in his heart, he turned his eyes to look at the Hades.
Hades said indifferently, "They don't remember me!" I have the final say on this acre of land in the Netherworld. Hmph, these little ghosts are not small in their courage to deceive. As he spoke, he picked up his teacup and drank his tea.
Hades took a sip, looked at the teacup again, the tea inside had faded into boiled water, and put the teacup down again. Zhang Daohan was overjoyed, and quickly poured the residual tea in the Hades teacup, re-brewed his hands and respectfully handed it to the Hades.
This matter was done to a dead end, and the three locks of beard hesitated greatly. didn't care about complaining, and hurriedly gathered several other ghost kings to discuss. Counsel came and went, and for the sake of the present day only the seven of them went together.
One is to prevent Zhang Qiusheng from escaping halfway; The second is that the seven ghost kings are grasshoppers on a rope now, and you can't run away and you can't jump off him. Let's go together and say good things to the ghost king who guards the eighteenth layer of hell, and let this wicked man suffer anyway. Everyone goes together, and everyone bears something.
The voices of collective discussion are inevitably big and small, and Zhang Qiusheng gradually understood from the few words. Marbi's, it turns out that Lao Tzu is so embarrassed, but you handle the case privately.
Before his death, Zhang Qiusheng spent most of his time in prison, and he became a good doctor after a long illness, and he was very familiar with the case-handling procedures of the political and legal system.
The ghost king here is equivalent to a policeman, and the judge is equivalent to a judge. The police caught the thief and asked the judge to sentence him before he could send him to prison, otherwise the prison would not accept him. Now these policemen are bending the law for personal gain, and if they can't figure it out, Judge GuΓ² will send Lao Tzu to prison. Haha, interesting.
So whether the eighteenth layer of hell Lao Tzu will go or not? Zhang Qiusheng seriously considered this issue. If you don't go to these ghost kings, there is no way for Lao Tzu, they have no judgment.
But if you kill the ghost king, you can't escape death no matter what. Not to mention this underworld, even if you kill people in the yang world, you have to pay for your life. It's very polite that they didn't let me pay for my life. Then go to the eighteenth floor of hell for a walk?
Not for that bullshit ghost king, but for my grandparents, mothers, and sisters who died because of me, and I had to go to the eighteenth layer of hell to suffer to offset my sins.
Thinking of his relatives, Zhang Qiusheng felt sad again. Then I thought that the master said that after the refining of the sea of resentment, the punishment of the eighteen layers of hell could not be helped. If that's true, then what's good? How can I offset my deep sins? Thinking of this, Zhang Qiusheng felt even more sad.
Besides, after the ghost kings decided to go to the eighteenth layer of hell together, a new problem arose. The eighteen-story hell is not as misunderstood by the folks, it seems to be a big pit divided into eighteen layers from top to bottom.
The eighteen levels of hell are divided into levels according to the severity of punishment, referring to the eighteen different types of hells. For example, the first layer is called tongue pulling hell, the second layer is called scissors hell, the third layer is called iron tree hell, and so on, the lower the level, the heavier the punishment.
The judge sentenced the person to a hell based on his sins in the yang world, and not all eighteen layers of hell had to be passed. For example, the tenth level of the Ox Pit Hell is dedicated to dealing with people who abused animals during their lifetime, and let animals abuse them after death.
Let Zhang Qiusheng go to which layer of hell to enter, let the ghost kings hesitate. They don't have a verdict in the first place, and every layer of hell has a judge in charge. It's as if there is a procuratorate office in a prison in the sun.
Every sin Zhang Qiusheng committed was not enough to go to hell. He was only a man twice in the IX. For the first time, I saw someone molesting a woman and smashed her head with a stone. It stands to reason that this is not a sin, but rather a punishment of evil and promotion of good.
The last time he was a man, he killed five people in one go. But the five people who were slain had blood debts on their hands, and all of them had raped and adultered other people's wives and daughters. Some even forced women to engage in prostitution, while others forced them to buy and sell and bully the market. Besides, Zhang Qiusheng is avenging his relatives, even if it is evil, it is not a big evil.
There was infighting between these ghost kings. Passerby A was the first to attack: "I won't do this." The so-called great good man is actually a great evil man, and he should go to the eighteen layers of hell.
I haven't asked about it before, you did it. It's a big deal for me to spit out what I've eaten, and it's a big deal to add interest. β
The three locks of beard and the other ghost king with a face like a shoehorn were silent, as if they were also considering whether to quit.
Among the seven ghost kings, four had been beaten and scolded by Zhang Qiusheng just now. Among the four ghost kings, the hatred of the round head and the fierce god is the greatest.
Roundhead said, "You can't say that." You are not exempt from liability if you quit now. Things have passed for so long, and thousands of years have passed in the yang world, and the good and bad things have been set to stop.
In addition, the first nine generations of great benevolent people did a lot of good deeds, such as respecting words and paper, building bridges and paving roads, giving alms to coffins, and giving porridge for disaster relief, accumulating a lot of merits.
The good man of the ninth world is real, and it is only in the tenth life that he is confused and molested with women for a while, and he has formed an incomprehensible cause and effect with the great evildoer. If we get through this hurdle, everything will be fine, hello, hello, everyone, and the merits will be complete. β
The three locks of beard let out a long sigh and said, "The newly dead ghosts will pass through the ten halls of Hades, and one hall and one hall will pass through the screening and interrogation of one hall and one hall. How can you be so bold? Nine times I couldn't even pass the Hades Palace? β
The fierce god played a scoundrel, and he said, "You were too lazy to ask about things and had to let us do it. It's already like this, what do you guys want? I tell you, don't let anyone try to run. Although we did it, it was you who came up with the idea in the first place. β
Yuantou also said: "It's not that we deliberately don't want to be in the Hades Palace, you know that those judges are all iron-faced, and there is no room for negotiation. How dare a good man pass from there? β
The shoehorn said with a bitter face: "I just pitied him at the beginning, it was not easy for him to cultivate to the ninth life, and I agreed to let him go sloppily in the tenth life." Who knew it would be like this? β
The three locks of beard shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "Don't say anything." It's come to this, let's die together. No one should blame anyone, and if you want to complain, you will blame yourself for being too lazy. β
When the three locks of beard said this, he sighed again: "Alas, all the other wicked people are more alive than the other, but this wicked man is dead-headed." If you don't want to go to the good thing of being happy in the yang world, you have to go to the eighteenth layer of hell. If he said so, he must have to go. Let's think about which hell to send this wicked man. β
Passerby A pondered for a while and said, "Each of the eighteen layers of hell has its own eyes to deal with the sins committed in the yang world. This so-called wicked person is not suitable for any layer. And you must not find the judge in charge, you can only find the prince who guards to be accommodating.
I think I'll ask the ghost king there to let the wicked go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire, plus the oil pot. Anyway, those who commit all kinds of sins, if the sins are too serious, these are punishable. β
The ghost kings nodded yes, and the round-headed ghost king said, "Of course it's good to find a guard to be accommodating, what kind of words can you use?" Those princes are not easy to fool. β
The three locks of beard said, "This is not difficult, and I will talk about it then." Go now, lest you have too many dreams at night. "The wicked man has been left there to dry for so long, and it will be troublesome if he has any malicious intentions.
Zhang Qiusheng was escorted to the eighteenth layer of hell by the ghost kings, and there was no sadness on his face, but he looked around to enjoy the scenery along the way.
The ghost kings were puzzled, and the other little ghosts were all crying and crying on the way to the eighteenth layer of hell. How have you ever seen such a leisurely ghost like going on a spring outing?
In fact, there is no scenery in the underworld to enjoy. Zhang Qiusheng secretly remembered the journey, in order to come back after the sword mountain and the sea of fire. Of course, he couldn't expect the ghost kings to come back to greet him. He knew that he would not die in the eighteenth layer of hell, and Master said that the ghosts that had been refined by the Sea of Grievances could withstand any punishment in the Netherworld. He has always regarded Zhang Daohan as his master in his heart, and his lack of fatherly love since he was a child makes him feel that Zhang Daohan is his father.
After a while, I will come to a place. A hilly terrain made up of countless broken coffins. There is a palace between the two hills, and the roof of the palace also seems to be an incomparably large coffin. The whole palace exudes a black air and a cold air.
The three locks of beard found a ghost king, and after a cold noise, he said, "We have a little brother, who is very stubborn and refuses to change. I'm afraid that he will get into trouble in the future, and I can't send you here, so I want you to help him change it. β
This ghost king is five big and three thick, wears a short soap coat, and has a soft whip around his waist. The ghost king smiled and said, "My own brother, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." I just don't know how to help him? β
The three locks of beard said: "Give him the knife mountain and the sea of fire, and then go to the oil pot, always let him know that he is afraid." β
The ghost king was taken aback and said, "If it is any other hell, it is better than the Ox Nose, the Purple Mortar, the Blood Pool, or the Cage, or even the Knife Mountain and the Iron Tree Hell, if it is broken, it can also reshape the ghost body. Only in the sea of fire, there is no ash and smoke left that will be burned if it is not good, but I dare not come nonsense. β
The three locks of beard handed over a black object to the ghost king, and said, "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way." Our little brother's cultivation is very good, please be more careful. In short, he was really scared. β
The ghost king put away the thing and said, "Then I'm not welcome." All the princes are not strange. β
The Seven Ghost Kings said: "Don't blame, don't blame." The prince let go of it. There are really three long and two short, and it is not to blame the prince. β
The ghost king said, "All the princes sit down for a while, and I will come when I go." If he is afraid, he will return it to you. "It's not easy to say that the Seven Ghost Kings are better off killing him. I had to sit in this palace and wait.
The ghost king guarding the hell saw that Zhang Qiusheng did not look afraid at all, and thought that it was really the brother of the seven ghost kings. Which of the other little ghosts was sent here who was not frightened and cried, crying, crying, and softly wailing?
The ghost king thought to himself that since he was his own brother, he couldn't break it, and it would be boring to turn around the princes. Take Zhang Qiusheng to the oil pot first, this one can be reshaped if it is fried.
The other fried imps all struggled desperately, and they were all caught by the strong ghost pawns and thrown into the oil pot. Zhang Qiusheng climbed into the oil pot by himself, like taking a bath in the bathtub. Reach out and test the temperature of the oil until you feel satisfied, then lower your legs and dip your whole body in.
Zhang Qiusheng doesn't feel hot at all? Hot, very hot! The heat almost made him faint, almost made him scream. But he gritted his teeth and said nothing. He felt that he should be hotter in order to cleanse him of his deep sins and his guilt against his loved ones.
The torment of the eighteen layers of hell uses the sins of the punished imps to make them suffer, but it does not remove the sins. In the long process, the punished imp was tormented repeatedly. Zhang Qiusheng didn't know this, after a long time of frying, his body got used to it, and he didn't feel how hot. This was very dissatisfied with Zhang Qiusheng, who wanted to punish himself, and he shouted: "Burn the fire bigger!" β