Chapter Twenty-Six: On the Cusp
Listening to what Xie Xie said, it really shocked and angered me, and I didn't know what to say.
Even I didn't expect that one day, I would be standing on the cusp of this storm, and my head would be so valuable.
But this doesn't make sense at all, I asked myself that I have never had a grudge with anyone along the way, since there was no grievance in the past and no enmity in the near future, why does this hidden force in the netherworld care so much about me?
Qi Zhi blinked her innocent eyes and suddenly asked a seemingly unrelated question.
"Your names are so strange, the legend says that Bai Wuchang is called Xie Bi'an, you represent Bai Wuchang and call Xie Xie, and the strange person on the other side is called Fan Nan, which also represents Black Impermanence Fan Wusheng, is your name originally like this, or did you change it after joining the Netherworld?"
"This young lady, our name was not originally like this."
Xie Xie didn't expect Qi Zhi to ask such an inconsequential question at such a time, he looked stunned, and after reacting, he looked at Qi Zhi who was looking at him beside me, and explained with a smile.
"In the Netherworld, the officials of the various ministries in the legend of the Yin Cao are all codenamed, such as the Ten Palaces Yama, Black and White Impermanence, etc., and except for the Ten Palaces Yama and the Bull Head and Horse Face, the rest of the people have to change their surnames as soon as they enter the Netherworld, and match their original names with the official surnames they correspond to, as for the specific reasons, the Lord has never made it clear."
"It's just that every person who has entered the high-level of the Netherworld will be taught a mastery by the Lord, and this mastery is exactly the inheritance of the Yin Cao position corresponding to each person, which is unfathomable and difficult to control."
No wonder, I'm also curious about why the surnames of Xie Xie and Fan Nan happen to correspond to the legendary black and white impermanence surnames, it turns out that this is all intentional by them, and there are really not so many coincidences in this world.
At the same time, this also explains why in the underground imperial tomb that day, why Yi He's six subordinates were able to summon Luo Yu to possess it for six days, it seems that this is also Yi He's handiwork, but I don't know where he got so many unique skills.
"My lord, so now inside the Netherworld, except for a few people who maintain a wait-and-see attitude, they can be roughly divided into two factions."
Xie Xie secretly looked at me, and saw that I was not angry with what he said about the head, so he relieved himself and continued to explain the twists and turns for me.
"One of the factions is the orthodox faction headed by the Lord and Lord Cui Jue, and I belong to this faction, this faction has a clear intention, to defend the orthodoxy of the Netherworld, and resolutely obey the orders of the Lord, to leave the position of the Lord of the Netherworld to you."
"The other faction is the emerging faction led by King Chu Jiang and Zhong Ding, they are bewitched by the mysterious forces, and they are not satisfied with the lord's transfer of the position of the Lord of the Netherworld to you, and they complain one by one, and after getting the intervention of the mysterious forces, they have decided to set up their own doors, wanting to get rid of the adults as soon as possible."
People sit at home, disaster comes from the sky, before they reach their destination, they encounter such a scene, everyone you look at me, I look at you, the doubts and helplessness in the eyes are very obvious, obviously they don't know each other, why it will be me, the person who has become the focus of the two forces.
Xue Nan thought for a moment and asked Xie Xie.
"Who are these Cui Jue and Zhong Ming in your mouth?"
Without waiting for Xie Xie to answer, Ling Xuan spoke before him, as if he had guessed.
"In the legend, the four most famous judges are the Reward Division, the Punishment Division, the Inspection Division, and the Cui Judge, the first three are all job titles, and there have been changes in all dynasties, but the last Cui Judge, not only appears in various legends, but also in the records of the past dynasties, the name has not changed, if I remember correctly, the name of Cui Fujun is called Cui Jue."
I also nodded secretly, absolutely with Jue, although the words are different, but the sound is the same, it must not be a coincidence.
Xie Xie nodded yes and said admiringly.
"The pavilion master is really knowledgeable and talented, that's right, this Cui Jue is the same name as the legendary Cui Fujun, and he also represents Cui Fujun's judge in the netherworld, not only has great magical powers, but also is loyal to the lord, after this incident, he is the first to stand up and solve problems for the lord."
This Cui Jue's name has just come out of Xie Xie's mouth, and I have roughly guessed his identity in the netherworld from the name, and this King of Chujiang needless to say, everyone in the Ten Halls of Yama knows it, but I don't have any clue who this Zhong Ming is in the end.
Shen Lang saw that we had no intention of asking, so he could only open his mouth and ask Xie Xie by himself.
"Then what is the identity of Zhong Ming in your mouth who is with King Chu Jiang?" 918
"That's a villain."
Xie Xie should have heard Yi He say that the two of them worked together to go to life and death in the underground palace before, and he was not disgusted by his inquiry, smiled friendly, turned around and spat at the opposite side, and said indignantly.
"Zhong Ming represents the legendary Zhong Kui, who specializes in devouring evil ghosts, and Zhong Kui in the allusion is righteous and upright, and is known for devouring evil ghosts and punishing the wicked, but this Zhong Ming is diametrically opposed, and the human face and beast heart do a lot of evil, which really defiles Zhong Kui's Taoism in vain."
Punish the evil division Zhong Kui, according to legend, he is a native of Chang'an in the early Tang Dynasty, with an iron face and sideburns, a strange appearance, because of the ugly appearance and the palace test failed, angry and hit the temple steps, and then was ordered by the Tang Ming Emperor Wu Daozi to make a picture of Zhong Kui in the dream of catching ghosts, hanging in the palace to avoid evil and suppress demons, and then become the legendary god of catching ghosts and driving away evil spirits.
It's just that it sounds like Zhong Ming, the punishment of evil in this netherworld, seems to be unworthy, and he can make his colleagues evaluate him like this, and he wants to do a lot of evil on weekdays.
This is really a scripture that is difficult to read.
I didn't expect that the mysterious and unpredictable Netherworld in the eyes of the world would be equally intrigued and deceived within the organization, and the most important thing is that now this group of people are actually centered on me, and they have the meaning of killing me and the world will be peaceful.
I sorted out the causes and consequences of what he had said, and asked.
"So, the person in front of me named Fan Nan is a person from the emerging faction?"
"Exactly."
Xie Xie was upright, looking at Fan Nan opposite, and the disdain in his eyes was not concealed at all.
"This Fan Nan's skills are all taught by the Lord, but now he is thinking vainly and disobeying the Lord's orders without authorization.
I didn't have time to think about why this Fan Nan was so anti-water, so I pulled him aside, looked at Xie Xie with a serious expression, and asked the most thought-provoking question.
"Strange to say, we don't have a schedule for this journey, how did you know that we would pass through here?"
Seeing that I asked this, Xie Xie withdrew his gaze from Fan Nan, and his eyebrows began to become serious.
"My lord, I don't know about this, not only that, but even the Lord doesn't know that you will pass by this place today."
I wondered even more, and looked into his eyes, trying to discern the truth from the false.
Xie Xie didn't mean to hide from me in the slightest, until I withdrew my gaze, he glanced at the people who were now some distance away from the two of us, and then looked at me and said seriously.
"But this news still came out of the mouth of the king of Chu Jiang, saying that you will pass by here today, so I sent Fan Nan to bring people to stop you and others, and after my lord received the news, he was afraid that the adults would make a mistake without paying attention, so he sent me to help."
"It's just that I vaguely heard people say that it seems that someone around you has passed the information to that mysterious force, and it is from which mysterious force that King Chujiang got the news, so he sent someone to stop the adult, and the lord sent me to answer the adult."
No wonder Xie Xie had to look at the person next to him before speaking.
No wonder it made me think there would be an ambush on the impeccable road.
If what Xie Xie said is right, then there is only one possibility left, one that I dare not believe and do not want to believe.
There are real hidden dangers in these people around me.
It was the news from this person that made me stand on the cusp of the storm at a loss!