9. Grandparents and grandchildren first met
After the meeting ended, Xiaoqu stayed to help He Qian clean up the meeting hall, and the two chatted while busy. He Qian said: "Xiaoqu, according to what you see today, what will be gained or lost in the Ten Palaces, the Ghost Domain and the Ruins?" Xiaoqu said: "The happiest thing must be to return to the ruins, the Three Immortals Island does not need to be responsible for suppressing the water ghosts, and it will no longer involve the affairs of the underworld. ”
"What about the Ghost Domain?" He Qian asked. "The reason why the Ghost Domain interferes with the disposal of the Drought Fish is selfish." Xiaoqu said. He Qian was a little curious, "Oh? I don't see that, what do you think? Xiaoqu said: "Nowadays, the people of the land of China live and work in peace and contentment, live a prosperous life, and coincide with a prosperous era. There are very few ghosts who can be handed over to the ghost domain for heavy punishment, and the people only know the ten halls in their hearts, but they don't know the ghost domain. The ghost emperors took advantage of the drought to make trouble, which is nothing more than to increase the influence of the ghost domain, otherwise, over time, the immortal family of the ghost domain will be worshipped, wouldn't it be sad? Emperor Ziwei must have seen the thoughts of the Ghost Domain, so he asked the Ten Halls to be severely punished in the future, and with the water ghosts returning to the ruins, the business volume of the Ghost Domain doubled. With this, they no longer hold on to the matter of the drought. ”
After hearing this, He Qian suddenly realized: "It's still your brain, so what do you think of our ten halls?" ”
Xiaoqu sighed and said: "What do we have in the Ten Palaces, the good things are all people's, and the dirty work is all in our Ten Palaces, which is also due to your King Qin Guang, and I will not be invited to see Emperor Ziwei." ”
"King Jiang is also helpless, why don't he just go to these old guys to fight. But no, if you can't protect the business scope of the Ten Palaces, let the ghost domain return to the ruins take advantage of the loophole. and the people of the human world shall be sinned. They can't do anything like Lord Bao. He Qian said with a distressed face. We, the adults, have all experienced the warmth and coldness of the world before our deaths, and know the sufferings of the people, even if we suffer some grievances and criticisms, as long as we are good to the people, we are not enough to worry about, and there is no better immortal than the Ten Palaces of Yama. ”
Xiaoqu said goodbye to He Qian and returned to the Equality Palace, and saw that the Equality King was working seriously in front of the computer, and he didn't want to disturb him. But the King of Equality spoke: "Wait a minute! Xiao Qu bowed down and clenched his fists, did not make a sound, and stood aside waiting for the king to order. Do you know your past life? "For a long time, the King of Equality spoke, his eyes still focused on the computer screen." I've heard a little, but it's not detailed, and since King Equality doesn't say it, it's naturally something I shouldn't know. Xiaoqu replied. Ay! Sit down! The King of Equality sighed. Although Xiaoqu is the number two person in the Equality Palace, it is the first time that they have sat in front of the Equality King. King Ping said: "You also heard me say at the meeting just now, that Luo Kang, who is one with the "Eight Array Diagram", is your grandson of the Yang world. You were a meritorious service to the people in your previous life, and now you have to bear the heavy responsibility of your grandson, and my land owes it to your family. Xiaoqu hurriedly got up and said: "King Equality never needs to be like this, I don't know anything about my previous life, and now I read the life-saving grace of King Equality, and wherever it is useful to me, King Equality will command." King Ping turned on the printer, printed out the document he had just written, put it in a bag, and handed it to Xiaoqu. said: "You go to meet your grandson, whether you want to recognize each other or not depends on your mood." Inform him of the drought and the search for the missing soul, and if you are allowed to bring him to me, if not, do not force him to be reincarnated. ”
"I'm going to bring this grandson of mine to you!" Xiaoqu knelt on one knee and gave a big salute.
"Go, it's here when you get out of the ghost gate!" King Equality said as he turned back to his bedroom.
Luo Kang and Chen Zhiyu arrived at the police station under the jurisdiction of the hotel early in the morning, and the police comrades learned about their situation, handled special matters, and quickly reissued temporary ID cards for the two. The two returned to the hotel to meet Lin Zi, set off to take the waterway down the river, and arrived at Fengdu County.
The ghost town of Fengdu has a history of more than 2,000 years, and has the titles of "Hidden Capital" and "Ghost Country Kyoto". There are many natural and cultural landscapes in the county, such as Shuanggui Mountain, Ghost Country Shrine, and Ghost King Stone Carvings, and the tourism industry is developed.
Luo Kang and his entourage walked on the bustling street, looking at the goods sold by roadside vendors while eating the brazier barbecue they had just bought. "This ghost town is so lively, crowded with people, where is there a place for ghosts." Without waiting to swallow the food, Chen Zhiyu spoke to Luo Kang and Lin Zi, and the mutton in his mouth fell out. "Look at your appearance, don't say you know us!" Luo Kang and Chen Zhiyu were joking. "It's no wonder that King Ping wants to build his mansion on the edge of Fengdu County, and it is really inconvenient to be haunted here. Let's find a place to stay! How's it going there? Lin Zi pointed to a homestay in the distance. Luo Kang said: "Let's go and have a look, we didn't have an appointment when we came, so we can only try our luck." As Luo Kang expected, it is now the peak tourist season, and the occupancy rate of hotels and B&Bs is very high, and they searched for more than two hours before finding a room in a hotel on the edge of the county. With the lesson of losing something last time, Luo Kang put down his luggage and conducted a security check inside and outside the hotel. This hotel is not big, a small three-story building, the first floor is the front desk and restaurant, the second and third floors are the accommodation rooms, each window of the room is installed with anti-theft guardrails, the door is an ordinary fireproof door, and the corridor is installed with monitoring, and there is no dead end. The only entrance to and from the hotel is the gate, and the entrance is a four-lane road, bustling with cars. Behind the hotel is a self-built garden, surrounded by a large banyan forest, and the environment is very beautiful. The garden was fenced with barbed wire, and there was an iron gate to the woods, which was rusted and apparently not opened for a long time.
When it was time for lunch, Luo Kang, Chen Zhiyu and Lin Zi came to the restaurant of the hotel. At the dinner table, Luo Kang said to Chen Zhiyu: "Have you written it down?" I'll pack up my things after eating in a while and set off for Qiyao Mountain, Lin Zi's safety will be handed over to you, you should pay special attention to the appearance of fresh faces in the hotel, and if there is an abnormal situation, you will immediately slip away, let's contact at any time. "Don't worry, boss, I've written it down, if something happens, I'm trying my best to keep the boss lady thorough, the strange face you said, there is one now, look over there." Chen Zhiyu secretly pointed to the direction of the gate, only to see a tall monk dressed in a hundred clothes walk into the hotel. "Look, this monk's small round eyes look exactly like Saitama-sensei." Chen Zhiyu almost laughed out loud.
The monk did not go to the front desk when he entered the door, but went straight to Luo Kang's place. Luo Kang and Chen Zhiyu each held a bottle of beer in their hands, and their hands were hidden under the table, ready to be on guard at any time. The monk walked up to Luo Kang's table and said, "Which of the three is Luo Kang's benefactor?" "Luo Kang was shocked, this monk actually knew my name." I am, who are you? Luo dragged off the ground. replied. The monk looked at Luo Kang for a few seconds and said, "I didn't expect my grandson to be so old, hahaha, in Xiaqu Zhendong!" "You're my grandfather? I'm still your grandfather! Luo Kang shouted. At the same time, he and Chen Zhiyu wheeled the wine bottle at the same time and smashed it at the monk's bald head. The monk was unhurried, raised his hands and accurately grabbed the wrists of the two, and with a slight lift, he almost dragged Luo Kang and Chen Zhiyu off the ground. "The piano and the drum are no return, the pain and calamity are difficult to reach the sky, and the Sansheng Stone is in the past, who is talking about misfortune and blessing?" The monk chanted these few lines of poetry, and his voice was like Hong Zhong Da Lu, and Luo Kang listened to it very clearly. "I believe it! I believed! You let us go first! I'm going to break my wrist! Hearing the monk read the contents of his grandfather's diary, Luo Kang knew that this person was not here to harm them.
The great monk let go of his hand and said, "Three, let's find a quiet place to talk!" So, the four of them went to the backyard of the hotel together, because it was lunch time, and there was no one else here.
"This master, you say that you are Luo Kang's grandfather, how is this possible?" Lin Zi asked.
"I am now a yin under the equal king, and I have come to you with the body of a yang man." Xiaoqu said.
Subsequently, Xiaoqu told Luo Kang about his acquaintance with the King of Equality, how to become a ghost, the emergency meeting of the Ten Palaces, and so on.
"I really believe it, grandpa, if my parents and grandma can see you, I don't know how happy I will be." Luo Kang said a little choked.
"I can imagine that kind of picture, but I am no longer the Qu Zhendong of the Yang world, what has been preserved is just a name. I said grandson, what the king of equality said, you should not. Xiaoqu said.
"Grandpa, I'm my grandson, and I didn't understand what you said." Luo Kang glanced at Lin Zi, "Do you understand?" ”
"I probably understood, Luo Kang is only responsible for locating the matter of finding the missing soul, and the matter of recovering the soul should be the people of the Ten Palaces, right?" Lin Zi said to Xiaoqu.
"Yes, the person behind this scene is not simple, I'm afraid it will have to be done by King Ping himself." Xiaoqu replied.
"What about the drought? What exactly is Luo Kang going to do? Does Luo Kang die? ”
Xiaoqu replied: "The principle of using the Eight Formations to suppress the drought is to replace the seven spirits of the drought with the seven spirits of a person, and then save the seven spirits of the person and the drought in the diagram, and the drought and this person will become unconscious shells, that is, vegetative people. Originally, the Ten Palaces used some means to help me preserve my body, but about 20 years ago, the "Eight Arrays" was misused, and I and the seven spirits of the Drought Devil were released, and the Seven Spirits of the Drought Devil returned to my body, and my Seven Spirits went to the body of the Drought Fish, and without the protection of the formation, the three souls and seven spirits of mortals could not withstand the powerful power of the Drought Devil at all, so my Seven Spirits were destroyed and the three souls were seriously damaged. The physical body is not controlled by the three souls, and it quickly decays. The Seven Spirits of the Drought Devil ruined my three souls, lost their support, and returned to their own bodies. Escaped back to the realm of mountains and seas. Of course, I don't remember any of this, but it was told to me by someone in the palace of Equality. Xiaoqu continued to say to Luo Kang: "Your situation is different, after launching the formation to take out the seven spirits of you and the Drought Fish, you have to put it back on your body, because you are the Eight Formations." So not only will your physical body not be damaged, but it will become very strong. Of course, there are side effects, although there are seven spirits of the "Eight Arrays" to trap the drought, but after all, this is the seven spirits of the ancient demon gods, and they are powerful. When it wants to resist the Eight Array Diagram, the Diagram will release greater power to suppress it, and then it will inevitably affect your Seven Spirits, and the physiological reaction is confusion, delirium, and in severe cases, it will become vegetative for a short time. Therefore, the King of Equality has asked me to give you a set of mental methods, and to repeat them in my spare time, which will help strengthen your seven spirits and reduce the side effects. Xiaoqu took out the bag and handed it to Luo Kang.
"As for when you will die, then look at the "Eight Arrays" to think about when you will leave your body, isn't the birthmark on your lower abdomen already fading, it is estimated that it will not be too long."