The Ghost Judgment Hall is located in the sea, outside the fertile burning stone, on the black road of Huangquan in the west. At the end of the life of a good person, some lead to heaven of life, or Western bliss.

If it is a man or woman who has achieved two halves of merit, it will be sent to the tenth temple after death and given to be reborn in the human world, and some men will be reincarnated as women; Some women are reincarnated as men. Each of them receives the karma and karma they created during their lifetime.

Whoever has more evil deeds and less good deeds in the world will be introduced to the high platform on the right side of the temple, which is called the Mirror Altar of Iniquity.

The platform is one foot high, and the mirror is surrounded by about ten people. Hanging to the east, there are seven characters in the horizontal book: 'There is no good person in front of the evil mirror'.

The ghosts of many evil deeds who were escorted to the world naturally saw the treacherous nature of their hearts when they were alive; and the tragic state of dying and going to hell to suffer. At this time, I realized that I could not bring ten thousand taels of gold into it, and only sins would come to hell with me for the rest of my life.

After shining on the mirror of evil, he approved the second temple, began to distribute hell, and used torture instruments to cause all kinds of painful punishments.

If there are people in the world, they don't think about the heavens and the earth, and the parents nurture the body, which is precious and abnormal, and the grace is as heavy as a mountain. The kindness of parents, the kindness of all beings, the grace of kings, and the grace of three treasures have not been repaid. Before receiving the hook, he committed suicide, committed suicide, hanged himself, took poison, threw water, and so on. Except for those who sacrifice their lives for the virtue of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and become gods after death, if they are discovered out of small resentment, or because of the shame of sin, they will be killed by chance, and the punishment for their crimes will not be to the point of death. There are also those who want to blame and harm others, and make the fake come true, and they are angry and angry. All of the above, the door god and the stove god, immediately escorted the main hall to the hunger factory and the thirst factory.

These suicidal ghosts, every day and day, are as painful as when they were dying. All painful situations, as they were, appear again. Some of them were released for 70 days, and some of them were released after a year or two, and then they returned to the place where they sought their death, tormented by remorse. It is also forbidden to accept sacrifices such as soup and rice, paper silk, etc.

If the ghost who committed suicide knows and repents, and keeps it in hiding, it will not frighten people with a ghostly appearance; and do not look for those who die in lieu of death. Then the person who was involved by him has been freed from the involvement, and on that day, the door god and the stove god still escorted this ghost criminal to the main hall and forwarded it to the second hall. The merits and demerits of the proofreading were re-examined, and the punishment was increased severely, and then sent to the temples to be sent to hell to suffer.

If you have ever appeared to frighten people or sought out someone to die for, or used these words to frighten or deceive people; Although it is not fatal; Then even if they have done good deeds before, all hells will not be allowed to reduce their punishment.

If after the death of a child, he does not restrain the form of a ghost, so that he is frightened and killed; Immediately order the ghost servants of the blue-faced fangs to go to the hells to suffer. After a hundred days, he will be sent to the Great Hell of Ah Bi, and will be chained forever, and he will not be allowed to be reborn.

Whoever is a monk, a Taoist priest, or takes money from others, worships and recites sutras for others, and omits words or pages; Then he brought it to the main hall and sent it to the menitic place. Each is sent into a small dark room containing the scriptures and confessions. All the words he left out were clearly signed and recited clearly.

There are oil lamps here to store dozens of catties of oil. With only a thin line, sometimes bright, sometimes dark, you can't fill it up quickly in one breath.

Virtuous men and women or nuns who practice at home are very sincere and recite all the sutras, mantras, and Buddha names with their hearts and mouths. Even if there are errors or omissions; However, the emphasis is on sincerity, not on words. For those who practice with sincerity like this, the Buddha decrees that there is no need to supplement the sutras, on the first day of each month, and his merits are recorded in the good books.

If the people of the world worship sincerely to the West on the first day of the second month of each year, they will learn from the solemn virtues of Amitabha Buddha and King Ganling, who is pure and benefits all sentient beings. Remembering the internal and external virtues of practicing Buddhahood, chanting, mantras, and strict observance of precepts, and making great wishes, we will be born to attain the virtues of the Elysian World. And he vowed to practice diligently, to do his best to promote the Dharma and benefit all sentient beings. Then after the end of life, immediately receive the Buddha's guidance and die in bliss.

The meaning of the existence of the underworld is to house the soul of the person after death, if the soul stays in the human world for a long time, the yin energy corrodes the yang energy of the human world, and the entire human world will become turbid.

Zhu Erdan, a native of Lingyang, has a small character and a bold temperament. But he was slow by nature, and although he studied hard, he never became famous.

One day, Zhu Erdan drank with a few literary friends. Someone joked with him: "You are famous for your arrogance, if you can go to the Ten Kings Hall late at night and carry the judge under the left corridor, we will all invite you to drink." "It turns out that there is a Hall of Ten Kings in Lingyang, and the ghosts and gods enshrined in the hall are all carved from wood, and the makeup is lifelike. In the east corridor of the main hall, there was a standing judge, with a green face and a red beard, and his appearance was particularly hideous and vicious. The sound of interrogation and torture could be heard in the corridors at night. Whoever enters the temple is terrified.

So everyone made this request to embarrass Zhu Erdan. Zhu listened, laughed, and left the table. After a while, I heard a shout outside the door: "I have invited the bearded grandmaster!" As soon as everyone stood up, Jurdan walked in with the judge on his back. He placed the judge on the table, raised his glass, and toasted three times in a row. When everyone saw the appearance of the judge, they were frightened and uneasy one by one, and hurriedly asked Zhu Erdan to carry it back. Zhu raised the wine glass again, poured the wine on the ground, and prayed: "The student is rude and rude, forgive the great master and will not be surprised!" My home is not far from here, please go and have a drink or two when you are in the mood, and don't be limited to the difference between people and gods!" After saying that, he still carried the judge back.

The next day, everyone really invited Jurdan to drink. Drinking until dark, Jurdan returned home drunk. After the alcohol addiction was over, he put the lamp in his hand again and poured himself a drink. Suddenly, a man opened the curtain and walked in. Zhu Erdan looked up and saw that it was the judge! He hurriedly stood up and said, "Huh! Looks like I'm going to die! I offended you last night, and I'm here to kill me tonight, right?" The judge's beard moved, smiled, and said, "No. Thanks to your generous invitation last night, I happen to be free tonight, so I have come to your appointment with a man of understanding. ”

Zhu Erdan was overjoyed, pulled the judge's clothes and asked him to sit down, got up and washed the wine utensils, and burned the fire to warm the wine. The judge said, "It's warm, let's drink it cold." Jurdan complied, put the bottle on the table, and ran to tell the family to buy dishes and fruits. When his wife found out, she was shocked and dissuaded him from hiding in the house. Zhu Erdan didn't listen, and waited for her to prepare the dish, then brought it over, changed the wine glass, and the two of them drank each other.

Jurdan asked for the judge's name. The judge said, "My surname is Lu, and I don't have a name. Zhu Erdan talked to him about classical learning, and the judge answered him fluently. Zhu Erdan asked him again: "Do you understand the current Bagu Wen?" The judge said, "You can tell the good from the bad." Reading and writing in the underworld is similar to the human world. "Judge Lu drank a lot of alcohol, and drank ten glasses in a row. Because Zhu Erdan had been drunk all day, he was not drunk, and fell asleep on the table. When I woke up, I saw that the candle was dim, and the ghost guest had already left.

Since then, Judge Lu has come once every two or three days, and the two have become more harmonious, often sleeping in the same bed. Zhu Erdan presented his essay to Judge Lu, who picked up a red pen and corrected it, but he couldn't say it was good. One night, after the two of them had a drink.

Zhu Erdan was drunk, so he went to sleep first, and Judge Lu was still drinking by himself. In his sleep, Zhu Erdan suddenly felt a little pain in his viscera, and when he woke up, he saw that Judge Lu was sitting in front of the bed, and he had already cut open his stomach and taken out his intestines, which were being taken out one by one.

Zhu Erdan was shocked and said, "We have no grudge, why should you kill me?" Judge Lu smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm going to change a smart heart for you." After saying that, he unhurriedly sorted out his intestines, put them in Zhu Erdan's stomach, closed the knife edge, and finally wrapped his waist with a footcloth. When everything was finished, seeing that there was no blood on the bed, Zhu Erdan only felt a slight numbness in his stomach. Seeing Judge Lu put a lump of meat on the table, Zhu Erdan asked what it was, and Judge Lu said, "This is your original heart." You don't have a quick mind, I know it's because your mind is clogged. Just now, I chose the best one from thousands of hearts in the underworld, and replaced it for you, leaving this one to make up for the gap. With that, he got up and closed the door and left.

After dawn, Zhu Erdan untied the belt and saw that the wound had healed, leaving only a red line on his stomach. Since then, he has made great progress in his writings and articles. A few days later, he showed his article to Judge Lu, who said, "It's okay." But you are blessed, you can't be a big official, at most you are just a person. Zhu Erdan asked, "When will you pass the exam?" Must be the first in the exam this year!" Judge Lu replied. Soon, Zhu Erdan won the first place in the examination, and won the first place in the autumn scientific examination. His classmates and friends had always looked down on him, and when they saw his exam papers, they couldn't help but look at each other and be surprised. After carefully questioning Zhu Erdan, he learned that it was the result of Judge Lu changing his wisdom for him. Everyone asked Zhu Erdan to introduce Judge Lu to everyone, and they all wanted to make friends with him. Judge Lu happily agreed. And they all feasted. Waiting to entertain Judge Lu.

At the time of the first watch, Lu Juan Palace came. I saw his red beard fluttering, and his blazing eyes were like lightning, penetrating people's hearts. Everyone's faces were blank, and their teeth couldn't help but rattle. Soon after, they left their seats one by one and fled. Zhu Erdan invited Judge Lu to his house to drink.

When the two were drunk, Zhu Erdan said, "You have washed my intestines and changed my heart, and I have received a lot of favors from you!" There's something else I want to trouble you, I don't know if I can?" Judge Lu asked him to speak. Zhu Erdan said: "The heart can be changed, and the face can also be changed." My knotted wife is not bad, but her eyebrows and eyes are not very beautiful, and she wants to trouble you to use the knife and axe, how about it?" Judge Lu smiled and said, "Okay, let me think of a way slowly." ”

A few days later, Judge Lu came to knock on the door in the middle of the night. Jurdan hurriedly got up and asked him to come in. lit a candle and shone it, and saw that Judge Lu was wrapping something in his clothes, and Zhu Erdan asked what it was. Judge Lu said: "What you told me last time, it has been difficult to find. I just happened to get a beautiful head, and I'm here to fulfill my promise!" Zhu Erdan opened the placket of his clothes and saw that the blood on his head and neck was still wet. Judge Lu urged him to go to the bedroom quickly and not to alarm the chicken dog. Jurdan was worried that the door to his wife's bedroom would be bolted at night. As soon as Judge Lu arrived, he stretched out a hand and pushed it, and the door opened.

When he entered the bedroom, he saw Zhu Erdan's wife sleeping soundly on her side on the bed. Judge Lu handed over the head to Zhu Erdan to hold, took out a dagger from his boots, pressed Zhu's wife's neck with one hand, and cut it with the other hand like cutting tofu, and Zhu's wife's head rolled down to the side of the pillow. Judge Lu hurriedly took the beautiful head from Zhu Erdan's arms, put it on Zhu's wife's neck, looked carefully at whether it was Zhou Zheng, pressed it hard, and then moved the pillow and stuffed it under Zhu's wife's head. When everything was over, he ordered Zhu Erdan to bury his severed head in a no-man's land before leaving.

Zhu's wife woke up the next day, feeling a slight numbness on her neck and a dry face. Rubbing it with his hand, there were some blood pieces, and he was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted to the maid to get water to wash his face. The maid came in with water, and was horrified to see her face stained with blood. Zhu's wife washed her face, and the basin of water turned red. As soon as she looked up, the maid suddenly saw that she was unrecognizable, and she was even more surprised. Zhu's wife took a mirror and looked at it, shocked and puzzled. After Zhu Erdan came in, he told his wife how Judge Lu had changed his head, and looked at his wife repeatedly, and saw that she had crooked eyebrows and a pair of dimples on both sides of her cheeks, which really looked like a beauty in a painting. When I unbuttoned the collar, I saw that there was only a red line left around the neck, and the skin above and below the red line was completely different in color.

Before that, Wu Shiyu had a daughter, who was very beautiful. Engaged twice, but the husband died before he could pass the door, so he was nineteen years old and still unmarried.

During the Shangyuan Festival, Wu Nu went to visit the Ten Kings Palace, when there were many and miscellaneous tourists, there was a scoundrel who peeped into her beautiful appearance, so he secretly visited her home, and used a ladder to climb the wall into the courtyard at night, made a hole in her bedroom door and got in, first killed a maid under the bed, and then threatened Wu Nu. Wu Nu resisted and shouted for help, but the scoundrel became angry and cut off her head with a knife. Mrs. Wu vaguely heard movement in her daughter's bedroom, and called the maid to investigate, and the maid was almost frightened to death when she saw the corpse in the room.

The whole family got up, parked the body in the hall, and put Wu Nu's head on the side of her neck. The family cried and cried all night. At dawn the next day, Mrs. Wu lifted the quilt on her daughter's corpse and saw that her body was there, but her head was gone. She was so angry that she beat the maids who guarded the corpses one by one, thinking that they were not strictly guarded and were eaten by dogs. Wu Shiyu immediately told the county government about the murder of his daughter. The county guard strictly ordered the murderer to be arrested within a time limit, but three months have passed, and the murderer has still not been caught.

Soon, the strange news that Zhu Erdan's wife had changed her head gradually reached the ears of Wu Shiyu. He became suspicious and sent an old mother to visit Zhu's house under the pretext of an excuse. As soon as the old mother saw Mrs. Zhu's appearance, she immediately ran back in horror and told Wu Gong.

When Wu Gong saw that his daughter's body was still there, he was suspicious in his heart, guessing that Zhu Erdan might have killed his daughter with evil magic, so he went to interrogate Zhu Erdan in person. Zhu said: "My wife was replaced in her sleep, I really don't know what happened! It's a shame to say that I killed your daughter!" Wu Gong didn't believe it and sued the county government. The county guard arrested Zhu Erdan's family for interrogation, but the result was the same as what Zhu said, and the county guard couldn't make a clear judgment. After Zhu Erdan returned home, he asked Judge Lu for advice. Judge Lu said: "It's not difficult, I'll let his daughter explain it herself." At night, Wu Shiyu dreamed that his daughter told him: "My daughter was killed by Yang Danian of Suxi, and it has nothing to do with Zhu Juren."

Zhu Juren thought his wife was ugly, so Judge Lu replaced his daughter's head with Zhu's wife. Now that my daughter is dead, her head is still alive, I hope our family will not make enemies with Zhu Juren. After Wu Shiyu woke up, he hurriedly told his wife about the dream, and his wife also had the same dream. So he told the county government again, and the county guard asked, and sure enough, there was a Yang Danian. was immediately arrested and tortured, and Yang Danian confessed to the crime. Wu Shiyu went to visit Zhu Erdan and asked to see Mrs. Zhu. recognized Mrs. Zhu as her daughter again, and married Zhu Erdan as a son-in-law. So Mrs. Zhu's head was buried on the body of Wu Nu.

Later, Zhu Erdan entered Beijing three times to take the Jinshi examination, but he was dethroned for violating the rules of the examination room. As a result, he became discouraged and no longer wanted to be an official. Thirty years later, one night, Judge Lu told Zhu Erdan: "Your life is coming to an end. "Zhu Erdan asked about the date of death, and Judge Lu replied that it would be five days later." Can it be saved?" Judge Lu said: "Life and death are all determined by heaven, how can people change? Moreover, in the eyes of the enlightened, life and death are the same, so why should we think that we are happy when we are alive, but we are sad when we die?" Zhu Erdan heard it and felt that it was right, so he bought the coffin of the shroud. Five days later, he died in full costume.

The next day, Mrs. Zhu was holding the coffin and crying bitterly, and Zhu Erdan suddenly came from outside. Mrs. Zhu was afraid, and Zhu Erdan said, "I am indeed a ghost, but I am no different from when I was alive. I miss you orphans and widows, and I really can't give up!" When the lady heard this, she burst into tears, and her tears flowed down to her chest.

Zhu Erdan caressed and comforted his wife, and the lady said: "In ancient times, there was a saying that the soul is restored, since you have a spirit, why don't you stop giving birth?" Zhu Erdan said: "How can the number of days be violated?" The wife asked, "What are you doing in Hades?" Zhu Erdan replied: "Judge Lu recommended me to be in charge of the documents, and I was also made an official knight, so there is no hardship. The wife wanted to ask again, but Zhu Erdan said, "Lu Gong is here with me, hurry up and prepare the wine and food." With that, he went out. Mrs. Zhu immediately prepared as her husband instructed. After a while, I heard Judge Lu and Zhu Erdan drinking and laughing indoors, with a loud voice, as if they were alive. In the middle of the night, when I looked into the house again, the two of them were gone.

From then on, Zhu Erdan came once a few days, sometimes staying at home with his wife, taking care of household chores. At that time, his son Zhu Wei was only five years old. When Jurdan came, he hugged him. Zhu Wei grew up to be seven or eight years old, and Zhu Erdan taught him to read under the lamp.