Chapter 1 Section 1 Forget the Noodle House
At the end of the alley, there is a noodle restaurant here, called "forgetting love", located in the depths of the lane, with winding paths. There are two red lacquer oil pillars in front of the door, eight meters in between, green tiles and red bricks, and the gold-lettered signboard is particularly dazzling. The store has a retro decoration, with blue bricks and wooden panels, tables and chairs of eight immortals, oil lamps and painted pillars, carved beam galleries, straw hats and oil lamps......
This is also a yang underworld.
"No. 328 ......"
This person is the noodle restaurant 'Meng Po', this Meng Po is not the other Meng Po, the legend is to cross the Nai He Bridge, drink Meng Po soup, and forget the previous life to be reincarnated.
This Meng Po, not only boiled soup, but also boiled noodles, self-evident, the name is 'forget the love noodles', "eat the forget the love noodles, drink the soup on the road, a full and two feet, happy on the road", both do the same thing, the real change of soup does not change the medicine.
Her temples are white but there are few wrinkles, her eyes are sharp, she hides a knife in her smile, she is resolute, she is wearing black cloth shoes in ancient costumes, and she wears a black forehead belt, and a red jade stone inlaid in the belt is really eye-catching.
This is an absolute master, the whole noodle restaurant made a fortune in the sun, and the Xiangche mansion all depends on a bowl of noodles developed by her with years of experience.
Although it is located in the middle of nowhere, it is no exaggeration to say that the store is crowded, the seats are full, and there is a long queue in front of the door. At first glance, this is undoubtedly an industry leader, grabbing a treasure pot of money, but who knows, its true face? ……
"No. 328, where?"
The person in front of him is the famous number one hunter in the underworld, 'Yelang'.
As the name suggests, "hunter", hunting all demons and monsters in the world, maintaining the sword of yin and yang order, like a person is not a human, like a ghost is not a ghost, like a god is not a god, jumping out of the Three Realms, not in the five elements.
Hunters are outstanding in life, outstanding, and when their longevity is exhausted, they are led by the two lines of "Tao" and "Buddha" to accept the crossing and enter the ranks of hunters, and they will be sealed in the dust and top secret!
Yelang taught Taishang Laojun, a Taoist hunter, thousands of miles of pursuit, thousands of miles of arrest, said that he will be judged according to law, and punished according to the law.
The hunters of the underworld are always divided into two factions, the other faction belongs to the Buddhist lineage, under the tutelage of Jizo, to save all sentient beings as their own responsibility, by the Emperor Xudu Great, when all the ghosts and ghosts endanger the world, you can cut first and then play.
Jizo and the Emperor are both leaders of the underworld, with equal status, and each has its own duties!
Both factions are subordinate to the Emperor of the Underworld, and they are coordinated with Jizang.
I don't know how long it has been, how many reincarnations of dead souls have been sent to his hands, and I don't know how many demons and monsters have been collected and sent to the Hell to be tortured, which can be said to be a god-like existence among hunters.
No one knows where he came from, only that he was wise and brave, handsome, humorous, and brave...... Once one person and one knife, he fought for three days and three nights, captured an ancient divine beast alive, and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy!
He is chivalrous, fair-skinned, delicate and tough facial features, graceful, heroic but amiable, and has a slight ruffian in his demeanor.
Who would have thought that the first hunter in the underworld, who is mighty Yin and Yang, at this moment, will become a shopkeeper who serves tea and water!
Even if it's a bad thing, it's hard to resist the temptation of this fancy world, the so-called money can make the ghost grind!
It is also because the underworld clearly stipulates that spells cannot be used to forcibly interfere with the order of the yang world, otherwise, I don't know how many billionaires and top people in various fields will be in the world, so in order to balance work and life, he has to contribute.
"Loulan, it's almost time, please be early tomorrow if you are queuing outside!" Yerou shouted loudly!
Loulan agreed, while explaining to the guests who were still queuing, after all, it was about to get dark, and the real work was about to officially begin.
Even if people complained, they had to leave in disappointment, who told our store to have this high-profile capital? Isn't it?
Speaking of Loulan, she is a very important part of the noodle shop, serving as a death accountant, in charge of the inquiry and verification of the life and death books in the jurisdiction, and issuing wanted warrants for the souls of the dead who did not report in time.
Eclectic in doing things, it is said that there is never a single ghost missing!
Of course, she will inevitably be a member of our noodle restaurant, haha!
The one who was born is a fresh and refined, long legs and thin waist, elegant manners, long hair and waist, talking and showing everyone's beauty, few men can resist her bright eyes and smile, but the appearance of the store is responsible, and naturally it is indispensable to attract bees and butterflies, and flowers and gifts are piled up in the whole corner!
"Sister, there's no one outside, I'll go upstairs first to sort out the Book of Life and Death, and see how much information there is today!"
The one who Loulan called Sister is the helm of the noodle restaurant, the judge Zixi.
Responsible for the trial of the souls of the dead in the jurisdiction, and dominate the overall situation.
A very cold beauty, dressed decently, with few words, concise and capable and to the point, iron-faced and selfless, but also often extrajudicial and gracious, tightened in the trial work, never handled an unjust case, and did not let go of a ghost.
"Okay, let's go."
Zixi continued: "Lao Meng, Yelang, after the guests are gone, clean up and prepare to close!" Have a meeting after getting it. ”
Meng Po raised her head and put away her apron: "Okay, it'll be fine in a while!" ”
"Okay, sister, you can put the money away!" Yelang was busy and teased humorously.
Dali glanced at Yelang, carried today's business money, and went straight upstairs.
After everything was cleaned up, the two of them also went upstairs.
At this time, Loulan and Dali were already in the living room on the second floor, and Yelang and Meng Po sat around.
To be honest, with such a rhythm of work, if you want to change to a mortal fetus, you will already die.
But they are different, they are the only characters in the underworld, who can go thousands of years without eating or drinking, without sleep, and still full of energy.
The fly in the ointment is that they have to retreat once a year, for as little as three to five days, as long as a month, and some have not been heard from for many years. Of course, this apparently did not appear to them for the time being.
Every time they go to that place, Jizo Bodhisattva personally gives each of them a book of scriptures, and they meditate according to the instructions of the scriptures.
At first, I feel a splitting headache, my mind is confused, and I have thousands of pictures in my mind.
Slowly, you will be calm and relaxed, and then your subconscious mind will enter an ancient tower.
According to the different characters, the content of each person's entry into the tower is also different, and it can be said that each layer is full of dangers and infinite loops. But as a result, you must successfully pass the ninth floor before you can get out, otherwise you will have to be trapped in the tower until you pass.
After leaving the customs, everyone will feel that the whole body is relieved and energetic, like a loose horse, full of motivation.
But it's a little strange that you pass through a long trail every time.
Overgrown with weeds, withered vines and crows, small bridges with thin water, wind-cold residual clouds, and thousands of years have been the same.
In the middle of the line, there is a smooth broken wall, during which some pictures will blur and appear, those people, those scenes, those things, feel familiar, repeated interpretation, but there is no way to remember.
At this time, the smooth stone surface will crack at the corners, like glass, shatter and fall off. A stone door is displayed on the stone wall, which can be passed, that is, successfully cleared.
A stone gate, but separated by reality and reality, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other.
"Recently, the number of souls in the jurisdiction has risen sharply, and the underworld is full of souls.
At the same time, many of the dead have disappeared into thin air, and there is no way to find them. Tell me, what's going on? Zixi's face was solemn.
"I checked the book of life and death, and the number of dead souls has indeed increased by nearly half compared with previous periods, except for deaths caused by wars, suicide and homicide and other unnatural deaths also account for a large proportion." Loulan went on to say:
"According to the examination of the souls of the dead, most of the causes of death are directly or indirectly related to drugs! And the strange thing is that among them, the person who died of drug addiction, according to the record of life and death, he actually had an unfinished life, but other souls who knew the deceased who were drug addicts confirmed that the drug addict was indeed "really dead, very strange, where did those dead souls go?"
Even if they collectively violated the regulations and broke through the shackles of the lantern of the past and endangered the world, but with such a big action and so many ghosts, there is nothing unusual in the yang world?
Obviously, there must be a powerful black hand behind it! ”
Meng Po was a little excited at this time: "Yes, this is not something that one or two people can do, Zixi, you have to go to the underworld to check if you have time, I suspect that there are internal ghosts!" ”
Yelang continued Meng Po's words: "That's true, judging from the recent inspections, there are a lot of people who have died due to drugs.
There are people who commit suicide or murder by hallucinating, those who kill each other by eating black, and those who force their relatives to die for drug money, etc.
And the crime rate has also risen a lot, and many new souls choose to take risks, not guided by the light of the dead, trying to wait for an opportunity to take revenge, and some are reluctant to leave, and so on.
As Loulan said, people who die from drug addiction can't even predict the book of life and death, what a dangerous signal this is, you can imagine that these souls are beyond the control of the underworld and are not bound by the book of life and death, how terrible is this!
If someone with bad intentions takes advantage of the soul of the dead to stir up trouble in the sun, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Therefore, this must be inseparable from some of the inconsistencies below, who has the ability to tamper with the book of life and death?
Zixi took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a moment.
"In that case, who can give me a solution?"
Suddenly there was silence!
Zixi said: "Loulan, you say"
Loulan touched her head and glanced around: "Hehe, ask me how many dead souls, how many have not been reported, and how many have not been judged, I know, find a way to make suggestions, sister, don't embarrass me!" ”
Judge Zixi rolled his eyes and said that he was helpless: "Yes!" You win! ”
"Old Meng, what about you?"
Meng Po responded: "I think, there is a reason for it, this bell must be tied to the bell, since the soul is missing due to drugs, let's start from the source of the drug, and we must investigate secretly, not to alarm the underworld."
In addition, the surface of the noodle shop can't show anything unusual, and it's not urgent to investigate the ghosts, first cut off the source of the drugs, find out the whereabouts of the dead soul, and the truth is not far away.
Finally, let's go to the next Xingshi to ask for guilt! ”
"Lao Meng, everyone knows the rules of our underworld, you can't forcibly interfere with the order of the world, and special circumstances have to be reported in advance, not to mention, even if you find the source of drugs, it is difficult to make a difference" Yelang said with deep understanding.
Meng Po: "The Underworld stipulates that you cannot forcibly interfere in the affairs of the human world, but if there is an incident in which non-human beings participate, it is within the jurisdiction of your Underworld Hunter......
Besides, aren't the two worlds of yin and yang all in chaos now? It is also the time for us to slay demons and uphold the law and order of the world.
Dacheng, set no informalities, keep all beings in mind, and be compassionate to the world! ”
Yelang suddenly realized: "How did I forget this stubble!" Yes, that's easy! ”
Zixi cleared her throat, and everyone threw their eyes at her.
"Yelang, you set out to investigate the location of the source of the poison, if it's just a human activity, you can find a way to guide the clues to the government of the Yang Realm, and they will deal with it first, depending on the situation.
If there are extraordinary people involved, you can wait for the opportunity to step in. Cut it, don't reveal your identity in front of mortals, and in case of last resort, you must erase mortal memories to avoid causing unnecessary panic!
Yelang rubbed his hands: "Order!" ”
"Loulan, pay close attention to the number of revenants and the direction of the revenants, and minimize the deterioration of the revenants that cause crimes!"
Loulan nodded: "Hmm! Sister, don't worry, this is my strength. ”
"Lao Meng, you can inform the ghosts in the store, cooperate with Loulan, do a good job in receiving and disposing of the dead souls, and sort it out for me."
Meng Po habitually wiped her apron with both hands: "Okay, no problem, I'll do something, don't worry!" ”
"Okay, that's it, let's all go our separate ways!"
"Sister, sister, remember to pay your salary today, but you can count on that little silver to support your family!" Yoro's hippie smile!
Zixi replied expressionlessly: "I said Yelang, Yelang, you have been doing yin for some years, why are you so superficial, you have lived for so many years in vain, and you only know money all day long!" Money! Money!
To give! I really don't understand why you went with all that money, you learn from Loulan and Lao Meng, the same money, the same are enjoying life, why is there such a big difference?
The two of them are dressed, they are good, you look at you again, just a few sets of torn clothes, how many years have you been wearing hard, what about your money? ”
Yoro seems to be a little aggrieved; "Sister, don't you know, now that the war is in chaos, don't you have to use money to move around the world? Besides, we are the ace hunters of the underworld, and we have to work part-time as a shopkeeper, so we can't be treated, hehe, sister, sister, let's go, I'll kneel down for you......"
As he spoke, Yelang knelt down on one knee and flattered himself as a little eunuch!
Zixi grimaced, glanced at him, and turned to leave.