Chapter 36: Dust
In the Yuan Dynasty of the world, it was an era full of massacres. Whether it is in the students' history textbooks or the TV series in the world, they are very reluctant to mention it.
In fact, there is a theory that China during the Yuan Dynasty was actually in a state of extinction. Culturally, Kublai Khan, the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, came from the Mongol ethnic group and admired the nomadic hunter-gatherers. Huaxia also advocates farming culture.
The expansion of the Yuan Dynasty was very fast, not only in the current position of China, but also in Eastern Europe. The territory of the Yuan Dynasty stretched from the Sea of Japan in the east, to the South China Sea in the south, to the Tianshan Mountains in the west, and to Lake Baikal in the north. This was "attributed" to the Yuan Dynasty's army's brutal policy of slaughtering cities.
Success also slaughtered the city, and defeat also slaughtered the city. If you kill all the people, you will surely lose the hearts of the people. What's more, the Yuan Dynasty at that time was vast and sparsely populated, and many cities were laid a few years ago, and they would be lost in the next few years, and after holding on for 97 years, the Yuan Dynasty finally collapsed.
Recalling this tragedy of the Han people, Jiang Yao will always feel heartbroken. Because this is not only a human tragedy, but also a tragedy of the underworld.
In that era when information was not perfect, the number of ghosts in the underworld suddenly increased, which naturally brought a lot of problems.
At that time, when the workload of ghosts increased dramatically, the problem of ghost retention became the most difficult to solve.
At that time, there was no complete underground government management system, so all the ghosts were stuffed into the city of vain. The number of ghosts in the city of the dead has skyrocketed, and it is not uncommon for ghosts without offerings to snatch ghosts with offerings. In addition to the Reincarnation Hades Hall and the First Hades Palace, the other eight Hades had to send a large number of men to be stationed in the city of vain death for a long time.
As the last "tourist attraction" of ghosts in the underworld, Meng Po's Yellow Spring is naturally the most "sought after" by stranded ghosts. They tried their best to break through the supervision of the prefecture and break into the Yellow Springs, seeking the opportunity to be reincarnated directly.
The area of Huangquan is not large, and the ghosts that need to be accommodated are only the part of the Reincarnation of the Hades Palace, but all of a sudden, the ghosts have increased dozens of times, and all of them are evil ghosts who are unwilling to be tortured, and Meng Po's workload has suddenly increased.
The riot didn't last long, and Meng Po was a demigod, so naturally her mana was boundless. It's just a little ghost who just died, and it's still easy to suppress them. However, in order to ensure that Huangquan and the underworld could survive this catastrophe smoothly, Heavenly Court still sent additional manpower to the underworld.
The immortals who were sent to the underworld to help were the majority, and most of them were heavenly soldiers and generals, and they did the same thing as ordinary ghosts, patrolling everywhere, detaining souls and bringing them back to the underworld and so on. But the immortals assigned to Huangquan are different.
What Huangquan needs is a god who can suppress riots like Meng Po, who has always been soft-hearted and needs an immortal who can slash all the evil ghosts that stir up ghost riots. The Emperor of Heaven chose Marshal Tianyou.
This Marshal Tianyou is not very famous in the world, but he is really a role in the Heavenly Court, he is one of the Four Sages of the North Pole, the commander of Shenxiao Thunder, among the four marshals of Tianpeng, Tianyou, Yisheng, and Xuanwu, Marshal Tianyou ranks second, after the very famous Marshal Tianpeng.
Recalling this, Jiang Yao was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Lord Qin Guangwang, something is wrong!" Outside the door, the ghost stationed at the Evil Mirror Terrace sent a report.
"Come in." The memory was interrupted, and Jiang Yao's heart sank.
"Please also ask Lord Qin Guangwang to move to the Evil Mirror Platform to speak."
The ghost who was stationed at the Evil Mirror Terrace was a lady who looked to be sixty or seventy years old, she had no name, and the eldest lady said that her father's surname was Chang and she had never been married. When she was alive, the people in the village called her Granny Chang.
Granny Chang was one of the people who were slaughtered during the Yuan Dynasty. However, she seems to have a last wish, and she is not in a hurry to reincarnate like other ghosts, but asks the ghost to let her stay.
The "ghosts" of the underworld came to the "ghosts", and Granny Meng was reliable and honest, and was discovered by King Qin Guang and sent to the Evil Mirror Terrace to garrison.
Walking to the Evil Mirror Platform, King Qin Guang was taken aback by the damage to the Evil Mirror Platform.
Originally, it was a huge stone with a smooth surface on one side and a rough surface on the other, resembling a large gourd. On the smooth side, the ghosts who enter the underworld are here to repent of their sins.
In a long or short life, people will be rewarded for doing good deeds and condemned for doing wrong. The so-called people are doing it, and the sky is watching. Even in ancient times when there was no surveillance, people were remembered for doing bad things or doing good things.
The marquee of life is presented on the mirror platform after death. Granny Chang is stationed here, and she has seen a lot of strange things in the world, which can make Granny Chang so panicked...... Isn't there something wrong with the Mirror Table?
Thinking of this, Jiang Yao was extremely frightened, so he took three steps and did two steps, grabbed ahead of Granny Chang, and walked to the evil mirror platform.
Fortunately, the mirror platform is still standing.
"Lord Qin Guang! Found a problem? ”
When a person dies, he will not bring the diseases of his life to the underworld, but habits will. Granny Chang was lame, as she was before she died, although she would never have leg pain after death, she still habitually limped and walked, of course, she couldn't catch up with the healthy Jiang Yao.
"What's wrong?" didn't find the problem at a glance, and Jiang Yao's heart was not more relaxed.
"Here, and here, you see ......," Granny Chang said, pointing to the corner of the Mirror Terrace.
Granny Chang is very diligent, and she wipes the mirror table every morning and evening. There is not a trace of dust from top to bottom. But today, after Granny Chang's front feet were wiped, a thick layer of dust accumulated in the afternoon. This...... How is that possible?
Granny Chang didn't believe it, thinking that the ghost who came today died in a filthy place, so she also brought the filth here, so she took advantage of the lunch time at noon to wipe it from top to bottom again, seeing that time was running out, Granny Chang called a talkative little ghost to help buy steamed buns. As soon as the front foot left the mirror platform and sat next to it to eat steamed buns, the back foot came back, and a lot of dust accumulated on the mirror platform.
But at noon, the ghosts are resting, so there will be no ghosts here!
Stationed for 300,000 years, Granny Chang has never seen such a situation. Granny Chang subconsciously felt that this would not be a trivial matter. The problem of the Evil Mirror Terrace has already affected the operation of the underworld, so how can there be a trivial matter now?
Granny Chang immediately ordered the blockade of the Evil Mirror Terrace, and then immediately went to report to King Qin Guang in person.
"The flow of time has accelerated?" Apart from this reason, King Qin Guang couldn't think of anything else. But how is this possible? If the flow of time is speeding up, why is it that in the entire underworld, only here is the Evil Mirror Terrace speeding up?
"No, the number of ghosts is still normal." Granny Chang has also been dead for a long time, and she is still very familiar with the underworld, although after the cholera of the Yuan Dynasty in the world, there is no big disaster in the underworld, but King Qin Guang's speculation is indeed unfounded.
"By the way, is there a lot of ghosts today?" King Qin Guang asked.
"As always." Granny Chang is extremely dedicated to her work, and if there is a major abnormality, she will immediately report it to King Qin Guang, and if the number of ghosts is too large or too small, or if there is a suspected misjudgment, she will also record it, and then report it to King Qin Guang the next day.
"Lockdown for half a day. You stay first, is there anything unusual besides this thing? King Qin Guang made a decision.
"I haven't found it yet. You sit first, and I'll wipe it. "Granny Chang seems to have a habit of cleanliness, and when she sees the dust on it, she can't be idle.
Jiang Yao has long been accustomed to Granny Chang like this. It is the luck of a boss to have a diligent and capable employee.
Jiang Yao didn't dare to hide this matter, and immediately decided to call the rest of the Nine Hall Yama Kings.
Bao Yue, who received the call, sank in his heart, Jiang Yao couldn't speak clearly on the phone, I just hope it wasn't Ying Ting's incident! Niu Tou has promised to do his best to search for Yingting, but there is no news so far, and this matter is not urgent.
Not long after the phone call was connected, the Ten Hall Yama Kings came one after another.
"Why are you in such a hurry to get here?" Xue Huaizhong came over with Bi Jing, and with a light stroke in the void, a large round table and ten stools appeared.
"Granny Chang, don't clean it up yet. Tell you about it. Jiang Yao greeted Granny Chang, and Granny Chang immediately put down the rag in her hand and walked over, her face slightly nervous. The ten halls of Hades gathered, and she rarely saw such a scene.
"That's ......" Although Granny Chang was a little nervous, she still spoke very clearly without a trace of panic. It's clear from beginning to end.
“…… In order to prevent problems, King Qin Guang asked people to temporarily close the evil mirror platform and invited nine people to come over to discuss the matter. Granny Chang bowed after she finished speaking.
"Could it have something to do with Ying Ting?" The first thought of Bao Yue, the king of Yama, was: Is Ying Ting in trouble again?
"Ying Ting is still looking for him, he shouldn't be in the underworld, Granny Chang, is Ying Ting here today?" Jiang Yao always felt that Ying Ting should have fled to Huangquan, but he still asked Granny Chang.
"I didn't see Lord Yingting." Granny Chang replied truthfully.
"Don't worry too much, Lord Bao." In just two sentences, Bi Jing's "old fritter" has already tasted back, and it turns out that Ying Ting has slipped away.
The matter of the evil mirror platform being blinded by dust was heard of, and the king of the ten halls of Hades naturally did not know what to do. But now that we're all together, we have to figure out a solution.
Huang Lu, the king of the eighth hall of Yama, is the oldest of the ten palace kings, and he is the "backbone" of the underworld at the same time as Hu Lao. But he is indifferent to fame and fortune, and he disdains to participate in the dispute between Bao Yue and Xue Huaizhong on the surface. But in the last meeting of the Ten Palaces of Yama, he was on the side of Bao Yue.
"I think this matter is very important, and it is best to show Emperor Xudu."
This sentence is tantamount to a "" in Xue Huaizhong's eyes, if Emperor Xudu would appear, it would have appeared a long time ago. How could the underworld be allowed to be so chaotic? The king of the Ten Palaces lost his shackles, his eyes were disorderly, and the law lost its meaning.
"Okay, you go and find it. Find the Emperor and wait for the Emperor to solve it. Xue Huaizhong's tone made Huang Lu feel particularly uncomfortable, but he was helpless.
"Just look for it. From then on, in addition to the daily prison sentence in my ninth hall, everyone went to look for the Emperor Xudu during their rest time. "Huang Lu didn't agree because he was angry, he had already secretly sent someone to find Emperor Xudu. The discord between the Ten Palaces and the Yama King is not a recent thing, and the situation will only improve if the Emperor Xudu appears to preside over the overall situation.
"Come and see the Mirror Tower!" Granny Chang's action of wiping the mirror table stopped, and her face was full of horror.