Chapter 16: Dead Underground City
During the same period of the Song Dynasty, the prefecture was also in chaos. Because there is no systematic management now, all kinds of problems are enough to give the little hell kings a headache. One of the most troublesome is the person who is determined not to be reincarnated.
Liu Yue'e is one of these people, her husband Chen Jichang loves her very much, so Liu Yue'e can't let go of Chen Jichang after her death. Even if he went to the underworld and was punished, he still thought about Chen Jichang in his heart.
Chen Jichang in the world also couldn't let go of his wife, not only did he never consider remarrying, but he often went to his wife's grave to mourn. Although the two had to "go down in history" because of the jokes of the great writer Su Shi, they were actually a couple with excellent feelings.
Liu Yue's insistence on not being reincarnated is also a troublesome thing, after the matter reached Xu Mingzi's ears, Xu Mingzi was very moved, few people can still think about their lover after experiencing the punishment of the little hell. So she found Liu Yue'e and said that she could help her become a ghost, so that she could temporarily stay in the underworld and wait for Chen Jichang.
But no one expected that after Chen Jichang's death, he did not enter the underworld, but ascended to heaven. It turned out that this Chen Ji was often a little fairy boy beside Wenqu Xing, who was relegated to the world to experience life and death because of what he did wrong. Now that he has experienced the parting of life and death, he is about to return to Heaven.
How can these ghosts in the underworld know about the affairs of the heavenly court? Liu Yue'e can only wait, and the first wait is more than 30,000 years. The 30,000 years of the underworld is nearly a hundred years in the world. This Chen Ji often lives a long time, and he has lived almost a hundred years old. couldn't wait for Chen Jichang, so Liu Yue'e begged Xu Mingzi to help him check Chen Jichang's lifespan.
Only after this investigation did he know that Chen Jichang had died of illness at the age of forty-nine, but he did not return to the underworld, but returned to heaven. The appearance of this incident made Liu Yue'e disheartened. She waited for so long, looked forward to it for so long, but it was in vain. Xu Mingzi persuaded her to go to reincarnation and forget everything in this life, but thinking about her obsession in this life, Liu Yue'e was unwilling to forget.
Things dragged on like this, Liu Yue'e continued to be a ghost, and Xu Mingzi continued to be the little hell king. Until one day, Liu Yue'e left the underworld ghost team.
This is the secret between Xu Mingzi and Liu Yue, the city of vain death still existed at that time, and there were many black households living in it, and they colluded together to resist the control of the underworld. Jiang Yao wanted to investigate thoroughly, and Liu Yue'e stood out among all the ghosts and became an undercover agent in the black household.
This undercover agent has been undercover for many years, and in order to compensate Liu Yue, Xu Mingzi applied to let Liu Yue'e see Chen Jichang again. But are the people of Heavenly Court so easy to see?
It took a long time for the news to spread from the heavenly court to the underworld, and by the time Xu Mingzi got the news that Chen Jichang could see Liu Yue'e, Chen Jichang had already been relegated to the world again because he had done something wrong because he had thought about Liu Yue'e day and night.
Liu Yue's days finally had hope, and Xu Mingzi brought back the news that Chen Jichang could come to the underworld to see her. But she waited, waited, but couldn't wait for Chen Jichang.
Chen Ji often went to the world, he looked for Liu Yue'e with the memories of his previous life, and searched all the places where Liu Yue'e might appear, but Liu Yue'e was not there.
This pair of hard-working mandarin ducks have been looking for each other. Finally, the news reached the underworld, and Chen Jichang returned to the world again. It's too late for Liu Yue'e to want to be reincarnated, and the two of them will never see each other.
In order to make up for Liu Yue'e's contribution to the underworld, but she couldn't be reincarnated, Jiang Yao privately promised that when Chen Jichang stayed in the world, he could let Liu Yue'e take Chen Jichang back to the dead city in his sleep for five days every ten years.
Coming out of Liu Yue'e, Xu Mingzi did not leave the City of Vain Death, but walked into another room, which was an underground intelligence exchange area.
"Looking for Hu Lao." Xu Mingzi took a card and swiped it in front of a stone door, and the stone door was opened from the inside. Inside, it looks like a small teahouse, and at the end is a wooden platform on which sits a storyteller in a coat.
"Mr. Hu is in the middle room, girl, you sit down first, and I will report to you, your surname?" The little guy hurriedly came over to entertain him, invited Xu Mingzi to a single seat, and poured a cup of tea.
"Xu."
Xu Mingzi hasn't been to this kind of place for a long time, and the people here are very strange, some people have shaved "half-pulled scoops": the front is shaved, and the scalp behind is scattered. This person looks like a person in the early years of the Republic of China, who has just been cut off his braids. There are also people wearing wide robes and big sleeves in the Tang Dynasty official mansion, which can be described as a mixture.
These are all black households in the underworld, they don't have contact with the outside world, they live in the underground of this dead city every day, they have their own obsessions, and they don't want to be reincarnated.
"Mr. Hu, please." After a while, the little guy returned.
Xu Mingzi nodded, took out a silver ingot from his pocket and handed it to the little guy. The little girl accepted it happily and said thank you, girl.
Following the little guy, Xu Mingzi stopped in front of a red door. "Mr. Hu is waiting for you inside!" The little servant helped Xu Mingzi open the door, and then bowed and left.
Xu Mingzi took a deep breath and walked in.
"What's the matter with the little Hell King?" The person who spoke was a thin old man in a heavy torn cotton jacket.
"Akiko can't stand your words." Xu Mingzi immediately knelt down when he entered the house.
This person is Xue Huaizhong's previous reincarnation king. After Xue Huaizhong succeeded him, Mr. Hu was originally going to be reincarnated, but for some reason, he walked to Wangxiangtai and came back.
Since he came back, Mr. Hu has been hiding under the city of vain. If it weren't for Mr. Hu looking at Liu Yue'e and saying that she was like an old friend of his, Liu Yue'e told Xu Mingzi about it, Xu Mingzi never knew that the old wheel king, who was the most beloved in the past, never left.
"Sit down. Do you young people like to drink Coke now? Mr. Hu smiled and helped Xu Mingzi up and sat down, and then took a can of Coke from there and handed it to Xu Mingzi.
Xu Mingzi took the Coke, she didn't like to drink it, but Mr. Hu brought it, and she could only open it and drink it.
"How can there be young and old in the underworld?" Xu Mingzi smiled and said politely.
There are no young and old people on the Huangquan Road, illness will not leave a person because he is young, and disasters will not let a person go because he is too old. The age of a person can be seen by his appearance, but the age of a ghost cannot be seen.
"You girl is poorer than in the early years! It seems that Xue Huaizhong treats you well! Mr. Hu quipped.
Although he is closed, but with this teahouse, Mr. Hu can be said to know the world without going out.
"Him! I'm not here for his business. I have something to discuss with you, but if you don't speak, I don't know the bottom of my heart. "Xu Mingzi is only beside Mr. Hu like a little girl.
"I probably know something, a female evil ghost came to the city of vain death recently, brought a living person, and was taken away by Xue Huaizhong and Jiang Yao just after settling down." Mr. Hu poured a cup of tea and said.
"It does have something to do with it." Xu Mingzi immediately told Mr. Hu about the meeting of the Ten Halls of the Underworld.
"The general trend of the world is not divided for a long time, and it must be combined for a long time. You decided to stand on Xue Huaizhong's side, right? "Mr. Hu treats Xu Mingzi very well, and now among all the people in the underworld, only he has seen Xu Mingzi's true girlish side.
"I think it's too passive to wait for the Emperor Xudu to appear and change the status quo of the underworld, so it's better to figure it out by yourself." Personal relationships aside, Xu Mingzi also prefers Jiang Yao and Xue Huaizhong's way of taking the initiative to solve problems.
"Okay, what do you want to discuss with me today?" Mr. Hu didn't care which camp Xu Mingzi chose, in the final analysis, it was all for the good of the prefecture, but he just had a different idea.
"I sent someone to guard the Ghost Gate, but no one has ever passed through the Ghost Gate, so this living person must still be in the underworld. Jiang Yao asked me to find it, you said, how should I find it? Xu Mingzi went around in a big circle, and finally said his purpose.
"You girl! Good! The old man promised to help you check, if people were in the city of death in vain, they would dig three feet into the ground and find it for you. Wait for the news, there is news that Liu Hedong will contact you. Mr. Hu smiled and patted Xu Mingzi's head, this little girl is still the same as before.
"I know that Hu Lao is the best for me." Xu Mingzi finally smiled.
After a few more greetings, he was forced by Hu Lao to ask something about the love of his children, and Xu Mingzi left the city of vain with a red face. With the help of Hu Lao and Liu Hedong, Xu Mingzi Cha Shengren can save a lot of effort.
The ghosts under his command were all dispatched at this time, and Xiao Shen was called back to the office by Xu Mingzi to get things to distribute to other ghosts to investigate the incident.
When I came out of the city of vain death, it was already dark, and I thought that even if there was anything, I would have to solve it tomorrow. Let's go home first.
Saying hello to Chen Xian'er, who lived next door, Xu Mingzi returned home tiredly, right now, everyone has been arranged out, but where did the matter start? Xu Mingzi didn't have an accurate idea yet.
Over the years, Xu Mingzi has also dealt with a lot of various accidents, but this time the stakes are very high, and it is aimed at Bao Yue, the king of Yama, and Lide, the king of Chuhuai, if it is done well, it will definitely be able to suppress them very profitably. If you can't do it, you won't have anything to do, but Jiang Yao and Xue Huaizhong will be very difficult.
Thinking of Xue Huaizhong, Xu Mingzi got up and looked out the window. The lights in Xue Huaizhong's house are still dim, he may still have something to do!
An unspeakable grievance suddenly appeared in Xu Mingzi's heart, did he know everything he had done? Why didn't he say anything? However, Xu Mingzi quickly suppressed this emotion. I fell asleep.
"Help me!"
In the early hours of the morning, Xu Mingzi was half-asleep and half-awake, and a woman's voice suddenly sounded. The woman's voice was extremely weak, and Xu Mingzi was scared out of sweat.
When I opened my eyes, I was lying on the side of my bed.
"They killed Ji Chang!"