Chapter 47: Ghost Castle (text)
After these men locked me up, they dragged me to the other end of this dead city, but I was locked up, and I couldn't lift my hands, let alone remove the iron chain.
Explain to them, they ignore it, and along the way, new ghosts are constantly locked in by them, and in a short time there are dozens or hundreds of ghosts locked up in the back.
These ghosts didn't know where they were going, and they were all fierce and vicious, but now their faces were full of fear.
After walking with us for a while, we turned in a different direction and went out of the dead city through another door, and there was a path out, and the path was sloping downward, with a steep slope of about 30 degrees.
When we got here, the ghosts didn't want to go any further, and we were all led on our way.
Meng Changqing used to say that within three days of death, most of the ghosts are about eight feet underground, and after three days, they will go down to the next level, which is the underworld, and as for hell, it is just a part of the underworld.
It's hard to go back after entering the ghost gate, let alone entering this hell, so I checked the surrounding environment right now, trying to find an opportunity to escape.
In addition to this road, there are iron walls on both sides, and it is a dream to escape, and the only thing that can be counted on now is that Meng Changqing hurried over.
The shadows led us to the bottom of the road, where our eyes were covered with a red film, and everything we looked at was tinged with a faint red.
"Is this the underworld?" A ghost sighed.
After saying that, Yin Cha pulled the chain violently, let's not say more.
There were countless people like us brought down from different intersections, and after the Yin Cha stopped for a few seconds after arriving here, a few ghost soldiers came over and took the chains in Yin Cha's hand and took us to another place.
There was nothing to see along the way, except for the iron trees and rocks and countless howling ghosts.
After walking for about two or three minutes, I saw a ghost who wanted to break free from the chain and escape, but was directly torn to pieces by those ghost pawns with the chain, and the other ghosts saw it and no longer dared to have the idea of escaping.
We were dragged to a large hall about the size of the previous 'Offering Pavilion', which was called the 'Hall of Good and Evil'.
Before I could take a second look here, they dragged us in.
The first thing I saw when I entered was the four people at the top of the main hall, and I recognized them at a glance, and I once read a book called "The True Spiritual Position Karma Map", which recorded the clergy from all walks of life, and these four people were among them.
The person in the red official uniform in the middle is the head of the four judges of the underworld, Judge Cui, named Cui Yu, and the whereabouts of the ghosts in the underworld have to be assigned by him. He held the judge's pen in his right hand, the book of life and death in his left hand, his sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his eyes were like lightning, and he couldn't help but want to bow down at a glance.
On his right hand is the man in the blue official uniform called Chacha Si, and the merits of the ghost are determined by him, and then handed over to Judge Cui for distribution. This person's eyebrows are heroic, and his eyes are like falcons, I have only seen such eyes on Meng Changqing's body, and looking at him is as if he has been pierced.
The man next to the inspector was wearing this black official robe, and he was a bearded man, so it seemed easy to think of him as a wicked man. This man is the Punishment Division, and the fault of the ghost is determined by him, and then the Inspector General is informed.
On the far left is the Reward Division, also wearing a red official robe, and showing people with a smile all year round, mainly checking the merits of the Yin Soul during his lifetime, and then informing the Inspectorate.
I thought they were going to interrogate us one by one, but when we got inside, the goblins led us to a very large mirror stand and stood there.
The base of this mirror platform is engraved with the words 'evil mirror platform', and there is a line of small characters next to it that reads 'There are no good people in front of the evil mirror platform'.
"It's good and evil, this evil mirror will sue you, it's best to pray that you don't do bad things." The ghost soldier said as he brought us to this mirror.
Later, he said that the wicked are blinded by their hearts, so they do not see a shadow in the mirror; Good people have clean hearts, so the shadows in the mirror will be very clear.
I thought to myself that I had never done anything evil, just occasionally pitted Meng Changqing once, I should be considered a good person, I was not afraid of the shadow, and I stood in front of the mirror at the moment.
Standing firmly and looking at it, I was suddenly startled, there was only a vague shadow in this mirror, I couldn't see it clearly at all, I was stunned at the time, could it be that the ant caterpillar that was stepped on before death was also considered an evil thing? When I was in the countryside, I didn't step on ants less.
If you look at the other people who are dozens of years old, most of them are very clear in the mirror, only a few are a little blurry, but none of them are as blurry as mine.
The ghost pawn was also surprised when he saw the shadow in my mirror, looked at me with a stunned face and said, "Boy, how many bad things did you do in your life?" It's so vague. ”
"I didn't do anything bad." I said puzzled.
The ghost pawn looked at me and shook his head, sighed and said, "You are such a heinous person at a young age, it's better to come down early, otherwise you will be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell in the future, and you will suffer." ”
With that, the ghost pawn brought me to the bottom of the four judges and made me kneel.
These four judges are gods, kneeling on them is nothing, let alone backbone or something, this is not worth much.
After I knelt down, the ghost soldier told the judge that the mirror platform showed that my image was strange, and that he could not decide which hell to go to, so he asked the four judges to help him decide.
The four judges nodded, and the ghost pawn stepped aside.
The first to question me was the Punishment Division, who spoke in such a rough voice that the faint of heart could easily be frightened by his voice, and he asked, "Little ghost, what is your name?" Where are the people? ”
I answered them one by one, thinking that the mirror platform was a dead thing after all, and I didn't know how to be well-informed, since these four judges can be famous in the yin and yang worlds, they must be good people, and they won't judge randomly, I just need to cooperate well.
When I had finished answering, the punisher said, "You're quite calm. Then he flipped through a book in front of him, and did not stop from beginning to end, and finally looked at me and said angrily, "Why is your name not in this book of good and evil?" ”
I don't know this, I'm a first-time visitor, and I'm not familiar with this place at all.
After that, the Kanzenji on the side also flipped through the book in front of him, and at the same time shook his head and said, "I don't have one here." ”
"Didn't you leave your name on the Yin Yang Dao?" The inspector saw the problem at a glance and asked me.
I was stunned for a while, and snorted, thinking that he was too powerful, such a small problem could be seen, and I wanted to say that I would keep it, but then I thought about it, if I lied in front of them, I guess I would die a miserable death.
If there is no record, there is no way to check the merits, and there is no way to sentenc, and there is a stalemate, and finally Judge Cui said: "You follow me to the evil mirror platform to have a look." ”
After speaking, he got up from behind the table and walked down, and the ghosts around him saw it, and they all bent down to salute, and the rest of the ghosts who were testing also stopped to watch.
Judge Cui came to me and asked me to get up and go with him, and I answered him, and when I got to the Evil Mirror Terrace, he asked me to stand up.
I stood up and took a look, and there was still a vague shadow inside.
Judge Cui also looked at it, and then frowned and said, "Send him to the fourth layer of the Evil Mirror Hell, and the detention time will be one year." ”
With that, he flicked his sleeves and snorted, and returned to the back of the table.
I was dumbfounded, and I never dreamed that I would be sent to the fourth level of hell with just one ordinary yin.
I once learned from Meng Changqing about the eighteenth layer of hell, there are only four elements in it: fire, iron, mud, and stone, and once the ghost enters it, no matter which layer it reaches, it will be miserable. In addition, in order for the tortured ghosts to fully experience the pain, one day in the first hell is equivalent to six days above, and one year is equivalent to six days above. At the fourth level, one year is equivalent to twenty-four years above.
Although Judge Cui said that I would only be imprisoned for one year, in fact it was a full twenty-four years!
After the shock was over, I thought to myself that I must not go to that hell, hell is really in and out, even if I go in, even Meng Changqing can't help it.
Looking at the ghost pawn who was dragging the chain forward, I pinched the five duels, even if I died in this hall, I couldn't be sent to hell, what was left outside after twenty-four years had passed? At that time, it was estimated that grandpa, second grandmother, and even Meng Changqing were dead, and even Xiaoxiao, her descendants might be the size of me. At that point, there is no point in escaping.
Before the five battles were finished, a black-robed man came in at the door of the Hall of Good and Evil.
I was overjoyed when I saw this man, I had seen him, and I had spoken to him when I was in Sanhe Village, and he was one of the four soul envoys who went to find the old man. All the shadows in this underworld are his subordinates.
Although he is dressed like this, he is the only one with such sharp eyes, and I recognize it at a glance.
After he came in, these ghost pawns bent down and saluted, and said respectfully, "Lord Soul Hooker." ”
He nodded slightly, and then walked over to the four judges, and I saw that he didn't notice me, and hurriedly waved at him.
After waving his hand, he stopped and turned his head to look at me, and did not pay attention, but walked straight to the bottom of the table of the four judges, and the archer said, "Judge Cui." ”
Then he bowed his hand to the other three judges, and they all responded one by one, and then got up and stood on the same level as him.
After a few words with Judge Cui, the Soul Envoy turned to me and asked, "How did this kid come here?" ”
Hearing him talk about me, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this time there was a rescue.
Judge Cui told the Soul Envoy that I had come here without leaving my name on the Yin and Yang Dao, and that the Evil Mirror Terrace had shown that I had committed a great sin, and sentenced me to the fourth level of hell to be punished.
The Soul Envoy nodded after hearing this, and then said, "I had a relationship with him in the Yang Realm, and he is not a criminal person. In addition, he is a disciple of Meng Changqing. ”
Judge Cui didn't react after listening to the first half of the sentence, he was still very confident in the evil mirror, but after hearing that I was a disciple of Meng Changqing, his expression changed, and the other three judges were the same, and their expressions were a little wrong.
This Judge Cui thought for a long time before beckoning to the ghost pawn next to him and said, "Send him to the Ghost Realm Fort, Meng Changqing will definitely come, and I will ask him personally when the time comes." ”