introduction
I walked in the bustling city, full of loneliness and loneliness, looking at this world that does not belong to me, my heart was full of melancholy, and more indifferent.
"I am a bird in captivity, and I get less and less love" With the ringtone of this sad melody, I took out my phone and saw the name displayed on it, and there was a smile on my face.
"Hey, Brother Ye, we're in Mai Vo Ge on Jijing Road, are you coming?" A familiar voice came from the other end of the line.
This is one of my best friends, named Geng Ming, who used to work in the same company as me, and used to chat and brag together, and played very iron. After I quit my job, he still contacted me often, but I rarely went because I lived in a different world from him.
Actually, I really wanted to go, but the time was coming, so I could only tell him that I had something to do now. But he didn't follow, saying that I always shirked, and it was not appropriate for him to be a brother.
I was silent, and after a minute he hung up the phone, knowing that he might fade out of my world from now on.
My name is Ye Feng, I was born in an ordinary family, and although I didn't live a good life since I was a child, I also had a lot of fun. I used to naively think that I could carve out a world of my own in society, but my imagination was very full, but the reality was very skinny, and in the end I could only be unwilling to settle for the status quo.
Just when I thought I was going to live a dull and idle life, an accidental event changed the rest of my life.
It was one evening half a year ago, and I was on my way home when I accidentally bumped into an elderly man. Strange to say, this old man, who had come out of nowhere, appeared in front of me without warning, and I dodged and knocked him to the ground.
After that, he was like a dead man, lying on the ground motionless, and at first I was not afraid, but coldly looked at him, thinking that he had encountered a porcelain. Because I didn't drive, I just walked normally and hit him, how could this situation kill someone?
But things were not what I thought, and the old man still showed no signs of moving after more than ten minutes, but at this time a group of people gathered on the road, pointing at me.
Later, the police came and took the old man to the hospital, where he was already out of breath and the hospital issued a death certificate at that time.
Just when I thought that my future was ruined and my life was hopeless, this old man miraculously came back to life, and he asked to see me by name. My meeting with him completely changed my life.
I clearly remember the scene when I met him, in the ward, there were only me and him, and the atmosphere was very strange. He lifted his old left hand and showed me the difference.
I looked closely and didn't find anything abnormal, so I thought he was nervous. I just wanted to speak but was suddenly stunned, my eyes shrank, and I saw an incredible scene, in the center of his palm, a black font slowly appeared, and when it completely emerged, I recognized it at a glance.
This is the word "official".
I said, what kind of magic is this?
He laughed and said that it was not magic, and he laughed inexplicably.
What did he mean, I asked? Why did you show me this, he said that his time was up to leave, and I killed him, and I was going to take his shift. I was puzzled, so I asked if you could speak Chinese, and he laughed and didn't answer, I felt very irritable, but I couldn't get angry.
After I left, the police said that the old man had clarified for me that it was not me, so he recorded a statement and released me.
A few days later, I got the news of his death, and I seemed to understand something.
That night, I had a dream, and I dreamed of the old man again, and I was so alarmed that I asked him what was the matter, and once he made it clear, never to come to me again. He told me that he was originally a ghost in the Yang world, and because the deadline was approaching and there was no descendant, he asked me to be his successor. I said don't be kidding, you can go with peace of mind, and I will burn you more paper money.
He told me solemnly that this was not a joke, that he had already reported to the prefecture, and that I was his successor, and there was no way to escape. I'm in a hurry, I said that your old man is too vicious, I just accidentally hit you, and you retaliate against me like this? He said that it was not because of this, that he wanted to be a ghost, and that he had to have that kind of condition, and said that I met it.
I scolded you angrily for going to your Malegobi, the ghost wants to be this, I said that now pay attention to democracy, no one can force anyone, Lao Tzu would rather die than do it, what can you do with me?
He sighed and said, "Have you thought about it?" Although it sounds scary to do this, it is good for the family, and you can marry a wife and have children, which is the compensation of the underworld, don't you think about it?
I was a little moved and asked him what was in it for him? My family is a problem for me, and I always hoped that I could make them live a good life, but unfortunately I couldn't do it.
Rich and rich, a safe life, and even a little longer life, is this enough? I think the old man is a little tempted, but I know that he is tempting me, and I can't resist it, people, that's it.
I thought about it, and asked him why he chose me, and he saw that I was a little moved, so he smiled, saying that I have an extraordinary life and good luck, and it is also good for me to enter this industry.
The ghost believes his words, Made, there is an atmosphere that will be related to the ghost? Really be a three-year-old child. I said, if I've done enough, can I quit? He shook his head and said that it was impossible, but it could not be passed on to children and grandchildren, and originally this matter was passed down from generation to grandchildren, because I was temporarily appointed, so I gave me a license, and at the end of my life, I will find a successor.
Then I asked him what the ghosts of the yang world were, and he said that they were mortals living in the yang world, but they had the duties of ghosts, in addition to leading the dead souls to the underworld, they also had the mission of monitoring the ghosts and monsters in the yang world, so most of the ghosts in the yang world were dressed as Taoist priests, fortune tellers and the like.
I don't understand, how can a mortal be a ghost? I said you fooled me, did you want to come to me for revenge? He said no, what he said was true, and the word "official" that showed me was the mark of the ghost, and that word could descend ten thousand ghosts.
I was speechless, I could only say you give me some time to think about it, and then the old man left. Later, as you know, I became a ghost in the Yang world, so I quit my job.
On the day I took over the ghost, my soul left my body and went to the capital of the underworld in the world, where it was Xudu, and I saw it in the novel, lonely and terrible, eerie, as if in a dream.
The old man was waiting for me in Yudu and handed me three things, one was the handwriting, which was transferred from his palm to mine, the second was a pair of iron chains, swarthy, I had seen it, and the ghosts on TV took this, and the third was a book, which was the code of the ghosts. I said that the current underworld is really in line with the yang, and there are rules.
The old man smiled and said that he could leave with peace of mind, and he could finally get out of this whirlpool. I don't sound right, this must have been cheated, I said old man, you deliberately didn't get married, right? Just don't do this?
He laughed obscenely, and I was furious, and I raised my hand to test the power of the mark. He was very scared, and begged for mercy, saying that in this way I would also violate the code and would be arrested and questioned by the prefecture, and he reminded me very solemnly that I must not violate this code, otherwise the consequences will be very miserable.
I had no choice but to bite the bullet and suffer this dumb loss, but I was reluctant, glanced at him twice, and then lifted the chain and jerked him on the ass. I heard the sound of barbecue on an iron plate, and the old man shouted, jumped and jumped, and scolded me for being ungrateful.
I sneered, this is the price you pay for me, the old man was very angry, saying that he was about to go to reincarnation, and this thing would follow him, and how ugly it was to leave such a long fetus. I glanced at him and said lightly, I just want to stay, because I will rely on this to find you in the future and return all this writing to you.
The old man was shocked, just wanted to say something, his body fluttered off the ground, I knew that he was going to reincarnate, I said goodbye to the sun, the old man was angry and said don't go to him, otherwise he didn't play with me, but I ignored it, Ya's pit Lao Tzu, can't let Lao Tzu go back?
Every month on the 7th, 14th, and 21st day of the first lunar month, I go to collect souls, and when I collect souls, I will send out lists, and these lists are all about to die, and my task is to take away their ignorant souls that have just died. At first, I wasn't used to it, but then I saw that there were many people like me, the place was so big, there were many people dying every day, it couldn't be only one or two, but it wasn't many, the number was regulated, and the occupations were not the same.
Ghosts like us are basically not people in the yang world, and we have to abide by the control of the underworld, and the code is all above. This is also the underworld has greeted the above, so we are also equipped with a special certificate, who is not afraid of ghosts in the yang world, so this certificate can be bigger than the sky, but there are few people who can know.
Today is the fourteenth again, and the yin qi is very heavy on this day every month, and I have to collect my soul, so I can't go to see Geng Ming, I am really helpless. I raised my left hand, and the black light flickered there, and I didn't know which hapless ghost was going to die today. But in the past six months, I have gradually gotten used to it, the king of Hades let him die in the third watch, and he can't keep him until the fifth watch, this is the first article on the code, and if you violate this article, you will be punished the most severely, you ask me what the punishment is, I really don't know.
I stared at my left hand, the words flashed and flashed, and finally listed a line of words, there are not many unlucky ghosts today, only a few, but when I saw one of them, my body shook violently, and I was stunned, and the endless darkness wanted me to come, and I began to tremble.
Because that name is, Geng Ming!