Chapter 19: The Netherworld

Unlike the Ghost King's Mausoleum, where the sun is in the sky and it is like day, the Ghost King's Mausoleum is a quiet night with the moon hanging high at the moment.

I saw that under the reflection of the starry sky, Fan Tianjiu, Si Bi'an, and Xiucai were holding torches, walking through the valley of the Ghost King's Mausoleum, walking towards the assembly place that Luo Xiaojuan said, chatting about the sky-

"Brother An, what are you talking about?There is a female ghost in that box who is exactly the same as Teacher Ji Xuelan?!"

After listening to Si Bi'an's talk about the strange things that appeared in the miasma amethyst box, Xiucai was suddenly surprised.

"yes...... Alas, at that time, Brother Jiu and Sister Lan and the three of us were stunned, and we didn't expect to encounter this situation at all......"

Si Bi'an sighed, and then asked Fan Tianjiu curiously:

"Brother Jiu, why did you say that Sister Lan just now wanted to hide this from Teacher Guigu and Teacher Youyi, is it because Sister Lan doesn't trust them?"

"Well, I don't think it's that I don't trust it, it's that I'm not ready to say it......"

Fan Tianjiu pondered for a moment and explained:

β€œ...... You think, if you suddenly meet someone who looks exactly like you, and this person is burned alive in front of you, will you be able to stand it?

So I guess Sister Lan wants to calm down, sort it out first, and then tell them. ”

"Well, Brother Jiu, what you said makes sense. ”

Si Bi'an nodded in agreement when he heard this.

"That's rightβ€”β€”!"

Speaking of this, Fan Tianjiu frowned, turned around suddenly, blocked Si Bi'an and Xiucai's way, and said to them with a serious expression:

"I'll tell you! No one is allowed to say anything about this without Sister Lan's permission! If anyone dares to leak a word to the outside world, Lao Tzu will clean him up and kill him! I don't β€”β€”?! when I hear it."

"Well, well, Brother Jiu, we will never say it!"

Si Bi'an and Xiucai nodded hurriedly when they heard this.

Immediately afterwards, I saw Xiucai glance at Fan Tianjiu, who had a serious expression in front of him, and said with a smile:

"Hehe, Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman...... Brother Jiu, it seems that you really like that teacher Ji Xuelan, and you actually protect her in every way. ”

"Hehe, that's of course~ The woman that Lao Tzu has a crush on, if anyone dares to touch a hair of her, Lao Tzu wants him a leg!"

Fan Tianjiu smiled proudly, looked up to the sky and swore a poisonous oath, and then bowed his head and said to Xiucai:

"Forget it, let's not talk about it...... By the way, Xiucai, let's talk about yourself, what have you been busy with at school lately?

"Oh, no, because I'm planning to transfer to the Reward Division under the Underworld Law Society as a reward judge, so I've been preparing for the exam for the past two months......"

Speaking of this, I saw Xiucai take out a thick black book from his arms and hand it to Fan Tianjiu.

Fan Tianjiu took the black book and looked at the title with a torch, and was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise-

"What?!"Yin Cao Shen Theory?!What is this?!"

"Hee-hee, this is a reference material for the civil service examination in the underworld......"

Xiucai smiled slightly, pointed to the black book and explained to Fan Si and the others:

"Brother Jiu, Brother An, because you have been busy with tasks outside for the past two months, you haven't taken much of Teacher Guigu Gong's Netherworld History class at school. So you don't know, but in fact, the social structure of this underworld is as complex as ours in the yang.

Especially the government agencies in this netherworld, there are simply all kinds of them, not only our black and white impermanence, but also many other government agencies. ”

"Oh, yes? And that kind of thing...... Tell us what they are?"

Fan Tianjiu said curiously when he heard this.

"Haha, that's a long way to say......"

Xiucai smiled slightly when he heard this, pondered for a while, and then explained to the two:

"First of all, according to the "Yin Cao Shen Treatise", the highest authority in this netherworld is called the 'Human Executive Committee', which is the highest power representative of mankind in the underworld, and governs and arbitrates everything in the netherworld.

Because the headquarters of this human executive committee is located in the capital of the Netherworld, it is also called the center of the city, and we usually refer to it as the capital for short.

Under the central government, there are two bureaucratic systems that are independent of each other and check each other.

One is called 'Death in Vain', and the other is called 'Nai He Difu'.

Let's talk about this first...... However, the underworld is the main body of the bureaucracy of the Netherworld, and its composition is more complicated-

Like what kind of underworld wealth mansion in charge of commerce and trade, in charge of transportation in the secluded mansion, in charge of reincarnation in the reincarnation mansion...... Oh, and the ghost marriage mansion that manages the marriage of lonely souls and wild ghosts, etc. Anyway, there are a lot of them, and I haven't memorized them all.

Because most of these institutions that manage the day-to-day administration of the Netherworld are located in the Naihe Bridge area to the east of the Xudu City, they are called Naihe Prefecture ......"

Speaking of this, Xiucai swallowed his saliva, and then explained to the two:

β€œ...... Compared with the complex institutional set-up, the composition of the vain death is much simpler.

There were only three branches under the command of the Vain Death Shogunate - the Hades Society, the Yama Society, and the Hum Ha Shogunate.

The main duty of the Society is to oversee the Three Realms, and the supreme leader is the Yin and Yang Dharma King, who is also known as the Black Dharma King and the Red Dharma King because of the different colors of the royal robes they wear.

Under the Society of the Underworld, there are two divisions, one is called the Division of Rewarding the Good, and the other is called the Division of Punishing the Evil. The main members are the day and night wandering gods and the judges of good and evil.

The second is the Yama Society, whose responsibility is mainly to maintain the balance and stability of the Yin and Yang worlds, and the supreme leader is the Ten Halls Yama.

The Yama Society has two bureaus - one called the Nether Detective Bureau and the other called the Nether Liaison Bureau.

The main responsibility of the Netherworld Detective Drama is to hunt down the murderers and catch ghosts, responsible for arresting the murderers of the Three Realms who destroy the balance of the Yin and Yang worlds, and the specific implementation of the ghost makes the yin difference 'black and white impermanence'.

The Netherworld Liaison Bureau is an intelligence agency, responsible for probing and providing intelligence on the Three Realms, and cooperating with the Ghost Investigation Bureau to solve cases. ”

Speaking of which, Xiucai specially explained:

"Oh, by the way, Brother Jiu, Brother An, the word 'drill wind' means 'spy' in the underworld. Therefore, the big and small drill wind refers to the underworld spies who are responsible for collecting intelligence from the Yin and Yang worlds. ”

"Oh, I see, I thought the drill would only patrol the mountains......"

Fan Tianjiu quipped when he heard this.

"Hey~ Brother Jiu, if you have the opportunity to go to the underworld in the future, don't say such things, the big and small drills of the Youlian Bureau are all super spies as powerful as 007, and they are especially good at assassination, if they hear this and get angry, you don't know how to be scattered when the time comes......"

Xiucai smiled bitterly and instructed Fan Tianjiu, and then explained:

β€œ...... The last one is the Hum Ha Shogunate.

Although the name of this Hum Ha Shogunate has the word 'Fu' in it, because of the two branches under the command of the Hum Ha Shogunate, 'Hum Shogunate' and 'Ha Shogunate', they are in charge of the war ghosts and Yin soldiers inside and outside the capital respectively. It is the largest military organization in the entire Netherworld, so they do not belong to the Nai He Prefecture, but to the Yin Cao.

Because the headquarters of these three Yin Cao institutions are located in another Netherworld city in the west of the Xudu City, they are called Vain Death Yin Cao. ”

"Oh, it turns out that the situation in the underworld is so complicated, it's really ...... head-wrenching"

After listening to Xiucai's introduction, Fan Tianjiu frowned and scratched his head, then his eyes widened, and he realized that he said:

"Grassβ€”β€”! I thought it would be so majestic to be black and white......! It turns out that in the underworld, black and white impermanence is just a petty official the size of a sesame mung bean?!"

"Huh...... Brother Jiu, don't be angry, don't care about the big and small officials, they are all serving the people. ”

Si Bi'an next to him smiled bitterly and comforted when he heard this.

"β€”β€”! since they are all serving the people, why are they being big officials and let me be a minor official?!

No! Xiucai, I've decided! I don't want to be this black and white impermanence from Ming'er, I want to mess with you! I also want to learn this "Yin Cao Shen Treatise", my grandmother wants to be the lord of Hadesβ€”β€”!"

Fan Tianjiu shouted at the moon in the sky when he heard this.

"Hey~ Brother Jiu, Lord Yama didn't take the exam, and the ten halls ......of Yama have been in the Netherworld Organization for many years, accumulating great merits, and slowly getting to that position."

Xiucai smiled bitterly and comforted Fan Tianjiu, then changed the conversation and said;

β€œ...... And Brother Jiu, let me tell you, although this black and white impermanence is not of high rank, it can walk yin and yang freely, and it is one of the most powerful official positions among the ten ghost envoys of the Netherworld. ”

"The Ten Ghost Envoys of the Netherworld? Xiucai, what are the Ten Ghost Envoys of the Netherworld?"

Hearing this, Si Bi'an interjected curiously.

"Oh, these Ten Netherworld Envoys refer to the ten most important Ghost Envoys in the entire Netherworld, and they are-

Black and white impermanence, day and night wandering gods, bull head and horse face, hum two generals, big and small drill wind, good and evil judges, yin and yang kings, good and evil checks, noble and lowly governors and reincarnation royal history.

Among them, black and white impermanence, bull head and horse face, hum two generals, big and small drill wind, day and night wandering gods, yin and yang law king belongs to the vain death of Yin Cao, so it is called 'Cao Zhi'. The remaining four belong to the Nai Ho Prefecture, so they are called 'Fu Zhi'. ”

"Oh, I see, black and white impermanence, hum two generals, big and small drill wind...... Huh?"

Si Bi'an muttered while counting his fingers, then raised his eyebrows, and asked curiously to Xiucai:

"Xiucai, I understand the duties of the other ghost envoys in this vain death, but what is this bull head and horse face for?"

"Oh, this bull head and horse face is guarding the eighteenth layer of hell, and it belongs to the prison system of the netherworld, although it is similar to Cao Zhi in terms of function and nature, but it is not under the control of the Yin Cao, so it is not counted......"

Xiucai explained.

"Oh, I finally got it......"

Fan Tianjiu nodded when he heard this, then frowned, looked at Xiucai and said suspiciously:

"Xiucai, since you said that this black and white impermanence is very good, then why do you want to transfer to the Immortal Law Society to reward the good judge of what kind of reward is good?

"Hey~ Brother Jiu, look at what you said, how can the little brother hold back anything bad? It's just that although this black and white impermanent position is good, the risk when hunting murderers and ghosts is too great.

Little brother, I have no power to restrain the chicken, unlike Brother Jiu, Brother An, you two are so good at fighting, I can't do it before I started to catch ghosts, and I was scattered by a powerful ghost!

Instead of this, junior brother, I might as well transfer to a clerical job in the underworld and slowly work up the qualifications, and it is safer. As for selfishness, it's not without ......."

Speaking of this, I saw Xiucai looking left and right, and then lowered his voice and said to Fan Si and the others:

β€œ...... Brother Jiu, Brother An, as far as I know, this Immortal Law Society is in charge of reviewing the qualifications of ghosts for reincarnation.

A ghost returns to the yang, whether he is reincarnated in a poor country, or Ma Yun as a grandson, it is all up to this reward to decide!

Therefore, this Immortal Law Society has become the fattest yamen in the entire Netherworld...... It is said that you can grab any sand at the door of the Shozenji to get oil!

And every year, the ghosts who sign up for the judge exam of the Reward Division are so bad that they can line up from the city of vain death to the Nahe Bridge.

So...... Ninth brother, Brother An, junior brother, if I can be admitted to this reward judge, even if I am given a Hades, I will not change it. ”

"Oh! You stinky boy! You really want to be a corrupt officialβ€”β€”!

Hearing Xiucai say this, Fan Tianjiu suddenly shouted, raised his hand and grabbed Xiucai's neck violently, and then yelled at him while shaking desperately:

"Xiucaiβ€”β€”! take the test well! Did you hear that?! You must be this fat official!

In the future, Brother Jiu, if I die of old age, I will go to you! At that time, you must make clear arrangements for Brother Jiu and my next life! I heard that there is no β€”β€”?!."

"I heard it, I heard it! Brother Jiu, you are about to let go! I am out of breath......"

So in this way, under the reflection of the bright moon, the three of them left the dark valley of the Ghost King's Mausoleum while making noise......