However, it was not as I imagined, and Ying Ning did not come out to see me. Apparently, she didn't believe me, or rather, wasn't she? Forget it, I didn't think about it. I finished the table with my thoughts, and then went to sleep. In a daze, the sun shone down on my face.

"Didn't the rooster crow this morning?" I muttered to myself, and then I realized that something wasn't quite right. I gently stepped out of bed, there was a problem. I summoned the green steel sword out of my subconscious, and although I didn't know who it was, I still had to be careful. Looking at the steaming breakfast on the table, if you brought me something to eat last night, it would be strange that you brought me something the next morning, and without my knowledge, it entered my home.

I tiptoed to push the door open, and the scene in front of me made me stunned. A woman, boiling water, looks like she wants to cook something. Although she is dressed very plainly, in my opinion, the temperament on her body is still indelible.

It's beautiful, it's the kind of beauty that is very natural. Is this the woman of the past? I looked at her and couldn't help but be stunned. The woman seemed to sense that someone was looking at her, and quickly turned her head to look at me. The woman smiled slightly, then turned her head, as if she was a little shy. I also noticed my faux pas and quickly touched my head.

"Well, I'm sorry! Who are you?" Looking at this woman, I couldn't help but let my guard down. Such a beautiful woman, I seem, has no reason to doubt her. And she exudes a trace of aura on her body, is it possible?

"Thank you so much yesterday! I don't know why you want to help me bury my mother and father together, but thank you very much. You said you needed my help and wanted to see me. I was a little shy yesterday, so I wasn't embarrassed to show you up. Ying Ning kept a smile on her face when she spoke. is worthy of Ying Ning, and it is so beautiful to laugh.

"Yes, I did look for you. There are some things that I need your help with!" I looked away, to be honest, I couldn't keep staring at Ying Ning's face, I saw too much, I always felt a little strange, a little addictive.

"You sit down first, and keep standing, I should be standing. After all, I'm the guest!" said Ying Ning, a little shyly, and I smiled awkwardly as I sat down on the low stool. "There's something I want to ask you!" Ying Ning nodded, and from her eyes, I could detect some sadness. It seems that the matter of the prince's suit has hit her a little harder.

"Let's not talk about my business first! I'll tell you something, okay? Although I don't know what you're going to do, I think this matter should help you!" Ying Ning looked at me, her eyes revealing her true feelings. I nodded, I don't know what to say to me, but if it helps me, it shouldn't be a big deal!

"Here's the thing: I have a friend, his name is Xi Fangping!" "Good guy, Xi Fangping! This Xi Fangping really exists! I originally thought that Xi Fangping was just a fiction made up by Mr. Pu Songling." Unexpectedly, Xi Fangping actually existed. In other words, what Mr. Pu Songling wrote is true?

However, isn't there no ghost in this world? There is only a spirit to say, why are there evil ghosts? I don't understand, but if Ying Ning wants to talk to me about this, then I'd better listen to it. And knowing Ying Ning, I always feel that the ancient books seem to be hiding something from me, or rather, this ancient book gives me a very wrong feeling. I can't say it, but either there's something wrong with the ancient book, or it's hiding something from me.

"My friend's name is Xi Fangping. Xi Fangping, a native of Dong'an County. His father's name was Xi Lian, and he was straightforward by nature. A few years later, Xi Lian also fell ill in bed, and when he was in danger, he said to people: "The man surnamed Yang has bought the servants of the underworld to beat me." ”

In an instant, his whole body was red and swollen, and he screamed a few times and then lost his breath. Xi Fangping saw his father's tragic death, and was so grieved that he couldn't even eat, and said: "My father is honest and loyal, blunt and blunt-tongued, and he was bullied by evil spirits today, and I want to go to the underworld to avenge my father's grievances." He never spoke again, but sat dumbfounded, sometimes stupidly, as if he had dementia. It turned out that his soul had already left his body.

Xi Fangping felt that he had just walked out of the house, and he didn't know where to go. As long as you see passers-by, you will inquire about the county seat. It didn't take long to get to the city. His father is already in prison. He rushed to the prison gate to visit, and saw his father lying under the eaves from a distance, looking like he had been tortured. Xi Lian looked up and caught a glimpse of his son coming, and tears couldn't help but fall down. Then he said to Xi Fangping: "The servants in the prison all got the money of the surname Yang, and beat me day and night, and my two legs were broken. ”

When Xi Fangping heard this, he was furious, and scolded the jailer and said: "My father is guilty, he has his own royal law, where can he be at the mercy of you dead ghosts." After speaking, he walked out of the prison, wrote a piece of paper with a pen, and took advantage of the city god to sit in the morning hall, broke into the yamen, shouted injustice, and sent the form. The surname Yang was afraid, and he used money to open up the joints inside and out, so he appeared in court to confront him. When the city god got the bribe, he said that what Xi Fang told was not the truth, it was unreasonable, and he was not allowed to do so. ”

Sure enough, this matter of Xi Fangping is true. "That means that Xi Fangping has really entered the underworld, is there really a ghost in this world?" Ying Ning seemed to be amused when she heard my words, and hurriedly said: "Yes!

I nodded and said, "I only know that there are spirits, and I haven't heard of ghosts or anything like that, or Chenghuang or anything. It seems to me that the Yaksha may be nothing more than a monster. It's just that too many people, perhaps because of fear and fear, think it's ghosts or something!"

When Ying Ning heard my words, she felt that there seemed to be some truth, but she also seemed to think of something, and said, "Do you know about demons?" But as soon as she finished speaking, Ying Ning's face changed, and she seemed to realize that she had said something that should not be said. "Forget it, let me tell you about Xi Fangping! Maybe I told you, it will be of some help to you. ”

I nodded, and there was no such thing as chasing demons deeply. It can be seen from Ying Ning's expression that she seems to be a little taboo about demons and ghosts. But for me, that's nothing. And maybe, I can know more about demons and ghosts from Ying Ning's hands.

Xi Fangping had nowhere to complain, so he drove more than 100 miles overnight to Fucheng and complained to the county department about the Chenghuang servants being corrupted for personal gain. It was delayed for half a month before the trial began. The county secretary gave Xi Fangping a severe beating, and then approved the case to Chenghuang for review. When Xi Fangping went to the county, he was tortured and full of grievances, and he was so depressed that he couldn't get rid of it. Fearing that he would sue him again, Chenghuang sent a messenger to escort him home.

The messenger dropped him off at his doorstep and left. Xi Fangping refused to walk into the house. He secretly ran to the Hades Mansion and accused the county secretary and the city god of corruption and perversion of the law. The king of Hades immediately ordered to send the county secretary and the city god to confront him. The two dog officials secretly sent their henchmen to intercede with Xi Fangping and ask for peace. He promised to give him a thousand taels of silver. Xi Fangping ignored them.

After a few more days, the innkeeper said to Xi Fangping: "Sir, you are too stubborn. The official begged you for peace, but you refused, and now I heard that he gave gifts in front of the king of Hades, I'm afraid things are not good. Xi Fangping thought it was hearsay, and he didn't care very much. After a while, an errand dressed in black came and summoned him to the church. When he went to the court, he saw that the king of Hades was full of anger and could not be appealed, so he ordered him to be beaten with twenty boards.

Although Xi Fangping suffered such pain, he still refused to give in, and asked sharply: "What crime have I committed?" The king of Hades ignored him as if he hadn't heard it. Xi Fangping was beaten and shouted: "I deserve to be beaten, who told me that I have no money!" Hades was even more annoyed, and drank his tie and went down to be punished by the fire bed. Two ghost servants dragged him out of court. I saw an iron bed on the steps of the east wing, and there was a raging fire burning underneath, and the iron bed was roasted red.

The ghost servant stripped Xi Fangping of his clothes, lifted him up and threw him onto the fire bed, and rubbed him over and over again. Xi Fangping was in great pain, his muscles and flesh were burned, and he wished he had died earlier. After being tortured like this for an hour or so, I heard the ghost servant say, "It's all right." So he lifted him up, and urged him to get out of bed and put on his clothes, but fortunately he could barely walk with a limp. Back to the court. Hades asked: "Do you dare to sue again?" Xi Fangping said awe-inspiringly: "The great injustice has not yet been revealed, my heart will not die, if you say that you don't sue again, it is to deceive your master." Be sure to sue!"

Hades asked again, "What are you suing?" Xi Fangping said, "All the pain you have suffered yourself must be said." Hades was even more annoyed and ordered his body to be sawed open with a large saw. Xi Fangping was dragged by two ghost pawns, and saw that there was a wooden pillar erected there, eight or nine feet high, and two wooden planks were laid flat under it, and the blood stains on the wooden planks were blurred up and down. The ghost pawn was just about to tie up Xi Fangping, when he suddenly heard a loud shout from the hall: "Xi Fangping!"

The two ghost guards immediately escorted him back to the hall. Hades asked, "Do you dare to sue again?" Xi Fangping replied, "You must sue!" Hades took the lead and quickly caught the saw. After Xi Fangping was pulled down from the court, the ghost pawn clamped him with the two wooden planks and tied him to a wooden pillar. When he first saw, he only felt that his skull was gradually cracking, and the pain was unbearable, but he still gritted his teeth and did not snort.

I only heard the ghost pawn praise and say, "This man is really a tough guy!" The big saw rumbled to his chest, and another ghost pawn was heard say: "This is a great dutiful son, he has not committed any crime, let's pull the saw a little off, don't damage his heart." Xi Fangping felt that the saw blade was zigzag down, doubling the pain. In an instant, the whole body had been split in half.

As soon as the pawn untied the plank, both of his body fell to the ground. The ghost pawn came to the hall and reported loudly. The hall passed down the word and let the synthesis go to trial again. The two ghost pawns pushed the two halves of their bodies together, pulled them and left. Xi Fangping felt that the crack in his body was so painful that it seemed to be about to crack again, and he fell down after just moving half a step. One of the ghost soldiers took a ribbon from his waist and said, "This belt is given to you as a reward for your filial piety." ”

Xi Fangping was very moved, so he took the strap and pierced it on his body, and immediately felt vigorous and not painful at all. So he went to the court and lay down on the ground, and the king of Hades asked Fang Cai's sentence again. Xi Fangping was afraid that he would be poisoned again, so he said, "Don't sue me." Hades immediately ordered him to be sent back to the human world. The servant led him out of the north gate, showed him the way home, and turned away.

After Xi Fangping left, he thought to himself: The darkness of this underworld yamen is more serious than that of the yang world, but unfortunately there is no way for the Jade Emperor to know, the legend is that the god Guan Kou Erlang is a relative of the Jade Emperor, this god is smart and upright, if you sue him, it must be effective, and secretly rejoice that the two messengers have gone back, so they turned around and ran south. As they were hurrying forward, the two servants came after him and said, "Hades suspects that you will not go back, and now it is so." ”

So saying, he dragged him back, and escorted him to the king of Hades. Xi Fangping thought to himself that this time the king of Hades was going to be even hotter, and he would definitely have to suffer a more cruel punishment, but the king of Hades had no anger on his face at all. said to Xi Fangping: "You are really a dutiful son! But your father's grievances, I have already done it for you." He has now been reborn in a rich family, and there is no need for you to go around shouting grievances. I'm going to send you home now, and I hope you don't make any more trouble!"

"Besides, I will reward you with a thousand gold family property, a hundred years of life, you should be satisfied, right?" said the king of Hades, so he recorded these in the book of life and death, stamped it with a big seal, and let Xi Fangping see it himself. Xi Fangping thanked him and withdrew from the court. The messenger went out with him, and when he got on the road, the messenger hurried him away, and scolded in his mouth: "You slippery fellow, you have tossed and turned again and again, causing Lao Tzu to run back and forth, and he is tired to death." If you dare to do this again, put it in a large grinding disc and grind it into powder finely. ”

Xi Zifang Ping glared at him and scolded angrily: "What do you want to do, what the hell? I can withstand the knife and saw by nature, so I can't stand the insult." Please go back and ask Hades if he asks me to go home by myself, where will I send you? With that, he walked back. The two officers were frightened and whispered begging him to turn back. Xi Fangping deliberately limped and walked slowly, and after taking a few steps, he stopped on the side of the road to rest. Although the errand officer was not angry, he did not dare to complain again.

Xi Fangping walked for about half a day, and came to a village, where the door of a house was ajar, and the messenger beckoned Xi Fangping to sit down and rest together. Xi Fangping sat down on the threshold. The two officers took advantage of his unpreparedness and pushed him into the door. Xi Fangping was shocked for a moment, and looked at himself, he had been reincarnated as a baby. He was so angry that he cried so much that he didn't eat a drop of milk, and he died three days later.

Xi Fangping's soul was fluttering, and he couldn't forget to go to Guankou. After running for about dozens of miles, I suddenly saw a car decorated with bird feathers speeding up, with flags like clouds, swords and halberds, and the road was blocked. Xi Fangping hurriedly crossed the road to avoid, but accidentally offended the honor guard, was caught by the horse team that opened the road, tied and sent to the car. He looked up and saw a young man sitting in the car, with a burly appearance and a radiant look. He asked Xi Fangping: "Who are you?" Xi Fangping was full of grievances and had nowhere to vent, and guessed that this young man must be a big official, maybe his power can determine people's blessings and misfortunes, and he can avenge his own grievances. Therefore, I told him in detail about the sufferings I had suffered from the beginning.

After hearing this, the young man in the car asked someone to untie the rope for Xi Fangping and let him follow the convoy. After a while, they arrived at a place, and more than a dozen officials greeted them on the side of the road. The young man in the car greeted them one by one, and then pointed to Xi Fangping and said to an official: "This is a person from the lower realm, I want to go to you to complain, and I should solve it for him in time." ”

Xi Fangping inquired privately with his entourage, only to learn that the car was the Nine Kings of His Royal Highness the Jade Emperor, and the official he confessed to was Erlang God. Xi Fangping couldn't help but look at Erlang God, only to see that he was tall and full of beards, not like the legend in the world. After the nine kings left, Xi Fangping followed Erlang God to an official office. It turned out that his father, the man surnamed Yang, and the servants were all here.

After a while, a prisoner cart came, and several prisoners came out of it, and it turned out to be the king of Hades, the county secretary, and the city god. confronted him on the spot, and Xi Fangping's accusations were true. The three dog officers trembled with fright, and their ugliness was like a crouching mouse. Erlang God picked up the pen and immediately made a judgment, saying: "After a while, the verdict will be issued, and the order will be issued so that everyone related to this case can see it clearly." ”

The verdict reads: "According to the King of Yama, he was honored with the title of Marquis of the King and received the grace of the Jade Emperor. He should be honest and honest to set an example for his subordinates, and should not be corrupt and corrupt the reputation of the government. However, he flaunts his military might, and only boasts of the dignity of his title, and he is greedy and ruthless, and he even tarnishes people's dignity. Extortion, the marrow of the small people has been squeezed dry, and the weak are swallowed by the strong, and the weak life is really pitiful. The water of the Xijiang River should be extracted, and the filthy stomach and intestines should be washed for you, and the iron bed on the east wall should be burned immediately, so that you can taste the taste of fire roasting. ”

"Chenghuang and county officials: As magistrates, they are commanded by God to govern the people. Even if they are forced by the power of their superiors, those who have backbone will never give in. But you are as fierce as eagles, colluding with the top and bottom, and without any regard for the poverty of the people, and as cunning as snipers, and as cunning as snipers, and playing tricks, not even the poor and thin. For these wolves, the marrow should be removed, their hair shaved off, and they should be sentenced to death in the underworld, and they should also be stripped of human skins, replaced with animal skins, and reincarnated as livestock. ”

"Ghost servant: Since he has fallen into the ghost world, he is not a human being. How can they add fuel to the flames in the sea of suffering and commit outrageous sins? They are overbearing, and their faces are frosty, causing injustices; they are shouting wildly, and they are pretending to be mighty and blocking the avenue of redressing grievances. Exercising the power of silver in the underworld, everyone understands the power of the jailer, and fuels the cruelty of the unconscious official, and everyone shuddes when they talk about the executioner. They should be chopped up on the altar and their limbs should be chopped up, and their bones should be removed in a pot of soup. ”