Chapter 63: The City God's Temple
I couldn't help but be surprised, although I calculated that there were sneaks in this place, but I didn't expect that there would be so many ghosts here, and they died tragically one by one.
The child and the woman in red appeared to have been drowned, while the rest were burned. That is to say, the people here are all dying, and judging by their clothes, they should be of the same era.
As I guessed, they were supposed to be in a village.
It just makes me wonder why only the mother and son were drowned, while the rest were burned.
The most angry thing here is the female ghost in the dress, and when she died, she should have been very resentful. The female ghost in red walked towards me step by step with the person behind me, and I stood there directly and did not move.
Although there are many of them, the woman in red who is the most powerful in this gang is very shallow compared to the ghouls I met before, and there is nothing worth caring about.
When the group of people walked in, the little boy in red swooped over, and then came to the side of the woman in red, stretched out his little hand to pull her clothes, and said softly, "Mother, he is scaring me." ”
After listening to the little boy's words, the anger on the woman in red suddenly became fierce, and she let out a scream from her mouth and floated towards me, and at the same time, a pair of sharp claws of his came directly towards my face.
I quickly took a few steps back, dodging the woman's claws, and then pulled out the whip I had taken from the tomb and swung it at the woman.
Although I don't know what age this whip is, it is also a very powerful magic weapon.
Seeing the whip coming, the woman in red should have felt threatened, and her body retreated directly, and then he stopped his feet, stood in front of me, and looked at me coldly, and then said, "Who are you, why did you come here, could it be that you want to accept us?" ”
She suddenly asked a series of questions, and I couldn't answer him. In fact, I don't know what to do in the face of this group of lonely ghosts, although they have a lot of resentment, but they don't have much anger, which is enough to show that these people have not harmed anyone. If I just get rid of them like that, it will cause me karma.
"What am I doing, I don't say you should be able to feel it, as for why you came to this place, I heard that there are ghosts here, I came to take a look. Whether I accept you or not, it's up to you. ”
Speaking of this, I paused and continued, "You have become ghosts, you should know that people and ghosts have different paths, there are rules in the underworld, and there are laws in the yang world, no matter how you die, it is your fault to stay in this place." ”
"This little brother, we don't want to stay here, my old man also wants to be reincarnated and become a new person, but someone doesn't allow it." An old man staggered out from behind the woman in red.
Not only did I frown, but I listened to the old man's meaning, as if they had a story.
The old man sighed slightly, a sadness appeared on his face, and then said slowly, "This was originally the village where we lived......
From the old man's mouth, I probably understood the origin of the matter, it turned out that this village was called Wangjia Village, and most of the people in the village naturally had the surname Wang. More than 200 years ago, the people of Wangjia Village lived a quiet life on the farmland.
One day, the master and apprentice came to the village, they claimed to be Mr. Yin and Yang, passing by the village, and when it was dark, they asked to stay in the village for one night.
The people in the village are all kind peasant families, and the village chief let them live in his own home. and found Wang Xiu, who was a good cook, to prepare some meals for the two, and Wang Xiu was the woman in red. But what they didn't expect was that their kindness was exchanged for the revenge of the two masters and apprentices.
When the master and apprentice were eating, their eyes were always staring at the beautiful Wang Xiu. In the middle of the night, he ran to Wang Xiu's house. Wang Xiu's husband died early, and she and her son Xiaobao were left in the family, and the mother and son depended on each other.
The master and apprentice came to Wang Xiu's house and wanted to commit violence against Wang Xiu. Wang Xiu struggled and bit the master, who threw her directly into the well in the courtyard. In order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, Xiaobao was also thrown in.
Later, they were worried that the news would spread, so they killed all the people in a village in a frenzy, and then burned the whole village. Not only that, but they didn't know what means they used to buy the city god here. Lord Chenghuang asked them to wait in place, and did not send Yin Si to pick them up and take them to the underworld, so these souls had no way to report to the underworld.
"These gentlemen, we have been here for more than a hundred years, and they have never come to pick us up. However, we have never harmed anyone, so if you don't believe me, you can go to the villages ahead and ask about it. The old man said pitifully.
Hearing this, I couldn't help frowning, the City God Temple is where the Yin Division is located, the place where Yin and Yang are divided. And the city god is the official of the Yin Division, in charge of the life and death of all beings in a place. There is such a big thing in the place under his jurisdiction, and he actually colludes with outsiders to prevent these people from being reincarnated, isn't he afraid that these ghosts will go out to kill people and make trouble.
There are also the two Mr. Yin and Yang, Mr. Yin and Yang actually evolved from Taoism, and they also follow the Taoist doctrine of Yin and Yang. They are relatively high in the middle of the road, generally ventilated water, and calculated the good fortune and bad luck.
As Mr. Yin and Yang, they should also understand the truth of karmic retribution, and they dare to do this, is there any hole card.
It seemed far more complicated than I thought.
"Where is the City God Temple you just mentioned, I'll go and see." I asked, frowning.
I really want to see what the temple is like now, and who is the city god there.
"Follow this road, go all the way east, and it will take you about half an hour to get there." The old man said.
I thought that the current realm could not reach the underworld at all, and I could only send these people away through the City God Temple.
According to the address of the old man, I walked for more than half an hour, and a temple appeared in front of me, the walls of the temple were dark red as a whole, and the door was built high and wide. There is a plaque hanging on the door, with three big characters written solemnly and neatly, "City God Temple".
Apart from this temple, the surrounding area is very spacious, and there are basically no other buildings. From the outside, the scale of the City God Temple is not too small, looking through the outer wall, you can even see that there is a side hall on the top of the temple.
Looking at the City God Temple in front of me, I not only felt that something was wrong in my heart, but a place like the City God Temple was where the Yin Division was located, similar to the ancient temple of the altar. Basically, no sneaky person would dare to come and make trouble in such a place. But the feng shui here tells me that there are sneaky people in this place.
I couldn't help but raise my vigilance, it seems that there is a big problem with this City God Temple.
I pushed the gate of the temple and it was closed and did not open it.
Lord Chenghuang is not a human being, and it is not easy to see him, so I took out a piece of yellow table paper and wrote a letter of invitation on it, and burned it directly at the gate.
No matter what the problem is inside, if I want to see the City God now, I have to do it first, and then I will see the opportunity to act when I get inside.
It took a while for the talisman to be burned, and the door creaked open from the inside.
When I entered the main hall, I saw a statue, and on the side of this statue stood a statue of a civil and military judge, and two onicha holding iron chains.
In general, there will be two judges in the City God Temple, one literate and one martial, and there are ghosts. The number of ghosts depends on the size of the jurisdiction of this City God Temple. The oni are usually responsible for extraditing the ghosts who should go to the underworld to report.
The main hall is not small, there are candles on both sides, there are three floors up and down, and the candles are emitting a faint green light at this time.
In front of the statue of the city god is placed a long spiritual table, on which are placed some dried fruits and the like, and after that there is the incense burner and the incense table.
The city god in the middle is wearing a black gauze hat on his head and a golden official uniform, and the city god is also a national face with a long beard. But for some reason, the look on his face gave people an indescribable feeling.
And the civil and military judges all had a fierce look on their faces, and the statues of the two people looked at me as if something was wrong.
"Who are you, why don't you kneel when you see Lord Chenghuang?" Lord Chenghuang didn't speak, but the military judge asked in an unkind tone.
"My master said that our faction does not kneel to anyone except to kneel to the sky and kneel to the parents." I said it directly.
After hearing my words, Judge Wen snorted coldly, "What kind of person is your master, who dares to say such big things." ”
"My master is the master of Huilongguan, and if he can say such things, he naturally has the support to say this." I said lightly.
The military judge wanted to say something, but was stopped by the city god, "Okay, what do you say you are here for?" ”
"I'm a Taoist disciple, I don't understand something, come and ask Lord Chenghuang." I said.
"Tell me what's going on." Lord Chenghuang said.
"May I ask those unjust souls outside the southern city of the City God, why don't you send someone to extradite them to the underworld?" I asked directly.
Chenghuang Ye's brows were furrowed, and before he could speak, Wen Juan shouted, "Bold Daoist, you dare to take care of the affairs of Yin Si, don't you want to live?" ”
I snorted coldly, "It's not up to you to decide whether I can live or not." "The reason why I dare to say such things is not because I am arrogant. Lord Chenghuang is in control of the life and death of a person, and it is just an ordinary person, and the fate of a cultivator like me is not up to him.
If he wants to use the strong, I won't be afraid of him, to put it bluntly, although the civil and military judges and the city god are good, they are just ghosts.