Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Rotten Wood Sword Case
Many people gathered at the main gate of the government and watched the trial in the public court.
Yin Cha did not enter through the main entrance, but went around and around, brought several people to a wall behind the palace, and stretched out his hand to invite the three of them in.
After several people crashed into the wall one by one, the vision changed dramatically.
Wang Lin's eyes saw clearly, this backyard was full of yin qi, and ghosts made yin and bad luck rampant, coming and going, just like a city god on the ground.
Counting from the second door in the middle of the palace, the entire government is divided into two distinct parts.
The public hall, fast shift room, prison and other places at the front gate of the government are still in normal appearance, for the use of those few normal living people left in the government office.
And the people of the city god have converged the yin qi and the main activity area into the backyard and inner house.
Lao Wu can only perceive the full yin qi, gathered here, only when the ghost makes the yin difference closer, he can distinguish one from the two.
Mo Yunqi couldn't feel anything, and when he looked up, he could only see an empty backyard.
Yin Cha, who brought them here, breathed a sigh of relief as if he had returned home.
Just as a person wants to take off his clothes and shoes after returning home, he can't wait to get the ghost body out of the head-hunting clay body.
I saw a tall and thin ghost with a white face flying out.
He stuck out his long tongue, wore a white robe, and put on a tall hat with the word Daji written on his head, and happily blended into the shadow of the city god, swam around the same place a few times as if relieved, and called a few little ghosts to go to report to the city god that a distinguished guest had visited.
This yin cha changed back to his original ghost body, and suddenly moved back to Wang Lin's side, bending down and reintroducing his true identity:
"Jinyang Mansion City God is under the jurisdiction of the ghost, Xie Bi'an! I've seen Wang Daochang! ”
Wang Lin also returned the salute.
But Mo Yunqi next to him was still wondering, why did this ghost catcher go limp to the ground as soon as he returned to the mansion, could it be that he damaged his mud body when he fought with the ghost before?
Just as he was thinking about how to repair and stitch up this clay body with his master, he saw that Wang Immortal Chief bowed to the empty place, and then he realized that it was the yin who exposed the ghost body.
Seeing Mo Yunqi's dazed face and the embarrassed appearance that he couldn't see anything, Lao Wu reached out and took out two vials from his arms.
Caught his stupid apprentice, gave him his left and right eyes respectively, dropped a few droplets of water each, and instructed and taught:
"Remember, in our business, dealing with corpses every day, you will inevitably encounter some ghosts, remember to always have some cow tears and crow tears on your body in the future."
Then he was worried that Mo Yunqi didn't know what was going on, and while giving him eye drops, he added and explained:
"The bull's eyes are warm and yang, you can see evil ghosts, crow eyes are dark, you can see all the qi of the underworld, you often put a drop in each of your eyes, and most of the invisible things can be seen.
"You remember, if you drop these two things, but you still can't see the whereabouts of the other party, then you don't think about anything, just turn around and run, or you can also think about what kind of life you want to change in your next life."
A cow tear fell on the right eye, a crow tear scattered on the left eye, and Mo Yunqi couldn't help blinking.
When he opened his eyes again, it was dark in his left eye, and suddenly it was dark, and in his right eye he could vaguely see a group of shadowy and indiscernible clouds of shadow floating in front of him.
Yin Cha Xie Bi'an nodded, seeing that Mo Yunqi was now visible, and finally after seeing these ghosts and ghosts, he took a few people to the prefect's study in the backyard, waiting to meet Chenghuang.
............
In the prefect's study, Chenghuang was buried in the case, hearing a mountain of documents.
The civil and military judges also sat on the left and right, dragging their mud bodies to the side to deal with their respective official duties.
The original prefect had a gloomy face and narrow eyebrows.
This remnant body has such a villain face, but after being possessed by the city god, it has become a bit majestic and upright.
Cheng Huang waved his hand and swept the case away, and the stacks of documents in front of him flew up, floated to the desk of the judge, and said:
"Jinyang City's tax finances for nearly 20 years have been sorted out, and the six prefects have joined forces to swallow up 700,000 taels of official silver, most of which have been sorted out, and you and the military judges will work hard at night, squeeze out one or two more people from the day and night parade and hook souls, and transfer them to recover the 200,000 taels of stolen money."
While arranging for the right-hand man to go to the major mansions at night to "retrieve" the money, Wen Juan swept through the stacks of documents that had just flown in.
He looked at these documents, roughly calculated the prices of several mansions and mansions that were privately hidden and embezzled, as well as various treasure shops, and replied:
"With the addition of these filthy things and constant property, we can recover more than half of the tax treasury in total, and get 410,000 taels of cash."
After a brief discussion, Wu Juan and Wen Juan clarified where the funds would be used, and each arranged the follow-up expenditure arrangement.
Funds were allocated for the renovation of people's houses, preparations for the distribution of winter supplies in advance, the purchase of new grain, the reorganization of armaments, and the payment of arrears of military salaries......
After dealing with the matter, Cheng Huang asked the military judge again:
"Where has the new prefect sent by the imperial court to take over have gone? Before the slaughter of the gate, there was also a fanatic who claimed to be a disciple of the Yuhua Gate who attacked the government office, and was killed by the gang after committing the crime. ”
The pen and ink in the hands of the military judge did not stop, and he was distracted from the two uses to deal with official business, and he replied without raising his head:
"Day and night patrol found out this morning, the new prefect met two disciples sent by the Yuhua Sect, and they came together, and they have already arrived a hundred miles outside the city, and they will arrive in a few days."
Suddenly, a ghost official floated up, attached his ear to the city god, and said a few words.
Chenghuang's eyes were startled at first, and then he breathed a sigh of relief with joy, and said to the civil and military judge with palpitations:
"There are not enough people in the city gods, so don't send any more parades and soul messengers tonight, lest there be another disaster and harm innocent people...... In this way, I will personally take the time to go to the government tomorrow during the day to get the stolen money from each family back to the government office. ”
Then Chenghuang looked happy and asked the ghost officials to invite a few people quickly.
I saw that outside the house, Xie Bi'an led the three of them into the study.
The first was a former Taoist priest with two swords, handsome and chic, with a wine bottle on his waist, carrying a large bag, and wearing a simple and simple Xuanqing Taoist robe.
The ghost life of the city god for more than 1,000 years, and it is rare for such a good-looking Taoist monk, so he couldn't help but praise:
"The Taoist chief has a good demeanor, and below is the city god of Jinyang Mansion, Huang Ba! On behalf of the people of Jinyang, thank you for the grace of the aisle! ”
Then he leaned over and thanked the fifth child and Mo Yunqi in the back, and said gratefully:
"Thank you for the help of the fifth master and the noble disciples, I helped my city god to tide over the difficulties before, and the grace of sewing the corpse has not yet had time to repay, and now there is this high righteousness of sacrificing life and forgetting death, and I am really grateful for this terrible ghost for my city god!"
Seeing that the Yin Guan, who was a city god in a mansion, deigned to himself and others, and treated him with great courtesy, the fifth child couldn't help but bend his eyes, and the corners of his mouth hooked a few smiles.
Huang Chenghuang looked at a few people for a moment, and then he had some calculations in his heart, and shouted:
"Where is the Yin and Yang Sigong?"
From the ground, two half-black and half-white figures suddenly jumped out, with "Reward Good" written on the white face and "Punish the Evil" written on the black face, and bowed back to the words:
"Yin and Yang Sigong is here!"
Huang Chenghuang ordered the two:
"I was negligent in my duties, I was unclear in my position, and I almost caused a big disaster, but fortunately, the three righteous men and the ghosts of this mansion sent Xie Bi'an to forget his life and death, kill the evil ghosts, and order the two of you to reward the good and punish the evil, and draw me for twenty years of incense and wish power, and promote Xie Bi'an to two ranks.
"Open the city god's treasury again, take an ancient sword box, a volume of middle-grade Taoist skills, and a hundred-year-old yin pearl, and give it to the three righteous people."
Yin and Yang Sigong did not hesitate, and the promise responded, and the breath disappeared.
Then he brought a small black bead and a wordless book.
and an old, decaying wooden box covered with dust.