Han Ye and his entourage came to the archway of the Ten Halls of the Yin Division.

The memorial arch is 30 zhang high and 10 zhang wide, and is divided into a main door and two side doors on the left and right. At the main gate, there is a long river of ghosts led by the ghost to enter the ten halls, and at the side door, there is a steady stream of ghosts wearing shackles and being taken out of the ten halls by the ghosts.

"Let's go inside." The Iron Knife Dog King took the hand of the flying phoenix and led Han Ye into the Ten Halls of the Yin Division.

The six pairs of bull-headed horses guarding the door saw the Iron Knife Dog King and said respectfully: "Lord Dog King, are you here again to arrest criminals?" ”

The Iron Knife Dog King took out the ghost face token on his waist and said to the bull-headed horse: "No, this person behind me is my friend, I want to bring it in to see Lord Hades, no problem, right?" ”

The ghosts said, "Then what's the problem? The people you bring, what else do we have to worry about? ”

So, the Iron Knife Dog King took Han Ye and Feihuang through the gate, walked about thirty steps, and a large-scale stone platform appeared in front of him, covering an area of about twenty acres, and there was a huge ball full of aura and ten zhang in diameter in the center of the stone platform, which reflected various scenes in the human demon world. The ghost officials went up with the ghosts and asked them to look at the scene in the sphere before continuing inside, while the two long lines that left the Ten Halls went directly around the stone platform.

The Iron Sword Dog King pointed to the stone platform and said to Han Ye: "This is called Wangxiang Platform, the spirit ball on it is given by the divine realm, plus the ten halls of Yama to maintain it, but all the ghosts who come here to be tried, before entering the first hall Qin Guang Palace, they must take a look at their relatives in their hometown, Brother Han, do you want to go and see it too?" ”

Han Ye was thinking about Yunmeng and his sister, and followed the Iron Sword Dog King to the stage, in the aura ball, Han Ye dimly saw Han Yu who was still practicing swords on Shu Mountain, and said in his heart: "Okay, my sister really went back to Shu Mountain, and it is safe there." ”

Han Ye still wanted to see Situ Yunmeng, but he didn't see it for a long time, and asked the Iron Knife Dog King suspiciously: "Brother Mastiff, why can't some people see it?" ”

The Iron Knife Dog King said: "It depends on whether the person you want to see is in the human world or the demon world, if it is in other places, such as the gods and demons or here, you will naturally not see it." ”

Han Ye thought suspiciously and worriedly, "Where did you run away again?" Can't you just stay in Shushan? ”

Seeing that Han Ye was uneasy, Feihuang on the side tugged at the corner of his clothes and said, "Big, brother...... Don't worry...... Your loved ones...... They're all good people...... Good people, peace......"

Han Ye touched her forehead, as if Yun Meng was already by her side, and she was not so worried in her heart, and said, "That's right, Jiren has her own natural appearance, I want to protect her too much." ”

The Iron Knife Dog King naturally understood who he was worried about, but the ghosts behind him had to go up to Wangxiangtai to visit relatives, so he had to take Han Ye down Wangxiangtai and continue to walk inside.

After getting off the lookout platform, there is a long road of evil mirrors ahead. The mirror of evil, as the name suggests, is a kind of mirror that can illuminate the sins committed in the past, but those who pass by here and look at the two rows of evil mirrors placed on the left and right can know how many wrong things they have done, and they can also have a psychological preparation for the trial of the ten halls. The path of the mirror of evil leads directly to the first hall - Qin Guang Palace, there is a side hall on both sides of Qin Guang Palace, and those who come out of the side hall are sentenced evil ghosts, and the ghost officials wear special shackles and handcuffs made by the Yin Division, push out of the ten halls, and escort them to hell to be punished.

Han Ye and Feihuang followed the Iron Knife Dog King through the path of the evil mirror, and their reflection could not be reflected in the evil mirror at all, Han Ye asked: "Brother Mastiff, there is not even my shadow in the mirror, is it because I have not done evil things?" ”

The Iron Knife Dog King smiled: "Obviously, Qin Guangdian is dedicated to judging goodness, you and Feihuang are both good people, this mirror can't reflect your evil roots, it is reasonable." ”

Everyone crossed the path of the evil mirror, climbed the eighteen-story black steps, and entered the Qin Guang Hall with the long river of ghosts. The hall occupies a slightly larger area than the Qianxin Palace, and the caisson on the top of the hall is painted with many ghosts in the underworld who subdue the evil ghosts, and the terrifying eyes and terrifying images make the evil spirits of the eight directions frightened.

The Iron Sword Dog King whispered to Han Ye, "This is the palace where King Qin Guang judged and convicted of evil. King Qin Guang specially judged good, but all the ghosts who entered here, who were evil and lacked conscience, must be taken out from the side hall to be punished, and they can continue to move forward after the punishment is over, and the ghosts who have not committed these sins can directly pass through this hall and go to the second temple Chujiang Palace. ”

Han Ye looked at the ghost bureaucrats sitting in front of the huge desk in front of him, the ghost bureaucrats were wearing official uniforms, five feet tall, and majestic, and all the ghosts who came to the hall He personally asked for the guilt, and asked a ghost beast that looked like a sheep, had green hair, four legs, and a single horn on its head to assist in convicting.

"That's the pig (1)." The Iron Sword Dog King said: "Among the ten halls, each Lord Yama is equipped with a hedgehog by his side, and it comes forward to push you with its horns, which means that you are not qualified, and there is no need to say more, you can directly pull it out from the side hall and be tortured." For example, this Qin Guangdian is generally thrown into the body erosion hell or poisonous insect hell to be punished, and then brought back to the front of the palace by the ghost officials after the expiration of the period, and go to the second hall through the first hall. ”

When Han Ye saw the long line, he immediately divided into three teams in front of the desk, one team went out directly from the back door, and the other two teams were divided into left and right and escorted to the side halls on both sides, shackled, and then pushed outside to be punished.

The efficiency of King Qin Guang's conviction was extremely high, and Han Ye and his party had been walking forward since they entered the hall, almost without stopping, at this time, a middle-aged man who was escorted by the ghost officials in front of him suddenly knelt in front of the case, crying and worshipping: "Grandpa King Qin Guang!" Spare your life! I'm the biggest good man in the world, please be aware of everything! ”

King Qin Guang's holy eyes were like mirrors, his eyes reflected the life of this person, he was shocked, and said angrily: "Zhao Da! When you were alive, you ran rampant in the countryside, robbing people's money, taking people's property, molesting people's girls, bullying the weak, unfortunately falling down while walking, hitting your head on a boulder and dying, only then did you come to the ghost world, and dare to say that you are a good person? ”

Zhao Datou broke out in a cold sweat and quibbled: "Grandpa Qin Guangwang, I have always kept to myself in the world, if you don't believe it, send a ghost official to investigate!" ”

King Qin Guang did not argue with him, and said to the pig: "Good, you decide." ”

The pig called "Good" came from the side, staring at Zhao Dazhan trembling with a vicious gaze, it did not hesitate to push Zhao Da's heart with its horns, and Zhao Da screamed in pain, and King Qin Guang said: "Zhao Da, now you have nothing to say, right?" After that, he said to the ghost official who escorted Zhao Da: "Take him out of the left hall, pull him into the poisonous insect hell and be sentenced to fifty years, and come back to see the official after the sentence is completed!" ”

"Yes!" The ghost officials obeyed the order, hurriedly escorted Zhao Da, whose face was like ashes, and left Qin Guangdian from the side.

Then, the Iron Knife Dog King took Han Ye to King Qin Guang, and King Qin Guang didn't wait for the Iron Sword Dog King to speak, he glanced at Han Ye with mirror-like eyes, and said, "Good man, not guilty." The pig on the side also nodded in agreement.

"Go directly to the second hall, the next one." King Qin Guang said loudly, and said to the Iron Sword Dog King: "Mastiff, in the future, the good people don't need to be escorted in, let them go by themselves, there are not enough manpower......"

Hearing this, the Iron Sword Dog King knelt down and said, "Lord Qin Guang, this is my friend, I will take him to find Lord Yama to discuss important matters." ”

"I see, let's get in quickly." King Qin Guang waved his robe, and did not have time to ask for details, so he no longer paid attention to the Iron Sword Dog King.

The crowd continued to walk inside.

There is also a section of the mirror road in front of the Chujiang Palace, and the king of Chujiang judges the favor, and the two rows of mirrors reflect the warmth and coldness of the person.

Regardless of the layout of the hall and the way of judging the case, the Chujiang Hall is the same as the front hall. The indifferent, selfish, and mercenary could not escape the holy eyes of the king of Chujiang, and the king of Chujiang let the piggon called "human favor" pass the prisoner, and then ordered the ghost officials to push them to the side hall to be tortured, and the rest of the ghosts were directly put into the third hall.

The third hall is the Song Emperor's Palace, the Song Emperor's arbitrary loyalty, is to the palace in the name of the pig "loyalty", disloyal to the family and country, disloyal relatives and friends can not pass this hall, pull to the torture before continuing to advance.

The fourth hall is the hall of five officials, the king of the five senses is arbitrary and shameful, the pig in the hall is also called "honest and shameful", those who do not keep honest and do not know shame need to be punished to pass the palace.

The fifth hall is the Yama Palace, the king of Yama is arbitrary and benevolent, and the pigs in the hall are naturally called this name, and the insensitive and forgetful of the righteous are brought out of the side hall to be punished, I heard that the king of Yama originally lived in the first hall, because of mercy on the people who died, so he repeatedly released the ten halls to hold grievances, which once caused chaos, so he moved to the fifth hall, so as not to mess up the reincarnation of heaven.

The Yama Hall is the largest hall in the ten halls, the black-faced Yama sitting in it is slightly shorter than the other Yamas, in addition to the large desk where the Yama King sits, there are four judges' desks on the left and right, and there are four judges on the left and right, and there are four judges sitting on it.

The Reward Division is in charge of Shanbo, dressed in a green robe, with a lovely smile; The Punishment Division is in charge of the evil book, dressed in a purple robe, and his eyes are wide with anger. According to the degree of good and evil of the ghosts during their lifetime, these two judges decided on their reincarnated race and place of birth, wrote down the documents, stamped the official seal, and then handed them over to the ghost to send to the Wheel Hall for execution.

Chachasi's holy eyes are like lightning, dressed in a blue robe, upright, and awe-inspiring, with him, the evil ghosts can't escape the restoration of the heavenly net, and the unjust ghosts will be rehabilitated.

Judge Cui is a well-known figure in the Ten Palaces of Yin, he is dressed in a red robe, holding a life and death book in his left hand and a soul hooking pen in his right hand, specializing in registering all kinds of creatures in the ghost world.

In addition to the four judges, there are also black and white impermanence ghosts around the king of Hades, black impermanence, black clothes and black hats, hideous eyes and gnashing teeth, fierce appearance, high hat with the words "Arresting you", he carries an iron chain, and is ordered to capture evil spirits; Bai Wuchang, white clothes and white hat, kind eyebrows, kind eyes, full of smiles, high hat with the words "You are also here", he cranked a fan, and welcomed good people into reincarnation or resident in the ghost world.

With the four major judges, black and white impermanence helping to handle official business, and the first four halls handling things, King Yama is much more leisurely, and when he saw the Iron Sword Dog King and Han Ye from afar, he asked loudly: "Mastiff, I brought a mortal here this time, is there anything urgent?" ”

The Iron Knife Dog King patiently told Hades about the matter, and Hades and the four judges, black and white impermanence, each showed different expressions.

"Lord Yama, I'm really sorry, it was the mastiff who provoked this war." The Iron Knife Dog is king.

Hei Wuchang said angrily: "How can you say that you provoked the war? It's clear that the guy in the Netherworld is picking quarrels and provoking trouble with his subordinates, he can't bear it, he doesn't need to endure it anymore! ”

The Punishment Division also said indignantly: "Yes! Fight when you should, never be soft! ”

"It makes sense." Hades said: "The Netherworld is arrogant and arrogant, I and the other nine colleagues originally wanted to calm things down, and if they can endure it, they should endure it, but now it's time to rectify it, otherwise where is the prestige of the Ten Halls of the Yin Division?" ”

Reward the good division and Bai Wuchang were originally the main peace, but when they heard that the king of Hades had made a decision, they could only echo it.

The Iron Knife Dog King was waiting for this, knelt down and bowed: "Lord Yama, the four judges, the second master of impermanence, the mastiff estimates that the Netherworld will launch a rebellion in the near future, and lead all the ghosts out of the cold ice hell to take the Ten Palaces directly, and then we need to have enough troops to fight in order to maintain the sacred and inviolable status of the Ten Palaces!" ”

King Yama and the others nodded one after another, and King Yama even threw half of the golden tiger talisman to the Iron Sword Dog King, and said: "Mastiff, this official and the other nine colleagues want to manage the reincarnation of the ghost world, so they don't have time to participate in the war, you were a famous general of the demon clan and the king of the sword dog before you were alive, and you have a very high reputation among the ghosts, and you are also good at marching and arranging formations, this half of the tiger talisman will be handed over to you, you go to the Wheel King to get the other half, and put it together, from now on, all the ghosts and ghosts in the ten halls will be at your disposal!" No other words! ”

Seeing that King Yama trusted him so much, Tiedao clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my lord! Now, the mastiff must be loyal and wise, defeat the Netherworld Army in one fell swoop, catch those lawbreakers, and severely punish their crimes! ”

Han Ye also said: "Lord Yama, the Netherworld gang is a bully, rampant, and people and ghosts are angry, if necessary, Han is willing to do his best!" ”

Hades glanced at Han Ye, nodded steadily, and said, "I heard that this official plans to come here to find the whereabouts of your companions, and it just so happens that my subordinate Judge Cui is in charge of the entry and exit of ghosts and the settlement of ghosts, and he may be able to help you." As he spoke, he led to the red-clothed judge next to him.

Han Ye hugged his fist and said, "Hello Lord Cui, if you can find my companion, you should be grateful." ”

Judge Cui said to Han Ye: "It's okay, you can come with me to find it in the life and death book first, right?" ”

The Iron Knife Dog King glanced at the long line blocking behind him, and said to the King of Hades, "Lord Yama, if you continue to do your business, I will not stand in the way." He stepped aside.

King Yama said: "Very good, there is Judge Lao Cui for the matter of finding people, and there is Lao Mastiff for the matter of responding to the battle, and we will continue to handle the case here." ”

So the Iron Knife Dog King took the two of them to Judge Cui's case, and said to Han Ye: "Brother Han, you follow Master Cui, and I will take Feihuang to wait for you in the back hall of the Yama Palace." ”

After Han Ye saw the Iron Sword Dog King leave, Judge Cui held the soul hooking pen in one hand and the book of life and death in the other, and said to Han Ye: "Don't talk much, there are still many important things to do in the future, let's start." ”

Han Ye thought that Judge Cui was asking him to look through the book of life and death, he thought to himself, how much content can be contained in such a small book of life and death?

Seeing Han Ye's suspicious expression, Judge Cui explained: "This account book is actually a law realm, and what it contains is the real book of life and death, if you want to find the whereabouts of your companions, you must enter it." As he spoke, he opened the book of life and death, and a burst of ghostly light came out of the account book, sucking Han Ye in.

There is indeed a hole in the book of life and death, like an empty square, lit with faint lanterns on all sides, there are rows of bookcases as high as ten zhang and up to 100 zhang long, each group of bookcases is marked with the year number for people to find the number, and a long ladder is set up next to each group of bookcases for people to pick up and drop books. The whole bookcase looks boundless, neatly unfolded forward, and look at the scale, the collection of books is not hundreds of millions, but tens of millions. From time to time, there were ghosts and lantern ghosts patrolling back and forth between the bookcases, keeping books and providing lighting, and when they saw Han Ye coming, they were a little vigilant.

Han Yezheng didn't know where to start, and Judge Cui had already turned into a red phantom and appeared on his right, saying, "Han Weiyang, when did your friend die?" ”

Han Ye immediately informed the time, and Judge Cui led Han Ye to find the bookcase corresponding to this year, came to the tenth set of cabinet shelves, pointed to the position of the twentieth layer above, and said: "This is all the ghosts that came here registered on October 28, Ding Chou year, if the approximate time is not clear, you can find it between the upper layers, it should be found soon." ”

"I'm sorry for you." Han Ye said, thinking of his father and uncle Situ, and asked, "By the way, is it really impossible to come to the ghost realm without the seven spirits?" ”

Judge Cui said: "Naturally, since the soul is incomplete, it will wander in the human world, and eventually disappear, and half of the dead will actually be like this, but the way of heaven is constant, and there will be new souls in other realms to replenish it, and there will be new souls in the human world, so there have always been only a lot of mortals, and the other five realms have gradually shrunk." ”

Han Ye asked again: "So the ghosts that live here are also registered here?" ”

Judge Cui said: "Yes, yes, but the registration method is different, about household registration, I always ask the ghost to go to the periphery to register door-to-door, can't all come to the Yama Palace to report?" In that way, the Yama Hall will not be squeezed out? ”

Han Ye said: "It makes sense. So if her name is not on the book of life and death, it is almost certain that she is not in the ghost world. ”

Judge Cui said earnestly: "Some things should not be let go of too much, such as your relatives died and came here, they will not stay here for too long, when they see that you are living well in Wangxiangtai, they have no worries and no regrets in this life, and they will naturally go to reincarnation, if they make up their minds to go, just wish them a good family in the next life." As he spoke, he added: "Then again, if you want to check on anyone, I can ask the errand officer here to find it for you." ”

Han Ye remembered Zhang Kuo, the king of Hades, so he gave Judge Cui roughly the name and date of his master's death, and Judge Cui ordered his subordinates to find the ghost, and the ghost messenger kept in mind the location of the book, and helped Han Ye find it after a while.

Han Ye opened the life and death book, and sure enough, there was the name and birth date of Master Zhang Kuo written on it, and after checking it carefully, he found that there was a tick behind the name, so he took the life and death book and said to Judge Cui: "Does the tick mean that he has been reincarnated?" ”

Judge Cui said: "Yes, those who are ticked are no longer ghost civilians under the jurisdiction of the Ten Palaces, like you, they should belong to ghosts who let go of grievances and reincarnate, and there is no mistake." ”

"It seems that Master Zhang Kuo is because he has alleviated his sins and made a mistake, so he will not be punished for a long time, and he will live the next life with peace of mind." Han Ye looked at the account book and said in his heart: "Although it is a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to see the above, it would be good for him to worry about it and let go of everything if he could." ”

Judge Cui saw that Han Ye was quite touched, so he said: "If you continue to look for it, maybe you can really meet relatives and friends here who have not been reincarnated." ”

Hearing this, Han Ye took a deep breath, climbed the ladder to find the life and death book with Xue Yan's name written on it, and after looking for about half an hour, he finally found Xue Yan's name in a life and death book.

Exegesis:

(1) "Hedgehog" - also known as the Renfa beast, the strange beast in ancient legends, according to legend, resembles a sheep, green hair, four-legged, has a single horn on the head, is good at arguing and straightening, and sees people fighting that is, the horn touches the person who is not straight, so it is also called the straight beast, touching the evil. When people have conflicts or disputes, unicorns can point their horns at the unreasonable party, and even put their horns against those who deserve to die, making the offender shudder.