"What are the three flower girls looking at?"

"Hmm!"

The cat looked up at him, her eyes shining, but she didn't answer, but stopped at his feet, and continued to turn her head to look at the ghost town.

"Let's go."

Song You said a word and continued to follow the national teacher.

The cat also kept up, but kept twisting its head, up and down, left and right, looking around.

Occasionally follow the wrong person, follow someone else, fortunately, Sanhua Niangniang is smart and alert, and recognizes the footsteps of her own Taoist priest, especially the horse, and notices that something is wrong, turns her head to look, and then flies back as if she is flying, and continues to follow her own Taoist priest, and so on.

"The national teacher is generous."

"Daoyou has misunderstood." The national teacher smiled and said, "I don't know how many years it will take for manpower to build such a large underground city, but the inside of this Ye Mountain and several surrounding mountains is empty, and it is connected to the fault below the ground, as if there was originally a piece of heaven and earth, and we only slightly repaired it." This is also an important reason why Poor Road chose here. ”

After a pause, he sighed again: "But it still took many years and cost a lot of manpower and financial resources......"

This sigh is probably true.

Since assisting the government, this national teacher has led the promulgation of many policies for the benefit of the people, Anjifang, Nursing Home, and Leaky Zeyuan, all of which come from his suggestions, and if there are natural disasters in various places, he is also most concerned, including the reason why Sanhua Niangniang's Mengxue books are so cheap is also thanks to him. There are nearly 20,000 people in Dayan, and I don't know how many have received his favor. Even if the heart is fake, Song You is willing to treat it as real.

At least a few years ago, the ghost town of Yeshan was built, and those people were really put back, and Song You asked for directions on the way to meet them, and those people spoke highly of the national teacher.

I heard that when they served here in the past, they ate very well, better than in their own homes, and compared to some of the cases where some of them built ancient wonders for the government, for the imperial court, and for the royal family to show the prosperity of civilization to heaven and earth and future generations, but they also asked the people to bring their own dry food, so much better that many people came voluntarily. When the construction was about to be completed, I don't know who had a rumor from the mouth, saying that they were building an underground palace mausoleum for the emperor, and after the repair, in order to prevent leakage, everyone could not live, and it was also the national teacher who came out to speak, and persuaded everyone to speak in half an hour. After the repair, these people returned home smoothly, and I heard that they also received a reward.

At least it's true.

"In recent years, there have often been gods in the heavenly palace who come in dreams and talk with poor people about the ghost city of Yeshan and the underworld." The national teacher said as he walked, "This ghost town also has their influence. ”

Song You was half a step behind the national teacher, turning his head to look around as he walked.

In addition to the interior of the mountain, this ghost city basically imitates the layout of the human city, which is normal, and the same is true of the heavenly palace, even the clothes and makeup of the gods have to be according to the aesthetics and habits of the world.

It's just that unconsciously, a blue and white light flashed in his eyes.

The air is clear and the scenery is bright, and everything is fully revealed.

The ghost town has been revealed.

It's a barren land, but it's not.

The layout of the houses in the city should be made by the yin ghosts, which is the ability of the yin ghosts, and for the people of the yang world, between the real and the illusory, but for the yin ghosts, it is real.

It's like the turtle city in Yanzhou, which is barren during the day, and at night, it is as good as ever.

Song Youzai swept it carefully.

There is a formation in heaven and earth here, which should be laid by the national teacher.

But it's just to prevent the ghost from leaking out.

I didn't see anything out of the ordinary.

"The national teacher is already a masterpiece in the world, and the gods of the Heavenly Palace are nothing more than this when they are alive." Song You replied to his words without a pause, "The national teacher only needs to listen to it." ”

"Where can the poor road be so free?" The national teacher smiled helplessly, still walked in front, did not look back, and said as he walked, "Fortunately, most of the suggestions given by the gods are good, if the underworld is successful, it should be managed by the gods sent by the Heavenly Palace, since there is also a place for Your Majesty and Poor Dao, Poor Dao has nothing to say, but I don't know if Your Majesty is willing or not." ”

"I want to hear about it."

Song You still said as he probed around.

But he gradually frowned.

The practice of the national teacher participating in politics in practice is already disliked by the literati and disdained by the martial arts, not to mention that he has held great power for 20 years, and if he was replaced by someone else, he would have been scolded to death a long time ago. But like him, he can be recognized and respected by most of the civil and military forces in the DPRK and China, and he is also well received by the people, and there are few people who look through the entire history, and even Chen Ziyi respects him very much, which is really not easy.

Song You couldn't help but wonder whether such a person was right or wrong when he was so confused about him.

It's doubtful, but it's real.

"If the underworld is completed, we should follow the example of the Heavenly Palace, there is a lord of the underworld, needless to say, the poor Dao should also know which one we set." The national teacher shook his head helplessly, "However, the god in the dream wants to send an emperor to sit here on the grounds of sitting in the underworld, supervise the hundred officials of the underworld, and sit with the lord of the underworld." ”

"Which emperor is it?"

"I don't know." The national teacher paused, "Buddhism also has to send people to station, and the status is under the two, no matter if the government affairs Heavenly Palace seems to have no opinion, Your Majesty should also agree." ”

"That's ......"

Song You still looked around, nodding thoughtfully.

The theory of the underworld and reincarnation is the result of the fusion of Buddhism and Taoism and folk rumors, and today's Buddhism in the West is also under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Palace.

As for Emperor Dayan......

The emperor does not believe in Buddhism, only I respect, the royal family is now building a Buddhist grotto on the riverside plank road on the bank of the Yuqu River, if he becomes the lord of the underworld, even if the heavenly palace is the Great Yan Heavenly Palace, the Chijin Emperor is his direct ancestor, but since there are gods and spirits stationed in the heavenly palace, even if the Buddha does not say, I am afraid he is willing to add another Buddhist position.

"Folklore has it that there is a ghost king in the underworld, which is the cohesion of the people, but this is inviolable." The national teacher continued, "In this ghost city, Poor Dao first planned to set up three halls. ”

"Please continue."

"The first temple is in charge of all the ghosts that have come to the ghost town, registering them, judging good and evil, examining merits and demerits, and whether there is no conclusion. The second temple is in charge of rewards and punishments, and if there is good, it will be rewarded, and if there is a fault, it will be punished. The third temple will take charge of all the ghosts that are left in the underworld, so that they will keep to themselves, and each one will perform his own duties, and he will not be allowed to cause chaos. The national teacher paused, "There should be a fourth hall, which is in charge of future reincarnation, but now that the underworld has not yet been completed, there is no reincarnation, and now in this ghost city, it is just an empty shelf." ”

"Who are the ghost kings?"

"It's not decided yet." The national teacher paused, "It's only the initial design, it's not perfect enough, but fortunately, now that the ghost doesn't have much time, it will slowly improve it, and there will be no less changes in the future." ”

"The things of gods and ghosts have always been like this."

Song You nodded, pondered slightly, and asked again, "Why are there still demon clans here?" ”

"Haha, there are a lot of ghosts here, there is no shortage of evil ghosts, and I don't know how many demons and monsters will be secretly coveted by the general trend of the underworld, but the poor road is limited, and I don't know how to fight." The national teacher said with a smile, "Naturally, I invite them to come here to help the poor, suppress the troublemakers and evil ghosts, and deter demons and monsters." ”

"In return, the national teacher will reserve a place for them in the ghost town?"

"Leave a position that is not low, under His Majesty." The national teacher said, "Now the times have changed, in the future, whether it is the prosperity of the Buddha or the decline of the Buddha, it is always a humane world, these big demons can't turn the wind and waves anyway, they are very capable, and they don't want to die, they want to ask for a position, the underworld will be completed, the ghost emperor is single, and he also needs help, so it is good for everyone." ”

"Reasonable."

It is said that it is a place left in the ghost city, but the ghost city is the prototype of the underworld, and it will naturally be inherited to the underworld.

These big demon clans inherited from ancient times, their skills are not low, once they encounter a storm, and if they are not restrained, they may be a demon king who encloses the land for the king and the heavenly palace is also hard to suppress, but now it is indeed no longer their world, the possibility of them dominating the underworld is quite low, whether it is the heavenly palace or the Buddhist gate, the essence of the incense fire Shinto is humane, and they will not sit back and watch them grow.

Although the national teacher is not strong in force, maybe any god can kill him, but the gods originally came from the human world, and the national teacher has real power in the human world.

It's normal for these big demons to find him.

It's really good for both sides.

If the current emperor really becomes a ghost emperor, he should also be happy to have such a powerful force.

Song You thought for a while before he asked: "Before walking in the north, I often encountered people who came to me to interpret their dreams, and they all said that they dreamed that their deceased relatives were burned by fire, but I don't know why?" ”

"It must have been those ghosts who committed a capital crime before they died, but they didn't end it, so they came here, and they were reflected in the karmic mirror, so they were burned to ashes, and there was a sense between their relatives." The national teacher replied to him without hesitation, but paused, "This is also a helpless move." ”

"What's the helpless way?"

"First, now that the underworld has not yet been completed, and the ghost town is only just being built, but the way of heaven is changing rapidly, there are more and more ghosts in the world, and the ghost town is about to be unable to fit. Second, the ghost town is actually very fragile, and now is the critical moment when order is laid, and those evil ghosts are not allowed to stir up the storm. "So the punishment for evil ghosts is particularly strict at present, so that they will not be instigated by some well-intentioned person to cause chaos in the ghost town." ”

"In troubled times, you should use heavy codes."

"That's right." The national teacher nodded and said, "Several big demons in Yuezhou came to help the poor Dao, which is what happened in the past few years. ”

"I see that this place is well organized, like a small underworld, such as today's Tao changes, but the world is not chaotic, and the national teacher has made great contributions." Song You said to him.

"It's not the work of one person." The national teacher said, "The poor road is only in the middle of the overall planning, to count the credit, it can only be said that Da Yan can have countless people, people die into ghosts, and there are many capable ghosts." ”

Song You smiled when he heard this, as if he just remembered:

"By the way, when we walked to the north, I met a Yanzhou man, warm and simple, and was treated by him for no reason, and I was grateful, so I promised him to bring a message to his son who joined the army in the north for him, but when we walked to Liaoxinguan in the north, we heard that it had fallen, and none of the troops defending the city survived......"

"What's that name? Where do you come from? ”

"The surname Lin is there, and there are as many people as people in Yanzhou, stationed in Liaoxinguan." Song You saluted him.

"Go and find it!"

The national teacher waved his hand, and a ghost in an official robe next to him immediately left.

"Although the ghost town has just been established now, all the ghosts who come here are also recorded." The national teacher said to him, "It's just that not everyone can become a ghost after death, and not all ghosts can be brought here by ghosts, so I don't dare to promise that I will definitely be able to find them." ”

"The national teacher has really managed this place in an orderly manner." Song You complimented, his expression unchanged, "But it's troublesome for the national teacher." It's good to be able to find it, even if you can't find it, it doesn't matter, whether you can find it or not, it's for me, but that fate, I should thank the national teacher. ”

"It's a gesture."

The national teacher just smiled: "Just look at how the Yin official of the first hall is doing." ”

Then he continued to take Song You to walk in the ghost town, and introduced to him next to him, what different areas were done, which official residences were set up in the ghost town, and what ideas were there......

Song You and Sanhua Niangniang both listened carefully and watched carefully.

It's just that even if Song You uses the spiritual power of Qingming, he can't see any abnormal arrangement, listening to the national teacher's narration, and carefully tasting it, he can't see the big difference, even if the national teacher has a plan, he probably just leaves the ghost king of the most important hall to himself, no matter how great it is, he just makes some tricks from it, relying on the arrangement, pushing out the emperor who is not dead, and he sits firmly in the position of the ghost emperor.

But this is not what Song You is looking for.

In other words, even if the national teacher really tried to position the lord of the underworld, as long as he could be recognized by the Heavenly Palace, as long as he could kick the emperor out, Song You didn't care at all.

Maybe he's better than the emperor.

This is how the current Chijin Emperor came, and it is obvious that he does not manage the Heavenly Palace well.

And the heavenly palace is also different from the underworld.

Most of the gods and spirits of the Heavenly Palace are people with outstanding virtues, and it is difficult to say how much influence the Chijin Emperor has on the operation of the Heavenly Palace, whether it is more benign or more malignant. Moreover, the number of Heavenly Palace Gods is actually not much, and it is relatively easy to manage.

But the ghosts of the underworld are endless.

These demons do not have the virtues of gods.

A lord of the earth who lacks virtue may have a greater impact than a lord of the heavenly palace who lacks virtue.

This Taoist is not as good as Sanhua Niangniang.

At least Sanhua Niangniang can easily find the answers to the questions she cares about here.

"There are no rats here!"

The three-flowered cat raised its head and said to the Taoist.

"It's because the ghost is too strong."

The Taoist gave the answer very calmly.

"It's too heavy~"

The cat whispered a repetition, then lowered its head again, and continued to look around, sniffing vigorously at the rotten and turbid smell in the air.

After shopping for a long time, the Yin official finally returned.

At this time, he was holding a book in his hand.

"Report to the national teacher, there is indeed this ghost, who was detained in a ghost town three and a half years ago." Yin Guan came over and said, and showed the book to the national teacher and Song You to see, "Na Lin You was originally pure and kind-hearted, but after joining the army, he followed the soldiers in the north and got into problems, and he once robbed money and killed civilians in the north, and even raped and killed women. ”

“……”

Song You was silent for a moment and continued to ask, "I wonder how he ended?" ”

"Burned to death." Yin Guan replied.

"It is common for the army to burn, kill and loot, even if the crime is punished heavily, but in the face of the northern sergeants, as long as the mistake is not too big, the poor road will also be punished lightly by the Yin officials." The national teacher said, "This crime should be extremely unforgivable, and that's why it's so." ”

“……”

Song You took the book and looked at it.

It's clearly written.

There are relevant records before and after, and the ghosts recorded are divided into five grades, names and origins, why they died, when they died, when they came here, how good and evil they were in life, and what they are doing now, all remember very clearly.

The ghost of Na Lin was burned by the fire, Song You had known about it for a long time, and now he asked it, just to know the reason.

But I really can't fault it.

Even if he trusts Lin Chang's family and trusts Lin You's kindness before joining the army, as the national teacher said, it is common for the army to burn and loot in these years, what do the people of Saibei do to Dayan, and the Dayan army is probably so virtuous when they go to Saibei, and they may even be the same for their own people. Or even if you try your best to stick to it, sometimes the atmosphere and timing are in place, and if you have a bad thought, you will follow the trend and make a big mistake.

I really can't fault it.

Song You had no choice but to look down at Sanhua Niangniang.

Sanhua Niangniang seemed to have sensed something, and she was visiting the ghost town seriously, but she also raised her head and stared at him with a pair of bright eyes.

But I don't know what Sanhua Niangniang's opinion is.

(End of chapter)