Chapter 56 Filial piety
Piao Ranzi watched Dong Fujun leave for the second time, and walked back listlessly, suddenly, a gust of wind appeared, and a human figure appeared on the road, wearing a small hat and ragged clothes, blocking Piao Ranzi's way.
"This old brother, I heard that you are going to be the city god of Shucheng?" the man said.
"Yes, how do you know?" asked the man, who was in his thirties and had a kind face.
"I passed by the City God Temple, I heard the ghost pawns talking, and I knew that there was a young man acting for the City God, it must be you, brother, this errand is not appropriate!" the man said.
"What's the matter, please talk to the brother in detail!" Piao Ranzi looked at the gate of the Chenghuang family in front of him, and came to the shade with him, it was almost sunset, this road was very secluded, only the two of them, Piao Ranzi asked again: "Brother, what's going on?" â
"I am the original city god here, surnamed Wan easy-going, only because of the easy-going work, did not enforce the law impartially, was pulled from his post, thanks to the good things he did before his death, he was not asked for a ghost's life, a few days to see the new city god. Wan said casually.
"I wonder why you were dismissed?" asked Piaoranzi.
"It's a long story, I'll make a long story short, in fact, in the eyes of your yang world, this is not a big deal, but as a city god, the ghosts and gods are clear, and the gods are like electricity, how can they hide it. To say that this city god, the official position is not small, and the prefect of the yang world, Taishou is at the same level, there is a three divisions below, which is equivalent to the three divisions of the yang world, which is used to punish the wicked, and I was involved in three crimes: the first is to leak the heavenly secret, the second is to cheat for personal gain, and the third is to help thieves for evil, there are big discrepancies in this, and some are wronged. â
"Oh, dude, come and hear it?" said Piaoranzi.
"I'll start from the beginning," Wan Sui said, "I am a city god, and I have no choice but to leak the secret of heaven." There was a dutiful son in the city, my father was seriously ill, and he came to the temple with wine and meat to make offerings, and after bowing to me, he didn't speak, so he knelt down and burned incense and prayed. It so happened that I was not there that day, and the ghost soldiers went out into the night, while the man was asleep, and lured his spirit away, and ate his wine and meat. When I came back, I asked the ghost guards, what is this young man asking for? The ghost pawn said that his father was seriously ill, and asked the city god to live more, and he would definitely bring gifts to him on the fifteenth day of the new year. I just thought about it, how can I manage this matter of Yangshou, I am a city god? It is in the hands of the Ten Palaces Yan Jun, and the life and death book is destined to die in the third watch, and I can't wait until the fifth watch dies, so I just say that it doesn't matter, death and life are destined for wealth and wealth in the sky. The ghost pawns said, 'This man intercedes for his father, and thinks of a way to do it in a sense of filial piety.' 'They eat the shortest of people's houses, let me figure it out, hey, I was also confused for a while, so I asked, 'Is tonight's life and death book coming?' Just as the ghost pawn of the bull-headed horse mask came, and an Abyn said: "Bring it." ââ
"Wait," Piaoranzi said, "What Apan?"
"Ah Pan is the ghost pawn of Yin Cao, who transmits the will of Yan Jun and sends life and death, good and evil. I took Abe's life and death book and looked it up, but fortunately, there was no name of this filial father. I waited until before dawn, and ordered the ghost to summon the spirit of the filial son in, and gave him a dream, telling him that although his father was seriously ill, he had no worries about his life for the time being. Send him away and go back happily. â
"What? This is also a leak?" said Piaoranzi.
"This is to be said to be counted, to say that it is not counted, those days of life and death, there is no name of his father, if this filial son no longer comes, it will be fine, how do you know, after half a month, this filial son brought the whole sheep to the City God Temple to thank me, saying that his father, really sick. If it were me, I wouldn't have accepted this generous gift, but these ghost pawns instigated me, saying that since it was sent to the door, there was no reason not to accept it, so I divided it by two and filled my mouth. â
"So, what about the future?" said Piaoranzi.
A month later, the filial father was seriously ill again, and he came to pray with gifts, but he still couldn't kneel for a long time, and he didn't leave, and he knelt for a night. As for me, I was so entangled that I had no choice but to repeat the old tricks, simply, on the life and death book of those days, there was no name of his father, and I told him in a dream, his father was seriously ill, but there was no worry about life, and he happily sent him away. A few days later, Abang sent a book of life and death, with his father's name on it, and I was about to go to his house to ask for my life, and the dutiful son came with a gift, but this time he still couldn't kneel for a long time, and prayed in front of my image, and still didn't go back at night. I ordered the ghost to eat his offerings, so I gave him a dream, saying that his father's life was in danger, and that the Yin Cao had sent a life and death book, and that he was in the books, and that there was nothing I could do. When the filial son heard this, he was in pain, kowtowed and asked me to raise my noble hand and spare his father's life. I saw that he was really pitiful, the relationship between father and son, touching the heavens and the earth, I couldn't bear it, so I said that I could give his father two days to live, and the filial son went back happily. â
"Oh, this is also a leak?" said Piaoranzi.
"It's not over yet. Who would have thought that just a day and a half later, the filial son came to the temple with a group of family members, carrying offerings, and came to intercede again, asking me to give me a graceful life. He wept bitterly, and I couldn't be pestered, so I had to promise him that I would have five more days, and you wouldn't come in the future. The dutiful son went away happily. Who would have thought that on the fifth day, I was just about to send ghost soldiers to his house to lock up the soul, and they moved their families and left Shucheng. â
"Then you didn't find it?" asked Piaoranzi.
Later, the ghost soldiers went through hardships to detain the soul of the filial father, but it was already a month late, and this matter was known to the Inspector of the Moon Gong Cao and the Sen Luo Hall of the Yin Cao Prefecture, and they came to ask for the crime, and the crime was to leak the heavenly secret. I had to say: 'That filial son is full of filial piety, and I can't bear it, so I put it off for a month, so that he can fulfill his filial piety and repay my father's nurturing kindness.' "The inspection department heard that there was an investigation to the ghost pawn, which confirmed that I was right, and only then did I open the net, there was no crime at the time, but I recorded a major demerit to see the after-effects. â
"Hey, it seems that in an official position, just like in the world, you can't bend the law for personal gain. Piaoranzi said.
"Yes, it's easier said than done without bending the law for personal gain!" Wan Suihe sighed. "The second charge, I confess, is that it was cheating and favoritism, but it happened for a reason, even if you were to encounter it, you would have to do it. â
"Dude, I'm tired of standing, let's sit down and talk. Piaoranzi found a clean stone, asked him to sit down, and calmly came.
"Again, the underworld receives a lot of people, and it's urgent, I see that the ghost pawns are working hard, and I also copied a name of a person who came to the underworld within a time limit, and went to hook the soul in person, and became a ghost. The first few shun lĂŹ were detained by me and handed over to the bull head and horse face. Finally, I went to a house and arrested a woman, who was in her thirties, with three children, doing housework, was busy sweating profusely, the children were crying, the older children were annoyed, at this time, a neighbor outside the door came to shout: 'Second sister-in-law Han, your husband has let the carriage roll, go and see!' I looked at her life and death book, the hour has come, and she is destined to die in a hurry, so I shook the soul card and shook it at the second sister-in-law of Han, and the woman fell to the ground and died. I picked up the soul hook rope, detained her three souls and seven spirits, and took her away. As soon as I walked a few steps, the woman behind me struggled, of course she didn't want to go with me, I turned around, glared at him and said, "Your longevity is over, it's useless to struggle, go with me!" Han Er's sister-in-law glared at me and said, "You are so ruthless!" When I heard the voice, it was so familiar, and then I looked at the ghost carefully, her figure and face were a little familiar, and asked: 'Are you surnamed Wan?' Han Er's sister-in-law said: "I remember my surname Wan when I was a child, and I was later adopted by a family surnamed Han, so I changed my surname to Han." Saying this, Wan Suihe sighed.
"What's the matter? Could it be that the dude has met an acquaintance?" asked Piaoranzi.
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