Chapter 40: Show Your Hand
Last time, I talked about urging the carpenter to hand over the household affairs to his sisters to take care of, and then went to the political envoy to borrow money, but he was embarrassed because the amount was too large and could not be delivered.
"Dare to ask Mr. Bookkeeper, is there any difficulty in this?" After all, the treatment of officials in the Ming Dynasty was considered to be lower than the average in all dynasties, and those large and small vassal kings, as "social moths", their remuneration was far higher than that of the court officials.
"Uh...... This ......" The bookkeeper was speechless for a moment when he saw the other party asking, so he had to retreat behind the political envoy. At the same time, the adjutant of the department saw that the situation was not good, so he took the lead and said: "Master Xun misunderstood." The officials of this dynasty are far less rich than those of the Song Dynasty! ”
"Oh? Since this is the case, then the elder brother means ...... "————" virtuous brother don't get me wrong. Although the private money that the foolish brother can use is only 500 taels of silver, if he sells some famous calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and jade artifacts of the previous dynasty, he can make up at least a few hundred taels at a time. ”
"Haha, my brother's heart is like this, and my younger brother has accepted it." After hearing this, the carpenter smiled embarrassedly: "But the younger brother can't take people's love, how can he let the brother take his favorite calligraphy and painting to the pawn shop for money?" This is difficult for some strong people, and it also insults my prestige of 'Lubanmen'. ”
"Oh? Luban Gate? Famous? Brother Xian means ......" The three of them were confused after hearing this, and felt that this carpenter was strange.
"Haha, the younger brother heard that 'a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way.'" Now the world is not peaceful, on the surface, the Ming Dynasty dominates the world, but in fact, it is the corrupt officials everywhere who cover the sky with one hand, and the loyal ministers will be excluded, otherwise there will be no tragic death of Qi Jiguang and the destruction of the 'Qi family's army'! ”
"Uh...... This...... What the virtuous brother said is very true! However......" The political envoy suddenly felt that there was something in the other party's words, so he hurriedly reminded: "Although the virtuous brother is upright, why should the 'meat eater seek it?' Now the secret services are full of minions, and the people are suffering from them, but they can only see the way! ”
"Hehe, what my brother said is not unreasonable." The carpenter suddenly looked embarrassed and said, "Well, the will of heaven is like this, what can I do?" Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has not exhausted its qi, and we must not act against the sky, such as the likes of 'Mo Yi Wang', which will make future generations laugh in shame! Why don't you do your best and obey the destiny of heaven? ”
"Haha, the virtuous brother has a point. It's just that this thousand taels of silver ...... "————" hehe, don't worry. The elder brother only needs to inform the younger brother that within this radius of thousands of miles, which corrupt officials and corrupt officials bend the law for personal gain, and which local tyrants and inferior gentry are angry and resentful, just use them to try the magic and not work? ”
Belch...... This one...... It's really hard to say stupid brother, after all, those corrupt officials and squire bullies are taken in the obscenity of the spies of the East and West No. 2 Factories, and they don't dare to show off in ordinary times, let alone blatantly and openly oppress the people and bully men and women. Therefore, the foolish brother also ...... "the three of them are embarrassed."
"Haha, it doesn't matter. In that case, the little brother will try it himself. As soon as the words fell, the carpenter pretended to learn to urge his brother to pinch the trick and recite the spell, and cast the "Tongyu" spell: "The ghost road leads to the secluded, the Yin Division comes to help, and the Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law, and the judge of the underworld appears!" ”
At this time, the hall of the government office, which was originally still bright, suddenly had a cloudy wind and black smoke billowing and the cold air was pressing, which immediately made the political envoy, the adjutant of the office, and the bookkeeper shiver all over, preventing himself from being in the ice and snow, but when he saw a spatial ripple in front of him, four people appeared out of thin air.
These four people are dressed strangely, all of them are different from the costumes of Ming Dynasty officials, which are the "Reward and Good Division", "Punishment Division", "Inspection Division" and "Yin Law Division" of the prefecture.
As soon as the four of them appeared, they hurriedly urged the carpenter to bow his hand and fist to salute: "Which immortal summoned the little god, I don't know what it is?" ”
"Hehe, the four judges of the underworld have all arrived, okay!" The carpenter looked around, and the image of Wei Zheng, the "Reward Kindness Division", was in charge of Shanbo, dressed in a green robe, with a lovely smile, because his job was to arrange the ghosts that were good before his death, and reward them according to the size of the good deeds before his death.
Wei Zheng in history was the "Guanglu doctor" of the Zhenguan Dynasty of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and he was a famous "counselor" in history. In myths and legends, Wei Zheng served in the underworld after his death, served as the judge of the Reward Division, and killed the Dragon King of Jinghe in his dream.
At this time, the carpenter shifted his gaze to a burly bearded and red-faced man in a champion red robe, because he was "Heavenly Master Zhong Kui". In the folk drama "Qingfeng Year Five Ghosts Alarm Zhong Kui", it is said that "the world is led by judges, specializing in catching ghosts and ghosts." ”
Zhong Kui is in charge of trying those evil ghosts who were alive. It is said that he was mainly sentenced according to the principle of "four noes and four noes" of King Yama, the so-called "four nos", that is, "disloyalty, unfilial piety, untrustworthiness, and unbelief"; "Four nos", that is, "rudeness, unrighteousness, incorruptibility, shamelessness", and make judgments of severity.
Then, the carpenter turned his gaze to a red-robed judge with a righteous and upright face, but it was Lu Zhidao of the "Inspection Division".
Lingyang's Zhu Erdan and Judge Lu are good friends, but Judge Lu changed his heart for Zhu Erdan because of a bet. Zhu Erdan later rose sharply and won Kuiyuan. However, Zhu Erdan became more insatiable, and begged Lu Ju to change his wife's head, which led to a series of causes and effects later.
Inspector Lu Zhidao's eyes were like lightning, upright, and awe-inspiring, and he did not bend the law for Zhu Erdan's favoritism, because his duty in the underworld is mainly to let the good get good rewards, good things to be promoted, so that the evil can be punished as they deserve, and to rehabilitate the wronged.
The carpenter finally turned his attention to a middle-aged man in a red robe, and this person was Cui Yu, the "Yin Law Division", also known as the "Judge Cui of the Difu".
Cui Jue is a native of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and it is said that he can "manage the affairs of the yang during the day, break the injustices of the underworld at night, and pick people and ghosts, which is better than a god." In fact, he is a deified character, but there are many legends of Cui Jue's case in the folk, and the story of "Ming Jue Evil Tiger Hurting People" is the most widely circulated.
Judge Cui is usually dressed in a red robe, holding a life and death book in his hand, standing beside the king of Yama, which is what he looks like as a classic judge in mortal cognition. He holds the book of life and death in his left hand and the soul pen in his right hand, and specializes in the task of adding longevity to the good and letting the evil return to the yin, which is equivalent to the master book of the Hades Palace in the underworld.
In "Journey to the West", there is also a record of Judge Cui, and it is said that he was a courtier of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, an official of the county order of Zizhou, and later promoted to the squire of the Ministry of Rites, and after his death, he became the judge of the investigation of the king of Yama. However, these Yin Si are the grassroots magic of the heavenly court and are worshipped.
"The little gods have seen the immortals!" The four judges appeared at the same time, which frightened the three of them and almost fell, but when they saw that the carpenter was nothing, they looked at each other, and then bowed down again and said: "I don't know what the immortal summoned the little god, what is the so-called thing?" Please also make it clear to the immortals! Come on! ”
"Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just that I've been a little nervous lately, and I want to get some money to spend, and I don't know if there are corrupt officials and local tyrants and gentry within a radius of thousands of miles.
"Uh...... This one...... I'm afraid that the upper limit can't be so pretentious, after all, this involves 'using power for personal gain', and please ask the immortals not to embarrass the little gods. ”
"That's not true! The so-called 'gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way.' In the next place, I just want those wicked people to destroy their wealth and eliminate their disasters and reduce some of their sinful karma. The carpenter deliberately flicked his tongue and said, "This can also allow him to accumulate merit, and he will suffer less from reincarnation when he goes to hell after death, isn't it?" ”
"Uh...... This is the reason, but we are the Yin Division, and it is inconvenient to meddle in the affairs of the yang world, so I am afraid that we will disappoint the immortals. The judges said.
"That's not true! Anyway, it's a good word to persuade you, if you get a benefit, you can also burn more paper money on the Midyear Festival, right? ”
"This ...... Since the immortals have said this, then we will reveal the object of the robbery, but please don't leak what we have done, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, after all, this is a 'dark box operation', but it is not above board! ”
"Hehe, don't worry, even your boss Shidian Yama doesn't dare to come to the door to ask, after all, it is under the Taishang Laojun who is as anxious as the law."
"Uh...... In this case, please wait for a while, and let Xiaoshen check the "Book of Life and Death" first. As soon as the words fell, the four judges took out a pile of thick "Book of Life and Death" from the magic weapons they carried and quickly checked them, mainly in Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, and Guizhou.
About a quarter of an hour later, the four judges put down the "Book of Life and Death" in their hands one after another, looked at each other and nodded: "After checking, there are the following fourteen people within a radius of thousands of miles, who have committed extremely heinous crimes, and they must be ruined to eliminate disasters, so that they can reduce the suffering of hell after death and look to the immortal ......."
After the four major judges listed the names, places of origin, gender, birthdates, various sins of the eight characters, and the amount of wealth of these fourteen people, they hurriedly bowed and said goodbye. However, this is also a helpless move.
"Gone? Yin Si is gone? That's the Four Great Judges of Hades! When the yin qi in the hall dissipated and returned to Qingming, the political envoy and the other three finally let go of the pressure in their hearts, after all, the feeling of falling into an ice cave just now was too uncomfortable, but the act of casting a spell to summon Yin Si was even weirder!
"Gone, go back to your life. However, today's matter, I hope that the three of them will not leak it out, otherwise the Yin Si will ask for his life, so what can he do? ”
"Uh...... This...... Got it! Seeing is believing, the three of them were shocked and said, "I didn't expect this carpenter to be so powerful when he casually showed his hand?" ”
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