The original government office of Yeonhwa Province collapsed in the earthquake, and several simple houses were erected next to the ruins as temporary government offices.

Although Lu Yuanwai now serves as the prefect, most of the time, he works in his own mansion and does not come here.

It is strange to say that in the previous earthquake, the other mansions were basically destroyed, but the "Lu Mansion" almost did not suffer much damage.

The only loss is some traces of destruction left by Zu Mi when he occupied Lu Mansion before.

Of course, although this thing is strange, it does not affect the trivial matter of starving to death.

Everyone is trying to survive, and a government manager is no exception.

Niu Deting has been a steward in the government for many years, and has sent a total of three prefects.

It's a pity that he has no background, and his knowledge is not very high, so he can't get through either his connections or the imperial examination.

He is forty-six years old this year, and he is still a government administrator, and he has been in this position for 12 years.

He also had a hard life, lost his father when he was young, and was raised by his mother and uncle.

Later, I finally got a job in the government, and I was always able to live better, but my mother, who never thought about being rich in her life, died on the day he took office.

Until now, my uncle also died of illness last year, and as for my wife, she died of illness five years ago.

The two sons were conscripted to fight in the north at the beginning of one year, and they have not come back until now, and it is estimated that they will not be able to come back.

Ling Yi went to other places to make a living, and he didn't know how he was doing.

The only luck is that his daughter was taken by the lord of a big family, and became the lord's concubine, and her life was not bad, and she could bring him some rice and flour back during the New Year's holidays.

As an old official, Niu Deting does things differently from his colleagues.

Colleagues are coping with things and getting by.

Only he has been hardworking and diligent, so he was nicknamed "Old Scalper" by others.

Niu Deting didn't care about that, he felt that he had to act with the right conscience.

After another busy day, Niu Deting came out of the government office, twisted his waist, rubbed his eyes, tightened his shabby cotton clothes in the autumn wind, and went home.

Luckily, when the earthquake caused more than half of his family's house to collapse, and half of it was supported by sloping walls and beams.

In this way, compared to those who are homeless, his home is still half a room.

There is nothing to eat at night, just a bowl of water on the head of a dry and hard nest, which can be regarded as coping with the past.

After eating these, Niu Deting was about to go to bed, and as soon as he looked up, he found that a fairy-like teenager suddenly appeared on the street outside, and the young man seemed to be still smiling at himself.

Seeing this, Niu Deting was a little strange, and was about to get up to inquire, but saw that the young man disappeared abruptly.

This is a bit scary, Niu Deting knows that the city has not been peaceful recently, and there are a lot of dirty things.

Although the boy didn't look dirty, he still needed to be on guard.

Niu Deting looked at the rune paper pasted on the wall, and saw that the rune paper was still in good condition, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

But he was still a little worried, so he took out a few talismans from under the bed and pasted them at the head and foot of the bed.

In this way, he felt stable, and he was already very tired, lying on the bed, lying with his clothes.

After a while, Niu Deting fell asleep.

As soon as I fell asleep, I rolled over again.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

I can't say it, but it just feels weird.

Out of the room and out into the street.

He found out that on this big night, why so many people didn't stop.

There's a group of kids playing there, and there's an old man walking.

It's all so idle......

No, these people.

Niu Deting found that several of these people he knew, and the old man who was taking a walk was one of his cousins, who should have died two months ago.

And a few children over there, these children must have died in the last big earthquake!

This discovery frightened Niu Deting, what was going on, why did he see someone who had died.

At this time, his cousin came up and said:

"Isn't this Deting? Why are you dead? Did you freeze to death, or did you starve to death? ”

Niu Deting found that his cousin's face was very unhealthy, and he looked like a sick ghost.

I was even more surprised by what my cousin said:

"I, I'm dead?"

"yes, otherwise how would you see me?"

Niu Deting was shocked, hurriedly went back to the room, and saw that there was still a person lying on the bed in the room, wasn't that himself?

For a while, Niu Deting was a little distracted, am I going to die?

It took him a long time before he came back to his senses and looked at his cousin:

"But cousin, you've been dead for two months, you should have gone to the underworld a long time ago, why are you still here?"

Because he is his cousin, Niu Deting is not very afraid, but he can't accept the fact that he is dead.

"Hades, I can't go there. The underworld is gone, and now everything is under the control of the city god. ”

"Then you're not in the City God Temple, why are you here?"

"There are a lot of things on the City God's side now, and they are very busy, where are you in the mood to care about us little ghosts.

I'm not bored, just walk around! ”

Niu Deting never expected that things would become so bizarre, and he still didn't believe that he was dead.

He wasn't sick, he wasn't hungry, and he wasn't frozen, so why did he die so inexplicably?

At this moment, his cousin suddenly looked at his waist with a surprised face:

"Deting, are you a yincha?"

"Shadowy? What is the yin? ”

Niu Deting looked puzzled, followed his cousin's gaze, and looked at his waist.

I found that I didn't know when there was an extra brand on my waist.

He is naturally literate, and when he picked up the sign, he saw that both sides were ancient characters.

On the front is written the words "Yanhua Mansion", and on the back is written the words "Living Yin Difference".

Seeing this, Niu Deting was very puzzled, he naturally knew about the yin, but what is this "living yin"?

"Uncle Cousin, what is this?"

Uncle Cousin said: "Isn't this the brand on Yincha's body?" I think it's the same as the other yincha. ”

Niu Deting then remembered that his cousin was illiterate, so he couldn't tell the difference between this and other yincha, although he had never seen other yincha, but he knew that there would never be the word "living person" on their brand.

Just when he was confused, he suddenly saw a playful ghost running to bully a group of children.

The children were beaten and cried, and they didn't let go.

When my cousin saw that the more he hit someone, the more terrifying his face became, and he was even about to grow blue-faced fangs, and he immediately exclaimed:

"Oh no, he wants to eat other ghosts and become a ghost!"

When Niu Deting heard this, he was also shocked, what the evil ghost was, even when he was alive, he knew it.

Evil spirits are sinful, unable to reincarnate, and will continue to harm people.

Only after hell torture or transcendence can sins be washed away and reincarnated.

Seeing the evil ghost hurting other ghosts, Niu Deting didn't care much, so he went up and hit the evil ghost.

This fight is very strange, it stands to reason that he is a steward in his forties, who sits in the government office all day long, and it is impossible for him to fight a person whose specialty is fighting.

But the truth is, he won, and his fist seems to be on fire, hitting Splash Skin, and the damage is very high.

Splashy screamed, was beaten by him, and ran away.

"Yang energy, what is the most yang energy in you?"

Uncle Cousin looked at him with a shocked expression,

"Are you not dead, but just out of your body?"

When his cousin said this, Niu Deting was also very surprised.

I didn't die, I didn't die!

This was obviously happy news, and he hurriedly asked his cousin how he was going to come back to life.

Uncle Cousin said, "Since you are not dead, just return the soul to the body." ”

Niu Deting was very happy when he heard this, and he wanted to go back to the room to give it a try.

At this time, the splash skin that had run away before turned back.

Not only did he come back, but he also brought several splashes with him, one of whom had turned into a cannibal ghost with blue faces and fangs.

When my cousin saw this group of evil ghosts, he was shocked, and hurriedly said to Niu Deting:

"Run, run, get caught by them and you'll be dead."

Niu Deting saw this, but he was not afraid:

"Hmph, a bunch of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard."

As he spoke, he fought with a group of ghosts.

Although he has some yang energy attached to his body, he can hurt his opponent.

But the hero couldn't stand the crowd, and was soon pressed to the ground by a group of ghosts.

Uncle Cousin was in a hurry, but he was a ghost who was old and had no cultivation, so he couldn't help at all.

When he was anxious, he saw that the "Living Yin Cha" sign on Niu Deting's waist suddenly glowed, and a powerful force appeared, directly knocking a group of splashes into the air and falling to the ground.

The skin-splashing ghosts screamed in pain, as if they were badly wounded.

When my cousin saw this, he was also surprised:

"Wishing power is the wishing power that can only be used by yin."

Niu Deting also held the sign strangely, and found that there seemed to be power in it for him to call.

I tried it, and sure enough, it worked.

This power is very strong, and the group of ghosts that can be easily beaten are almost scattered.

Only then did the group of ghosts realize that this person was actually a bad man, and they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Niu Deting was also puzzled, and he didn't understand what was going on at all, why he had become a yin for some reason.

Also, isn't it only for the dead to be responsible?

But he still has yang energy, and he is not dead.

What is the "living person yin" on this token?

Just when he was full of doubts, he suddenly saw his cousin respectfully calling him "Lord Chenghuang" and bowing.

"Chenghuang?"

He still knows the name of the new Chenghuang Yeming General, and he went to see it in person on the day the Xinchenghuang Temple was completed.

Looking in the direction of his cousin's salute, he saw a young man who looked like a fairy appeared in front of him.

Isn't this the one who disappeared in a flash?

He is the new City God, General Yeming?

Niu Deting has been in charge for half his life, and suddenly saw a senior official at the level of the prefect in theory, and suddenly became nervous:

"Grass people Niu Deting, I've seen Lord Chenghuang!"

The young man smiled and said:

"Niu Deting, this official asks you, if you are asked to take the position of this living person, are you willing?"

"This, my lord, the grass people still don't know what kind of errand this 'living person is indiscriminate'......"

"The so-called 'living errands' are errands performed by the living and have the same duties as the errands.

This job is carried out as usual during the day, everything is fine, and at night the soul is out of the body and performs the yin duty.

It is also beneficial to hold this position, not to reward you with wealth in the world, but to reward you for your longevity after death.

Whoever holds this post shall serve for three years, plus one year of posthumous life.

This is a fixed reward, and during the performance of duties, you can make meritorious contributions such as catching ghosts and driving away evil spirits, and you can also accumulate yin virtue.

If you die in the course of your job, you can be reincarnated into a wealthy family in the next life.

If the soul is gone, future generations can enjoy three generations of wealth. ”

(Here the first life refers to thirty years, and the third life refers to ninety years.) ）

After listening to the young man Chenghuang talk about the value, risks and benefits of the living man's inconsistencies, he listened to him and asked:

"Niu Deting, this official asks you again, are you willing to accept the position of this 'living man'?"

When Niu Deting heard this, he thought about it for a while, and then decided to respond.

He is not afraid of death, even if he fights evil spirits, what if his soul is scattered?

This can help many people, and it will be good for yourself and future generations.

"Lord Huichenghuang, grass people, willing to accept this position!"

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