Chapter 49: The Great Chaos
As soon as these ghosts saw Lin Fengjin, they immediately pointed, strode over, and then surrounded him and shouted:
"You bastard, even if you have a grievance, it would be good to repay the grievance, why should you even collect the eleven lives of the whole family? The land lord has already reported it, and now these unjustly killed people are all unjust, and once they pass the first seven days, they will inevitably turn into a fierce spirit and come back to take revenge! If such a thing really happens, the whole world will not be in chaos, and they will not honestly go back with us to end this cause and effect. ”
Lin Fengjin was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that he should have been wronged, and he was regarded as the unjust soul who committed the murder. He can be said to have mixed feelings in his heart at this time, not that he is afraid of the accusations of these ghosts, but he never expected that the businessman who turned into a wronged soul would be so fierce, there is a way to be wronged, there is a debtor, it would be good if you killed the person who murdered you, what is it to kill the whole family?
Lin Fengjin stood there hesitating, and a ghost rushed up, shaking the chain in his hand and trying to put it on his neck, but a ghost next to him grabbed him, looked at Lin Fengjin a few times and said:
"It shouldn't be him, six years ago, Butcher Zhang carried a pig-killing knife to make five people in the widow's house, and then was shot to death by the government at the east gate, what his ghost looked like at that time It's not that you haven't seen it! Seeing that most of this guy has just died, he doesn't know anything, don't fucking get the wrong person, think about it with your brain, how can it be so calm if you kill eleven people in a row?"
The official suddenly sighed, and suddenly realized, at this time, he suddenly saw that there was blood rising to the sky in the west, and almost the sky was dyed red, and these ghosts suddenly shouted:
"Over there, over there!"
Then they rushed up in a swarm, and Lin Fengjin was suddenly isolated again. I could only watch these guys run away, and couldn't help but say:
"Looks like these guys are pretty good at getting things done. ”
Shi Nu Road:
"Such a big case, especially from the nether realm to the yang world, it is really very rare, the ghost is bad or something, but they rely on the incense of the City God Temple to live, once the incense is defeated, then it will naturally be difficult for them to have a foothold again, after being beaten back to their original form. That can be said to be miserable - either obediently reincarnate, or it will have to disappear - this is a matter of life and death, how can you not care. ”
Hearing this, Lin Fengjin also felt particularly interested and said:
"Yes, what will happen if the incense of this City God Temple fails?
Shi Nu Road:
"How is it possible, a place like the City God Temple, to put it in a big way. It is similar to the prefect in the Yang world, Taishou and other official positions, and if you say it in a small way, it is similar to the official positions such as the prefect of the county. How can it be defeated?"
Seeing that Lin Fengjin was very interested in this, and probably this topic was not a taboo for them, so Shui E said patiently: "Most of the city gods in the world's city god temples are divided into three situations, the first situation. This city god is a famous minister of the dynasty, and after his death, he was named the hometown city god by the emperor, unless it is a change of dynasty or a catastrophe between heaven and earth. It is almost impossible to fall, this kind of Chenghuang is originally a celebrity in his hometown, so his status can be said to be extraordinarily stable, and his power is also very great, and he can often even radiate out to the surroundings. ”
"The second situation is that the city god here is also a local celebrity, and then after death by the local people to worship themselves, and then manifest, and finally slowly become bigger, at this time in the Central Plains is the most common, but also the most common. ”
"The third situation is that the city god such as the county seat is directly controlled and appointed by the big city god, which is called a small city god. There is even a custom on the Xirong side, and the new county officials come to the realm: the day before they take office, or three days before they go to the Chenghuang Temple to stay in the city, so as to ask in their dreams whether there are any unsolved unresolved cases in the territory. ”
After listening to Shui E's story, Lin Feng learned that the city god is also divided into large and small, and the capital city god is enshrined by the provincial-level administrative region, which is equivalent to the governor of the underworld. The city god is equivalent to the prefect of the underworld, and the county town god is equivalent to the county order of the underworld. Form a complete administrative system.
And the position of the city god is not stable, once it is in power, it cannot go down, and it is necessary to be careful to be replaced at all times.
Who will take its place?
First of all, the land temples scattered in the countryside are a great threat, and the land lords who are very prosperous in incense are very likely to be in power.
Secondly, there are places like the Mountain Temple and the River Temple, and the Yin God in it is also very willing to be promoted.
Finally, according to the different customs of various places, some memorial temples of famous ministers and warriors are often established, such as what general temple, Fan Gong Ancestral Hall, etc., for a long time, enjoy more incense, and the same can be done as a city god.
Therefore, the city god in Xunzhou can be said to be quite unlucky, strictly speaking, it should really be thanks to Lin Fengjin.
Why do you say that? Do you still remember the Gongsun enemy who used to do things here, and Qin went here to make three or four moths? In order to deceive the foolish people into entering the mountain, they colluded with the ancient big families and regarded their family temple as a mountain temple for the foolish people, so that the incense was very prosperous.
And this kind of thing is meant to be one thing and the other, the incense of the mountain temple is prosperous, and the incense of the city god temple must be weak, seeing that the city god of the city god temple is about to be forced out of breath by this mountain temple, Lin Fengjin appeared in time and punctured their conspiracy. Without the support of incense at this time, the emerging mountain temple was naturally squeezed and collapsed, and this city god temple could be regarded as getting out of great difficulty.
Although Lin Fengjin wanted to go with him at this time to see what kind of cruelty the fierce ghost who slaughtered eleven innocent people was, but after thinking about it, he felt that he couldn't forget the right thing, and he couldn't figure out that the snake god was still waiting for him to help, so he continued to hurry to the City God Temple, but along the way, he found that it was actually very deserted in the netherworld.
couldn't help but ask Shui'e again, and after asking, it suddenly dawned on me. It turned out that it was still three or four o'clock in the afternoon during the daytime of the yang at this time, and this point seemed to be three or four o'clock in the morning in the netherworld, which was naturally "inaccessible". Therefore, Lin Fengjin also thought of a very key question from this, that is, will the City God Temple be open every day without interruption? Shi Nu naturally told him very simply, this is impossible.
Because in the City God Temple, there is not only a lonely person in the City God, in addition to the ghosts and ghosts, strictly speaking, there are civil and military judges, the gods of each division, General Ganliu, General Fan Xie, General Niu Ma, Day and Night Wandering God, General Shackles and other City God gods.
And according to the size of the place guarded by the city god, the administrative team will also be divided into three divisions, six divisions and even twenty-four divisions or thirty-six divisions.
For example, the Chenghuang Temple in the small county town is the third division. The Chenghuang Temple in the big county town is divided into six divisions: officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the Yin and Yang Division is the head of all divisions. The Yin and Yang Division is the first assistant official of the City God, coordinating the divisions and supervising the cases, and then reporting to the City God.
Some people think that in the netherworld, these soul bodies have no physical body and do not seem to need rest, which is a big mistake, precisely because there is no physical body of qi and blood to nourish the soul. That's why the soul needs to meditate and pranayama for a long time, so as to strengthen the mind and nourish the soul, otherwise. It's all idle things.
Lin Fengjin soon came to the outside of the City God Temple, and was about to find out where the mud horse spirit dog he needed was, when he suddenly heard a loud wail from afar, and looked back. I saw a ghost cha being carried by two ghost servants, and he screamed miserably and walked this way.
Lin Feng was also frightened when he saw this ghost, it turned out that half of his head was bitten off alive. And his right foot also looks to be more than half mutilated, it should also be a bite scar, and the entire soul body has become translucent, but listening to his screams is still full of anger.
If it was in the Yang world, such an injury would have been enough for him to die a hundred times, which shows the importance of Shi Nu telling him that "the spirit body is not critical", but it can also be seen from the fact that the ghost body has become translucent, and he has indeed been hit hard, it can be said that his vitality is seriously injured, and if he doesn't take any measures, he will definitely dissipate.
However, seeing that the two ghost servants put the injured ghost directly in front of the incense burner in front of the City God Temple, they saw that the ghost began to greedily breathe the breath of incense wax.
And this incense burner is also not known how many people have worshipped, and the remaining wish power in it is also accumulated, the badly injured ghost is almost breathing, and suddenly he saw wisps of gray and white breath mixed into his body, and the originally translucent body also began to slowly become condensed, obviously, there is no longer that feeling that it will disappear and drift away in the next second.
However, for these ghosts, they don't dare to absorb this basic power at this time. Because this thing is a double-edged sword, people who come to burn incense and light wax often come with some purpose, such as seeking children, seeking wealth, seeking promotion, seeking wealth, and these impurities are generally obsessed with the power of wishes, and they will be mixed into the three souls and seven spirits of the spirit body one by one, as if they are chanting scriptures and nagging next to their ears for a long time.
Being verbosed by a person next to his ear for a long time is already annoying enough, and if the nagging is replaced by ten people, a hundred people, it will really make people collapse directly. Unless you can satisfy the wrongs of these people who come to worship, then their wishes are fulfilled, which is equivalent to purifying and refining this basic wishing power, so that they can calmly eat this wishing power.
The reason why the city god is strong and weak, some can be bigger, and some can only be taken away after the incense is scarce is also related to this, the great city god with high diligence and mana can naturally absorb some more basic wishing power, because they can meet the wishes of these people who come to make a wish as much as possible.
In this way, the pure will power absorbed by the transformation will be more, and then strengthen your supernatural powers, and you can also share the profits with your followers, expanding your power and the scale of your subordinates.
And his supernatural powers become stronger, and his subordinates become more numerous, which in turn can satisfy the wishes of more believers, and word of mouth in the yang world will be passed on, so that the incense will be more vigorous, so that a virtuous circle will naturally become bigger and bigger.
On the other hand, if it is a city god, there is no great supernatural power. And if you are lazy, then you will absorb less pure willpower, and in addition to maintaining your own basic consumption, you will have no self left, and you will have even less pure willpower to share the profit with your subordinates. In this way, a vicious circle is formed over time.
Everyone in the yang world knows that your city god's corpse is a clay puppet, so you don't even come to the door with ghosts, and after a long time, you will naturally be replaced by people.
To put it bluntly. The change of this city god is doing business with the yang world, and it is one thing to occupy the mountain and pull the territory for the king, and the essence is almost the same. Diligence can make up for clumsiness, and those who reach it are the first. If you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, whether you are lazy or have no talent, then you will face the danger of being eliminated.
After seeing that the injured ghost had turned to safety, Lin Fengjin was about to continue walking towards the inside of the City God Temple, when he saw a middle-aged scribe coming out of it. Wearing a small gauze hat, a plain white robe, a pair of black boots under his feet, and a long beard. Holding a jade belt in one hand and a scroll in the other, the appearance is not very vicious.
This middle-aged scribe is the judge of this Xunzhou City, and he saw the appearance of this ghostly wolf. Immediately picked up the scroll and looked at it, and muttered to himself:
"This ghost is so arrogant, even a ghost dares to hurt him?"
The ghost servant next to him hurriedly spoke:
"Back to the master, that ghost is really very vicious. We waited for it to be covered with a soul chain, it was able to forcibly struggle to break free, Zhang Tou'er wanted to take the soul shackle and put it on, who knew that the neck of this terrible ghost suddenly twisted and lengthened, and it bit on his body in one bite, and it was even wrapped around it, and we waited for the continuous blow with the water and fire stick, but it provoked its crazy counterattack, and it can even be said to be crazy, injured many people and then fled. Fortunately, at this time, Lord Riyoushen passed by here and had already caught up. ”
Hearing the words of this ghost servant, Judge Wen snorted coldly and said:
"What the hell is going on with him?"
The ghost servant immediately said:
"Back to the words of the adult, speaking of this terrible ghost is also pitiful, it is Wu Dalang of the cloth shop on South Street, he died of his parents when he was a child, and finally struggled to live to the age of ten, so he made an apprentice to the cloth shop, and signed a 30-year death deed! ”
Lin Fengjin also knew that at that time, he was an apprentice, and it was only for you to eat and live, and the master would beat him if he wanted to, and he would scold if he wanted to, not only did you have to do the right thing to learn to be blinded, but also had to take care of the housework of the master's family or something, and got up early every day to get up earlier than the chicken, eat less than the dog, and was so tired that he raced over the cow.
And this apprenticeship contract is also said, it is common to sign for ten years, and it is ruthless for the master to sign for fifteen years, and no matter how high the number of years, parents are reluctant to suffer such a living crime for their children.
But this Wu Dalang fell outside the cloth shop on South Street at that time, so hungry that his eyes were full of gold, and it was a good thing to be able to have a mouthful of rice soup to drink, in that case, not to mention a thirty-year apprenticeship contract, even a lifetime of apprenticeship can only bite the toothpick.
Fortunately, when people always have Jitai to come, as soon as Boss Wu of the cloth shop on South Street died, it was an opportunity for Wu Dalang to recruit people into the house in one fell swoop, and change from an apprentice to a boss to support the door. In the eyes of outsiders, it was finally a serf turned into a master.
It's just that there is a good saying, every family has a book that is difficult to read, why would the daughter of the dead boss Wu be willing to marry him, a thirty-three-year-old apprentice?
At that time, unmarried pregnancy was a big deal, so I was forced to have a fetus, which probably hurt the child bud in the body, and then finally remarried at the age of eighteen, and was divorced at the age of twenty, and was said by the husband's family to be lazy and greedy, but it was still a chicken who could not lay eggs. With this notoriety, it will be difficult for the daughter of the Wu family to remarry, and Wu Dalang is really helpless, but he is hot, and the Wu family can only marry her.
Needless to say, Wu Dalang was originally in his thirties, and he was busy outside during the day, how could he cope with this woman in the year of the tiger and wolf?
However, when the wife of the Wu family died, the daughter of the Wu family had no control, and actually hooked up with another Zhang guy in the store, but the paper couldn't hold the fire, and she was caught by Wu Dalang, but this green hat really committed a man's taboo, of course, he cleaned up this adulterer and adulteress.
As a result, the daughter of the Wu family was instigated behind the back of the ruthless guy, and simply drugged Wu Dalang's supper, but this medicine was sold to Zhang Guy by a foreigner, which was very rare, Wu Dalang drank a few sips of wine, and was groggy, so he was unconscious all day long, invited the doctor to see a doctor, and all the medicine prescribed was poured to feed the dog.
In this way, Wu Dalang lay unconscious in bed for four or five days, and the neighbors came to see it, and they all knew that they had invited a doctor to treat it but it was ineffective, and on the sixth day, he saw the mother-in-law's howl coming out, saying that it was the throat of the house.
The medicinal power of the medicine is also too strong, poor Wu Dalang's memory, that is, until he ate supper and drank wine, and then went to bed and began to have a long-looking dream, and then found that he was finally able to move, but he watched his body being thrown into the coffin, and a group of people carried the coffin to the west of the city to be buried, and the most hated thing was that when the adulterer and adulteress came out of the funeral, they actually began to frown, hook up, how can they not make people blow up their lungs?
When Wu Dalang realized that he was already dead, the resentment in his heart naturally boiled, and he had to grit his teeth and hold this hatred no matter what. After mixing into the city gate, he found that this adulterer and adulteress were impatient, and cheated directly in the courtyard of Zhang Guyji, and immediately he was extremely red-eyed, and his soul asked for his life, killing these two people was not enough, and he was angry in his heart, and he became ruthless, even the brother and sister-in-law who lived next to Zhang and his six children refused to let go, and finally even the parents who lived next to Zhang Guy Ji were killed.
At this time, Lin Fengjin was already waiting a little impatiently, but this time he clearly wanted to steal the mud horse spirit dog in other people's hands, and he still couldn't let go in front of so many people, because he was always at his own expense, so he had to stand next to him and watch in a low-key manner. I saw that the judge took out the scroll, looked it carefully, and then sneered:
"Yes, this killing is here! Look at me scribbling his name on his disc, first let him be a lonely ghost, and he can't even enter his ancestral grave, and then!!! Why did this guy's name turn red? Could it be that it slipped out again and was killing on a killing spree?"
Evil ghosts have karma when they kill people, what is called karma, that is, the person he kills also has resentment, and this kind of bad karma is entangled, it can be said that it is painful, and he will be entangled by it day and night to ask for his life.
However, there is a way that the extremes of things must be reversed, so what will be the opposite?
That's nine people.
At this time, "nine" is the extreme, "Qianyuan uses nine, and the world is also governed."
Why is the emperor called the Ninety-Five Supreme, not the Eighty-Five Supreme or the Fifteenth Supreme, that is because the "nine" has reached the end, and further, it is Kang Long who has regrets, which is already too much, so it can be called a "regret" word, as if the cooking has been burned.
For evil ghosts, there is also a limit to killing, that is, it is limited to nine people, at the beginning, the more painful it is, the more difficult it is to kill, but once the number of people killed by this evil ghost exceeds nine people, then the bad karma can no longer constitute any burden for it, but because the evil qi in the whole body can in turn restrain the entangled bad karma and turn it into its own weapon. (To be continued......)