The abducted child was sent back to the yamen, and when Lao Jia's brother and nephew buried Mu's coffin in the ancestral grave of the Jia family, they survived all the time, and it was already dark.

In Yizhuang, the hanged ghost Mu knelt in front of Li Congyan, only hating that his tongue was too long to speak, so he had to kowtow all the time to thank Da En.

"Your obsession has disappeared, so you might as well be reincarnated. ”

Li Congyan helped Mu up and said.

Muhammad's wish had been granted, and he had no nostalgia for mortals, so he nodded decisively and agreed.

Li Congyan opened the oil-paper umbrella, took Mu Shi in, and said before closing the umbrella: "I will send you to see Chenghuang later." ”

On the side, the old man Jia was already weak and weak, and after a day of running, he was so tired that he couldn't stand up straight, and was resting on a coffin lid. ”

"Naturally, there is, and every region has a city god who is in charge of the underworld affairs in that region. ”

Li Congyan explained, "There is a book of life and death in the underworld, which records everyone's birth, old age, sickness and death, and when someone dies, there will be a yin messenger to hook the soul, and then the city god and the judge will judge the good and evil in his life, so that the good can be reincarnated, and the evil will be sent to hell and suffer." ”

The old man was puzzled: "Then why didn't Mu Shi hook his soul after his death?"

"Mu is called 'premature death', and he died in a short life before his life was over. There is a discrepancy with the record in the book of life and death, how can the ghost cha know. If there is no ghost to guide him, he will naturally become a lonely ghost and need to go to the Yin Si to be disposed of. ”

"I see. ”

The old man suddenly realized, and then said, "Then you should send Mu Shi there quickly, old man, I have to sleep well after a tired day." ”

"It's time to go. ”

Li Congyan looked at the sky outside, "I haven't gone back since it gets dark, and the maids at home are afraid that they are in a hurry." ”

With that, he untied the ghost knife at his waist and threw it to the old man.

"The knife is back to you. ”

"Don't practice?" the little old man was surprised.

"You can get a steel knife to practice at home, and I won't be coming to Yizhuang recently. ”

"Why don't you come?"

Li Congyan smiled and said half-jokingly: "I'm afraid that Yizhuang has hidden other ghosts, and then you will beg me to do something, and it will be troublesome." ”

"Hey, you stinky boy!"

The little old man laughed and scolded.

After speaking, he threw the knife to the stinky boy in his mouth, "Old man, I am old and frail, and I can't lift such a heavy knife, so I will give it to you." ”

Li Congyan took the knife, and he was not polite, don't be in vain.

Before leaving, he threw down another money bag, "Save some flowers, and I'll see you later." ”

With that, he waved his hand and strode away from Yizhuang.

......

In the history of Chai Lang County, there have been two scientific expeditions. The most recent one is from more than 100 years ago, and his name is Pu Shouren.

After Pu Shouren was raised, he was a big official in Chang'an at first, and then his mother in his hometown was seriously ill, so he asked the Son of Heaven to resign and return to his hometown, and the Son of Heaven was moved by his filial piety, so he arranged for him to be the county magistrate of Chase County.

During his tenure as an official, Pu Shouren made outstanding political achievements, was honest and honest, and was deeply loved. However, because of his upright temperament, he angered Shangfeng, and was plotted by his colleagues in the officialdom struggle, suffered an unjust lawsuit, and finally died unjustly in prison.

The people of the county were grateful for his righteousness, and spontaneously raised funds to build temples and statues, burned incense and sacrificed, and named him a city god.

Chenghuang Temple, located in the southeast corner of the county.

At the gate, the couplets on the left and right sides are very eye-catching-

"It is useless to do treacherous deeds and burn incense

If you are upright and see me, why don't you worship me."

Entered the door.

Li Congyan saw a clay statue in the middle, with long ears and black beard, a kind face, holding a document in his hand, wearing a Xiucai hat, and looking like an old scholar.

On the left and right, there are statues of fierce and vicious civil and military judges.

Directly above the statue of the city god, the plaque of "Haoran Righteousness" is hung.

Transporting the technique of "Youtong", I saw that the plaque exuded a golden light invisible to the naked eye, bright, upright, and Hongda!

"Under Li Cheng, meet the city god. ”

Li Congyan bowed his hand and said, "There is an existing lonely soul Mu clan, please also ask the city god to fall." ”

With that, he opened the oil-paper umbrella.

As soon as the hanged ghost floated out, the scenery in the temple changed greatly, turning into a dark and gloomy hall, with ghosts and shadows. Chenghuang sat behind the public case, with grimace judges standing behind him, and several ghosts on both sides of the public hall stood in an orderly manner.

Mu Shi was kneeling in the hall at some point, while Li Congyan was excluded from the public hall and watched from afar.

Chenghuang nodded at Li Congyan from afar, which was regarded as a greeting.

There are many capable people in the world, and there are not a few who can pass through the netherworld, so Chenghuang is not surprised.

"Smack!"

Chenghuang's eyes were like torches, and he patted the hall in shock: "Who is in the hall?"

Li Congyan thought it was interesting when he saw it, this ghost and god handling the case is similar to the yang world.

As soon as Chenghuang's words fell, Muhammad's tongue suddenly became swollen and retracted.

She bowed her head and said: "Mu Sangu, the daughter of the people, hanged herself on the second day of the seventh month. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Huang nodded to the judge behind him, and the judge flipped through his hand, and out of nowhere he conjured up the book, flipped through it for a while, and then tore off two pages and handed it to Cheng God.

On the public case, there is a fair scale, two trays on the left and right, one black and one white.

Chenghuang placed the two pages of the book on the left and right trays, glanced at Li Congyan, and seemed to explain to him, saying:

"The book of life and death, recording the good and evil in life, and the fair scale, weighing the rewards and punishments of good and evil!"

As he spoke.

I saw that the end of the white tray was slowly sinking, and the black end was constantly upturning.

Li Congyan looked at it for a while, and probably understood that the two pages torn off the book of life and death recorded the good and evil of Mu during his lifetime, and then judged the rewards and punishments by weighing.

At present, Muhammad's "good" is heavier than "evil", and it is much heavier.

Really.

After a short time, Chenghuang said: "Good! After drinking ecstasy soup, you can be reincarnated and become a human again!"

The trial is over.

Li Congyan returned to the City God Temple from Yin Si, looking at the clay statue in front of him, he couldn't help but be in a trance, it was really a strange dream.

......

Wait until he's gone.

The figure of an elderly scholar stepped out of the statue of the city god. At the same time, the statue of the civil and military judge also seemed to come to life, following him.

Judge Wen held a pen in his right hand and a book in his left hand, frowned, and said, "The record of Li Cheng in the book of life and death seems to be a little confused......

"Oh?"

Chenghuang wondered, "What's wrong?"

"Li Cheng's life after he became married...... There is no record in the book of life and death, and it is as if this person suddenly disappeared out of thin air. The judge rummaged through the book of life and death, but found not a single piece of superfluous information.

Chenghuang thought for a moment and said, "His wife is very human, but she does what she does from it?"

Then.

But I heard the military judge say: "Li Cheng's soul is strange. ”

"What's weird?"

"The stench is extreme. ”

This military judge was a shape-shifting dog demon before his death, and his sense of smell was extremely sensitive.

"Dirty, messy, chaotic, treacherous......"