The originally chaotic Huangquan Road slowly returned to normal.

The little ghosts scattered around were chained back by the ghosts.

Hu Man'er looked at the long river of time on the side.

"This can't be true. ”

Fang Cai Shankui asked Hu Man'er what he saw? Hu Man'er didn't answer him, because he couldn't speak.

At the other end of the rich gate, there was some commotion.

Countless little ghosts and ghosts knelt down and kowtowed, and Hu Man'er couldn't help but look up.

A tall man in armor, three feet tall, and many little ghosts are like ants compared to big men. The big man just kicked away the imps who were in the way in front of him with a casual kick.

And grabbed one of the imps and threw it into his mouth and began to chew, Hu Man'er could clearly hear the screams of the unlucky imp.

The impermanence around him was obviously a little afraid of this strong man, and his eyes were a little evasive when he looked at the big man.

Hu Man'er frowned, although these little ghosts have already died once, but they don't take other people's lives as a child's play, Hu Man'er is still a little unaccustomed to it.

"Who is this man?"

Hu Man'er hadn't come out of the shock yet, so his tone was inevitably a little cold.

The impermanence around him was a little stunned, and it took a long time to react.

"That...... This is the ghost general of the underworld...... Zhong Kui. ”

"Zhong Kui, is there really such a person as Zhong Kui in the underworld?"

But after asking, Hu Man'er regretted a little, now that he has seen impermanence, there is impermanence, how can he be less Zhong Kui.

There are many versions of this legend about Zhong Kui, the most famous of which is this one.

According to legend, in ancient times, there was a poor Jinshi in Zhongnan Mountain, Yongzhou, surnamed Zhong Mingkui, with a leopard's head and eyes, an iron face and sideburns, a strange appearance, and an extremely ugly appearance.

Since he was a child, he has practiced martial arts and boxing, and has the ability to go to the moon for nine days and catch turtles in the five oceans. It is said that ordinary people who dance guns and sticks do not like to read and write.

But there are also some people who are both civil and military, and Zhong Kui is such a person. Not only is the boxing method broad and profound, but even the literary style is superior. It can be described as a full stomach.

But the character is upright and upright, and he treats people with integrity.

Zhong Kui urinated and worked hard to gain fame and serve the court.

It is precisely because of this purpose that Zhong Kui always works harder than others. It's often a book that forgets to sleep and eat.

However, Huang Tian lived up to his wishes, and Zhong Kui finally achieved fame by virtue of his hard work comparable to ordinary people. It has become a generation of champions.

Even the ministers who invigilated the examination were impressed by Zhong Kui's literary brilliance.

However, when Zhong Kui was nominated to the Jinluan Palace to be enthroned, the emperor was startled when he saw Zhong Kui's appearance, and said such a thing.

"I am a scholar, all in my body, words and books, how to point such an ugly person as the champion of the golden branch. ”

The ministers around him also pleaded for him.

"The advantages and disadvantages of people are not in appearance, how can the holy lord not hear Yan Ying three feet and be Qi Xiang, Zhou Chang stutters and can assist Han, Confucius takes people by appearance, loses the son of Yu, and thinks twice about Your Majesty. ”

For a while, there was chaos in the court.

The Emperor muttered for a moment, but spoke.

"No, no. If this person is named the champion, I am afraid that the world will laugh at me and not know talents. ”

Zhong Kui was furious when he heard this, hated the emperor for being mediocre, hated himself for being born different, and said.

"Frustrated cats are difficult to learn tigers, and defeated parrots are not as good as chickens. ”

Then he crashed and died on the Jinluan Palace.

When the emperor saw this shocking scene, he felt some remorse in his heart, and he was afraid that the people of the world would scold him for being mediocre and not knowing the talents of the world. He ordered Zhong Kui to be buried as the champion and named him the god of exorcism, in order to get rid of evil demons in the world and catch ghosts and souls.

Later, he was recognized by the king of the underworld, and ordered him to guard the gate of Fengdu, and became a ghost general, also called his demon general.

There is also a legend.

There was a generation of emperors who had a strange disease, and the imperial doctors in the palace tried their best, but they couldn't cure it.

Late one night, the emperor dreamed of a bull-nosed imp, dressed in red, with one foot in boots and the other bare, with boots hanging from his waist. This imp secretly stole the concubine's purple sachet and the emperor's jade flute.

At this time, a huge ghost king with a height of three feet suddenly appeared, with a broken hat on his head, a blue robe, and a horn belt, caught the little ghost at once, gouged out two eyes with his fingers, and then tore the little ghost in half and ate it.

The emperor was busy asking the name of the big ghost, and the big ghost stepped forward and said: "The minister is Zhong Kui, the head of the south, because of the failure to move, the corner hall steps and died, and after his death, he became a ghost general under the seat of the underground mansion, guarding the gate of Fengdu, and swearing to eliminate the evil ghosts and demons in the world." ”

Emperor Tang Ming woke up from a big dream, Huo Ran recovered, so he summoned the painter in the palace to paint a "Zhong Kui ghost hunting picture" according to what he saw in the dream.

After the picture was finished, the emperor stared at his eyes for a long time, sighing that his painting skills were subtle and slightly warped.

And this painting is hung in the back gate, used to suppress demons and drive away evil spirits.

Since then, the people have only known about Zhong Kui, and every New Year, they will paste his portrait on the wall and use it for the town.

Hu Man'er heard impermanence say that this person was Zhong Kui, so he had a slight impression of him.

According to legend, Zhong Kui is an upright and upright person, and now it seems that this is just the case.

Thinking like this, Zhong Kui had already walked in front of Hu Man'er, his eyes glaring at Hu Man'er like copper bells.

After looking at it for a long time, he turned his head and asked impermanence.

"What's the matter with this person?"

The sound was like thunder, and it was terrible.

Impermanence looks a little aggrieved.

"This ...... This immortal ......"

Before the words were finished, Zhong Kui's powerful hand had already slapped towards the two of them.

"Dignified impermanence, dereliction of duty, can't even lock up a little ghost, what's the use of leaving you two. ”

A small hand supported Zhong Kui's big hand, and Zhong Kui's big hand stopped in mid-air for a long time and couldn't go any further.

Hu Man'er turned his head and glanced at impermanence.

The two of them had already knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, muttering in their mouths.

"The general spares his life, spares his life. ”

Zhong Kui sighed and looked down.

After Hu Man'er took it with one hand, he didn't even look at Zhong Kui.

"I see. ”

Zhong Kui withdrew his hand and helped the somewhat crooked official hat.

"It's a monk. ”

Hu Man'er took a step forward, raised his eyes to look at Zhong Kui, and slowly spoke.

"You...... Is that Zhong Kui?"

Zhong Kui didn't expect that the seemingly small young man in front of him could be so unfazed.

"Yo, I have some knowledge, that is, why didn't I run away?"

Hu Man'er smiled miserably, revealing a mouthful of teeth.

"Why do you want to escape? I'm going to the Yama Palace, to discuss with the king of Hades. Are you going to stop me?"

After speaking, the palm of his hand was held in the void, and the sword body of Shankui came quickly and fell into the hands of Hu Man'er.

The Shankui sword spirit on the side, like a happy little bird, clapped his hands and applauded.

"Childe, this is an atmospheric statement. The slaves and maids are a little fond of the son. ”

Hu Man'er turned his head and glanced at Shankui Sword Spirit.

"I have a girl I like, her name is Wanqing. ”

After speaking, regardless of whether the girl was a little sad or not, her legs bent her knees, and she kicked the ground suddenly, and the whole person rose up and rushed towards Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui let out a loud shout and punched him.

The fist roared, bringing a gust of wind.

Hu Man'er crossed the sword to block, but was punched on the sword body.

Zhong Kui's punch seemed to be inadvertent, but only Hu Man'er himself knew how powerful it was.

Hu Man'er rolled over in the air and fell to the ground.

As soon as he landed, another punch was already coming. Hu Man'er turned over again, and the place where he was standing had been smashed out of a big pit by Zhong Kui's big fist.

Hu Man'er looked up at Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui happened to be looking at Hu Man'er, his eyes facing each other, flashing a spark.

A splashed stone fell to the ground, as if opening the horn of the battle between the two, and Hu Man'er shouted.

"Shankui, return to your place. The whole person rose to his feet again.

The Shankui Sword Spirit, who was originally squatting on the ground to draw circles, suddenly got up, turned into a flash of light, and fell into the Shankui, and the Shankui instantly shone brightly.

Hu Man'er held the mountain kui and held it high above his head, and the huge sword shadow appeared in this underworld, this time it seemed to be even bigger than the last time he cut the dragon, and the light was even more dazzling.

The big sword fell slowly, seemingly slowly, but in fact it was galloping.

As soon as the big sword came out, Zhong Kui looked at the big sword but was stunned for a moment, forgetting to dodge. Until the sword stopped at the top of Zhong Kui's head, it was only a fraction of a second, and it didn't move at all.

Zhong Kui swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and a drop of sweat dripped down his cheek.

Hu Man'er put away his sword and walked in front of Zhong Kui.

"Me, am I qualified?"

Zhong Kui nodded and shook his head again.

"No, let's do it again. ”

As soon as the words fell, two crisp clicks came from behind him.

Zhong Kui turned his head suddenly, and on the archway of Fengdu Gate, there was a deep crack, dividing the word into two.

Zhong Kui turned his head to look at Hu Man'er again.

"The general just laughed. ”

At this moment, a light shot down from the darkness above his head, and hit Hu Man'er.

Almost everyone looked up at the end of the pillar of light.

"Hu Man'er, go back. ”

If you say that, Hu Man'er's body slowly rose and flew upward. Hu Man'er looked down at Zhong Kui and all the people under him. Until everything was no longer visible, Hu Man'er fell into darkness again. No more consciousness.