The long-tongued ghost grabbed it violently, and An Ruhai hurriedly retreated.

It's just a wall behind you, where else can you retreat?

"I'm An Ruhai asking myself, I haven't done anything bad on weekdays, how can there be a ghost to catch me and ask for my life?"

When An Ruhai was desperate, suddenly there was something in his neck, a burst of heat, and a slight pain in his burning skin.

"By the way, the peachwood sword!

An Ruhai reacted violently, grabbed the peachwood sword hanging around his neck, and waved it: "Don't come here!"

The peachwood sword is only an inch long, and in An Ruhai's opinion, it is an ordinary pendant, but in the eyes of a ghost spirit, there is infinite light released.

As soon as the long-tongued ghost saw the peachwood sword swinging, he hurriedly retreated in horror, but he was a step too late, and his right hand was pierced by the sword, so he heard a snort, and the severed hand turned into a cloud of green smoke, which dissipated directly.

"My hands! "The long-tongued ghost wept and howled in pain, and rolled all over the ground, and died and came back to life in pain.

When An Ruhai saw the power of the peachwood sword, he felt a little bottom in his heart, and the fear that surged in his heart also dissipated a little.

"Who the hell are you? What are you looking for me? I don't know you, and even if you want to collect debts, you won't be able to collect my debts!"

An Ruhai held the sword and shouted fiercely.

"Lord An, you misunderstood. We're not here to collect debts. We're here to ask for help. ”

At this time, an old ghost slowly "floated" over, bowed to An Ruhai, and said again and again.

"Help, do you ask for help like that?"

An Ruhai sneered, pointed at the long-tongued ghost and said, "I think this person was going to kill me just now!"

"Misunderstanding. Misunderstanding. Lord An, you are human, but we are dead. How can a dead person harm a living person? ”

The long-tongued ghost knelt on the ground and shouted again and again.

An Ruhai frowned, and couldn't help but say, "Then what did you mean when you just said that you were going to take me on the road?"

The old ghost is afraid that the long-tongued ghost will say some nonsense again, which will anger An Ruhai. Hurriedly said: "It is indeed a misunderstanding." This guy was a splash before he was born, and he couldn't speak human words, which disturbed the adults. We have come this time to ask your lord to give us a ride to find the way to the underworld. ”

"The road to the underworld?" An Ruhai was startled, and couldn't help blurting out: "Is there really a underworld in this world?"

The old ghost smiled bitterly: "Yes, why not? When I was alive, I was skeptical about whether people would be gone after death." Now that I'm dead, I understand. It's really not over. ”

An Ruhai listened, and was silent, only feeling a sense of complexity in his heart.

He has read the books of sages for more than 20 years, and he has always been skeptical of ghosts and gods, and he has stayed away from them. But today, a ghost came to the door and asked him to send them back to the underworld, what is this called?

An Ruhai smiled bitterly. He said: "I am just an ordinary man, how can I have the ability to send you to the underworld? I think you are looking for the wrong person, you should go to the Taoist priest or monk, and ask them for the right reason." ”

The old ghost listened. He shook his head again and again: "No." No way. The ferryman said. Taoist monks, the Dharma nature on the body is too heavy, if we get close to us, we will not be able to stand it. If you're not careful, you'll be turned into fly ash. And ordinary people can't pass through the yin. Because of the separation of yin and yang, it will damage the life of that person. Therefore, we can only find a person who has righteousness in our body and is not disturbed by yin and evil spirits to escort us through yin. ”

"Oh? What else do you say?" An Ruhai felt very curious, and couldn't help asking, "Who is the ferryman in your mouth?"

The old ghost said: "It is the magistrate who leads the souls of the dead to the underworld." ”

An Ruhai was puzzled: "In that case, why don't you just ask him to send you to the underworld?"

The old ghost smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, you don't know anything. Not long ago, Han Hou issued a warrant to invite the gods of the city away. In today's Fucheng, there are no gods. Even the ushers of the underworld can't get in. ”

"What?

An Ruhai was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he was incredulous, and said, "Han Hou is just a secular person, how can he drive away the gods? I'm afraid that the current Holy Son of Heaven can't do it, right?"

The old ghost shook his head and said, "Little old man doesn't know. But according to the ferryman, it is. ”

An Ruhai rubbed his head and said, "Okay." For the time being, I believe what you say. But why are you the only ones who have come to seek him? Is it true that for so long only you people have died in this city?"

The entire prefecture and city, with a population of nearly one million, people pass away every day, how can there be only so many people?

When the old ghost heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "My lord, please take a look at us, are we all different?"

An Ruhai was slightly stunned, carefully swept over the ghosts, and couldn't help but suddenly say: "You guys, why are everyone injured?"

The old ghost said, "My lord, what you see is what we looked like when we died. ”

The old ghost turned around, and An Ruhai saw that behind this person, there was a big hole in the heart, which was obviously stabbed by a sharp weapon.

There was a woman, with a blur of flesh and blood on her forehead, as if she had been stoned to death with a heavy object.

There are also people who are swollen and pale all over, and should have fallen into the water and drowned.

The long-tongued ghost also pointed at this tongue and cried out, "Your Excellency, you see that I have died the worst death." He was torn to death by having his tongue pulled alive. ”

Someone pulls out the tongue, and can still die of pain? This is a new way to die.

An Ruhai thought for a moment and said, "You all died in vain?"

The old ghost sighed and said, "Yes." If it weren't for a vain death, how could it be used to ask for an adult?"

"Oh, how do you say that?" An Ruhai couldn't help asking.

"Adults don't know. If a person dies at the end of his life, his soul will return to the underworld, and he will have set good and bad karma, either to be reincarnated, or to eliminate karma. After all, there is a way out. But people like us who die in vain have no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth. Only by going to the city of vain death created by those compassionate immortal Buddhas and Bodhisattvas and waiting for transcendence can we be reborn again. ”

The old ghost explained.

An Ruhai exclaimed: "I see. What will happen to you if there is no one to guide you?"

There was a hint of fear in the old ghost's eyes and said: "Just floating in this world, muddy, sooner or later you will lose consciousness and become a wandering lonely ghost." ”

An Ruhai listened to the coldness in his heart.

"Your Excellency. Be merciful. Save our lives!"

The old ghost fell to his knees all of a sudden, kowtowed and worshipped, and the hundred ghosts behind him also followed his example. He fell to his knees and pleaded bitterly.

"Alright. All right. Get up quickly, I promise you. ”

An Ruhai's heart softened, sighed secretly, and hurriedly helped them up.

When the ghosts heard this, they were immediately overjoyed and thanked them in unison.

An Ruhai hesitated: "It's just that I don't know how to pass the yin, how is this good?"

The old ghost stepped forward and said, "My lord, here is a yin talisman, which was given to us by the usher. As long as you hold it, you can walk yin and yang. ”

An Ruhai nodded, took the yin talisman handed over by the old ghost, and before he could see what it was, this thing snorted and burned into ashes.

An Ruhai suddenly felt that there seemed to be something more in his mind, void and mysterious, and he couldn't see clearly.

The old ghost said, "My lord." After a while, I will ask you to leave the house and go all the way west. Keep out of town and never look back. Remember!"

"Okay, I got it. Seeing what he said cautiously, An Ruhai couldn't help but nod heavily.

Present. I went back to the room and got dressed, and hurriedly walked out of Fu Jiezi's house. He walked cautiously and did not alarm anyone.

At this time, it was the third watch, and it was dark outside. There was not a single figure to be seen.

An Ruhai also had a little hair in his heart, but when he touched the peach wood sword on his neck, he also felt a little at ease.

Present. With his head down, he headed west.

I don't know how long I walked, but I came to the west gate. At this time, the city gate had already been closed, An Ruhai slapped his forehead, and said secretly: "It's broken! How did I forget, the city gate is closed, how can I get out?"

When he was hesitating, the long-tongued ghost "floated" out of nowhere and said, "Lord An, this road is not passable, you come with me." ”

After saying that, he stepped forward to lead the way.

An Ruhai could only follow, and after walking for a while, he arrived at the edge of the city wall.

The long-tongued ghost pointed to a place covered with grass and said, "Lord An, there is a dog hole here that you can climb out." ”

The long-tongued ghost said proudly: "This place, few people in the entire city know about it. ”

An Ruhai picked up the messy grass, and sure enough, he saw that there was a dog hole inside, just enough for a person to climb out.

"Drill the dog hole, this is really Sven's disgrace. ”

An Ruhai frowned, with a hint of helplessness on his face, so he could only lie down and crawl out from inside.

Out of the city, An Ruhai couldn't help but be pulled by an inexplicable force and walked straight to the west.

Go farther and farther, go faster and faster.

Gradually, An Ruhai couldn't see the surrounding scene at all. I could only hear the howling of the wind in my ears, which was very terrifying. From time to time, there is the low roar of jackals, tigers and leopards.

"Can't turn back, can't go back!"

An Ruhai remembered the words of the old ghost, and kept bowing his head and hurrying away.

I don't know how long later, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Lord An, we have arrived." ”

As soon as I opened my eyes, I didn't know when, I had arrived in front of a riverbank.

I saw this river, flowing quietly, and I don't know where it came from, and I don't know where it is going.

There was only a small wooden boat in front of the river, and there was a captain on it, wearing a robe and a hat, and his face could not be seen clearly.

The old ghost and the others suddenly appeared, An Ruhai felt that his body was in vain, and then he suddenly realized that these vain ghosts were attached to his body. He was not allowed to turn back, for fear that he would be scared to death when he saw them.

Walking forward, the captain said to An Ruhai: "My lord, thank you for coming at the request of these ghosts, this move is immeasurably meritorious, I thank them for them." ”

An Ruhai hurriedly said: "No thanks, no thanks, it's just a gesture." ”

Glancing at the small boat, he couldn't help but say, "Boatman, can this small boat carry so many people?"

"Enough, enough." My lord, please come aboard, and they will follow. ”

After saying that, the boat came over. An Ruhai hesitated slightly, and then jumped onto the boat.

As soon as An Ruhai got on the boat, he felt the sky shake for a while, and he vaguely heard what the captain said, and he didn't hear it clearly, so he fainted.

When he woke up, he found that he was actually in the lobby of the yamen where he usually ascended to the hall, and he was wearing an official uniform and sitting in the middle of the hall. In front of the table was an official seal, and the wood was shocked.

"Why did I get to the court? Didn't I go to the city to congratulate, the previous one was a dream?"

An Ruhai was confused for a while, and he couldn't tell where the dream was and where the reality was.

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone say, "Lord An, be polite!"

An Ruhai looked up, and saw that there was another person beside him, wearing a purple official robe, a black gauze hat, a red pen around his waist, and a book in his hand, but his face was very raw.

An Ruhai hurriedly got up and saluted back, saying, "It's polite, I don't know if you are ......"

The man laughed and said, "Lord An, you haven't seen me. But speaking of which, we're colleagues. ”

An Ruhaiqi said: "Colleague, this friend, where are you an official?"

The man said, "I'm here as an official." Look, isn't the place where you sit on a regular basis?"

An Ruhai became more and more confused, and said, "Isn't this my yamen lobby, when did it become your place?"

The man laughed and said, "You're right, this is indeed your lobby, but it's also the official's lobby." Lord An, you are the parent official of the yang world, responsible for adjudicating cases, punishing evil and promoting good. And the official Liu Hong is the parent official of this underworld, but the trial is not of the living, but of the dead!"

When An Ruhai heard this, the more he heard the name Liu Hong, the more familiar he became. Suddenly, I thought of the file I had read before, but could I not have the name of this person? I couldn't help but lose my voice: "Are you Liu Hong?

Liu Hong nodded with a smile and said, "Exactly." Ann adults. The official Yang Shou was exhausted, entered the underworld, received the edict of the Emperor Pangu of Dongyue, became a judge, and judged the evil and the good here, and received the Yin position. It's just that now there are masters in the Yang world who have driven out the gods, and my priesthood here is also restricted. That's why I rashly invited Mr. An to try the case on my behalf, and asked Mr. An not to shirk, and Liu thanked him. ”

After speaking, he bowed to him to the end, and his attitude was very sincere, making it difficult to refuse. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )

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