Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 111

Since Zhou Yu made such a commotion, how could he have no countermeasures?
So, he cupped his hands at the judge and asked, "Major Judge, which rule did Judge Lu violate?"

Before the judge could speak, Niu Mian said first: "Didn't you say before that he intervenes in human affairs without authorization and disrupts the law of reincarnation. Isn't such a crime serious enough?"

"Okay, then let's discuss things.

First of all, the statue of Lu Pan was enshrined in the Hall of Ten Kings, and received incense and court worship from the people.

Although he is the magistrate of the underworld, his main duty is to communicate with yin and yang and protect the safety of the people in Lingyang County.

This point is similar to the function of Lord Chenghuang..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but glance at Chenghuang: "Master Chenghuang, is what this Marquis said right?"

Chenghuang hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "It is indeed so."

"Since that's the case, how come Lu Pan intervenes in human affairs? He is only doing his duty to maintain a balance between Yin and Yang in Lingyang County, so as to live up to the incense offered by the people.

From another point of view, Ben Hou has also subdued evil spirits many times or sent some dead souls to the underworld.

Does that mean that this Marquis also violated the rules of heaven and intervened in the affairs of the underworld without authorization? "

Lu Qifa quickly echoed: "Yes, yes, what Hou Ye said is reasonable.

If Lu Pan didn't care about anything and only regarded himself as a statue standing in the temple, then what's the point of the underworld sending him to the world? Is that the reason, Lord Hou? "

"Hehe, Mr. Lu is correct in inferring other cases from one instance."

Zhou Yu smiled gratifiedly at Lu Qifa.

Lu Qifei felt elated in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "Master Hou, thank you, Master Hou, thank you..."

However, the cow noodles and horse heads were upset.

The two looked at each other, and then, Matou glanced at Zhou Yu and said, "Even if what Hou Ye said is reasonable, it is clear that Lu Pan's actions have gone far beyond his scope of authority.

Regardless of his meddling in the affairs of the human world, just because he disrupted the law of reincarnation of life and death is enough to go to hell and be punished. "

"Are you referring to Zhu Erdan's wife Zhuo Shi?"

The cow-faced and horse-headed two men responded in unison: "That's right!"

"Then, let's have a debate. You mean that Lu Pan changed the fate of Zhuo's and Wu Xiaoyi's two daughters against the sky, thus disrupting the law of reincarnation, right?"

"Correct!"

The cow-faced and horse-headed two men responded in unison again.

"Hmm..." Zhou Yu nodded, then cupped his hands at the judge and said, "May I ask you, Mr. Zhuo, has his lifespan expired?"

The judge responded, "That's not true."

This answer is not a leak, and it didn't say how many years he lived.

"That's right, so Mrs. Zhuo is still alive, as for Wu Xiaoyi..."

As soon as her daughter's name was mentioned, Mrs. Wu burst into tears in unison: "My poor daughter, why do you have the heart to leave mother behind..."

"My lords, you have also seen that the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wu has passed away and was buried. I heard that she did not die in vain, but that she has indeed reached the end of her life."

Lu Juan said, "Yes, I checked the life and death book for this point."

"Then here comes the question...Three adults, you should live and go, so how can you disturb the cycle of life and death?"

"This……"

The judge couldn't help but glance at the City God.

In fact, it was also because of this that King Yan Luo rejected Niu Mian and others' request to severely punish Lu Ping, but he was only demoted to ghost messengers.

"Sophistry, you are sophistry!"

Niu Mian said angrily.

Ma Tou also argued: "Yes, she is not Zhuo's at all. Her head has been replaced by Wu Xiaoyi's. Now she is Wu Xiaoyi who should have died. Isn't this disturbing life and death?"

"Then may I ask your Excellency, she is not Zhuo Shi, so where did Zhuo Shi go?"

"Zhuo...isn't he already buried?"

"Ridiculous! Whether she is Zhuo Shi or Wu Xiaoyi, how can you have the final say? Since you keep talking about the laws of heaven, well, let the judge judge the justice.

May I ask, Mr. Judge, in the book of life and death in the underworld, has Wu Xiaoyi's soul returned to her place? "

"It's back in place..."

"Then I would like to ask, Mr. Judge, in the book of life and death, has Zhuo's name changed to Wu Xiaoyi?"

"No……"

At this time, Zhou Yu couldn't help but smiled and cupped his hands at City God and Lu Qifa: "The two adults also heard just now that the life and death book has not changed at all.

Life and death, to a certain extent, represents the law of heaven, and the cycle of life and death of all living beings can be reflected on it.

Unless you can prove that Lu Judgment has changed the book of life and death, your accusations are simply groundless, and you want to add crimes..."

"You... are just talking nonsense, talking nonsense!"

Under the shame and anger of Niu Mian, he was a little out of choice.

This time, Zhou Yu was angered, and immediately said with a cold face: "Before this Marquis was polite enough to you, if you dare to speak rudely again, don't blame Ben Hou for being rude to you!"

"Lord Hou calm down, Master Hou calm down..."

Chenghuang quickly persuaded him.

The judge of Yan Luodian also said coldly, and scolded Niu Mian: "Niu Mian, pay attention to your attitude, if you dare to be rude to Lord Hou, don't blame this judge for arresting you for questioning!"

After all, with Zhou Yu's current status and status, let alone cow noodles and horse heads, even he dare not offend.

Even if Lord Yan Luo came here in person, he still had to give way to Zhou Yu.

So far, Zhou Yu has completely controlled the rhythm, and the horse head and the cow face were speechless after a long refutation.

In addition, Lu Qifei occasionally seconded a few words. In the end, the judge made a detailed record and asked Lu Juan, Zhou Yu, Chenghuang, Lu Qifa, Zhu Erdan, Zhuo Shi, and Master Wu to sign one by one.

"Okay, I will hand over the transcript to Lord Yan Luo. I believe Lord Yan Jun will handle it fairly."

"Thank you, Lord Judge!"

"My Lord, you are welcome..."

It worked out pretty well.

The next night, Lu Pan appeared at Zhu Erdan's house to express his gratitude, and at the same time asked about Zhou Yu.

Zhu Erdan replied: "Mr. has already returned to Guobei County, and asked me to say hello to Brother Lu."

Hearing this, Juan Lu couldn't help but sighed, "Thanks to your husband this time, you will also say hello to your husband for me when you go back, and say that Mr. Lu will always remember your kindness."

Zhu Erdan smiled and said, "I must convey the exact words. By the way, are you still in the Ten Kings Hall?"

"Well, the judge was reinstated, and the previous judge was just a temporary replacement."

Zhu Erdan said with relief: "That's good, since that's the case, then I should go to the academy tomorrow."

Lu Pan patted Zhu Erdan on the shoulder: "In the future, you must study hard. You have an exquisite heart now, and I believe you will make great achievements."

"Well, thank you Brother Lu, I will definitely not disappoint Brother Lu's painstaking efforts..."

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After the new year is over, the construction site of the academy is bustling again.

Generally speaking, the progress of the project is still relatively fast, the main building has almost been erected, and the next step is mainly some fine work such as doors and windows, carvings, greening, furniture and so on.

Hou Ye's mansion is also stepping up construction, and it is estimated that it will be completed by the end of the year.

In the afternoon of that day, Zhang boldly found Zhou Yu in a hurry, his face was pale, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, it's not good, there... someone died at the academy."

Hearing this, Zhou Yu couldn't help but frowned: "Has someone died? What's going on?"

"do not know……"

"What do you mean I don't know? Is it a fight, or a sudden serious illness?"

Zhang Boldly said with a mournful face: "It's really strange to say that those two people fell to the ground without any warning..."

"Is there a reporter?"

"not yet……"

"Okay, you hurry to report to the official, I'll go to the construction site to check the situation first."

"Yes, Lord Hou."

Zhang boldly responded, turned around and ran out of the gate quickly.

Zhou Yu called Shang Yingning to go out of the city together, and hurried to the academy under construction.

"Master Hou is here..."

"Master Hou..."

All the craftsmen rushed to the door, and when they saw Zhou Yu approaching, they hurried forward to say hello.

After all, after such a big event, who is in the mood to work in it?
"Where is the body?"

"One is in the west courtyard, and the other is in the small garden adjacent to the west courtyard..."

Zhou Yu briefly asked a few words, and then called a few people to go in to check the corpse.

According to the workers, the two deceased were villagers from Liujiawan, one named A Niu and the other named Ersuo.

The two left together the afternoon before yesterday, saying that someone in the village had a wedding and they wanted to go back to have a banquet.

We came together again today.

Not long after arriving at the construction site, they suddenly died inexplicably one after the other, and the interval was very short, dozens of breaths at most.

A group of people came to the west courtyard first.

Zhou Yu walked up to Ah Niu's corpse and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.

Because, Ah Niu's death was very strange, his whole body was soaked in water, and there was still a puddle of water on his body.

The face looked a little swollen, like a drowned person who was picked up in the water.

Then I went to the small garden to see the second lock, and the death was exactly the same.

This is a little weird.

"When you saw the two of them die before, was it like this now?"

"There didn't seem to be so many people at that time, it looked a bit like sweating..."

"Yes, the clothes are not wet, I don't know why it has become like this now."

"Yeah, why is it like a drowned person..."

While Zhou Yu was still asking for some detailed information, the county magistrate Duan Rui hurried over with his assistant and several policemen.

When the two sides met, it was inevitable to be courteous.

Wu Zuo started the autopsy.

After the inspection, she had a weird look on her face, and she didn't know what to say.

Zhou Yu couldn't help but said, "If you have something to say, you might as well just say it."

"Yes, Lord Hou... According to the experience of a small autopsy, the cause of death of these two people seems to be drowning..."

"Hehe, that's right, if he didn't die here but by the river, I believe everyone would think so."

Duan Rui frowned and said, "It does look like a symptom of drowning, but how can a person die here because of drowning?"

Wu Zuo hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said: "My lord, although I have never encountered such a situation, I heard a senior Wu Zuo mentioned it..."

"Oh? What's the situation?"

"Based on various signs, it is very likely that the two of them ate the legendary Water Mangcao by mistake..."

"Water wild grass?"

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the craftsmen around couldn't help but changed.

According to folklore, water mang grass is a rare and highly poisonous grass, and people who eat it by mistake will eventually turn into water mang ghosts.

The water mang ghost cannot be reincarnated unless he finds a scapegoat.

"That's right, I remembered. I heard from the old people in the village that after eating water mangosaurus by mistake, the symptoms of death are the same as they are now, like drowning."

A craftsman couldn't help but say something.

Duan Rui rubbed his chin and thought for a while: "Well, I also have a little impression, as if I saw the record in some ancient book.

At that time, I only glanced at it as a strange talk, remember that there seems to be a solution? "

"In this way, Lord Duan, first carry these two people back to the county government office, and then send someone to secretly inquire to see what happened to the two of them along the way..."

Zhou Yu gave orders in a low voice for a while, and then asked Ying Ning to stay on guard at the construction site for the time being, while he hurried back to the county seat.

After returning to the county seat, Zhou Yu came to the Town God's Temple.

"Song Gong, Mr. Zhou has something to ask, is it convenient to meet?"

As soon as the words fell, Song Tao showed his figure, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I don't know what advice you can give me when you come here?"

"No, no, it's Zhou who asked Duke Song for advice."

"Master Hou talks a lot... I wonder what Master Hou wants to know? As long as it doesn't involve secrets, Song will definitely know everything."

"I wonder if Duke Song knows about Shuimangcao?"

"Oh?" Song Tao raised his eyebrows: "Could someone be poisoned by the water mang grass?"

"Yes, this afternoon, two workers on the academy's construction site died suddenly one after the other shortly after returning from the village..."

Zhou Yu explained the general situation of the two of them and the circumstances of their deaths.

"Well, nine out of ten are poisoned by the water mang grass. Generally speaking, if the poison is not detoxified for a whole day and night, then the two of them will be hopeless..."

"It means that the two of them will become water reckless ghosts, and then find a substitute?"

"This is not necessarily... Some may change, and some may become ordinary wandering souls and stay in the world until they are gone."

"Then I wonder if Mr. Song can do anything? After all, the two craftsmen died on Zhou's construction site. Although Zhou has nothing to do with it, they still feel uneasy."

"There is a way. First, we must find the water mang ghost who killed the two of them, and find the clothes worn by the water mang ghost, burn them into ashes and boil them in water, so that the two craftsmen can return to their places."

"Oh? Does doing this count as disrupting the cycle of life and death?"

After all, Zhou Yu experienced Lu Juan being demoted not long ago. If Song Tao would be implicated in this matter, he would have to let it go.

Fortunately, Song Tao smiled and waved his hand: "That doesn't count. If the two craftsmen were really poisoned by the water mangcao, then they are now in a state of suspended animation, which has nothing to do with reincarnation. Just like the doctor's healing and rejuvenation is a truth. .”

"That's good, thank you so much Duke Song."

"It's a trivial matter, Lord Hou, you don't have to be polite."

After leaving the Town God's Temple, Zhou Yu hurried back to the construction site, calling Shang Yingning to investigate all suspicious clues along the way.

Many people think that ghosts will only appear at night. In fact, if you are unlucky, you can also encounter ghosts during the day.

Like rats, rats are usually nocturnal, but that doesn't mean they won't be around during the day.

The reason why ghosts like to appear in the middle of the night is because the yin energy is strongest in the middle of the night, and that environment is most suitable for ghosts to survive.

But sometimes in some special circumstances, ghosts may also appear during the day.

For example, rainy weather or a humid place in the shade.

However, relatively speaking, the power of ghosts during the day is weaker. After all, no matter how cloudy the weather is, the cloudy energy is not as strong as at night...

(End of this chapter)