Judge of the Lamp

Xu Zhiqiong brought Shi Cheng to the Qiancheng Punishment Division.

Out of respect for the duty of the Taoist sect, Xu Rishu only allowed to send one person over, and this person could not be Zhong Jianxue.

He allowed Xu Zhiqiong to choose between black and white impermanence, but Xu Zhiqiong chose Shi Cheng.

Shi Cheng was only a sixth-rank official, Zhong Jianxue was worried that Shi Cheng was not strong enough, but Xu Zhiqiong trusted Shi Cheng's character.

Although there have been many battles with Mingdao, Xu Zhiqiong's trust in Mingdao has never been changed. This trust largely comes from Zhong Jianxue, Shi Cheng and Nie Gui'an, a group of friends from Mingdao.

Riding on the magic circle arranged by Xu Rishu himself, Shi Cheng followed Xu Zhiqiong to Qiancheng Yin Division. According to Xu Rishu's instructions, he will be here to temporarily replace Lord Yan.

"Brother Shi, congratulations on your promotion."

Xu Zhiqiong congratulated all the way, but Shi Cheng didn't appreciate it.

"Brother, you see that I am living a happy life, so you insist on letting me go to the bird place of Yelang Kingdom! There are many black and white impermanence in Yelang Kingdom. Is it appropriate for me to be Yan Jun? They are going to rebel, you let me go!" What can I resist?"

"Brother Shi, don't worry, I have subdued this group of birds. As long as I am here, they will not dare to rebel."

"You can't stay with me in Yin Division every day!" Shi Cheng thought more and more that this was inappropriate.

Senior Xu did this to make things difficult for me on purpose. He wanted me to retreat in spite of the difficulties, and he gave Ma Shangfeng an explanation.

That being the case, why should I force myself?I'm not a person who saves face.

Shi Cheng glanced at Xu Zhiqiong, didn't say anything, made up his mind, and stayed in Qiancheng Kingdom for a few days, only saying that he was not qualified for the position of Lord Yan, so he just went home quickly.

When we arrived at Yan Luo Hall, a group of dead souls were squatting in the main hall. Xu Zhiqiong introduced to Brother Shi one by one: "These are not signed, and they are going to be punished in the Hall of Punishment. This one has a wooden sign, and they are going to the Hall of Scales and Feathers for reincarnation." To be a beast, there is an iron sign, if you go to the Hall of Hardship, you will still be poor in your next life..."

After Xu Zhiqiong introduced them one by one, Shi Cheng smiled and said, "Brother, what do you want me to do? The underworld is not all divided in an orderly manner, so whoever should go can go wherever!"

Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said, "The key is that this matter was not handled fairly."

Shi Cheng waved his hand and said, "Brother, you are too picky, how can you be so fair? When I sent the soul at Naihe Bridge, I just asked a few casually, and almost sent it over.

Day and night, so many people are on the road, I can't tell the details, just don't go out of the way. "

Xu Zhiqiong said: "What if it's out of character?"

"How else can you go out of line?" Shi Cheng squatted on the ground, looked at a man holding a wooden sign and said, "You will be a poor person in your next life?"

The man shook his head: "Only when you get the iron sign can you become a poor person. I want to be a beast."

"What mistake did you make, did you kill someone?" Inadvertently, Shi Cheng had already used the mantra.

The man was naturally defenseless, and replied truthfully: "I have never killed anyone."

"Then did something else bad?"

The man thought for a moment and said: "I have done bad things before. Ma Cuilan in our village is the most handsome. That day she went to the river to wash clothes and took off her clothes. After taking a bath, I peeked..."

"That's it?"

"I, I, I even touched her body, just one touch, she beat me and took off my clothes, and I ran away..."

Xu Zhiqiong felt that this did not seem to be a bad thing, and the girl seemed to be willing.

Shi Cheng smiled and said, "What else?"

"My mother's chicken gave birth to a litter of chicks. I gave Ma Cuilan two..."

All the mistakes this man committed basically revolved around Ma Cuilan.

Shi Cheng listened for a while, then looked back at Xu Zhiqiong: "This person will be a beast in his next life?"

Xu Zhiqiong remained silent, and looked back at the police officers of Qiancheng Yin Division.

Shi Cheng turned to look at a girl beside him, who looked about eleven or twelve years old.

"Nizi, what do you sign?"

"I didn't sign it, and I will go to prison to suffer."

"What mistakes have you made?"

Nizi lowered her head and thought for a long time: "I stole the Yitang that my mother gave to my younger brother. There were six yuan in total, and I ate two."

"Anymore?"

"Yes, I broke a bowl. I said it was my brother."

Shi Cheng was stunned for a moment, then asked again: "What kind of punishment are you going to suffer?"

Nizi said: "The prisoner said that he will cut 60 knives on my body every day, and it will take [-] years."

Shi Cheng was silent for a moment, stood up, and said with a smile, "Where is the prisoner she said?"

Nizi pointed to the corner of the main hall, there were six prisons squatting there, and one of the prisons was about to take that Nizi to be tortured before, but now seeing Nizi pointing at it, she trembled with fright.

Shi Cheng smiled gently: "Don't be afraid, I'm just asking casually."

He went forward to count and checked the list again. He frowned and said, "That's not right. The list says there are eight prisons. Why are there only six?"

Everyone bowed their heads in silence, Shi Cheng smiled and said: "Brothers, don't be afraid, I am a family with you, just tell me if you have anything to do."

A warden took courage, pointed at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "There are two other brothers who were killed by him."

Xu Zhiqiong did kill two prison guards.

Shi Cheng frowned, smacked his lips and said, "Ma Changshi, you are so irritable, how could you kill those two prisoners?"

Upon hearing this, the six prison guards looked up at Shi Cheng, as if they saw their benefactor, and cried miserably.

"Our two brothers died miserably!"

"Don't cry, don't cry," Shi Cheng comforted them, pulled out a knife, and said to Xu Zhiqiong, "Look, he's as good as a brother, you just take him apart like this I'm soft-hearted, so I can't see this, brothers, I will send you to reunite together!"

After finishing speaking, Shi Cheng went down with a knife and cut down the prison that Nizi had identified.

The prisoner's head fell to the ground, revealing a seven-inch-long sin karma on his head.

The remaining five prison guards curled up in a ball, and one prison guard shouted: "We all follow the rules, if they don't sign, they will have to suffer!"

Shi Cheng smiled and asked, "Who made the rules?"

The prison guards looked at each other, but no one answered.

Shi Cheng laughed and said, "Eight hundred knives a day, is this also the rule of your Yin Division?"

The mantra was launched again, and a jailer told the truth: "What kind of punishment is used, the jailer decides, and this is also the rule of our underworld."

"What the hell...it's really out of character!" Shi Cheng smiled and was speechless, "And tell me all the rules of your underworld, I'll listen carefully."

Shi Cheng is a member of the underworld, he asked all kinds of trivial rules clearly.

After asking, he glanced at the crowd and said: "You ghosts, do you only recognize money?"

Shi Cheng looked at a judge who had won the mantra and told the truth: "If you don't recognize money, what else can you recognize?"

"How many officials are there among you?"

The five capital officials were pushed out, and Shi Cheng still had a smile on his face: "When there are so many dead souls on the bridge, don't you ask more questions?"

The capital official bowed his head and said, "I also asked."

"How did you ask?"

"We asked them if they were wronged?"

"Is there no one who complained?"

"Anyone who calls out for injustice will be punished severely. This is the rule of Yin Division. If there is really a grievance, he will call out even if he is punished. If he is afraid of being punished and dare not call out, it proves that he has a guilty conscience."

Shi Cheng raised his short knife and said with a smile, "Do you think it's wrong for me to kill you now?"

"Injustice!" Du Guan blurted out.

Shi Cheng cut off one ear of the capital official: "If you call for injustice, you will be cut to death, will you still be injustice?"

The capital official wailed, "I, I..."

"What, are you guilty?" Shi Cheng cut off the other ear of the capital official.

The capital official couldn't answer, if he said he was not wronged, Shi Cheng would kill him with a single knife.

If he said he was wronged, Shi Cheng would really cut him into pieces.

Shi Cheng wiped the blood on the knife: "You are all officials, you all have techniques, why don't you use them?"

All the officials bowed their heads and remained silent.

Shi Cheng laughed again: "Your tongues are precious, and you don't want to talk. I'll cut off your tongues, which will save you a lot of trouble in the future."

"We know our mistakes, we really know our mistakes, spare our lives!"

A group of officials shouted that they knew their mistake.

Knowing mistakes is false, fear of death is true, Shi Cheng smiled so kindly, but this person is as scary as Ma Shangfeng.

"Take the dead souls and go to Naihe Bridge, I will teach you the rules!" Shi Cheng led the crowd to the head of Naihe Bridge.

Shi Cheng cleared his throat and said, "We are not judges. It is not so cumbersome to distinguish between good and evil, meritorious deeds and crimes. As long as the most basic thing is right and wrong, meritorious deeds will naturally fall on the bridge."

"Merit?" Bai Wuchang and Yu Yancai shook his head, "I have never seen meritorious service on the Naihe Bridge."

Shi Cheng lowered his voice and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Is the evil division of Qiancheng Punishment really repaired?"

"It's fixed." Xu Zhiqiong replied without confidence, in fact, it can only be regarded as partially repaired.

"Is there an award building?"

"Yes." The Shangxun Building does exist, but it has never been used.

Does meritorious deeds in the underworld have anything to do with the Shangxun Building?
"I don't know if the Shangxun Tower and the Yin Division are connected." Shi Cheng was also not sure, and walked up to the girl, and asked with a smile: "Girl, how did you die?"

The girl lowered her head and said, "I went to the mountain to dig wild vegetables. I fell down the hillside and broke my leg. I lay on the mountain for two days, hungry, thirsty, and in pain. Then I came to this place."

Shi Cheng was startled, and looked at the girl carefully.

There is no black energy in her soul, which proves that she has not become a resentful soul.

"After suffering so much, don't you feel any resentment in your heart?"

"I don't hate, and I don't hate anyone." The girl shook her head.

"Follow me." Shi Cheng led the girl to Naihe Bridge.

Naihe Bridge is a stone arch bridge, the bridge deck is about five feet wide, and the bridge is filled with fog. Xu Zhiqiong can only see one-third of the bridge body, and the rest is covered by the fog.

Shi Cheng led the girl into the mist, and said to a figure in the center: "Sister, give this girl a bowl of good soup."

A woman's voice came from the bridge: "You are the official of the capital, the real official of the capital."

Dai Huiqin exclaimed: "Grandma Meng has spoken!"

She had never heard Po Meng speak.

Not to mention her, Yu Yancai has been in the underworld for decades, and she has never heard Granny Meng speak.

"Meng Po?" Xu Zhiqiong heard the voice of a young woman, and it was difficult to associate it with Meng Po.

Shi Cheng smiled in the mist: "It can't be fake, girl, stand on the lookout platform and take a look."

In the mist, there was a little sobbing, and the girl cried: "I miss my mother."

"After thinking about it, let's take another look, your mother is crying too."

After a while, Xu Zhiqiong heard Granny Meng's voice: "The soup is ready."

Shi Cheng smiled and said: "Girl, wipe away your tears, you will suffer all kinds of hardships in this life, and the sweetness will come when all the hardships are gone. Just see the path under your feet, keep walking, and walk down the bridge. In the next life, you will no longer have to worry about food and clothing."

The girl drank Mengpo soup, followed Shi Cheng's guidance, walked to Naihe Bridge, and embarked on the road of worry-free.

Seeing the girl's back disappear, Shi Cheng got off the bridge and said to everyone: "This girl has made no major mistakes in her life. She should go to Baisheng Road and give birth to an ordinary family. However, she suffered so much before she died, and she should make up for it in the next life. Let her have no worries."

When the words fell, a golden bean fell to the ground.

"It works!" Shi Cheng smiled.

Shi Cheng sent it to the right place and got a reward for meritorious service.

Xu Zhiqiong was very pleasantly surprised, this proved that the Shangxun Tower of the Punishment Division and the Yin Division were connected.

The engineering quality of the public transportation class is indeed guaranteed!
The systems of Judge Dao and Ming Dao have started to function in Qiancheng Kingdom!
Yu Yancai exclaimed: "It's really a meritorious service!"

He leaned over to pick it up, but was kicked by Shi Cheng: "This is mine!"

The errands of Qiancheng Kingdom seemed to have never seen meritorious deeds, from the small officials at the city gate to the impermanence of black and white, their eyes were fixed on the gold.

Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise, "Have you never seen meritorious service before?"

"I've seen it!" Yu Yancai said, "I once ate a meritorious service. I found it from the bone marrow of a senior. I ate a total of five."

Shi Cheng was taken aback: "You have only received five meritorious deeds?"

Yu Yancai nodded.

Shi Cheng was surprised: "Then how did you get promoted to Bai Wuchang?"

Yu Yancai said: "Look for the meat of your comrades to eat, even when you are dead, it's better to eat while you still have one breath left."