Paper Maker: This is the end of the Ming Dynasty in Liaozhai

Chapter 123 Examining ghosts!

The next moment, the light in the hall was so bright that it pierced so hard that people couldn't open their eyes.

When the light gradually dimmed, Su Hao slowly opened his eyes. At this time, the environment has changed drastically. The hall has become a solemn and solemn government hall.

Looking up, the city god Lu Yi is sitting on the main seat, with civil and military judges on the left and right, and the Yin gods, general Ganliu, day and night wandering gods, and general yoke all stand solemnly under him.

"Su Hao, a thousand households in Jinyiwei, Jinan Prefecture, has met Uncle."

Seeing this scene, Su Hao also knew that his act of directly kicking the door this time had angered the city god Lu Yi, otherwise Lu Yi would never have fought like this, and he still met him in the official office, so he bowed his hands and saluted .

But for this situation, Su Hao also understands, after all, if someone kicks his door and breaks into his house, he won't give him a good face.

Seeing that Su Hao voluntarily succumbed, Lu Yi couldn't continue to grimace. He could only wave his hand and disperse the government office, turning it into a pavilion in the lake.

"I don't know why Su Qianhu came here?"

Lu Yi said indifferently, although he doesn't have a dark face, it doesn't mean he will give Su Hao a good look.

Seeing Lu Yi's attitude, Su Hao didn't intend to continue to give in. He was unreasonable first because he kicked someone's door, but when it comes to Zhang Chongxiu and Huang Ping's matter, the reason is on his side.

"Uncle, I came here this time to confirm that Zhang Chongxiu, the yin god under Uncle's command, is still in the government office?"

After organizing his words, Su Hao said in a deep voice.

"Zhang Chongxiu?"

Lu Yi frowned and said, "Some time ago he said he would go out to visit friends, but he hasn't returned yet."

"I'm afraid he won't come back."

Hearing this, Su Hao said calmly: "More than two months ago, I investigated a case of a ghost and murdered people and found it in Zichuan, and found that the other party's lair is here, so I came to the Temple of the City God to ask uncle for help."

"At that time, Huang Ping, the grandfather of the uncle, told me that the ghost was hiding in Xincheng County. As a result, as soon as I arrived in Xincheng County, I was ambushed immediately, and it was Huang Ping and Zhang Chongxiu who shot. They, but I suffered serious injuries and didn't recover until recently, so I came here to ask what happened."

"This is impossible!"

Hearing Su Hao's words, Lu Yi immediately denied it: "Zhang Chongxiu is a yin god conferred by the imperial court, so he cannot do anything to court officials."

At this moment, Lu Yi couldn't keep the indifferent expression on his face anymore, because it was not a trivial matter. If Zhang Chongxiu really did something to the court officials, he would definitely not be able to escape responsibility. It may make his position as the City God in jeopardy.

"But what if Zhang Chongxiu got on Huang Ping's body?"

Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. Zhang Chongxiu, as the Yin God enshrined by the court, really couldn't do anything to him, but that didn't mean Huang Ping couldn't do it. He only figured out the cause and effect on the way here, and only this reason could explain the situation at that time. Why is Huang Ping so powerful?

"Laosu Qianhu wait for a while, Ben Bo will send someone to investigate, Ben Bo will definitely give Qian Hu an explanation."

Su Hao's words made Lu Yi's heart sink suddenly, because he also remembered that his temple Zhu Huang Ping also left shortly after Zhang Chongxiu left, and he still hasn't returned yet.

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Yi said to the day and night wandering god outside the pavilion: "Ma Chong, Xie Yuan, both of you go to investigate immediately, Ma Chong, you go to Xincheng County with Benbo's name card, and ask the City God of Xincheng County for help. If Huang Ping The soul of Huang Ping entered the underworld from there, and asked him to help bring Huang Ping's soul back from the underworld."

"Xie Yuan, go search Zhang Chongxiu's mansion, and bring me everything that is suspicious, and then search Huang Ping's room."

Hearing Lu Yi's words, Su Hao nodded slightly. The reason why he came to look for Lu Yi was to use Lu Yi's power to bring Huang Ping's soul back from the underworld. If he wanted to find out the truth of the matter, it would be easiest to ask the person involved. way.

Although Taoism can also bring ghosts back from the underworld, they borrow the power of their sect's ancestors in the underworld, and they are not as fast as Lu Yi. The most important thing is that if you want to hire Taoists, the price is not high Fei, besides, as a heretic warlock, he can't deal with Taoists.

After Lu Yi finished giving his instructions, he turned his head and said to Su Hao with a smile, "Don't worry, Su Qianhu. If this matter is confirmed, I will definitely give Qianhu an explanation."

Although the matter has not been clarified yet, Lu Yi also knows that Su Hao will never lie to him for no reason. Yin and Yang are different. According to the law of the court, unless ghosts and gods are involved, Su Hao and other officials in the world are not allowed to disturb him at will. Theirs, otherwise the imperial court would punish them, this time Su Hao dared to come to his door, it must have been confirmed.

"Uncle is not to blame for this matter, but we still have to find out the truth as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Su Hao nodded his head. He also heard that Lu Yi wanted to reconcile privately, but he didn't intend to refuse, because bringing down Lu Yi won't do him any good, and he should stay on the front line to be a good friend in the future. See.

"Thank you, Su Qianhu."

Hearing this, Lu Yi smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Ben Bo has already prepared a banquet, and I hope Qianhu will reward you."

After finishing speaking, Lu Yi waved his hand, and the scene instantly changed into a magnificent hall. His hall was dressed in tulle and dancing girls with long sleeves, and dozens of musicians on both sides were singing together.

Seeing this scene, Su Hao wasn't too surprised. This is the City God's Temple, and it's also Lu Yi's god domain. Everything here is made of incense, and what he wants to become is basically Lu Yi's idea. The thing is, these dancers and musicians are all ghosts living in the Temple of the City God.

After a while, beautiful maids came up with plates of exotic melons and fruits.

"Try Su Qianhu, this is the night pear from the Yasha Kingdom."

Lu Yi pointed to a fruit that looked exactly like a pear but had strange lines.

Yasha country?
Hearing Lu Yi's words, Su Hao's eyes narrowed slightly. This country has been recorded in the travel notes of the ancestors of the Su family. It is a secret place in the cave at the junction of the underworld and the underworld. The entrance and exit of the cave are in the South China Sea. In addition to practitioners, there are also some fishermen. Mistakenly entered the Yaksha country, the residents of the Yaksha country are all Yaksha tribes.

In addition, there are fairy islands, Raksha kingdoms, Anqi islands, peach blossom gardens, etc., not only overseas, but also in various deep mountains and old forests, great rivers and lakes, there are many such secret places, and even some secret places. People also call themselves immortals.

For these places, the imperial court has always been too lazy to take care of them, because these places are either overseas or in deep mountains and old forests, and apart from overseas islands, the largest cave in the Central Plains is only the size of one or two villages, which is not worthy of the imperial court. It takes a lot of trouble to conquer, and if the people inside come out, as long as they don't preach to confuse the people or kill people at will, the court mostly doesn't care.

Picking up a piece of Yeli pear and putting it in his mouth, the Yeli pear melted as soon as he entered it. A faint fragrance hit Su Hao's taste buds in an instant.

"Very nice fruit."

After thinking about it for a while, Su Hao nodded and smiled and said, although it is not as powerful as Tong's Thousand Treasures Medicine Donkey, it is still good as a newcomer.

"Then Su Qianhu should taste more."

Lu Yi also said with a smile.

...

Under Lu Yi's warm greeting, all kinds of rare and exotic fruits from various caves and secret realms were served on the table. Su Hao did not refuse Lu Yi's enthusiasm. Except for these things, Lu Yi and others who can freely travel between the underworld and the underworld , it is very difficult for ordinary people to obtain these rare and exotic fruits, even if they have money, they cannot buy them.

At this moment, Xie Yuan hurriedly floated over from a distance, holding a book in his hand.

"Uncle, I searched all the residences of Zhang Chongxiu and Huang Ping, and only found this list from Zhang Chongxiu's mansion. It recorded hundreds of people, all of whom were born in the cloudy year, so I brought the list with me. Come here."

Xie Yuan handed the list to Lu Yi. After receiving the list, Lu Yi flipped through it, then handed it to Su Hao who was beside him.

Su Hao flipped through the list, one by one familiar names appeared on it, all of them were the victims of the mud ghost case, and many of them were ticked off, apparently dead.

"Uncle, what is so strange about people born in this cloudy year?"

After closing the list, Su Hao looked at Lu Yi. He didn't understand why Zhang Chongxiu only picked people born in the Yin year. Some people with pure Yin fate in the Yin year and the moon and the moon are very useful for evil magicians, such as Lian Nine Ghosts like sons, ghosts and mothers, but people born in the cloudy year and the moon are of no use at all, after all, there are too many people born in the same year and the same month.

"Nothing special."

Hearing this, Lu Yi pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said, "There are too many people born in cloudy years, there is nothing strange about it."

"Then why does Chongxiu take such a huge risk to kill these people?"

Su Hao's brows also frowned. If it's true what Lu Yi said, then it can't explain why Zhang Chongxiu wanted to kill so many people. Once the court finds out, Zhang Chongxiu will not only lose his god's seat in the Town God's Temple, but also Family descendants may suffer.

"This one……"

Hearing Su Hao's words, Lu Yi also frowned. He couldn't figure out this. Although the yang energy of hundreds of people is not small, if those evil spirits get it, their strength will definitely increase, but for Zhang Chongxiu, These yang qi have no effect, and Zhang Chongxiu has incense to worship, so there is no need to take such a big risk to deprive people of yang qi.

Just when Su Hao and Lu Yi were frowning, Xie Yuan who was standing below suddenly asked, "Uncle, could it be because Zhang Chongxiu is about to cross the catastrophe?"

Tribulation?

Su Hao and Lu Yi were both taken aback!
Seeing this, Xie Yuan went on to say: "This piece of Chongxiu was born in the previous dynasty. It died at seventy-eight, and it has been worshiped in the City God Temple for more than 160 years. It is only fifty years away from the 300-year catastrophe. If there is no Unexpectedly, in another 40 years, Zhang Chongxiu will step down and go to reincarnation."

Hearing this, Lu Yi also remembered, a small calamity in 300 years, don't look at it as a small calamity, but for anyone who walks on the path of cultivation, this is a reminder, not to mention a narrow escape, but it is not much better go.

And this catastrophe is also about cause and effect. The more karma is formed, the more difficult this catastrophe is. These ghosts and gods are incensed by the world, and at the same time they are also affected by some karma, so before the catastrophe comes, they will basically choose to reincarnate. After all, crossing the catastrophe is just a way to lose one's soul, and as Yin gods, they have already accumulated a lot of Yin virtues, and they must be reincarnated from rich and noble families, and they can still die, so why take the risk to cross the catastrophe.

"You mean that Zhang Chongxiu doesn't want to be reincarnated, but wants to survive the catastrophe, so he is going to practice evil magic?"

After thinking it over, Lu Yi also frowned. If that's the case, he, the City God, would have nothing to do with it.

"The lower official just said that there is a possibility."

Xie Yuan shook his head and said: "The specific situation, we have to wait for Brother Ma to bring Huang Ping's ghost to know about it. If Zhang Chongxiu wants to harm people and take away his yang energy, Huang Ping's help is absolutely indispensable. Otherwise, Zhang Chongxiu will even leave Zichuan alone." stay home."

Although they were fortunate enough to worship at the City God's Temple, it was also a shackle. In the underworld, they still had some freedom, but in this world, without Lu Yi's consent, they would not be able to go anywhere except under the jurisdiction of the City God. This Zichuan is so big, they have long been tired of visiting.

"Then wait a little longer."

After a moment of silence, Lu Yi said, "In another hour, Ma Chong should also be back."

.........

Time passed by little by little, as Lu Yi said, almost an hour later, Ma Chong's figure appeared outside the hall, holding an iron chain in his hand, and Huang Ping's ghost was tied to the end of the iron chain.

When he came to the hall, Ma Chong bowed and said, "Uncle, it's a good luck for the officer to spare Huang Ping's ghost."

"The little one pays homage to the master."

Seeing Lu Yi, Huang Ping, who was wearing a chain around his neck, quickly knelt down and kowtowed several times.

"Huang Ping, I'm asking you, what are you and Zhang Chongxiu doing?"

Lu Yi's face was gloomy. The reason why he was willing to let Huang Ping be the temple celebrant was because he liked Huang Ping's honesty and honesty. He didn't expect that Zhang Chongxiu and Huang Ping would bring him such a big trouble this time.

Hearing Lu Yi's words, Huang Ping raised his head, then lowered his head again, and shut up.

Seeing that Huang Ping kept silent, Lu Yi didn't ask any more questions, but winked at Xie Yuan. Since Huang Ping kept silent, torture would be inevitable. As the city god, he naturally had no reason to do it himself.

After receiving Lu Yi's wink, Xie Yuan took a step forward and shouted angrily: "Huang Ping, you also know the rules of the Town God's Temple, if you don't want to suffer the eighteen punishments, you'd better tell the whole thing. "

The county town god is in charge of the life and death cycle of the people in a county, so naturally he also has the power to punish evil and promote good. The temple also has eighteen kinds of punishments imitating eighteen hells.

Although Xie Yuan's shout was like thunder, Huang Ping still knelt on the ground silently as if he hadn't heard anything at this time, without saying anything.

"Since you don't say it, let's go through the eighteen punishments first."

Seeing this, Xie Yuan snorted coldly, and with a finger pointing, a big hole split open in the middle of the hall, and Huang Ping fell straight down.

Immediately afterwards, the big mouth closed, and a mirror image appeared from the hall, and it was Huang Ping in the mirror. At this time, Huang Ping was tied to a torture rack, with a jailer beside him, holding a pair of large pliers in his hand.

(End of this chapter)