Chapter 98 Dilemma
I was about to open my mouth and say something, but I was blocked by his mouth.
"Do you think I'm very idle every day, so I'm here to find something for me? I'm very busy? How do you tell me to explain to the underworld when you make a fuss? We're all doing the task again if we send away many ghosts every day! We have to finish the performance if we can't complete it!"
He vented his anger and finally calmed down. I found a gap before I dared to ask softly: "Is it you..."
The young man raised his eyebrows and looked at me, looking disdainful, "I've been talking to you for a long time, don't you know who I am yet?"
I was a little surprised and stammered, "You are...you are..."
"Yes, I am the Emperor of Fengdu."
I feel a little funny. Why are the gods nowadays so fashionable? But I think that's right. With magic, whoever will change himself to age must be as beautiful as he will do!
I looked at the young man in Tang suit in front of me and tried to remain respectful, "Emperor, there is a reason for me to do this."
"I know, isn't it just your client who was put in a ghost contract by the old man Qinhuai Ghost King? What a big deal." The Emperor of Fengdu wrapped his hands around his chest, looking arrogant.
After all, he was a god. He pinched his fingers and calculated everything. Since he knew the cause and effect, he didn't need me to explain too much. I just needed to plead for mercy. So I bent down and said, "Please help us!"
The Emperor of Fengdu didn't even raise his eyelids and said indifferently: "I don't care about this matter and I can't help you."
When I heard this, I became anxious, "Why aren't you still in charge? You are the Emperor of Fengdu, the Emperor of Ghost! You are specializing in the harm of these little ghosts."
"You are talking about Zhong Kui. Although I am the Emperor of Fengdu, I have limited real power. I have always been in conflict with the King of Qinhuai Ghost. Why bother to wade through this muddy water for you, a mortal? Besides, your customer is still alive, so I am even more in my control." The Emperor of Fengdu said, and turned his back to me and wanted to leave.
I hurriedly rushed to him to stop him, "It would be too late if she died! The ghost contract is in her body, and the underworld cannot accept her! The Yin and Yang realms are the only ones who can help her!"
The Emperor of Fengdu sneered and said, "The alternation of life and death, **, this is all destined. Maybe this is her fate, so you should not forcefully intervene."
"This is not her life! I have calculated for her that she can live to be in her eighty years safely, and she shouldn't have died in her twenties." I said seriously word by word.
"You're wrong." The Emperor of Fengdu said leisurely as he yawned.
"No! I'm not wrong!" I'm very sure.
Although it is God, this does not mean that you can ignore human life. Even though human beings are weak, they are never humble.
"Hua Shuangyi, you are developing a formal judicial system and administrative system now, but will there be things that the law cannot control? It will affect your whole body. Just imagine who will overturn the entire legal system for one person? The same is true in the underworld. We only need to guarantee the majority of the interests and let the entire mechanism operate. If we have to study every ghost carefully, we will be too busy no matter what. As for individual cases like Yun Panxi, it is like a drop of water in the sea. Without this drop of water, it will not have any impact on the sea. So..." The Emperor of Fengdu spread his hands and said.
"We are different from you." I retorted: "I admit that there are loopholes in the various systems we have built, but we will make up for them instead of pretending to be invisible. Although a mature mechanism cannot be fully covered, it will not ignore the mistakes that have been placed in front of you. The interests of most people are important, but that small number of people are also human beings."
After hearing this, the Emperor of Fengdu was stunned at first, then laughed, "Hahahaha, okay, you are right, it turns out that the passionate young man is reckless in everything he does."
I stared at him and asked seriously, "So, can you help me? If man can do it, why can't God?"
"God, you must also act according to the rules. I cannot attack the King of Qinhuai just because of your mortal side. We are gods who perform their own duties! They are not heroes who stand up for justice!" The Emperor of Fengdu suddenly yelled at me, as if he was scolding a child who was ignorant of the world.
I remained silent for a long time, and then opened my mouth, "I will prove it to you."
The Emperor of Fengdu raised his chin and looked at me with a strange look.
"I will prove to you that this is definitely not my one-sided statement." I said and knelt down slowly, "I hope that when the time comes, the Emperor of Fengdu can quell the grievances for us and other mortals!"
Kowtow and perform great gifts, this is my highest respect for God as a believer on earth.
When I woke up, it was already the sun in the sky.
I scratched my head, and suddenly I felt like I had thought of something. I got up and ran out before I even had time to put on my shoes.
Nothing else matters now, I must be sure that Yun Panxi is still alive!
I opened the door of her room with a spare room card. I pushed the door open and saw Yun Panxi standing by the window to see the scenery. The windows here are retro mahogany, with a very ancient charm. She is thin, wearing a white knitted skirt, with her hands on the window frame, and the sunshine of Hexi is shining on her, making people feel that she is warm and beautiful.
I was stunned for a moment, but she turned her face and looked at me with a smile, "What's wrong? I was in a hurry early in the morning."
"No... nothing." My cheeks were a little hot, "You... did you sleep well last night? No weird thing is coming to disturb you, right?"
"No, I'm sleeping soundly." She still smiled at me.
I lowered my head and didn't dare to look at her, "It's good if I don't."
"Thank you for your care these days. Mr. Hua, you are such a good person." Yun Panxi continued, her voice sounded very nice.
"Okay, don't call Mr. Hua, Mr. Hua, as I look like I'm seventy-year-old and eighty-year-old. If you don't mind, I'll be able to call me Shuangyi." I said embarrassedly, why do I feel like I'm on a blind date?
Her pleasant laughter sounded again, "Okay, Shuangyi."
The moment she called me my name, my heart was pounding. Before I could agree, she said something.
"Shuangyi, I know I can't live anymore."
My heart sank instantly. I wanted to walk forward and pat her back to comfort her, but I found that my heels were growing on the floor and could not move at all. "Don't think about it, you..."
"It's not that I'm thinking about it. I know my own body best." She looked out the window and sighed, "I know you've tried your best, so there's nothing to blame for you. I just blame myself. Oh, if I didn't go to Nanjing at that time, there wouldn't be so much trouble."
As she said that, I saw tears in the corners of her eyes and her voice was choked.
My fists couldn't help but clenched, but in the end I could only say one sentence: "I'm sorry, it's because I'm not capable enough."
Since being possessed by the Qinhuai Ghost King last night, the ghost contract on her body seemed to feel like the Ghost King, which was accelerating the erosion of Yun Panxi's essence. At this speed, within three days, Yun Panxi will definitely die suddenly.
"Shuangyi, let's go back. I want to go home to meet my mother." Yun Panxi said.
"But……"
"No, but, I don't want to drag it down any longer. I just want to be with my family for the last period of my life." Yun Panxi sniffed and wiped her eyes casually. "I have called my bodyguard and told me that they will arrive in the afternoon and pick me up."
In this situation, I really can't stop her anymore. After all, I'm not 100% sure to save her, so I can't stop her from going back, I can't.
Yun Panxi was indeed picked up in the afternoon, so I had to pack my luggage and prepare to return to the Yin-Yang Escort Agency.
There are really many tourists in Fengdu during the day, and I am not eye-catching when I walk among the crowd.
As I was walking, I didn’t know who took a photo of me. When I looked back, I found that it was an acquaintance!
"Xiaoyue!" I shouted in surprise.
"Yeah!" She was still so lively, as weird as an elf.
I asked her with a smile, "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to travel." She put her hands behind her back, holding her head up, like a child who was trying to praise her. She was still wearing black clothes, with a slightly blue eyes very distinctive, and her two braids and a straw hat that looked even more energetic.
I looked around her and asked, "Are you the only one?"
"Yes, I'm the only one." She smiled, "Let's go and have tea. I have a lot of things to tell you!"
After saying that, she took me away without saying a word. When she arrived at a tea shop, she sat down face to face with me, asked for a pot of West Lake Longjing, then supported her chin and blinked at me.
I always think it was not a coincidence that she appeared here. After asking her, I realized that it was her master who asked her to come to Fengdu to do something. As for what happened, I was inconvenient to ask more questions. After all, Feng is a ghost city, so it is not a strange thing for Onmyoji to come here.
She told me so much, and I also told her about my recent situation.
After hearing this, she laughed, "It turns out that the barrier at the city gate was set by you. Didn't those ghost messengers cause trouble for you?"
"It's not just ghosts!" I curled my lips, "Even the Emperor of Fengdu was alarmed."
"Are you all here to find you? It seems that you have caused a lot of trouble this time." Xiaoyue said playfully, "But things like ghost deeds are really difficult. After being placed in ghost deeds, it is difficult to manage both the living and the underworld, so you can only admit that you are unlucky."
"Who said no? But..." I felt a little uncomfortable, "But I really can't bear to see such a good girl tortured to death by an evil ghost. Besides, she can't be reincarnated for the rest of her life, which means she has to accompany that ghost king for life! It's so inhumane!"
After hearing this, Xiaoyue turned her eyes, "Actually, it's very simple. When your friend dies, won't she be under the jurisdiction of the Emperor of Fengdu?"
"She was taken to get married when she died!" I reminded.
"Then just go to find the Emperor of Fengdu before she gets married after her death?" Xiaoyue smiled and showed her sharp little tiger teeth.
"Yes, yes, I'm afraid he will go back on his word then!" I said angrily, "I can't force him to admit that Yun Panxi's life is not over, and he was killed by a ghost, right? Are you kidding me?"
After I finished talking, I drank the tea, but Xiaoyue smiled badly.
I'll go... This girl won't really have the idea of life and death, right?!
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