The old dog Huangshan is both a demon and a human. Many times, even he himself can’t tell whether he is a demon or a human.
Dozens of people in Donglinfang also lost their lives in their generation, but the older generation also had a good death.
Nowadays, there are many empty houses in Donglinfang, and many ghosts that have turned into humans have entered the underworld after the death of the elders in the houses.
They will stay here for the next three hundred years and cannot go anywhere.
When leaving, Huangshan gave Chen Changsheng some tea leaves that the old man had left behind.
Huang Shan smiled plainly, as if he was really just a country man. He smiled and said: "This is really all I have, sir. Don't blame me for being stingy."
I have always regarded this tea as a treasure. If it weren't for Mr. Chen, he might not have taken it out.
"Thank you very much."
Chen Changsheng accepted it, no matter what, it was out of his heart.
After leaving this small courtyard, Chen Changsheng headed towards the City God Temple.
Huang Shan moved a chair to the door and sat down.
His eyes were a little cloudy, much like the old man sitting here.
He is still the old dog, working as a guard.
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The Chenghuang Temple in Donglinfang is probably the place with the strongest evil spirit.
The original badger demon was now wearing the clothes of the City God, looking particularly serious, and flanked by dozens of little demons, who were also acting in a shady and irregular manner.
The doors of the City God's Temple were wide open, but no mortal pilgrims came today.
The badger demon sat in the center of the hall, extremely nervous, waiting anxiously.
It wasn't until the pair of green and white soap boots stepped into this place that the badger demon hurriedly got up and went to greet them.
"Donglinfang is in charge of Chenghuang Badger, and I have met Mr. Chen!"
Chen Changsheng glanced at him, but did not speak, but walked out of the City God's Temple.
While walking, Chen Changsheng said.
"Bring all the cases from the past ten years together, as well as the booklet containing the incense."
Chen Changsheng's words seemed to be an understatement.
But the badger demon's ears were filled with cold sweat, and he quickly ordered the little demon next to him to carry up all the case sects.
Don't dare to leave any book behind.
The badger demon knew in his heart that if he missed a copy, he would be in trouble.
Chen Changsheng walked straight to the throne in the main hall, lifted up his shirt and sat down.
The badger demon was waiting aside, and ordered the demons under his command to make tea and bring melons and fruits.
All etiquette is complete and you don't dare to slack off.
A few quarters of an hour later, nearly a dozen cases were placed on the table.
The badger demon said: "Mr. Chen, these are the cases in recent years. Not a single bit has been left behind. The book next to it is filled with incense. Apart from giving out favors and exorcising evil spirits, I haven't taken any of them."
"You will know after Chen looks at it," Chen Changsheng said.
Chen Changsheng then opened the case and started reading.
The badger demon was trembling with fear. He had personally dealt with everything above and did not dare to make any mistakes. However, it was not clear what was fair. He was also afraid that he might make mistakes sometimes.
"In the past ten years or so, a total of 132 people have died. Most of them were minor cases. I would like to ask Mr. Chen to draw lessons from this."
Chen Changsheng read them one by one.
With a calm expression on his face, he flipped through one book after another.
It has to be said that the badger demon does have a unique view on justice. Maybe it was because he was evil in the first place, so he is so clear about what evil is.
But to say that there is no problem at all is definitely impossible.
It is most difficult to judge whether it is right or wrong. It would be strange if they were all right.
Chen Changsheng also understands this truth, but as long as there is no big mistake, he will not hold on to it.
The sound of turning pages kept ringing in the hall.
The atmosphere is a bit heavy.
The badger demon and the many other monsters in the hall were so angry that they did not dare to breathe, for fear of disturbing the person in the hall.
Chen Changsheng finished reading the more than ten cases of this case, and then asked: "You were the one who judged it all by yourself?"
The badger demon shook his head and said: "I consulted several surrounding city gods on some matters. I made multiple judgments and focused on the key points before I got the result."
"What do you think, sir?"
Chen Changsheng nodded slightly and said, "It's acceptable."
As soon as these words came out, all the demons in the hall seemed to be relieved, and the hanging big rocks also fell down.
"Although it's okay, there are a lot of things that are worth mentioning. Let's take a look."
The badger demon stepped forward.
Chen Changsheng immediately opened the case, pointed to the conclusions in it, and said: "This person enjoys the affairs of men and women, often goes to brothels, and even forgets his wife and children. Although he has bad conduct, he often does good deeds.
, he has many merits and virtues, but the result of your judgment also includes this person’s character and reduces his merits.”
The badger demon asked: "Sir, what do you think should not be done?"
"Yin and Yang have their own laws. You need to know that in the judgment of the Yin Division, character is not among them. It is determined by merit and demerit. Although this person forgets his wife and children, he has never done anything to persecute a daughter of a good family. This is
A line of conduct does not count as an offense, it should belong to the category of morality, and the distinction between law and morality must be made clear."
"Law and virtue..."
The badger demon began to ponder, and then said: "In recent years, many city gods have been judged on many matters. Several city gods have different opinions. Many times they have been entangled between morality and law. What do you mean, sir, that the two should be separated?"
Chen Changsheng nodded and said: "Moral character cannot be used as evidence for judgment, it can only be used as a reference."
The badger demon thought for a long time after hearing this.
"The law is greater than love..."
He murmured in his mouth, as if he had thought of something.
"It should be so! It should be so!"
The badger demon raised his head in a daze and said, "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your advice."
Chen Changsheng waved his hand and said: "It's not really an advice. What Chen did was just to benefit the people of Donglinfang."
"Yes, yes..."
The badger demon nodded, not daring to say anything more.
Chen Changsheng looked at the incense account book beside him.
He reached out and picked it up, then started to read through it.
The incense burned every day of every year is recorded in the book, and the incense consumed is also written down one by one.
The remaining incense was kept together and kept by the badger demon alone.
The badger demon stretched out his hand, and the power of the incense appeared in his palm.
"Please sir, take a look."
Chen Changsheng's eyes fell on the badger demon's eyes.
The badger demon was a little nervous for a moment and did not dare to look into Chen Changsheng's eyes.
Chen Changsheng took the ball of incense and immediately asked: "No more, no less."
"Yes..." the badger demon said softly.
Chen Changsheng closed the incense book and said immediately: "It's not good, it's not bad either. I hope you won't make any mistakes in the next three hundred years."
The badger demon said quickly: "Don't dare to make mistakes."
When Chen Changsheng saw the ball of incense put into his sleeve, he stood up.
"No need to send it away. Chen will come back in a few years."
When the badger demon saw Chen Changsheng leaving, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then I thought about the remaining two hundred years.
It's been so long...
"well……"
The badger demon sighed and muttered: "Bake it up slowly."