When we arrived at the end of the ghost market, we saw an archway not far from Xiao Shizhu.
This archway, which is three feet high and about two feet wide, also has the characteristics of the underworld. Although it is a wooden-like structure with two pillars and one room on the third floor, there are four seal-engraved characters of "Underworld" on the squares on the first floor. The beams are on the front and back.
There is a pair of relief zodiac animals, which are extremely heroic and majestic. On the square pillars are carved a picture of a hundred ghosts walking at night, some are struggling, some are roaring, and some are being tortured, which are vivid and vivid.
After passing the archway, we came to the entrance of a building complex that resembled an ancient government office.
Xiao Shizhu strode into the Yamen following Hei Bai Wuchang. The first thing that caught his eye was a screen wall, a linear building complex composed of blue brick reliefs. In the center was a dragon head, lion tail, and cow hooves, a monster that looked like a unicorn; Xiao Shizhu
He knew that this thing was called greed, and it meant warning officials not to be too greedy. But for some reason, Xiao Shizhu couldn't help but show a contemptuous smile after looking at the stone beast. Perhaps he knew that a broken stone had no warning effect at all.
After passing the screen wall, you can see another gate, which is three rooms wide. The open room is the aisle of the 100-meter corridor. In the first half of the east end room, there is a drum for people to beat grievances; in the front half of the west end room, there is a drum.
There are two stone tablets erected on them, which are engraved with "False accusations will be increased by three grades, and more accusations will be punished by fifty punishments." There is a vertical plaque above the door with the three characters "Ghost Punishment Hall" written on it. Two men in green clothes and black hats are standing at the door.
Take it to Gui Cha.
After entering the gate, you came to the lobby. In the large but slightly dark hall, the wind was howling and the will-o'-the-wisps were flying; making the hall dim and bright, making it even more eerie.
Xiao Shizhu took a closer look and saw a public case in the middle of the hall. Behind the case, there was a man with leopard eyes and a lion's nose, a long beard, a crown on his head and a black robe. The front of the black robe on his body was
There is a big word "Guang" embroidered on it. If it weren't for the clothes he was wearing, he would have the temperament of a pig butcher.
On the left and right sides below the public case, there was a team of ghosts holding water and fire sticks with blue faces and red hair. When they saw Xiao Shizhu walking into the hall, they shouted in a long voice in unison: "Mighty!".
Behind the public case, on the right side of the leopard-eyed, lion-nosed ghost, there is a platform one foot high, with a mirror as large as ten circles, hanging to the east, with seven characters across it, saying, "There are no good people in front of the evil mirror platform." When you look at this platform,
, Xiao Shizhu knew that the man with leopard eyes and lion nose must be the legendary King Guang of Qin.
Black and White Wuchang brought him to the center of the hall, pressed his shoulders and made him kneel down facing King Qin Guang. The aloof King Qin Guang squinted his eyes and looked at him, and asked slowly: "The name of the ghost kneeling down in the hall is
Whose name is it?".
"Xiao Shizhu." Xiao Shizhu quickly replied.
"Oh." King Qin Guang said, flipping through the book on the public case in front of him, looking at it carefully for a few times, then moving his eyes from the book to Xiao Shizhu, smacking his lips, shaking his head gently and using his words.
Wei said to him in a regretful tone: "You have a lot of bad records. Almost every day you do deception under the guise of fortune telling, threaten evil things, and often hire thugs to beat people. You are not a good person in the world."
! Come on, let’s hit a hundred killing sticks first!” As soon as he finished speaking, a ghost messenger came out from the left and right, walking towards Xiao Shizhu with a sinister smile.
"Slow down!" After hearing this, Xiao Shizhu was not frightened. Instead, he raised his hand and made a pause gesture. After making the two ghosts coming towards him stunned, he quickly took out two fifty taels from his pocket.
He held the big ingot high above his head and said loudly to King Qin Guang: "Your Majesty is really good at joking. I, this villain, are just asking for inner counsel and enlightening the hearts of all living beings. It is a good deed to accumulate virtue. You don't know that there are too many people committing suicide in the world today.
I don’t know how much more workload it will add to your Majesty. I would like to ask Your Majesty for your enlightenment!” After saying that, he stood up and strode to the front of the public case.
The two ingots in his hands were placed in front of King Qin Guang.
In the previous encounter with Black and White Wuchang, Xiao Shizhu already knew that it was not groundless that money can make people go around. At this time, he repeated his old tricks again, hoping to alleviate his crime.
King Qin Guang looked at the two gold ingots and his eyes widened. Nowadays, more and more people are printing underworld coins privately, and their denominations are getting larger and larger, which indirectly leads to severe inflation in the underworld. The ghosts who come down
There are very few people who carry hard goods such as gold and silver treasures.
Today, when he saw Xiao Shizhu making two big ingots with one move, he was already ecstatic. However, he calmed down quickly. After all, as the leader of the ten kings of hell, he still had to remain a big king even though he was happy.
Don't be alarmed when things change, otherwise where is the majesty?
Therefore, King Qin Guang quickly calmed down. After coughing twice, he scolded in a deep voice with righteous words: "You are just lying to others. If you talk about psychological counseling to beautify yourself, your crime will be increased! A hundred murders."
The stick was changed to three hundred, and after the beating, he was thrown directly into the tongue pulling hell and the tongue was pulled out for a hundred years before talking about it.”
But while he was speaking, his eyes were always fixed on the two gold ingots; it could be seen that his words were said without intention. He was just trying to see if Xiao Shizhu still had any money and could pry out some more.
Fortunately, Xiao Shizhu was also a smart man. He knew the mystery as soon as he heard this. He immediately took out two more gold ingots, placed them in front of King Qin Guang, stretched his head forward, and whispered to King Qin Guang: "Your Majesty, count me
All my actions in the human world are fortune-telling, and they also use magical techniques such as the Six Yao Yao of the Book of Changes. After all, I am also a practitioner, so how can I say that I am beautifying myself?"
King Qin Guang was completely moved when he saw two more ingots, so he coughed again, hurriedly covered the four ingots with the scroll at hand, pretended to be shocked, and shouted: "Is it possible?"
I made a mistake, please wait until I see it again." As he said that, he pretended to open the book.
After a while, King Qin Guang smiled, took a pen to write something on the scroll, and said thoughtfully: "I really made a mistake, you are a man of merit. So be it, this murderous power
The stick is spared. You should step aside for now. As for where you will go from now on, I will have to think carefully about it and announce your arrival in ten days."
Xiao Shizhu was so smart that he immediately knew that King Qin Guang was trying to blackmail him ten days later; but he also knew that immediately refuting or forcing him would only make King Qin Guang feel disgusted. If King Qin Guang pushed him away in anger,
By going to the evil mirror, the evil ghost's crime will be confirmed. Then he will have to suffer the consequences, and whether he can return to the human world is a question.
So Xiao Shizhu nodded quickly, raised his hands above his head, made a fist, and shouted loudly: "The king is not only wise, but also handsome. He is really a blessing to all living beings in the underworld."
After a thousand attempts to flatter him, King Qin Guang suddenly showed satisfaction when he saw that he was so sensible. He stroked his beard under his chin and gently waved his left hand, indicating that Xiao Shizhu could withdraw.
Already.
After a while, Black and White Wuchang took Xiao Shizhu out of the back of the Ghost Prosecution Hall and stood under the archway in front of the Gui Yamen. Before Black and White Wuchang could speak, Xiao Shizhu's stomach rumbled. He smiled awkwardly and said to the two of them.
The ghost said: "Two gentlemen, I have to take care of you all the way, so I would like to invite you to dinner. I wonder if you can give me a favor?"
As he spoke, he thought in his heart: "Don't time stop when a person dies? Why do I still feel hungry? Are all myths a lie? No wonder people have to offer meals to the dead during the Qingming Festival and Winter Solstice!".
"No, no." Bai Wuchang smiled and said to Xiao Shizhu: "We brothers have to go and attract other souls, and we will meet again another day." Although the time we got together was short, Bai Wuchang still had a lot of affection for Xiao Shizhu.
I have a good impression of him. In the past, he always liked to smile but hide his knives, but for some reason he just couldn't be cruel to this young brat.
Hei Wuchang glanced at Xiao Shizhu, and seemed to see through Xiao Shizhu's thoughts with just one glance, and said: "Ghosts also need to eat in order to keep their souls alive and not lose their souls. There are wine shops in the ghost market,
If you're hungry, just go to the wine shop and buy some food to satisfy your hunger."
After saying this, the two ghosts strode out of Fengdu City together.
Xiao Shizhu stood there, watching the two ghost agents leave and then go to the ghost market.
This ghost town made him feel strange and curious. So although he was hungry, he still walked around the ghost market. Then he found that almost all the ghosts here were wearing ancient Hanfu, but he was wearing jeans.
The short-sleeved T-shirt always felt uncoordinated, so I went to a tailor shop to buy clothes that fit me, and then I went to eat after changing into them.
After leaving the tailor shop, he randomly found a restaurant and walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the waiter hanging with a white towel. He greeted him with a smile and said to him: "Guest, please come in, you want to eat."
What to order?”.
"What are your specialty dishes?" Xiao Shizhu looked around casually as he spoke. He saw six square tables neatly placed in the lobby of the restaurant. Only one table had diners shouting "Five Chiefs!"
, six six six!" he punched, while the other tables were empty.
There is a tall shelf deep in the lobby, filled with wine cans. There is a wooden ladder on the left side of the cabinet, leading to the second floor. Not far from the cabinet, there is a long table with tea cans, money jars, abacus, account books and the Four Treasures of the Study.
A thin middle-aged man stood behind a long table, put his right hand upright on the table, rested his head on the palm of his hand and took a nap.
This man was wearing coarse clothes and trousers, and he didn't look like a shopkeeper, but he didn't look like a cashier either. For a while, even an old man like Xiao Shizhu, who was very perceptive, couldn't tell who the man was.
Xiao Shizhu followed the waiter to the table by the window deep in the lobby and sat down. He only heard the waiter say to him: "Sir, the shop's best specialty is steamed fish and braised tiger dragon meat. You
Do you want one of the same?".
"Yingyu? Tiger dragon?" Xiao Shizhu looked at the waiter with doubts. If he remembered correctly, these are rare and exotic animals recorded in ancient books. There are no such things in the human world. Unexpectedly, the underworld
He was actually able to eat it, which made him immediately interested.
Seeing the waiter nodding affirmatively to him, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Okay! Let's have the same dish, then a soup, and then a bowl of rice." After saying this, he waved his hand and signaled the waiter to hurry up and pass the message.
vegetable.
"Okay." The waiter smiled and turned around to go to the kitchen. Xiao Shizhu turned to look at the street scene outside the window and was lost in thought; at this time, the cloudy sun was setting in the west, and the red afterglow filled every corner of Fengdu.
Not only was it not weird at all, but it actually made Xiao Shizhu feel comfortable.
But he didn't notice that the man behind the counter in the store had slowly woken up and was staring at him.
After a while, the man who had been napping behind the counter went to the kitchen in person and carried the dishes ordered by Xiao Shizhu. After setting them out for him one by one, the man asked the waiter to bring him a pot of wine and two cups.
, then he sat down opposite Xiao Shizhu, and before Xiao Shizhu asked, he smiled at him and said: "This is my own green bamboo brew, made from thirty-six kinds of flower dew and seventy-two kinds of grains.
Give it to the guest to have a taste." After saying that, he placed an empty cup in front of Xiao Shizhu, stood up and poured wine for Xiao Shizhu.
In an instant, the air around Xiao Shizhu was filled with the aroma of wine, making people feel tipsy just by smelling it.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Shizhu, who had only been intoxicated for three seconds, quickly shook his head and regained his composure. When he saw the other person's respectful expression, the words "If you show courtesy for nothing, you are either a traitor or a thief?" suddenly flashed in his mind.
He was caring, but not happy, and asked in a leisurely manner: "Does everyone who comes to your store have this preferential treatment?".
"No, you are the only guest." The man said and sat down. After pouring himself another drink, he looked into Xiao Shizhu's eyes and said, "I am the shopkeeper of this small restaurant. My surname is Mo and my last name is Zhai. I want to use this name."