"If my guess is correct, little brother should have just gained power not long ago."
Li Jun stopped and said nothing.
Hu Mingsheng took a step back and continued: "This world is more cruel and complicated than you think. As ordinary people, we often cannot see the truth of the world."
"It's like little brother, if you knew a little more, you wouldn't attack the concubine in the Concubine Mausoleum."
"We all heard what the two brats said just now. Little brother, do you know who He Bo is?"
Hu Mingsheng tilted his head, half-smiling but not smiling, with a very flat expression, as if he was in control of the overall situation.
"Tell me and listen." Li Jun said.
"Barren mountains and ridges are very dangerous at night. Why don't we go to your house and sit down and talk by candlelight at night." Hu Mingsheng blinked.
"Okay, you lead the way and we'll talk about it after we enter the city." Li Jun was expressionless.
"No way. With your strength, are you still afraid that I will attack you from behind?"
Hu Mingsheng muttered, and although he was a little dissatisfied, he still walked ahead.
The mountain road was dim, and Li Jun could barely see the road through the moonlight. Suddenly, Li Jun saw Hu Mingsheng making a magic formula, and a glowing ghost figure slowly rose.
The ghost shadow floated in the air, emitting phosphorescent light, illuminating the road surface brightly.
Is this okay?
Seeing Li Jun staring at the ghost, Hu Mingsheng smiled awkwardly: "The little ghost I just captured is very weak. It is good for lighting. The upside-down female ghost you conquered is more powerful."
Li Jun did not answer the conversation.
Hu Mingsheng rambled on by himself, and the two of them walked along the mountain road to the gate of Anping County.
The city gate is wide open and a row of lanterns is hung.
There were no soldiers guarding the city gate, just an old man dozing against the wall.
When the old man heard the noise, he quickly opened his eyes. When he saw someone coming from the other side, he mumbled something and went back to sleep.
The city gates of Anping County are never closed at night.
Hu Mingsheng and Li Jun swaggered into the city.
"Uh, little brother, where is your home?"
"Follow me." Li Jun said calmly.
Li Jun raised his head, looked around, and led Hu Mingsheng to a small alley.
There are lanterns and colorful decorations here, and big red lanterns are hung on the lintels, making it look festive.
Li Jun walked straight to a door. The plaque read Mianxiang Pavilion, and several women dressed in enchanting clothes were soliciting customers.
"Uncle, come and play!"
When these women saw Li Jun, they all came over with charming smiles and were about to lean in.
Li Jun pushed the woman away.
"Set out all the good wine and food you have here, and don't bother us."
…
Li Jun and Hu Mingsheng were sitting in the box, staring at each other. There were some chicken, duck, fish and wine on the table.
"Little brother, what do you mean by bringing me here?" Hu Mingsheng said with a bitter smile.
"Didn't you say it's a treat? Anyone who is polite is a bastard. I don't want to be a bastard." Li Jun tore off the chicken legs and ate them.
Hu Mingsheng: "..."
"Then we can't come to a brothel. How about we go to a serious place?" Hu Mingsheng tightened his clothes, looking like he was afraid of being taken advantage of.
"It's too late, the restaurants are closed."
Li Jun stopped eating and suddenly said seriously: "Didn't you say you wanted to tell me something?"
"Little brother just got his power, right?"
Without waiting for Li Jun's answer, Hu Mingsheng continued: "If I remember correctly, my little brother once worked as a waiter at the Delicious Inn."
"Don't deny it. You were fired by the store owner and kicked out. I was at the scene, haha."
Li Jun was originally a commoner who was not very clever. In order to survive, he worked as a clerk, a coolie, and a salesman.
Li Jun did not speak, and Hu Mingsheng was not prepared to wait for Li Jun's answer.
"My little brother was an ordinary person before and couldn't see the truth of the world. Now he suddenly gains power. If he doesn't know how to restrain himself, he can easily get into trouble."
"Our country, the Jin Dynasty, has two sets of bureaucracies."
"One light and one dark."
"One yang and one yin."
"The Ming Dynasty was dominated by the Jin Dynasty, which governed states, counties, prefectures, counties, and villages."
"The dark one regards the underworld as his lord, and has jurisdiction over the city god, mountain god, land god, river god, lake god, well god, etc."
Hu Mingsheng spoke eloquently.
Li Jun finally understood.
The so-called underworld is established by a group of ghosts and gods, such as mountain gods, land gods, water gods, well gods, etc. In essence, they are still ghosts, but they have become the gods of the underworld.
Those who are naturalized are called gods and are called ghosts and gods.
The rest are just ghosts.
There are also many sects of human cultivation.
Buddhism.
Mainly based on compassion, the teaching is that all living beings are equal, and Buddhist scriptures can soothe the grievances of evil ghosts.
Taoism.
Pay attention to Taoism and nature, and Taoist scriptures can also drive away ghosts, but they are ineffective against ghosts and gods who have become gods.
Both Buddhism and Taoism are relatively pure-hearted and have few desires. They usually live in seclusion in famous mountains and rivers and rarely come out of the world.
Onmyoji.
Hu Mingsheng belongs to the Yin Yang Tao school, which is good at reading Feng Shui, fortune telling, divination, controlling ghosts, etc.
Channeling.
They mainly serve gods, and they summon the gods to fight when they fight. The gods they serve can be big or small.
The more powerful the god you serve, the stronger your strength will be. If you serve a lonely ghost, your strength will be average.
"I understand, Yin Yang Dao is to control ghosts; psychic Dao is controlled by ghosts. If you look at it this way, I admire Yin Yang Dao even more." Li Jun said lightly.
Seeing Li Jun praising his own school, Hu Mingsheng felt a little complacent.
But when he thought about the situation and status of his own school, he felt sad again.
Hu Mingsheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This world is a world of ghosts and monsters. Our Yin and Yang Dao can only control some low-level lonely ghosts."
"To truly have strong combat effectiveness, you have to look at the channel. After all, human beings are not as powerful as ghosts. Only ghosts can deal with ghosts."
"The underworld governs various ghosts and gods, who sit in one place and protect all living beings. Without them, we humans would have been eaten up by wild ghosts long ago."
Do ghosts protect humans?
Li Jun thinks it's a bit nonsense. Even if they join the divine book, they are still ghosts in essence!
Wild ghosts cannibalize people. It makes no sense that ghosts who have entered the underworld will suddenly become noble and stop eating people?
"Don't ghosts and gods eat people?" Li Jun asked coldly.
Hu Mingsheng was silent for a long time before replying: "You can also eat it, but we humans only need to pay a small price to be protected, so it is still very cost-effective."
"Our Anping County has always been under the jurisdiction of Hebo of the Weishui River. We only need to sacrifice ten girls every year, and Hebo will protect Anping County."
"He Bo only needs ten girls every year, but the desires of wild ghosts are endless. If there are no restrictions, a high-level evil ghost can even eat up the entire population of a county."
Li Jun stared at the chicken legs quietly.
He always felt that Hu Mingsheng didn't tell him everything, or that Hu Mingsheng didn't know everything?
There is essentially no difference between ghosts and wild ghosts. If you are a wild ghost, you can eat and drink as much as you want, but as a ghost, you can only eat ten girls a year.