Judge, please respect yourself

The only inn in Fengdu City is not very popular. The boss standing in front of the counter has thick black eye circles and a pale face. Apart from them, there are no other customers in the inn. The wooden ladder creaked when stepped on, as if it would collapse at any moment, and the guest room was full of dust. There were many holes in the doors and windows, but no one repaired them. There was wind blowing in from outside, and the whistling sound of the wind reverberated inside the room. People shuddered, and people in Fengdu called this ghost building.

Li An endured his fear in this kind of inn and lived in it for about a month. During the past month, he tried hard to seek guidance from Fifth Ghost Lord, but finally succeeded. Although he lost a box of gold, It's more reassuring.

He squatted outside the ghost building and borrowed a discarded copper basin from the boss. He kept burning paper money in it, fanning the wind while burning. There was still more than half of the yellow paper piled up, so Luan Mu carried a lot of them over again.

"This... my lord, you must have burnt too much, right?"

"Not much, not much, you don't know, so much paper money in the human world is burned, but there is only such a small amount of Ming money, it is a loss, a loss."

Luan Mu gestured to the thickness of the money with his hands, Bei Yunrong went downstairs and saw the two of them here, so he came to see the situation.

"What are you doing?"

"As you can see, burn paper money."

"Who is it for?"

"Give it to me, I'm going to the ghost world soon, more or less there will be times when I need money, besides you and Nian Qing, I'm afraid that the money saved in the ghost world will not be enough, but I don't have to give it myself." Lier burns paper money by himself, so I asked him to help."

"Burn paper money for yourself?"

Li An looked at Luan Mu in amazement, and dropped most of the yellow paper in his hand in fright.

"I'm not an ordinary person, but I won't eat you either. You're going to go to the ghost world with us anyway. Why don't you establish a good relationship now so that I can take care of you on the way."

"This... Your Excellency is right."

Ever since he heard Fifth Ghost Master call Luan Mu an adult, Li An followed suit. Although he didn't know where this person was and what kind of official he was, since Fifth Ghost Lord respected Luan Mu a bit, he couldn't neglect him. So he continued to burn the paper money with all his heart, Luan Mu turned around and went to the inn, took out two jars of the ten jars of mixed grain wine that he had just brought out from Yiju, and brought some wine containers along the way, and filled them up for each of them. Serve a bowl.

Migraine is a kind of wood unique to Fengdu. It grows in the wetlands of Yinshan Mountain. People in Fengdu used it to make wine and sold it to those who were going to the ghost world.

Luan Mu handed the wine bowl to Li An and Bei Yunrong who were burning paper money at the door, "Drink it."

Li An saw that the bowl of wine was dark and cloudy, but there seemed to be golden light shining on its surface, with the charm of heaven, river and clouds. He took the wine and smelled it, it was full of the fragrance of wood, he took a sip But the belly has no taste, neither the bitterness of trees nor the smell of wine, which is very strange.

"Is this the maize wine? Apart from the color, there doesn't seem to be anything amazing about the taste."

"It's not for you. If you want to enter the ghost world smoothly, then drink more, so that you won't be trapped in a maze and lose your life."

"So, that's how it is."

After Li An heard about it, he immediately gulped down the wine in his hand, then got up and drank most of it with a jug of booze, Luan Mu smiled and sat down beside him.

"Let me ask you, if you don't return this time, you won't be able to return to the human world, and you will be dead. Do you still insist on going to the ghost world?"

The wine in his hand suddenly stopped, Li An looked at the wine in the altar, it seemed endless and bottomless, then he raised his head and looked at the white mist in front of him, thousands of thoughts flooded him, he lowered his eyebrows.

"I am a county magistrate from another county. I work for the people in the morning and have always been clean in government. That box of gold is my salary that I have worked so hard to save for more than ten years. Everyone sees that I look good, but in fact every night Reconciliation is hard to sleep. In fact, before I became an official, I was just a poor scholar. I failed the imperial examination for ten years, and I have already become the laughing stock of the villagers. At that time, she was the only one. My wife never I have disliked me, we are childhood sweethearts, she married into my family without hesitation regardless of the family's suspicion of me, and my family's field is only half an acre, life is hard, we stay together day and night, make fun of it, life is not bad After I was lucky enough to have a child, I gave up the imperial examination for my wife and children, and planned to concentrate on farming to support my family. However, one day, I heard from the villagers that Ganoderma lucidum was grown on the mountain. During the season, I thought about going up the mountain to try my luck, dig some to exchange for silver, and buy some thick clothes for my wife and children, but until late at night, I didn’t see the shadow of Ganoderma lucidum. Looking at the moonless sky, I was worried for some reason. It was terrible, so I didn’t intend to look for it anymore, and rushed home all the way, but it really confirmed my uneasiness. I saw a few bandits broke into my house and robbed them. They all had knives in their hands. I was afraid that my subconscious would hide. Outside the door, I heard the sound of my wife and children desperately begging for mercy. I wanted to rush in to protect them, but my legs seemed to be locked in place, and I couldn’t move. My son saved money and killed my wife and children, while I saved my life and listened to my wife and children's tragic wailing. Later, I escaped from the village and took part in the imperial examination. Finally, my previous wish was fulfilled, my life was a hundred times richer than before, everyone praised me for my good life, but only I knew how lonely I was when there was no one next to my bed, I could dream of the wailing of my wife and children every night when I was killed. I dreamed that they asked me why I refused to save them. I didn’t know how to answer. Every time I woke up, I felt pain in my heart. It was because of the emptiness in my heart that I realized later that all I wanted was to see my wife and children again and apologize to them face to face."

"It is possible that your wife and children have already been reincarnated, and this trip will end in vain."

"If that's the case, I will wait for them in the ghost world until they forgive me, and I will not have any regrets in this life."

"Hope you can find them."

Bei Yunrong stared ahead, Li An looked over in surprise, his eyes were reddish, and he thanked him hoarsely. Only he knew that even if he had a lot of money, he could not be worth a poor wife.

"Are you secretly drinking behind my back here?"

Nian Qing came down from upstairs and sat beside Bei Yunrong. Luan Mu frowned slightly, but still passed the wine in his hand, "I didn't mean to recite it, anyway, sooner or later, I will let you drink it too." of."

Although the taste of this mixed grain wine is light and not strong, but after drinking a few more sips, the fragrance overflows from the lips and teeth, it is not a pleasant taste. A few people sat in the inn and took all the ten jars of mixed grain wine brought by the ghost fifth master. After drinking it all, the innkeeper lit the single lantern outside the door, and there was some light in the white mist, so as to guide those who lost their way home at night.

Luan Mu dragged Li An out of the door and continued to burn the remaining paper money into ashes. Li An was a little drunk and couldn't see the position of the brazier in front of him, so he threw a lot of yellow paper out of the basin. Tricked and teased him, making a fuss.

"When are you going to make it clear with him?"

Seeing Bei Yunrong quietly looking at Luan Mu outside the door, Nian Qing asked dissatisfiedly, but Bei Yunrong just turned her head and said nothing.

"Could it be that you really plan to go to the ghost world with him?"

"There are clues to the spirit master in the ghost world. Whether you say it or not, you have to go."

"You don't have to worry about this matter, he will investigate clearly."

"It's about the common people, and I want to do my part."

Nian Qing didn't continue talking, picked up the teapot on the table and poured a cup of tea, drank it alone, sighed and looked at the person opposite him solemnly, "If you want to overcome the suffering of others, I can't persuade you any more. It's just You have to know, I sincerely hope that you will become a fairy."

"Why are you so attached to me?"

"The relationship between people is nothing more than fate. I just want to make friends with you, a gentleman."

Bei Yunrong looked at Nian Qing with some doubts. What he said seemed to imply that he could not become friends without becoming a fairy. He wanted to ask clearly, but he only heard a loud noise at the gate of the city, which attracted the attention of the three of them.

Luan Mu watched the hazy fire light up in the fog in the distance. The fire light had some secrets, reflecting the red flames in front of him, and the footsteps on the long street were noisy. wake up.

"There are still three hours until Zishi, we are going to Yinshan now."

The three of them came out of the inn quickly, Luan Mu blew out the lights outside the inn, took advantage of the surrounding fog to hide, and hurried to Yinshan in the southeast of the long street.

But Yinshan is on the east side of the city gate. In the past, he had to meet those people. Through the white mist, Luan Mu saw the crowds of people in front of him, but he couldn't see who it was. .

"Sect Master Ming Gong, are you sure they are here?"

"Is it true that my subordinates have followed me up to this point? If Daoist Jinyu doesn't believe it, he can go back."

"I naturally believe in the suzerain."

Zhuang Hua and Ming Gong? !In other words, the dense flames are the disciples of Wan Lan and Huang Yan?Luan Mu didn't want the two well-known families to come here together, and Luan Mu felt that things were a little tricky, and they were ignorant of being followed along the way.

Now things are a bit difficult. Fengdu’s entrance to the ghost world is open on an irregular day. Although the door will be opened every few days, it’s not always the time, even though Fifth Ghost can calculate the time. day, but I can't guarantee that I won't be captured by this group of people during this period.

Because of the fog, the other party didn't seem to notice them, but if they were going to Yinshan, they had to pass by them. How could they act so as not to startle them?

Luan Mu stayed where he was and didn't dare to move rashly, while Nian Qing who was beside him had already beaten the nearest disciple, covering his mouth, and knocked him out.