There's A Beauty

Youshu remembers that she died of heart failure. She should be an old man with chicken skin and white hair, but now she looks like a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old. marginal place.He shouted his master's name loudly, but he didn't get any response, so he had to choose a direction and walk forward.

A bright light appeared in front of it, and it was getting bigger and bigger. When you got closer, you realized that it was a door. It was made of some kind of material, and it looked very magnificent.He carefully observed the patterns on the door, and found that there were scenes such as six reincarnations, eighteen layers of hell, Huangquan Road, Wangxiang Terrace, and Naihe Bridge carved.

Is this the gate of hell?He was slightly startled, but there was no way to retreat. It was better to enter the underworld than to wander in the endless darkness. Maybe the master was waiting for him on the Naihe Bridge.Thinking of this, he immediately stretched out his hand to push, but it was hard to shake no matter what.After working for about a quarter of an hour, he was exhausted and out of breath. He tried to force his mental strength and dragon energy into his palms, and pushed again.The pattern on the door seemed to have a suction force, and it started to crazily absorb the dragon energy in his palm, but automatically eliminated the spiritual power.

The dazzling purple light traveled along the lines, and the closed door was opened inch by inch. When there was only a trace of dragon energy left in Youshu's body, the door finally opened a gap that could accommodate a person to pass through.Youshu hurriedly got in, and there was a loud bang, and the door closed again. The front was still dark, but there was a shimmering road under her feet.

Youshu walked along the road for an unknown amount of time, and finally entered an empty palace. There were blue ghost lights swaying in the palace, illuminating the surroundings very eeriely.Suddenly, there was a shrill scream in front of him, which made his heart tense.He immediately fumbled into his sleeve pocket, only to find that all the talismans hidden inside were gone.

That's right, I should be a ghost now, how could I bring over the things from the Yang world.Thinking of this, he could only hide his body as much as possible to avoid being discovered. When he was about to reach the end of the dimly lit corridor, he stopped for a moment and then climbed up quickly on the reliefs on the wall, walking along the room. Liang moved inward.

He moved very slowly, and it took a full quarter of an hour before he moved to a beam of the main hall and looked down.

This should be an official office. There is a table at the top with many torture sticks inserted. There are two rows of yamen servants standing on the left and right at the bottom, holding sticks in their hands. In the open space in the middle, there are several tied-up people kneeling in front of them. There are many instruments of torture.The scream just now should have been made by the man in the middle. His hands had been cut off, and a lot of blood flowed out. His head was drooping, as if he had passed out, and there were two tiger claws by his feet for some reason.

"Take it away!" A thunderous voice sounded in the hall, and Youshu realized that there was still a person sitting in the shadow behind the table, because he was wearing a pure black official robe, with a black mask covering his face. The weird mask with red stripes almost blends with the shadow.

He leaned slightly to expose himself to the candlelight, and continued, "I will interrogate Qian Jin, the magistrate of Fengtai, and bring him up."

The two yamen servants immediately untied the rope of the man on the left and escorted him forward.The masked official took out a directory, ticked Qian Jin's name, and after confirming his identity, he began to count his crimes in detail, nothing more than oppressing the villagers, corrupting the law and so on.

Qian Jin was already scared out of his wits, and confessed to all the charges, so the official waved his hand and said "skinning".Immediately, two more yamen servants set him up, cut open the skin on the back with a knife, and peeled it off for a while.Youshu looked carefully, with slight suspicion in his eyes, there was a layer of thick black hair under the man's skin, could it be a monster?

But a yamen servant sneered and said, "So it's a jackal reincarnated, no wonder it's so greedy. I've done a lot of evil in this life, and I'm afraid even a jackal won't be able to do it in the next life!"

"That person was reincarnated from a hungry tiger before, and he is even more ruthless than him!" Another yamen servant spoke up.

"Which of the current corrupt officials is not transformed by wolves, tigers and leopards? They do evil in this life, and they will be pigs and dogs in the next life, which is also considered karmic reincarnation."

There was a lot of discussion below, and Youshu immediately understood that this place should be a place like the Palace of the King of Hell, where evil spirits are interrogated.The few tied up in the hall are afraid that they will suffer retribution today.

Sure enough, after peeling the skin, the official waved his hand and said, "Take him to the oil pan."

Amidst the howling of wolves, the group of people dragged down the ground. The official patted the gavel and ordered, "Bring Zhao Youshu, the magistrate of Suichang County, up for interrogation!"

Youshu gasped suddenly, never expecting to be discovered hiding on the beam.But he soon realized that he had made a mistake. The person below was talking about Suichang county magistrate, but he had never been a Suichang county magistrate, and there was no such place as Suichang in Xia Qi's territory.Although he restrained quickly, he was still spotted by the officials, and before he could react, his shoulder was pierced by a ray of black light.

The soul and body will also be injured and bleed, Youshu has always known.The death of the soul body is the real ashes and annihilation, and it will never be able to meet the master again, and he is likely to be waiting for him in a certain corner of the world.With such hope, You Shu could not die no matter what, he jumped onto another beam with the most agile movements in his life, then stained some blood, drew a little dragon energy, and quickly drew an invisibility talisman in the middle of his forehead .

It took only half a breath to turn from reality to emptiness. When the officials sent the government servants to check, there was no trace on the beams, and even the blood from the wound was tightly blocked by Youshu's outer robe.

"My lord, there is nothing on it. Maybe you heard it wrong. No ghost dares to trespass in the Hell of Laws. Besides, the outside is heavily guarded, so they can't get in." A yamen servant replied.

The official thought it was right, so he put aside his previous doubts and continued to interrogate Zhao Youshu, the magistrate of Suichang County.Youshu endured the pain and lay down on the crossbar, looked down, and was startled.The man kneeling on the right had disheveled hair and bowed his head. He couldn't see his true face. Now he was leaning back and pushing his legs forward vigorously, so that his face was completely exposed to Youshu's eyes. Not only did he have the same name as Youshu, but he also had the same appearance. There are also seven or eight points similar, at first glance they look like they were carved out of a mold.

All kinds of speculations popped up in Youshu's mind, but she suppressed them all and continued to watch.

After confirming the identity of the prisoner, the officials read out his various crimes as usual, and then ordered the servants to peel his skin. As soon as a cut was made, blood flowed down, accompanied by Zhao Youshu's screams like killing a pig, "Master, please forgive me, I will never dare again!" ! As long as you spare the villain this time, the villain will definitely turn over a new leaf after returning, and devote himself to the common people!"

The official didn't respond, but walked quickly to the rack, peeled his bloody flesh with his hands, and said in surprise, "Hey, how could he be a human in his previous life? Which of these corrupt officials didn't escape from the animal way?" Yes, why did someone sneak in here today?" He walked back to the desk while talking, and rummaged through a pile of paperwork.

Youshu poked out a little bit, and saw him find a book of reincarnation, flipped through a few pages, and suddenly said, "It turns out that they are the descendants of Xia Qi Guoshi. If you are a beast, you can still be an official for generations."

"Damn, the background is so big!" The yamen servant spat.

Zhao Youshu on the torture rack breathed a sigh of relief, but Youshu on the beam widened her eyes and thought to herself: Master Xia Qi, isn't it me who you're talking about?Where do I come from?After thinking about it, I realized that this Zhao Youshu should be a descendant of his younger brother.I think back then, in order to continue the family's incense, he cured Wang's palace cold disease, and later gave birth to a second son.When he died, his younger brother already had children and grandchildren around his knees, which is enough to keep the blood of the Zhao family alive to this day.

Having said that, how many years have passed since Xia Qi?According to the very different costumes worn by the following people, I think they will not be younger in the future.

It was not the first time Youshu encountered such a situation, and she quickly calmed down, but the people below couldn't calm down.This is the fourth hell of the 24 hells—hell of laws and regulations. It only talks about criminal laws and justice, not human interests.But the celebrity prisoner I met today was a big exception.

"My lord, what should we do now?" A yamen servant asked in a low voice.

"Let's think about it. Xia Qi Guoshi, it is said that there is no record in Pluto's life and death book. He should be a real immortal, and Emperor Yuan has a bigger background." He pointed to the top of his head and continued, "I heard that it is the master of Wanxing. The king of all kings. The two of them are Taoist companions. Because they unified Kyushu and created a peaceful and prosperous age for 500 years, although they committed crimes, they lived hundreds of millions of people. If you want to deal with him, it will be difficult.”

"Then put it back?" the yamen servant asked again.

"How can I be willing to put it back to my deity?" The official glanced at Zhao Youshu, who was clamoring, and said decisively, "Take it down and beat me hard, and let it go after hitting a hundred boards."

"Okay!" The yamen servant happily agreed.

After this kind of thing happened, the officials seemed to lose interest, put the directory into the official seal, turned and left.After everyone in the hall retreated, Youshu slid down the pillar and found another way out.He still remembered the previous incident in his mind, and he always felt uncomfortable.Have the descendants of the younger brother degenerated to such a degree because they are protected by themselves and the master?Doing evil for generations but still being officials from generation to generation, this will only lead to complete corruption.

He thought wildly all the way, and unknowingly walked to the place of execution. Hearing Zhao Youshu's screams, he immediately hid in a corner.

I saw two yamen servants throwing sticks high up, cursing and humiliating while hitting, obviously hating this kind of evil spirit who was sheltered by their ancestors very much.At first, Zhao Youshu uttered a lot of harsh words, saying that she should go to Lord Yan to complain, but then her voice gradually faded away.

After beating for a full quarter of an hour, the yamen servants didn't stop fighting. It must have been more than a hundred. Suddenly, they heard someone beating drums in the front hall to cry for grievances, so they had no choice but to leave them behind and run to investigate.After all, he is a descendant of the Zhao family, so he had to take a look. Youshu immediately walked over and brushed away the messy hair around Zhao Youshu's cheeks, only to see that his eyes were wide open, his body was stiff, and he was dead.

Some ghosts will be dissipated when they die, and disappear completely; some ghosts will turn into ghosts and go to the depths of hell.I don't know whether Zhao Youshu was lucky or not, but she didn't turn into a scorpion, but turned into black smoke and dispersed.Youshu was stunned for a while, and when she heard footsteps outside, she immediately made a decision.

He wiped off the invisibility talisman on his forehead, threw away the bloody red robe, and curled up where Zhao Youshu had curled up.Just now he has understood that he is an outsider and has no record in the life and death book, so he cannot be reincarnated.And the master is Emperor Ziwei, after death he will not go to hell, but return to heaven.If he stays in hell, he and his master will never see each other. If they return to the world, there may be a glimmer of hope.Although not all the emperors in the mortal world have extraordinary backgrounds, there will always be an eternal hero who may or may not be the master.

But Youshu is willing to try even the tiniest hope.He dug open the wound on his shoulder, made it bleed more, and daubed it on his hip.As soon as the disguise was done, the two yamen servants came back, took the man to the high Wangxiangtai, and warned, "After you go back, you will be an official and benefit one side. If there are more people beating the grievance drum to sue you, you will not be as good as you are today." Good luck. Our Lord Yan will personally arrest you!"

The official just now should be one of the 24 prison masters, and he can kill himself with just a finger movement. How powerful will the king of Hades be?Youshu is very confident in her ability, but she will not be arrogant, so she nodded quickly in agreement.

The faces of the two yamen servants softened a little, and they were about to throw him down, but they asked in surprise, "Why does he have a trace of Ziwei imperial aura?"

"What's the matter? Forgot who his ancestor is? It is said that Xia Qi Guoshi's purple myrtle imperial aura is more intense, and has reached the level of controlling all ghosts. This trace of imperial aura may be passed on to his descendants to save his life."

"It is precisely because of too much protection that these things are created that are not as good as animals. Get out! Be an official after you go back, and don't harm the people anymore!" Falling down from the ten thousand zhang high platform, and then woke up in a jerk, and found that he was lying on a large carved bed.

He stroked his chest and tried his pulse again. After confirming that he had returned to the human world and gained a physical body, he immediately bit his fingertips, drew many ghost-exorcism charms on the white curtain, and laid a simple barrier, and then Lie back down heavily.The dragon energy in his body has been exhausted, even a ghost with less than 20 years of Taoism can easily kill him, let alone a monster?Fortunately, he learned spells from the old man for half a year, otherwise he would be like a walking ginseng fruit, and he would be eaten up sooner or later.

The servant's warning echoed in his mind repeatedly, making him realize that the main task now is not to find the master, but to clean up the mess left by Zhao Youshu.If another commoner is wronged and dies, go down to the underworld to file a complaint, and wait for Lord Yan to personally arrest him.

Even a little prison master can't resist, how can Youshu be the opponent of Lord Yan?He shook his head and sighed secretly, and finally lifted the curtain and got out of bed, only to find that his butt hurts badly, as if it was on fire.

"What's going on?" He immediately opened his pants to check, and found that the skin was red at first, then swollen, and finally bloodshot, as if it had been beaten hundreds of times.

But wasn't Zhao Youshu the one who was beaten?How could it be my turn to suffer?He was quite confused, and after thinking about it, this body belonged to Zhao Youshu, and it was inevitable to suffer some living crimes, so he calmed down.Zhao Youshu left a lot of memories in his mind, which was convenient for Youshu, who had just arrived. He put those nasty things aside first, then found the list of servants in the Zhao family, and called out loudly, "Xiangzi, Xiangzi, come in!"

Xiangzi is Zhao Youshu's personal servant, and he sleeps in the ear room next door.He knew that the master had a lot of things to do at night, so he didn't dare to sleep too hard. He had already run to the door, "Here, come, the little one is here, what is your order, master?"

"Go to the doctor quickly, my butt hurts."

"Ah? Alright, let's go, little one!"

Xiangzi didn't dare to ask more questions, so he went to ask the doctor overnight, after a brief inspection, he said that it was a stick injury, and prescribed several bottles of medicine for stick injuries.Because Suichang County is a small place and there are not any good doctors, Youshu had to apply some medicine and lay on the bed for seven or eight days.

These days, he has sorted out the family background and life experience of "Zhao Youshu".He is indeed a descendant of the Zhao family, and the names of Zhao Shangshu and others are still recorded in the genealogy. It is a fine tradition of the Zhao family to name the good-looking descendants "Youshu".

This Zhao Youshu was not only Yuxue cute when she was young, but also extremely smart. She was admitted to Tongsheng at a young age, and won the number one prize at the age of eighteen or nineteen.But at this time it was not the Xia Qi Dynasty, but the Dayong Dynasty 600 years later. The surname of the king was Murong, so the Zhao family did not receive much preferential treatment, and they were soon sent down to the local area as a small official.

Both of Zhao Youshu's parents died since she was a child, and her family property was confiscated by her uncle. She survived only by the help of the villagers.Perhaps he had suffered enough since he was a child, and he attached great importance to money. After coming to Suichang County, whenever there was a lawsuit that required to collect silver taels, whoever gave more silver would be judged to win.Over time, the poor people in Suichang were wronged and would rather hang themselves than sue the officials, while the rich people became even more unscrupulous.

After Suichang's atmosphere was ruined by him, he then intervened in taxation, exploiting layers of the common people to make their lives even more difficult.

Last year when he was hunting in the mountains, he saw a beautiful woman on the way. After inquiring, people found out that she was the younger sister of a rascal in Lijia Village, a village under the jurisdiction of Suichang. Her name was Li Ni.Because of her outstanding looks, her brother Li Ergou refused to let her marry casually, thinking that if one day she was favored by a nobleman, the old Li family would be prosperous.

A county parent official is naturally a noble person in Li Ergou's eyes.As soon as Zhao Youshu sent the matchmaker to ask, he agreed. From then on, he regarded himself as the county grandfather and brother-in-law, domineering in the village.Then Li Ni is not a good person, she is extremely jealous, and when she sees someone who looks more beautiful than herself, or dresses richer than herself, she will send the old woman to slap someone's face and take off their clothes.

Up to now, there have been five or six young girls who have been abused by her, and they all hanged themselves because they had no face to face others.The sufferer came to make trouble, and Li Ergou beat them out, saying that he would go to the county government to file a lawsuit with them.As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent, and then returned helplessly.

The reason why Zhao Youshu fell into legal hell was that those girls who committed suicide jointly sued her. She really did her own crimes.However, such a wicked person does not have to bear any crimes just because his surname is "Zhao". It can be seen that hell is the same as the world, and everyone is not equal.

Youshu secretly lamented that although she was of the same family, she was completely unable to feel the slightest sympathy for "Zhao Youshu".After he recovers from his injury, he must manage Suichang County well, otherwise he will be arrested and sent to the underworld next time. If Lord Yan recognizes his identity as an outsider, he may never see the mortal sun again.

Amid the increasingly serious sense of urgency, he slowly healed his stick injury, lay down early at night, and prepared to go to work in the county government tomorrow. As soon as he fell asleep, his soul flew into the underworld, and came to a magnificent palace.This palace is countless times more magnificent than the previous Fourth Prison. Although the sky cannot be seen above the head, there are dots of purple lanterns floating back and forth, and there are also Tianma, Beaulieu, and Dijiang circling and swooping, roaring and screaming.

Seeing such a majestic spectacle, Youshu was taken aback for a moment, then immediately bit her fingertips and drew many invisibility symbols on her forehead, palms, arms, abdomen, etc.There is no doubt that this is the palace of King Yama, the Lord of the Underworld, otherwise the fourth prison master would not have knelt under the steps together with the other 23 prison masters.

Youshu walked over cautiously and hid behind a huge pillar.

Not long after, there was a rumbling sound from the road that stretched to the end of the darkness and was full of Bianhua flowers, as if there were many carriages coming this way.Youshu held her breath and looked out, only to see a few prison carts pulled by Jiuying, walking slowly to the entrance of the hall. A middle-aged man, a middle-aged beautiful woman, and a second-year-old were imprisoned in the prison carts. Teens in their early teens.

Youshu looked at it carefully and was terrified.The man's body was shining with gold, clearly wearing a dragon robe; the woman was dressed gorgeously, wearing a buyao, and her status was not low; and the young man was wearing a purple gold crown and a four-clawed python robe, struggling while calling himself a native The king should be the son of the first two.

Doesn't it mean that the emperors of the world are not under the jurisdiction of the underworld?What is the origin of Yan Luo in this palace, who can kidnap the current emperor and empress together with the prince?As for why these people were tied up, Youshu didn't find it strange.What "Zhao Youshu" did before, magnified tens of millions of times, is the act of a pilgrimage.

He favors courtiers outside and treacherous concubines at home. He only knows how to extort money and seek pleasure; he doesn't know how to govern the country and benefit the people.The chaos in Suichang County is not an isolated case, but a common one. Under the rule of the Hunjun, there are still many corrupt officials like "Zhao Youshu", enough to fill up the legal hell.

Youshu has fully understood the current situation of Dayong Kingdom after reading the county annals and residence newspapers, and summoning a few little ghosts with low knowledge to inquire.This is a decadent dynasty that has just been established for more than 100 years. If there is no decisive, wise and powerful monarch, it will fall apart within a few decades.However, now, the disaster that endangered the country may have been advanced. If Lord Yan sentenced the king to death, but the successors lacked enough courage and means, the Dayong country would be in danger.

While thinking wildly, the gate of the palace has been rumbled open, a tall and muscular man with a black-bottomed purple-pattern mask and a black robe sits on the main seat, and says in a hollow and cold voice, "The trial is open!" Lord Murong Lian of the Yong Kingdom, Imperial Concubine Sun Shi, Prince of Li Murong Xuan, all prison masters, take your seats." The prison cart was crushed as he raised his hands, and the three of them were summoned into the hall out of thin air.

All the prison masters agreed in unison, and several nine infants also flew into the sky and screamed, the momentum was extremely spectacular.Even a well-informed person like Youshu couldn't help staring round, deeply shocked by the majesty of the lord of the underworld.