Yin Yang ferry

"There are only a few of us in Qiongqi Palace now, Mr. He, it's okay for you to stay here. As for your friend, we can't leave Qiongqi Palace too far now, we can only take him in when he enters the range of this place by himself. "

Even though Yin Er had a sad face, his words were very polite.

According to Qian Bashi's introduction, Qiongqi Hall ranks fifth among the ten halls, which is also the Hall of Yama that is familiar in many folklore.

But in the legend, the scene where the family is strict and the ghosts are tried does not appear here.

From the analysis of Yincha's words, something may have happened to Qiongqi Temple, which resulted in only two or three kittens now, and Yinchai didn't even dare to leave his sphere of influence.

He Shu knew that something happened in the underworld.

He discovered the clues of these changes from Hu Laosan's complaints.

There is obviously a "Huangquan Logistics" next to the first hospital in the city, but the yin and yang passage still appears in the mirror of a ktv bathroom. Hu Laosan said that the breath has been chaotic recently, and the gap has cracked. Doing evil, these errands are exhausted, and there is a serious shortage of manpower.

But at that time, He Shu was just a salty fish passing by in the underworld. He just listened to it, going in one ear and out the other. He never thought that one day he would end up in the underworld, witnessing the so-called chaos.

In fact, looking back now, there are traces of everything. There are more and more evil spirits in the world. The mirror guards by the Nai River can hardly suppress the chaotic ghosts. Not afraid of evil spirits.

Being a ghost is like being a human being. When Yin and Yang are out of order, those dead souls who are already ready to move will inevitably take advantage of the situation and simply turn everything upside down.

Qiongqi Palace has not had any outsiders for a long time.

Even if it is a person instead of a ghost who is here now, the errands are happy to chat with He Shu, rushing to tell him about ancient times.

"This matter started many years ago, before I came to work as a errand."

The one who spoke was a errand with a smile on his face. He introduced himself as Le Shishi, and the one with a bitter face was Ku Shisan.

When He Shu heard their surnames, he was almost happy.

Happiness and bitterness, is it possible that there are also sweet and salty?

"It is said that the lowest level below here once suppressed a big demon named Kun. This demon has been in the underworld for thousands of years. , I have never been there, I only heard from seniors who have been there once that even ghosts are afraid of that place, and I can’t stay there for a moment. I would rather go swimming in the Nai River than go again..."

"Okay, you're really long-winded, I shouldn't let you talk!" Another person interrupted Le Shiyi impatiently. "To put it bluntly, there is a legend that there are gods and beasts guarding that place, and you need ten palaces and ten warrants to enter. From ancient times to the present, no one can escape, but Kun still escaped."

He Shu asked curiously, "What's the name of this elder brother?"

The other party snorted: "My surname is Tian, ​​Tian Xian Tian, ​​you can just call me Tian Twelve!"

There is really someone with a sweet surname, He Shu couldn't laugh or cry, and looked at the last ghost who didn't introduce himself.

"Then the ghost messenger brother is not surnamed Xian?"

"You're right, his last name is Xian, Xian Fourteen!"

Sweet Twelve thinks his colleague is nagging, so he reaches out and pushes him away, and speaks for himself.

"After Kun escaped, it caused a shock in the underworld, and it was very chaotic for a while. It's just about this incident. The main thing is that when it ran away, it made a big fuss and snatched away the magic mirror. You know the magic mirror, right?"

He Shu nodded: "The magic mirror reflects the body, but there are still things that slip through the net, and the magic mirror reflects the heart, and there is no way to hide. I heard before that the magic mirror is still there. Did you chase it back later?"

Sweet Twelve: "It's a long story. Kun took away the magic mirror at the time, but the magic mirror was useless to him. He changed hands and made a deal with Beihao, and gave the magic mirror to Beihao. Have you heard of Beihao? It is also Chaos now, the devil king of chaos, and Kun himself fled from purgatory, left the underworld, and stirred up at the junction of yin and yang, turning the world upside down. Made it out."

He Shu: "The current situation of Qiongqi Palace is also related to them?"

Sweet Twelve nodded, and shook his head again: "It's not right to say that it's completely related. After the Divine Mirror was stolen by the Beihao, the underworld was indeed in chaos for a while, but at other times, this chaos can be controlled, it's a pity At that time, Yangjian was in a state of chaos that had not been seen in hundreds of years, with the torrents of the east and the west, and the people in Yangjian undergoing earth-shaking changes from spiritual to social aspects.

He spoke very cryptically, but He Shu probably knew when it was.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, under the impact of various unequal treaties, the 2000-year-old imperial system and the agricultural society of men farming and women weaving were completely disrupted. Western influence penetrated into this land of China from point to point. Some people even radically proposed that the Chinese should Only by imitating the West, from body to spirit, can a complete change be made.

War, plague, no stable political power, no stable life, everyone lives in the fear of precarity, the underworld reflects, and the ghosts who died due to natural disasters and man-made disasters are crowded in the underworld, and they are also in constant panic.

Sweet Twelve sighed: "The ten halls are busy day and night, and it is difficult to ferry so many dead souls, and there is not enough space in the Yangjian. At this time, someone proposed to cooperate with the west to send some dead souls there, so as to relieve the pressure. .”

He Shu: "West side?"

"It's the hell in the West. Why are you so secretive? You are afraid that telling your real name will trigger the other party's reaction. I am not afraid!"

Fengfeng interjected, and it patted its wings and landed on He Shu's shoulder, retracted its claws, and pressed its furry body against the other's neck deliberately.

It tends to avoid the cold, and likes warm places, especially places that are close to the body temperature, but Guanghan doesn't like to cling to it, only He Shu is used to it.

There is no breath of living people in the underworld, and all you see are cold ghost bodies, and now it’s finally here——

Fengfeng sighed comfortably, and moved her chubby body closer. Now that the Jade Emperor is here, she can't even think about it leaving.

Tian Twelve smiled wryly: "Since then, there have been differences of opinion in the Ten Palaces. The first three palaces agreed to cooperate, and even used some words used in the Western style in Yangjian, but the last five palaces firmly opposed it, thinking that they have their own. The Underworld has never changed for thousands of years. If a living person dies in this land, the souls of the dead should be under the control of the government. How can there be any reason to hand over the dead souls under the jurisdiction? Over time, is there still a need for this place to exist?"

He Shu didn't expect that there was such a past here, and he felt the novelty and shock, and felt his appetite was whetted, so he couldn't wait to ask.

"Then, which side has the upper hand?"

"Neither side has the upper hand, this debate can't be settled, but the discord between the first three halls and the last five halls has already planted the root of disaster."

"What about the positions of the fourth and fifth halls?"

"White Tiger Hall and Qiongqi Hall have always been kind to people and impartial. The stand of King Chuguan and King Yama just has no stand."

Isn't that just a good old man, He Shu thought.

Sweet Twelve seemed to see what he was thinking, and said: "It is precisely because of the existence of these two halls that this delicate balance can be maintained, so that there will be no real conflict between the two sides, and the underworld can still operate normally."

He Shu nodded: "That's true, then why did it become like this again?"

Sweet Twelve: "The magic mirror was chased back, but one piece was missing. Although the missing piece of the magic mirror can still be used, but the rumors have never been less. Some people say that the fragments of the magic mirror were taken by the former three halls to give away. The Western Hell is a meeting ceremony, and some people say that Beihao deliberately smashed the mirror and kept it privately. The back five halls took the opportunity to question the dereliction of duty of the first three halls, because the mirror was lost in the first hall. A fierce conflict broke out in the sixth hall, the first hall retreated, and the master of the hall retreated, and Judge Zhou was in charge."

Although Sweet Twelve has tried to simplify these old things, He Shu still feels a little dizzy, but he also knows that the underworld is not as calm as dead water for thousands of years as ordinary people imagine, and there are also open and secret struggles here. Intrigue.

People have selfish desires, and so do ghosts. Becoming a ghost is not a one-and-done cure-all, as these errands also have to work overtime and complain endlessly, so when you can be a human being, you should be a good human being.

"The things you said shouldn't happen right now?"

"Of course not, these are all old things from a hundred years ago."

"Judge Zhou is in charge of the first hall, and then?"

"Then I also heard about the next thing." Tian Twelve cleared his throat, "I heard that Judge Zhou went to the Yangjian to do business and brought back a green seal. This treasure can suppress ghosts and eliminate yin. In front of him, you have to bow your head and obey orders - I haven't seen it before, but anyway, they are quite mysterious. With Qingxi in hand, Judge Zhou's status has also risen with the tide, which is completely different. Yes, but they are all faintly headed by him. No way, my mouth is dry from talking, brother eleven, tell me!"

Le Shiyi rolled his eyes at him, and then rolled his eyes at that gloomy, pale face...it was simply "beautiful".

He Shu smiled and said: "The judge is very powerful this week, and the palace master is not as powerful as him. It sounds quite inspirational."

Le Shiyi sighed: "You say that because you haven't met him before. If you meet him, instead of using such a teasing tone, you will immediately like Judge Zhou. He is not only eloquent, but also He treats people like a spring breeze, and he is polite and amiable to all people, big and small. You said that we work as errands, there are always inattentive omissions, right? But Judge Zhou is really, he can let people and ghosts talk to him for a few words, Everyone likes him, this ability, you can't be unconvinced, right?"

He Shu's smile gradually disappeared, and his brows frowned slightly.

"You said Judge Zhou, his surname is Zhou?"

"Judge Zhou, of course the surname is Zhou."

Le Shiyi was puzzled, felt that what he asked was nonsense, and replied nonsense.

He Shu: "What's his name? No, he didn't tell me his name either... Do you know which city this Judge Zhou went to when he went to Yangjian to do business?"