chewing dragon

Chapter 43 The Night Trial

With the candles flickering, in front of the City God's Hall, Yu Zhongnan looked at the young man with some surprise, and couldn't help but ask again: "You don't even bother to replace him, so is it possible that you still want to start your own line and be the ancestor of that clan? "

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi smiled: "The ambition of this junior in his life is to be able to be at ease, and he will be satisfied."

"Unfettered? Your ambition seems simple, but it is actually difficult to reach the sky. This old man has read all over the history books and experienced the world of mortals for a long time, and he has never seen any real unrestrained!"

After talking about it, while the old city god shook his head and laughed, he couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.

Qi Jingzhi didn't care about it: "What's so difficult about it? It's nothing more than... breaking the shackles where there are shackles, and breaking the cage when you see the cage! Lying on the mountain of corpses, stretching your fists in the sea of ​​blood, you can see our true colors!"

When he said this, the young man took it for granted, and he was not afraid of the wind flashing his tongue at all. The recent extraordinary encounters, especially the several life-threatening fights, did make a great change in his state of mind.

Old Chenghuang Yu's body shook, his eyes became deeper, and there seemed to be some inexplicable meaning in them: "Do nothing but do everything? The old man actually underestimated you before. Hey, fortunately, your surname is Qi..."

Qi Jingzhi understood Yu Zhongnan's unfinished meaning after a little thought, but he just said what he thought in his heart, and he didn't care what the other party would think of him.

He chuckled lightly and said: "The younger generation has very little knowledge, and there are only so many thoughts in their hearts. If you achieve something in the future, I should also thank you for your kindness today."

"It's a pleasure to get the best talents in the world and teach them. It's just that there are many people in this world who speak loudly and deceive the world. Since you said that you only want to be free and easy..."

Old Chenghuang Yu showed a smile on his face, faintly more sincere than before: "Tonight, you stand beside this old man and help me interrogate those dead spirits who are in shackles and cannot be free. This old man wants to see, you A young man with a heart as high as the sky, seeing the sneaky truth in this world, can he still achieve the unity of knowledge and action!"

"I came to assist the interrogation?" Qi Jingzhi was taken aback.

"Why not? With the old man and Meng Xiucai here, what worries do you have? If you don't even dare to do this, why are you talking about doing nothing?"

Qi Jingzhi originally wanted to say that he was just a mortal, how could he participate in the trial of the Yin Division?But after thinking about it, Mencius' Yin-Yang Department is temporarily replaced by the Yang body. Since the teacher can do it, what can he, a student, not do?There is always a first time for everything, isn't it?
He immediately swallowed back the words that had come to his lips, nodded in agreement and said, "The junior will give it a try."

Yu Old City God stopped talking nonsense and walked towards the palace gate with his hands behind his back.

Qi Jingzhi smiled, raised his head and followed closely behind.

He has always been careful and thoughtful, and likes to make decisions before taking action, but when things come to an end, he will think through everything and act with heart, and his left and right are just the seven words "a man must be bold when encountering problems".

Entering the main hall, I saw that the three principals under the City God's seat had already stood behind their respective desks, except for Master Meng, the other two, one with a blue face and one with a red face, all had inhuman appearances.

Headed by Bai Dutou, a group of errands also divided into two shifts.

All the ghosts and gods in the hall were silent, but most of their eyes were directed at the young man behind Cheng Huang intentionally or unintentionally.

As the head of the three divisions, Meng Fuzi bowed his hands solemnly and said, "My lord, please ascend to your seat!"

This is the second time Qi Jingzhi has seen his teacher look so dignified, he knows that there are no teachers and students in the hall at the moment, only the law of the underworld, the difference between upper and lower.

Old Chenghuang Yu bypassed the largest book case in the middle, slowly climbed up to the throne, and sat under the plaque with the four characters "Mirror hangs high".

He looked at the young man and pointed to the position beside him.

Qi Jingzhi withdrew his gaze from the plaque, first bowed respectfully to Old City God Yu, then walked forward to meet the cold eyes of ghosts and gods in the hall, and stood beside the god seat.

After he stood still, the head of the third division took his seat, and he heard Master Meng say loudly, "My lord, there are two dead souls awaiting trial tonight."

"The first one, surnamed Shen and surnamed Ruhai, was a master of criminal justice during his lifetime. He lived in the shogunate for 43 years and traveled to several counties and counties. Last winter, he returned to his hometown to take care of himself. Yesterday, Shen died of illness and was haunted by karma from the dead. Please forgive me. "

Old Chenghuang Yu nodded, reached out and picked up a file on the desk in front of him, and handed it to the young man standing beside him.

Qi Jingzhi took it with both hands and looked down.

Seeing Master Chenghuang nodding his head, Bai Du immediately raised his voice and said, "Bring the dead spirits down like the sea!"

But after a short time, a servant came up to the hall, holding a thick chain in his hand.

The other end of the chain was suspended in the air, entangled in circles, as if it was tied to something, but it was invisible and intangible.

When Qi Jingzhi saw it, he suddenly remembered Lu Yunzi's description of the undead, and knew that he might be the only one in the hall who couldn't see the sea-sinking undead.

Fortunately, Master Meng had already thought of this verse, so he said first, "Shen Ruhai, under the mirror of the underworld, he will not show his appearance quickly!"

Before the words were finished, directly above the City God's seat, a clear light was suddenly cast on the plaque of "Mirror Hanging High", shining on the chain.

Immediately, a human figure was quickly outlined, and soon solidified like a living person. It was an old man in white clothes with a haggard face.

In addition to the chains, the old man was also covered with a faint blood.

Qi Jingzhi's eyes were bright, and he soon discovered that the blood light had another mystery. There were a few blurred and distorted bloody figures in it, scratching and biting the old man non-stop.

Fortunately, the chain was obviously not a mortal thing, and it kept the blood shadows apart. Otherwise, I really don't know what will happen to the old man.

When the old man just appeared, he was in a daze, but soon his whole body became excited, and his eyes became bright.

He raised his eyes and looked around, and saw that the hall was filled with evil-looking figures in official uniforms, and he realized something on his face, and when he glanced at Master Meng, he was obviously taken aback. The young man next to the throne finally couldn't hide his astonishment.

But before he could react, the errand at the side shook the chain violently, and the old man fell to his knees involuntarily, his forehead hit the ground hard, and there was a muffled sound, and even his figure was a little unstable, like a wave of water. It was like a blur for a moment.

Old Chenghuang Yu looked at the young man beside him, and asked, "How?"

Qi Jingzhi looked at the bloody figures who were entangled with the old man, his expression was a little cold, and he replied: "This junior will only know at this moment, what is good and evil, like shadows follow each other!"

Old Chenghuang Yu nodded in understanding, patted the gavel, and asked in a deep voice: "Shen Ruhai, since you entered the City God's underworld, can you be convicted?"

Accompanied by this question, the blood on Shen Ruhai's body suddenly became brighter.

Those few blood shadows suddenly gave up biting him, or pressed his arms, or stepped on his back, and pressed the old man to the ground, unable to move at all.

"presumptuous!"

Old City God Yu yelled angrily, and immediately two underworld servants with water and fire sticks stepped forward, hitting those blood shadows with random sticks.

The two long sticks had a faint black light, and they swept the blood shadow off Shen Ruhai's body.

Strangely, when the tip of the stick hit Xueying, Shen Ruhai screamed repeatedly, as if he was not the one being beaten but Xueying.

The blood shadows who were swept aside refused to give up, rolled on the spot, and rushed towards the old man fiercely again, but were stopped by two crossed water and fire sticks, and could only bark their teeth and claws, roaring silently.

Shen Ruhai was finally able to straighten his upper body, endured the pain, turned his head tremblingly, and his face changed drastically.

After silently watching those blood shadows for a while, he fully recognized his situation, turned around, and solemnly kowtowed three times to the throne.

When he raised his head again, Shen Ruhai's expression had already calmed down: "Your Majesty, Shen, as the mastermind, has assisted several Dong Wengsi in charge of punishment. He has seen too many tragedies of cruel officials murdering people and white bones. The truth is that those who are merciful should not be lightly punished.”

He paused for a while, seeing that Lord Chenghuang didn't intend to interrupt, and then continued: "Therefore, when Shen interrogates the criminals, he always has a compassionate and forgiving heart, and never dares to kill a person in order to damage his morality, and there is no harm in that." Corruption and perverting the law, I really don't know where the crime comes from, let alone why I got into trouble with these evil spirits!"

Hearing this, the face of the old city god sank like water: "Qi Jingzhi, come and tell him where the crime comes from!"

(End of this chapter)