Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 406 Touring the Underworld

"There seems to be a lot of change here."

Li Xiuyuan rode a dragon horse and came to the bank of Wangchuan River.

Winter nights always come quickly, and the sky is already dark at this moment, but there are people's shadows flickering by the river, the past is endless, and the surrounding wind is howling, which is endless.

The original ferry was empty, because the people built a new ferry upstream, and it was completely abandoned. He could vaguely see on the other side of the river, half a stone tablet standing in the soil, with two red lacquer carved on it. Big characters: Wangchuan.

At this moment, ghost soldiers and ghost messengers are escorting the evil spirits captured from all over the river across the river, preparing to escort these evil spirits to the underworld to prevent them from causing trouble in the underworld.

"That's right, there are fewer evil spirits and ghosts in the yang world, so there won't be so many ghosts and ghosts happening, which can make the world clearer." Li Xiuyuan couldn't help nodding secretly when he saw these ghost soldiers, and the ghosts were busy.

Although there are not many powerful evil spirits and fierce ghosts, if the dead souls are allowed to stay in the world, sooner or later, the little ghosts will become evil ghosts, and evil ghosts will harm the living.

As long as the source is stopped, everything will be fine.

This is Li Xiuyuan's first step in governing Yangjian.

It's a pity that this beautiful beginning was disrupted by Li Liangjin's rebels.

"The little ghost has seen a saint." At this time, a Yin soldier saw Li Xiuyuan riding a white horse standing by the river, and immediately greeted him respectfully, bowing his hands and saluting.

When the ghosts behind Yin Bing heard the words, they were all startled, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed down: "I pay homage to the saint."

The evil spirits and ghosts who were chained in the distance couldn't help being a little surprised when they saw this scene.

"Look, those soldiers and servants actually knelt down to a living person. Who is that person? Could it be King Yama?"

"You said you are alive, how could it be King Yama? The yang energy in this person is too strong. Standing there is like a huge furnace. I feel a little pain from being roasted here."

"Hey, these ghost soldiers and ghost agents are all dog-eyed. We are good ghosts but we will be arrested and hunted down. They treat us like pigs and dogs. We can be beaten if we want to be beaten, and we can be scolded if we want to be scolded." Scolding, but showing such respect to this living person."

A ghost guard next to him whipped him furiously: "You evil ghost still has the face to complain here. When I was waiting to catch you, you bewitched three women in a village. You had sex with women in your daydreams." Huanhao, they caused them to die of illness, pretending to be gods to get incense and offering them, pretending to be gods and using clay as magic medicine to cure diseases, killing more than a dozen patients. If there were no regulations from above, an evil ghost like you would have to be killed on the spot. There is no chance for you to be reincarnated."

"Hey, treat you like a pig or a dog? You don't know if you are qualified to be a pig or a dog in your next life." Another ghost guard sneered and said, "You evil ghosts still have the face to talk about saints here. Is it less?"

After finishing speaking, the other ghost messenger also gave him a few lashes, and the evil ghosts who were whipped screamed.

"You only beat us, why don't you beat those peasant women and beggars?"

A ghost in a gorgeous shroud was ripped apart and howled in pain.

In another group of ghosts who were escorted not far away, those ghost messengers had a good attitude. They didn't beat or scold, but they were more polite.

The ghost guard took a look and snorted coldly: "The peasant woman was filial to her parents, raised her children, and helped some poor people in the same village. She is a kind woman. The beggar was originally a landlord. People, the food harvest was poor and many tenants were exempted from the rent. There are countless living people. There is no clear light, only good and virtuous ghosts have such light. Look at you, each of you is dark and smelly, and you can tell that you have committed too many evils in life. As for polluting the soul and emitting black smoke and stench, you should be polite to good ghosts, even ghost generals, and to you, if you don’t chop you into pieces, you will be considered worthy of you.”

Hearing this, those evil spirits were immediately speechless, not knowing how to refute.

"Even if you don't get retribution in life, you will get retribution after death. Do you really think that you can live happily and be tyrannical when you are alive, but you also want to be tyrannical after death? You are a scholar, or a lord and official. You don't look at it after you die. Your status in life only depends on your merits and virtues."

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the evil spirits who were escorted and whipped, and couldn't help asking: "What do these evil spirits usually do when they are escorted to the underworld?"

The Yin soldier next to him said, "Hui sages are usually used as coolies to build ghost cities."

"That's right, it's a good idea. Who came up with it?" Li Xiuyuan nodded.

Instead of whipping and torturing these evil spirits, it is better to let these evil spirits contribute to the construction of the underworld.

"Master Li Zhong thought of it." Yin Bing said.

Li Zhong?

This is a guard next to Li Xiuyuan, who became a Yin soldier after his death, and was left in Guobei County by him to manage the ghosts and gods in this place.

"He's so talented as a guard." Li Xiuyuan smiled; "How is the construction of the ghost city in the underworld?"

Yin Bing said: "More than half of the construction has been completed, why don't the saints go to the underworld to have a look?"

"That's right, let's take a look when you pass by." Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "Keep busy."

As he spoke, he rode a dragon horse and prepared to cross the Wangchuan River.

The dragon horse is a divine horse, which can not only climb mountains and mountains, but also tread water without sinking. The dragon horse will not fall into the river when it falls on the river as if it is stepping on land.

On the river, he saw those evil spirits trapped by chains, dragged by ghost messengers, and pulled them directly from the other side of the river, wading directly across the river. They bit out the mouth and cut the flesh, and they screamed in pain.

The gravel in the river is very dark and can cause harm to these ghosts.

But those kind and good ghosts came across the river on a ferry.

There are farmers, beggars, and poor scholars on the ferry, as well as a few kind-hearted old people.

"Good and evil are distinct, that's right." Li Xiuyuan nodded in his heart, and immediately left on his dragon horse.

There are traces of ghost soldiers and ghost messengers along the way.

All the way to Lanruo Temple.

The Daxiong Hall in Lanruo Temple has been renamed, and it is not called the Daxiong Hall now. There is no Buddha in it, only Yin soldiers, ghost messengers, and some civil servants. Evil ghosts, the good ghosts brought in are registered in the register, and then sent to the underworld.

Although the construction of Guimenguan was less than half a year old, with the management of Li Xiuyuan and the help of ghosts and gods from all directions, everything began to become orderly.

Just not enough.

Li Xiuyuan understands that this is only a temporary order, and there are still many things to do to achieve long-term peace and stability.

"Eldest young master, you are back? The little one heard a ghost soldier say that you are going to go to the gate of hell to have a look, so the little one is waiting here." At this time, a ghost general came over and said politely and respectfully .

Li Xiuyuan took a look and said with a smile: "Li Zhong, I haven't seen you for a while, and you turned into a ghost general."

This ghost general is Li Zhong, the guard who died for Li Xiuyuan before.

Li Zhong said with a smile: "It's all thanks to the young master, who can enjoy incense and worship after death, and govern this place."

"No, what you said is wrong. It's not for my blessing, but for your own blessing. If you don't catch ghosts and eliminate demons in this area, how can the people worship you? Incense offering is not an enjoyment, but a kind of responsibility. Here I am When I walked over, I saw that the management was not bad, but I don’t know what happened to the underworld?” Li Xiuyuan said.

"The younger one invited a few good scholar ghosts to manage the ghost city in the underworld. Although it is a bit rough, it is still passable. If the young master wants to go to the underworld, he has to go through the back mountain of Lanruo Temple. There is a passage leading directly to the gate of ghosts. The hole in the ground has been blocked, this is the master's order, fearing that someone will fall down again, the Taoist priest also said that it is wrong for the gate of the underworld to directly lead to the underworld, so such a passage was built." Li Zhong said.

"Oh, I'm going to have a look." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

When he came to the back mountain of Lanruo Temple, he saw a memorial archway standing there. The archway was built of stones, and he knew him very well. There were four large characters engraved on it: strangers stop.

There is a passage under the archway, which leads directly to the ground along the steps, and from time to time, there is a cloud of yin.

"Is it really a problem to build the channel here?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

"The little one also felt that something was wrong, so he sent Yin soldiers to guard the vicinity day and night, but the Taoist priest said that this passage is invisible to ordinary people, and ghosts and gods cannot go, only living people can go, it is specially for the big The young master built it." Li Zhong said.

"I'm afraid it will cost a lot." Li Xiuyuan said: "Going in and out of the underworld for me is a bit wasteful."

Li Zhong said: "Relying on the Daoist's Taoism, I didn't ask craftsmen to build it, and the Taoist said that a passage for living people should be left. The little one felt that the Taoist's words were right, so he didn't take this small Report the matter to the young master."

"Did my master build it? I'm afraid it has some deep meaning." Li Xiuyuan said.

Walking along this passage, he found that the passage was actually made of jade. Some runes and runes were engraved in the jade. runes.

No wonder Li Zhong said that this passage is for the living, ghosts and gods walking here are like stepping into a trap, and they will definitely die miserably.

The densely packed rune links form a whole with the jade-like passage, creating a passage that only allows the living to pass through, and the dead do not stop.

Go to the lens of the passage, as expected.

Two vajra arhats hold swords and subduing magic pestles, stand upright with closed eyes, majestic and uncommon, a gate like a city gate opens, and there are evil spirits and evil spirits, ghost soldiers and ghosts between them.

"Young master, the ghost city you ordered to build is ahead." Li Zhong appeared from another direction.

"Go and have a look." Li Xiuyuan said.

Accompanied by Li Zhong, he passed through the gate of hell and entered the underworld.

As soon as he entered the underworld, he saw a majestic city rising from the ground in the distance. The city stretched as far as the eye could see. There were various houses, mansions, and palaces in the city. In some places, there are ghost messengers who are urging the evil ghosts to work.

"This ghost town is well built, and it won't take long to complete it." Li Xiuyuan nodded, expressing his satisfaction: "Is this built by the management?"

"It's a little demon, it's a little demon, a saint in the world, you're finally here, the little demon has been doing her best during this time, and she dare not be careless in the slightest."

On the gate of the ghost gate, the thousand-year-old bat demon spoke, two green lights shone from its eyes, and it fell on the ground of the underworld, reflecting the surrounding green, making it look a little creepy.

This green light is not useless, as long as any evil spirits trying to escape from the gate of hell are struck by this green light, their souls will immediately be dissipated.

With bat spirits guarding the gate of ghosts for thousands of years, it is difficult for ghosts to escape from the underworld.

"Your ability to build the city is really good. After the city is built, I can reduce your sentence as appropriate." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Thank you, sage on earth." The bat demon said happily.

"However, although the ghost city is good, why is there such a big gap missing in the city wall? Could it be that it was cut corners and collapsed?" Li Xiuyuan pointed at the city wall to the north.

A large chunk of the city wall had collapsed there.

(End of this chapter)