The reason why the newly arrived souls have to cross the Wangchuan River is because they want to use the water of the Wangchuan River to wash away the cause and effect of their current life and completely cut off their involvement in this life.
When the ferry reached the middle of the Wangchuan River, suddenly there were strong waves in the river, and the boat kept shaking, as if it wanted to capsize.
Liu Yuanxing screamed in fright, but the girl stood firmly on the bow of the boat and said calmly: "Don't be afraid, this is the cause and effect of the Wangchuan River washing you."
"Ah?" Liu Yuanxing squatted on the boat and was surprised, but before he could ask a question, he saw the black mist in front of him suddenly roll up, and then a wave of the Wangchuan River turned up and hit Liu Yuanxing.
In an instant, Liu Yuanxing was knocked over on the boat by the wave, and then the water of the Wangchuan River submerged Liu Yuanxing. The river washed Liu Yuanxing three times within a few breaths.
After three passes, the water of the Wangchuan River immediately retreated, leaving no trace of river water on the boat.
A confused Liu Yuanxing stood up, but saw the girl looking at him with a smile, "I really envy you. After being washed by the water of the Forgotten River, you can be reincarnated, and you can be reincarnated as a human again."
Liu Yuanxing asked: "As long as you are washed by the water of Wangchuan River, can you be reincarnated as a human being?"
The girl said: "Yes, but not everyone can be washed by the water of the Wangchuan River. For example, it would be useless even if I jumped into the Wangchuan River. There are also some heinous people who will not be washed when they cross the river. You have to go to the Tenth Hall to be judged first.”
Liu Yuanxing nodded. It turned out that the process of the underworld was so rigorous, and now he finally understood.
But then he thought about it, it was useless even if he knew it, he would forget everything after reincarnation.
'Dong'
A muffled sound came from the bottom of the boat, and then the entire small schooner suddenly swayed and stopped, and the two ghosts immediately walked out of the cabin.
"We're here, let's get off the boat." Gui Cha said to Liu Yuanxing.
Liu Yuanxing followed the two ghosts out of the boat. When he turned back to look at the small boat, he found that the small boat had left the shore.
Liu Yuanxing looked at the girl on the bow of the boat and wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, the words were stuck in his throat.
On the other hand, the girl bowed her arms to Liu Yuanxing and said loudly: "See you again if we are destined. Maybe I will be the one to cross you after a hundred years."
As soon as she finished speaking, the girl disappeared into the mist along with her small canoe.
Liu Yuanxing finally showed his first smile since arriving in the underworld, and then turned around and followed Gui Cha away from the bank of Wangchuan River.
After leaving the bank of Wangchuan River, Liu Yuanxing finally arrived at the core area of the entire underworld, the first Yinsi Hall among the ten halls of the underworld.
Looking at the solemn and magnificent Yinsi Hall that appeared in front of him, Liu Yuanxing became nervous.
There are five words written on the plaque of the main hall in front of you, "The First Palace of the Underworld". The First Palace of the Underworld is built on a nine-story high platform, with equally majestic auxiliary halls on both sides, and on the steps of the nine-story high platform Above them, groups of Yin soldiers wearing armor and holding swords lined up neatly.
Liu Yuanxing was escorted up the steps by the ghost officers and arrived outside the first hall. On the white marble square outside the hall, many ghosts like Liu Yuanxing were already standing.
Speaking of the ten palaces of the underworld, Fang Jian had already gone through an adjustment before he became an immortal official.
It turned out that the King of Hell who sat in the first palace was Bao Zheng, but because he pitied those who had died, and repeatedly returned justice to the world, which undoubtedly violated the laws of heaven and hell, Bao Zheng was finally demoted to In the fifth hall, the current king of hell in the first hall is King Qin Guang.
Among the ten halls of the underworld, the first hall is the most important. It is responsible for life and death in the human world, good and bad luck in the underworld, death of good people, and promotion. If the merit is less than half, it will be sent to the tenth palace for distribution, and it will still be thrown into the world. The male will be transformed into a female, and the female will be transformed into a male. Those who have done more evil and have less good will be escorted to the high platform on the right side of the palace, which is called the Mirror of Evil, and they will be asked to look at them and see whether their hearts are good or bad in this world. They will then be condemned to the second palace and sent to prison to suffer.
Outside the first hall, Liu Yuanxing waited for a cup of tea, and finally it was his turn.
After the two ghost agents escorted Liu Yuanxing into the first hall, they resigned. As the ghost guards, they only need to deliver the ghosts they detained to the first hall, and then the task of catching the ghosts this time will be successfully completed.
But their work was not over. After leaving the first hall, the two ghost servants went to the side hall to find the judge of the side hall to receive their new soul-detaining errand.
After receiving the mission to capture souls, the two ghost missionaries rushed to the human world non-stop to capture souls. They repeated the same process over and over again, day after day, year after year.
Liu Yuanxing stood in the center of the first hall, trembling with fear. On his left side stands the black and white impermanence, and on his right side stands the bull-headed and horse-faced figure.
Right above the main hall, King Qin Guang, the king of hell in the first hall, has a majestic figure. He is wearing the robe of the Yinsi of Tianyuan and the place with a nine-glazed crown on his head. His face is majestic and his eyes are filled with divine light.
"Who is next station? Tell me your name." King Qin Guang asked quietly.
King Qin Guang's voice reached Liu Yuanxing's ears, but it was like thunder, making him tremble all over.
"I...I...my name is Liu Yuanxing..." Liu Yuanxing said tremblingly.
"Where is your family name?" King Qin Guang asked again.
Liu Yuanxing's whole body was like chaff and he said: "The Tang Dynasty... Yanzhou Prefecture... Daliuzhuang people..."
King Qin Guang nodded, and then said to the four judges sitting behind the four jade cases on the steps below: "Cha Shan."
These four judges are the four major judges in the underworld. From left to right, they are: "Cui Jue, the judge of the Yin Law Department, Wei Zheng, the judge of the reward department, Zhong Kui, the judge of the punishment department, and Lu Zhidao, the judge of the inspection department."
Among the four judges, Cui Jue is the leader. He holds the life and death book in his left hand and the soul-enchanting pen in his right hand. He is responsible for the task of extending the life of the good and letting the evil go to hell.
However, part of the authority of the Book of Life and Death has now been taken back by the Heavenly Court. Therefore, if Cui Jue wants to add longevity to mortals in the Book of Life and Death, he still needs the approval of the Taixuan Capital Province's Simingyuan.
After King Guang of Qin announced the "check for good deeds", Wei Zheng, the judge of the Department of Rewarding Good Deeds, opened the judge's book and began to check Liu Yuanxing's good deeds in this life.
"Looking south to Buzhou, Liu Yuanxing, a native of Daliuzhuang, Yanzhou Prefecture, Tang Dynasty, performed great good deeds twice in his life, performed small deeds 367 times, and helped the poor 55 times." Wei Zheng read out Liu Yuanxing's good deeds one by one.
After King Qin Guang heard this, he said again: "Check out the evil."
Zhong Kui, the judge of the Department of Punishment of Evil, immediately said to the bull-headed horse face below: "Nut-headed horse face, take him to the evil mirror platform to be reflected."
"Follow the decree of the law." The bull-headed horse-faced man immediately bowed to accept the order, and then stepped forward to take Liu Yuanxing out of the first hall and to the evil mirror platform on the right side of the hall.
The evil mirror platform is eighteen feet high, and the main body is made of black stone. Even the huge mirror is also made of stone.
When Liu Yuanxing stood on the evil mirror platform and faced the mirror, he saw a flash of light suddenly flashing from the mirror made entirely of stone. Then the mirror became extremely smooth and bright, and Liu Yuanxing's ghost was immediately reflected in it.
In just an instant, the mirror was completely reflected, and the divine light flashed in the mirror of the mirror, and a piece of jade slip flew into Niu Tou's hand. This jade slip was the general chapter of the mirror recording Liu Yuanxing's sins in his life.
Niu Tou took the jade slip and escorted Liu Yuanxing back to the first hall again, and presented the jade slip to Zhong Kui.
Zhong Kui glanced at the jade slip, and then read out: "Liu Yuanxing, a native of Daliuzhuang, Yanzhou Prefecture, Tang Dynasty, South China, did not commit any major evil in his life, but committed minor evils one hundred and forty-five times. He beat his wife three times during his lifetime, and sent her away in total. My wife received nine punches and four slaps. The crime of 'Four No's' was not committed, and the crime of 'Four No's' was not violated."
The four sins of disobedience and four sins mentioned by Zhong Kui at the end are the core criteria for the underworld to judge a person's good and evil.
The four no's are 'disloyalty, unfilial piety, disloyalty, and disbelief'.
The four no's are 'rudeness, no justice, no integrity and no shame'.
As long as you commit any of these four sins, you may be directly judged as "blackmail", and the sentence given to you by the underworld will not be light.
"Reward the good and punish the evil, declare the law and make the judgment." King Qin Guang said finally.
Afterwards, Lu Zhidao, the judge of the Chacha Department, stood up and saw that Lu Zhidao's eyes were like lightning, he was upright, majestic and righteous. His duty is to ensure that good deeds receive good rewards, good deeds are promoted, evildoers receive the punishment they deserve, and the wronged are vindicated.
After Lu Zhidao stood up, he immediately read out the verdict against Liu Yuanxing: "Liu Yuanxing, you have performed small acts of kindness 367 times, helped the poor 55 times, and offset your 145 small evils and still have some good left over. Therefore, you are hereby sentenced to be reincarnated as a man in three years' time, still a man, with a prosperous life. However, you beat your wife during your lifetime, and this crime must not go unpunished. Now you are sentenced to three years of torture in the Black Rope Hell in the Third Hall, and you will be transferred to the Black Rope Hell after your sentence is over. The Tenth Hall of Reincarnation.”
Hearing Lu Zhidao's verdict, Liu Yuanxing hesitated to speak. He had beaten his wife before his death, but it was a quarrel between husband and wife, and he did not expect that he would be punished for it.
But when he thinks that his life is over and he will never see his wife again, what about this torture? Consider it my apology to her.
Lu Zhidao issued the decree, and Liu Yuanxing was escorted to the third hall by ghost messengers.
The third hall is located in the Black Rope Hell. There are sixteen smaller hells below this Black Rope Hell, which are specially used to punish evildoers.
The King of Hell who was in charge of the third palace was the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. After reading Liu Yuanxing’s decree, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty also made a judgment against Liu Yuanxing: “Push into the small hell of boiling soup pouring on your hands, and suffer the pain of boiling soup pouring on your hands for three years.” .”
"Follow the law and decree." The judge in the third hall immediately stood up and took over the imperial edict from the Song Emperor.
Liu Yuanxing was then escorted to the "Boiled Hands Pouring Small Hell" among the sixteen smaller hells under the Black Rope Hell. As the name suggests, in this small hell, he was specially punished by "boiling soup poured on his hands."
However, unlike Liu Yuanxing's imagination of pouring boiled water on his hands, the 'boiling soup' here is strictly speaking red-hot 'molten iron'.
Moreover, in this underworld, especially Liu Yuanxing is just a ghost and has no self-protection mechanism. From the moment he is tortured, his soul will feel every bit of pain very clearly.
But these have nothing to do with Fang Jian. After Liu Yuanxing was sent to the small hell of pouring boiling soup on his hands, Fang Jian turned into a fairy light and flew out of the underworld, returned to the world, and returned to his residence in Daliuzhuang.
After returning to his residence, Fang Jian took out a jade slip and used magic power to write the first line on the jade slip: "Inspection Note 1: The ghost officer was too rough and violent during the process of arresting the soul."
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You must not know what I encountered last night. I just uploaded Chapter 78 last night. I was sitting in front of the computer writing this chapter. Suddenly I heard the sound of "呲呲岲岲" coming from the sofa behind me. I turned around and saw that it was... A snake. It has a triangular head, which is very thin but very long. It has patterns on its body and is earthy yellow. I checked and found that it should be a viper, which is poisonous. Then it was beaten to death. Regardless of whether it bit or hurt anyone, it deserved to die, because the place where people live is not where it should be. However, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep well.
