The original government office of Yanhua Prefecture collapsed in the earthquake. Several simple houses were erected next to the ruins as temporary government offices.
Although Lu Yuanwai now serves as the prefect, he works at his own residence most of the time and does not come here.
Strangely enough, in the previous earthquake of such magnitude, all other mansions were basically destroyed, but the "Lu Mansion" suffered almost no damage.
The only loss was some traces of damage left behind when Zu Mi occupied the Lu Mansion.
Of course, although this is strange, it does not affect the fact that everyone is about to starve to death.
Everyone is working hard to survive, and a government official is no exception.
Niu Deting worked as a steward in the government office for many years and served three prefects in total.
It's a pity that he has no background and is not very knowledgeable. No matter whether he has connections or imperial examinations, he can't get through.
He is forty-six years old this year and is still a government official. He has been in this position for twelve years.
He also had a hard life. He lost his father when he was young and was raised by his mother and uncle.
Later, he finally found a job in the government office and managed to live a better life. However, his mother, who had never thought about being rich in her life, died on the day he took office.
Up to now, my uncle also died of illness last year. As for my wife, she died of illness five years ago.
The two sons were drafted to fight in the north at the beginning of the year and have not returned yet. They probably will never come back.
Even if a person goes to another place to make a living, he doesn’t know how he will live.
The only lucky thing was that his daughter was attracted by a wealthy man and became his concubine. She lived a pretty good life and even brought him some rice and flour during the holidays.
As an old official, Niu Deting works differently from his colleagues.
My colleagues just dealt with the situation and muddle along.
He was the only one who always worked hard and was diligent, so he was nicknamed "Old Scalper" by others.
Niu Deting didn't care about that. He felt that doing things must be consistent with his own conscience.
After another busy day, Niu Deting came out of the office, twisted his waist, rubbed his eyes, held his worn cotton clothes tightly in the autumn wind, and headed home.
He was lucky. There was a big earthquake and half of his family's house collapsed, but the remaining half was supported by sloping walls and beams.
In this way, compared to those homeless people, his home still has half a room.
There was nothing good to eat in the evening, so just a dry and hard steamed bun with a bowl of water was enough to get by.
After eating these, Niu Deting was about to go to bed. When he looked up, he found a fairy-like young man suddenly appeared on the street outside. The young man seemed to be smiling at him.
Niu Deting felt a little strange when he saw this. He was about to get up and ask, but saw the young man disappear suddenly again.
This is a bit scary. Niu Deting knows that the city has not been peaceful recently and there are a lot of dirty things.
Although the boy didn't look dirty, he still needed to be on guard.
Niu Deting checked the talisman papers posted on the wall and was relieved when he saw that the talisman papers were still intact.
But he was still a little worried, so he took out a few talismans from under the bed and pasted them on the head and foot of the bed.
In this way, he felt at ease. He was already very tired, lying on the bed, fully clothed.
After a while, Niu Deting fell asleep.
As soon as I fell asleep, I turned over again.
For some reason, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Although I can't tell, it just feels weird.
He left the room and walked out onto the street.
He discovered why there were so many people silently at this late night.
There are a group of children playing and playing over there, and there are old people walking here.
So free...
No, these people.
Niu Deting discovered that he knew several of these people. The old man taking a walk was his cousin, who should have died two months ago.
There are also a few children over there. These children should have died in the last big earthquake!
This discovery frightened Niu Deting. What was going on and why he saw dead people.
At this time, his cousin came over and said:
"Isn't this Deting? Why are you dead too? Did you freeze to death or starve to death?"
Niu Deting found that his cousin's face was very unhealthy, and he looked like he was dying of illness.
I was even more surprised by what my cousin said:
"I-I'm dead?"
"Yes, otherwise how could you see me?"
Niu Deting was shocked and hurried back to the room. When he saw that there was still someone lying on the bed in the room, wasn't it him?
For a moment, Niu Deting was a little distracted. Am I going to die now?
After a long while, he came back to his senses and looked at his cousin:
"But cousin, you have been dead for two months and should have gone to the underworld long ago. Why are you still here?"
Because he was his cousin, Niu Deting was not very scared, but he just couldn't accept the fact that he died.
"The underworld, I can't go there. The underworld is gone. Now everything is under the control of the City God."
"Then you are not in the Chenghuang Temple, why are you here?"
"The City God's Office is so busy with a lot of things right now, how can it be in the mood to care about us brats?
I'm not bored, so I just walk around! "
Niu Deting never expected that things would become so bizarre, and he still didn't believe that he died.
He wasn't sick, hungry, or cold, so why did he die so mysteriously?
At this moment, his cousin suddenly looked at his waist with a surprised look on his face:
"Deting, are you a shady person?"
"A shady thing? What kind of shady thing?"
Niu Deting looked confused and followed his cousin's gaze to his waist.
I found that at some point, there was an extra brand on my waist.
He was naturally literate. When he picked up the sign and looked at it, he saw ancient Chinese characters on both sides.
The three words "Yanhua Mansion" are written on the front, and the four words "Living Yincha" are written on the back.
When Niu Deting saw this, he was very confused. He naturally knew about Yin Cha, but what was this "living Yin Cha"?
"Cousin, what is this?"
My cousin said, "Isn't this the brand Yin Zai wears? I think it's the same as other Yin Zai's."
Niu Deting then remembered that his cousin was illiterate, so he couldn't tell the difference between this and other Yinzai. Although he had never seen other Yinzai, he knew that there would never be "living people" on their signs. Character.
When I was wondering, I suddenly saw a rogue ghost running to bully a group of children over there.
The children were beaten until they cried, and the ruffians didn't let them go.
When my cousin saw that the rogue's face became more terrifying the more he beat people, and even grew green-faced fangs, he immediately exclaimed:
"No, he wants to eat other ghosts and become an evil ghost!"
Niu Deting was shocked when he heard this. He knew what the evil ghost was even when he was alive.
Evil ghosts possess sins, cannot be reincarnated, and will continue to harm people.
Only after going through hell torture or salvation can sins be washed away and reincarnated.
When Niu Deting saw an evil ghost harming other ghosts, he didn't care much and went up to beat the evil ghost.
This fight was very strange. Logically speaking, it was impossible for him, a steward in his forties who sat in the government office all day long, to defeat a rogue whose specialty was fighting.
But the fact is that he won the fight. His fist seemed to be on fire and hit the rogue, causing great damage.
The rogue screamed in agony and was beaten so hard that he fled away in a hurry.
"Yang Qi, do you still have Yang Qi in you?"
My cousin looked at him in shock,
"Are you not dead, but just out of body?"
Niu Deting was also surprised when his cousin said this.
Not dead, it turned out that I was not dead!
This was obviously happy news, and he quickly asked his cousin how he could live again.
My cousin said: "Since you are not dead, just return your soul to your body."
Niu Deting was very happy when he heard this and wanted to go back to the room to give it a try.
At this time, the rogue who ran away before turned back.
Not only did he come back, he also brought several rogues with him, one of whom had turned into a green-faced and fanged man-eating devil.
When my cousin saw these evil spirits, he was frightened and quickly said to Niu Deting:
"Run, run quickly, if they catch you, you will be dead."
Seeing this, Niu Deting was not afraid:
"Hmph, a bunch of bullies who are afraid of the strong."
With that said, he started fighting with a group of ghosts.
Although he has some yang energy attached to him, he can hurt his opponents.
But the hero couldn't stand the crowd, and was soon pushed to the ground and beaten by a group of ghosts.
My cousin was extremely anxious, but he was a ghost of a very young age and had no cultivation, so he couldn't help at all.
Just when he was anxious, he saw the "Living Yin Cha" sign on Niu Deting's waist suddenly glowed, and a powerful force appeared, knocking a group of thugs away and throwing them to the ground.
The rogue ghosts screamed in pain and seemed to be severely injured.
My cousin was also surprised when he saw this:
"The power of wish is the power of wish that can only be used by evil spirits."
Niu Deting also held the sign strangely and found that there seemed to be power in it that he could use.
Tried it, and sure enough it works.
This power is very strong, and the group of ghosts that were easily defeated almost dispersed.
Only then did the ghosts realize that this person was actually a sinister person, and they were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy.
Niu Deting was also puzzled. He had no idea what was going on and why he had become a culprit for no reason.
Also, isn’t it true that only the dead can be responsible for the evil deeds?
But he still has Yang Qi and is not dead yet.
What's going on with the "living person's sinister" on this token?
Just when he was full of doubts, he suddenly saw his cousin calling him "Lord City God" respectfully and bowing to him.
"City God?"
He still knew the name of the new City God General Ye Ming, and he even went to see the new City God Temple in person on the day it was completed.
Looking in the direction where his cousin was bowing, he saw a handsome young man who looked like a god appearing in front of him.
Isn't this the person who disappeared in a flash before?
Is he the new City God, General Ye Ming?
Niu Deting had been working as a steward for half his life. When he suddenly saw a high-ranking official at the theoretical and prefect level, he suddenly became nervous:
"Niu Deting, a grass-roots citizen, has met Lord City God!"
The young city god smiled and said:
"Niu Deting, I would like to ask you, if you were asked to take on the role of a human undercover, would you be willing?"
"Sir, the common people still don't know what this 'living person's errand' is..."
"The so-called 'living Yinzai' refers to errands that are performed by living people and have the same responsibilities as Yinzai.
In this position, one can carry out normal activities during the day without any hindrance. At night, one's soul leaves the body and performs yin duties.
There are also benefits to holding this position. You will not be rewarded with wealth in the world, but you will be rewarded with longevity after death.
Anyone who holds this position and serves for three years will receive an additional year of life after death.
This is a fixed reward. During the performance of duties, if you make achievements such as catching ghosts and exorcising evil spirits, you can also accumulate yin virtue.
If he dies in his job, he can be reincarnated into a wealthy family in the next life.
If the soul is gone, the descendants will enjoy three generations of wealth. "
(Here one life refers to thirty years, and three lives refers to ninety years.)
After listening to the young city god talk about the duties, risks and benefits of living Yin Cha, he asked again:
"Niu Deting, I ask you again, are you willing to accept the position of 'living person's secret mission'?"
After hearing this, Niu Deting thought about it briefly and decided to accept it.
He is not afraid of death, so what if he fights evil spirits and loses his soul?
This matter can help many people, and it will be beneficial to yourself and future generations. Why should you be afraid of just a little responsibility?
"Reporting to the Lord City God, the common people are willing to accept this position!"
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