Yang Jiaren met this female ghost in plaid clothes in the red and green mountains in his hometown. He was a little moved, but the words of the green-bearded Yin soldier lingered in his ears: ...You go! I'm waiting for your smooth return in Hades. Yang Jiaren hesitated again and said to the female soul, "No, I want to return to the underworld."
You old man is so ignorant. If you want to leave, just leave. I will not go to the underworld. I will wait here. There will always be a dead man who returns to the underworld to visit relatives and is willing to marry me. The female dead soul said confidently.
Yang Jiaren actually walked away, but before he could go far, he heard the painful screams of the deceased woman. He turned around and saw that the immortal lock was getting bigger and bigger. The lock was like a bow, and the rim was like a bow string. The key was like a bow and arrow, making a whooshing sound, as if it was shooting at the dead woman's soul fiercely. This may be the soul-killing method of Binding Immortal Lock. Yes, the female soul has fallen down and disappeared.
Yang Jiaren's heart palpitated for a while and he said to himself, I'm lucky that I didn't listen to the ghost of the female ghost and stayed in my hometown to marry her and become a ghost couple. If I had listened to her, it would be over and I would end up like her, my soul would be exterminated by the Immortal Lock, and I would no longer be qualified to be a ghost. Thinking of this, Yang Jiaren did not dare to delay, and soon returned to the underworld and handed back the Immortal Binding Lock.
The red-bearded Yin soldiers were also waiting for him, and immediately took him to the second hall to wait for King Chu Jiang to ascend the hall for interrogation. Just like in the first hall, he did not have any crimes that could make him go to hell to be tortured, and he was killed by Chu Jiang again. King Jiang ordered a secret agent to be sent to the third palace to wait for the Song Emperor's interrogation. As before, he did not have time to be punished, so he walked from hall to hall, and passed from hall to hall.
Although Yang Jiaren did not stay in each hall for a long time, he learned some real situations. Although the interrogation of dead souls by the king of hell in each hall was similar to the judge of the Yangshi court who tried the prisoners, it also had the biggest difference, that is, the king of hell in each hall never bent the law for personal gain. Be impartial and selfless, and you must be innocent of those who were wronged in the world of heaven; you must be severely punished for those who had illegal intentions in life and gave bribes, gifts, and evil deeds.
Each hall has a bright mirror hanging high, truly making decisions for the people, where evildoers and gooddoers will get their due rewards. As long as you commit a crime, you can find the corresponding basis for punishment in the Yin Law regulations and be sentenced to jail. No one can escape.
Suddenly one day, a young Yin soldier in the underworld called Yang Jiaren's name and asked him to go to the support pavilion to collect the package. Yang Jiaren was confused and asked what the Support Pavilion was. Why hadn't I heard of it? The young Yin soldier smiled and said, "You will know if you follow me." The Pavilion of Support is the tenth station in the underworld. How do you know if you have never been there?
The young Yin soldier led Yang Jiaren to walk and chat, which made him understand what the support pavilion was about. Most people will have doubts in their minds. If the living people in the Yang world burn paper money, burn clothes, and offer offerings to the dead, can the deceased receive it? The answer is that as long as you burn paper money, burn clothes, and offer offerings correctly and in a legal manner, then the deceased can get it. The offering pavilion in the middle is like a post office, responsible for delivering offerings from the human world to the dead.
This is also a rule left by our ancestors. It is reasonable to say that after a person dies, it takes seven days, a hundred days, and an anniversary to burn offerings to the souls of the deceased. Generally speaking, seven days, a hundred days, and an anniversary are exactly what the ghosts in the underworld are doing. During the interrogation in each hall, it is like burning five flowers on the occasion of May 7th, just for the Lord of Hell in the fifth hall to see the flowers, hoping that the Lord of Hell will look at the flowers, and watching the flowers will help the deceased pass the test smoothly. Of course, this custom has been continued in Yangshi, which is just a wish. It contains the sincere love and filial piety of making offerings.
In fact, all the laws and regulations in the underworld are fair, just and open. It is impossible for the Lord of Hell to be distracted by looking at flowers and carelessly interrogate the guilty souls.
Gradually arriving at the Support Pavilion, the young Yin Bing handed a receipt to a middle-aged Yin Soldier at the counter. The middle-aged Yin Soldier skillfully took out a package and handed it to Yang Jiaren.
Yang Jiaren opened it and looked at it. There were gold ingots, towels, warm clothes, etc. inside. He felt warm in his heart. He praised the relatives of Yang Shiqin a few times, tied the package up again, stood here and watched the fun, and saw the trick—— The Yin soldiers on duty in the Support Pavilion are very responsible and have a clear division of labor. They organize the offerings that are constantly coming from the Yang world very clearly. Large items are piled up, and small items are stored in small items. The addresses and offerings are classified differently and they will be delivered to the soul promptly and accurately.
At this time, Yang Jiaren also discovered that many ghosts like him were accepting offerings from the underworld. In the Support Pavilion, many different Yin soldiers wore different uniforms. They were sorting and marking the offerings in the Yang world. Most of them were busy and orderly.
Suddenly, he saw streaks of golden light appearing on some offerings. Yang Jiaren asked the young Yin soldier who brought him here what was the reason. He replied that these offerings that radiated golden light all contained Buddhist magnetic fields, Taoist magnetic fields, and fairy magnetic fields. , this is because the descendants of Dunlun are particularly filial, and they are burned and offered in regular temples, dojos, and halls in the underworld under the guidance of experts. These offerings with magnetic fields will be given priority to the souls of the dead when they reach the underworld.
Hearing this, Yang Jiaren felt that the offerings in his package did not contain any magnetic field, and he was particularly envious of others. He also humorously praised that it turns out that there is also "Express Mail" in the underworld.
When the young Yin soldier saw Yang Jiaren receiving the package, he led him out of the support pavilion. Seeing that it was still early, Yang Jiaren asked the young Yin soldier, after being examined by the Tenth Hall of Hell, where were the souls who had no sins and did not need to go to the eighteenth level of hell?
The young Yin soldier replied that after the review of the Ten Palaces of Hell, the souls of all walks of life can be called ghosts. Those who are guilty will be sent to the eighteenth level of hell for punishment, while those who are not guilty will start living their own ghost lives according to the records in the book of life and death, that is, keeping their own ghost life. After keeping their own ghost life, they will start to wait for the normal six paths of reincarnation.
Yang Jiaren said, I am observing my ghost life now, and I also feel that I have some magical powers compared to when I was alive. Some things that were unclear before I was alive are now clear. I can understand some of the thoughts that come from my relatives.
The young Yin soldier told him that this is normal. After the soul is transformed into a ghost, the ghost will naturally have so-called magical powers compared with the living people in the Yang world. Of course, this magical power is relative. For ghosts, the most basic breathing function of living people in the human world is also supernatural power, and ghosts cannot breathe.
Oh I see. Yang Jiaren was chatting with the young Yin soldier. He looked up and saw castle-like houses in front of him. He asked where this place was. The young Yin soldier said that this was the eleventh station of the underworld, the Ghost Realm Castle. Ghosts live here. I'll take you in now.
