Niutou asked angrily, who are you? After eating the courage of a leopard, he dared to stop the underworld police from arresting the guilty soul. What crime should he be punished for?
Ma Mian wanted to step forward and hand over the old man's crutches. Unexpectedly, the old man immediately bowed to the two of them and apologized repeatedly, saying, "I'm sorry."
The bull's head was half gone and he asked, "Who are you? Why do you want to stop us from arresting the guilty souls?"
The old man replied: I am the god of the Fu family who is about to become more powerful. There is a reason why I stopped you from arresting Qian Wankuan. You have also seen that Qian Wanguan is a kind person who takes good care of the elderly. I am not stopping you from arresting him because he is a kind person. If he is old enough, he should be arrested. The problem is that if you arrest him now, he will not survive. Fu's mother, whom he took care of, would not survive either.
Fu's mother said that if no one took care of her, she would commit suicide and hang herself. This undoubtedly means that if you take away Qian Waguan's soul, you will also kill Fu's mother. I beg you, can you please go back to King Yama and grant him some grace, so that Fu’s mother can die at the end of her life and come to arrest Qian Wanguan again.
The bull head and the horse looked at each other. Ma Mian gave the order: Catch. But when Niu Tou, holding the chain in his hand, went to look for Qian Wagguan, he found that Qian Wagguan, who had already helped Fu's mother to bed, had returned to a woodshed with a bunk opposite Fu's mother's bedroom.
Although it was late at night, he did not lie down to sleep. Instead, he knelt under the west wall, facing a Buddha statue on the shrine and chanted Buddha's name constantly. Afterwards, he dedicated the merits of chanting Buddha's name to his enemies and creditors in the past and present lives, and specifically mentioned On the Chibi River, he participated in a group of strongmen who robbed a ship of soybeans and murdered seven members of the family. In addition, because of his greed for money, he pushed his unsuspecting owner Fu Dexing off the Wang En Bridge and drowned. He devoutly repented in front of the Buddha. , burst into tears.
Niutou looked at the family god and asked in a low voice, did you hear what Qian Wagguan said?
The family god said, I know that he did many bad things in the past that deserved his death, and he should have gone to hell. But now he has repented and taken practical actions. I still have this opinion. If you arrest him, can you give him some time? Even in the world of the Yang world, there is a theory of making atonement for one’s sins. Doesn’t the underworld’s Underworld have the discretion to act accordingly?
Ma Mianlai said with a long horse face, don't talk about the laws of the world. If the case committed by Qian Wanguan was detected by the detectives in the world, he would have been sentenced to death and his head would have been moved. On the contrary, the detectives in the underworld asked for people. There is still a buffer period in life. How about this! God of the house, wait a moment, let him lie down on the bunk to sleep, and we will take away his soul and hand it over to Hades. Tell your opinion to the judge of Hades. If you agree to allow some time to arrest him again, we will temporarily take his soul away. If the judge of Hades disagrees with the return of the living soul to the Yang, there is nothing we can do.
The family god was shocked when he heard this and remained silent while leaning on his crutches.
Niutou and Mamian saw that the family god no longer tried to dissuade them, so they waited at the door of the woodshed, but Qian Wagguan kept kneeling there, reciting sutras and chanting Buddha's name, showing great piety. When the rooster crows for the first time, the cow's head and horse's face feel the yang energy getting stronger, and they quickly move away.
The next day, in the gloomy Ghost Judge's Hall, the judge had just concluded a case when the ghost escorted a guilty soul out of the hall. The bull-headed and horse-faced men entered the palace one after another, and they bowed their hands to the judge in shame.
The judge asked, why did he come back empty-handed? I ordered you two to arrest all the guilty souls of the strongman who robbed a ship of soybeans on the Chibi River, killed people, and stole the goods. How come not a single one of them was arrested?
Niu Tou and Ma Mian said in unison, "Report to the Great God, we will capture the guilty souls of the other six people one by one." Last night, we found Qian Waguan and were preparing to capture his soul, but the situation was very special. We discovered that Qian Wankuan is practicing spiritual practice. Although he has done evil things that are harmful to nature and morality, he is currently doing good deeds and sincerely repenting. We also took the initiative to serve as volunteers at the home of Fu Dexing, who died unexpectedly. We went to Fu Dexing's home, and even the door god and family god of the Fu family interceded on his behalf.
The judge looked shocked and said, "As soon as they intercede, will you let Qian Waguan go?"
Niutou shook his head and explained, No, we still have to take his sinful soul to the underworld, but he has been sitting in front of the Buddha statue, chanting sutras and repenting for his sins. We planned to wait until he went to bed before arresting his guilty soul, but after waiting for so long, the rooster crowed over and over before we left. The reason why we returned to the temple was because the family god entrusted us to ask the underworld for some time to arrest his soul and take his life.
The judge was still displeased and continued to scold him. How could this be unreasonable?
Niu Tou accompanied him with a smile and said, God, please calm down! Please be patient and listen to what I have to say. It turns out that there is some truth in what the family god said. He meant that if Qian Wanguan died, the eighty-year-old mother would also find a short circuit and hang herself. This would be equivalent to Hades detaining one person and killing another. Why not extend some time and let the mother who finally lived to be eighty live long enough to die before going to arrest Qian Wagguan?
The judge asked, how long will it take?
No one answered, and the hall was completely silent.
Yin Chai, who was standing nearby, suddenly said, "Judge God, I am in charge of the book of life and death in the world. I will go and check Fu Mu's life limit. Isn't it clear?"
The judge waved his hand and said, go check it out!
There was no silence in the palace, and Ma Mian told the judge another situation: before they returned to Hades, they passed by Wang En Bridge and met the River God. The River God also dissuaded him from rushing to arrest Qian Wanguan because Qian Wanguan had really changed for the better. Ten thousand of the 30,000 yuan obtained from the murder of Fu Dexing was donated to Qianjiazhuang to set up a school; the other ten thousand was donated to ten physically disabled people in ten villages. He returned ten thousand yuan to stay and support Fu Dexing's eighty-year-old mother like a son. He has changed from a great evil man to a great good man.
The judge said that the retribution of good and evil should be distinguished. If he did evil before, he should be punished now; if he does good now, he will naturally be rewarded with good in his future reincarnation.
Suddenly, the evil messenger returned to the palace and presented the book of life and death to the judge. He also pointed to the record on it and said that Fu Dexing's mother still had four years to live.
The judge said that he would not wait for four years. Officials Niutou and Mamian order you to capture and bring the guilty soul Qian Wanguan to justice within two years.
The bull-headed and horse-faced people sang in unison, promising to obey the command.
The bull-headed and horse-faced figures were walking towards the entrance of the palace, but a wet spirit rushed out from outside the palace door. He opened his hands to stop him and shouted, "Slow--"
The bull head and the horse face shouted at the same time, "Bold!" Why don't you hurry up and get out of here.
The judge also saw it and asked calmly, where did you come from? Tell me, why did you stop the God of Hades from arresting you?
The spirit bowed its hands in salute to the judge and said, Great God, I was born in Puqi West Street, and my name was Fu Dexing. Ever since the scorpion-hearted Qian Wanguan pushed me off the Wang En Bridge and drowned me, and I became an unjust ghost in the water. I have always wanted to come here to redress my grievances and take revenge, but now Qian Wankuan has changed his ways and become a good person. He also takes care of the daily life of my eighty-year-old mother. I am deeply moved.
One night, my ghost came home for a visit and found that Qian Wanguan was taking the trouble to do some tedious and dirty work for my mother, such as pouring spittoons and rinsing toilets, without any other intention. I think that even if I were still alive and could fulfill my filial piety to my mother, it would be difficult for me to do it as meticulously and as satisfactorily as Qian Waguan did. Based on this, I rushed from Wang Enqiao to Hades to intercede for Qian Wanguan. Please kindly ask the judge to withdraw the pardon order and not let the two gods, Niutou and Mamian, go to capture Qian Wagguan.
The judge said, Fu Dexing, it is very rare for you to be able to forgive your enemy, put aside your past grudges, and intercede for your enemy. However, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be punished with evil. Qian Wagguan did many evil things in the past, and he was also involved in a murder case. In the world of the underworld, he was still at large because no crime was committed. Now that the underworld knows about his crimes, it is impossible not to arrest him and punish him. of. Looking at the bull-headed and horse-faced messengers, the two gods quickly arrested Qian Wagguan's spirit body for questioning.
The bull-headed and horse-faced men said in unison, "I obey." Immediately one after another stepped out of the palace gate.
At this time, Fu Dexing's soul fluttered and knelt in front of the hall, refusing to get up for a long time.
The judge looked at him and said, "Fu Dexing, I wanted Qian Wagguan to change his ways and do more good deeds, so I brought him to the palace and just beat him thirty times, and then let him go." This is called a serious crime and a light punishment.
Fu Dexing's ghost suddenly stood up and said knowingly, "Thank you, the judge, for your good judgment and appropriate punishment."
