Cao Zhongchun went to the town early in the morning to pick up a load of coal and went to the back mountain of Xiangjia Village where the lime kiln was being burned. When passing by a row of tile-roofed houses with towering horse-head walls, I heard a man's miserable cry: Oh, have mercy! Don't pinch my neck...
Several porters who were also carrying coal walked in front of Cao Zhongchun and followed the sound to the door of Xiang Laizao's house. They rested their loads and listened quietly. Then they walked to the base of the wall and looked through the window. They found that the person making that cry was Cai Zhongchun. It is always early to die not long after my mother.
A big porter thought he was very angry. He clenched his fist as big as a stew bowl and knocked heavily on the window edge, shouting, "Where did this living ghost come from?" Get out of here quickly and don't pinch Xiang Zazao's neck anymore. How about I come in and take care of you?
He didn't see any ghost strangling Xiang Laizao's neck, but he clearly saw Xiang Laizao looking in pain. He had been sitting on a wooden chair with his neck tilted back, which was obviously caused by an invisible and mysterious external force. His body was still shaking, as if he had lost the ability to resist. But he can still speak. He shouted with a trembling voice, "People outside come and save me!" Cao Mengchun is strangling me...
The big man couldn't help but say, he entered through the ajar front door and tried to rescue Xiang Zao who was being choked by the ghost Cao Mengchun, but he couldn't get Xiang Zao's body back. As long as he took a step forward, he would feel as uncomfortable as being hit by a baton invented in later generations. He could only watch helplessly as Xiang Laizao struggled desperately.
At this time, several porters also entered the house, but they were also unable to get close to Chang Zao. When a small porter heard the three words "Cao Mengchun" uttered earlier, he immediately called to Cao Zhongchun, who had already walked to the corner of the house carrying coal.
Cao Zhongchun put down the burden and asked doubtfully, "What can I do for you?"
The little guy made gestures and said mysteriously, "Come on, come on."
Cao Zhongchun followed the little man into Xiang Laizao's house, and stood in a row with several other porters to look at Xiang Laizao who was sitting on a chair, his neck thrown back and his face pale, still struggling.
The big guy said, it’s not that we won’t save you, it’s that we can’t save you. Let me ask you, why did Cao Mengchun strangle you?
Meng Chun didn't answer, but he vomited blood, then got down from the chair and knelt down to beg, Meng Chun, please spare me, spare me! "
The little man leaned close to Cao Zhongchun's ear and whispered, "Zhongchun, wasn't your brother kidnapped and killed?"
Cao Zhongchun was silent, tears falling down.
At this moment, Xiang Zao was speaking with a different tone. It was clearly the ghost Cao Mengchun possessing Xiang Zao's body. What people saw was that Xiang Zao was speaking, and his tone was Cao Mengchun's.
Cao Mengchun possessed him and said, "Three years ago, you led a group of masked men to kidnap me late at night and demanded 2,000 silver dollars from my brother Cao Zhongchun. He sold off his property to collect 2,000 silver dollars and gave it to you, but you refused." , instead of letting me go home, he killed me and cut off a pair of my ears and threw them into my house overnight to send a bad message.
You kidnapped me, which was already against the king's law, but it was even more outrageous to tear up the ticket without keeping faith. Originally, due to the war, the local government did not bother to accept the case, but Hades accepted the case. I should have asked for your life at that time. The gods of Hades considered that you still have an old mother who has not passed away. If I asked for your life, your mother would have lost the relatives she raised. So until three years later, your mother After you die, I will naturally receive the decree and come to ask for your life. Don't you want to die yet? I have allowed you to survive for three years.
The words possessed by Cao Mengchun were spoken to Xiang Xiangzao and the porters standing in front of him. After speaking, he left Xiang Zao's body. Xiang Zhao knelt on the ground and screamed for a long time, admitting that he had tied up the tickets and tore them up. He then fell to the ground and died.
Cao Zhongchun said with emotion, "For three years, I have not known who the kidnapper and the ticket breaker were, and today I finally figured it out."
At this moment, the undead had already left his body that fell on the ground. Of course, it was no longer a body but a corpse. His undead body was wandering around his corpse that had vomited a pool of blood before he died, seemingly reluctant to leave.
The ghost Cao Mengchun looked at the dead soul, a proud smile on his face. He said, I finally got my revenge.
The undead had always seen the ghost Cao Mengchun turn around and walk out of the door of his house, so he quietly took out a wooden stick from the corner of the door, chased after the ghost Cao Mengchun, and tried to knock him on the head. But when he just raised the wooden stick, the cow's head suddenly appeared and was held up by a steel fork, making a clanging sound.
Niutou roared, do you want to take revenge on Cao Mengchun?
The undead have always been frightened for a while, and they said quietly, "Cao Mengchun killed me, of course I... want to take revenge."
Niutou sighed, Oh, he wants your Yang life, you want his Yin life?
The ghost Cao Mengchun turned around alertly. From the conversation between Niutou and the undead, he already understood that the undead behind him had long wanted to beat him.
The ghost Cao Mengchun glared at him and said angrily, "You want to plot against me?"
The undead have always been silent, with their heads hanging down.
The ghost Cao Mengchun walked over, stretched out his hand to lift his chin and said, "Do you know?" I take your life to make you repay your blood debt. I don't owe you anything. There's no reason for you to hit me. Fortunately, General Niu caught me with a steel fork. It's both a sin and a fault for you to have this idea.
The horseman who suddenly appeared flicked his hand, and an iron chain flew out like a silver snake, without any deviation, just locking the undead's hands, and making a metallic sound of "click, click, click".
Ma Mian pulled the chain and ordered, "Follow us, climb the Yin Mountain, climb the Yellow Spring, and go straight to the Ghost Judge's Hall to accept the judge's trial."
The undead have always asked, what is there to judge? I kidnapped Cao Mengchun before and killed him. Now he strangled me and claimed my life. We are evened, we owe nothing to anyone, and there is no need for a trial.
Ma Mian said, according to our investigation, there was always a murder case before your death!
The undead always said in a serious voice, "What other murder cases do I have?" there is none left.
Niutou looked at him coldly and asked, "Do you dare to say that you will never be involved in a murder case again?"
The undead had always been confused and silent, and asked secretly in his heart: Could it be that before I was alive, I joined a group of strongmen to brave a snowstorm to rob a ship of soybeans on the Chibi River, and that Niu Tou and Ma Mian discovered that I was killing people and stealing goods?
On this day, the atmosphere in the Ghost Judge's Hall was tense.
The judge asked the undead who was kneeling in front of the temple, "The guilty soul is always early. You died at such a young age. Do you know what crime you committed?"
The undead have always responded honestly. When I was alive, I kidnapped, torn apart, and killed Cao Mengchun. I did such a bad thing that was harmful to nature, so I responded to an old saying that seems to have been said by a saint: God can forgive sins if they are committed. , people who commit evil will not live. This is why I died at such a young age.
The judge asked again, "Have you ever done anything else that is harmful to nature and justice during your lifetime?"
The undead has always been hesitant to talk about it and can't remember it.
The judge stretched out his palm, and the palm gradually became larger, and then became like a screen, showing an unforgettable image that the real undead had always been very familiar with:
A large boat filled with soybeans was ferried to the center of the Chibi River. At that time, heavy snow was falling. Seven masked men wearing dog hats with the brim of their hats pulled down to cover their faces, only revealing two eye holes, unexpectedly jumped from the oncoming bamboo raft. He jumped onto the big ship and pushed every seven members of the family who were escorting the cargo into the cold river, drowning alive...
At this moment, the judge stared at the undead and asked again, are you among these seven masked strong men?
The undead always nodded and blamed themselves. I deserved death. I did participate in a group of strongmen robbing a ship of soybeans and killing people.
The judge retracted his palm and said sternly, "The guilty soul has always been early. Please tell me honestly. In addition to participating in a group of strongmen who robbed people on the Chibi River, killing people and stealing goods, kidnapping, tearing up votes, and killing Cao Mengchun, have you ever done anything else that is unethical and unethical?"
The undead always answered early, no...no, really not.
At this time, the ghost Cao Yang entered the Ghost Judge's Hall. He was extremely jealous when he saw his true enemies. As soon as he laid eyes on him, he recognized the undead soul. He wanted to kick and beat him to relieve his hatred, but the judge stopped him and said: The Ghost Judge's Hall is not a place to seek revenge. Hell has its own torture for all sinful souls.
