Yan Wodan described the scene in the underworld: "The underworld is full of souls of the underworld, but it is not just ghosts, there are gods, demons, and various creatures. No, to be precise, they are dead spirits. The dead have spirits. , although it is nominally under the control of the Hades Emperor, there are many forces in the mountains, and there are tens of thousands of ghost kings, among whom there are ten great ghost kings who occupy ten continents. The ghost kings have judges, usually two great judges. People, one civilized, one military, and several small judges. The Judge Tieya you are talking about is the civil judge under the Ghost King of Black Mountain."
Liang Xingyang took the Iron Cliff Token and asked, "What exactly does this thing do?"
"This is made of crystal iron from the underworld mixed with ten thousand years of cold iron from the North Sea in the Yang world. You can use it to travel between the Yin and Yang realms. Of course, only the ghost body can enter, not the physical body. You can also use it to summon Judge Iron Cliff. .”
"Do you know how to use it?"
Yan Wodan smiled: "When I went to the underworld with my father, we used the secret rituals of our sect. This was the first time I saw this token. Naturally, I wouldn't be able to use it, but people from the Taiyin sect might use it. . Although our White Bone Sect transports corpses and puts them to death for rebirth, in the final analysis it is still a method of entering the underworld. The Taiyin Sect specializes in taking the path to the underworld. Although I have no evidence, I can be sure that there must be a way to enter the underworld in their sect. And he has colluded with the forces in the underworld, so he might also have such a token."
Listening to her talk about the Taiyin Cult, Liang Xingyang remembered the two Taoists he met at Yeguang Peak, the Five Ghost Taoist Gao Shuhuai and the Four Songs Taoist Han Qiufeng. I can’t help but sigh, there are so many evil cults in this world! The Golden Lantern Sect, the Taiyin Sect, the White Bone Sect, and I heard that there is also the Lianshan Sect in the north. They are destroying states and seizing counties. They are so powerful that they are about to start a prairie fire.
He did not ask Yan Wodan how to find people from the Taiyin Sect, because he would not ask people from the Taiyin Sect for advice on how to use the Iron Cliff Token.
The escort team only took a short rest in Mingzhou Fucheng, and only stayed for two nights before setting off on the road again.
Huang Shichong, the commander-in-chief of Xiancai, escorted them to the border of Mingzhou and went back. Two more teams came to greet them, led by the flag bearer of Yulin Weitianwu Banner and the commander-in-chief of Zhongzhou. They were small in number but large in size. Not low.
Entering Zhongzhou, this place is different from other places. First of all, it is densely populated and there are many villages and towns. It used to be that you could not see a few villages even if you walked in a day. Here, as long as you fly into the sky, you can see the hills and fields, scattered high and low. A village. Secondly, the city is larger, and each county has higher walls and wider moats than the border areas. Thirdly, people are richer than outsiders. The further you go to the capital, the better the clothes they wear and the more diverse foods they eat. Although there are also coolies and beggars in ragged clothes, the overall prosperity is visibly more prosperous.
All the way to Yujing City, the punishment car was taken into the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment, and everyone paid their respects.
Jian Dongcheng went back to Yulinwei to report to the general manager, and the Zhongzhou General Soldier returned to the Ministry of War to complete the formalities. The four major immortal sects all had Taoist temples stationed in the capital. Everyone dispersed, except for Liang Xingyang, who didn't know where to go.
He meditated in the inn for several days, but nothing happened. He was puzzled and dissatisfied. He walked out of the inn and wondered who he should go to. After some inquiries, he said that he was in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and that he wanted to move to Tai Chi Hall. , you have to find officials from the Ministry of Personnel.
So, he went directly to the official office. When he reached the gate, he was stopped by the gatekeeper. He couldn't help but shouted straight out: "Where is our official office? How can you, a child, just enter?"
Liang Xingyang introduced himself to his family, and then said: "I came here with the team escorting the prison van. I was told that when it was over, I could enter the Tai Chi Hall to see the emperor."
The officer watching the gate shook his hand and almost flew out: "Go away! Where did you hear the rumors? Stop making noise here!"
Liang Xingyang wanted to show them off on the spot, but when he saw the door gods posted on the door of the official department and the two stone lions in front of the door, he knew that they were spiritual things. Once he touched them, they would be touched. Dragons in the capital The qi was strong, and many officials had cultivated their qi and maintained their health. They carried official seals and other magic weapons with them. They could not make any mistakes, so they retreated patiently.
Later, after some more inquiries, he learned that the three majors of Wenhua Hall, Wuying Hall, and Taiji Hall were honorary titles, not official positions, and were not under the control of the Ministry of Personnel but the Ministry of Rites, so he came again When I went to the Ministry of Rites, I got the same result as the previous day.
Liang Xingyang felt a little angry and thought: Could it be that Bai Langqi deceived him?
Late at night, he stood on the top of the inn with his hands behind his back, standing upright, looking intently in the direction of the imperial city. He saw a large amount of purple energy gathering above the imperial city, and in the purple energy, crouched a giant dragon.
This is the dragon spirit of Daxia. Its essence is also the power of will. It is the wish of hundreds of millions of subjects throughout the Daxia dynasty. If everyone recognizes the emperor of the Xia family, this dragon will exist and be extremely powerful.
It's just that this dragon looks sluggish and immature now. It's lying in the clouds formed by the steaming purple air. It doesn't have a strong dragon power. Instead, there is black air in the northeast, although it is not very powerful. , but it is extremely condensed. There is a white evil flying in the northwest. It is a little loose and thin, but it covers a huge area.
Liang Xing raised his heart and wanted to go to the palace to find the emperor directly, but he felt that this was a bit reckless. There were countless masters hidden in Jade City. Although his swordsmanship was special, he did not dare to look down upon the world and not take others seriously. .
But waiting like this is not an option. He wants to meet the emperor for two things. One is the Golden Lantern Sect. He wants to make it clear to Huangdi that the dangers of the Golden Lantern Sect are no worse than the White Bone Sect. Almost all civil and military officials in the various states in the south of the Yangtze River are I converted to the Golden Lantern Sect, and although I didn’t have breakfast in public, it was already quietly corroding and permeating, completely changing the world. Another thing is about Yanwodan.
When he was approaching the capital, Liang Xingyang asked Yan Wodan if there was anything he wanted to do.
Yan Wodan only said no at first, but Liang Xingyang felt uneasy. After asking again and again, Yan Wodan finally told him what he wanted Liang Xingyang to do: "My father was captured by Mr. Yue Lu on Ziwu Road and was taken to Lingchi in the capital. When he was executed, all the flesh on his body was cut off, but his bones were still intact. My father was known as the Bone God. His bones were intact, and he could be chopped with knives and axes, struck by thunder and burned without any damage. I don’t know where he is now. Now I will be cut to death by a thousand cuts. I would like to ask you to collect my body, find my father’s bones, and bury my father and daughter together to end this calamity. I will definitely be killed by them and My father was beaten to a pulp, and there was no possibility of reincarnation. There is no afterlife. I... haven't seen my father for a long time. I just hope that I can be buried with him after death, which can be regarded as a father-daughter reunion. , then there will be no regrets!”
With tears in her eyes and determination in her choked sobs, she kowtowed twice to Liang Xingyang very solemnly inside the iron cage.
Liang Xingyang agreed to him. He thought that if the souls of Yan Wodan and his daughter were scattered after their death, there would be no use keeping their skeletons. He wanted to use his escorting service as a condition for their father and daughter to be buried together.
"We can't force our way into the palace." Liang Xingyang said to himself, "We have to think of a proper way."
