"Zhang Sheng's wife, Yao Niang, died on the Ghost Festival three years ago... Huh?" Yan Yan straightened up, "His parents died on July 10th. This whole family died within five days two years ago.
?”
Turning the book of life and death back to the page of Zhang Sheng, there is a blank space in the book of life and death, which was in July three years ago.
The whole month of July is blank.
"The gate of ghosts opens during the Ghost Festival. On this day, most of the ghosts are guarding the gates of ghosts, and there are fewer people collecting souls." Qingxuan took out the book of yin and yang, "I'm afraid there are loopholes. The lady born in this book may not have come to the underworld.
.”
"Sure enough." Qingxuan showed the book of Yin and Yang to Yan Yan.
It contains Yao Niang's name and birth date, but there are no other records.
Yan Yu looked through the book of life and death. It showed Yao Niang's name and birth date. There was only a record of birth, but no record of death.
The Yin-Yang Book is a book used by ghosts to check souls when they collect them. The Life and Death Book, which is different from the Yin-Yang Book, records life and death in the world.
And the book of life and death managed by civil and military judges in the Palace of Hell can even change life and death.
"If this Yao Niang is not dead, her birth record in the book of life and death only lasted until the Ghost Festival three years ago, but she should have her death record even if she is dead." Yan Yan looked confused.
"Zhang Sheng's parents have not entered the underworld." Qingxuan closed the book of yin and yang, "Sir, you can go to the human world to investigate. There is a blank in the book of life and death, and the three who have not entered the book of life and death should have a lot of yin virtues."
"Where's Xiaobai?" Yan Yan patted the dust on his clothes.
"Seventh Master is in seclusion, and he will be released in two days." Qingxuan said, "Sir, please wait two more days."
"You called the previous Bai Wuchang the Seventh Master. Do you also call Xiao Bai the Seventh Master?"
Qingxuan nodded, "The previous Hei Wuchang is also the Eighth Master."
"Stop! Don't mention Ba Ye again in front of me, otherwise you will be a stooge!" Yan Yan crossed his hands in front of him.
She needs her own title!
Seeing Qingxuan's eyes falling on her neck, Yan Yan reached out and touched the black silk wrapped around her neck, "Beheading is not a good-looking way to die, so I covered it up."
"I don't think your wounds look like you were beheaded." Qingxuan asked after careful consideration.
Yan Yu didn't record some of them, so he wanted to ask more questions for Qi Ye.
"It's not beheading. I've forgotten how he died." Yan Yan was vague, and then asked, "Then do you know how Xiaobai died? I think his fatal injuries are quite strange, why are they on his face?"
It leaves such a pattern on it.”
Qingxuan shook his head: "I don't know, but Master Qi was already there when I came to the underworld."
"Then Xiaobai was a ghost official before?"
Qing Xuanzhi said something wrong for a moment and forgot that Bai Zhu and Bai Wuchang were the two before.
"Probably, I've only seen him once."
——
On Grain Rain days, it will be rainy.
In the middle of the night, Yan Yu and others came to Zhangmen Village.
As soon as his feet landed on the ground, Yan Yan quickly picked up Xiao Bai Zhu.
"It's raining too hard!"
The rainwater collected on the ground reached Yan Yan's knees. If Xiao Bai Zhu stood on the ground, half of his body would be in the water.
Qingxuan conjured an oil-paper umbrella and covered their heads.
The heavy rain continued, and the voices were muffled by the sound of rain. Maybe it was raining too hard, and no lights were on around.
"This is so black... Ouch!"
Yan Yan held the little white candle in his arms and walked forward. Before he could take a step, his foot slipped and he almost threw the little white candle.
Xiao Bai Zhu took a deep breath.
Tolerate!
He knew that Yan Yan hugged him to protect him, but Yan Yan didn't know that she herself was his biggest danger!
"Why is there a slope here?"
After finishing his words, Qingxuan once again formed a fire trap, looked forward, and said coldly: "It's a cemetery."
Yan Yan slipped and wanted to kick him to vent his anger, but when he heard it was a graveyard, he suddenly pulled his foot back.
"Stepping on graves when you go out is not a good sign."
There was more than one slope of earth in front of him, and it was densely packed. There were bowls and chopsticks for worship in front of the tomb, and the bowls were filled with rainwater.
"The location where we are standing should be a mass grave."
Where there are potholes in the cemetery, there are only mass graves, which will be buried after enough dead people have been thrown in.
"I can't stand it anymore. Is there no place for living people to live in this village?" Yan Yan returned to his impermanent appearance and floated three feet above the ground.
"Down the hillside is where people live in Zhangmen Village. It's just that it's raining tonight, so no one may let us stay overnight. I'm afraid we'll have to go to the City God's Temple to stay overnight." Qingxuan looked down the mountain.
Qingxuan knocked on the door from the end of the village to the end of the village. Even if he didn't knock on the door one by one, he would still be heard by several nearby houses. In the end, they stayed overnight in the City God's Temple.
"Don't tell me that they couldn't hear it because the rain was so loud!" Yan Yan was very angry.
"I used my magic power, and they would hear the knock even if I didn't knock on the door."
"That's why I pretended not to hear it!" Yan Yan said viciously, "I can't even afford a bed, so no one knows that I stole their chickens and ducks!"
"Isn't it normal not to want outsiders to stay overnight? It's raining in the middle of the night, so it's easy to summon ghosts into the house." Xiao Baizhu looked at Yan Yan in confusion.
"Then you have to get up and take a look. What if it's a seriously injured person? Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. If no one is willing to help, don't you worry that the same thing will happen to you?" Yan
He pursed his lips.
Xiao Bai Zhu and Qing Xuan looked at each other and could tell that Yan Yan was in a bad mood, so they stopped talking.
The interior of the Chenghuang Temple is in a messy state, but it is not shabby.
Yan Yao climbed up to the statue of the City God, took out his handkerchief and wiped it on the City God's face a few times. Suddenly, the gray City God's eyes shone brightly.
"Yes, yes, this is still very kind." Yan Yao jumped down and asked, "Is this what the City God looks like?"
"Not that old, more handsome." Qingxuan looked at the statue of the City God. "He is busier than Po Meng. He is too conscientious and has more dark circles under his eyes."
Qingxuan stepped forward and bowed, "Although this statue is just the outlaw incarnation of the City God, the divine power will not be continued if no one worships it. It will be fine if nothing happens in Zhangmen Village. If there are ghosts coming to cause trouble, I'm afraid there will be no one."
It can be guaranteed.”
"Ghosts..." Yan Yan pondered, "There are not only graves but also mass graves in the cemetery on the hillside. Why are there no wandering souls? Could it be that I scared them away?"
It was also because this village was so clean that she could hardly distinguish between graves and land.
The rain outside the temple was still falling, not falling at all. Through the heavy rain, you could see the village blurred in the darkness.
Yan Yan walked under the eaves and looked at the two of them with a smile, "Can you still see me if I stand outside?"
She was dressed in black, and when she walked outside the temple, all that was left was her head and dazzling white hair.
"Dong——"
"Dong——dong——"
Standing in the rain, Yan Yan could hear the sounds coming from the rain more clearly, as if they were hitting her eardrums.
"It seems we are not the only ones who want to stay overnight." Yan Yan raised his eyebrows and walked into the temple and came to Xiao Bai Zhu's side.
Soon after the knocking on the door disappeared amid the rain outside, footsteps could be heard outside the Chenghuang Temple.