Chapter 125: Heterogeneous at the junction of yin and yang
In the afternoon, Xu Zhiqiong found Niu Yuxian, gave him Yang Wu's birth date, and asked him to help make a memorial tablet.
Niu Yuxian was puzzled: "Yang Wu's grave is outside the city, what kind of spiritual place do you want to give him?"
Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "Brother, let's keep it at home for a few days, and occasionally send him some incense, candles, and paper money."
Niu Yuxian was not a talkative person at first. When Xu Zhiqiong wanted it, he did it. With just a cup of tea, the spiritual tablet was made, which was very delicate.
Xu Zhiqiong took out the loose money, but Niu Yuxian refused: "At least we can work together for a while, and it counts as my favor."
Xu Zhiqiong took the coffin to the Wangjia Zhima Shop next to Fengle Building, which was the largest sacrificial shop in the capital of Daxuan. Yang Wu asked for the items here.
The Wang family's paper horses are indeed exquisitely made. If you don't touch the paper figures, paper horses, and paper clothes, you can't tell whether they are genuine or fake.
Moreover, the sacrifices here are burned without leaving ashes, and it is said that they are directly taken away by the ghosts.
Xu Zhiqiong bought two paper figures, a paper horse, and two paper clothes, and asked his boss to send them to his home. Then he went to Sunjiaxiang Drug Store and bought ten yuan of fine sandalwood.
After buying these things, Xu Zhiqiong cried.
With dozens of pennies left in his pocket, he returned to the poverty-stricken days of his student days.
It’s not worth buying this one!
After returning home, paper figures and horses were also delivered. Xu Zhiqiong held the Yilang seal, carried a bunch of objects, and returned to the Yilang courtyard with the appearance of a solitary figure.
He landed in the front yard, but heard a voice in the main yard, Yang Wu's voice.
"Here you go, sit down."
This kid is quite attentive, he is just practicing.
"Is this what you would say?"
There are people!
Why did someone come here on my first day as Yilang?
Xu Zhiqiong was startled and rushed into the main courtyard, only to see Xia Hu playing with Yang Wu in the courtyard.
"Say something else and I'll listen. Don't be shy. Why are you always avoiding me?"
Yang Wu was naked and huddled in the corner, covering his head with his hands, almost crying.
It turned out that they were old friends. Xu Zhiqiong let out a sigh of relief and invited Xia Hu into the main room.
Xia Hu sneered and said, "You are so bold. You dared to leave your post without permission on the first day you took office."
"That's not what I am...how did you find yourself here?"
Xu Zhiqiong only needs to look like a solitary figure to enter Yilang Courtyard, but for others to come in, they must have a key to open the door.
The Taoist priest left in a hurry and didn't tell Xu Zhiqiong in detail. Even Xu Zhiqiong himself didn't know the key to the door. How could Xia Hu find it?
Xia Hu smiled and said: "Our Taoist sect has not had a Yilang for more than a year. The Department of Punishing Evils posted a notice, and this matter has been spread for a long time."
"Does this require a notice? I've been to the Evil Punishment Department so many times, but why have I never seen such a notice?"
"Didn't I tell you that you haven't been a judge for more than a year, and you have only been a judge for a few days? It's me who comes this time. You're lucky. If the evil envoy comes, or Feng Shaoqing sees it,
If you leave your post without authorization, you will suffer a lot!"
After saying that, Xia Hu poked Xu Zhiqiong's forehead with his finger, and Xu Zhiqiong gently touched Xia Hu's little hand.
Xia Hu quickly pulled her hand back and said angrily: "I will look for food when we meet, but I will never come to see you again!"
Xu Zhiqiong rubbed his hands and said, "I didn't know you were coming, but I didn't even prepare any fruit drinks."
"Face!" Xia Hu smiled, "I just bought a slave, I think you must be having a hard time. I have some food, please take it."
Xia Hu took out a basket of pears, a basket of mulberries and a basket of eggs from a pocket.
These were meant to be sold, but they were all given to Xu Zhiqiong.
She was used to being intimate with Xia Hu, but when she thought about it carefully, Xu Zhiqiong really didn't give her anything except a stick of jasmine, but he did take advantage of her a lot when buying eggs.
In the past, the fun was all about business, but this time, she was sincerely good to Xu Zhiqiong.
"In this case, I feel I owe you." Xu Zhiqiong felt a little ashamed in front of Xia Hu for the first time.
"What are you talking about? As if you really have a conscience."
Xia Hu lowered his head and smiled, while Xu Zhiqiong stared at this beauty.
After staring for a long time, Xia Hu felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help biting her lip.
This is not the Judge's Pavilion, this is the Yilang Courtyard.
This is a deep house with no one around.
If we continue to look at it like this, I'm afraid something will happen.
The lady has been calling for so long, is something really going to happen?
Xia Hu took off her mask, but her face was redder than a cherry.
You are all ready, is it time for a kiss?
If they don't kiss, is it not polite?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Xia Hu's face and was about to kiss her when he suddenly heard Yang Wu shouting from outside the door: "Here you go, sit down!"
Who else is coming?
One person shouted: "Is Ma Yilang here?"
Xia Hu was startled and quickly hid aside. Just as Xu Zhiqiong was about to open the door, Xia Hu took the lead and put the mask on Xu Zhiqiong.
"The Taoist sect has its own rules, and you cannot show your true face to others."
Xu Zhiqiong opened the door and came to the yard, but saw a man standing at the door, wearing a mask on his face, about seven feet nine inches tall, slightly shorter than Xu Zhiqiong, with a thin build and a beard on his chin.
"Who are you?"
The man clasped his fists and said, "My surname is Xue Mingyun, courtesy name Bugao, I am the eighth-level guide bookkeeper, and I have come to stay with Ma Yilang for one night!"
"Wait in the yard!"
Xu Zhiqiong closed the door and was about to do serious business first. Xia Hu said from the side: "Arrange a place for him first, don't let him leave."
"Let's just go. He's here to stay overnight and he won't pay for the room. Why do I have to keep him here?"
Xia Hu shook his head and said, "You don't understand. It's Fei Yilang's duty to stay with a fellow student. If he stays overnight, you can earn some merit."
Can this also earn merit?
No wonder Cao Yilang agreed so happily when Xu Zhiqiong stayed over.
"What's the matter with a grain of merit? Do I care about that grain of merit? Let's just do serious things."
"Isn't it urgent?" Xia Hu twisted Xu Zhiqiong's peach, and Xu Zhiqiong rubbed it for a while.
"Shrew, you are so presumptuous!"
"Go quickly!"
Xu Zhiqiong walked out of the main room, and the man named Xue Yun was still standing at the door.
With the Eye of Sin Karma, one can see that this person is indeed of the eighth level.
"Why did you come to stay with me?"
Xue Yun said: "As for the business, I was not stable and let something slip. I was chased by a villain. I really had no way to go. I saw the notice at the Punishment Department today and remembered your key to the door, so I wanted to come here. Take cover."
"Let's go to Xikuoyuan to rest!" Xu Zhiqiong didn't ask any more questions. When he stayed for the night, Cao Yilang didn't ask too much either. This treatment was definitely right.
"Thank you Yilang!" Xue Yun went to Xikuoyuan, and Xu Zhiqiong returned to the room.
Xia Hu scolded Xu Zhiqiong: "It's not easy for us to cultivate to the seventh level. We must be careful in everything we do. Since this person is being hunted, you should help him hide. If you don't keep him and he is harmed by evil people, you You will be punished!"
Xu Zhiqiong was startled: "You really have to be cautious."
Xia Hu said: "I know very little about the position of Yilang, and the practice of this profession depends on my own exploration, but I still know some basics of Taoism.
A judge of right and wrong, who adjudicates all kinds of right and wrong, especially if a judge under the sixth rank has done something wrong or violated the rules, you will come to the judge of right and wrong to judge. If you decide that the judge has really done something wrong, you will issue a penalty note.
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"What is a penalty book?"
"That is to write down the cause and effect of the incident, as well as the amount of meritorious service he will be punished for. Write the word "punishment" at the end, stamp it with the seal of Yilang, and then send the penalty letter to the punishment department. The judge will naturally be punished and punished.
10% of my meritorious deeds belong to you,
If this judge commits an unforgivable crime, you can also put the seal of Yilang directly on his head, nullify his merits, and 10% of the merits he has accumulated in his life will belong to you."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "What if this person did nothing wrong?"
"Then you need to issue a piece of pardon, which also states the cause and effect. Write the word "pardon" at the end, stamp it with the seal of the judge, and give it to the offending judge, and let him send it to the punishment department. As long as the sentence is correct, you will
You will also be rewarded."
"If this person did something right, what reward should he receive?"
"Then write a letter of appreciation, with the word "reward" at the end, and ask the person to send it to the reward department. I don't know the rules of the reward department. I have to be more careful about this matter, whether punishing mistakes, pardoning mistakes, or rewarding mistakes.
, they are all serious crimes, you can’t bear to deal with them!”
Xu Zhiqiong thought for a long time and said: "If I do something right, can I write a reward book to myself?"
For example, kill Qin Changmao.
Xia Hu punched Xu Zhiqiong: "You really know how to take advantage of loopholes. You can't judge right and wrong for yourself. This is a rule. Don't dare to mess around!"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said, "I'll remember it."
"Did you really remember it?" Xia Hu's face turned red again.
"I really remember it!" Xu Zhiqiong wanted to kiss her again.
The two came closer and looked at each other silently. The atmosphere became more intense, and suddenly Xia Hu shivered.
"What happened?"
"Someone comes to my court!"
Xu Zhiqiong looked up to the sky and sighed, looking depressed.
Xia Hu didn't feel well either. She was anxious, but she couldn't bear to leave.
A seventh-grade judge cannot leave his post without permission. This is a major matter and cannot be delayed.
Xia Hu was reluctant to leave and gave another instruction: "The Yilang Courtyard and the Punishment of Evil Division are both at the junction of Yin and Yang. There are many strange and ferocious people here. There are many judges in the Punishment of Evil Division. They don't dare to do anything. The Yilang Courtyard only has judges.
One person, you must be careful!"
Xu Zhiqiong was surprised: "What is an alien?"
"There are the ghosts of injustice that have lingered for many years, and there are evil spirits that are intertwined with turbid air. In short..." Xia Hu shivered again, and someone called out repeatedly in the judge's pavilion.
We can't delay any longer, or we'll be in trouble.
Xu Zhiqiong took off his mask and put it on Xia Hu: "Be careful on the road."
Xia Hu nodded, turned around a few times, and disappeared.
Xu Zhiqiong walked to the yard, Yang Wu was still cowering in the yard, and said with a look of shame and anger: "Have you bought the clothes?"
Xu Zhiqiong said angrily: "Are you still confident? You are a servant and I am a servant?"
Yang Wu lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. Xu Zhiqiong carried the paper figures, paper horses and paper clothes in from the front yard.
Yang Wu looked happy. When he saw Xu Zhiqiong setting up the memorial tablet, he quickly rushed towards it.
A cloud of black energy lingered on the tablet, and there was a connection between the tablet and the souls of the dead.
Yang Wu urged: "Give me the clothes first."
Xu Zhiqiong burned a paper coat for him, which turned into paper ashes and flew everywhere.
Didn’t you say you wouldn’t leave paper ashes? Are you being deceived by them?
Xu Zhiqiong was feeling annoyed when he saw the paper dust attached to Yang Wu's black energy and turned into a suit of clothes. The material of the clothes looked almost the same as silk and satin.
"My father once said that the things made by Wang's Paper Horse Shop are genuine, but look at these clothes, they are better than what I wore when I was alive."
Xu Zhiqiong sneered: "You are well dressed, but you know how expensive this paper coat is!"
Yang Wu turned around a few times in his clothes and took two steps. After feeling proud for a long time, he felt hungry again.
"Zhi Qiong, burn some incense for me to eat!"
Xu Zhiqiong burned a piece of sandalwood in front of the memorial tablet. Yang Wu took a deep breath and said, "This taste is much better than the ones eaten in the underworld!"
Xu Zhiqiong was stunned: "Does it just taste good? Do you know how much a piece of sandalwood costs? If you had known, I would have bought some for you at Zimapu!"
After burning a piece of sandalwood, Yang Wu was full and begged Xu Zhiqiong to burn a paper horse for him.
The paper horse turned into ashes, was contaminated by Yang Wu's black energy, and turned into a real horse!
Not only does it look lifelike, this horse can also move. Yang Wu rode on the paper horse and ran excitedly around the yard.
This cannot be explained by solid skills. Xu Zhiqiong smelled the smell of yin and yang on this paper horse.
In Wang's paper horse shop, there is an Onmyoji.
Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "You come down first!"
Yang Wu got off the horse obediently. Xu Zhiqiong walked to the paper horse and wanted to ride on it.
Yang Wu quickly stopped Xu Zhiqiong: "You can't ride!"
"You can ride, why can't I?" Xu Zhiqiong pushed Yang Wu away and just stepped on the paper horse. The paper horse immediately turned into paper dust and Xu Zhiqiong fell to the ground hard.
What’s the point!
Yang Wu touched the paper dust on the ground and said with a frustrated look: "I said you can't ride. If you don't believe me, now I won't even be able to ride."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I just felt that the horse's muscles and bones were strong, but it just fell apart!"
"It is originally made of paper dust," Yang Wu said. "When I ride it, it can move with the ghost energy on my body. If you don't have ghost energy, he can't move. You are too heavy, and the paper dust will collapse."
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Xu Zhiqiong understood the reason.
The sacrifices at Wang's Paper Horse Shop are mixed with Yin Yang magic. After the sacrifices are burned, the magic is released, and the paper ashes disappear visually, but are actually attached to the ghost's aura.
Normal ghosts cannot be seen, nor can paper ashes be seen, so burning paper leaves no ashes.
But Yang Wu came out of the ghost jade, and he is a tangible ghost. The ghost energy can be seen, and the paper ashes can also be seen.
In this way, the paper horse cannot move on its own, but is driven by ghost energy.
In other words, Yang Wu was not riding a horse, but riding himself.
Yang Wu disagreed: "Although it is driven by my ghost energy, it can run faster than my two legs!"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and just thought it was a bicycle.
What about the two paper figures?
Two pretty girls.
Xu Zhiqiong said to Yang Wu: "Do you still want to sleep with yourself?"
"That's so obscene!" Yang Wu curled his lips, "I just want to find someone to chat with to relieve my boredom!"
Chat with paper people?
What is the difference between this and talking to oneself?
"Burn the paper figures yourself!"
"It can't be burned," Yang Wu shook his head and said, "I can't receive what I burned myself!"
There are so many things to pay attention to.
Xu Zhiqiong burned a paper figurine for Yang Wu. The paper figurine turned into ashes and turned into a beautiful girl with the help of Yang Wu's ghost energy.
The girl sat affectionately next to Yang Wu and whispered softly: "Master, you are so handsome."
Yang Wu smiled and said, "I wonder what your name is?"
The paper man covered his mouth and smiled, laughing and saying: "The little girl's last name is..."
Xu Zhiqiong raised his fist.
This is talking to oneself.
If her surname was Han, Xu Zhiqiong would beat Yang Wu until he was out of his wits.
"Whatever your last name is, please go aside and rest first." Yang Wu ordered, and the paper man left immediately.
Yang Wu stood up and saluted Xu Zhiqiong: "Zhiqiong, you are so kind to me. I don't know how to thank you."
"Why don't you know!" Xu Zhiqiong glared, "You have to work for me!"
He took out the wooden box, which contained two candles.
Yin Yang Division’s unique twin candles.
"You leave one, and I leave one. If your candle lights up, mine will also light up. You keep watch in Yilangyuan, and light the candle when something happens. I'll take a nap, and it's time to go on night patrol."
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At dusk, Xu Zhiqiong left Yilangyuan.
Yang Wu was good at this and worked seriously. He sat in the courtyard, imitated Xu Zhiqiong's intonation, and practiced repeatedly:
"coming."
"sit!"
The beautiful paper figurine was put aside, sitting quietly in the corner without any ghostly aura or life.
Around midnight, a cold wind blew.
Outside Yilang Courtyard, white mist surrounded it.
A cloud of white mist drifted with the wind, slowly falling in the front yard, sticking to the wall, and wandered into the main courtyard.
The paper-figure beauty who was originally sitting in the corner trembled slightly, stood up slowly, leaned against the wall, and walked slowly.
She walked behind Yang Wu.
Yang Wu concentrated on practicing and didn't notice it at all.
The beauty opened her eyes, expressionless, and approached Yang Wu step by step.
Less than one step away from Yang Wu's back, the paper man faced the back of Yang Wu's head and slowly opened his mouth.
Yang Wu shivered and suddenly felt cold behind his back. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard someone calling again.
"Ma Yilang, Ma Yilang!" Xue Yun, who lives in the West Cross Courtyard, stretched and walked into the main courtyard.
Yang Wu quickly put on his mask and said, "What's the matter with you?"
"Where is the toilet?"
"Toilet?" Yang Wu also just arrived and he doesn't need the toilet. "You can find this yourself!"
Xue Yun looked at Yang Wudao: "Your voice is a little strange!"
Yang Wu coughed and said, "The dinner I had was a little salty, and my throat is a little tight."
Xue Yun didn't ask any more questions and went to the front yard to find a toilet.
Yang Wu turned around and was stunned for a while.
It seemed like there was something behind me just now.
The figure is gone, but the breath is still there.