Chapter 569 Don't You Just Want to Renege on Your Account?
Chapter 569 Don’t you just want to default on your debt?
Jiao Liewei, the Ghost Emperor of Middle-earth, whenever this name is mentioned, Zhong Jianxue’s expression is full of respect.
But judging from the Ghost Emperor's attitude, Xu Zhiqiong has basically guessed his position.
The Ghost Emperor had the same position as Du Chunze, but due to the circumstances, he did not kill Zhong Jianxue and left the matter to Du Chunze.
Du Chunze also failed to kill Zhong Jianxue, leaving Zhong Jianxue to run into the Punishment Department by luck.
Du Chunze was worried that the matter would be exposed, so he led people to forcefully break into the Punishment Department.
He knew that there was no Zhongzai in the Daxuan magistrate's court and that the good officials in the capital had no fighting power, so he dared to be so tyrannical.
It's just that he was unlucky today and met Xu Zhiqiong, who was more tyrannical than him.
But if the opponent is the Ghost Emperor Jiao Liewei, Xu Zhiqiong has to consider his tyranny.
Before dealing with Jiao Liewei, Xu Zhiqiong had to verify some things first, whether some of the things Long Xiulian said were true or false.
"Brother Zhong, I heard that our two Taoist sects use the same kind of merit, both of which are golden beans. Is this true or false?"
Zhong Jianxue nodded and said: "The two Taoist sects indeed use the same kind of merit. When you go to the Yama Hall, you should know a rule. Between the judge and the warden, you cannot hand things hand to hand. This rule is for
Prevent private giving and receiving,
The warden could play tricks on the ticket and give the judge more merit, and the judge would give the warden a commission from the extra merit. Such things were common in the past. After this rule was established, similar things became less common.
a lot of."
Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise: "Does this rule work? I won't bribe you in the Yama Palace, I will just find the prison warden in private and give you gifts."
Zhong Jianxue shook his head and said: "The warden cannot leave the Yama Palace easily. Brother Ma should be familiar with Shi Cheng. When he was the warden, has Brother Ma seen him elsewhere?"
It is true to say that when Shi Cheng was the warden, Xu Zhiqiong only saw him in the Yama Hall.
When Xu Zhiqiong bought his first servant, Yang Wu, from Shi Cheng, Shi Cheng had already been promoted to the capital official.
After Nie Gui'an was promoted to prison warden, it seemed that he never left the Yama Hall again.
It seems that the management of the Ming Dao is much stricter than that of the Judge Dao. Although the Judge Dao also has regulations, the judges and judges cannot leave the Judge's Pavilion and the Yilang Court, but there are many people who take advantage of the loopholes.
"Brother Zhong, I heard from Long Xiulian that he bought the remnant soul of Taotie from Du Yanjun and sold it to Emperor Zhaoxing. Is this true or false?"
Zhong Jianxue nodded and said, "It's true. Not only did Du Chunze do this business, he also sold the body of Taotie to Xiao Songting. In the early years, I heard that he also sold Qiongqi's remnant soul."
Qiongqi’s remnant soul.
Xu Zhiqiong felt alarmed, remembering the monster in his body.
Although the identity of this monster cannot be determined, I always feel that it has a strong connection with Qiongqi.
"Can you determine when it was sold and who it was sold to?"
Zhong Jianxue sighed: "This matter is too old, but it still needs to be verified."
It’s too old!
Couldn't it be such a coincidence? It just happened to coincide with the time when Qiongqi's remnant soul wreaked havoc on Wang'an River, right?
Back then, Master, Dean Lin, and Wu Qianhu fought hard by the Wang'an River. Master was seriously injured, and Lin Tianzheng and Wu Xu almost died. My mother and I were also implicated in this matter. Could it be that Du Yanjun also did it?
Did Long Xiulian get involved in this business?
Seeing Xu Zhiqiong deep in thought, Zhong Jianxue said: "Brother Ma, Zhong has troubled you this time. Please take me to the mortal world. I have another place to go. Just pretend you have never seen me."
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said, "Where can you go in the mortal world?"
Zhong Jianxue said: "Since you are a soul seducer, you have your own place to stay in the mortal world. Brother Ma doesn't have to worry."
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "If the Ghost Emperor is involved, I'm afraid your place in the mortal world will not be safe."
"The Emperor...is not that kind of person." Zhong Jianxue lowered his head. There were some things he could understand but was unwilling to admit.
Xu Zhiqiong sighed: "I'm afraid Zhonglang Courtyard isn't safe either. It's hard to say whether the Ghost Emperor can pass through Liangjie Prefecture. You and I can go back to the Marquis Mansion."
Zhong Jianxue shook his head and said: "Brother Ma should not be involved in this matter."
"Brother Zhong has thought too much. This matter is related to the Judge's Road. I can't get rid of it. Without further delay, let's go to the Marquis Mansion now."
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After returning to the Marquis Mansion, Xia Hu glared at Zhong Jianxue angrily. It was snowing heavily, and Xia Hu was in a hurry to do business and was too lazy to care. He hurried to Qiaotou Wa Market with a large bundle of paper umbrellas in his arms.
Xia Hu really knows how to do business. It was the end of the year and Goulanwa Market had a lot of customers. It happened to be a matinee show and a night show alternately. The guests going home bought an umbrella, and the guests going to the night show also bought an umbrella, more than 30 of them.
The paper umbrellas were sold out in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that the business was booming, Xia Hu found a quiet place, went to Zhonglang Courtyard, and got another thirty handfuls. Before he started shouting, a man in his fifties came to the stall and said to Xia Hu:
"I want all these umbrellas."
Xia Hu was stunned and looked up at the man. He was short, thin and unremarkable.
But his appearance is special. His beard and hair are all yellow, and his eyes are green. At first glance, he is not a Xuanren.
"My guest, do you want all thirty paper umbrellas?" Xia Hu confirmed.
The guest nodded: "This umbrella is exquisitely made, I like it very much."
Xia Hu had a smile on her face, but she was a little wary.
Last time Tao Huayuan bought all the paper umbrellas from her, and afterwards Tao Huayuan came to plot against her.
There is nothing special about this paper umbrella. There must be some ulterior motives in buying so many of them at once.
"A paper umbrella costs sixty-two cents, and thirty umbrellas cost one to two eight cents and more silver."
The guest took out two pieces of broken silver, which weighed two ounces, and handed them to Xia Hu and said, "No need to look for them."
Xia Hu collected the money, thanked her, and quickly closed the stall.
After walking through two deep alleys and arriving on the street, Xia Hu always felt like someone was following behind her.
Is that the guest?
Hard to say.
The opponent's steps were light and his movement was very fast, so Xia Hu couldn't tell the difference for a while.
After walking around two streets, he still couldn't get rid of the man. Xia Hu was a little worried. He walked to a quiet place, touched the Zhonglang Seal, and went directly back to the Zhonglang Pavilion of the Punishment Department.
After arriving at the Zhonglang Pavilion, he sat for a while and explained some things to the servants. Xia Hu then went to the Changshi Mansion and returned to the Marquis Mansion via Chengfeng Tower.
After meeting Xu Zhiqiong, Xia Hu described the incident, and Xu Zhiqiong was quite surprised.
There are very few people who can follow a sixth-grade judge. Apart from his colleagues, I'm afraid the only ones are eunuchs.
Judging from the appearance described by Xia Hu, the other party seems to be a Tunu person.
Are there any eunuch cultivators in Tunu?
It seems very few.
Could it be that he is the judge from Tunu?
…
In Xia Hu's Zhonglang Pavilion, the Tunu man walked around in a circle, then put on a mask and wandered around in the Punishment Department.
He walked calmly along the way, saying hello to passing judges from time to time, but no one in the Capital Punishment Department recognized him.
After visiting almost all places, he arrived at the three doors of the Punishment Department and walked towards the Underworld Department.
…
At noon the next day, Lu Yanyou called Xu Zhiqiong with a long history order.
Xu Zhiqiong thought that the Ghost Emperor was coming, so he quickly packed up all kinds of weapons and rushed to the Punishment Department.
When he arrived at the door of Chang Shi's Mansion, Xu Zhiqiong heard the familiar noise.
"You are so bullying. Yesterday's meritorious service will not be honored, and today's meritorious service will not be honored. If I cannot get the meritorious service today, I will live in your yard and never leave!"
Xu Zhiqiong walked in and saw Lang Zhongxue again.
Why is he here again?
Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and said: "Didn't I give you the credit for yesterday's meritorious service? Why did you come here to act mischievously again?"
Lang Zhongxue said angrily: "Yesterday was yesterday, and today is today. I earned this crime by rewarding good deeds. Why don't you want to admit it?"
Xu Zhiqiong took over the crime and weighed it, and found that it was really a soulless horn.
Looking at the evil mirror, I can see that this evil karma was hard-won.
Lang Zhongxue single-handedly entered a mountain stronghold and forced a group of bandits to release the three women they had kidnapped.
Due to Lang Zhongxue's intimidation, the leader of the thieves dispersed all the more than twenty thieves under his command, and each of them found another way to earn a living. As a result, his good deeds reduced the criminal karma on the thieves' heads by two inches.
Another two inches!
Another four hundred meritorious deeds.
The crime was real. Although it was painful, Xu Zhiqiong would never default on his debt. This man was truly a leader in the Taoist sect and could not let him feel cold.
"Let's go and redeem your merits!" Xu Zhiqiong led Lang Zhongxue towards the third door.
On the way, Lang Zhongxue asked: "Your name is Ma Shangfeng, right? What kind of official are you? If I don't get merit from others, how can I get it from you?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and was thinking about how to explain to him.
Looking out through the three doors, on the road leading to the Underworld, a tall and thin man, surrounded by more than a hundred people, slowly walked towards the gate of the Punishment Department.
Xu Zhiqiong was startled and quickly struck the order to punish evildoers.
There was a rapid knocking sound, and Lu Yanyouqiang knew something was wrong, so he led a group of judges to the third door.
More than a hundred practitioners of the underworld have entered the Evil Punishment Department. No one knows the tall and thin man in the middle, but they know Du Yanjun.
Du Chunze stood next to the tall and thin man with a very respectful expression.
Who can make Du Yanjun so respectful?
You can guess it without asking.
This man is the Ghost Emperor of Middle-earth, Jiao Liewei.
Jiao Liewei glanced at the judges and said expressionlessly: "Who is Ma Shangfeng?"
Xu Zhiqiong smiled calmly: "It's me."
"Did you injure my subordinate Pei Hongru?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded: "I did it."
"Why do you hurt people?"
"In the realm of the judge, if you speak rudely to the judge, he is asking for a beating!"
Jiao Liewei's eyebrows suddenly trembled, and the land paved with bricks and stones under his feet suddenly became pitch black, and a gloomy wind enveloped the area within a hundred feet.
The third level skill of the underworld, destroying demons!
This is not a magic spell, this is a serious third-level skill.
Jiao Liewei, the Ghost Emperor of Middle Earth, used third-level skills to bring a corner of the underworld to the Yang world.
The corners of Xu Zhiqiong's eyes twitched slightly, the battle situation was getting tricky now.
Within the confines of the underworld, Xu Zhiqiong cannot be Jiao Liewei's opponent.
However, blocked by the underworld, many of the judge's escape techniques cannot be used.
There were more than thirty judges present. If Jiao Liewei really took action here, only a few would be able to leave alive.
Jiao Liewei looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Ma Shangfeng, please tell me, is this still the boundary of your judge's path?"
Xu Zhiqiong did not answer, he kept looking at Jiao Liewei.
Jiao Liewei's first target must be Xu Zhiqiong, there is no suspense about this.
Everyone thinks that I am a fifth-level cultivation and will not guard my eyes.
No matter how bad the situation is, as long as you can use the turnaround technique, there will always be a chance to turn the situation around.
You can't be distracted, absolutely can't be distracted, and your eyes can't leave Jiao Liewei for a moment.
Jiao Liewei said in a deep voice: "I asked you a question, but you couldn't hear it? I asked you if this is still the judge's territory?"
A gust of dark wind blew in, and a group of judges instinctively took a step back.
Xu Zhiqiong did not retreat, it was just a yin wind, not Yang Wu's pure yin energy, so there was nothing to fear.
Jiao Liewei's eyebrows trembled again, and he was about to take action against Xu Zhiqiong, when suddenly he heard someone behind him cough: "Jiao Emperor, why do you do this to a junior? I will just apologize to you on their behalf."
The judges looked back and saw a thin, middle-aged man walking over.
With yellow hair and beard, green eyes, isn't this the Tunu man who followed Xia Hu yesterday?
The man calmly walked up to Jiao Liewei. Jiao Liewei cupped his fists and said, "Yue Zhongzai, it's been a long time."
This thin man is Yue Junshan, the chief of the Tunu Kingdom's Duduan Tomb.
Yue Junshan smiled and said: "Jiao Dijun, you are rarely seen, why are you so angry today?"
Jiao Liewei looked at Yue Junshan and said: "Ma Shangfeng, the fifth-rank judge of your Taoist sect, harbored the traitor Zhong Jianxue of my Taoist sect and injured my subordinate Pei Hongru. My subordinate came to me to complain. I have to seek justice for him."
Yue Junshan looked back: "I am Yue Junshan, the chief of the arbitrary tomb of Tunu in the north. I would like to ask you, are what Emperor Jiao said true?"
The dictatorial chief of the Tunu Kingdom?
What is he here for?
Everyone looked at each other in shock, but no one responded. Yue Junshan turned to Jiao Liewei and said, "Jiao Emperor, there may be a slight misunderstanding about this matter. Please look at my humble face and wait for a moment to find out the truth before making a decision."
Jiao Liewei frowned and said: "Master Yuezhong, Daxuan is not a place under your jurisdiction, so why should you meddle in others' affairs?"
Yue Junshan smiled and said: "The emperor's words are wrong. Since it is my sect's matter, it is no longer idle business. Yue must take care of it to the end."
Jiao Liewei sneered: "Let's talk about the judge of Daxuan, are you willing to let you control it?"
Yue Junshan looked back at everyone.
This is a matter of life and death.
From the moment Jiao Liewei summoned the underworld, more than half of the lives of these judges had been lost.
Now that there are Taoist experts to help, everyone is naturally unambiguous.
Wang An said fiercely: "If Mr. Tsukazai is willing to help, of course we are willing."
Wang Yaner said: "We, Judge Dao, are all from the same family."
Lu Yanyou said: "Since Yue Zhongzai is here, please give us justice."
Xu Zhiqiong remained silent.
What a coincidence that Yuezhong was chosen.
Why is it such a coincidence?
Yue Junshan coughed lightly and said to Jiao Liewei: "Jiao Emperor, you have also seen that we judges and Taoists are one family. I must..."
Before he finished speaking, Lang Zhongxue quit.
He roared and said: "What are you doing! Are you going to sing an opera? Isn't it just four hundred meritorious deeds? I can't afford it, so tell me! I'll go to another house to redeem it."
You brought two groups of people to sing a double act just to deny my four hundred meritorious services. How can you be so embarrassed!"
collaborate with each other!
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Lang Zhongxue and couldn't help but laugh.