Chapter 723 Crimes are divided into serious and serious categories
Xu Zhiqiong took out the guiding lantern, recalling the way he watched Anjing punish the evil division leading to the gate of the underworld, and slowly poured the power of imagery into the lantern pole.
The scale of the Qiancheng Evil Punishment Division is much larger than that of the Capital Punishment Division, and the size of the gate leading to the Yin Division is estimated to be much larger, and the appearance may not be the same. Let's try to look for it.
The guiding lantern was lit, and following the halo, Xu Zhiqiong passed through the entire Punishment of Evil Division, until he reached the city wall, and came to the city gate. There was another city gate in front of him.
Is this city gate the gateway from the Punishment Division to the Underworld?
Xu Zhiqiong came in through the main gate, which is opposite to the main gate. According to normal building habits, the main gate is the south gate, so this gate is the north gate.
The gate from the Capital Punishment Division to the Yin Division is in the north, because the Yin Division is in the north of Liangjie Prefecture.
Judging from the geographical location, this city gate should indeed lead to the underworld.
But there are three north gates in the capital's punishment department, one leading to the Tomb Zaifu, one leading to the rewarding good department, and one leading to the underworld department.
Why is there only one door here?
Xu Zhiqiong pushed on the city gate, and the heavy city gate slowly opened, feeling the power of the image.
Behind the gate was a thick fog. Under the fog, Xu Zhiqiong leaned down and saw some stones on the ground.
Is this a gravel road?
It should be a road, but it has not been maintained for too long and has been eroded by the wind and sand from the two states.
Xu Zhiqiong decided to take a few people to explore this road, but he had to carefully consider who to take.
The Judge Way in Qiancheng Kingdom has disappeared for many years, and the attitude of the Yin Division towards the Judge is still unknown. If you want to restore the order between the Judge and the Yin Division, there will probably be some resistance, and the practitioners of the Underworld have extremely high combat power in the Yin Division.
I need to bring a few people with me.
Xu Zhiqiong summoned a group of judges to select personnel, and several judges with mountain bandit backgrounds volunteered.
Their courage is commendable, but their original cultivation level is not good, and the judge's cultivation level is also at the ninth level, so they have no capital to fight against the underworld cultivators.
Ning Yongwei has an eighth-grade killing cultivation level, which is pretty good, and he is one of them.
Several judges who came out of the Shenji Division were of acceptable cultivation, especially Jiang Shengqun, a serious fourth-grade Confucian practitioner.
But these old guys are all cunning. They know that the practitioners of the underworld are not easy to provoke, so they all shrink back and remain calm.
Xu Zhiqiong glanced at Jiang Shengqun, frowned and said, "Are you waiting for me to catch you?"
Jiang Shengqun had no choice but to come behind Xu Zhiqiong. Bao Huailuo and Zhang Shifeng also wanted to step out of the queue when they saw this. Xu Zhiqiong waved to them.
Their cultivation level is not low, but this trip has little effect.
The Mo family is good at defense, but not good at dealing with accidents. Although their equipment is powerful, it is difficult to function in the underworld. The opponent may crush them with just one thousand punishment skills.
Li Jie is also at the eighth level of the Killing Path. He is smart and eloquent. He can make some responses at critical moments. When he comes back, he can also impart some experience to other judges. He is one of them.
What about the rest?
Shen Shuliang and Shen Weiyi father and son?
The Taoist cultivators of Impermanence are very powerful, but the fighting power of the father and son is really inferior. Shen Shuliang knows the techniques of confusion and listening, and the blocking skills can only be used on himself.
Shen Weiyi can only use the confusion technique, which is not as skillful as his father's.
Forget it, take Shen Shuliang with you.
There are more than a hundred judges, and it is really not easy to choose the right one. While Xu Zhiqiong was considering it, Jiang Mengyun whispered to Wu Si in the queue: "Fourth Master, do you want to go and have a look?"
Wu Si snorted and said, "Are you making fun of me?"
"How can I have the courage? I really want to ask you what you think."
"What am I going to do? To make people laugh at me or to wait for someone to kill me? Don't you know what Qiancheng Yinsi looks like?"
Jiang Mengyun shook his head and said: "I haven't been there for many years, and I really want to see it."
"Then go ahead and reveal your identity, but don't implicate me."
Jiang Mengyun took the initiative to step forward, but Ning Yongwei was very disdainful: "You are a enchantress and have no cultivation, why would you go and die?"
"How do you know that I have no cultivation level?" Jiang Mengyun patted Ning Yongwei's face, "I have a deep cultivation level. How about you try it another day?"
Ning Yongwei pouted: "I'm doing this for your own good. When you encounter danger, don't say that no one will save you."
"It's not your turn to decide whether anyone saves me." Jiang Mengyun looked at Xu Zhiqiong, who nodded slightly.
Being able to see through Xu Zhiqiong's disguise technique is enough to prove that Jiang Mengyun is not an ordinary person.
Xia Hu, Qian Limu, Zhuo Ling'er, and Zhao Baijiao all wanted to go along, but Xu Zhiqiong only took Zhuo Ling'er.
This trip is to explore the road, not to fight. Although force may be used, it will not cost all the family's wealth. A few important helpers will be left in the Punishment Department. Even if something unexpected happens, there will be people to respond.
After gathering all the people, Xu Zhiqiong temporarily handed over the punishment department to Qian Limu, and set off immediately with everyone.
After walking out of the north gate, there were intermittent gravel roads on the ground. Xu Zhiqiong held up a guiding lantern and said: "Leave a mark! Be careful not to get lost."
"Leave this matter to me!" Ning Yongwei pulled out his dagger, walked a hundred or so steps, and then made a slash on the ground.
As a bandit, he is afraid of getting lost when stepping on the plate, so he is familiar with this method.
After walking for more than an hour, an ancient city appeared in front of us.
Looking at the height of the city and its layout, Xu Zhiqiong had a good idea.
This is Fengdu City, not much different from the Yinsi in Daxuan.
After walking for another moment, everyone arrived at the city gate, but saw that the city gate was tightly closed. There was a lot of sand and gravel in front of the door. Judging from the posture, the city gate had not been opened for many years.
Could it be that the Yinsi of Qiancheng Kingdom were also abandoned?
Where have all the souls of the Qiancheng Kingdom gone?
Xu Zhiqiong mobilized the power of imagery and leaned on the city wall to listen.
There is movement.
There are people in this city, but why is the city gate not open?
After thinking about it, Zhuo Ling'er seemed to have a clue.
From the outside, Zhuo Ling'er is only twenty years old. In fact, she has been in Taoism for nearly thirty years and has been a Suo Zhonglang for more than ten years. She has more experience in Taoism than Xu Zhiqiong.
"Ma Lang, the Punishment Division has been abandoned for many years, and the contact with the Yin Division must have been severed long ago. This door should be the south gate of the Yin Division. Let's go to the west gate and have a look."
Xu Zhiqiong blinked: "What's so special about Ximen?"
"According to the layout of the Daxuan Yin Division, the south gate leads directly to the Punishment Division, and the west gate leads directly to Huangquan Road. Ghosts must have a place to go, and the west gate must be open."
Xu Zhiqiong thought it was reasonable and led everyone to go west.
The judge was quick on his feet and walked close to the wall for more than an hour, and gradually saw the shadow of Huangquan Road.
Huangquan Road was very lively, and the souls of the dead lined up in a long line and went to the door one by one.
Li Jie said: "Sir Chang Shi, please wait here while I step forward to say hello."
Li Jie often goes out with Shan Zhongming. Whenever something happens, he is the first to contact him. This is the basic common sense of being a follower.
Xu Zhiqiong stopped Li Jie and didn't let him go.
Among the team of dead souls on Huangquan Road, there is a familiar face.
Magistrate of Baifu County, Chen Enze.
This honest and thrifty magistrate was once knocked out of 10,000 taels of silver by Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong did not kill him at that time because he wanted to protect He Qingye's family. In fact, this man's life had already been placed in Xu Zhiqiong's hands.
I really didn't expect him to leave in such a hurry. In just a few days, he was already on the Huangquan Road.
Chen Enze is naturally not a good person. Although I have never seen his horns, according to Xu Zhiqiong'ou's estimate, the criminal karma of an honest official like him is generally not less than five inches.
In the absence of a punishment department, how will such evildoers be dealt with?
Do you continue to reincarnate as a human being like ordinary people, or does the underworld also have a set of rules of rewards and punishments?
Xu Zhiqiong was very curious about this, and gave Zhuo Ling'er a picture and asked her to wait for the response with everyone.
He used the art of disguise to change his appearance, taking on the appearance of a dead soul, and silently followed Chen Zhixian.
This was a typical queue-jumping behavior. Xu Zhiqiong was about to apologize to the person behind him, but when he looked back, he found a woman in thin clothes behind him, holding a wooden box in her hand and walking forward with a numb expression.
"This eldest sister, I..."
As soon as Xu Zhiqiong cupped his fists, the woman shook her head.
She didn't care about Xu Zhiqiong jumping in line, and she had no intention of talking to Xu Zhiqiong.
Turning around and looking again, Magistrate Chen was walking in front, also holding a wooden box in his hand. He was dressed in a gorgeous outfit. Although it was not an official robe, the material was of high quality, the workmanship was exquisite, and the size was decent, but it was not broken like a magistrate.
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It's strange. When I escorted the dead souls before, they were all naked. Why do these people who are walking on the road to hell have clothes on?
It's okay to have clothes, and you are not a prisoner, so you should walk in a more dignified manner.
But why are these clothes classified into three, six or nine grades?
Among these people, some were wearing thick clothes, while others were barely able to cover their bodies. The one walking in front of the magistrate was an old man with no hair on his body.
Everyone is holding a wooden box in their hands. What is this wooden box used for?
Xu Zhiqiong also used magic to create a wooden box, which he also held in his hands. He followed the others toward the city gate and looked forward.
A man walked to the door and handed the wooden box in his hand to the city gatekeeper. The city gatekeeper picked up the steel scale, hung a wooden box on the scale, and shouted: "Three karma, three iron sticks!"
Six wooden sticks!"
Another city gatekeeper took out three iron sticks and six wooden sticks and handed them to the strong man. The strong man took the sticks and walked into the city.
Xu Zhiqiong felt more at ease, as it turned out that the underworld in Qiancheng Kingdom would also measure the sins of different people.
They don't care about the length, but the severity. The crimes are more than three or two. If you take the iron pick or the wooden pick, you will probably be punished and counted.
The man was followed by a middle-aged woman. The woman handed the wooden box to the city gatekeeper. After weighing it, the city gatekeeper said: "Two coins for sins and two wooden sticks!"
The crime of two coins proves that the crime is very light. People with light crimes will be punished less if they use two wooden sticks.
Behind the woman is an old woman, well-dressed, her wooden box weighs four kilograms and six taels, and she has four copper skewers and six iron skewers.
The old woman said to the city gatekeeper: "Master, I don't understand the rules, so I bought an extra piece of clothing. If you allow me to save for two more days, I will definitely be able to save an extra copper stick."
The city gatekeeper frowned and asked, "When did you get on the road?"
"Half a month ago..."
"It's been half a month, mother-in-law, why are you waiting? Get on your way quickly, or I'll treat you like a wild ghost."
The old woman sighed and entered the city.
This old woman is so strange. Listening to her words, she seems to know the rules of the underworld.
How can an ordinary dead soul know the rules of the underworld? Unless she still has the memory of her previous life.
There is also another possibility. She may have been wandering outside Fengdu City for a long time, and someone gave her some advice.
She wants to fight for a silver sign, which proves that a silver sign is better than a copper sign.
By analogy, the more serious the crime, the better the sign.
What's the point?
Perhaps the Qiancheng Kingdom's concept of the severity of sins is different from what I thought. The heavier the sins, the kinder the person may be.
In a blink of an eye, the naked old man was in line.
"The crime is less than a penny, and there is no sign!"
The old man lowered his head and walked into Fengdu City.
Behind the old man is the magistrate of Chen County.
Chen Zhixian handed the wooden box to the city gate official. The city gate official said: "The sinful karma is one hundred and thirty-three pounds and two taels a penny, one gold skewer, three silver skewers, three copper skewers, and two iron skewers.
A wooden stick!"
Chen Zhixian cupped his fists and said, "Thank you all."
The city gatekeeper handed a large number of lottery tickets to Chen Zhixian and said politely: "Have a good trip!"
Chen Enze took a lot of lottery tickets, and the dead souls in the queue cast envious glances.
Chen Zhixian looked around, his eyes filled with contempt for other ghosts.
Xu Zhiqiong wanted to see the sign in his hand.
Seeing Xu Zhiqiong's thin clothes, Chen Enze glared at Xu Zhiqiong with an expression of disgust, just like looking at a beggar on the street.
Xu Zhiqiong was a little confused, he couldn't understand the rules of this underworld.
According to his previous inferences, good people's "crime karma" is very heavy, their fortunes are good, and their fate in the next life should also be good.
Based on this, it can be inferred that Chen Zhixian's "criminal karma" is very serious, his fortune is good, and his destiny in the next life will definitely be good.
But is Chen Enze a good person?
Obviously not!
Why did he get such a good lottery ticket?
This needs to be verified carefully.
Arrive at Xu Zhiqiong.
Chen Enze's wooden box just now weighs more than 130 kilograms.
Can Chen Enze carry a box weighing more than 130 kilograms?
He definitely couldn't do it when he was alive, and he most likely wouldn't be able to do it after he dies.
Seeing the city gatekeeper holding Magistrate Chen's box with a very relaxed expression, there must be another mystery here.
It doesn't matter how many mysteries are in the box, Xu Zhiqiong saw the steel scale in the hand of the city gatekeeper.
Xu Zhiqiong handed the wooden box to the city gatekeeper and stared at the steelyard for a moment.
The city gate official called him and shouted: "The sinful karma is two hundred and seventy-seven pounds and three taels and six coins, two gold picks, seven silver picks, seven bronze picks, three iron picks, and six wooden picks. You