Xu Zhiqiong exchanged a wooden box for a large number of sticks, and the eyes of all the dead souls before and after him changed.
The city guard said: "Please!"
This word "please" touched the nerves of Chen Zhixian who had been an official for many years. He instinctively stretched out his hand and said please.
After entering Fengdu City, everyone continued to line up and walked towards the Yama Hall. Magistrate Chen changed his steps and slowly walked behind Xu Zhiqiong.
This is the quality accumulated over many years as an official. When meeting a person of high status, you should naturally walk behind him.
"How do you call this sir?" Chen Zhixian cupped his fists.
grown ups?
Why do you call me sir?
Xu Zhiqiong said: "My surname is Ma, may I ask your surname Gao?"
"My surname is Chen. I used to be in charge of a county. I wonder where Mr. Ma will be?" County Magistrate Chen identified the official background of the other party.
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Punishment for several years during my lifetime."
Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong did not mention his official position, County Magistrate Chen asked tentatively: "Master Ma is so wealthy, so his family must be very well off."
Generous? Well-off?
Where did this start?
Xu Zhiqiong followed the conversation and said: "The family background of Chen Zhixian must be pretty good."
Chen Zhixian shook his head and said: "If you talk about family background, it is really shameful. I have left a lot of savings in my life, but my children and grandchildren are not filial and I have wasted this family property."
The more Xu Zhiqiong listened, the more confused he became. Suddenly he heard the woman behind him say: "Just be content. With the golden ticket, you will still be rich and noble in the next life. It's a pity that I bought this dress and spent all the money on the funeral, and I only got this in exchange for it."
An iron stick."
Chen Zhixian frowned and said: "You are so outrageous, how can you speak here?"
The woman snorted and said: "After crossing Naihe Bridge and drinking Meng Po soup, who will recognize who else? What happened to me saying a few words?"
Xu Zhiqiong asked: "You spent all your money on burial just to buy some clothes?"
The woman sighed and said: "My family is not poor, but I am not rich either. There is only a copper bracelet in the burial. It is not bad to be able to exchange for this clothes."
Xu Zhiqiong took a closer look at the woman's clothes.
Said to be clothes, it was actually just a piece of coarse cloth wrapped around the body.
What is the purpose of buying this dress for her?
Cover up?
And as she said, she was about to go to Naihe Bridge, but why was she so ashamed?
Xu Zhiqiong turned to look at Chen Enze: "Zhixian Chen's clothes are quite respectable."
Chen Enze waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I don't have anything else to think about. I just want to have a few words with my family."
An old woman in front said bitterly: "What can I do if I say more? I have told my son several times, but I still don't see him pitying his mother!"
The naked old man sobbed and said, "You all are satisfied. You can afford clothes at least. I can't even afford a piece of cloth."
Everyone was talking about it, and Xu Zhiqiong understood the whole story.
At the gate of Fengdu City, the "criminal karma" mentioned by the city gatekeeper had nothing to do with the sinful karma that Xu Zhiqiong was familiar with.
The crime he mentioned refers to the burial objects.
In other words, it’s real money!
According to the rules of the Qiancheng Yinsi, when ghosts go to the underworld, they will carry with them the things they buried with them in some form, that is, the small wooden box in their hands.
The weight of the wooden box is the weight of the funerary objects converted into silver!
Walking on the Huangquan Road, there will be ghost messengers selling clothes to the dead souls.
These clothes are not to cover the body, nor to keep out the cold, but to convey dreams to family members and ask for replenishment of burial goods.
Buying different clothes will bring different levels of dreams.
Like the woman behind you, who could only buy a piece of coarse cloth. She could only give her father a dream once, and the dream lasted less than one meal.
The old woman in front was buried with rich gifts, bought a good set of clothes, and was able to give her son three dreams, each of which lasted for more than an hour.
Chen Zhixian bought this expensive piece of clothing, which allowed him to dream about his family for five consecutive nights, and he could dream about it for a whole night each time.
Speaking of which, this is a big gamble.
Gui Cha's clothes are not cheap, and they are non-refundable.
Just this coarse cloth would have to be exchanged for the woman's only burial companion, a copper bracelet.
This woman gave her father a dream and wanted to be buried with her. Her father still loved the girl and gave her an extra pair of silver earrings, a copper hairpin and a copper bracelet. After all, it was enough for one tael of silver.
In other words, one or two sins are enough to earn an iron stick.
This iron stick is very important to this woman.
The old woman was the mother of an official, and the burial objects when she died were more than eighty taels of silver, or sixteen taels per catty, which was more than five catties, which could be exchanged for five copper sticks.
The old woman was unwilling to give in, so she bought a set of clothes for twenty taels of silver, and told her son in a dream that she wanted to buy more clothes for him to bury with him.
The son agreed and paid her an extra ten taels for her burial.
Spending twenty taels and getting back ten taels is a loss.
The old woman was unwilling to give up, so she spent another twenty taels to continue her dream, but her son still buried her with an additional ten taels.
The old woman was even more unwilling to give in, and then asked her son to entrust her dream. The son couldn't bear the pester and gave her thirty taels.
The first two times I asked for a dream, I lost twenty taels, and then I made a profit of ten taels. Added together, I still lost ten taels. The old woman lost the bet.
Chen Zhixian was even more aggrieved than this old woman.
He paid great attention to his own affairs and had prepared burial arrangements a few years ago, totaling 3,500 taels, which totaled more than 200 kilograms.
Originally he just wanted to leave the scenery, but he didn't know that the underworld had such rules. He spent more than a thousand taels on a pair of good clothes and gave his wife and children a dream for five consecutive nights.
It's a pity that the lady and the young master are not given a son, so the dream is in vain and the money is wasted.
At any rate, the remaining burial material was enough for him to exchange for a golden stick. This golden stick was also very important.
Chen Zhixian asked Xu Zhiqiong: "Master Ma, didn't you give your family a dream?"
Xu Zhiqiong was also wearing a suit of clothes. It would definitely not make sense to say that it was not a dream.
"The dream was a promise, and I only told them a few words. If they can listen, they can listen. If they can't, that's it. Who would expect them to spend money on the dead."
After the words fell, everyone sighed, and Magistrate Chen sighed: "Master Ma is so open-minded, I am ashamed of myself."
The naked old man in front cried: "I don't have a stick, what will I do in this next life?"
Xu Zhiqiong looked at the Yama Palace in the distance and secretly gritted his teeth.
Okay, what a Yinsi from Qiancheng Kingdom!
After entering the Yama Hall, the ghosts stood neatly in the main hall, waiting to be released.
A man stood at the top of the main hall. It seemed that he should be the king of the Yama Palace. Black and white ghosts were standing on the left and right sides respectively.
A Hei Wuchang shouted loudly: "Divide the lots!"
As soon as the words fell, an official came forward and said: "Those who haven't signed it, follow the warden and go to the prison to be punished!"
Those who do not have a signature will be sent directly to the Penal Prison Hall, where they will undergo various tortures, and then do hard labor. They will be sentenced to sixty years in prison. When the term is over, they will be reincarnated in the Linyu Hall.
The warden finished explaining the rules and left with the people who didn't have the signatures.
These were pure poor people who could not even be buried with them. They cried continuously all the way and followed the warden to the back hall.
"Whoever holds the wooden sign, follow the boss to the Linyu Palace and wait for the time to be reincarnated!"
Linyu Palace, the name sounds good, but it actually means reincarnation as an animal. There is only one wooden stick to be reincarnated as an ant, even worse than an ant. With more sticks, you can be reincarnated as a shrimp, crab, etc., and then there are fish and turtles.
, and further up are birds and animals, including cattle, sheep and domestic animals. If there are more wooden sticks, maybe they can also be made into beasts such as bears and tigers.
I have been a beast in one life, and in my next life I can go to the palace of suffering and reincarnate as a human being.
"Those who sign with iron will follow the chief to the Hall of Suffering."
The Palace of Suffering means being reborn in a poor family. You can survive with a mouthful of food. If you don't have enough food, you will have to return to the underworld soon. Whether you can reincarnate as a human being depends on how many people are buried with you.
If you can't even eat, don't expect to be buried with him. There is a high probability that you will go to jail and suffer in your next life.
But with the iron sign, you can be reincarnated as a human being in your next life, so this sign is very important.
"Those who hold the copper picks should go to the Hall of Hundreds of Lives."
Baishengdian is an ordinary family. It can't be said to be very miserable, nor can it be said to be rich. Farmers, woodcutters, fishermen, hunters, and craftsmen are all in this category.
The reason why the old woman was unwilling was because she would be an ordinary person in her next life. Even though she would have more lottery tickets and be slightly better off than ordinary people, she would still not be as good as she was in this life.
"Those who take the silver lottery go to Wuyou Hall."
Wuyou Palace is a serious place to go.
These people have some connection with the official body. Those with more fortunes can be reincarnated as close relatives of minor officials. Those with few fortunes can also be distant relatives. In short, they can ensure food and clothing.
"Those who hold the golden lot will go to the Golden Jade Palace to wait for reincarnation."
The Golden Jade Palace is the best destination among all reincarnations, and they will be reborn directly in noble families.
Chen Zhixian took a golden lottery ticket, added the other lottery tickets, and calculated it all together. In the next life, he would be the son of a prefecture's Tongzhi Tongpan and a sixth-rank official.
big.
Xu Zhiqiong took two golden lots and a lot of lots, and he will be the son of the county magistrate in his next life.
This county magistrate is a bit small, so he might as well be a general judge.
But his grandpa is very powerful. He is the prefect of a state and a senior official of the fourth rank. His future is limitless.
The head of Jinyu Palace was reprimanded by Hei Wuchang yesterday, and he was not in a good mood today. He looked at County Magistrate Chen and said, "As soon as we get to the bridge, leave this skin behind!"
The clothes of the dead soul can be recycled, especially the fine clothes of Chen Zhixian, which can be sold for a good price on the road to Huangquan.
Chen Zhixian repeatedly said yes, and the chief looked at Xu Zhiqiong again, and spat: "You dress like a beggar, but you can support such a good family? You are really being advantaged!"
"This person is indeed a good family," Xu Zhiqiong nodded, "If his sins were more serious and he got a few more gold lottery cards, would he be able to become a god?"
The head of Jinyu Palace frowned: "What are you talking about? You are so arrogant! I will take you to the back hall, taste the taste of being cut into pieces, and teach you how to speak human language."
"No! We have something to discuss," Xu Zhiqiong said with a smile, "How about I send you to reincarnation to see how serious your sins are and who you can take care of in the next life!"