Xu Zhiqiong took Shi Cheng to Qiancheng Punishing Evil Division.
Out of respect for the Taoist sect's duties, Xu Rishu only allowed one person to be sent over, and this person could not be Zhong Jianxue.
He allowed Xu Zhiqiong to choose between black and white and impermanence, but Xu Zhiqiong chose Shi Cheng.
Shi Cheng was only a sixth-rank governor, and Zhong Jianxue was worried that Shi Cheng was not strong enough, but Xu Zhiqiong trusted Shi Cheng's character.
Although he had many battles with Ming Dao, Xu Zhiqiong's trust in Ming Dao has never changed. This trust largely comes from Zhong Jianxue, Shi Cheng and Nie Gui'an, a group of friends from Ming Dao.
Taking advantage of the Ming Dao magic circle arranged by Xu Rishu himself, Shi Cheng followed Xu Zhiqiong to Qiancheng Yinsi. According to Xu Rishu's instructions, he would temporarily replace Yan Jun here.
"Brother Shi, congratulations on your promotion."
Xu Zhiqiong congratulated him all the way, but Shi Cheng didn't appreciate it.
"Brother, you see that I am living a free life, so you insist on letting me go to that stupid place in Yelang Kingdom! There are many black and white in Yelang Kingdom. Is it appropriate for me to be the Lord of Hell? They are going to rebel, you let me
What can I do to resist?"
"Brother Shi, don't worry, I have subdued these birds. As long as I am here, they will not dare to rebel."
"You can't stay with me in the underworld every day!" The more Shi Cheng thought about it, the more he felt that this was inappropriate.
Senior Xu clearly did this deliberately to embarrass me. He wanted me to retreat in spite of the difficulties, which also gave Ma Shangfeng an explanation.
In this case, why should I force myself? I am not a person who cherishes face.
Shi Cheng glanced at Xu Zhiqiong, but without saying anything, he made up his mind and stayed in Qiancheng Kingdom for a few days. He only said that he was not qualified for the position of King of Yan and would just go home as soon as possible.
When they arrived at the Hall of Hell, a group of dead souls were squatting in the hall. Xu Zhiqiong introduced them to Brother Shi one by one: "These are the unsigned ones, and they are going to go to the Prison Hall to be punished. These are the ones with wooden signs, and they are going to the Linyu Hall to be reincarnated."
If you become a beast, you have an iron seal. If you go to the Palace of Suffering, you will still be a poor person in your next life..."
Xu Zhiqiong introduced them one by one, and Shi Cheng said with a smile: "Brother, what else did you ask me to do? Everyone in the underworld is organized in an orderly manner, and whoever needs to go can go where he wants!"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head and said: "The key is that this matter was handled unfairly."
Shi Cheng waved his hand and said: "Brother, you are too picky, how can you be so fair? When I sent the soul to Naihe Bridge, I just asked a few questions and almost sent it over.
There are so many people on the road all day long, and I can’t tell the details, so I just have to stick to the big rules.”
Xu Zhiqiong said: "What if something goes wrong?"
"How else can I go too far?" Shi Cheng squatted on the ground, looked at a man holding a wooden sign and said, "Will you be a poor person in your next life?"
The man shook his head: "You can only become a poor person if you get the iron stamp. I want to be a beast."
"What mistake did you make? Did you kill someone?" Unconsciously, Shi Cheng had already used the mantra.
The man was naturally unprepared and answered truthfully: "I have never killed anyone."
"That means you have done other bad things?"
The man thought for a moment and said: "Bad things have happened before. Ma Cuilan in our village is the most handsome. That day she went down to the river to wash clothes, took off her clothes and took a bath. I peeked..."
"That's it?"
"I, I, I even touched her, just once. She beat me and took off my clothes, so I ran away..."
Xu Zhiqiong felt that this was not a bad thing, as the girl seemed to be willing to do it.
Shi Cheng smiled and said, "What else?"
"My mother's chickens gave birth to a brood of chicks. I gave two to Ma Cuilan..."
All the mistakes this man committed basically revolved around Ma Cuilan.
Shi Cheng listened for a while and then looked back at Xu Zhiqiong: "Is this person going to be a beast in his next life?"
Xu Zhiqiong remained silent and looked back at the messengers from the Qiancheng Yin Division.
Shi Cheng turned to look at a girl beside him, who looked about eleven or twelve years old.
"Nizi, what did you sign?"
"I didn't sign, so I'm going to jail and suffer."
"What mistakes have you made?"
Nizi lowered her head and thought for a long time: "I secretly ate the Yitang that my mother gave to my brother. There were six pieces in total, and I ate two pieces."
"Anymore?"
"Yes, I broke a bowl. I said it was my brother who broke it."
Shi Cheng was stunned for a moment and then asked: "What kind of punishment are you going to receive?"
Nizi said: "The prison warden said that eight hundred cuts would be made on my body every day for sixty years."
Shi Cheng was silent for a moment, stood up, and said with a smile: "Where is the warden she said?"
Nizi pointed to the corner of the hall, where six wardens were squatting. One of the wardens was about to take Nizi to be tortured, but now seeing Nizi pointing over, he was trembling with fear.
Shi Chengwen smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm just asking."
He stepped forward and counted, then checked the roster, frowned and said, "That's not right. The roster says there are eight jails. Why are there only six?"
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent. Shi Cheng smiled and said, "Brothers, don't be afraid. You and I are a family. If you have anything, just tell me."
One of the wardens took courage, pointed at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "There are two other brothers who were killed by him."
Xu Zhiqiong did kill two wardens.
Shi Cheng frowned, smacked his lips and said, "Ma Changshi, you have such a bad temper, how could you kill those two wardens?"
Upon hearing this, the six wardens raised their heads and looked at Shi Cheng, as if they had seen their benefactor, and cried miserably.
"We two brothers died miserably!"
"Don't cry, don't cry," Shi Cheng comforted them, pulled out a knife, and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Look, people are as good as brothers, and you just tear them apart like this."
Well, I am a soft-hearted person and cannot bear to see this. Brothers, I will send you to reunite together!"
After saying that, Shi Cheng slashed down and chopped off the warden who was identified by Nizi.
The warden's head fell to the ground, and a seven-inch-long karma was exposed on his head.
The remaining five wardens huddled together, and one warden shouted: "We all act according to the rules. If they don't sign, they will have to suffer!"
Shi Cheng asked with a smile: "Who gave the rules?"
The wardens looked at each other, but no one answered.
Shi Cheng chuckled and said, "Eight hundred dollars a day, is this also the rule of your underworld?"
The mantra was activated again, and a warden told the truth: "The warden decides what punishment to use. This is also the rule of our underworld."
"This... is really out of line!" Shi Cheng smiled but was speechless, "Tell me all the rules of your underworld, and I'll listen carefully."
Shi Cheng is a person in the underworld, and he knows all the trivial rules clearly.
After asking, he glanced at the crowd and said, "You guys, you are the underworld, do you only care about money?"
Shi Cheng looked at a Palm Punisher. The Palm Punisher had been hit by the Mantra and told the truth: "If you don't recognize money, what else can you recognize?"
"How many governors are there among you?"
The five officers were pushed out, and Shi Cheng still had a smile on his face: "When so many souls came to the bridge, why didn't you ask more questions?"
The governor lowered his head and said, "I asked about it too."
"How did you ask?"
"We asked them whether they were unjust or not?"
"Isn't there anyone who complains?"
"Whoever screams injustice will be severely punished. This is the rule of the underworld. If there is a true grievance, he will scream even if he is punished. If he dares not scream for fear of being punished, it proves that he has a guilty conscience."
Shi Cheng raised the dagger and said with a smile: "Do you think it's unfair if I kill you now?"
"Injustice!" Du Guan blurted out.
Shi Cheng chopped off one of the Du Guan's ears: "If I cry out for injustice, I will cut you into pieces with a thousand cuts. Are you still being unfair?"
The official wailed: "I, I..."
"What, are you feeling guilty?" Shi Cheng chopped off the other ear of the governor again.
The governor couldn't answer. If he said he was not unjust, Shi Cheng would kill him with one blow.
If he spoke of injustice, Shi Cheng would really cut him into pieces with a thousand knives.
Shi Cheng wiped the blood on the knife: "You are all officials and you all have skills, why don't you use them?"
All the officials bowed their heads and remained silent.
Shi Cheng laughed again: "Your tongues are precious and you don't want to speak. I'll cut off all your tongues. It will save you a lot of trouble in the future."
"We know our mistakes. We should really know our mistakes and spare our lives!"
A group of officials shouted that they knew their mistake.
Knowing that one is wrong is false, but fearing death is true. Shi Cheng smiled so kindly, but this man was just as scary as Ma Shangfeng.
"Take the dead souls and go to Naihe Bridge. I will teach you the rules!" Shi Cheng led everyone to the head of Naihe Bridge.
Shi Cheng cleared his throat and said: "We are not judges. There is no need to distinguish between good and evil merits and crimes. As long as the minimum right and wrong are correct, meritorious deeds will naturally fall on the bridge."
"Meritors?" Bai Wuchang and Yu Yancai shook his head, "I've never seen meritorious deeds on the Naihe Bridge."
Shi Cheng lowered his voice and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Has Qiancheng Punishing Evil Secretary really repaired it?"
"It's fixed." Xu Zhiqiong answered without any confidence. In fact, it was only partially repaired.
"Is there a reward building?"
"Yes." There is indeed a Shangxun Building, but it has never been used.
Does obtaining meritorious service in the underworld have something to do with the merit-rewarding tower?
"I don't know if the Honor Tower and the Underworld are connected." Shi Cheng was not sure, so he walked up to the girl and asked with a smile: "Girl, how did you die?"
The girl lowered her head and said, "I went to the mountain to dig wild vegetables. I fell down the hillside and broke my leg. I lay on the mountain for two days, hungry, thirsty, and in pain, and then I ended up here."
Shi Cheng was startled and looked at the girl carefully.
There is no black energy in her soul, which proves that she has not become a resentful spirit.
"After suffering so much, don't you have any resentment in your heart?"
"I don't hate it, and I don't hate anyone." The girl shook her head.
"Follow me." Shi Cheng led the girl towards Naihe Bridge.
Naihe Bridge is a stone arch bridge with a bridge deck about five feet wide. The bridge was filled with mist. Xu Zhiqiong could only see one-third of the bridge, and the remaining part was obscured by the mist.
Shi Cheng took the girl into the mist and said to a figure in the center: "Sister, give this girl a bowl of good soup."
A woman's voice came from the bridge: "You are the Du Guan, the real Du Guan."
Dai Huiqin exclaimed: "Mother Meng has spoken!"
She had never heard Po Meng speak.
Not to mention her, Yu Yancai had been in the underworld for decades and had never heard Po Meng speak.
"Meng Po?" Xu Zhiqiong heard the voice of a young woman, and it was difficult to associate it with Po Meng.
Shi Cheng smiled in the mist and said, "Can it be fake? Girl, stand on the gazebo and take a look."
In the mist, there were some sobbing sounds, and the girl cried: "I miss my mother."
"After thinking about it, I took another look and found that your mother was crying too."
After a while, Xu Zhiqiong heard Mrs. Meng's voice: "The soup is ready."
Shi Cheng laughed and said: "Girl, wipe your tears. You have suffered all the hardships in this life, and sweetness will come after all. You should see the path under your feet clearly, keep walking, and walk under the bridge. You will no longer have to worry about food and clothing in the next life."
The girl drank Meng Po soup, followed Shi Cheng's guidance and walked to Naihe Bridge, then embarked on the worry-free road.
Seeing the girl's back disappear, Shi Cheng got off the bridge and said to everyone: "This girl has made no big mistakes in her life. She should go to Baisheng Road and be born into an ordinary family. However, she suffered a lot before she died. After all, she should have some compensation in the next life.
Let her have a worry-free journey."
As soon as he finished speaking, a golden bean fell to the ground.
"OK!" Shi Cheng smiled.
Shi Cheng sent it to the right place and received a reward for his meritorious service.
Xu Zhiqiong was very pleasantly surprised. This proved that the Honor Building of the Punishment Department and the Underworld Department were connected.
The project quality of the public transportation class is indeed guaranteed!
The system of Judge Dao and Ming Dao is now in operation in Qiancheng Kingdom!
Yu Yancai exclaimed: "What an achievement!"
He leaned over to pick it up, but Shi Cheng kicked him over: "This is mine!"
The underworld of Qiancheng Kingdom is as if they have never seen meritorious deeds, from the city gate clerk to the black and white impermanence, all looking straight at the gold.
Xu Zhiqiong asked in surprise: "Have you never seen meritorious deeds before?"
"I've seen it before!" Yu Yancai said, "I ate meritorious deeds once. I found them from the bone marrow of a senior. I ate five pills in total."
Shi Cheng was stunned: "Have you ever eaten five merit pills?"
Yu Yancai nodded.
Shi Cheng asked in surprise: "Then how did you rise to Bai Wuchang?"
Yu Yancai said: "Eat the meat of fellow Taoists. You can eat it when you are dead. It is best to eat it while you are still breathing."