It is the same size as the prefectural city of Yangshi, with the branches of Huangquan turning into a moat. The ghost soldiers coming and going are also divided into generals and soldiers, and the soldiers will also shout and shout, showing off their power among the ghosts and people.
In addition, there are also exchanges between the ghost people, and all kinds of business are available, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, carriage and horse rations, everything you can think of seems to be available.
And it is even more diverse than the Yang world.
It's just that most of the carriages and horses are made of paper, with strange shapes and very distinctive features.
All kinds of scenes reminded Wei Hao of Kaihui at night. The general holding the lamp didn't know what he was doing now.
"Walk."
Although everything at first glance looked like ghosts, Wei Hao was not afraid at all. The "way back" behind him had also disappeared. The seal of "Inspection of Simin City Emperor Xianyoubo" on his body had actually changed and was no longer there. It is an unpretentious stone, but an extremely delicately carved sapphire.
The appearance of Wei Hao directly caused a commotion. A large number of ghost soldiers in the city rushed to report, and countless ghost generals were dumbfounded.
In the moat, fierce ghosts were screaming wildly; in the sky, there were dark clouds, and greedy vultures were circling.
Fierce Qi and blood are simply the most delicious delicacies in the underworld.
What's more, Wei Hao has the reputation of being a great leader, and the fragrance of ink and books makes many undead souls with weak intelligence excited. This is an excellent way to increase their wisdom.
You can do it if you eat a living person like Wei Hao!
"Stop"
The huge city gate hole looks like a skull. When the skull opens its mouth, the city gate hole will be completely opened.
A Yaksha with two wings on his back, holding a hammer in his hand and covered in armor, flew in front of Wei Hao and shouted loudly: "Where did you come from as a mortal? How dare you break into the underworld?"
"I am Wei Hao, a member of Wufeng County, Beiyang Prefecture, Daxia Dynasty. I came here this time just for an injustice! I don't know which king is in charge of life and death. Please inform me."
Wei Hao cupped his fists and bowed, saluting.
That Yaksha was immediately shocked: "You broke into the underworld without asking for mercy and returning to the sun, but you actually dare to ask to see the king?!"
"There are grievances in the world, please be accommodating!"
"presumptuous!"
Picking up the iron hammer, Yasha was furious, "Left and right, take down this mortal who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and walk on the 'Mirror of Evil' platform! Then we will punish you!"
"slow!"
Wei Hao raised his hand to interrupt, his eyes widened, "Wei doesn't want to start a dispute with you. I have come to the underworld to avenge my grievances. Please give me a clear warning from this lieutenant!"
"If you have grievances, you should tell them to the local city emperor. How can you enter the underworld without permission! Furthermore, what are you doing in the underworld with your grievances in the Yang world! As a member of the Great Xia Dynasty, you do not go to the Yang world to file a complaint. Instead, you come to the underworld to visit. You study Did you read about the dog?”
"Captain! The grievances here involve 72,000 innocent people. The emperor of the city where Wei was stationed has also died. Such a major matter is no longer..."
"What?!"
Yaksha, who had two wings on his back, suddenly changed his expression and retracted his wings. After landing on the ground, he stared at Wei Hao. He looked at Wei Hao with complicated eyes, and then whispered: "Go back, go back."
"Taiwei! It's not that Wei didn't know that Lord Yan was involved in this matter, and it's not that he didn't know that there were powerful men of the immortal level involved in it. However, someone has to come out to discuss good and evil. Although Wei is alone , I have to break into this underworld!"
"Stupid! You will be useful. When you become famous all over the world, why worry about not being able to go to the underworld unimpeded when you come back to the underworld? If you are a small person, I am afraid that if you are fried in a frying pan, you will be completely gone..."
After hearing what Yaksha said, Wei Hao immediately understood that the Yaksha in front of him did not want to kill his life in vain.
But this trip cannot be postponed.
Wei Hao solemnly said: "One day in the world is one year in the underworld. Even if Wei is lucky enough to participate in the 'Spring Festival' this year, dozens of days will pass. If he seeks to be famous in the world and accumulate official reputation, I am afraid it will be a short time."
A few years, or even decades at most. Wouldn’t those 72,000 ghosts who died in vain have to wander in the underworld for hundreds of thousands of years?!"
"..."
Even if what Wei Hao said was right, Yaksha was helpless. After being silent for a while, he said to Wei Hao, "You'd better leave quickly. How did you get here and how do you get back. Wait until a ghost comes, and I will tell you."
"I'm sorry for not being able to obey my orders!"
"Hutu!"
Yaksha was furious, "People have to bow their heads under the eaves. You, a scholar, don't you know this truth?"
"Since I dare to come, I have already made up my mind. If I can't go back, I won't go back!"
After saying that, Wei Hao stretched out his hand, holding the ancestral sword in his hand, and widened his eyes: "Wei has one more thing to do on this trip. In addition to redressing his grievances, we also need to ask which Hutu official helped commit such a heinous crime.
.If I don’t beat it to death, I’ll be sorry for the city princes who speak out for justice!”
"..."
Yaksha was moved at that time. There was indeed a battle in the underworld decades ago, but these decades were only the decades of ordinary ghost people. For a ghost like him, only a few dozen days had actually passed.
.
"If you really dare to break in, you must know that petitioning in the underworld is no better than anywhere else..."
"Wei will fully bear the consequences of this trip."
These words were nothing in the world of the sun, but in the underworld, they turned into a ball of heavy air and fell to the ground, making a tinkling sound.
It's loud and clear.
At that moment, Yaksha put away his hammer, cupped his fists and said, "Don't wait here, I'll go and report."
"Thank you, Lieutenant, for your accommodation."
Wei Hao breathed a sigh of relief and watched Yaksha flutter his wings and leave.
Not long after, ghosts and soldiers came from all directions. The big ghosts were like mountains and the small ghosts were like forests. They were densely packed as far as the eye could see.
In the already bustling moat, the ghosts rushing on their way looked like pedestrians, densely packed and forming a long queue.
In the river, there were boats coming and going from time to time, and the evil ghosts clawed at the sides of the boats and screamed and threatened Wei Hao.
The undead on the ship, dressed like living people, probably still maintained their appearance in life, and looked at Wei Hao blankly.
Obviously, it was extremely awkward for a living person like Wei Hao to stand in the underworld.
"Stop making any noise and go back to the cabin."
The ferrymen were all shouting. They were wearing raincoats, bamboo hats, and masks on their faces. Only one pair of eyes was exposed, and they didn't know what they looked like.
After shouting, almost all the ferrymen turned to look at Wei Hao. Some looked surprised and some had stunned eyes, as if they knew Wei Hao.
But Wei Hao remained motionless, standing there with the knife in his hand. No matter how many ghosts approached, he just pretended not to see them.
"Hehehehe, I actually saw a living person in the underworld. What is this brother's name and where is his hometown?"
There was a female ghost who was wearing scantily clad clothes and approached Wei Hao in a coquettish manner.
However, after entering within three feet of Wei Hao, she suddenly screamed and was instantly wiped out.
Wei Hao did nothing but showed a little "martyr arrogance" and burned her completely on the spot.
But soon, the female ghost regained her composure with a hasty look on her face. However, at this time, no matter how she opened her mouth, she was speechless.
I saw her mouth moving, opening and closing, but there was no sound at all.
There is no sound of footsteps when walking, no friction of clothes, no matter whether it is clapping hands or stamping feet, there is no sound at all.
Quack, quack, quack…
Suddenly, a crow's cry came.
Wei Hao looked up and saw a crow appear. Hundreds of thousands of ghost soldiers and generals around him tried to avoid it. Then, the crow swooped down and snatched the female ghost away before she could react.
Seeing this scene, Wei Hao was immediately shocked: What kind of bird is this? It has such power.
There were hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses around, and no one dared to stop him.
Wei Hao even felt that the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses around him were very afraid of the crow.
"What kind of bird is that..."
The dog was also stunned, very surprised.
"The crow in the underworld is said to be a kind of auspicious bird. I thought it was just a legend, but now it seems that there really are such rare birds."
Yan Xuanxin, who is also a bird, whispered, "Elder Elephant, I heard that the crow in the underworld is called the 'Xiyi bird', and it is the 'incarnation of national destiny' of a country."
"The incarnation of national destiny?!"
Wei Hao frowned slightly, "Isn't it true that only human dynasties can form the embodiment of national destiny?"
"I don't know about this, but our family's legend does have such a saying."
"Well……"
Wei Hao remembered something, that is, he also heard a crow at the Emperor's Temple in Wutan County.
If this is the case, then this crow is not simple, and it is definitely not only capable of activities in the underworld.
Of course, it could also be just an ordinary crow in the world that just happened to pass by and crow twice.
On the top of the city, there were many gorgeously dressed ghosts with their servants watching the fun. Wei Hao listened carefully and soon heard some of the upper-class ghosts waiting in line to be reincarnated to show off to the left and right: "That bitch, too."
I don’t know where the courage comes from. Who dares to venture into the underworld alone? Who doesn’t have great supernatural powers? I don’t think this is easy.”
"She was really obsessed and wanted to absorb people's yang energy. But now it's better, she died and became 'Xi'."
"If you want to become a ghost again, it will be difficult."
"That person is like a furnace within three feet. He has no moral skills. If he goes there, it will be for nothing."
…
Hearing what these ghosts said, Wei Hao was stunned: Hope?
He suddenly remembered some legends. It is said that people become ghosts after death, but ghosts do not just disappear.
After the death of ghosts, they become 筙, after the death of 筙, they become Xi, after the death of Xi, they become Yi, after the death of Yi, they become micro, and after the death of Wei, they become invisible...
He had also heard of these legends. Wang Fubo, Qin Duolu and other Yin and Yang celebrities only said that they had heard of them, but had no way to verify them.
Now it seems that this statement should be known and recognized by many people.
It’s just that I have never seen it in person, and even the ghost people in the city are not speaking with certainty, but showing off their knowledge based on legends.
Wei Hao frowned slightly, thinking that if this was true, it would be a good thing. At least, the city prince who sacrificed his name would still have a chance to get it back.
But this is just a theory after all and cannot be confirmed.
"Gentleman, if the people in the underworld want to drive us away, what will we do then?"
"beat."
"okay!"
When Gouzi heard Wei Hao's answer, all his nervousness disappeared. His gentleman's words meant that he had completely cut off his escape route. He had no choice but to move forward.
Wei Hao didn't see the yaksha turning around, so he simply sat cross-legged and began to sense the yin energy around him. Instead of waiting, he might as well practice on the way.
If I return to the underworld again in the future, I will be able to adapt more easily.
At this time, in a government office in the city, Yaksha quickly reported. When the red-robed officials in the second hall saw this, they immediately shouted: "Why are you here if you are not flying to patrol!"
"Master, let me report that a living person has broken into the underworld, just outside the city!"
"What?!"
The red-robed official was suddenly startled, "Could the earthquake just now have something to do with this person?"
"Ah?! Master, I see that he is alone. Although he seems to have some strength, he doesn't look like he can shake things up."
"How can you peep at other people's power?"
Yaksha immediately smiled bitterly: "Master, he is just a mortal body. Just now I advised him to come back the same way he came."
"Did he give his name?"
The red-robed official held a book in one hand and dipped the pen in ink in the other. He was about to write when he heard Yaksha reply, "He claims to be a member of the Great Xia Dynasty. He is from Wufeng County, Beiyang Prefecture. His surname is Wei Minghao."
Zhila!!
The official's hand shook, and the brush directly poked a black hole in the book.
"Ah?! Wufeng Wei Hao?!"
"Uh...that's what he said."
"What a disaster. This is a vicious man. When he breaks into the underworld, he must seek justice for others. I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's for the seventy-two thousand unjust ghosts."
"Ah?! Old master! W-what is the background of this man!"
Yaksha was immediately shocked, "Sir, why don't you go to the king and let him make a decision?"
"No, no, no, no, no, no, don't alert the king at this time, this matter will lead to trouble..."
The red-robed official thought for a while, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "We are in Qin Guangcheng here, and we are in charge of suicide ghosts. Then Wei Hao went to the wrong yamen. The seventy-two thousand unjust dead ghosts should go...go..."
"Go to Songcheng!"
Yaksha quickly reminded, "Sir, the sin of manipulating the feng shui in the world and hindering funerals is not the work of the King of Hell of the Three Palaces? In this way, it is also appropriate for the Song Emperor to come forward to entertain and ask questions..."
"Ah yes yes yes!!"
He nodded repeatedly, quickly put down the paper and pen, put down the official hat, picked up the square crown and put it on, straightened his clothes in front of the mirror, and saw that the red official robe was too conspicuous in the mirror, so he quickly took it off again and put on the brocade one. Regular clothes.
"Let's go, let's go over there quickly. We must not be involved in this matter. This Wei Hao is a murderous man. I have been involved in the life and death of the Earthly Immortal series in the past few days. My God, if this is accumulated and reported, the heaven will know about it." , I’m afraid it will be extremely lively.”
"Master, you are a judge, what are you afraid of?"
"If he is an ordinary scholar, how can I care about him? This Wei Hao is not easy to mess with."
The judge let out a long sigh, "Besides, many of our judges still owe him favors. If he hadn't eliminated many evil spirits in the world, this crime of dereliction of duty would have made people lose their hats long ago."
"..."
Hearing what the judge said, Yaksha was also very thoughtful, thinking that he had just had good intentions and didn't want to eat his arms or legs. Otherwise, wouldn't he be beaten to death by Wei Hao on the spot?
However, just as he was about to go out, he heard the animal ring on the door say: "The 'Xi Yi Bird' just came and took away a 'Xi'."
"What?!"
The judge immediately exclaimed, "We are in Qin Guangcheng here. The presence of monsters is a big deal. How can there be a Xi!"
Ranwen
"There was a female ghost who was supposed to be a patrolling ghost in the city. She wanted to seduce the living people from this world. As a result, two people within three feet died instantly."
"..."
After two deaths, he immediately turned into a zodiac, and then immediately turned into a xi.
Everything happened so fast that you suddenly thought it had become a miracle.
Yaksha's legs went weak and he almost knelt on the ground. He still had the strength to hold the hammer, but at this sight, he was really frightened.
"Master! What kind of devil is this..."
"How do I know, how do I know..."
The judge gritted his teeth and was anxious in his heart: He couldn't disturb the king at this time. Now in the underworld, a city is a prince, and a peak is a mountain. If it shows up, it may harm the king.
Gritting his teeth, the judge solemnly said: "Let's go, grant him some benefits, give him a map, and order some soldiers and horses as guides to show him the way to the Song Emperor's city."
"The master is wise, the master is wise..."
Yaksha keeps flattering him, but Wei Hao, a god of plague, should be sent away as soon as possible.
They, Qin Guangcheng, have always been very peaceful, keeping aloof from the world and making a living.
Let’s forget about this struggle for power in the underworld.
However, Yasha thought with malice in his heart: A dozen city emperors spoke uprightly, but ended up in hell, their souls were scattered, and they must have ended badly. If Wei Hao was violent, let him go to Yama City to make a fuss.
But doing it directly is definitely not possible.
Let's lead him to the Three Hell Kings first. I think the Three Hell Kings will find a way to send Wei Hao away as long as they don't lose their minds and go crazy.
If the trouble breaks out, the five hell kings will take over after all. Who called this underworld? Now we have to choose a king.
I changed my carriage and horses, but I didn't dare to fly, so I honestly left the city. At this time, the idle ghost people in the surrounding areas also came to watch the fun.
These ghost people are much more plainly dressed. They are all barefoot and shirtless, and those with short shirts and sacks can already cover their bodies.
Many of them were naked, or used dry grass as their shirts.
Wei Hao closed his eyes tightly and realized that this city in the underworld was more like a country of its own, and the ghost people in the wilds should also be under its governance.
From this point of view, it feels quite like a country system.
The ghost people in the city are "nationals", and many of them have the obligation to support ghost soldiers and ghost generals, but they are also protected. Some of them seem to become ghost generals, ghost commanders, inspecting this brigade commander and that captain.
Wei Hao felt that there were carriages and horses approaching. He opened his eyes and saw that the Tongtian Palace in the distance was still as majestic, but there was a slight change. That is, the eyes in the sky were slightly darker.
Just as he was about to continue observing, he saw a carriage and horse approaching. Yaksha stood respectfully aside, waiting for someone to get off.
The man was dressed in brocade, wearing a square crown on his head and a jade belt around his waist. He also held a pen in his hand.
"I am one of the judges of life and death in Qin Guangcheng. I am not honored to hear that Duke Wei is here..."
Holding the pen in his hand, the judge actually saluted Wei Hao directly, very politely.
When Wei Hao saw this, he frowned slightly. He guessed a possibility, so he said, "I wonder where you want to lead me?"
"Oh, it's Emperor Song..."
The judge was eloquent and answered Wei Hao's question.
"..."
"..."
Looking at each other with Wei Hao, the judge looked embarrassed and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Wei, my king is not in the underworld and has gone out to practice. I am not hiding anything."
"It doesn't matter."
Wei Hao bowed and saluted, and then said sincerely, "It's not impossible for Wei to go elsewhere, but there is something I want the judge to tell me."
"There is really nothing I can do to help with matters beyond my responsibilities..."
Upon hearing that Wei Hao wanted to inquire about something, the judge was so frightened that his face turned blood red, as if he was about to come to life.
When Wei Hao saw this, he smiled and said: "I just want to know how those 72,000 people who died in vain got to the underworld, where they went, and how they were sentenced."
"this……"
When he heard that it was this kind of question, the judge immediately hesitated. He could say it, but he was afraid that he would not be able to say it well.
"Please give me some advice from the judge!"
"Don't dare to be called the Grand Judge!" The judge waved his hands repeatedly, gritted his teeth, and said solemnly, "This matter involves many yamen, and more than a dozen judges have dealt with it. Three to four thousand people who died in vain are actually arranged here. I have hooked up with you. He knew where they were going, but he stayed there and did not dare to send them to reincarnation..."
After careful consideration, the judge tried his best to speak in a way that would allow Wei Hao to understand on his own.
As soon as Wei Hao heard the judge's tone, he knew that it was not convenient for the judge to say it directly, so he could only give crazy hints and reminders.