daily work in the underworld

The merit book was clean except for Fan Wujiu's name, but the more Linhai Shenjun looked at it, the more frightened he became, as if a black water ghost would appear from the dark yellow paper and swallow him.

He was afraid that everything about his past would be stripped away again, and he was also afraid that he would lose the cultivation base and rights he already had.

But in the underworld, everyone is equal, no matter you are a ghost or a god, a human or a demon, you only have one choice - to look directly at the sins you have committed, and then enter reincarnation to redeem your sins.

Soon, Ma Mian brought a basin of water according to Lord Yan Luo's previous request, he snorted, and put the water heavily in front of Linhai Shenjun.

"You can see for yourself." Lord Yan Luo said, "I can indeed change your fate for you, but only once. If what you say is not true, then neither the Six Paths of Reincarnation nor the Well of Past Life will accept my order.

"You will stay in the underworld as a drowned ghost for life and life, and you will not be able to practice."

After listening to Linhai Shenjun, he lost all his aura that had left only two or three points.He stared at the basin of water in front of him dejectedly, and found that he in the water was the appearance of the previous life that had gone through many calamities.

"This is the water in the well of reincarnation, which can reflect a person's past." Lord Yan Luo saw that he had wavered, but his tone slowed down, with a hint of inducement, "You just need to look at this basin of water, and then say If you give the real fate and horoscope, this seat will help you modify your fate."

Looking at the past that kept emerging in the basin, there were his past time in the heavenly court, and his high spirits when he went down to the earth to survive the calamity. After a long silence, Linhai Shenjun still succumbed to his desire to return to the heavenly realm, and nodded.

Seeing his cooperation, Xie Bi'an and the judge were also relieved.The former took the initiative to release the shackles, while the latter coaxed the judge pen to come back to work.

Linhai Shenjun didn't say a word, and obediently let Niutou use Baihuandie to read his memories and reproduce the past.

And he himself returned to that period of the past.

At that time, it was the warm and cold season. Scholars from all over the country came to Beijing to take the exam, hurriedly stepped on the unmelted snow, and rushed towards their dreams along the river that had just thawed.

Both Fan Wujiu and Xie Bi'an are one of them.Like other candidates, they chose an inn that sounded auspicious and festive to stay in.On weekdays, I study and study in my room, and occasionally to relax, I will sit in the teahouse where the symposium is held, and I can also meet some candidates, which is to pave the way for myself to enter the imperial court in advance.

The two met for the first time in a meeting.

At that time, Fan Wujiu was considered taciturn, but he was pulled by his classmates to accompany him, allowing the candidates downstairs to argue with spittle, and he didn't make a sound, just drinking tea quietly.

For him, many of the truths are not wrong, but if he really wants to say and do it, none of them can be done.

Words that are not true are most useless.

Therefore, instead of wasting time on the topics they discussed, it is more interesting to take the opportunity to observe other candidates.

With this thought in mind, he glanced around the teahouse boredly, and accidentally saw Xie Bi'an in the same eye.The person on the opposite side was also a red-faced classmate with a cup of hot tea in his hand, with a somewhat helpless expression on his face.The two looked at each other, and Xie Bi'an first raised the teacup to greet him from a distance.

Amidst the heated debates around them, the two of them inexplicably had the illusion of sympathy for each other.

However, the moment of peace was quickly broken.Fan Wujiu was pulled by his classmate, and he heard the classmate say: "This time the topic of debate is related to disaster relief. Since you took the flood in Lingzhou as an example, Brother Wujiu came from Lingzhou, so why not invite him here Evaluate your approach and see if it is empty talk."

The classmate looked angry, obviously being dragged down, and dragged himself into the water when he got angry.Fan Wujiu originally wanted to use the excuse that he was still young and didn't remember, but unexpectedly the examinee on the opposite side added fuel to the fire: "How do you evaluate? I'm afraid it's because you refused to admit that my method is better than yours, which is why you are delayed. My friend, come find me under the steps."

Immediately, the hall roared with laughter, and the classmates were even more embarrassed, wishing to find a hole to drill.

Fan Wujiu could only sigh secretly, lamenting that the rare afternoon was disturbed again.Although he thought so in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, he just pretended not to ask: "Dare to ask what the previous method is? I just passed by and I didn't hear clearly."

The examinee on the opposite side sneered and repeated what he had said.

"Lingzhou suffered from floods back then, and the imperial court allocated relief funds and sent imperial envoys to help the disaster. But after the floods, the plague broke out again. The magistrate of Lingzhou mishandled it and chose to close the city and kill tens of thousands of people." The examinee said more The more passionate he became, the more disdainful he appeared on his face, "If the laws and regulations are followed, then the magistrate of Lingzhou will be executed! But who knows that Wang Taishi insisted on keeping him, and said that he acted decisively and could be of great use. You are from Lingzhou. Let's judge, is this high promotion that was piled up with human life worthy of praise?"

Fan Wujiu was expressionless, and after listening, he asked a sentence: "Your Excellency's words are not unreasonable. There is only one thing I don't know, if you encounter this problem, what will you do?"

The examinee replied naturally: "It is absolutely impossible to seal the city. If I were the magistrate, I would naturally ask for help from the imperial court, and then gather doctors for free consultations and distribute herbal medicines. Until the plague is eradicated, it is natural to take measures to repair it, and then rebuild roads and buildings. "

He was eloquent, and most of what he said was the old clichés that Fan Wujiu heard when he was in school.

Not wanting to waste any more time, Fan Wujiu directly interrupted: "But there is one thing you haven't considered, the epidemic at that time was beyond human. And most of the disaster relief funds in Lingzhou at that time had been used for flood relief, and there was no more left. .”

The examinee stopped abruptly as if someone had strangled his neck.He was embarrassed for a moment, and said: "So what? As long as the court helps and there are enough herbs, it will naturally be able to curb this momentum."

Seeing that he was obsessed with obsession, Fan Wujiu didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he got up and prepared to leave the teahouse directly, before leaving, he said: "Although I was young at the time, I also remembered that half of the rice for disaster relief was mixed with sand, and the rest Most of them are also jicama. Back then in Lingzhou, many people died not only because there was no medicine to save them, but also because there was no food and starvation.”

His two questions were enough to make most of the candidates present start thinking about the flaws in the other party's words.Therefore, the teahouse fell into silence for a while.

Fan Wujiu didn't care about the consequences, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the long pavilion outside the city.

Now that the spring is just beginning, he remembers that when he entered the city, he saw a hill outside the long pavilion, and the winter jasmine on it should be in full bloom, so why not go to see the scenery of early spring, it can be regarded as a real relaxation before the exam.

Fan Wujiu walked slowly, before leaving the city, he even went to the bun shop to buy two steamed buns for today's ration.

It was cold in the spring, and he came out in a hurry this time, so he was dressed thinly and was a little cold.But he was used to the cold, so naturally he didn't go back to get his clothes, but just walked slowly.

When he arrived at the pavilion, he unexpectedly found that someone was already sitting there.Dressed in a white robe and a big cloak, he turned his head and looked coquettish, but it was the examinee who toasted him in the teahouse.

The man didn't seem surprised, he just smiled slightly after seeing Fan Wujiu, and said, "I met you here."

Fan Wujiu suddenly felt in his heart that he was probably as impatient with the tediousness of teahouses as himself, so he escaped.

Obviously this idea came from no basis, but he was so convinced.

So he nodded, and replied: "Come out for an outing, and see the spring on the top of the mountain."

"Really." The man smiled, looked at Fan Wujiu's side face, then looked up, and saw a cluster of bright yellow flowers that had just bloomed on the edge of the rock, "It's a pretty color."