[Comprehensive] Traveling through Liaozhai with a hundred ghosts

After learning from Xu Hang's mouth what the gang of ghosts in the Examination Department had done, King Hades was very angry, and didn't care about Xu Hang's killing first and playing later.

Yan Wang said: "At the beginning, I thought it was because he had studied hard all his life and failed to get any fame, so I pity him and let him temporarily take over the official duties. I didn't expect him to be so lawless."

Then the King of Hades hated the minions under the Xudu Ghost King very much, and ordered the ghost messengers around them to take them to the oil pan to serve their sentences, and branded their faces with blue marks, so that they would be thrown into the way of animals in the future.

Xu Hang heaved a sigh of relief seeing Yama's law enforcement and selfless appearance. It seems that Yama still understands the truth and is a god of justice.

But thinking of all the chaos they saw along the way, Xu Hang couldn't help but said to the King of Hell: "I used to think that the underworld is a quiet place for the dead, and there will inevitably be various injustices in the mortal world, but after death, they should be treated equally. But now it seems that the time is still troubled by vulgar things."

Lord Yan also expressed helplessness in this regard, he said: "Nowadays the human race is booming, and as the number of living people increases, the number of dead people also increases, especially during years of war and natural disasters, a large number of dead people will flood into the underworld. However, if you want to Reincarnation is not easy. People can settle down and recuperate. It is only during the prosperous age that there is a large population growth. Over time, more and more ghosts stay in the underworld. In order to govern them, a large number of ghosts have to be needed. The bottom ghosts You can't get into the main series of the fairy family, and the number of fairy families in the heaven is limited, so it is impossible to let the gods flood, and those monks who have attained the Tao will not come down to do this kind of work, so the only way is to recruit ordinary ghosts to work as ghost messengers. But with the expansion of enrollment in this underworld and the increase of ghosts, it is inevitable that there will be many places that cannot be taken care of."

Xu Hang thought about it, and felt that this was probably like the low-level streets and public security in the government departments of later generations. Except for a few leaders who were real national civil servants, the rest were temporary workers and auxiliary police.

In such a situation, Xu Hang actually understood somewhat, because based on what he saw and heard in the Heavenly Court back then, the treatment in the immortal family was undoubtedly very good.

If this fairy book is so easy to get, it will definitely cause the world to lose balance.

Fortunately, the exposure of this incident probably made King Yan realize the seriousness of the chaos at the grassroots level. King Yan agreed to Xu Hang: "However, it is too outrageous to openly use his power to accept bribes. I will let the officials below Carry out investigations, clean up the bottom-level ghosts, and pull out the scum among them, no matter what, the underworld will be a fair and clean place."

Xu Hang was also relieved to see Lord Yama frankly guaranteeing it, and then left from the Hall of King Yama.

It's just that they didn't know that shortly after they left, Hades summoned the judge and told the judge, "Hurry up and send an order. Recently, someone from the heavenly court has come down to inspect, and tell you to restrain yourself so that you don't get caught."

The judge quickly agreed to say yes.

Xu Hang and the others stayed in the underworld for a day, and found that the atmosphere in the underworld town with the Town God's Temple is quite good.I feel that there is probably no higher-level supervision in the Department of Examination and Frauds, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so this kind of corruption and corruption happened.

Then he went back to the world.

But on the way back, Xu Hang couldn't help but feel that even the underworld is full of corruption and perverting the law. It seems that there is nothing absolutely fair in the world.

Regarding this, Yu Zaoqian thought about it, and when he returned to the ground, he said to him: "There is something I'm sorry to say."

"Huh?" Xu Hang asked curiously.

"When I was in Heian-kyo, Huang once said that the future of this world belongs to humans. Whether it is gods or demons, their influence on humans will become smaller and smaller, and they will eventually withdraw from the stage of history. Perhaps one day in the future , there will be no more gods and demons in the world, and we will enter the so-called Dharma-ending era." Yuzao said, and then he glanced at Xu Hang, "And there is one more thing."

Xu Hang was a little surprised at what Yuzao said before, but when he thought of the future life he lived in, except for the various gods and demons in the legend, there were no traces of them in reality, and he felt that everything was destined in the dark Well, it's not too hard to accept such a future development.

"What else?" Xu Hang asked again.

Yu Zaoqian revealed: "China can not be invaded by foreign monsters because of the protection of the Great Barrier formed by the energy of dragon veins. But as I said just now, with the prosperity of the human race, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth will become thinner and thinner. By then Not only are the gods weakening, but the influence of Feng Shui metaphysics on human beings will also become smaller and smaller. The impact of this is both good and bad. The good thing is that human beings will not be manipulated by the gods in the future, and the bad side...no surprises If not, China's enchantment will disappear within 500 years."

Huaxia is protected by the dragon veins, and Xu Hang also knew about this through the Taoist book collection.The strength of the barrier is often linked to the prosperity of the dynasty, but even at the end of the dynasty, the barrier only becomes weaker and is relatively easy to break through. Therefore, during times of war, all kinds of monsters and ghosts will become active.But he didn't expect that this great enchantment would disappear within 500 years.

Immediately, he suddenly thought of something, and asked: "If the big enchantment is not there, what will happen?!"

"Oh, it seems that you are aware of it." Yu Zaoqian looked at him meaningfully, and said with a smile that was not a smile, "The god who was once aloof and admired by thousands of people may not be willing to be lonely. Huaxia is fine here, after all, the land is vast and abundant , and rely on self-cultivation, but most of the gods in Japan live by faith, so this change is probably a catastrophe for many gods there."

Speaking of this, Yu Zaoqian sneered: "The gods over there have long been envious of the vast territory and large population here for a long time. They, gods who rely on faith, of course hope that as many believers as possible, but the island country has limited land and resources after all. Poverty, even if you want to increase the population, the resources may not be able to supply it. Therefore, when the enchantment of Huaxia disappears, they will probably be unable to hold back and want to make a last-ditch effort."

Xu Hang fell silent.

After a while, Xu Hang said, "What should I do if I want them to settle down?"

Yuzao shook his head before, and said: "You should also know that there is a saying called prosperity and decline, whether it is prosperity or not, you have been stable and prosperous for too long because of the enchantment, so this catastrophe is inevitable. Small impact."

Xu Hang frowned, feeling a little gloomy for a while.

Seeing him like this before, Yuzao smiled, and suddenly said with a slightly upbeat tone: "Don't show such an expression, it makes me feel a little bit unbearable."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to smooth Xu Hang's eyebrows.

Then, Yuzao told him: "Although our family had to leave the Central Plains and go to Japan because of the defeat in the Conferred God War, I still have a general understanding of some things here. The influence of gods and people is mutual. There were many saints and sages in ancient times, because people at that time were created by the hands of God not long ago, and their souls were not contaminated by the world, and most of them were clean and thorough. The gods born from those people at that time would also have good character and fairness. Gods will naturally bring correct guidance to human beings. But if even Gods become selfish and bend the law, good people will not get good rewards, and bad people will not get retribution, and the world will naturally become a mess, which will affect the destiny of the country. Many things They are all interlocking, one ebbs and another.”

After hearing what he said, Xu Hang roughly figured it out.

Thinking back to the time when Yuzao laughed at the gods if they became as selfish as humans, it would be nothing to worry about, and gradually figured out a lot of things.

It seems that if we want to change the chaotic status quo in this world, we must carry out drastic rectification, otherwise we will end up treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

Xu Hang was born and raised in China, so he naturally didn't want this land to be trampled like he once remembered. Although he knew that disaster was inevitable, but if the country could be a little less corrupt, at least it wouldn't be at the mercy of others. the point.

Seeing that Xu Hang probably knew what to do, Yu Zaoqian felt happy. He had never had a good impression of Gao Tianyuan, especially when he was manipulated by fate, he had a secret hostility towards those superior gods.

Tamazamae thought it would be a joy to see them get frustrated.

After returning to the ship, Xu Hang inquired about the recent situation of the bone girl's historian and Huang's family.

The bone girl smiled and said: "Wang's family terminated the engagement when someone died. To be honest, the young master of the Wang family also eats, drinks, whores and gambles. If it weren't for his family background, he could only be a street ruffian at best." He knew that after Miss Shi died, he not only showed no sympathy, but also applauded, so I deliberately took off the human skin in front of him at night, scaring him so much that he peed on the spot."

Xu Hang smiled and shook his head, but he didn't say that the bone girl did something wrong.

"Oh, that's right." Bone Girl added, "Although the Wang family is overbearing, I think Shi Juren should also bear a lot of responsibility."

Then the bone girl talked about Shi Juren's back and forth again and again.

"At the beginning, Shi Juren showed that whoever wrote the best poems would marry his daughter to him. Later, seeing Qiao Sheng, he went back on his word and became engaged to the Wang family. Then when his daughter was seriously ill and needed his heart and soul as medicine, he announced who could give it to him. The sweetheart, when the daughter is ready, marry her to that person, but after Qiao Sheng heard the words and offered the sweetheart, Shi Juren regretted it again, and it was because of his repetition that both of them died in the end. A man who is a father is a misfortune to his children."

Xu Hang fell into deep thought when he heard this.

Then I learned that because the Wang family was rich, even though Miss Shi died and the marriage was cancelled, they didn't bother to take back the gifts they had sent before.