The Netherworld

The resentful ghost who was caught by a 'soul-catching rope' and thrown into the gates of hell never thought that he would come to the underworld so simply and violently.

While it was still trying to find a way to leave, it was caught by the Black Impermanence, who was wearing a black shirt and a black hat.

Since the Yinchai are naturally good at defeating ghosts, the resentful souls who resisted in vain were quickly tied up tightly and sent to the Palace of the King of Hell.

A stern and righteous rebuke suddenly woke the confused and resentful ghost up. He looked up and found that he was detained in front of an extremely empty temple. He could vaguely see the temple spires rising one after another in the distance.

There were four big characters written on the plaque in front of it: "Qin Guangwang Palace".

This is the first hall of the Ten Halls of Hell, and the master of the hall is the chief of the Ten Halls of Hell - King Qin Guang Jiang Ziwen.

At this time, He was wearing gorgeous robes and an imperial crown and sitting at the first seat in the hall.

"The person below is Dai Yun, 30 years old, who hanged himself 18 days ago. After becoming a fierce ghost, he disobeyed the laws of the underworld, escaped and resisted arrest, and stayed in the world of the living. He abused forbidden techniques and brought disaster to the world. Do you know your crime?!"

Dai Yun, the daughter-in-law of the Xing family, felt the crushing aura of the King of Hell, and her soul was trembling slightly due to tension and fear.

But even so, it still gritted its teeth and showed hatred, as if it had no remorse at all.

Seeing this, King Qin Guang waved his sleeves, and the resentful ghost Dai Yun below floated up uncontrollably and fell on a high platform on the right side outside the hall.

The platform here is ten feet high, and the mirror surface is about ten feet around. It is an extremely huge mirror.

It is the first treasure in the palace of King Qin Guang: the Mirror of Sin.

As long as a ghost with sins in his body stands in front of the stage, all the sins and evil deeds in his life will be reflected and displayed clearly.

Before his death, Dai Yun cast a curse on Watuo Village and retaliated against several villagers in a rather cruel manner. After their death, he even tore apart their souls and Wang Lin's souls... All these overly cruel methods appeared in the mirror one by one.

If Gu Zhisang had not intervened and destroyed the curse formation, the entire Watuo Village would have become a living hell.

According to the crimes committed in the Mirror of Sin, Dai Yun would first go to the eighteen levels of hell to be burned with fire and tortured with knives, and then repent in the Whipping Prison for a hundred years.

The punishment of flogging in prison is an extremely painful torture for every ghost.

Many evil ghosts who were tortured could not survive the punishment and their souls were destroyed.

Jiang Ziwen was smoothing the book of life and death in front of the table and was about to pick up his pen to start writing when Fan Wujiu, dressed in black, suddenly appeared at the end of the hall.

He bowed with both hands and said respectfully:

"Reporting to His Royal Highness Prince Qin Guang, there are ghosts gathering outside the palace. Please apply to lay out the case of the evil ghost Dai Yun."

Jiang Ziwen raised his eyebrows slightly, waved his sleeves, and the curtain in front of the hall was lifted.

Only then did he see that there were tens of thousands of ghosts gathered outside the First Hall. A glance in front of the hall showed a misty fog. Most of them were female ghosts. When they saw the curtain of the First Hall opened, they all came to pay their respects to King Qin Guang.

Jiang Ziwen asked, "Do you want to plead for this ghost?"

After a while, a female ghost wearing an old-fashioned long skirt, with a bun and a simple pearl flower in her hair floated to the front of the hall and bowed deeply: "Greetings, King Qin Guang."

"My name is Qin Liang. I was the daughter of a certain imperial censor. My father was killed in a factional dispute and my family was exiled. When I was young, I became a prostitute in a brothel, selling my art but not my body. However, I was bullied and insulted to death by the local dandy villains. My body was thrown under a bridge and eaten by wild dogs and insects. In the end, only bones were left..."

When the female ghost Qin Liang recalled the past, there was still hatred in her voice.

"But that dandy, with his father, the county magistrate, behind him, not only was he not convicted, but he continued to enjoy himself with wine and pleasure. When the yamen runners and the people nearby mentioned my death, they even used the fact that I was born in a brothel as an excuse, thinking that I deserved to be humiliated to death because I was a worthless person.

So I transformed myself into a bone girl, just for revenge. . "

King Qin Guang Jiang Ziwen narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly remembered the identity of this ghost.

"Bone Girl" Qin Liang has been dead for more than 1,300 years, and she spent nearly 1,000 years of that time in punishment in hell.

Because its death caused a huge stir in the local area.

Beneath the beautiful appearance were dry bones. The local county magistrate and his family, as well as his accomplices and those who sheltered them were all hanged.

In addition, it also killed dozens of men in nearby villages and towns.

Even though they are all evil people who bully their wives, children and parents, as a fugitive ghost, it is not qualified to punish others.

When it was captured and brought back to the underworld, it had already become a fierce ghost in red.

Thousands of years later, it has become a ghost general in charge of an area in the underworld.

Qin Liang said quietly, "I am not trying to excuse what I have done, and I never regret my decision, but many of my sisters were bullied and oppressed in their lifetime, and after death they found that the underworld is not a fairyland."

The many ghosts that followed to the Palace of King Qin Guang were not all big ghosts.

Many ghosts trembled under the pressure of the King of Hell and dared not raise their eyes, but they still came.

Some of these ghosts were tortured to death by their husbands' families, and some were bullied and despised by everyone and then hanged themselves...

They died hundreds or even thousands of years ago, in an era of many dogmas and oppression.

At that time, the laws of the underworld were constrained by the balance between heaven and earth and were basically similar to the laws of the world of the living.

Many ghosts who walked in front of the evil mirror would even reveal some crimes that seem ridiculous today: being unfilial to parents-in-law, having no sons, talking too much, **/**...

This is the so-called “Seven Grounds for Divorce”.

These ghosts walked across the Mirror of Sin very calmly, accepting the guilt obediently, and never even thought that these were not their original "sins".

It was not until the reforms implemented in the world of the living in recent years, with more and more ghosts with more progressive ideas pouring into the underworld and the laws of the world of the living slowly being revised, that the laws of the underworld began to change.

However, many old ghosts who have been dead for many years, or ghosts scattered in various corners of the hell, cannot feel these changes at all.

Until that live broadcast that suddenly appeared in the underworld: "Spiritual Affairs" Season 3.

Until the mysterious master named Gu Zhisang appeared on the show.

Unlike the past when humans and ghosts were in opposition and she would kill and exterminate ghosts when she saw them, she brought many new things that the ghosts in the underworld had never seen before and helped many ghosts to wash away their grievances.

At the same time, it also made many confused and early-dead ghosts realize that they should not be called sinners.

Qin Liang bowed again and said:

"I dare to say that there is no good person in front of the evil mirror. As long as one is a human, he or she will have selfish desires."

"Dai Yun is indeed guilty, and so am I, but all we, the resentful souls who died in humiliation, have done is just to avenge ourselves.

Since both Heaven and Hell allow us little ghosts to cultivate our abilities, it also gives us a chance to avenge ourselves."

"Nowadays, the laws of the human world have incorporated human feelings into the legal principles and can be flexible. Could it be that our underworld, which has been passed down for thousands of years, has to lag behind to this point, and all merits, rewards and punishments must be judged by a ruthless mirror?

I beg you to show mercy, Your Highnesses. Dai Yun's crime does not deserve the destruction of both her soul and body!"

After the "bone girl" Qin Liang finished speaking, cold sweat broke out on her back.

You have to know that even if it is a big ghost that has practiced for a thousand years, when facing a ghost like the King of Hell, the other party can still destroy it with just a flick of his finger.

What it says now is extremely bold and is challenging the power of the Ten Kings of Hell and questioning the majesty of the Hell's Hall.

But the Bone Girl took a gamble, and although she was afraid, she did not regret it.

In its view, it has been turned into a ghost. As a ghost, can't it take revenge on the perpetrator?

If endless reincarnation is like this, what is the point?

There was dead silence in front of the hall.

After a long silence, King Qin Guang in the palace rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a long time. He took a deep look at the "bone girl" Qin Liang below and the dark crowd of ghosts begging for mercy, and said solemnly:

"You guys should step back first."

"As for the ghost Dai Yun, the King of Hell will make the final decision later."

Upon hearing this, all the ghosts looked up in surprise and looked towards the hall in joy, and the hall was talking non-stop.

Because Dai Yun's experience and behavior of revenge are actually a microcosm of many ghosts in the underworld.

They were bullied, suppressed, wronged, etc. during their lifetime. After death, they became evil spirits because of the resentment in their hearts. Influenced by their emotions, they made some extraordinary acts of revenge. They dared not be taken back to the underworld by the underworld, and could only become lonely ghosts wandering in the world of the living.

Once they are brought back to the underworld, they will be judged and punished in the eighteen levels of hell.

If Dai Yun's criminal law could incorporate emotional considerations and appropriately sympathize with the victim's state of mind, it would be a happy thing for all the wronged souls in the underworld who have suffered injustice and died unjustly.

Looking at the ghosts floating away from the palace, Qin Guang Wang Jiang Ziwen snorted:

"Old Seven, Old Eight, what do you think?"

The figures of Black and White Impermanence appeared in the hall.

Fan Wujiu, dressed in black, cupped his hands and said loudly:

"If your highnesses can really add more considerations to the laws of the underworld after discussion, I personally think this is a good thing.

After all, if I were in the shoes of those innocent souls, I would definitely eat the people who harmed me alive and tear open their bones! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!"

Xie Bian: ...

He was somewhat helpless, but he also said calmly: "I feel the same way."

Jiang Ziwen: "I have noticed that you ghosts and those little ghosts are now particularly admiring that Gu Zhisang!"

Xie Bian said: "Report to His Highness..."

"Forget it, you don't need to make excuses for her. If this person really didn't care about anything, he wouldn't have written a statement of the case as a messenger from the underworld after the case was closed, so that all the ghosts in the underworld could see it. In fact, it was also a disguised way of pleading for Dai Yun."

Jiang Ziwen said, "But what those little ghosts said makes sense. Many laws in the underworld have been rather corrupt for thousands of years, and the punishments in hell should also keep pace with the times."

"Let me discuss this with the other halls before making a decision. First, find some ghosts from the Book of Life and Death who have died in the past two years and have not yet been reincarnated and were professionals in the world of law, and wait for your summons."

Black and White Impermanence: "Yes."

Not long after Qin Guangwang pleaded for mercy in front of the palace, a ghost messenger who was carrying the newly dead souls back to the underworld sent a group of ghosts to the Yellow Springs Road.

After handing over the list of these ghosts, the ghost messenger left.

Among this group of dead souls there was an old lady with a hunched back and a middle-aged man with red spots all over his body.

The old lady's face turned blue after she died, and she was still cursing:

"My poor son, we are being bullied. I'm going to file a complaint! I'm going to file a complaint with the King of Hell!"

The duty envoy who got the list glanced at it. After seeing the names of the mother and son, he suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Mrs. Xing meaningfully:

"You are Xing xx? Who are you going to sue? Gu Zhisang?"

Old Mrs. Xing was stunned. "How do you know? Just sue this bitch..."

Before it could finish its words, it saw countless gray ghosts on the Naihe Bridge, which stretched from in front of it to the far end, turning their heads almost at the same time. Pairs of red or green eyes stared at it and its son viciously, as if they wanted to tear them apart.

Mrs. Xing:? ! !

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The next morning

The audience who had been waiting early on the official blog finally got a brief broadcast.

After the host Liu Da came online, he recounted what happened last night when the police came to Watuo Village.

At the same time, it also revealed the fact that Xing Laoer and those dead villagers had killed Wang Lin, and that he had sold his wife's marriage contract to ghosts.

Soon the local police also reported the relevant news.

At the end of the live broadcast, Liu listed the information received by each contestant in turn for the convenience of the audience, and gave scores to each contestant.

He took the microphone and said:

“We still don’t know whether ghosts exist in the world, and we can’t be sure whether the deaths of those people in the village and the mother and son of the Xing family were revenged by the dead pregnant woman.

But at the end of this call for help, I still want to remind everyone that no matter what, we must not do anything illegal, because those who do evil will eventually perish. "

"The production team and the contestants will then head to the location of the next person seeking help. As the journey is quite long, it is expected that they will not arrive at the destination and resume the live broadcast until 3pm."

"Thank you for your understanding, see you this afternoon!"

After closing the live broadcast channel, the audience who followed gave scores to each contestant.

Soon, new entries related to the Watuo Village incident once again became a hot search.

After learning the truth about the village, many viewers said that their views had been refreshed.

[This daughter-in-law has suffered so much. There is no good person in the family except the eldest sister-in-law. If I encountered such a thing, I would also hate it to death! ]

[Compared to ghosts, humans are scarier than ghosts...]

[I am really angry at the eldest sister of the Xing family for not fighting back. Her own mother treated her like this and yet she can forgive her. This person has really been completely brainwashed into a softie! ]

【……】

The incident soon came to the afternoon.

Because the show has become so popular, the configuration of the "Spiritual Matters" program team is much better now than when it was first aired.

The program crew directly chartered a plane and flew from the northwest of Xia Country to a third-tier small city somewhere in the inland.

After landing, the contestants went to the hotel prepared in advance to rest for a while, and then immediately got on the car to the home of the person seeking help.

3:00 p.m.

The live broadcast room opened on time, and the audience who had been waiting in front of the equipment in advance rushed in, and the number of people in the live broadcast room continued to increase.

Liu held up the microphone and said with a smile:

"Good afternoon, everyone. We are at the scene of a new episode of Help Needed."

"Let's not waste any more time talking nonsense. Now let's take a closer look at the case and see what the person seeking help this time wants."

After Liu finished speaking, the screen in the live broadcast room flashed and another short video that had been filmed in advance was inserted.

After the recording started, a middle-aged woman in her fifties appeared in front of the live camera.

She was a little shy in front of the camera, coughed several times and felt a little weak, then she spoke:

"I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well. This is my first time filming a show, so I might not be able to do it well."

The staff member who was interviewing her said, "It's okay. What is your purpose in finding our program team? Have you encountered any metaphysical or supernatural events?"

The woman looked bitter and said:

"Some strange things happened around me. I wasn't the one being entangled, but these strange things were caused by private matters in my family, and they harmed the people who helped my family."

"I really feel guilty about this, so I want to ask the production team for help to see if there is any solution."

The screen freezes at the moment the woman finishes speaking, and the background voice introduces:

"The person in front of me is the person seeking help in this match: Ms. Xu. She is 50 years old, a very reserved person, and is not in good health."

"A few days ago, she sent several letters to our program team asking for help. Each letter was several pages long, from which we learned about this lady's rough experience and some strange things she had encountered recently that could not be explained by science.

According to her, she asked a familiar neighbor for help because of a problem at home, but because of these strange things that kept happening, she ended up hurting the other person. "

"In order to solve the strange things at home, she turned to the program team for help many times. For this reason, we and the contestants came to her hometown, hoping to help her."

After the recording was finished, the live broadcast room's screen switched back to the main camera.

From the shots of both sides of the road, it can be seen that the place where the person seeking help lives should be a county-level city. The surrounding buildings are not tall and somewhat old, and it is not very prosperous.

When we arrived at a residential building, we saw some elderly people sitting on rattan chairs enjoying the cool air downstairs. When they saw the crew carrying cameras, they asked:

"Who are you looking for?"

After Liu Da said the name of the person who asked for help, the elderly people looked at each other and said, "Her!"

Liu: "Are there any elderly people who recognize Ms. Xu?"

"We're neighbors, of course we know each other. What are you looking for her for? She's done terrible harm to someone else's baby!"

【? Judging from the tone of these old people, they seem to know something. 】

Da Liu just smiled and didn't ask any more questions. After finding the specific address, he knocked on the door of a house on the second floor.

After the door was opened from the inside, a thin woman appeared. She was surprised to see the program crew:

"Are you from the "Spiritual Affairs" program team? Welcome, welcome. I'm sorry that my house is a bit messy..."

Liu said, "It's okay. Ms. Xu can say hello to the audience behind the camera. The program is already being recorded. If you are ready, we will officially start and let the contestants come to observe."

When Ms. Xu heard that the session was already being recorded, she suddenly became a little nervous.

She grabbed the corner of her clothes twice and nodded, "No problem, please start."

Soon, the first contestant: Bai Ci arrived at the scene under the guidance of the program staff.

As soon as Bai Ci entered the room, Ms. Xu stood up and extended her hand: "Hello, Master Bai."

After nodding slightly, Bai Ci let go of her hand and said:

"You are in very poor health. You may have serious lung problems. I can see that your breath is filled with depression, which is a sign that the disease is very serious."

Ms. Xu had watched the show in advance and knew that Bai Ci was best at treating illnesses. She was not too surprised and nodded.

"That's true. I didn't pay attention when I was young, and now that I'm old, my lung disease is serious."

Bai Ci nodded: "Also, when I took your pulse just now, I roughly felt that you have been very worried recently and couldn't sleep all night. This is not good. It will put a great burden on your body and make your already poor physical condition worse."

"besides……"

He frowned slightly and subconsciously raised his nose.

Realizing that this action was not something a human could do, but more like the reaction of an animal when sensing a scent, he immediately held back.

Bai Ci coughed lightly and said, "You carry a faint smell of death and sandalwood. It's very mixed and not all from the same person or the same scent."

"If my guess is correct, someone in your family has passed away recently, and you have been going back and forth between the cemetery and home to burn incense at the grave of your deceased relative. That is why you are stained with a lot of mixed smells of death and incense."

Because there are too many bodies buried in the cemetery, some are newly dead and some have been dead for many years.

Those corpses are buried underground, and there will be more or less some residual corpse gas that overflows from the ground and floats in the air of the cemetery.

In addition, there are many people coming to the cemetery to worship, and people often go there to burn incense for their deceased elder relatives.

These chaotic corpse odors and incense odors mixed together naturally made Ms. Xu, who often went to the cemetery, have a lot of smells on her body.

Ordinary people can't smell it, but Bai Ci, who has an extremely sensitive sense of smell, can smell it clearly.

But it’s not good for his sense of smell to be too sensitive. Too many different smells will disrupt his sensing ability and make him unable to distinguish more things.

Bai Ci could only say helplessly:

"The reason why you were upset and asked for help from the program team should be related to the deceased."

Ms. Xu nodded and said, "Master Bai, you are right. In fact, my father passed away more than half a month ago. This house was his residence before he died. I don't live here."

Bai Ci said: "If it's just in this room, these are all I can see. I'm sorry I can't help you."

Ms. Xu: "No, I am very grateful that you are willing to come."

At this time, the host Liu Da who was waiting on the side said: "Our No. 2 contestant Bai Ci saw that Ms. Xu had physical problems and her increasingly serious mental state, and all of this seemed to be related to her deceased father."

"What is the secret behind Mr. Xu's death that makes Ms. Xu unable to let go and even ask our program team for help? Next, let's welcome the second contestant: Xi Haihong!"

As soon as Xi Haihong arrived at the room and saw Ms. Xu for the first time, she stopped and narrowed her eyes slightly.

She suddenly made a hand gesture, stared at Ms. Xu's direction with a serious expression - to be more precise, at Ms. Xu's shoulder, and her voice suddenly rose:

"Why don't you get out of here?!"

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Ms. Xu felt her shoulders and neck, which had been sore for a long time, suddenly lighten, as if something had dispersed.

She was very surprised and confused. Just as she was about to ask, she heard Xi Haihong say:

"You had a recent death in the family."

"Moreover, he was unwilling to give up and did not go to the underworld to reincarnate. He still stayed in the human world!"