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!"
谢必安道：“禀报殿下……”
“算了你们不用为她开脱了，这人若是真的什么都不管，结案之后就不会以地府使者的身份上书了一份案情陈述，让全地府的鬼众都能看到，其实也是变相地在替这个戴芸求情了。”
蒋子文说道：“不过那些小鬼说得也有道理，地府数千年来许多律例确实较为腐朽，地狱刑法也应当与时俱进。”
“待我和其余几殿商议之后再作定夺吧，你们先从生死册上找些近两年刚死还未投胎、生前是阳间律法专业的鬼来，等候传唤。”
黑白无常：“诺。”
秦广王殿前求情之事后没过多久，就有带着新死亡魂归入地府的阴差，把一串鬼魂送到了黄泉路。
交接了这些阴魂的名单后，阴差便离开了。
这一串亡魂中有一个身形佝偻的老太太，以及一个身上覆着红斑的中年男人。
老太太死后面上铁青，嘴里仍骂骂咧咧：
“我可怜的儿啊，咱们母子俩被人欺负，我要去告状！去告地府里的阎王爷！”
拿到名单的值班阴差看了眼名单，看到这对母子的名姓后忽然抬眼，意味深长地看了眼邢老太太：
“你就是邢xx？你要告谁？顾之桑吗？”
邢老太太一愣，“你怎么知道？就是告这个贱人……”
它话还没说完，就看到从它身前一直到很远、根本看不到尽头的奈何桥上，无数灰蒙蒙的鬼魂几乎是同一时间扭过头来，一双双或红或绿的眼眸恶狠狠地盯着自己和儿子，仿佛要把他们撕了。
邢老太太：？！！
——
次日上午
早早等候在官博下方的观众们等来了一次短暂的开播。
主持人大刘上线之后，把昨晚瓦拓村中来了警方的事情经过说了一遍。
同时也揭露了邢老二和那些死去村民曾经杀死了王林、而他又把妻子的婚契卖给鬼魂的事实。
很快当地的警方也通报了相关消息。
在直播的最后，大刘依次将每一位选手所得到的消息都列了出来，方便观众们看、并为每一位选手打分。
他拿着话筒说道：
“我们至今也不知道世间是否存在鬼魂，也不能确定村中那些人、以及邢家母子俩的死亡是否是死去的孕妇来报仇了。
但在本场求助最后还是要提醒大家，无论如何我们都不能做出违法的事情，多行不义必自毙。”
“接下来节目组和众选手将前往下一个求助人所在的地点，因为路途较为遥远，预计要到下午三点钟才能到达目的地、并重开直播。”
“感谢各位观众朋友的理解，我们下午再见！”
关闭了直播通道后，蹲到了后续的观众们给每一个选手打了分。
很快和瓦拓村事件新的相关词条再一次冲上了热搜。
不少观众们得知了村中真相后，都表示自己三观被刷新了。
【这个儿媳妇太苦了，一家子除了大姑姐没有一个好人，要是我遭遇了这样的事情，我也恨得牙痒痒！】
【果然和鬼相比还是人更可怕……】
【我真的对这个邢家大姐怒其不争啊，她亲妈都这么对她了还能原谅，这人真的被彻底洗脑成个软包子了！】
【……】
事件很快来到了下午。
因为节目火了，现在《灵事》节目组的配置比刚开播那会儿不知道好了多少。
节目组直接包了一架飞机，从夏国西北部飞到了内地某处三线小城。
落地之后，选手们到了提前准备好的酒店歇息了一会儿，又马不停蹄地坐上了前往求助人家中的轿车。
下午三点
直播间准时开启，提前蹲守在设备前的观众们一窝蜂地涌入，直播间的人数不断上升。
大刘举着话筒，面带微笑道：
“各位观众们下午好，又来到了新一期的求助案现场。”
“废话不多说，现在让我们走近案情，看看这一次的求助人有什么样的诉求吧。”
大刘话音落下后，直播间的屏幕上一闪，再次插入了一条提前拍摄好的短片。
录像开始后，一个年约五十岁的中年妇女出现在了直播镜头前。
她面对镜头略显腼腆，先是咳嗽了好几声气息有些虚弱，而后才开口说道：
'不好意思我的身体不太好，第一次拍节目，可能拍不好。’
负责采访她的工作人员道：‘没关系，请问你找到我们的节目组的诉求是什么呢？是遇到了什么玄学灵异事件吗？’
女人面露苦色，说道：
'是我身边出现了一些怪事，被缠上的人不是我，但这些怪事是因为我家里的私事兴起的，却害了帮了我们家的人。’
'我良心上真的过不去，所以想找节目组帮忙看看，有没有什么解决方法。’
画面定格在女人话音落下的画面，背景音介绍道：
“眼前这位就是本场求助赛的求助人：许女士，她今年50岁，是一个非常内敛的人，并且身体不是很好。”
“几天前她陆陆续续向我们节目组投递了数封求助信，每一封信中都写了数页纸，从中我们了解到这位女士的坎坷经历，以及她最近碰到的一些无法用科学解释的怪事。
据她自己所说，她因为家中出事恳请相熟的邻居帮忙，但是却因为这些不断出现的怪事害了对方。”
“为了解决家中怪事，她才多次求助于节目组，为此我们和选手来到了她的家乡，希望能够帮到她。”
录像结束之后，直播间的画面重新切到了主镜头上。
从镜头拍摄的道路两侧能够看出，这个求助人生活的地方应该是一个县级城市，四周楼房不高有些老旧，不算繁华。
来到一户居民住宅楼后，楼下有一些纳凉的老人正坐在藤椅上，看到扛着摄像机的节目组众人后纷纷询问道：
“你们找谁？”
大刘说了求助人的名字后，几个老人对视一眼：“她哦！”
大刘：“几位老人家认得许女士？”
“都是邻居当然认得，你们找她做什么？她把人家家里的娃娃害惨喽！”
【？听这几个老人家的语气好像是知道些什么啊。】
大刘只是笑了笑没多问，找到了具体的住址后敲开了二楼的一户人家。
门从里面打开后，一个身形消瘦的女人露了面，见到节目组的人的到来后面露惊喜：
“是《灵事》节目组的诸位吧？欢迎欢迎，家里有点乱实在是不好意思……”
大刘道：“没事的，许女士可以和镜头后面的观众们打个招呼，节目已经在录制了，如果您准备好了我们就正式开始，让选手们来观察了。”
许女士一听已经在录制了，顿时有些紧张。
她抓了两下衣角而后点头道：“没问题，请开始吧。”
很快第一名选手：白慈便在节目组工作人员牵引下来到了现场。
白慈一进入屋子里，许女士便站起身伸出手：“白大师你好。”
微微颔首之后，白慈松开了她的手道：
“你的身体很差，肺部有比较严重的问题吧，我能看到你呼吸出来的气息都带着一层郁气，这是病灶很严重的迹象。”
许女士提前看过了节目，知道白慈最擅长的就是给人看病，她并没有太多惊讶，点点头道：
“确实是这样的，我年轻的时候不注意，现在年纪大了肺病严重。”
白慈点点头：“还有，刚刚搭上你的脉搏时，我粗略感受了一下，你最近忧思极重，整晚整晚睡不着，这样不好，会对你的身体造成非常大的负荷，让你原本就比较差的体质病情加重。”
“除此之外……”
他眉心微蹙，下意识耸了耸鼻尖。
意识到这个动作不像是人类能会做出来的，更像是动物在感应气息时的反应，他立刻忍住了。
白慈轻咳一声道：“你的身上带着一股淡淡的死气，以及檀香气息，非常杂乱并不都是同一个人或是同一种香的。”
“我推断没错的话，你最近家中有人去世了，而你一直在往返于墓地和家中，去你去世的亲人坟头上香。正因如此你的身上才会染上许多杂驳的死气和香火气。”
因为墓地里埋葬的尸体太多，有新死的也有死了很多年的。
那些尸体埋藏在地下，多多少少都会有一些残存的尸气从地底溢出，飘散在坟地的空气中。
再加上墓地来往祭拜的人也多，经常有人去给死去的长辈亲属上香。
这些混乱的尸气和香火气都混在一起，自然也就让经常去墓地的许女士身上染了许多味道。
寻常人等闻不到，但是嗅觉异常灵敏的白慈却能够嗅得清晰。
只是他嗅觉过于灵敏也不好，过多的杂驳气味反而会扰乱他的感应能力，让他无法分辨出更多东西。
无奈之下白慈只能说道：
“你心绪不宁、同时向节目组投递求助的原因，应该就和这位死去的死者有关。”
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!"