"I was wondering who was stirring up trouble in the underworld. It turns out to be you." Jiang Chunian looked at the other person, curled his lips slightly and said, "Long time no see, Judge Cui, Master Cui."
This man in ancient costume is Cui Yu, one of the judges of the underworld.
Cui Yu was a person from the Sui and Tang dynasties. After his death, he was in charge of the Yinlusi and was the number one judge. He held the book of life and death in his left hand and the soul-catching pen in his right hand. He specialized in adding life to the good and sending the evil to the underworld. He should be a fair and selfless person.
But there is a folk legend that the Dragon King of Jinghe River made a bet with Yuan Shoucheng and mistakenly used a rain cloth, so he was beheaded in Wei Zheng's dream. The Dragon King of Jinghe River wanted Li Shimin to pay with his life, which made Li Shimin restless day and night, and finally he died of a serious illness. Before his death, Wei Zheng wrote a letter to him, asking him to take it to the underworld and give it to Cui Yu, the judge of Fengdu at that time, saying that Cui Yu would help him survive this disaster and help him return to life.
When Li Shimin arrived in the underworld, he saw Cui Yu coming to greet him. He then learned that Cui Yu was a minister of the previous emperor and was sworn brothers with Wei Zheng. They often met in dreams. Wei Zheng was also very caring towards his descendants of the Cui family. Therefore, Wei Zheng asked Cui Yu to help Li Shimin return to life, and Cui Yu agreed immediately.
When Li Shimin came to the Ten Courts of Hell for investigation, the Ten Kings wanted to see Li Shimin's Book of Life and Death to see if his life span had ended. Before handing the Book of Life and Death to the King of Hell for inspection, Cui Yu first checked Li Shimin's Book of Life and Death and found that Li Shimin's life span was only until the 13th year of Zhenguan, which means that Li Shimin's life span had actually ended.
In order to help Li Shimin come back to life, Cui Yu tampered with Li Shimin's life span, changing thirteen years to thirty-three years. As a result, Li Shimin came back to life and gained twenty more years of life.
This incident was naturally just a legend among the people, but Jiang Chunian knew it was true.
Cui Yu seems to be selfless, fair and upright, but in fact he often shows favoritism.
Otherwise, how could there be a saying that good people don’t live long, while bad people live for a thousand years?
Because of Cui Yu's behavior, King Yan was extremely dissatisfied and criticized him several times. Cui Yu had to restrain himself due to King Yan's status and position, but this also created a gap between him and King Yan. However, his behavior gradually restrained a lot in recent years, so King Yan slowly turned the page on the past. Unexpectedly, he would cause trouble again now.
Jiang Chunian was a bit confused. "Although you angered the King of Hell by being partial in the past, you later corrected yourself and the King of Hell stopped harassing you. You've been doing a pretty good job as a judge. Why did you suddenly become so desperate that you colluded with others and spread cholera between the Yin and Yang worlds? Don't you know that if you're caught doing these things, you'll be finished as a judge?"
Cui Yu said, "Miss Jiang, you're joking. I'm a judge, and it's my duty to punish evil and promote good. How could I possibly collude with those people?"
"Then why are you here now?" Jiang Chunian smiled: "Don't tell me you are just here for fun."
Cui Yu said: "I am not here for sightseeing, but to repay a favor."
"A favor?" Jiang Chunian raised his eyebrows. "So, you're not colluding with them, you're just here to help them catch me?"
Cui Yu didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement.
Jiang Chunian was curious and turned to look at Ming Chi: "What's your name?"
"My name is Ming Chi." Ming Chi said with a smile, "I have long heard of Miss Jiang's name. It is an honor to meet you today. Please come in."
Jiang Chunian glanced at him, and Ming Chi smiled and said, "Miss Jiang, are you worried that I have some trap waiting for you? Don't worry, even if I have some despicable tricks, they will be no match for Miss Jiang."
"There's no need to belittle yourself." Jiang Chunian said with a smile, "After all, I almost fell into your trap."
Ming Chi was not embarrassed at all: "Miss Jiang, isn't this also our fault?"
Jiang Chunian said: "That's because I'm lucky."
Jiang Chunian walked in.
"Miss Jiang is indeed a skilled and courageous person." Ming Chi praised and invited Jiang Chunian and Cui Yu to sit down together.
He then had the things on the coffee table removed and replaced with a set of purple clay teapots, then he washed his hands and made tea himself.
Mingchi must be quite accomplished in the tea ceremony, as he performed a set of teas as smoothly as flowing water.
He poured a cup and placed it in front of Jiang Chunian, raising his hand: "Miss Jiang, how does my Mingqian Longjing taste?"
Jiang Chunian asked, "You didn't poison me, did you?"
Ming Chi laughed heartily: "Miss Jiang, you're joking. This is happening right under your nose. How dare I do anything? Isn't that courting death?"
Jiang Chunian bent his fingers and tapped on the tea table. The tea was fresh and fragrant. It was so refreshing that it touched his heart even before he drank it.
However, Jiang Chunian still felt that Tan Fuxi's xo brandy was more to her liking.
She is not the kind of dignified young lady who sits quietly and drinks tea.
Jiang Chunian picked up the cup of tea, and his slender fingers fell on the teacup, just like an ink painting blooming with color, instantly coming alive, full of color and fragrance.
Ming Chi's dark eyes fell on Jiang Chunian's fingers, and his fingers couldn't help but clench.
Cui Yu looked indifferent, and his eyes fell on Jiang Chunian's hand.
Jiang Chunian paused in mid-air, then suddenly smiled and spilled the cup of tea onto the tea tray.
Ming Chi's expression changed. "Miss Jiang, do you think I'm not worthy of you?"
Jiang Chunian was very surprised. "Who the hell do you think I would like you?"
Ming Chi's handsome face instantly turned gloomy.
In his entire life, no one had ever dared to look down on him like this.
Jiang Chunian looked at Cui Yu and said, "Someone asked you to come here today to deal with me, right?"
Cui Yu lowered his eyes and said nothing, agreeing again.
Jiang Chunian was very curious: "Have you informed the King of Hell about your actions tonight? Has he agreed?"
Cui Yu didn't answer, but Ming Chi sneered, "Since Miss Jiang knows this, I advise you to be more sensible. Of course, we don't really want to hurt Miss Jiang. As long as Miss Jiang calls the Ninth Department and tells them to return Tian Ling to us, we won't hurt Miss Jiang at all and will personally send her away."
Jiang Chunian turned to look at him: "You are the collaborator of the Hell Brothel in the human world, you have the final say?"
Ming Chi smiled: "You don't have to worry about these things, you just need to cooperate with us."
Jiang Chunian was puzzled: "Do I look so stupid? I don't even know who you are, but I'm cooperating with you?"
Ming Chi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter who we are. It's enough to have Master Cui as our guarantor."
Jiang Chunian sneered: "You don't think that you can control me with Cui Yu around? Are you so naive? Cui Yu, why don't you tell him whether you can control me?"
Cui Yu looked at Jiang Chunian deeply and said, "If it were eighty years ago, I wouldn't have dared to be so confident, but eighty years later, Miss Jiang, you are no match for me."
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