Zhu Yuanzhang, who commanded the wind and rain, lived a long and arduous life.

"You unfilial son, what have you done all these years!"

His words were harsh, and contained an unspeakable anger.

Seeing his father's sharp gaze, Zhu Xingzu felt terrified.

My father was always gentle in my memory, even when he made mistakes. How could he be like this now?

He instinctively wanted to back away, but felt he couldn't. The underworld messengers he had encountered on the way had all shown great respect to his father. This place was like his father's home; he couldn't run anywhere. He thought he should admit his mistake, otherwise everything would be over.

My father knew my secret. He knew what I had kept from everyone—that I had killed three children!

She cared about these issues and was considerate of him.

See, I, Chen Changle, have not let you down, Zhu family.

He simply couldn't bring himself to beat the child born to his own wife to the point of utter destruction.

"Xingzu, Xingzu, Xingzu..."

Zhu Changye cried.

Zhu Xingzu wanted to argue, but he became afraid halfway through his sentence. He realized that his "illusion" was not wrong. His father, Zhu Changye, was looking at him as if he were looking at him naked.

She was a very traditional woman. She cared deeply about Zhu Changye's descendants, considering it more important than her own life.

"Husband, you said the third son's name is Zhu Xingzu? Xingzu, Xingzu, what great expectations! I want the third son to restore the glory of your Zhu family."

……

Zhu Xingzu was stunned: "Father, you've forgiven me?"

"Father, I was wrong!"

When the first child was born, he made a lot of noise at night, waking the couple up several times.

Zhu Changye always comforted her, saying that it wasn't just her problem, but she still felt that it was her own.

He was never a strong man; he cried many times.

……

on the steps,

The figure sat there, shoulders trembling, so lonely.

Zhu Changye lowered his head, looking at the jade pendant, recalling everything from the past, his gaze becoming increasingly unfocused.

As Zhu Changye watched, his eyes became slightly moist.

She scolded him playfully, but the blow struck her heart, and the pain was felt in her own.

"roll!"

"They'll definitely yell at me."

"only these?"

"Okay, okay, Dad, I'm leaving now."

But ever since he climbed out of the coffin to cultivate immortality, he hasn't cried.

Zhu Xingzu immediately admitted his mistake.

Blood is thicker than water.

She would also show off to him from time to time.

It's about to fall again.

He felt that he would die if he took another hit. He was already dead, so dying again would mean the extinction of his soul.

……

Twenty years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang, the fourth son, began to distinguish himself, and his third son, Zhu Xingzu, benefited from this and was regarded as a superior person in a town.

Zhu Xingzu looked at Zhu Changye in fear. He didn't know what to say, and could only cry and beg Zhu Changye to stop hitting him.

Is it a person? It doesn't seem so.

Tears streamed down her face as she held the jade pendant in her trembling hands. The tears, falling onto the pendant, transformed into vapor – the tears of the City God, the essence of incense offerings.

The image of that indelible, eternally existing lady overlaps with that of Zhu Xingzu, who is now begging for mercy.

Zhu Xingzu listened attentively.

Zhu Changye added a sentence in his mind.

"Hmm? What's the sound?"

Zhu Changye looked at him, his heart pounding wildly, he was furious.

……

I can't hold back anymore...

Zhu Xingzu stumbled away, heading towards the road to the underworld.

Watching Zhu Xingzu's departing figure, Zhu Changye couldn't help but take out the jade pendant he had left behind, which was engraved with the character "Chen".

to this end,

soon.

"Back then, if we had listened to you and Zhu Ajiu and beaten Xingzu up as soon as he had bad intentions, would things have been... much better?"

Zhu Changye's voice was tinged with a bitter laugh.

soon.

"Father, please let me go, please let me go, don't hit me anymore."

He hit the child too hard and killed him…

The child was only five years old, and there were two other children with him. Zhu Xingzu killed them all to prevent exposure.

He threw the three bodies into the river to destroy the evidence.

“Husband, when we had our first and second children, our family was poor and we didn’t have much to eat. Now that we’re better off, I want to eat better so that our third child will be born even better.”

It wears a smile, as gentle and refined as it is, and is also simple, dignified, and elegant...

But at that moment, two lines of clear tears flowed from the statue's eyes.

.

….…….….….….

After entering the Road to the Underworld.

Damn dad!?

Let him lose face!

He looked down at the jade pendant in his hand, his shoulders trembling, his voice trembling and choked with sobs: "Changle, did I do something wrong? Should I not have been so heartless? You clearly care so much about my child... I can save him, but I will bear some consequences, but I can save him."

In this black world, the sound of the wind carries with it the choked sobs of weeping.

This is why the lady is so protective of her eldest son. Firstly, it's a mother's love, and secondly, he's her only son. If she loses him, what will happen if he can't give birth to another child?

Later, after her second, third, and fourth children were born, she was free from this worry.

Even if he is a rebellious son.

For the first time, he felt a deep fear of his usually gentle father.

"Madam, if you knew what happened tonight, you would scold me, wouldn't you?"

As the City God, he can see everything a person has done in their lifetime once they die.

"You scold me for resurrecting U.A. High School, but not my own flesh and blood."

……

“My husband, the matchmaker said I’m pregnant again! Hmm, our family will have a third child, and the family will be prosperous. Your Zhu family will never die out. I, Chang Le, will be worthy of our ancestors.”

Zhu Changye was somewhat angry.

A breeze blows, cool as water.

On the way back, because a child was blocking his way and making a lot of noise, and because he was drunk, he hit the child to tell him to get out of the way.

A ruler appears in his hand, but it is no ordinary ruler. This ruler can strike the soul, causing both the soul and the body to suffer double pain.

"Phew, we're finally out of there."

A month after the death of the Chen family patriarch, the lady of the house learned that although she spoke of indifference, she secretly offered incense to the Chen family patriarch and lamented her filial impiety towards him over the years. She cried, and he, hiding in the shadows, also cried.

got windy.

Zhu Changye rubbed his hands together, his eyes unfocused, and murmured softly, "Madam, I seem to have made a terrible mistake."

Zhu Xingzu breathed a sigh of relief.

The next day, the three children's parents came looking for them, but he ignored them and stayed in the town for two more days before leaving.

but….

As Zhu Changye gazed at his three sons, who were kowtowing and screaming in agony, a gentle figure appeared in his eyes.

Zhu Changye let out a breath: "Go that way quickly, don't force me to come again."

Ultimately, no matter how rebellious or beastly a child may be, he is still the child born after his wife carried him for ten months.

lady….

He slowly put down the ruler.

Zhu Xingzu felt a chill run down his spine when he thought of this.

He recalled past events: his wife was very protective of her own and doted on the children.

……

Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.

However, it looks very much like a human.

Perhaps Sanzi is right; he really is a coward.

Putting away the ruler, Zhu Changye loudly rebuked.

He wanted to beat up the eldest brother, but his wife always protected him.

He restrained himself.

"Husband, let me see our third child. I'm not tired or in pain anymore. Our third child was just born, and I want to be the first to see him."

Statues of Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face...

The most revered among them is the statue of their superior, the City God.

Zhu Changye walked to the steps beside him, placed his hands on his knees, and slowly sat down.

144.202.114.56

The Road to the Underworld is different from the other side; it is full of mystery. Just then, Zhu Xingzu heard a series of sounds.

Zhu Changye muttered to himself, tears welling up in his eyes.

He thought to himself that he would let his three sons make mistakes while they were still alive, and leave the rest to King Qin Guang to judge.

"Damn it, how did I run into that old codger, Dad! Wasn't he supposed to be dead? What's he doing there?"

How long has it been since he knelt down like that?

“Husband, the third son is so good. Today he specially asked the eldest son to go to Taiji Mountain and pick a gardenia for me. He… Humph, if you bully the third son in the future, I will be the first to object. I will stand with the third son and his mother.”

"Third brother, third brother, your mother is five months pregnant with you. It's so good to be pregnant with you. Your father doesn't want your mother to do any heavy work. Sometimes he doesn't even cook for you. You are truly your mother's lucky star."

A person holding a lantern appeared not far away.

Someone is calling his name!

After a banquet, he received a large sum of money and promised to speak well of them to Zhu Yuanzhang.

This place is filled with many statues of gods, standing tall and awe-inspiring every soul that has just arrived at the Yellow Springs Road in the Yingtianfu area.

Ah!

Zhu Xingzu screamed and cried out in agony; the whipping felt as if it had struck deep into his soul.

After the first strike, Zhu Changye raised his hand and brought the ruler down again.

"I even guided him to cultivate immortality, giving him a longer lifespan, hoping to gradually change his old bad habits over time. Did I... make a mistake...?"

Zhu Xingzu looked at her, and the more he looked, the more familiar she seemed. Finally, his eyes widened.

This was the first time he had cried since becoming Zhu Changye.

Zhu Xingzu's screams grew fainter and fainter, as if he was about to be beaten to the point of utter annihilation.

Three times the arm was raised, and three times the ruler fell.

She was showing off to him like a little kid; it was really silly and foolish.

He was afraid.

"I will definitely change in the future. I will treat my granddaughter Zhu Yao better and I will not gamble anymore."

That is a statue of Zhu Changye.

Zhu Changye ignored him completely, without pausing at all.

He heard it.

He had cried before. When his wife gave birth to their eldest child, there was an accident, and he almost thought she was gone. He cried that time.

The next moment, he kowtowed repeatedly to Zhu Changye, terrified: "Father, I was wrong. I was ignorant before and shouldn't have done those evil things. I shouldn't have drunk that wine and gotten myself drunk, which harmed those children."

She was once depressed because she and Zhu Changye couldn't have children, feeling that she had let Zhu Changye down and that his lineage could not continue.

Zhu Changye looked at the dark sky.

There were also some terrible things that Zhu Changye couldn't believe his own child could have done.

Except for the third child after he turned eight, his wife would stop him from disciplining the other children.

When the third son grew up, he angered his wife, who secretly wiped away her tears. He watched from the shadows and cried too.

Zhu Xingzu's eyes were filled with anger.

“I…I…”

He feels very tired and wants to sleep, but he is not sleepy at all.

Reach it out into the air, and teach this unfilial son a good lesson.

"Mother, you...you're here too!!!"

The visitor laughed and said, "Child, you have done too many wrong things in your life. Your mother will take you to hell to receive your punishment."