Lookout Men and Widows

The underworld is not the same as what You Ming thought. Originally, the underworld after You Ming is similar to the underworld. The buildings and buildings are all in ancient Chinese style. The people who move in the underworld are all ghosts with the heads of beasts like bull heads and horse faces. In the end, they really went to the underworld. Only then did Ming realize how narrow-minded he was.

The underworld turned out to be in a modern style!

Even Mengpoqiao has become stronger and bigger, and it is no longer handing out bowls one by one in the early days, but each ghost takes a number, and picks it up after reading the number.

It's just that the ghost's attitude is not very good, and it's normal to be bad. After all, ghosts don't have a channel to complain.

However, You Ming actually saw a ghost with a big belly in a suit and leather shoes quietly stuffing a handful of ghost coins to the ghost messenger. The Tiandi Bank handed over a stack of 100 billion banknotes. Now that the amount printed in the world is getting bigger and bigger, You Ming asked Jiang Yu'an softly: "Has inflation in the underworld gotten worse?"

The selling price is 100 billion to hundreds of billions, and it doesn't make sense for the underworld economy not to collapse.

Jiang Yu'an took You Ming's hand and said with a light smile, "You'll see the rich ones, and there are even more poor ones."

You Ming thinks so too. Many people who come to reincarnate come right after their death. Those who can receive money are buried after the first seven days before their family burns the paper money. Only the smart ones know that the first seven days are over before they come to the underworld to report.

The ghost guard in a black robe looked left and right to make sure that no ghost found out that he had collected the coins before he said to the ghost in a suit, "I'll lead you there."

Then he took the ghost in the suit and jumped in line.

The ghost in a suit took Mengpo soup, drank it all in one gulp, and was taken away. Seeing his expression, he was still very relieved. He probably felt that he had given away the ghost coins, and he would definitely have a good pregnancy in his next life.

Jiang Yu'an said to You Ming: "He was an animal for ten lives, and he was reborn as an adult in this life. He has a life of good fortune and longevity. But he did too many bad things and died early. If he is reincarnated this time, he will be an animal again in his next life."

The ghost himself was quite happy, and so was the ghost messenger.

So in the world it is said that good and evil will be rewarded in the end. It was originally said after death, but this retribution came too late.

You Ming was about to speak when a man in the same black robe walked up to him and Jiang Yu'an, but his black robe was different from ordinary ghosts. There were dark patterns all over the black robe, shining under the light, and he wore a black robe on his head. Wearing a tall hat, he wrote the four characters "Tianxia Taiping" from top to bottom. With a smile on his face and a gentle expression, he said to Jiang Yu'an, "When did Mr. Jiang arrive? He didn't tell us in advance. Too late to prepare."

You Ming: "Is there a welcome ceremony?"

The black robe showed his big white teeth with a smile: "Although we are the underworld, we have already become very solarized. Recently, we are still studying how to develop solar energy in the underworld. It is because there is no sun here that we put it on hold."

Jiang Yu'an said to You Ming: "This is Hei Wuchang, Fan Wujiu."

Hei Wuchang smiled at You Ming.

You Ming thought for a while, reached out to shake hands with Hei Wuchang, and said seriously, "You don't quite match the description in the records."

Hei Wuchang sighed: "Before, I was always told by ghosts that I was too ugly, so I changed my appearance, and you don't know, the rules and regulations of the underworld have been changed, and I can complain. I got the pennant and the money after I got the looks."

In the records, Hei Wuchang has a fierce face, a wide body and a fat body, and is short and dark-faced. Some folks call him "Short Lord" and "Hei Ye".

When You Ming was reading, he always wondered why some people think Shorty Master and Hei Master are respectful titles.

This is a black name, right?

Heiwuchang babbled, "Are you here to inspect the work this time?"

You Ming looked at Jiang Yu'an.

There was no expression on Jiang Yu'an's face, and he glanced at Heiwuchang: "You didn't make any mistakes before, you didn't have a ghost emperor, and now it's still the same as before."

Hei Wuchang: "That's not what you said... hey! There is no ghost emperor, and the business development is not very good. After all, the way of heaven is above, and we don't know our underground suffering."

Hei Wuchang looked at Jiang Yu'an with hope on his face: "Why don't you give a speech? Boost morale?"

Hei Wuchang: "If possible, we actually want to learn from the advanced corporate management experience in the world. After all, we have been working behind closed doors. We have communicated with the West before, but they have too many factions and each has its own reasons. In the end, we did not communicate with each other. So come."

You Ming asked curiously, "Have the prefectures started to develop external activities?"

Hei Wuchang nodded: "Hey, there are more and more ghosts, centralized management is prone to problems, and the number of ghosts is not enough."

Then Hei Wuchang talked for a long time, Jiang Yu'an didn't say anything, and when Hei Wuchang stopped talking, he said: "Go ahead and get busy."

It was only then that Hei Wuchang realized that he had become an objectionable person, and quickly said, "Okay, okay, take your time."

"The ghost emperor still manages the underworld?" You Ming was a little confused, and asked after Hei Wuchang had left.

Jiang Yu'an took You Ming's hand and said with a low smile, "You didn't read the book well."

You Ming: "... I was too busy reading the technique, so I didn't read this part very carefully."

It's more than being careless, every time I turn over and don't look at it.

Jiang Yu'an: "Do you know what the Ghost Emperor means?"

You Ming walked beside Jiang Yu'an, the two walked side by side, You Ming: "The ghost emperor is a ghost god, who commands all ghosts except the lonely wild ghost who will never be reborn?"

Jiang Yu'an said softly: "The Ghost Emperor is the king of the ghost world and the supreme ruler of the underworld. He can judge the life span of all living beings, and he can control the life and death of all things in the Three Realms."

You Ming was stunned: "Isn't this the work of King Hades?"

Looking at You Ming's expression, Jiang Yu'an realized that he really didn't know, and said helplessly, "Yan Wang is a saying from India. It was originally called Yama Wang, and its original meaning is "to bind". It translates to bind a guilty person."

"Later, in the folklore, there was also the Ten Temples of Yama, and this is also from India."

It was only then that You Ming remembered that he had learned it in class before. The teacher also said that Chinese myths and stories, especially Taoist stories, were directly used in some places, and the settings from India were used. The teacher also said, it can be seen There are relatively few talents who make up stories in Taoism.

"There used to be three Hades, Bao Zheng, Fan Zhongyan and Kou Huai."

"These three were entrusted by the Dao of Heaven to manage the Underworld. Bao Zheng is the last one. He went to the Heavenly Court a hundred years ago."

"But they are different from me." Jiang Yu'an stretched out his hand and squeezed You Ming's earlobe, "They are appointed by the Heavenly Dao, and I beat them down."

You Ming understood, so Jiang Yu'an's management of the underworld is actually not a big problem, because without the King of Hades, the underworld has not been in chaos for so many years, but he can manage it if he wants to.

"You really don't care?" You Ming asked.

Jiang Yu'an shook his head: "Let's think about it after my parents' lifespan is over and they are reincarnated."

Compared with the underworld, Jiang Yu'an still prefers to live in Yangjian.

In the past, the underworld was full of scorched earth. Some people who committed serious crimes had to be punished first, and then they could go to reincarnation after paying for their sins, so there were screams everywhere. There were no screams, and fake flowers and grass were placed on both sides of the street. There was no way, they couldn't live in the underworld.

It's just that the fake is too obvious, and the plastic feeling is particularly serious.

You Ming also saw plastic bags on the street.

Environmental pollution in the prefecture is also quite serious.

"Ghost messengers don't have entities, so why are there plastic bags?" You Ming was very puzzled.

Jiang Yu'an: "Ghost messengers can condense into entities, and some who behave well can even go to the human world for vacation. I guess they brought them down at that time."

The streets are full of ghost messengers, and You Ming also saw many female ghost messengers. In the past, ghost messengers only chose male ghosts.

The female ghost guards are less well dressed than the male ghosts. Some even put on make-up and hold the iron chains that seduce the soul. The effect is not frightening.

However, regardless of male and female ghosts, when Jiang Yuan passed by, they would stop and bow their heads to show respect and awe.

You Ming didn't expect that Jiangyou and Jiangyou didn't have any civil servants in Yangjian, but his partner became an official in the underworld.

Is he now considered a family member of an official?

Still the biggest.

You Ming wandered around with Jiang Yu'an for a while, and within a short distance, the scenery changed, the buildings disappeared, and as far as the eye could see was endless scorched earth, and there were ghosts being tortured on the scorched earth.

Jiang Yu'an: "...the underworld doesn't have enough funds."

You Ming expressed his understanding.

After all, there are not many places to get money from the underworld, and the ghost messengers who accept bribes will not hand over the bribes.

You Ming actually saw the "Iron Maiden" in the torture device.

It is estimated that it was learned from the West during the exchanges between China and the West, and it is very Western-style.

And it also saves the fatigue of the ghost messenger. After all, even if it is a ghost, waving the whip day after day is no easier than being tortured.

Now the ghost messenger only needs to line up the tortured ghosts and get in one by one to be tortured.

Those who received their sentences came out and continued to line up for torture.

Both ghosts and ghost messengers are numb, and only when it is their turn soon, the ghosts will be frightened.

You Ming: "I've always wanted to ask you a question, but my parents never asked it, and I don't know whether I should ask it or not."

Jiang Yu'an smiled at You Ming: "Ask, I never have any secrets from you."

You Ming looked into Jiang Yu'an's eyes: "How did you... die?"

Jiang's father and the others have been keeping this topic secret and never brought it up. You Ming and Jiang Yu'an have been together for so long, and they didn't wait for Jiang Yu'an to bring it up.

You Ming added: "It's okay if you don't want to answer, just pretend I didn't ask."

Jiang Yu'an's eyes darkened, as if he had thought of something.

His eyes were lowered, but the black air was overflowing, and the ghost on the scorched earth seemed to be aware of it, and cried out as if he was in great pain.

You Ming took Jiang Yu'an's hand and held it tightly: "I won't ask any more, and I won't ask any more in the future."

Jiang Yu'an's voice was very cold, and the breath he exhaled was cold when he spoke.

"There's nothing you can't say." Jiang Yu'an's expression was stern, and his brows and eyes were full of bloodthirsty hostility, "I was born in a cloudy year when the moon was cloudy and the sun was cloudy, so it's a good material for refining Yin soldiers."

Jiang Yu'an chuckled lightly, but there was no smile in the laughter.

The author has something to say: the difference between the ghost emperor and the king of hell was fabricated by me, but the king of hell is indeed the emperor of ghosts.

And there have always been a lot of debates about the use of Taoism, so don't take what is written in the article seriously.

Then I used the folklore version for Hades' version, which is Bao Zheng and Fan Zhongyan.

Yama of the Ten Temples was originally created by Taoism, and it was reabsorbed by Buddhism, so Taoism is also original!