Conferred God: Got cramped at the beginning

Chapter 672: Invitation to Interrogate the Ghost
The invisible and majestic aura descended, and the countless noisy souls were silenced in an instant.

Especially after seeing Yun Zhongjun's extremely cold attitude, not caring about pleas or curses, and directly forcibly sending those souls whose "lifespan had ended" into the underworld, these ghosts that fell into the caves of the kingdom of God became more and more obedient.

After all, having just regained consciousness from a state of confusion, no one wants to anger Yun Zhongjun, be expelled for no reason, and then become confused again after wasting time in the world of the living.

As for the underworld - it can be seen from the messengers who come to the kingdom of God to lead the souls that for these ghosts, the underworld may not be a good place to go.

Therefore, it is better to wait until your life span is over before going directly to the underworld and reincarnation.

Since we want to stay in this kingdom of God, we naturally have to abide by the laws of this cave.

"Is there anyone else who is willing to go to the underworld?" The passage to the underworld was directly opened by Yun Zhongjun. The ghosts and gods from the underworld were still dressed in the appearance of ox-headed and horse-faced beasts. A large group of ghosts and gods looked at the souls left in the caves of the kingdom of God with covetousness.

However, the power surging in this cave also made these ghosts and gods wisely realize that although they had the underworld behind them, they still had to abide by the rules of this cave in the kingdom of God.

Since Yun Zhongjun said that only those souls whose life span has ended and those souls whose life span has not ended but voluntarily return to the underworld can be led into the underworld, then as for other ghosts, no matter how much these Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Ghosts covet them, they still cannot be "greedy".

Therefore, these ghosts and gods could only leave reluctantly after Yun Zhongjun narrowed the passage to the underworld.

Looking at the silent ghosts and gods in front of him, Yun Zhongjun pondered for a long time before his figure disappeared in the cave of the kingdom of gods and appeared in the court of the State of Chu.

"Greetings, Lord Yunzhong." In the court, Lord Yunzhong's portrait slowly became alive, and then he walked out of the painting. The king and his ministers of Chu, who had not yet dispersed, also bowed to Lord Yunzhong.

"Since Yun Zhongjun is here, do you have any instructions?" The King of Chu asked Yun Zhongjun - instead of having any dissatisfaction or resentment towards Yun Zhongjun who showed his power directly in the court, he was very satisfied.

The reason is very simple - before Yun Zhongjun stepped out from the portrait, the portrait floated down from the wall. When it reached the same height as Yun Zhongjun, Yun Zhongjun's figure appeared from the portrait.

"How dare I say the word 'order'?"

"It's just that I have some difficulties and come to ask the king for help." Yun Zhongjun said calmly.

"Your Majesty must also know that with the changes in the world, the control of the underworld over the world has gradually become vacant - so there are many souls in the human world who are unable to enter the underworld."

"So, yesterday, this god used incense to move the ghosts that were stranded in the human world and brought them to the caves in the kingdom of God for a while, so that they would not be invaded by wind and rain, and would not be attacked by the sun and moon."

Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the court, including the king, stood up and bowed to Yun Zhongjun.

"God, have mercy."

“It doesn’t matter whether I’m merciful or not, it’s just my duty.” Yun Zhongjun waved his sleeves.

"However, it is precisely because of the gathering of these ghosts that my kingdom of God has been disturbed and I cannot rest in peace."

"Among all the ghosts, there are some who continue the grudges of their past lives."

"Some people will have grudges after they die."

"There are also cases where a person is killed by a living person, but the perpetrator is still walking around in the world openly. Then the ghost will definitely seek revenge for the murder, and the resentment is hard to let go. Even if the soul is scattered and turned into a fierce ghost, it will still come to disturb the human world. This is true."

"Even worse, they were friends in life, but after death, their descendants resented each other, causing their ghosts to blame each other."

"There are many who, when they were ghosts, had ill intentions or were muddle-headed, causing trouble for the human world."

"At a glance, it can be said that there are a myriad of threads involved, involving not only the laws of the human world, but also the rules of the netherworld, and even more so, the human relationships, grudges, and cause and effect."

"Although I have infinite magical powers, the laws of heaven and earth and the entanglements of human hearts cannot be resolved by magical powers."

"After much deliberation, I have no choice but to come and ask the king to lend me the officials of the three laws under your command so that I can use the laws of the human world to eliminate the resentment of the ghosts."

"This..." Upon hearing this, the emperor and his ministers in the court were all confused - if they followed Yun Zhongjun's request and judged the affairs of the ghosts in the mortal world, then conversely, wouldn't the ghosts also be able to influence the mortal world?
It’s okay for ordinary people, but what about the souls of kings and nobles?
They were in power during their lifetime. Will they continue to hold power over the State of Chu even after their death?
If it is just to make the souls of the ancestors feel more at ease, then it is of course not a big deal, and everyone has such filial piety. But if the souls of the ancestors want to return to the world and affect their authority, or even compete for their authority, then forget it.

"Everyone, don't worry." Looking at the dilemma between the king and his ministers in front of him, Yun Zhongjun did not point it out, but just changed the way he said it.

"There are two kinds of ghosts between heaven and earth: one is the ordinary ghosts, who will enter reincarnation directly when their life span ends."

"The second one is the ghost immortal who practices cultivation."

"The former is bound by the Netherworld."

"The latter is bound by both the promise of heaven and the constraints of the underworld."

"Whether it is the laws of heaven or the laws of the underworld, they all emphasize the distinction between yin and yang. Ordinary immortals and gods can still interfere with the human world under certain conditions, but ghost immortals and yin gods are absolutely not allowed to interfere with the human world."

Yun Zhongjun first gave the king and his ministers in front of him a reassurance, telling them not to worry that no matter what, the dead could not turn around and seize power from the hands of the living.

Hearing Yun Zhongjun's words, the Great Chief of Police of Chu also stepped out with a pleased look on his face.

"Your Majesty, I believe that Yunzhongjun's request is an absolutely good thing."

"The territory of Chu is vast and the terrain is peculiar. For many years, Chu has been feared by the king and the princes, and now is a time of great contention."

“So people’s hearts are actually quite unstable.”

"If we can grant Yunzhong Jun's request, it will ensure the stability of Yunzhong Divine Kingdom, and Yunzhong Jun's energy will not be constrained by ghosts, so he can focus more on the ups and downs of our country."

"Secondly, if the words of those ghosts are true, the many unsolved cases in the country may have answers."

"The administration of officials in the country must be cleared up!" said the Grand Minister of Justice - although he did not make everything clear, the emperor and his ministers in the hall had already understood what he had not said.

Yun Zhongjun can gather the ghosts of a country in the Kingdom of God, and they were invited by Yun Zhongjun to go to the Kingdom of God to "solve cases". If this matter can become a precedent and allow them to communicate with the ghosts, doesn't it mean that the future king of Chu can sit in the court and know everything that happens inside and outside the country?
The King of Chu understood the hidden meaning and was delighted by it, but more people in the court were filled with extreme fear.

If it really came to the point that the Grand Secretary said, wouldn't they have no secrets in front of the King of Chu? This is too scary!

"Sikou, you can't do that!" The Grand Tutor stood up without hesitation.

"It is our responsibility to assist Yun Zhongjun in reconciling the Divine Kingdom and the Cave Heaven."

"But if you use the words of ghosts to judge human cases, it will definitely cause endless disasters."

"This is absolutely unacceptable!"

As he spoke, the Grand Tutor's gaze fell on Yun Zhongjun again.

"May I ask, Lord God, are the words of the ghost true?"

“If the words of the ghost are all from the heart and are all true, why would my divine kingdom be troubled by this?” Yun Zhongjun said with a smile, showing a helpless attitude.

Ghosts also have their own minds, their own selfish desires, and their own ambitions. Since they have minds, selfish desires, and ambitions, their words naturally cannot be fully trusted.

"I see. Was I wrong? Or is Situ being cautious?"

"A single difference in thought almost led to an endless disaster." The Grand Sikou also came to his senses and found that he had only thought about the benefits of using ghosts to try cases, but ignored the disadvantages of using ghosts to try cases.

First of all, the words of those ghosts cannot be fully trusted.

Another thing is that when all cases are tried by ghosts, there is no human witness or physical evidence, and it is even more difficult to conduct subsequent investigations. If a precedent of believing in ghosts is set, future judicial officials, if they are lazy, will just make up a ghost's confession and hastily judge the case... No, it's not "if", it's "definitely"!
Throughout the world, all educated people have debated whether human nature is good or evil. As for the officials of the Sikou series, no matter whether they previously respected the theory of human nature being good or evil, after becoming Sikou, they will gradually tend to believe in the theory of human nature being evil - the reason is simple: as Sikou officials, most of the people they have seen are evil and vicious people.

Therefore, they have little expectation of human nature, including the nature of their own people.

So at that moment, Sikou gave up the idea of ​​using ghosts to solve cases in the human world, and then he remembered another thing.

"May I ask the God, among the ghosts of the Kingdom of God, there are many wise and famous ministers of the Chu State. Could it be that with their abilities, they are unable to handle the affairs of the Kingdom of God, so that the God has to rely on the help of the human world?"

"This has to do with the distinction between yin and yang." Yun Zhongjun patiently explained the difference between yin ghosts and yang people to the king and his ministers in front of him.

Only the spirit remains of the ghost, without the body, so the yin and yang are out of balance and disorder.

Yin is fierce!

Without the harmony of the physical body's yang energy, ghosts are affected by violent emotions and their temperaments are mostly extreme. This is true for ordinary ghosts, and it is no exception for ghosts, immortals, and gods.

If those ghosts were allowed to decide their own affairs, the final result would definitely be very different from what Yun Zhongjun needed, and the Divine Kingdom Cave Heaven would definitely be affected by this.

What's more, there are some ghosts who are concerned about their descendants in the human world... As ghosts, they make decisions for each other, and it's possible that they will all roar into the human world together.

But if the officials of the human world come forward, they will definitely guard against these ghosts who want to connect with the human world...

After some communication, the Chu court made a decision soon.

Yunzhongjun bestowed the seal, and the King of Chu reported to heaven and earth, and the gods and humans worked together to transform it into many talismans.

Half a month later, at night, the city guards, the Sikou officers of each city, and the priests of various temples and shrines will, under the guidance of the talisman, leave their bodies and ascend to the cave heaven of the kingdom of God as their original spirits to "solve cases" in the cave heaven of the kingdom of God...

Of course, during the fifteen days in between, the laws of heaven and the laws of the netherworld were also sent to the State of Chu and circulated among different officials...

Then, it was another night.

In the darkness of night, the invisible mist transformed by the incense continued to spread across the territory of Chu, gathering those wandering souls.

As time went by, the news that officials from the mortal world were invited by Lord Yunzhong to go to the cave heaven of the kingdom of God to "examine the Yin" gradually spread, and the changes that followed also occurred naturally.

Curious and capable mortals naturally seek ways to be "transferred" and want to take the opportunity to go to Yun Zhongjun's kingdom of God.

Some immortals and gods also tried to get in touch with those mortal officials and do something to them so that they could "watch" this grand event.

Some Taiyi immortal gods even sent their disciples directly to Yunzhongjun's great temple and requested to visit the cave heaven in the kingdom of gods.

Of course, the Heavenly Court was also alarmed by this incident.

The immortals and gods who have practiced cultivation will return to heaven, and the ghosts who have not practiced cultivation will return to the underworld. After the Six Emperors have taken turns on duty, the underworld will also return to heaven - so what Yun Zhongjun is going to do is undoubtedly an infringement and trampling on the authority of heaven.

For the Jade Emperor, the separation between yin and yang, between life and death, is the end of everything. Therefore, the judgment involving yin and yang is extremely difficult and exceptionally hard to make. Normally, Heaven will not take the initiative to do such a thing, but this does not mean that Heaven can allow others to do such a thing.

Therefore, under the new structure, the power of the Emperor Taishan of Dongyue, who finally reached the underworld, was summoned to the Heavenly Court to respond to the Jade Emperor's doubts. Was Yun Zhongjun's action an infringement on the Heavenly Court?
In response to this, the Emperor of Mount Tai, the Eastern Peak, also gave a response.

When a person dies, all debts are cleared and all things are over. This is just an ideal situation.

The ghosts in the underworld - especially those who died unjustly, have a great deal of resentment hidden in their souls.

Or, this unwillingness will directly turn into resentment, turning the ghost into an evil ghost that has difficulty in reincarnation, posing a great threat to ghosts and gods as well as the underworld.

Even if those evil ghosts die, their resentment will not dissipate, but will continue to circulate in the underworld, and may even give rise to disasters caused by their resentment...

For the underworld, although Yun Zhongjun's behavior somewhat violated the authority of the underworld, it was an attempt to erase the unwillingness in the hearts of those ghosts and reduce the resentment.

Therefore, no matter it is the current underworld gods or the ghosts and gods of the past, they all hold an attitude of "acquiescence" towards Yun Zhongjun's behavior, especially the Queen Pingxin of the underworld.

"Since you can't stop it, why not get involved?" Ao Bing's voice suddenly rang out.

(End of this chapter)