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Chapter 62

A hanged ghost is a hanged soul.

Its ghost eyebrows are erect, its red tongue is about two inches, its face is like white paper, its hair is loose, and it likes to entangle people, so it likes to confuse and commit suicide; Rope, suffering from grievances; later generations don't know, choose a house to hang on an old tree, the ghost is overjoyed, and it is regarded as the host; this name is: ghost hanging. ——Excerpted from Tongyin Eight Volumes of "Wordless Book of Heaven".

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The horse ghost repeatedly complained, and said to Bai Shibao: "Brother, it wasn't that we didn't want to answer, you don't understand the things about ghosts, there are deep ways here!"

Bai Shibao sneered, and said: "I can see clearly from here! But I can't see through the 'people's heart is through the belly'!"

Ma Guichai hurriedly said: "If Brother Xu doesn't care about you, why is he trying to save you now? What do you think this 'single room' ghost prison is..."

Cough!

While speaking, old man Jiang turned over and coughed.

The horse ghost hurriedly dodged sideways.

Waiting for a while, Ma Guicha looked at the old man Jiang who was fast asleep again, and said urgently to Bai Shibao: "Brother, we call this 'single room' a 'money fraud prison', and we were taken to this ghost prison. The people here were all rich masters during their lifetime, I guess you must have revealed your money unintentionally, so they brought you here to 'fraud money'..."

Bai Shibao was confused and said, "They haven't cheated me of money!"

Ma Guicha was so excited that he pointed to the sleeping old man Jiang, and said, "Do you know who he is? This old man Jiang has lived in this ghost prison for 30 years. He was arranged by A Bang Yinshuai." In this ghost prison, the old ghosts who specially conspire with the Yin soldiers to defraud newcomers of their money..."

Bai Shibao was stunned for a moment. It's probably not accidental that this ghostly messenger can call out the word 'Jiang old man'.But still a little puzzled, he stammered and said, "But, but..."

The horse ghost shook his hands anxiously, and said, "But what? Brother, haven't you figured out this mystery yet?"

Bai Shibao lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized: "But it's true, this old man Jiang has deposited money for 'ventilation' for me first, and asked me to pay him back in the future!"

Ma Guichao shouted: "Look! This is their way of defrauding money! It's too late to explain to you now, and I won't be able to escape when it's too late!" The Yin soldier leaned on the table with the jug in his arms and snored, touched the key with his hand, opened the cell door carefully, and said to Bai Shibao: "Come with me, brother Xu is waiting for us at the foot of the mountain!"

Bai Shibao turned his head to look at old man Jiang, hesitated for a moment, and still stepped out of the prison door.

This ghost prison is dark and dark, only a few dark fires illuminate it, and it is impossible to distinguish day from night.The only activity of the ghost after eating is to sleep. At this time, it is the time to sleep after the meal. The ghost soldiers and ghosts in the ghost prison are both in a deep sleep.

This time is the best chance to escape!
The horse ghost guard led the way, and Bai Shibao quietly followed behind. When he came to a prison door, he stopped suddenly and said to the horse ghost guard, "Brother Ma, a brother of mine is still locked up in this prison. I'll save him too, let's go together!"

"This..." Ma Guicha was taken aback for a moment, staring at the ghost prison, there were five or six people lying here and there, so he asked Bai Shibao, "Which one is your friend?"

Bai Shibao saw Yan Zifei crouching in the corner, so he whispered to Yan Zifei, "Brother?...Brother Yan Zifei!"

Yan Zifei vaguely heard someone calling him, opened his eyes slightly, saw Bai Shibao was waving to him outside the prison door, stood up quickly, rushed to the prison door and shouted: "Brother, you made me wait so hard!"

"Let's go out first..." Bai Shibao turned his head and asked Ma Guicha: "Brother Ma, can the key in your hand open the prison door?"

The ghost guard shook his head, and said with embarrassment: "One key opens one lock. The key to this prison door is in the hands of the Yin soldiers, but the Yin soldiers who guard this place don't know where they are, so I'm afraid they won't be able to open it." Door!"

Bai Shibao asked anxiously, "Then what should we do?"

"Brother, don't worry!"

Yan Zifei took out a bunch of keys from his bosom, smiled at Bai Shibao: "I found the key on the waist of this Yin soldier, he lost the key, he was anxious, thought he left it outside, just ran out to look for the key Go! Because I promised to wait for you here, I didn't escape alone!"

Bai Shibao said happily: "Good brother!"

Yan Zifei handed the key to Bai Shibao from the prison, and Bai Shibao wrapped the iron chain with his cuff to make it as silent as possible, then slowly unlocked the iron lock, opened the cell door, and let Yan Zifei escape.

Ma Guicha urged from the side: "Brother, let's go quickly, lest we be bumped into by Yin soldiers, it's hard to deal with them, they have 'ghost-slaying knives' in their hands, if they are hacked, they will be out of their wits!"

Bai Shibao and Yan Zifei nodded, followed Ma Guichai and escaped from the ghost prison, and the three of them ran down the Nether Mountain.

Bai Shibao asked, "Where is Brother Xu meeting us?"

The ghost horse kept on stepping, and said, "How can there be a bridge under the mountain!"

The three of them fled in a hurry, and there was a faint thick fog around them, making it impossible to see the road clearly.Bai Shibao looked down at his feet, there were deep pits and mires everywhere, and he staggered forward with one foot deep and the other shallow; fortunately, the horse ghost was not familiar with the road, leading the way in front, and Bai Shibao and Yan Zifei followed behind him, stepping on his footsteps. Wherever you go, it's all on the ground!
In a trance, Ma Guicha saw the faint lights flickering down the mountain, stopped hurriedly, stopped Bai Shibao and Yan Zifei and said, "Find a place to hide, I'm afraid there are people coming down the mountain!"

Yan Zifei said: "Could it be the dark soldier who was looking for the key?"

Ma Guichai said: "Ghosts only know how to move lamps and blow fire, but never walk with lights on. The people here are not ghosts!"

Bai Shibao was startled and said: "A person came to the underworld? Ah! Could it be that he is also a person who walks in the underworld?"

"No matter who it is, let's hide first!"

After Ma Guicha finished speaking, he took Bai Shibao and Yanzifei to hide in a dark place, held his breath, and watched quietly.

At this time, I saw a paper lamp flickering, and then heard the sound of broken footsteps stepping up the mountain, and vaguely saw two people walking up the mountain in the thick fog.

The ghost horse called in a low voice: "Oops! The man in the red robe is Cui Panming!"

Yan Zifei asked: "Who is Cui Panming?"

Ma Guichai said: "He is one of the four civil and military judges under the King of Ghosts. , Cui Jue!"

Yan Zifei was surprised: "Isn't he the 'Judge Cui' that Yang Jian said?"

The horse ghost almost nodded, and said bitterly: "He is our immediate boss who is in charge of the life and death department!"

"what……"

Bai Shibao raised his head and quietly looked at this 'Cui Panming'.

I saw this Cui Panming, with a fair complexion and delicate features, wearing this dark red silk robe, walking lightly, like a scholar, bowed his hands to the person next to him with a smile and said: "I didn't expect this to make Lin Li The Nine Brothers are here to make a trip on their own!"

Bai Shibao thought to himself, "Lin Jiu? I seem to have heard that name before!"

Bai Shibao looked at the man next to Cui Panming again. He had a square head and a square face, heavy eyebrows, bright eyes, wide mouth and wide ears. He was wearing a purple Taoist robe, a black hat on his head, gray cloth trousers, black cloth shoes on his feet, and his left hand Holding a paper lantern, with his right hand behind his back, he walked steadily up the mountain.

The Taoist named Lin Jiu said: "The king of ghosts appointed me to be the master of Mingxing, responsible for printing Mingqian banknotes. When encountering such a difficult problem, of course I have to come here overnight!"

Cui Panming smiled and said: "This Nether Mountain is very foggy and cloudy. Brother Lin Jiu should protect the 'soul-attracting lamp' in his hand!"

Lin Jiu said with a smile: "With the famous Cui Panming by my side, I am afraid that I will die short? You have one of the six wonderful books in the world, the Book of Life and Death, which can add to your writing Shou, who doesn't know?"

Cui Panming smiled and said: "Brother Lin Jiu is serious, so what if there is this "Book of Life and Death"? Now there is a war in the world, and the dead line up to report to Yincao. This huge ghost city of Fengdu can hardly hold it! Too much, paper money in the yang world is burning red all over the sky, and now the Yincao money has depreciated in value, so the ghost king invited Brother Lin Jiu to discuss it..."

"There is a lot of money and real things, and prices are soaring. To solve this problem, the most convenient way is to print more money, and the denomination will increase!"

"Do you want to print more money?"

Lin Jiu nodded, and said: "That's right, not only that, the denomination of Ming coins will be increased to tens of millions of taels, and now my manpower in Yangjian is too busy, I consider making a new 'money seal' in Yangjian, After being painted by the ghost king, use the power of ghosts to print money in the underworld!"

Cui Panming sighed and said: "This is not a long-term solution after all. Now that there are endless wars in the world, ghosts and floating corpses are everywhere, and the war in the world can be calmed down, so that the crisis in the underworld can be resolved!"

Lin Jiu said: "This is a calamity! Only those who survive the calamity are waiting!"

"Doom?"

"A few days ago, Taoist Master Mao of the Southern Faction presided over a discussion in Miaojiang, considering whether to re-arrange the 'Seven Star Demon Formation', but this 'Seven Star Demon Formation' needs the 'fate soul' as a guide, if we cultivators can be united Consistent, but it is not a problem, but some people don't care about the safety of all living beings, just want to pass the time!"

Cui Panming shook his head, and said: "I just hope that the war in Yangjian will stop soon, the world will be peaceful, and life will be stable!"

Lin Jiu said with a smile: "Life is stable? If that's the case, no one will die. By then, your Fengdu ghost city will be useless!"

Cui Panming smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be better if no one died?"

The two looked at each other with a smile and continued to walk up the mountain.At this time, Lin Jiu seemed to have noticed something, and suddenly stopped in his tracks, and shouted loudly into the shadows, "Who is sneaking there and eavesdropping?"

Bai Shibao was startled, and thought to himself: Oops!Was it discovered by this Taoist priest?

Lin Jiu turned around suddenly, the Taoist robe fluttered, and he took out a yellow talisman with his fingers, kicked on a jar by the side of the road, the jar rolled in his hand, and slapped the bottom of the altar with the yellow talisman. In the meantime, the jar was shining with a dazzling green light, and an evil wind was blowing faintly.

Lin Jiu shouted angrily: "If you don't come out again, don't blame me for taking you with a jar!"

(End of this chapter)