This Liao Zhai is not right

When Judge Wen heard the familiar voice of Yama, who was wearing a black crown, he realized that the person standing in front of them was Su Su, the City God of Guobei County.

When she first met Su Su, she was just the landlady of Baishui Village. Although she used brutal means to beat the former City God Li Dingyuan so hard that he kept spinning like a top, and then took away the City God's throne and imprisoned Li Dingyuan, these actions did not exceed the cognition of Judge Wen.

As a result, after going on a long journey for several days, you turned into the King of Hell in the underworld.

Judge Shuwen said frankly that he had lived for more than sixty years and was appointed as the judge under the City God of Guobei County for nearly a hundred years after his death. Not to mention seeing, he had never even heard of anyone like Su Su, who suddenly ascended to the throne of Yama in the underworld from a mere land god of Baishui Village in just half a month.

Judge Wen felt mixed emotions for a moment, and was unable to extricate himself from the state of doubting the ghost.

Is it easier for you to ascend to godhood than to eat and drink?

Chapter 99: The Other Side of the Underworld

The duty of the City God is to observe the good and evil of the people and to determine their fortune and misfortune, so that no one, living or dead, can escape unscathed.

According to common sense, the duty of a city god is to make up for the deficiencies of the Yang world and deal with matters such as rewarding good and punishing evil, and cause and effect that are beyond the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

As for protecting the local area and fighting against evil spirits, although it is also within the scope of responsibility, its priority is not too high.

In the eyes of Judge Wen, what Su Su did was to completely reverse the importance of the two. The City God Temple, which was similar to a supervisory agency, replaced most of the functions of the Guobei County government and ordered the ghost soldiers to appear frequently to allow the Shinto to be manifested in the world.

To put it mildly, this is abandoning one's job and seizing government power in the world of the living without authorization; but to take it more seriously, it is disrespecting one's superiors and defying the Emperor Dong Yue who set the duties of the underworld, and his crime deserves death.

However, Su Su, who did all this, not only did nothing happen to him, but he also became the Lord of Hell in the underworld. Although it was a concurrent position, the difference was as great as heaven and earth.

After all, in the complicated City God system, the City Gods of counties, prefectures, and provinces often serve in a certain place for dozens or even hundreds of years without any chance of promotion. Even if they are promoted by someone above them, the limit of their career is to become the City God of a province.

Going further up is the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Taizu personally appointed Mingling King, the City God of Yingtian Prefecture, to control and govern the city gods of the two capitals and thirteen provinces. You can't ask him to give up his throne for you, right?

The Mingling King, who controls and governs the city gods of the two capitals and thirteen provinces, is under the command of the Dongyue Emperor of the Dongyue underworld.

The city god system in the world of the living belongs to the same underworld as the underworld guarded by the Ten Kings of Hell, and there are many connections between them, but the immediate superior of the Ten Kings of Hell is the Emperor of Fengdu.

Therefore, strictly speaking, the Dongyue Yinsi to which the City God of the Yang world belongs and the Hell Yinsi under the jurisdiction of the King of Hell in the underworld are two different functional departments.

However, after Su Su returned from a long journey, in addition to holding the position of City God of Guobei County, he also possessed the position of Yama, which was equivalent to Mingling Wang, the City God of Yingtian Prefecture, and allowed him to open a yamen and build a palace, control ghost messengers, and command ghost soldiers.

This is outrageous.

It is no exaggeration to describe it as a rapid rise to heaven.

It can be said that even if King Mingling personally went to Guobei County, he would probably not be able to control Su Su.

"The City God... Yama is so majestic that even the lower officials dare not look directly at him."

Judge Wen decisively knelt down to Su Shu again. This action attracted a group of ghost soldiers in the City God Temple to follow suit. Even the reckless Judge Wu followed suit.

The gap in the status of gods was too great, and even if Su Su did not show it deliberately, it was still a little too much for them to bear.

"You can patrol the city as usual, but be extra careful about the mandrills that appeared in Lanruo Temple. If you spot them, report back to the City God Temple immediately."

He gave the order in a deep voice, and at one go, used up several months' worth of exorcising power to bless the bodies of the civil and military judges and the many ghost soldiers.

Suddenly, a white light appeared, and the ghost soldiers who were originally wearing armor and holding sharp weapons suddenly changed their shapes. They became burly and strong, with dark and cold wind lingering at their sides. They were full of murderous aura, like an army of tigers and wolves.

The changes in the civil and military judges are even greater. The civil judge holds a scroll in one hand and a pen in the other, and his scholarly attire exudes a divine aura; the military judge, wearing silver-white armor, appears more solid, as if it were real. In his hands, he holds axes that shine coldly, and with a slight swing, there is a sound of a sharp blade breaking through the air.

Judging from its appearance alone, it is not inferior to the civil and military judges under the command of the City God of Guangling Prefecture that Su Su saw in Yangzhou City.

"I will obey Yama's command."

After receiving the order, the civil and military judges and many ghost soldiers disappeared in an instant and went out of the city.

Su Shu turned around and looked at the empty City God Temple thoughtfully: "When I was just the City God of Guobei County, even if I gave them the power to exorcise evil spirits, they could not escape the category of ghost bodies. Only the ghost bodies of the civil and military judges were more solid. But after I got the position of Yama, the changes after giving them the power to exorcise evil spirits were very different. The ghost bodies of the civil and military judges clearly had some appearance of divine bodies. With the promotion of the position of god, they who rely on the position of the City God will also benefit greatly. It is true that when one person gains enlightenment, all the others will benefit."

In the underworld composed of Dongyue and the underworld, there are many civil and military judges, wandering gods day and night, four guards, and various ghost messengers and judges, but only a few have great powers and have their names recorded.

This is exactly the reason.

A night passed in the blink of an eye, and after the ghost market was eradicated, Guobei County became more peaceful.

Shortly after daybreak, Judge Wen reported that throughout the night, not to mention the evil spirits that harmed people, even the common ghosts that used the methods of bewitching, hiding, and scaring were not seen. Guobei County, which had always been plagued by evil spirits, was unexpectedly peaceful.

It was almost noon when Sun Si Niang, who also served as the day-traveling god of Guobei County, came to find Su Su and briefly explained what she had seen and heard during her tour of Guobei County. Just as the civil and military judges and the patrolling ghost soldiers had discovered, the evil demons and ghosts that frequently caused trouble had all ceased their activities and gone into hiding.

However, she brought another piece of news, saying that Su Su's dispatch of the Yin soldiers to attack heavily was only part of the reason why the evil spirits and ghosts haunting the territory of Guobei County went into hiding. The more crucial thing was that the news that Heishan Jun was about to take revenge had gradually spread.

The rain is coming and the wind is all over the building.

Su Fu nodded slightly, indicating that he knew about this.

"You weren't surprised at all when you heard the news?" Sun Siniang was a little caught off guard by Su Su's indifferent reaction.

Su Fu crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you say a long time ago that you saw a ghost market in the deep mountains south of Guobei County, full of evil spirits? That night, I led the ghost soldiers to suppress it, and happened to find five wolf demons sent by the Black Mountain Lord to take revenge hiding there, and I killed them easily. These evil spirits are really out of touch with the news!"

"But Heishan Jun will probably take revenge again soon, so there's nothing wrong with them hiding now."

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? I made this trip in vain." Sun Si Niang looked quite crazy.

"I went to the east of the city to look for you yesterday afternoon. When I arrived at the shop you rented, there was no one inside. You can't blame me for that."

Su Su looked innocent at first, then said seriously, "Besides, how can this be considered a wasted trip? From the news that all these evil spirits are hiding, we can at least know that the revenge of Lord Heishan is definitely not a small fight. It will not only affect the area around the county, but also the entire Guobei County. I have to go down to the underworld as soon as possible and inform King Yama of this matter, so that he can prepare a response plan in advance."

As the matter was urgent, she had no choice but to emphatically instruct Sun Si Niang to continue patrolling the entire Guobei County and watch out for signs that Heishan Jun was going to take revenge.

Then he recruited several teams of ghost soldiers from the City God Temple.

Regardless of the early hour, he took out the pitch-black Yama Seal and descended into the underworld.

Chapter 100 Lu Pan

At noon, the sky in the underworld is dark and dimly lit, which is equivalent to midnight in the world of the living.

Therefore, in the underworld, there are only ghost soldiers patrolling all night long, but there is no Yama Luo to open the court to try cases.

So when Su Su suddenly appeared in the underworld, King Yama came to him just a moment later.

With empty eyes, he looked at Su Su, who had just appeared in the underworld, and asked, "It's not time for the trial yet. Did you encounter any difficulties in the underworld?"

Seeing that King Yama had no confidence in him, Su Su immediately denied that he had encountered any difficulties.

Then she described in detail her plan to lure Black Mountain Lord out of the mountain in the world of the living, and then have King Yama attack him in the underworld. She only concealed her plan to sneak into the City of the Dead and wipe out Black Mountain Lord's lair with the half-broken Five Thunder Edict.

Hearing this, King Yama thought for a long time.

He asked a few more detailed questions, and Su Su answered them fluently.

At this point, he nodded and replied: "This is indeed a God-given opportunity. If we can seize the opportunity when Lord Black Mountain descends to the world of the living as his clone, and attack him by surprise, we can accomplish great things, and at least severely injure him. But I don't know how the matter of building the Yama Temple that I asked you to do is going. I am blind now, so even if there is a God-given opportunity, it is really difficult to grasp it."

"At the latest, the Yama Temple will be completed the day after tomorrow. It will be a piece of cake to embed jasper in the eyes of the statue and consecrate it. What is lacking now is to annihilate the ghost soldiers mobilized by Heishan Jun in the territory of Guobei County in the Yang world. This degree must be grasped well. It is necessary to create an illusion for Heishan Jun that he only needs to put in a little more effort to break through Guobei County. However, no matter how many ghost soldiers he sends, it will be in vain. This is the only way to lure the snake out of its hole and force it to do something like descending to the Yang world as a clone."

Su Su slowly spoke his thoughts: "The City God of Guobei County only has dozens of ghost soldiers under his command. They are unable to resist the invasion of 100,000 ghost soldiers and hundreds of ghost generals under the command of Heishan Jun. I have the Yama Seal in my hand and can mobilize ghost soldiers from the underworld to the world of the living at any time. I just need to guard the Ghost Gate of Guobei County. No matter how many ghost soldiers and ghost generals under the command of Heishan Jun rush out of the Ghost Gate, I can fill in more troops, use the strong to bully the weak, and catch all the ghost soldiers and ghost generals he sent to invade Guobei County!"

"But if Lord Black Mountain gives up after seeing that he can't take down the Ghost Gate after a long time, how will you respond?"

King Yama's words were not groundless. Heishan Jun was both the demon king and the ghost king. He had dominated the underworld for a long time and occupied the City of the Dead. He was definitely not a brainless reckless man. After seeing that the situation was not good, he gave up the plan to attack Guobei County head-on and instead sought other ways to take revenge. Then Su Su's plan would become empty talk and would be useless.

"Bao Yanluo doesn't need to worry too much."

King Yama's question hit Su Su's gun point, and she said with great confidence: "A few days ago, I just destroyed a ghost king statue clone of Heishan Jun that came to the world of the living outside Yangzhou City. It is not an exaggeration to say that Heishan Jun and I are mortal enemies. As long as I am in Guobei County, there is no possibility that he will stop fighting."

At this moment, King Yama finally understood why Su Su was so obsessed with instigating him to attack Lord Black Mountain.

It seems that before you came to the underworld to serve as Yama, you were already a mortal enemy with Lord Black Mountain, right?

But King Yama was not very annoyed about this. He regarded Black Mountain Lord as a serious threat. He even wanted to eliminate Black Mountain Lord more than Su Su, as he ruled the City of the Dead in the underworld and almost brought shame to the underworld.

"That's great. I will follow your advice and attack them by surprise."

Seeing that there were no loopholes, King Yama quickly agreed to Su Su's plan.

He continued, "However, the underworld is so corrupt that my soldiers are stretched to the limit. I can only mobilize 30,000 underworld soldiers for you, and bring a few ghost judges and assistants to follow you."

What the hell are these judges and assistant officials?

Why don't you just say you want to send a military supervisor?

Judging from the current chaotic situation in the underworld, when the remaining soul of the evil god Chi You broke the seal, it almost killed all the underworld soldiers. These 30,000 underworld soldiers should be an extremely important part of King Yama's forces, so we have to be extra careful.

"While it is still early, please Bao Yanluo get it done as soon as possible."

Su Su had no intention of fighting for power in the mess of the underworld, and directly agreed to King Yama's suggestion to place a military supervisor among the underworld soldiers.

King Yama was naturally very satisfied when he saw this. Without Su Su's excessive urging, he waved his sleeves and the two of them were immediately in a hall.

As far as the eye can see, the palaces outside the hall are majestic and the towers are magnificent, as if it is a city that can accommodate a population of hundreds of thousands. Inside the hall, there are more than a dozen people wearing various official robes, and it is unknown where they come from. They are the gods of the underworld.

King Yama pointed to the judge who was sitting at the first seat in the hall, wearing a red robe, holding the Book of Life and Death in his left hand and the Soul-Catching Pen in his right hand, and said, "This is Judge Cui."

"I have seen Yama."

Cui Pan stood up and bowed to Su Su.

This person is a celebrity. He is one of the four great judges of the underworld and the chief of the Underworld Law Department. He keeps the book of life and death for King Yama and can "handle affairs of the world during the day, judge grievances in the underworld at night, and arrest human ghosts, better than a god."

King Yama continued to introduce the people, most of whom were the heads of the 72 departments under King Yama. Three or four unfamiliar faces bowed to Su Su in succession, and they were all names that Su Su had never heard of before.

Until the fifth one, he had a green face, red beard, and wore a green robe.

"This is Lu Pan."

Lu Pan also stood up and bowed to show his respect.

Oops.

This Cui Pan is more famous in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio than in the world of the living. He is a household name and is the leader in the story of Lu Pan who replaced Zhu Erdan's heart.

And who Jourdain is, let alone who he is.

During Zhu Erdan's lifetime, Lu Pan replaced Zhu Erdan's heart with a smart one and replaced his plain-looking wife's head with a beautiful woman. He granted every request. Over the past thirty years, Zhu Erdan enjoyed a life of wealth and glory. After his death, he even arranged for him to become a priest.

Such action was simply for the purpose of Zhu Erdan being appointed as Taihua Qing by the Emperor many years later.

As a ghost judge under King Yama, he frequently travels between Yin and Yang to serve Zhu Erdan as a licker. His real purpose is to cling to the thigh of the reincarnation of the Great Emperor Xiyue. This Lu Judge looks submissive on the surface, but in fact he is also an ambitious person.

Su Su's eyes quickly swept across Lu Pan's dark green face, and he secretly made a note of this person in his heart.

From Lu Pan onwards, the ranks of the people who stood up to pay their respects became increasingly unbearable, until the last person.

King Yama only took a glance and said, "This is Xue, the Five Cities Patrol Envoy."

"I have seen Yama."

Xue, the Five Cities Patrol Envoy with an old face, stood up and saluted.

King Yama introduced everyone in the hall, then turned to look at Su Su and said, "Are there any followers among them who are worthy of your attention? If not, I will replace them with another batch."

"There is no need to change Bao Yanluo. Please trouble Lu Pan and the Five Cities Patrol Envoy Xue to lead the ghost soldiers to the Yang World to fight against the ghost soldiers and ghost generals under the command of the Black Mountain Lord." Su Su named directly.

When choosing a military supervisor, of course you have to choose someone who is bold and reckless.

Lu Pan, an ambitious man, is an excellent candidate.

As for Xue, the patrol envoy of the Five Cities, Su Su just felt that this old man was at the bottom of the underworld gods and looked easy to control.

Chapter 101 Twenty-Five Boys

After choosing his followers, the Yama Seal on Su Su's waist glowed brightly.

You can vaguely make out the noise of ghosts, and the shouts of ghost generals mobilizing troops and conducting drills.

Su Su held up the Yama Seal in front of him and examined it carefully. He was shocked to see a forest-like army formation inside, with cold winds blowing and murderous auras evident. The army formation of 30,000 Yin soldiers was actually contained in a small seal.

Looking at the more than 30,000 ghost soldiers who were training in the Yama Seal, Su Su knew very well that if he did not get the approval of King Yama, he could not mobilize even a single ghost soldier.

Lu Pan, who was Su Su's attendant, and Xue Cai, the patrol envoy of the Five Cities, were the actual controllers of these more than 30,000 ghost soldiers.

King Yama has always been on guard against Su Su. Although Su Su has no interest in fighting for power in the messy underworld, she will not allow King Yama to send a ghost who is called an attendant but is actually a military supervisor to ruin her plan.

Su Su was well aware of King Yama's thoughts, so it was no wonder that he was afraid of raising a tiger to cause trouble.

He first defeated the Black Mountain King who occupied the City of the Dead, and then he controlled tens of thousands of ghost soldiers and played the trick of obeying orders but not decrees. He gradually became more powerful in the underworld and competed with them.

But no matter how hard King Yan Luo tried, he had no idea that Lu Pan, who was under his command, was actually a traitor who intended to defect to another place.

As long as Su Su could deal with the traitor Lu Pan, it would be equivalent to dealing with the weak and powerless Five Cities Patrol Envoy Xue. He could barely use the name of King Yama to completely control these 30,000 ghost soldiers.

"President Lu, and Five Cities Patrol Envoy Xue, from now on you two are under the command of Acting King Yama Su, and there must not be the slightest mistake." After receiving Su Su's designation, King Yama immediately gave orders to Pan Lu and Five Cities Patrol Envoy Xue.

The titles used in communication in the underworld are all based on positions and surnames. Su Su guessed that this was most likely mainly to avoid exposing one's identity to acquaintances during the trial process, thereby preventing favoritism and abuse of power. Secondly, it was to conceal the true identity of the underworld personnel.

This obviously helps a bit, but not much.