On the Avenue

In Xijing, the Minister of Rites is sitting in front of the main hall of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites. Below him are almost all the officials and minor officials of Shanglinyuan Prison. They are using various spells to summon souls, search for souls, fix souls, and find people and ask for directions. Yan Jian's frown could not be found.

More than 600 candidates fell into the underworld together with the Xianqiao Blessed Land, but they could not see anyone alive or dead. It would be fine if they were all mud-legged, but the key point is that there are also Guo Daozi, Jinlu Taoist and other Taoist holy land disciples among them. . More importantly, Zhang You is also among them!

Zhang You is a member of the Zhang family and will inherit the position of sect leader in the future. If such a person dies in this exam, he, the Minister of Rites, will also be done.

"Summer releases cranes and summer collects eagles, you two bastards!"

Yan Guzhi cursed secretly and urged Supervisor Shanglinyuan to think of another solution.

Shanglinyuanjian was in charge of animal husbandry and sacrificial supplies, and made offerings to ghosts and gods on weekdays. It was the yamen responsible for contacting the underworld with the underworld. It had a lower status, but was extremely important.

Shanglin Yuanjian usually sacrifices livestock to ghosts and gods to open the way to the underworld. In this way, when a prince or nobleman dies and the underworld messenger comes to pick him up, he will usually give a notice in advance and give the dying person ten and a half days to deal with the funeral arrangements. You can even bribe the underworld to find a position in the underworld for the elderly in your family.

Because there are many sacrifices on weekdays, Yin Chai is also willing to deal with Shanglinyuan Supervisor.

In the square below, someone brought many pigs, horses, cattle and sheep, and set up an altar. Incense was burning brightly, and green smoke slowly rose and filled the air.

The sacrifices such as pigs, horses, cattle and sheep were brought to the altar, and soon someone emerged from the smoke to enjoy the sacrifices.

Several petty officials came forward and questioned these ghosts and gods one by one about the whereabouts of Juren who had fallen into the underworld.

After the ghosts and gods enjoyed the sacrifices, they still spoke rudely, swearing, and swearing. However, the officials' questions were all answered.

——The cannibals are short-tongued. Since they have enjoyed the sacrifices, they naturally want something in return.

After a long time, a group of small officials from Shanglinyuan Prison sorted out the information and presented it to Zuo Jianzheng. The left prisoner was flipping through it in a hurry, and immediately ran all the way to Yan Guzhi, presented it to Yan Guzhi, bowed and said, "Sir, please take a look."

Yan Guzhi opened the document and Zuo Jian said: "Sir, we have inquired about the whereabouts of 644 people and indexed their souls, but we can't find their souls. After asking the ghosts and gods, we found that 217 of them have died. , there are still four hundred and twenty-seven people alive. The few people you are focusing on, Jin Lu Taoist are deceased, and the others are still alive."

Yan Guozhi asked while reading: "Where did they fall? Why can't they attract souls?"

"Sir, the place those ghosts and gods said they went to was not the territory they were in charge of. It belonged to the second hell and was an abandoned place. They had no right to enter it."

Zuo Jianzheng said, "They also said that the ghosts who fell in there basically have no chance of coming out. Even ghosts and gods like them dare not go in. There are things scarier than them inside. Soul-calling spells are basically useless and cannot be summoned. The soul that comes there has no chance of survival once it enters it.

Yan Guzhi's heart felt cold, the corners of his eyes trembled, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Is there any other way?"

Zuo Jianzheng shook his head slightly: "We have tried all possible methods, and there is no other way."

He hesitated and said: "I heard that there is a person named Sha Granny among the San people, who is proficient in soul magic and is unparalleled in the world. This person was once the first wife of Xiang Yunfei, a doctor in the Ministry of official affairs, and was later divorced. Maybe she will have way."

Yan Guzhi said: "Please come to Sir Xiang quickly! Also, after all, they are all scholars who came to Beijing to take the exam. We cannot let these distinguished guests die in a foreign country. We must continue to summon souls until we bring him back!" Zuo Jian was leaning forward, He quickly walked down the stone steps and shouted to the officials in Shanglin Garden Prison: "Continue to summon souls!"

Then he summoned another minor official and said, "Go to the official department quickly and invite Xiang Yunfei, the doctor from the official department, to come to your Excellency." The minor official left in a hurry.

Not long after, Xiang Yunfei, a doctor from the Ministry of Personnel, came to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites and saw Yan Guzhi. Yan Guzhi asked: "Sir Xiang, can you invite Sha Qiutong to help us search for Juren who is lost in the underworld? I also know that you are in trouble, but this is a serious matter, so please don't refuse."

He bowed to Yunfei and said: "My lord, Xiaguan has nothing to do with Sha Qiutong anymore. Now I don't know where she is. Even if I want to ask her to take action, there is nothing I can do." Yan Guzhi said with a smile: "A few days ago, Isn't she still chatting and laughing with you outside the examination room of my Rites Yamen?"

Xiang Yunfei was shocked, dumbfounded, and said: "That woman does have some similarities to Sha Qiutong, but Sha Qiutong is already over sixty..."

Yan Guzhi said: "She is Sha Qiutong, known as the soul-searching Rakshasa Granny Sha. She was originally an official in Shanglinyuan Prison and was the official record of Shanglinyuan Prison. You two got married and had a son. Later you divorced her. Now. , She didn’t know what magic tricks she used to make herself younger, and she deliberately got close to you. "

Xiang Yunfei was stunned.

After a while, he came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "I don't know where she is. If you can find her, I will come forward to persuade you." Yan Guzhi frowned slightly and immediately asked people to search for Granny Sha's whereabouts. .

Time passed day by day, but Granny Sha was not found. All the officials in Shanglinyuan Prison tried their best to search for the whereabouts of those Juren. "Sir Yan, 364 officials from Shanglinyuan Prison have been searching for thirteen days in a row, day and night, and they are already too tired to hold on any longer."

The left and right supervisors came together to see Yan Guzhi and begged, "If we continue the search, people will be killed! Please be merciful and let them rest for a few days before searching again!" Yan Guzhi looked down and saw only the top The officials in Linyuan Supervisor were all damaged in spirit and energy, and it was really difficult to survive, so they had no choice but to say: "Take a rest for two days."

Zuo Jianzheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Sir, to tell you the truth, I think that even if I look for it again, I won't be able to survive. There are many ghosts and ghosts in the underworld, and they are extremely dangerous. The Yin Qi is heavy. Even if they can escape from the mouths of the ghosts, His own cultivation has also been eroded by Yin Qi, and his physical body has deteriorated. Even if he is rescued today, he will be a useless person. "

The corners of Yan Guzhi's eyes twitched, and he remembered Zhang Fuzheng's stern face. He gritted his teeth and said, "You want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses when you die!" The supervisors on the left and right had to retreat.

After another two days, the Shanglinyuan prisoner had enough energy to continue searching.

At the same time, in the Xiuxiu Hall, the people from the Fu Zheng Pavilion kept sending people to the Shanglin Garden Supervisor and the Ministry of Rites to inquire about the news and ask if they had found the missing people. News came one after another, and the expressions on the faces of Shui Xuanzhi, Qin Su and others gradually relaxed.

"The longer it goes on, the lower the chance of survival."

Zuo Su said with a smile on his face, "It's been half a month. These people are in the underworld, I'm afraid they have turned into bones. The poor bones by the Wuding River are like people in a spring boudoir dream. Their relatives don't know yet. They have died in the underworld.”

Other officials of the Fuzheng Pavilion also sighed.

"Chen Shi and Zhang You died in the underworld, so the master is very sure." Master Tang said with a smile. Shui Xuanzhi said seriously: "How can we take pleasure in others' misfortune? Don't mention such words again!"

He paused and said: "It won't be long before the Ministry of Rites stops the rescue, and the examination results will be released. The young master will definitely be the first in the examination. In half a month, the palace examination will be a formality. The young master, the number one scholar, can be said to be the winner." It’s not easy. Everyone, you must build momentum for the young master as soon as possible!”

Everyone nodded.

Jijiu Dou Qi asked: "Shui Changshi, after being trapped in the underworld for so long, can he still come back alive? If they suddenly appeared at that time." "It is impossible to come back alive."

Shui Xuanzhi said calmly: "Even if I am a person in the Mahayana realm, it would be difficult for me to last long after entering the underworld. The underworld is full of ghosts, gods, monsters and strange things. No one can live in the underworld for more than a month, and neither can I!" What's more, most of the people who fell into the underworld this time have not yet achieved their souls, let alone killed three corpses."

He smiled slightly and said: "Their Three Corpse Gods will absorb the Yin Qi and become stronger and stronger, destroying their Dao foundation. Even if someone can come back alive, the Dao foundation is broken, and they will be a useless person from then on. What's the point?" Worry? The underworld is more terrifying than you think!"

In the underworld, a bluestone road is paved in the air, extending forward. Below, a black pot carrying Chen Tang is galloping.

On the bluestone road, Granny Sha, who seems to be in her twenties, stands at the end of the road, with the bluestone under her feet moving forward.

She has regained her youth, and her energy and blood are full and strong. In the past, her energy and blood were exhausted, and she did not dare to be so extravagant and wasteful. Now, despite the squandering, her cultivation has improved again, and there is a faint momentum of breakthrough. Two people and one dog have been traveling in the underworld for more than ten days. Granny Sha has been helping Chen Tang determine the direction.

The black pot helped them kill the ghosts, gods and monsters they encountered along the way, making them invincible.

The underworld is so big that it is not easy to find people. However, Grandma Sha divided the underworld into nine areas and she can quickly determine the direction. However, when she summoned Chen Shi's soul, she found that the location of Chen Shi and others was not in the ninth district.

Running around in the underworld these days, I mainly use the longitude and latitude of the nine districts to locate Chen Shi's position in the underworld. She suspected that there might be a second layer of space in the underworld, and she could use this to determine the exact location of this space.

She offended many masters in the underworld. This time she appeared in public, many underworld agents came to chase her, but they were blocked by Chen Tang and the black pot. The strange thing is that in recent days, the number of people chasing them has become less and less, and finally they stopped chasing them altogether.

In the underworld they went to recently, there were no ghosts, no ghosts, and ghosts. It was very desolate, the earth was pitch black, the sky was gray, and there were no other colors. "Chen Tang, Black Pot, stop! They should be nearby!" Grandma Sha suddenly said.

Hearing this, Black Pot immediately stopped and looked around, only to see that the place was bleak and vast, with huge dead trees everywhere. Each dead tree requires dozens of people to surround it, and it is very strong.

Chen Tang jumped off the black pot head, looked at these trees carefully, and said: "This is the Bodhi tree, the tree of enlightenment in Buddhism. It is said that the Buddha Sakyamuni attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and became the Buddha." The bluestone slab under the feet of Granny Sha was still there Before paving forward, there is an ancient temple in the dry woods ahead. It is large in scale and exudes ancient meaning.

Chen Tang and Hei Guo followed and walked over. When they arrived in front of the temple, they saw the plaque of the ancient temple hanging crookedly on the side with the words "Ksitigarbha Temple" written on it. "The one enshrined here should be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of Buddhism."

Chen Tang said, "This Bodhisattva went deep into the Buddhist hell, repeatedly rescued the ghost of his mother, and made a great wish to save all people who fell into hell." Two people and one dog entered the temple and saw the skeleton of a giant dog. Prone on the ground, Black Pot barked twice at the giant dog corpse.

There are only shrines in the temple, but no statues of gods. The statues have been smashed to pieces.

"Chen Shi and those Juren are nearby! But they are not in the same underworld as us."

Grandma Sha looked around, took two futons and spread them on the ground. She sat on one of them and said, "Xiaotang, I will cast a spell to send your two souls into another underworld, and then the black pot will come for us." Protector, keep us safe. Sit down." Chen Tang sat opposite her.

The emperor's soul appeared behind Granny Sha, and she stretched out her palms. The ground under the two people's seats seemed to disappear, replaced by a clear spring.

Chen Tang looked down and saw that the futon had turned into a lotus in the clear spring. They were sitting on the lotus at the moment. Looking down along the lotus stems, they saw clear springs gushing upwards. The spring water went deep into the ground. It was so clear that it looked like It's like being drilled out of another time and space. "My magic is called Linshe."

Granny Sha said, "Relax and sacrifice your soul."

Chen Tang followed the instructions and offered sacrifices to the soul, and Granny Sha's voice came to his ears.

"The so-called equanimity is a house and a place of shelter. The body is the equanimity of the soul. Since we cannot enter another world, then we must leave our original equanimity and come to the equanimity in another world in the form of soul, and let It has a body and can act independently.”

Granny Sha activated the magic formula, and Chen Tang couldn't help but be surprised when he saw various talismans that he had never seen before emerging around him, constantly evolving and evolving.

His talismans were inherited from Chen Yindu. Chen Yindu left a few Talisman Compilations and Talisman Creation Treasures at home. He half studied by himself and half consulted Chen Yindu and Creation Xiaowu, and learned the contents of the two books. There are only a handful of people in the world who can surpass him in attainments in talismans!

There are not many talismans in the world that he has never seen before, but there are many talismans that Granny Sha cast this time that he has never seen before. "Sister Sha, what kind of talisman is this?" Chen Tang asked.

Granny Sha glanced at him and said: "These are some soul-like talismans that I created myself. They are the spells I created. Xiaotang, do you know why your father likes Chen Wu more? You are knowledgeable and surpass many People of the same age, but you are not pioneering enough and are more suitable for learning, but you have too few things of your own. In this regard, you are far inferior to Chen Wu, even less than your father, and even inferior to me. "

Chen Tang said nothing.

He learns everything very quickly and masters it immediately. But asking him to create new spells or talismans would be a bit difficult for him. But Xiaowu, the creator, is a different kind of person. He can always come up with many strange and weird spells to win Chen Yindu's favor.

Suddenly, Granny Sha's spell broke out, and the spirits of the two people suddenly sank, as if they had traveled through countless time and space, and a white light was spinning endlessly in front of their eyes. Chen Tang felt his soul shake suddenly, as if he had hit something, and he hurriedly stabilized his body.

"Quick, quack, quack!"

A green-faced and fanged ghost next to him looked at him with confusion and said, "Qi Chi?" Chen Tang said in shock, "I don't understand..."

However, as soon as his words came out of his mouth, it turned into: "Quick, quack, quack..." What's even weirder, he actually understood it!

He hurriedly looked at himself and saw that he had turned into a green-faced and fanged ghost!

At this time, another ghost came over, carrying a fork with a human corpse hanging on it. He was only wearing rags and waved to Chen Tang. Chen Tang hurried over and asked tentatively: "Mother-in-law?"

The ghost punched him hard on the head and said angrily: "Call me sister!" "Sister." Chen Tang followed suit.

"Follow me!" Granny Sha said, lifting her pants with her left hand.

Chen Tang followed her and couldn't help but said: "Sister, there is still a person hanging on your fork." Granny Sha said: "Do you think the clothes on this corpse look familiar?"

Chen Tang looked at it carefully, his heart beating violently: "It's a candidate for the examination!"

Grandma Sha tugged on her trousers and said, "When I entered this house, I found it carrying the body of a human being. This means that Xiao Shi and the others should be nearby!" She suddenly grabbed a ghost and asked : "Quack, quack, quack?"

"Quick quack quack quack!"

Grandma Sha said to Chen Tang: "It said that the things falling from the sky are over there! Let's go there!"

Chen Tang became energetic and the two of them rushed over quickly. Soon they found the Xianqiao Blessed Land. There was no longer any living person in the blessed land.

They walked out of the blessed land and searched everywhere. At this time, they met a grazing ghost and god. The ghost's feet were huge wheels, with flesh and blood growing on the wheels, and his body was majestic. Granny Sha stopped and asked, "Quack, quack, quack?"

"Quick quack quack quack!"

Grandma Sha said to Chen Tang: "It said that the things falling from the sky are over there! Let's go there!"

Chen Tang became energetic and the two of them rushed over quickly. Soon they found the Xianqiao Blessed Land. There was no living person in the blessed land.

They walked out of the blessed land and searched everywhere. At this time, they met a grazing ghost and god. The ghost's feet were huge wheels, with flesh and blood growing on the wheels, and his body was huge. Granny Sha stopped and asked, "Quack, quack, quack?"

The herding ghosts and gods raised an arm, pointed at the Buddhas in the distance, and said, "Croak."

Granny Sha said goodbye to the ghost and god, tugged on her trousers, and followed Chen Tang away, saying, "He said the grass had entered the mountains. It was too dangerous there, so he didn't go there to graze." Chen Tang was worried, and the two of them went deep into the mountains. In the Buddha Mountain, eyes emerged from the bodies of the Buddhas, watching them curiously.

Granny Sha caught the ghost monk who jumped out of one of its eyes, tortured him to extract a confession, and said in surprise: "Alive! He said Xiao Shi and the others are still alive!" She tugged on her trousers, rushed over happily, and said with a smile: "They have been in the underworld for so long, and yet they are still alive!"

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