Legend had it that Zhong Kui was a scholar during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty.
He went to the capital to take the exam and finally got the top scorer.
In the end, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, saw that Zhong Kui was ugly, so he cut off Zhong Kui's position as the top scholar and gave it to another person.
Zhong Kui had a strong personality and was furious. He actually crashed into the pillar beside him and died on the spot.
Li Longji felt very guilty, so he ordered his attendants to help Zhong Kui's body put on a red official robe and bury him.
During the Tianbao Era.
Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, often dreamed of ghosts demanding his life at night.
In fear, he could not sleep at night.
One day, he was reading memorials in the main hall. He was too tired and actually fell asleep unknowingly.
As expected, the two malicious ghosts appeared in the dream again.
However, this time, an extremely ugly burly man in a red robe suddenly appeared in the hall. He had a leopard's head and eyes.
He walked forward and grabbed the two malicious ghosts, tearing them apart on the spot and eating them.
Li Longji was shocked and quickly asked for his name.
"Zhong Kui," the brawny man said loudly,"failed the imperial examination.”
Therefore, after Li Longji woke up, he ordered the Art Saint Wu Daozi to make a painting of the scene of Zhong Kui eating ghosts in his dream.
Hanging it in the palace to suppress evil spirits.
After that, he issued an edict to confer Zhong Kui the title of blessed Lord of the Town House, which had been passed down for thousands of years.
Ever since then.
Every household liked to paste Zhong Kui's portrait on their doors.
It means to suppress evil spirits and drive away evil spirits, so that ghosts and things are not close.
Zhong Kui had always been loyal to his duty. Not only did he guard the palace for the emperor, but he also guarded the homes of many commoners, preventing ghosts from approaching.
Therefore, Son of Heaven Yin was grateful for his merits and personally issued an edict to confer him the title of Evil Punishment Division's Division Head.
He was one of the four judges of the underworld.
There were eight divisions in the underworld.
They were the Department of Reward, the Department of Punishment, the Department of Inspection, the Department of Yin Law, the Department of Money, the Department of Patrol, the Department of Soul Attracting, and the Department of Military and Military Affairs.
Among them were four judges.
Judge Wei Zheng of the Department of Reward and Good, Judge Zhong Kui of the Department of Punishment and Evil, Judge Lu Zhidao of the Department of Inspection and Investigation, and Judge Cui Jue of the Department of Yin Law.
Cui Jue was the most respected of the four judges.
He was in charge of the Life and Death Book and the Judge's Brush.
He was the first judge under Yama.
He was also the head of the eight divisions.
However, Judge Cui had probably fallen in the ancient war.
The current Judge of the Yin Justice Department was Su Hen himself.
Zhong Kui's strength was also at the peak of the king level.
After all, he was the Chief Judge personally conferred by Son of Heaven Yin, so he was definitely powerful.
Looking at the rewards, Su Hen could not help but nod slightly, showing a satisfied expression.
Meng Po had the power of a king, and she would grow to the peak of the king level sooner or later.
As for Baiqi and Zhong Kui, they were both at the peak of the King level.
In other words, other than himself, there were three more king-level existences in the underworld!
Moreover, Su Hen could sense it.
The king level of the underworld was different from the king level of the Burial Earth.
The king-tier malicious ghosts in the Burial Earth only had king-tier power and were relatively barbaric and primitive.
Even using the Burial Earth Divine Runes was at a relatively shallow level.
But the Netherworld was different.
The king level gods of the netherworld did not only have the power of a king.
There were also many secret techniques, exclusive cultivation techniques, and perfect equipment engraved with the divine patterns of the Netherworld.
He had even grasped a portion of the power of the laws of the Netherworld.
In other words, under the same king-level existence.
A king-level god from the underworld could easily crush a king-level ghost from the Burial Earth!
Back then, he was not strong enough, so he needed many materials other than white paper and bamboo strips to make the illustrated handbook.
But now, with Su Hen's strength, there was no need to go through so much trouble.
The vigorous power of virtue filled the hall.
Three figures gradually emerged from the golden light of virtue.
This process only lasted for less than twenty breaths.
When the golden light dissipated, three figures had already appeared in the hall.
On the left was a hunchbacked old woman with snow-white hair.
Her face was full of wrinkles, her robe reached the ground, and she held a walking stick.
A pair of eyes that seemed to have seen through the vicissitudes of life and the coldness of human emotions.
This was naturally Meng Po.
Meng Po did not have a name, nor was she a historical figure.
Instead, it had already existed when the netherworld was first built. It was very likely that it was a god from the same period as Son of Heaven Yin.
Unfortunately.
Meng Po, who was given by the system, did not have any memories of ancient times.
It was as if she was a brand new Meng Po.
Just like the Black and White Impermanence and the other gods.
Standing in the middle was Baiqi.
He was wearing blood-colored armor, a long saber at his waist, and a long spear in his hand.
The bright red cloak was draped behind him, and a cold gaze bloomed from the helmet, making people shudder.
Just by standing there, a monstrous killing intent emanated from his body.
Even Su Hen seemed to see a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood behind him in a daze!
If it was an ordinary ghost, they would probably be scared out of their wits just by looking at this killing god.
After all, he was the commander of the Military Department.
In ancient times, he controlled the Yin soldiers and fought in Burial Earth.
How could his killing intent not be strong?
The one standing on the right was naturally Zhong Kui.
Long eyebrows, curly beard, leopard head, eyes, and a fierce face. He looked ugly and ferocious.
His gaze was dignified and upright.
Therefore, even if he was ugly, others would subconsciously think that he was a positive person who abhorred evil.
He wore a black hat and an official robe.
Although his official robe was also red, it was different from Su Hen's.
Zhong Kui's official robe was purple-red and not pure.
Su Hen's Judge robe was bright red, and it looked as bright as blood.
"Yes, sir!"
The three of them knelt down at the same time and said in unison.
System product, full loyalty.
Su Hen's gaze sized up the three king-tier gods.
After a long time, she opened her mouth and said,"Meng Po."”
"Your subordinate is here." "Please instruct me, Your Excellency." Meng Po quickly replied.”
"From now on, you will guard the Bridge of Helplessness.”
Su Hen looked at her and said," The reincarnation cycle in the netherworld has yet to open, so there's no need to wash away the souls 'memories for now. During this period of time, you will guard the bridge and help Ox-Head and Horse-Face maintain order in the netherworld.”
"Your subordinate obeys!" Meng Po cupped her hands.
As for Baiqi.
He remained kneeling on the ground without saying a word.
Su Hen looked at him and said,"Baiqi.”
"I'm here!" Bai Qi clenched his right fist and placed it on his heart.
"From today onwards, the Military Department has a total of 3,500 ghost soldiers.”
"At the same time, the two generals can be your deputy generals and await your orders.”
"I want you to train a Netherworld army that can conquer all directions in the shortest time possible!”
There are 3,000 soldiers in the military department.
Su Hen still had several hundred of them in the Military Commander Tiger Tally.
Bai Qi did not hesitate. His metallic voice echoed in the hall,"General's command!"
Su Hen nodded slightly.
Finally, he shifted his gaze to Zhong Kui.
The red-robed Zhong Kui also knelt on one knee.
"Zhong Kui." Su Hen said.
"Sir, please instruct me." Although Zhong Kui was a scholar, his style of speaking was swift and decisive.
"The Department of Evil Punishment hasn't been established yet. Ox-Head and Horse-Face are in charge of all sinful souls.”
"However, I happen to have a task here that suits you very well, so I plan to give you full authority.”
"Please speak, sir," Zhong Kui said in a deep voice.”
Su Hen patted his table. It was a stack of City God Conferring Edicts.
Although Bai Wuchang and Qu Jingming had already chosen their candidates, they still didn't dare to make their own decisions.
Therefore, this stack of imperial edicts was sent back.
Now, he could hand them all over to Zhong Kui.
"These are the edicts to confer the title of City God.”
"The county city god is nothing to the underworld, but to the mortals, it's a huge matter.”
"This matter concerns the peace of the land, suppressing ghosts and exorcising evil.”
"Thus, I plan to have Xie Bi 'an and the others find a group of suitable people and arrange an examination. Only those who pass the examination can become a city god of a county.”
"You will be the main examiner for this exam.”
Zhong Kui had been the top scholar before he died.
In addition, after his death, he suppressed evil spirits and became the god of the underworld.
Therefore, it was most suitable for him to be the head examiner.
"Go and prepare."
Su Hen waved his hand.
The three king-level gods bowed again and left the judge hall.
As for Su Hen, he sat back down at the table and looked at the Life and Death Book in front of him.
During this period of time, more and more people moved to Jinling, Dachang, and Ningyang.
The names on the Life and Death Book naturally became more complicated.
There was also the wish power of many lives.
These were all troublesome matters.
As for Liu Village, they had already set up a patrol team.
It wasn't that something had happened.
It was because there was an endless stream of people going to the Shing Wong Temple to worship.
As a result, he could not squeeze it anymore.
There was a long queue in front of the City God Temple.
Some people even waited outside the Liu Family Village a night in advance.
It was all so that he could burn incense for Lord Shing Wong and get some good fortune.
The Ghost Control Bureau had no choice.
He couldn't possibly not let them offer incense, right?
Moreover, paying respects to Lord Shing Wong was actually a good thing.
After all, the reason why Jin Ling City was so peaceful was because of this god.
As for the other cities of Great Xia…
Although it could barely be maintained.
However, the number of malicious ghosts in the city was endless. Every day, a large number of ghost controllers died in battle.
Many people were also implicated.
Actually, Zhang Ying had thought about it more than once.
If it was really like the ancient legends, the underworld had completely descended to the human world, and countless city gods were guarding the mortal world.
For the ordinary people, this was not a good thing.
At the very least, he didn't have to worry that he would die mysteriously from a ghost incident.
The patrol team was maintaining order, and sometimes the ghost tamer would go over to help.
Of course, their main goal was to worship the Shing Wong.
Yes, Jinling now.
From ordinary people to ghost controllers, almost everyone went to worship the City God.
As for Zhang Ying, he was the captain of the Jinling Ghost Control Bureau and the face of the Great Xia Ghost Control Bureau.
In the end, he still couldn't lower himself.
Even though he was certain that the Shing Wong of Jinling really existed.
Furthermore, he was much stronger than Qu Jingming of the Great Chang.
But no matter what, the reputation of Great Xia's Ghost Controlling Realm had to be maintained.
This wasn't because he wanted to save face.
Instead, only Jinling and Great Chang had City Gods.
The other cities of Great Xia were all maintained by the ghost tamers.
If the news that even the captain of the Ghost Control Bureau was praying for the protection of the City God spread out...
The impact and chaos that would be caused would be immeasurable.
In the office building of the Ghost Control Bureau.
Zhang Ying finally signed the document on the table.
The secretary brought over another thick stack.
Looking at the seemingly endless amount of documents, Zhang Ying sighed and rubbed his forehead.""How are the arrangements for the residents in the city going?”
"We're already rushing to make arrangements.”
The secretary stood at the side and quickly reported,"But as you know, although Jin Ling city is big, it can't hold tens of millions of people.”
"Currently, the number of people in the city is close to 40 million.”
" As long as a family owns more than two properties, we'll confiscate the excess property and use it to settle other residents. Of course, the Ghost Control Bureau will also give corresponding compensation.”
" As for the suburbs, we have also begun to plan for them. We will build a residential area that can accommodate an additional five million people.”
"As for the rest of the population, Jin Ling city is powerless and has already started to evacuate to the surrounding counties.”
It had to be said that the city of Jinling had reached its limit.
If they were to increase the population in the city, it would inevitably cause a lack of resources and various problems in life.
However, there were some rich people who performed well in this migration event.
Especially someone called Chu Wenhong.
All the properties in the family were given out unconditionally to settle the relocated population.
He only left a villa for himself.
The names and families of those who performed well would be recorded.
The Great Xia Ghost Control Bureau would not forget about them.
In many cases, the benefits of being a ghost tamer that could not be bought with money would be given to these people first.
Of course, those who took advantage of the chaos and ignored the consequences to get rich with the people.
Naturally, they would be dealt with one by one.
During special times, the Ghost Control Bureau had the power to control everything.
This included the formulation of laws.
"Have the ghost tamers from the surrounding counties been deployed?”
After listening to the secretary's report, Zhang Ying asked,""I remember that the resources of ghost tamers in those counties are pitifully few.”
"It's already being deployed." " The Jinling Ghost Control Bureau," the secretary replied." Ninety percent of the ghost controllers have been sent to the surrounding counties.”
"At present, there are only a dozen or so Ghost Commanders left in our headquarters.”
"Most of the other work has already been handed over to the ordinary people in the police station.”
"And it's not just Jinling.”
"The neighboring Dachang City even sent out all their ghost tamers.”
"Even that captain Shan Ying personally went to a county town.”
"In the entire Great Chang City, there's not a single ghost tamer left. There's only a group of ordinary people left in the office building, responsible for communication.”
Hearing this.
Zhang Ying smiled helplessly and sighed,""With Elder Qu overseeing the Great Chang, there's naturally no need to worry about any sneaky intruders.”
"But not Jinling."
"The Shing Wong of Jinling still doesn't want to meet or talk to us.”
"Therefore, we are still unable to determine what this Almighty is thinking.”
"Therefore, we still need to leave some of the necessary defensive forces in the city.”
"Otherwise, I want to learn from Shan Ying and send out all the ghost tamers. Leave no one alive, and I'll go out myself!”
"You don't have to be too hard on yourself," the secretary said softly.”
"Jinling is already doing very well.”
"In other cities, the ghost tamers in the city didn't even dare to send a single one to support the county for the safety of most people.”
Zhang Ying nodded silently.
Indeed.
Compared to other places, Jinling and Dachang were simply heaven.
Of course, there was also the imperial capital.
After all, there were already three peak S-class powerhouses in the current Imperial City.
That's right, after Lin Yu, there were two more who broke through to the peak of S class.
As for the ordinary S-class ghost tamers, there were more than ten of them.
As for the peak of A class, there were close to a hundred.
Almost all of Great Xia's top powers were included.
However, the imperial capital was too special, and it was destined that it was impossible to move ordinary people in on a large scale.
As for why so many top-notch ghost tamers were gathered in the Imperial Capital.
Zhang Ying wasn't too sure.
He only heard some vague news.
It seemed like they were planning something big.
He shook his head and threw these messy thoughts out of his mind.
Zhang Ying sighed, picked up his pen again, and flipped through the documents on the table."You can go do your work."
"The most important thing right now is for the police station to properly settle these relocated residents.”
"We must not cause chaos."
"The other thing is that in troubled times, heavy punishment should be used.”
"All punishments have been adjusted to the highest level.”
"All the patrol members are equipped with guns. Not only must the bullets be anesthetic bullets, but also live ammunition.”
"Yes, sir!" The secretary replied solemnly and saluted.
Then, he left the office.
Zhang Ying raised his head at this moment and looked at the secretary's disappearing figure with a complicated expression.
The situation in this world was getting worse and worse.
It was needless to say that foreign countries had long become a real hell.
Order collapsed, and ghosts were everywhere.
To ordinary people, many ghost tamers were even more terrifying than malicious ghosts.
At the very least, if he encountered a malicious ghost, he might be able to escape with his luck.
And the ghost tamers occupied the cities and did as they pleased.
There were even many ghost tamers who directly returned to the feudal era after occupying a city.
He made himself king.
He had the right to kill all the ordinary people in the city!
This also caused countless foreign civilians to start thinking of ways to flood into Great Xia.
After all, the entire Blue Planet.
Grand Xia could be said to be the only pure land.
At least here, the ghost masters were fighting for the ordinary people, or even sacrificing themselves.
Ordinary people were still protected by Great Xia.
But this was only relative.
In terms of overall form.
The entire human society was retreating and shrinking.
A large area was helplessly abandoned.
This included Great Xia.
Now, all the remote mountainous areas had been listed as forbidden areas and had become a paradise for malicious ghosts.
The population began to gather near some major cities.
The entire Blue Planet, excluding the oceans and the like, was not counted.
Just the land.
About three-fifths of the area was already occupied by malicious ghosts.
The city walls had been reinforced, and the circle of human life was no longer as wide as before.
If this continued, the entire form of society would probably change.
.........
Luoyu County was located next to Jinling.
The county wasn't big, with a population of only a few hundred thousand.
However, with the recent population migration, the population of Luoyu County was about to break through the million mark.
"Goodbye, Teacher!"
The group of children carried their school bags and ran out of the classroom after bowing to the old man on the podium.
"Slow down!"
The old man shouted from behind. He looked at the children's backs and smiled.
His name was Xu Borui.
Decades ago, he was a university student.
In that era, university students were a rarity.
But no one would have thought that Xu Borui did not choose to develop in those big cities.
Instead, he returned to this small Luoyu County and set up his own simple school.
Of course, education became more widespread.
Many schools also appeared in Luoyu County.
Naturally, the old man's private elementary school gradually declined.
However, there were still some parents who were busy with work and could not take care of their children.
After school, she sent the child to him.
After so many years, the textbooks were constantly updated.
Old Man Xu had almost no other choice but to tutor those children with their homework.
However, Old Xu had another ability.
The strength of his brush was astonishing.
Good calligraphy, good painting, can be called double superb.
Therefore, during every festival, many people would ask Old Xu to write two couplets for their families and draw a portrait of Zhong Kui to paste on the door.
He packed his things.
Old Man Xu left the classroom and planned to make a simple dinner.
His left leg looked crippled, and he limped when he walked.
But no one dared to laugh at him.
During the earthquake that year, Old Man Xu used this leg to exchange for seven lives!
If anyone dared to bring this up, they would be scolded to death by the surrounding neighbors.
The kitchen was next to the teacher.
Back then, Old Man Xu had used all his savings to build this shabby school. Naturally, he did not have the money to buy a house for himself.
Over the years, many people had said that they wanted to gather money to buy him a small house.
But they were all rejected.
Xu Borui thought that it was good to live here.
There was a scholarly smell.
It was also the old man's last pride.
The dinner was very simple.
A bowl of rice, a bowl of dried vegetables and braised meat.
After the meal, the dried vegetables were finished. Old Man Xu put the roasted meat back into the pot for lunch tomorrow.
Before resting, he read the newspaper for a while, his face full of sorrow.
This situation was getting worse and worse.
He didn't know why those evil ghosts would suddenly appear in this world.
Although the Great Xia's ghost tamers were already doing their best.
However, he was still at a disadvantage.
A large-scale migration of the population.
Recently, many unfamiliar faces had appeared in Luoyu County.
Although he was a weak scholar and was now old and weak.
But it didn't stop Old Man Xu from worrying about state affairs.
If it really didn't work out, perhaps he could also make some simple modifications to his private elementary school.
After all, there were no students coming over now.
If it was transformed into a residence, at least a few more people could live there.
If a few more came in, they might be able to save a few more.
The old man's thoughts were very simple.
The sky was already completely dark.
A wave of sleepiness surged up.
The old man lay on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.
.........
The hall was spacious.
Countless tables and chairs were placed neatly.
On each table, there was a list of papers.
Many reapers in police uniforms stood at the side with serious expressions.
Baiqi had already formed an army of Yin soldiers and started training them.
Therefore, all the other miscellaneous matters in the underworld fell on the heads of the reapers.
Although it was much harder than before, no one said anything.
After all, if he did a good job, he would be rewarded with merit points.
With enough merit, he might be able to increase his strength and advance to the soldier level.
This group of reapers were almost all A-class.
There were very few peak A-class students.
At the highest seat of the hall.
Sitting there was a ferocious and ugly god wearing a red robe and a black crown.
It was Zhong Kui!
This place was naturally the examination hall that Su Hen had specially set up for him.
He was not in the Netherworld.
Instead, Su Hen had intentionally brought out his City God Space.
Xie Bian, who was dressed in a white robe, walked over and cupped his hands at Zhong Kui."Lord Zhong."
"The members of the House of Benevolence have been selected.”
"I've also sent a Soulbringer to steal souls.”
"Within the stipulated time, everyone's souls will definitely arrive at the examination hall on time without delay.”
Zhong Kui was one of the Four Great Judges of the Netherworld.
His status was above that of the Black and White Impermanences.
Therefore, Bai Wuchang had to bow in front of Zhong Kui.
"Yes."
Zhong Kui nodded slightly.
Due to his appearance and voice, even if he was just speaking normally, it made people feel as if he was angry.
"These are not criminals, nor are they ghosts. When those reapers go to ask for their souls, they must be respectful and treat them with courtesy.”
"If there are reapers who bully people with their power, I won't let them off!”
"Understood." "I've already given my orders." Xie Bian nodded.”
"Two reapers will be responsible for one person's soul.”
"When it's midnight, the ghost officer will go and call for him to wake up his soul.”
"Whether the soul comes or not is entirely up to its own will.”
Zhong Kui closed his eyes and nodded.""Alright, let's do that."
"The Magistrate has already given the orders for this City God examination.”
"You and Qucheng Huang are the deputy examiners.”
"When I read the papers, I will also ask for your opinions.”
"I wouldn't dare." "Qucheng Huang and I are only suggesting. The final decision is up to Lord Zhong."”
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