Chapter 158: Changes
Wangchuan City was finally built. In the brand new hall, Chen Jiu sat in the main seat, while Zhang Shixin, Zhang Qian, Yu Qi and Lu Zhen sat on both sides.
They also specially built a platform more than ten feet high, so that when Yu Qi sat down, he would be almost the same height as them, making it convenient for them to talk.
However, Chen Jiu was still a little uncomfortable sitting in the main seat.
He said with some embarrassment: "Second Uncle, why do you insist that I sit in the main seat? I can't stay in the underworld and be the emperor. The underworld will eventually be handed over to you to manage."
Zhang Shixin said with some emotion: "In this day and age, strength is everything. You are the strongest, so you should sit in the main seat. You have become a god, so you can't sit below us ant-like ghost immortals. To be honest, seeing you chop off a ghost emperor with one sword, I can't help but want to transcend the calamity and become a god."
Don’t!
Chen Jiu quickly advised, "Second Uncle, don't be anxious. I became a god because of luck. I didn't have any heavenly tribulation at all. If there was a heavenly tribulation, I might not be able to survive it. You will most likely have a heavenly tribulation when you become a god. Wait for me to create more artifacts and then survive the tribulation when you are fully confident."
Zhang Shixin sighed helplessly and said, "Okay, I'll wait a little longer."
Chen Jiu thought about it again, and then asked: "Second Uncle, what should we do next?"
Zhang Shixin pondered, "East of Mount Dai, Qingzhou, Laizhou, and Dengzhou are all your territory in the world of the living. We can first take over these three prefectures in the underworld and let the golden spirits under Yu Qi be the judges of the prefectures, the city gods of the counties, and even the village gods.
In this way, we can establish laws, try out the cycle of Yin and Yang, and accumulate some experience in governing the Yin and Yang worlds. Otherwise, even if we take over the entire underworld or the entire world of the living, if we don’t know how to manage it, it will be a big trouble.”
That makes sense.
Chen Jiu pondered, "The cycle of yin and yang, Meng Po soup is fine, as long as we don't add the flower of the other shore. The problem is that the Naihe Bridge is still controlled by the Northern Yin Division. Can we transport it in time just by boat? There are at least millions of people in the three prefectures, and the livestock and birds and beasts are even more numerous. It's not just the tens of thousands you had before."
Zhang Shixin said without hesitation: "Don't worry about this. We didn't dare to show up before, so we secretly built a ship. Now that we have taken over the territory, we can build a dock on the shore of Naihe and build more large ships. There is still time."
That's good.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then said solemnly: "We must formulate this law. We can't let the wealthy families and corrupt officials run rampant like now, leaving the common people without clothes to wear and food to eat. We can't let those who do all kinds of evil be deified after death and worshipped by people, causing the confusion of right and wrong and causing the wrath of heaven and people."
Zhang Shixin sighed slightly and said, "I have little education, so I am afraid I can't do this well. Among us, only the seventh brother is a real scholar, so this can only be left to the seventh brother."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu immediately said to Qi: "Seventh Brother, how about it? I'll leave it to you. Is there any problem?"
Yu Qi said solemnly: "This is actually not difficult. The laws of all dynasties are actually similar and can basically be moved over and used. The situations you mentioned are not problems with the law, but problems with the officials.
Officials can say black is white and white is black. Anyway, they have the final say. Therefore, we must think about how to punish corrupt officials and make an example of them so that those who come after us will not dare to do evil again. This is the most important thing.”
Chen Jiu nodded repeatedly after hearing this and said, "Well, that makes sense. We must punish them severely. In this way, we can set a standard number so that they n't use connections to seek special treatment.
If they dare to kill people, they will be beheaded without any mercy. If they dare to be greedy for money, they will be beaten with a big stick for one tael of silver. The more greedy they are, the harder they will be beaten. They will be dragged into the street and beaten until they are beaten to death.
These rules are set, and no one is allowed to be partial to others. If anyone dares to be partial to others or commit fraud, they will be treated as guilty. What do you think?"
This is cruel enough. There are many people in the world who embezzle thousands or even tens of thousands of taels of silver. All corrupt officials will definitely be beaten to death!
Yu Qi nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, it's cruel enough. It should be able to scare those corrupt officials."
Chen Jiu actually shook his head slightly and said, "This is not enough. We will also send all the corrupt officials who were executed to the eighteen levels of hell and punish them severely. They will be tortured for as many days as the amount of money they embezzled, and for as many years as the number of people they harmed. These accounts must be settled clearly with them!"
Eighteen levels of hell?
Zhang Shixin said carefully: "Ajiu, the Eighteen Layers of Hell are also in the hands of the Northern Underworld. If we send them over, they will surely release them all."
Are you kidding? Why would you give it to them?
Chen Jiu thought about it again, and then said decisively: "We will build a new Eighteen Layers of Hell in the Yin and Yang Realm, and we will bring those newly appointed officials over to let them see what the fate of corrupt officials is!"
Soon, they took action.
In the underworld, in Yidu City of Qingzhou Prefecture, endless groups of ghosts were still driven in and out of the city gates by the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Devil. The golden gods guarding the city gates were still so domineering and arrogant, and would often slap or kick those ghosts they disliked.
Those ordinary ghosts were still as obedient and trembling as sheep. No matter how the judge sentenced them, they dared not complain or resist.
Suddenly, there was a roar of thunder, and a huge strange bird appeared above the Qingzhou government office.
Judge Xu Weiguo came out quickly and asked in a stern voice, "Who are you? How dare you come to the underworld and make trouble?"
Chen Jiu said coldly: "From the Xu family?"
Xu Weiguo was still confused and said, "You know I am from the Xu family, but you still dare to yell here? Do you want to die?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jiu could not help but snorted coldly: "Don't you know what the result will be if your Xu family's ancestors yell in front of me?"
He really didn't expect that by killing Lu Daozhi, the original judge of Qingzhou Prefecture, he would actually help the Xu family. At that time, Xu Shouhui immediately made connections everywhere and pushed Xu Weiguo to the position of judge of Qingzhou Prefecture. Since then, the underworld of Qingzhou has become the world of the Xu family.
Although he later killed Xu Shouhui, the ancestor of the Xu family, the Xu family still thrived under the Eastern Ghost Emperor by relying on the network of relationships they had built up through bribery.
These officials who try hard to gain personal advancement are the source of corruption. It is they who make both the Yin and Yang worlds chaotic!
Naturally, he wanted to get rid of these evils.
Hearing this, Xu Weiguo was so frightened that he lost his voice and said, "You are the Great Devil of Jiuling Mountain!"
Chen Jiu said coldly: "You know that I am the king, but you still dare to slander me as the Great Demon King? You are blaspheming God and deserve to die!"
After saying that, he stretched out his palm like lightning, covered the guy's face, and sucked it in suddenly.
With a "bang", Xu Weiguo's huge golden body fell straight down.
The Qingzhou government office was suddenly in chaos, and those golden gods rushed out of the government office like stray dogs.
The big devil from Jiuling Mountain came and knocked down Judge Xu Weiguo with just a wave of his hand!
These minions trained by the Xu family naturally knew that the ancestor of the Xu family was killed by the Great Demon King of Jiuling Mountain. Not only could he be killed by a ghost fairy, but the Ghost King could also kill him with just a raise of his hand. Why don’t they run away quickly? Are they waiting to die?
Seeing this, Chen Jiu simply raised his hand and waved.
Suddenly, the Qingzhou government office was surrounded by a group of huge golden gods.
When Yu Qi saw this scene, he immediately raised his hand and said, "Catch them all. Don't let any of them escape."
All the golden-bodied gods and spirits that Chen Jiu summoned were ghost king-level gods and spirits. Naturally, none of these ghost general-level golden-bodied gods and spirits could escape.
Soon, all the golden statues of the Xu family in the government office were trampled to the ground.
Yu Qi walked up to Chen Jiu, and seeing the golden body standing upright on the ground, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Ah Jiu, you are here to raid the battlefield, just leave these small minions to us to deal with."
Chen Jiu smiled slightly and said, "You know that the Xu family once hunted me down, so I will naturally take revenge with my own hands. Okay, I will not intervene from now on. You quickly make arrangements, and I will take you to Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture."
Yu Qi nodded slightly, then summoned the ghost king-level golden-bodied gods and explained them one by one, then released a group of ghost general-level golden-bodied gods from the fairy palace and assigned them tasks. Then he waved his hand and ordered them to quickly clear out the Northern Yinsi gods in the prefectures and counties.
When Chen Jiu saw that he had finished his work, he immediately took him into the Immortal Palace and flew to Laizhou City in a flash.
This time he didn't have any extra tricks. He just released Yu Qi and a bunch of ghost king-level golden body gods and left them alone.
Soon, Yu Qi killed the judge here and arranged everything.
Next was Dengzhou Prefecture. Chen Jiu simply released Yu Qi and a bunch of ghost king-level golden-bodied gods and left them alone.
On this day, strange things happened in the prefectures and counties of Qingzhou, Laizhou and Dengzhou in the underworld. A bunch of bald golden gods caught up with the golden gods of the Northern Underworld and beat them up violently. After beating them so hard that they could not even get up, they nailed talismans on them and tortured and interrogated them.
Not to mention the ghosts waiting in line for interrogation, even the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons who were driving away the ghosts were dumbfounded.
What is going on?
Is the underworld about to change?
Outside Dengzhou City, Yu Qi looked at the cow-headed and horse-faced demons and ghosts standing there trembling, and couldn't help but sigh: "I never thought that there would be such a day. I died so miserably at the beginning. The cow-headed and horse-faced demons escorting my soul were so scared when they saw me."
Chen Jiu couldn't help but ask, "What are you going to do with these Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons? Are you going to replace them all?"
Yu Qi shook his head slightly and said, "That's not necessary. There is a saying in the world of the living that goes "oxen work like horses". Ghosts who have worked like oxen and horses are usually willing to work hard without complaint. This endless hard work of driving away ghosts is not something most ghosts can handle. Therefore, the emperor who is in power in the Northern Underworld now also uses the old system and has not replaced these ox-headed and horse-faced ghosts. There is no need for us to replace them either."
Okay.
Chen Jiu looked at the motionless ghost team and asked, "How long will it take for you to restart the reincarnation of the three palaces? If it keeps blocking them like this, I'm afraid it will get out of control in a few days."
Yu Qi estimated, "This should be quick. There are only a few Northern Underworld spirits in each prefecture and county. They should be able to finish the trial quickly. "
Sure enough, not long after, a group of bald golden gods scattered out of the city, and after a shout, all the teams started moving again.
Seeing this, Yu Qi couldn't help but say with relief: "Well, fortunately the Eastern Ghost Emperor didn't come to cause trouble."
Chen Jiu looked at the gloomy sky and murmured, "I can't stay in the underworld forever. If I'm not here, you and Second Uncle should go back to the Yin and Yang world. As for this side, don't worry. If the Eastern Ghost Emperor comes to make trouble once, I will go to his territory and kill him once. Let's see who can kill who!"
