If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 917 Helping Hu Chen
The "Suiyang Yincao" of Duke Xiang of Song was so grand in scale that it did not look like a city god's temple.

Yuan Xian, who went out to greet him, directly called himself "Prime Minister".

Coming out with him to greet Xiaoyu were the real civil and military officials.

There were hundreds of civil officials and military generals, which basically matched the system of three dukes and nine ministers in the Qin court.

Xiao Yu thought that he had come to the wrong place. He did not come to the City God Temple, but accidentally walked into Xiang Gong's "Blessed Land of the King of Man".

When entering Suiyang Underworld, Xiaoyu mistakenly thought that he had entered the underworld of the Ten Kings of Hell.

The underworld is a huge city.

There is the Yellow Springs River, the Naihe Bridge, the City of the Dead and the Seventeen Levels of Hell.

It is a real city of the dead, which belongs to the underworld and is numbered "Nanjingbuzhou Yidinghao City of the Dead".

The Seventeen Levels of Hell are not as good as the Eighteen Levels of Hell in the underworld, but the existence of the Seventeen Levels of Hell means that it is also equipped with a "Judge" with real power.

Theoretically, there are three major departments in the underworld: the Reincarnation Department, the Judge's Department, and the Underworld Department.

The City God is under the jurisdiction of the Underworld.

Now, a mere city god actually has a judge under his command. Does this count as rebellion?

Seeing groups of dead souls walking across the "Naihe Bridge" and being escorted to the "Panguansi" in batches by the ghost messengers, Xiao Yu finally couldn't help but whispered to the elegant middle-aged man beside him, "Prime Minister Yuan, the Chenghuangsi here seems to be different from other places. It's particularly large in scale. What's going on?"

Yuan Xian smiled and said, "Fairy Yu has been in the Central Plains for a while, has she never been to the underworld of the county government?
The City God of our Central Plains is different from that of other countries.

Today, the Qin Dynasty has unified China and ruled the world with a system of prefectures and counties.

But some prefectures and counties were once a kingdom in the Central Plains, and the capital of the prefecture and county was the capital of the kingdom."

Xiao Yu nodded and said, "Although I am a barbarian, I also know that Dang County is the old Song State, and Suiyang is the capital of Song State.

But the underworld in the capital is just the residence of the City God.

Why are the three departments and six ministries fully equipped?"

Yuan Xian said: "The City God of Shenzhou is different from that of other countries.

When many ancient capitals of China were built, the underworld had not yet been established!

At that time, there were kings who were buried in blessed land after their death, and built the underworld kingdom in the underworld to accept the dead of their own country and clan.

He was a king during his lifetime, and after his death and entering the underworld, he was still the ruler of the ghost country.

The rules and systems of the underworld have long been perfected, and there is no need for an underworld at all.

By the time the underworld was established, the underworld of China was already filled with large and small underworld kingdoms. "

Xiao Yu thought thoughtfully, "It seems that the underworld has spent a lot of money to promote the 'Six Paths of Reincarnation System'."

Yuan Xian shook his head and said, "The Six Paths of Reincarnation is the Great Dao. The Lord of the Underworld can at most refuse to enter the reincarnation with his people, but he cannot resist the effect of the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Three Realms.

The key lies in the blessed land!
Just like our Duke Xiang.

The best blessed land in the entire State of Song is in Suiyang, and the best blessed land in Suiyang belongs to Duke Xiang of Renwang’s blessed land.

The underworld wants to build the City God's Office and the City of the Wrongly Dead in Suiyang, so it will inevitably have to borrow space from Duke Xiang."

Xiao Yu asked in confusion: "Isn't the City God of Suiyang 'Chen Gong'? How come he became Xiang Gong?

As a human king, why didn't Duke Xiang stay in the blessed land and enjoy a peaceful life, but instead suffered the toil of paperwork like ordinary ghosts and gods? "

Yuan Xian first observed the civil and military officials around him with the corner of his eyes. When he saw that they were far enough away, he whispered, "It is not easy for me to say more about the secret of Duke Xiang. Anyway, everyone in the world is here for profit."

Xiaoyu felt that this guy didn't seem like a minister of Duke Xiang.

From his attitude towards Duke Xiang and his performance in receiving her, Xiao Yu felt that he was more like a beast of burden working for money.

Duke Xiang was only his boss, not his lord.

Yuan Xian's demeanor has impressed Xiao Yu. If there is another opportunity, she would like to learn from him. Yuan Xian is a disciple of Confucius. He is not only elegant, but also has a righteous spirit as vast as the sea.

Duke Xiang of Song, the "shame among hegemons" and the creator of the derogatory term "Song Xiang's benevolence", was actually more majestic than Yuan Xian.

Xiaoyu almost felt the familiar authority of the Human King from him.

Well, it’s not that Xiaoyu’s perception is a little poor, but Xianggong’s aura is still a long way from being a “True Human King”.

In other words, Duke Xiang was not even a true “King of Men”, let alone the “Emperor of Men”.

Xiao Yu is the prime minister of a barbarian country. He is neither a barbarian nor a king. He has condensed the energy of the three elements of heaven, earth and man to form the authority of a human king.

This guy "calls himself" the overlord, but he is not even as good as her.

Of course, excluding the main criterion of "power as a king", and just looking at his appearance and temperament, Duke Xiang does have the appearance of a ruler.

If we didn’t know that he considered himself to be “benevolent and righteous” during his lifetime, but actually did a lot of immoral things.

When Xiaoyu saw him for the first time, she would definitely think that he was a benevolent king with the virtues of ancient sage kings.

Appearance and demeanor are too deceiving.

"I am Yu Fengxian, a cultivator from the Barbarian State. I am here to meet Lord Uncle!" Xiao Yu was secretly complaining in his heart, but his etiquette was very considerate.

He didn't act like a "great immortal" at all and his attitude was very respectful.

Hearing the word "Bo Chang", Duke Xiang couldn't hold back his smile and said with a smile: "Although the fairy comes from the barbarian land of the northern wilderness, her character is noble and her manners are graceful, no less than the elegant scholars of Shenzhou.

It can be seen that even though the fairy is in a foreign country, she has been influenced by Chinese etiquette. "

"That's right, Master. When I was in the Flowing Sand Region, I read the books of the sages of the Divine Land and often sought advice from the great scholars of the Black Tooth Country.

People in our area all hope to accumulate virtue in this life, be reborn in China in the next life, and serve the people under the rule of a sage ruler like Bo Chang."

When Xiaoyu asks people to do something for her, she can come up with any shameless flattery without any shame.

Sure enough, after hearing her say this, Duke Xiang became even happier.

He first inquired about the origin of the great scholar from the Black Tooth Country, commented on Hei Mei with disdain, and then asked about Xiao Yu's knowledge.

Xiaoyu can be said to be eloquent and able to answer questions fluently.

Not only did Duke Xiang look at her with new eyes, even Yuan Xian, who was listening nearby, was amazed in his heart: If this Shamanzi could be taught seriously by a famous teacher for a few years, she would surely become a great literary master in the future!
Duke Xiang knew that she was looking for the "City God" to do something for her, so he didn't keep talking nonsense with her.

After a few greetings, some small talk, and some nonsense, he took the initiative to say: "Fairy Yu originally came to Suiyang underworld to find 'Mr. Chen', right?
'Chen Sui' was the pseudonym I used in the human world in my early years.

The 'Mr. Chen' that outsiders call me is me. I am the 'City God of Suiyang'."

Xiao Yu asked in confusion, "Duke Xiang is famous far and wide. Even the barbarians hundreds of thousands of miles away know your majesty and achievements. Why do you use an alias to disguise yourself as someone else?"

Duke Xiang's mouth began to curl up again, and he smiled and said, "When I was Duke Xiang, I was the 'bochang' of the princes and made great contributions to Shenzhou. But to be the 'Suiyang City God', I need the devout belief of the local people and I must have made contributions to the Qin court.

So I used the pseudonym 'Chen Sui' to enter the Qin court as an official.

He served as the governor of Dang and Sanchuan counties for decades, and made great contributions to educating the people and governing the mountains and rivers. It was natural for him to be elected as the 'Lord of the Underworld' by the people. "

Yuan Xian, who was standing next to him, curled his lips slightly.

"Oh, it turns out that Duke Xiang is not only a great overlord who never leaves the world, but once he takes the initiative to downgrade himself, he is also a capable minister who can govern the country.

As the saying goes, a true dragon can be big or small, can rise or hide. Duke Xiang is a true dragon among men!" Xiao Yu said with emotion.

Yuan Xian's pouting movement became even bigger.

Duke Xiang's mouth curled up even more, "Alas, by nature, I am unwilling to submit to Qin.

But when you are a human being, you have your own difficulties. After you die, you become the lord of the underworld, which also has the difficulties of the dead.

In order to earn the power of faith and continue to protect the people of my old Song Dynasty, I can only condescend and help myself with the side job of the "Lord of the Underworld". "

Xiao Yu asked: "The people of Song State who were protected by Duke Xiang, are they living people in Song now, or are they people of Song in the netherworld?"

Duke Xiang's eyes flickered. "As long as they are my people, whether they are dead or alive, I, as the king, must do my best to protect them!"

Xiao Yu seemed to be thinking: this guy's "Xiang Gong Fu Di Company" probably can't continue to operate and is losing money. He has to either increase revenue by increasing revenue or cut staff and save money - and send the former ministers and subjects who followed Xiang Gong into the blessed land to the underworld to reincarnate.

As the Lord Chief of Shenzhou, if you can't even protect the subjects in this blessed land, do you still have the face to do that?

This guy had no choice but to shamelessly go to work at the "Daqin Company" as the "King of Shenzhou" to earn money to support his family.

——No wonder I didn’t see the former overlords “going to the sea to make money” in other ancient cities.

Uh, Xiaoyu still lacks experience.

Although Duke Xiang personally went to sea, which was a bit low-handed, other overlords were not unenvious of humanity's fortune and the people's faith.

Even the Buddha of the Western Lingshan Mountain and the gods in heaven need offerings from believers.

Even the Taoist ancestors feed on the luck and fortune of humanity.

Even if you are the overlord of China when you are alive, after you die and become a ghost, you will only yearn for faith and luck more.

In fact, what Duke Xiang is doing now is not much different from what Lady Danhua did back then.

It's just that Madam Danhua is gifted and has practiced the "witchcraft" of Hou Tu. Her professional skills as the God of the Underworld are strong enough that she can transform this special skill into a divine position after her death.

With the priesthood, we can respond to believers and develop their faith.

After all, gods who are of no use to the people do not deserve incense.

Duke Xiang was quite frustrated.

He didn't have the ability to condense the divine power on his own, so he could only go to work in Daqin, get a talisman of the City God, and work as the City God in Suiyang.

However, this fellow is a "bochang" after all, and he owns a large piece of land (the blessed land of the king of men), and he can cooperate with the underworld in public and private business.

One party provided land and market (Song land), and the other party invested technology and money.

Together they built this magnificent underworld "Old Songdi Branch".

Compared with the "itinerant officials" who were alone in office, he was a "chieftain" who obviously had more power and majesty.

It's like the difference between Huang Silang becoming the county magistrate of Echeng, and Zhang Mazi traveling thousands of miles to another place to become the county magistrate.

Thinking of this, Xiaoyu became more confident about the next arrangements.

"Duke Xiang, I came to Suiyang Yincaosi mainly to help my friend."

Xiaoyu recounted the whole story of her feud with Huchen from beginning to end.

When he heard about the talent and supernatural powers of the dignitaries, Duke Xiang cursed Guan Chenghuang and Guan Huchen several times.

Xiaoyu could see that he was truly angry.

"Since he died in Dang County, his soul should have come to the Suiyang Underworld. Fairy, wait a moment, let me check." Duke Xiang spread out his right hand, and a book of life and death with a gold border appeared out of thin air in his palm.

He opened the Book of Life and Death and went straight to the page for "Lü Long".

"Found it, Lv Long, formerly known as Guan Huchen, from Yingxiang Prefecture in Xisha Region"

As he watched, Duke Xiang's brows gradually furrowed. "Fairy, Lu Long has committed heinous crimes and evil deeds. I'm afraid he will have to suffer in the eighteen levels of hell for thousands of years. Maybe he will even be sent to Fengdu to serve his sentence."

Xiaoyu had anticipated this.

Hu Chen has never been a good person!
Not to mention his great crime of stealing people's clairvoyance, just in his daily life, he never does good things and always does bad things.

For example, using clairvoyance to spy on decent women and handsome boys.

For example, "Guan Laoya" talks about other people behind their backs.

For example, noble sons often oppress the good, and gangsters often kill people in anger.

After the death of "Guan Cong" (Hu Chen's father), Guan Chenghuang planned to let Hu Chen stay at home and study in the name of observing mourning.

Don't go out for ten years, don't cause trouble, just cultivate your character at home.

One of the reasons is that Guan Laogui saw the evil deeds committed by Hu Chen.

With Cong's pressure on him, Hu Chen is no longer considered a good person.

Without his father's supervision, wouldn't Hu Chen be able to soar to the sky?

"Alas, my adoptive father is not a good man, so I went to find Duke Xiang and planned to help him out of trouble."

Xiao Yu pointed at himself and said, "Duke Xiang can check it out. I usually pay attention to doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, and I have accumulated a lot of Yin Merit.

I hope to use my own Yin Gong to atone for Guan Huchen's sins, so that he can be spared from the suffering of the eighteen levels of purgatory, and be reborn into a good family in the next life."

Duke Xiang held the Book of Life and Death, activated the power of the City God, and went to see Xiao Yu's anger.

After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Fairy Yu, you have a lot of bad karma now, and you may not have any Yin Gong anymore."

"What, no more Yin Gong?" Xiao Yu was shocked. "Where did all my Yin Gong go?"

Duke Xiang asked, "Fairy, did you kill the Immortal Huang An? He is a Golden Immortal. How can you kill him without wasting your Heavenly Merit and Yin De?"

Xiao Yu said gloomily, “He wanted to kill me first, and more than once.

Even if he is a Golden Immortal, and he keeps hurting people, can I just tolerate him and not resist?"

(End of this chapter)