My heart tightened when I heard the threatening voice coming from the red light.
I subconsciously looked at Bai Wuchang next to me.
Bai Wuchang and Hei Wuchang looked at each other.
The two of them nodded to each other.
At this time, they can only cooperate. Even if they have differences or grudges, they will not make a fuss. After all, their purpose is to take me to the Offering Pavilion to receive the broken Evil Pill.
Bai Wuchang turned to me and explained in a low voice, "Brother Yang, don't be afraid. From the sound of his voice, it should be Judge Lu from the Punishment Department!"
"Judge Lu?"
I looked confused.
I do know Judge Cui. He is a high-ranking official in the underworld who is in charge of criminal law. He holds the Book of Life and Death in his left hand and the Soul-Catching Pen in his right hand.
Hei Wuchang stood aside and said softly: "Judge Lu is one of the four great judges. He is responsible for punishing the most heinous ghosts or souls. Evil ghosts or souls who have done extremely bad things will be sent to the eighteen levels of hell!"
Bai Wuchang took over and said to me, "Brother Yang, when you see Judge Lu later, don't make a sound. Hei Wuchang and I will negotiate with him. When the time comes, we will leave the Eighteen Layers of Hell as soon as possible."
"Um!"
I nodded.
Soon, Bai Wuchang and Hei Wuchang walked in front, and I followed behind them and walked towards the red light.
The ground was still soft and red, and it felt like I was walking through someone's stomach.
Slowly, the red light became brighter and brighter, mixed with a lot of white light and orange-red light.
In just half a minute, we arrived near the red light.
At the exit of the passage, a man in a purple robe with eyes wide open appeared in front of us.
His lips were tightly closed, his eyes were like lightning, and he looked like he was seeing through everything. A thick beard started from his temples and extended all the way to his chin.
He was shrouded in a thick white-gray aura, and one could tell at a glance that he was quite powerful.
Behind the man stood two ghost officials holding long swords.
Seeing the Black and White Impermanence, the man let out a sigh and couldn't help asking, "Black and White Impermanence? ... ... Why are you here?"
Bai Wuchang took a quick step forward, clasped his fists towards the man, and said with a smile, "Judge Lu, how are you?"
The man's face was tense, revealing no further expression.
He asked directly: "Black and White Impermanence, why are you here together? What do you want from me?"
The man's gaze had already moved away from the faces of the Black and White Impermanence, and he stared at me with his deep eyes.
Hei Wuchang said nothing.
Bai Wuchang smiled and said, "Judge Lu, look at what you said, why can't we come! We are all ghost officials in the underworld, and it is normal for us to interact with each other."
At this point, Bai Wuchang took out a white wine bottle from his body. The bottle was tied with a red ribbon and a label. The label read "Moutai!"
Oh shit, it’s Moutai!
I didn't expect that the famous wine popular in the world of the living is also drunk in the underworld. And judging from the posture, Bai Wuchang obviously wants to bribe that Judge Lu. Good guy, it's really interesting.
Although I was surprised in my heart, I didn't dare to show too much expression on my face, for fear of arousing the suspicion of Judge Lu.
Seeing that Bai Wuchang actually took out a bottle of white wine, Judge Lu couldn't help but frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Xie Bian, what are you doing?"
Bai Wuchang said with a smile: "Judge Lu, this bottle of wine was obtained by me from the mortal world. It tastes good. I specially left a bottle for you because I know you like it."
After saying that, Bai Wuchang handed over the Moutai.
But Judge Lu did not answer.
His brows were still frowned, and he looked at Bai Wuchang and then at Hei Wuchang suspiciously.
He asked, "Black and White Impermanence, I guess you guys don't come to me for no reason, right? Tell me, what exactly do you want from me?"
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After saying this, Judge Lu's gaze moved to the bottle of Moutai.
I also noticed that he was swallowing.
Wow, it turns out that Judge Lu’s hobby is drinking.
There was still a smile on Bai Wuchang's pale face.
He said in a calm voice: "Judge Lu, you said it as if we came to you for something. Can't we come to see you and communicate with you?"
Having said this, Bai Wuchang took another step forward, stuffed the bottle of Moutai directly into Judge Lu's hand, and winked at Judge Lu.
This time, Judge Lu did not refuse and directly stuffed the bottle of Moutai into the sleeve of his robe. Then, he coughed lightly and ordered the two ghost officials behind him, saying, "You two go down first, there is nothing for you to do here!"
The two ghost officials bowed and left behind Judge Lu.
Seeing the ghost official leave, Bai Wuchang continued, "To be honest, Judge Lu, Fan Wujiu and I came to your place today not only to reminisce about the past, but also to do something small?"
"What's up?"
"Judge Lu, we would like to borrow your passage and leave from here."
"Borrowing the road? ... What do you mean?"
Judge Lu didn't quite understand what Bai Wuchang said.
Bai Wuchang smiled and explained, "It's nothing. We two brothers want to take a zombie to the Offering Pavilion. But the farthest distance we can travel is to your place. So, we want to take the Eighteen Layers of Hell to go there. This way, we can save time."
Having said this, the smile on Bai Wuchang's face became even more intense.
He lowered his voice and approached Judge Lu, saying, "To be honest, Judge Lu, my two brothers went to the human world a few days ago. It's really nice there, and there are a lot of delicious food and fun things, as well as many beautiful women. So we wanted to send this walking corpse to the Offering Pavilion as soon as possible. Then, my two brothers will take advantage of the remaining time to go to the human world for a stroll!"
Judge Lu understood what Bai Wuchang meant, and his frown relaxed.
He laughed and said, "I was wondering why you two guys are so kind-hearted that you want to go through me. I guess you want to save time!"
But when he said this, Judge Lu's laughter suddenly stopped.
What we all didn't expect was that Judge Lu actually took out the bottle of Moutai from his sleeve.
Judge Lu returned the Maotai to Bai Wuchang and said in a cold voice: "No! You can't pass through here!"
Judge Lu's expression changed suddenly, which really caught everyone off guard.
But I didn't dare to say anything. I couldn't interfere in this matter. If I did, I would be exposed. It would be terrible if Judge Lu knew that I, who was full of dead air, was not a zombie but a living person.
When Hei Wuchang heard what Judge Lu said, his face immediately drooped.
"Judge Lu, you and we are both ghost officials in the underworld. Don't you even give us this little bit of face?"
A gleam of anger appeared on Hei Wuchang's black face.
There was annoyance in those eyes.
Instead, Bai Wuchang glared at Hei Wuchang, then said to Judge Lu with a smile: "Judge Lu, we two brothers just want to borrow your way. Why do you have to make things difficult for us! Besides..."
Having said that, Bai Wuchang took the bottle of Moutai to his chest, tore off the seal on it, and pulled out the cork.
Bai Wuchang waved his hand, and a white porcelain cup appeared in his hand.
During this time, Judge Lu's eyes were already wide open, and he was staring at the wine glass in Bai Wuchang's hand with a burning gaze.
After pouring out half a cup of Moutai, Bai Wuchang sniffed it and said intoxicatedly, "Judge Lu, you may not know how fragrant this Moutai is. It is brewed with authentic whole grains. It not only smells good, but tastes even better!"
Meanwhile I noticed that
Perhaps because he was greedy, Judge Lu's Adam's apple began to tremble. He licked his dry lips several times.
Then Bai Wuchang handed over the glass of Moutai and said with a smile, "Judge Lu, come and taste this wine!"
Judge Lu originally wanted to decline, but his appetite had been aroused by the fragrant glass of Moutai liquor.
"This is not good..."
Judge Lu was a little hesitant.
Bai Wuchang smiled and said, "Judge Lu, you refused to accept the whole bottle of Moutai just now, so you should try this glass of wine I offer you, right? Otherwise, it would be a loss of face for me! Besides, we are all ghost officials in the underworld. We may not see each other often, and you never know when Judge Lu will need our help!"
Bai Wuchang left his words here.
On the one hand, Judge Lu felt that he could no longer shirk his responsibility, and on the other hand, his greed might have played a role in his behavior. He finally nodded slowly.
"Well, alright then! ... ... This won't happen again. I'll accept this glass of wine!"
After saying this, and before Bai Wuchang could react, Judge Lu could not wait and snatched the glass of Moutai from Bai Wuchang's hand and drank it all. At the end of the drink, he even closed his eyes and smacked his lips several times.
Judge Lu's face was full of intoxication, and he poured the few drops of wine left in the glass into his mouth.
His big beard was sticking up, and he looked very happy.
I saw it and found it funny. It was just a glass of wine, why would he get so intoxicated
There was a cunning look in Bai Wuchang's eyes.
Hei Wuchang curled his lips but didn't say anything.
After a while, Judge Lu opened his eyes, which were shining with golden light. Then, he handed the wine glass to Bai Wuchang with great expectation.
Judge Lu smiled from his serious face and said, "Come on, come on... Brother Bai Wuchang, pour me another glass of wine! This wine is really good, very fragrant and pure, much better than the Erguotou I used to drink."
As expected, Judge Lu was a guy who was addicted to alcohol.
Bai Wuchang smiled and said, "Okay, okay!"
Then he poured another glass of wine for Judge Lu.
This time, Judge Lu did not drink it all in one gulp. Instead, he took a sip of the wine and smacked his lips, his face full of enjoyment and ecstasy. He looked like he had just come out of a massage parlor.
The Black and White Impermanence and I stared at Judge Lu as usual.
Judge Lu didn't pay any attention to us at this time and was enjoying his wine.
After a while, the second glass of Moutai went into his stomach.
Seeing this, Bai Wuchang unceremoniously put away the Moutai.
He made a gesture to the Black and White Impermanence, signaling us to leave.
But we are not heading towards the Eighteen Levels of Hell, but towards the direction we just came from.
Seeing that we were about to leave without saying a word, Judge Lu called out anxiously, "Brother Wuchang, you two don't leave yet. I think that bottle of Moutai is... good! Otherwise, you can keep it!"
This Judge Lu is really shameless. Just now he vowed that he would not allow us to borrow the road, but now he is afraid that we will leave, and he wants wine. This guy is obviously two different people before and after drinking.
Bai Wuchang turned around and said with a smile: "Judge Lu, it's not that I don't agree, but we are really in a hurry. If you don't let me pass through here, we can only take a detour to the Offering Pavilion... It will take some time to go back and forth. So, I think we should leave here as soon as possible! In order to avoid delaying time!"
After saying that, Bai Wuchang took us and deliberately walked a few steps faster.
At this time, Judge Lu shouted impatiently, "Wait, wait... Brother Wuchang, let's talk it over. Leave the bottle of Moutai here first, and I'll consider letting you pass through here!... Really!"
Hehe, Judge Lu took the bait!
(to be continued)
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