But just when Magu and I were about to set off, a ghost official came running over in a hurry.
The ghost official's forehead was covered with sweat and his face was full of anxiety.
"Oh no, oh no... Lady Magu, Lord Cui from the Hades' Palace has arrived. He said someone reported our Gongyang Pavilion, saying that we took in people from the mortal world, and he wants to search the pavilion."
This news was like a bombshell, shocking everyone standing at the door of my room.
"Lord Cui, where are they?"
Magu asked in a raised voice. Her face was fine just now, but now it has turned a little blue.
The ghost official swallowed his saliva and quickly replied, "Master Cui has brought people to the door of the offering pavilion. But they did not break into the attic directly."
Magu's face showed an angry expression, and she cursed: "Damn it, someone actually dared to plot against our Gongyang Pavilion. Let me know who it is, and I will make him pay for it."
Xiaoqin, who was standing on the side, pleaded for me in a panic, saying, "Master Magu, you must protect Young Master Yang. He has done a lot for our Gongyang Pavilion. It was Young Master Yang who exposed Zuo Weiran's affair last time, and Young Master Yang also helped to restrain Xiang He's 'Demon Fox Evil Body'."
The ghost officials who were on good terms with me in the distance also pleaded for me one after another.
"That's right, Master Pavilion Master. Young Master Yang is your guest. You must protect him well. Although he is from the mortal world, he is also a guest of our Gongyang Pavilion. If we fail to protect him and Master Cui takes him away, it will be a disgrace to our Gongyang Pavilion."
"Yes, Young Master Yang is a very good person. He has not done anything evil in the territory of our Gongyang Pavilion. The people of the Hades Palace cannot attack Young Master Yang just because someone reported our Gongyang Pavilion! This is unfair."
"Mr. Yang saved my life last time. Without him, we would not have been able to break through the trap set by the big smoker, and we would not have survived. So, I want to stand on Mr. Yang's side." The ghost official who said this was Nie Gangjie. He was one of the ghost officials who broke through the trap and survived.
All of a sudden, those ghost officials came rushing around and pleaded with Magu on my behalf.
Perhaps feeling that it was too noisy, Magu shouted solemnly, "Okay! All of you shut up. I will handle this matter myself."
At Magu's scolding, the ghost officials all shut up.
Originally, Xiaoqin was going to speak for me again, but when she saw Magu's gloomy face, she didn't dare to say anything after all.
I stared at Magu calmly.
Although Magu is a good person, I don't completely trust her. This is a good test. I also want to see if I am important in Magu's heart and whether she can help me get rid of that Cui Fujun.
There was a thoughtful look in Magu's eyes.
Then, she turned to Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong and said, "The situation is urgent now. Zhang Rong, Zhu Xinglong, you two, take my Pavilion Master's Order and go to Room 30 immediately. Activate the space transmission array and send Yang Tianyi to the nearest ghost world castle first."
"I have a very good relationship with the Lord of Ghost Realm Castle, Jinbao. I believe he will help send Yang Tianyi away."
"Yes, Master!"
Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong bowed and received the order.
At this time, Magu looked at me and said apologetically, "Tianyi, I'm really sorry about what happened this time. I didn't expect someone would leak the news and actually invite Cui Fujun from the Hades Palace."
"I know what kind of person Cui is. He is a man who will not tolerate any injustice. So I can't send you away this time... Let Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong take you to the Ghost Realm Castle first. When the time comes, Castle Master Jin will definitely send you back to the world of the living safely."
It seems that Magu is really good to me. It can also prove that her attitude and concern for me in the past few months are real.
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Magu bowed and clasped her fists, saying, "Thank you, Master Magu!"
Magu waved her hands and said, "Don't thank me. I should thank you. You helped our Gongyang Pavilion, so you are our permanent guest. How can I watch a guest get hurt?"
"Tianyi, time is urgent now. You should leave here with Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong as soon as possible. Go to room 30!"
Most of the rooms in the Offering Pavilion are independent spaces. The Offering Pavilion may not look large, but the space inside is actually huge.
"Okay, I'll leave now."
After a simple wave to those ghost officials, I followed Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong to Room 30 on the second floor.
Magu brought a group of ghost officials to the door of the Gongyang Pavilion.
Lord Cui is the King of Hell's man and the chief of the four judges, so naturally he has great power.
Soon, Zhang Rong, Zhu Xinglong and I arrived at the door of Room 30.
Zhang Rong took out the Pavilion Master's Order and pressed it lightly on the door of the room. The defensive magic circle above the room opened automatically.
Then we pushed the door and walked in.
It was quite beyond my expectation that Room 30 was not big, and it only had a high platform similar to an altar.
On the platform, there were dark patterns carved one after another. The dark patterns were connected to each other, forming a magic circle. Those dark patterns were actually very similar to runes. It was just that when drawing dark patterns, dark energy was used, while runes only needed cinnabar and ink.
"This is a teleportation array that can only teleport people."
"After we determine the coordinates, we can go to Ghost Realm Castle."
Zhang Rong gave a brief explanation.
Then Zhu Xinglong found the stone tablet with the words "Ghost World Fort" engraved on it and placed the Pavilion Master's Order on it.
We stood in the middle of the magic circle.
At this moment, a gray light suddenly appeared around the teleportation array, and then the dark patterns on the teleportation array pattern began to flow into the light from below like swimming snakes.
But in just a short time, those dark patterns enveloped the bodies of the three of us.
I noticed that the Pavilion Master's Order placed on the stone tablet of "Ghost Realm Fort" had been attached to the stone tablet. Soon, the three small seal characters of "Ghost Realm Fort" on the stone tablet turned into a beam of light and quickly sank into the dark patterns around us.
The next moment, my feet felt light.
I noticed that my feet had disappeared, and the dark patterns were slowly spreading upwards from my feet, as if they were about to completely devour me.
Seeing that I was a little nervous, Zhang Rong comforted me and said, "Young Master Yang, don't worry, this space teleportation array will not harm us. We are just teleporting now."
I nodded and said nothing.
The next moment, I found that Zhu Xinglong's body had completely disappeared, and then it was Zhang Rong.
Then my mouth, my nose, my eyes... ...all disappeared completely.
My consciousness was clear, my senses were sharp, and in the teleportation array, I felt as if I were floating. My feet felt like they were stepping on soft cotton balls. But my body seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move.
There was no sound of wind or rain around, and everything seemed so quiet.
I couldn't sense the presence of Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong next to me, not even their breathing.
After a while, the ground under my feet hardened, and then my body appeared on the gray ground with dark patterns.
It was at this time that I saw Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong.
At the same time, I noticed that a middle-aged man in a purple robe appeared in front of us.
The middle-aged man had a clean face without any wrinkles. His eyebrows were very long and black, as if the tip of a brush was embedded in his eyebrows.
Seeing that person, Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong immediately bowed and shouted respectfully, "Ghost officials from the Gongyang Pavilion greet the Lord of Jinbao!"
Besides, over at the offering pavilion.
After Zhang Rong and Zhu Xinglong took me away, Magu brought a group of ghost officials to the door of the Gongyang Pavilion.
In front of the door of the Gongyang Pavilion, there were more than twenty ghost officials standing. They were not from the Gongyang Pavilion.
The ghost officials were all wearing red robes. On the chest of the robes was embroidered the word "Yan". When Magu saw that word, she was startled and thought, "They actually summoned the guards of the King of Hell's Palace. This time they are really messing up."
Right in front of those red-robed ghost officials stood a man also wearing red clothes.
The man wore a black hat on his head, his clothes were very short, his eyes were wide open, and his face was full of majesty. He looked to be in his fifties or sixties, but in fact he was much older.
The man wearing the black hat is Cui Fujun, or "Judge Cui."
When Judge Cui saw Magu coming over with a group of ghost officials, he did not move and still stood there straight.
Although Mr. Cui's position was below that of Magu, his authority was considerable.
Magu knew that Lord Cui was not someone to be trifled with.
So before she even walked up to Lord Cui, Magu spoke first, smiling and saying, "Lord Cui, what brings you here? I, Magu, haven't seen you for a long time, and I was just thinking of having a chance to meet up with you four judges!"
Lord Cui glanced at Magu but did not answer immediately.
He took out a piece of yellow cloth from his body. The cloth was rolled up and didn't look unusual. But when she saw the cloth, Magu was still shocked.
That piece of cloth is the "Handwritten Book" from the King of Hell. Generally, the King of Hell will only issue a "Handwritten Book" when something particularly difficult has happened.
Magu took the "handwritten letter" and slowly unfolded it. When she saw the seal of the King of Hell on it, she already knew the seriousness of the matter.
But Magu concealed it very well.
She slowly raised her head to look at Cui Fujun and asked in a confused manner, "Cui Fujun, what do you mean by this?"
"The handwritten scroll says that my Gongyang Pavilion has secretly hidden people from the mortal world. Is this a joke?! Although you have the handwritten scroll of Lord Yama, what evidence do you have to prove that people from the mortal world have come to my Gongyang Pavilion?"
There was not much expression on Mr. Cui's face.
He said in a deep voice: "Of course there is evidence! I might as well tell you, Magu, the Black and White Impermanence have been interrogated by us and are being held in solitary confinement in the prison. They have confessed everything."
"Also, I came from the Eighteenth Level of Hell, and I have learned about the relevant situation from Judge Lu."
"Judge Lu admitted it himself, saying that several months ago, Black and White Impermanence brought a person from the mortal world to his shuttle passage. He also said that Black and White Impermanence sent that person to the Offering Pavilion."
When saying this, Cui Fujun stared straight at Magu.
His eyes were sharp and deep, like a knife about to be unsheathed.
Two people, a judge from the Hades Palace and the head of the Offering Pavilion, stared at each other silently.
After a while, Magu suddenly burst into laughter. She had guessed that Cui Fujun was deliberately lying to her.
Magu raised her voice and said, "Lord Cui, this Gongyang Pavilion is my territory. Although I must obey the orders of Lord Yama, Lord Yama may not be able to control many things. For example, this time, you said that Black and White Impermanence brought people from the mortal world to my place. But I also said that Black and White Impermanence did not bring anyone here."
"You said that Judge Lu saw the Black and White Impermanence bringing people from the mortal world to our Gongyang Pavilion, but I didn't know. Don't think I didn't know. The four of you judges are all wearing the same pants. Now you say that I secretly hid people from the mortal world, but where are they? Why can't I see them?"
Then, Magu looked behind her and asked loudly, "People from the Offering Pavilion, have you seen anyone from the mortal world?"
Those ghost officials shook their heads.
(to be continued)
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