dognovel Chapter 2312 The "Ghost Messenger" Appears
Chapter 2312 The "Ghost Messenger" Appears
Those were two "ghost messengers".
He wore a black robe that dragged on the ground, his face was blue and fanged, and his eyes shone with a cold light as he stared at him.
He was holding a heavy iron chain, which was still damp with cold water, making him look extremely creepy.
"Ghost! Ghost!" Wang Liu finally couldn't hold back any longer and screamed hoarsely, his body trembling like a leaf, almost fainting again. "Help! There's a ghost!"
The ghost guard on the left raised his hand and tapped the ground with one end of the iron chain, producing a dull sound.
His voice was icy cold, as if it came from the deepest hell, as he roared, "Scream again! If you dare to utter another sound, I'll lock you up and take you to the eighteenth level of hell, so you'll never be reincarnated!"
The voice carried a powerful pressure, making Wang Liu's eardrums buzz. He was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth and didn't even dare to breathe.
He had heard from the old man that people who did bad things would be taken away by ghost messengers after death and sent to the eighteen levels of hell. Now that these two ghost messengers were standing in front of him, how could he dare to move an inch?
"Lord Ghost Messenger, I haven't done anything wrong. Have you arrested the wrong person?" Wang Liu's voice leaked out from between his fingers, trembling with sobs. "I'm just a shop assistant at a pharmacy. I'm an honest person, I do my job properly, and I've never harmed anyone. You must have made a mistake!"
The ghost guard on the right sneered, his laughter sounding like scraping metal, harsh and unpleasant.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a yellowed booklet. He opened it, and the words on the booklet looked like they were written in blood, with an eerie red hue.
He lowered his head and flipped through the pages, his voice still icy: "A mistake? We are ordered by the King of Hell to collect souls. We are checking the Book of Life and Death, recording the good and evil deeds of humankind. How could we make a mistake?"
"You wretched creature, every single evil deed you committed in this world is recorded in the Book of Life and Death, without a single mistake."
He raised his eyes, his cold gaze falling on Wang Liu, filled with deep contempt and disgust: "You still dare to say you didn't do anything wrong?"
Stubborn and unrepentant, their crimes are compounded!
You should have been dragged straight to the boiling oil, your tongue ripped out, so you could taste the bitterness of hell!
"Put it in the oil... pull out its tongue," Wang Liu's face turned deathly pale instantly, devoid of any color, even his lips turned blue.
He looked at the iron chain in the ghost messenger's hand and felt the chill emanating from it spread to his body, making his bones ache.
"I didn't, I really didn't! Please spare me, Your Excellency! Please spare me, Ghost Officer!"
He begged for mercy desperately, kowtowing repeatedly until his head was bleeding, but he didn't care at all.
Seeing that he was terrified, the ghost messenger on the left softened his tone slightly: "Very well, the King of Hell has decreed that if evil people in the world can sincerely repent and truthfully confess their evil deeds, they will be given a chance to reform themselves."
Today I'll give you a chance. Tell me in detail all the evil deeds you've committed in the human world. If they match what's recorded in the Book of Life and Death, it means you've truly repented. I'll forgive you this time and let you return to the world of the living.
If even the slightest lie is uttered, or if anything is concealed, the offender will be immediately locked up in hell, never to be reincarnated.
Upon hearing this, Wang Liu seemed to have grasped at the last straw and nodded frantically, saying, "I'll tell you everything! I dare not utter a single falsehood."
"Please, Your Excellency, give me a chance. Please, Your Excellency, allow me to return to the world of the living."
He composed himself and tried hard to recall the "bad things" he had done.
But in the end, they were all trivial matters; there was nothing truly evil about them.
He swallowed hard and cautiously began, "I stole a medicinal candy from the pharmacy owner and ate it secretly."
Last month, I was late three times and the shopkeeper deducted my monthly pay.
And...and I had an argument with the shop assistant next door and said some nasty things..."
He spoke of these trivial matters, his voice growing softer and softer, not daring to look the ghost messenger in the eye, but in his heart he thought, these things should be enough.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the ghost guard on the right flew into a rage, raised his hand and swung the iron chain in his hand toward him. The end of the chain grazed his arm, carrying an icy chill, and made him wince in pain.
"You wretched creature! You are unrepentant!" The ghost messenger's voice was deafening. "You dare to use such trivial matters to fob us off?"
You haven't mentioned a single word about the great evils recorded in the Book of Life and Death. Do you think we're fools?
As he spoke, he reached for the iron chain to lock up Wang Liu: "It seems you have no remorse. Then don't blame us for being ruthless and dragging you straight to hell so you can taste the oil in the cauldron!"
The cold iron chain touched his neck, and the chill instantly spread throughout his body. Wang Liu could clearly feel the hardness and coldness of the chain; it was definitely not fake!
He was instantly terrified and burst into tears, crying out, "I was wrong! I was really wrong! I confess, I confess everything! Please, sir, don't lock me up, don't take me to hell!"
"I...I helped the doctor and the owner of the pharmacy to add things to the medicine for those pregnant women!" Wang Liu cried out, speaking very quickly, as if afraid of being dragged away if he was a step too late. "Those pregnancy-preserving medicines look like ordinary herbs, but the doctor would secretly take out some powder and have me mix it into the medicine and brew it for those pregnant women to drink!"
I don't know what that powder was. The boss and the doctor told me to make it. I was just following orders. It's not my fault, really not my fault!
He spoke while crying, his body trembling violently, fearing that the ghost messengers would still drag him to hell because of this.
Outside, Princess Mingzhao's face was cold and her fists clenched silently.
Sure enough! The He family shop had ulterior motives towards those pregnant women.
At this moment, the "ghost messenger" inside the house asked again, "Which pregnant woman is it? Confess!"
Wang Liu sobbed, "Besides the Wu woman who went to the shop today, I know of two others, one surnamed Li and the other surnamed Wang. The Li woman is three months pregnant, and the Wang woman is seven months pregnant. The Wu woman is the oldest."
“They all added something to their medicine, but I really don’t know what it is! I’m just a worker, not even an apprentice. I do whatever the doctor tells me to do. Please, you two, let me go.”
"Which doctor told you to do that?"
Without hesitation, Wang Liu replied, "It's Dr. Shi. I usually work under him. He's in charge of these three pregnant women I mentioned."
Have you seen Madam Wu today?
Wang Liu's heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, "No wonder he's a ghost messenger. He even knows that Madam Wu came to the pharmacy today!"
He dared not lie any longer and nodded, saying, "Yes, I have. She came to the shop today and took a few more doses of medicine."
"Was anything added to today's medicine?"
Wang Liu lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I added it."
"You scoundrel! You aided and abetted evil. If anything goes wrong, it will result in the deaths of both mother and child. How dare you say you haven't done anything evil!"
The ghost messenger shouted, and a chill swept over Wang Liu's neck!
Wang Liu's eyes widened in shock, and he fainted instantly.