Xi Fangping is from Dong'an County. A few years later, Xi Lian fell seriously ill and when he was about to die, he told his family: "Now the man named Yang has bribed the ghost officials in the underworld to torture me."

Xi Fangping is from Dongan County. His father's name was Xi Lian, he was very honest and honest, and he had a grudge against a rich man named Yang in the village. The man surnamed Yang died first; a few years later, Xi Lian fell seriously ill and when he was about to die, he told his family: "Now the man surnamed Yang has bribed the ghost officials in the underworld to torture me." Then his body became red and swollen, and he died screaming. Xi Fangping thought about his father's tragic state when he was dying, and was so sad that he couldn't eat. He said: "My father has been honest all his life. He can't speak sweet words, and now he has been falsely accused by evil spirits and bullied. I want to go to the underworld to avenge my father's justice!" From then on, Xi Fangping stopped talking, sometimes sitting and sometimes standing, as if he was stupid. It turned out that his soul had left his body.

Xi Fangping felt that he didn't know where to go as soon as he went out. When he saw some pedestrians on the road, he stepped forward and asked for the way to the city. After a while, we entered the city. His father is in jail. Xi Fangping came to the prison gate and saw his father lying under the eaves from a distance, looking very embarrassed. The father looked up and saw his son, cried sadly, and told his son: "The jailers were bribed by Mr. Yang and tortured me day and night. Both legs were broken." Xi Fangping was extremely angry and cursed the jailers: "If my father is guilty, he will be dealt with according to his own law. How can he be tortured at will by you dead ghosts!" So he left the prison and wrote a complaint. Just when the city god was sitting in court to ask questions in the morning, Xi Fangping surrendered the petition.

The man surnamed Yang was frightened and bribed and colluded inside and out before he came out to confront him. Chenghuang said that Xi Fangping had no evidence and it was unreasonable to judge him. Xi Fangping was full of grievances and could not express his grievances, so he had to walk more than a hundred miles in the underworld to the county government office and complained to the county magistrate about the corruption committed by the city god. The county magistrate delayed the trial for half a month, but beat Xi Fangping severely and still sent him back to the City God for review. Xi Fangping returned to the county government and was tortured. His tragic grievances had nowhere to redress. The city god was afraid that he would appeal again, so he sent an official to escort him home. When the government officials arrived at Longkou, they went back. Xi Fangping refused to come in, and secretly fled to the Palace of Hell, where he accused the county magistrate and the city god of being greedy for money, taking bribes, and killing innocent people. The king of hell immediately sent people to arrest the county chief and the city god to confront him. The county magistrate and the city god were afraid, so they secretly sent their confidants to intercede with Xi Fangping and promised to give Xi Fangping a thousand taels of silver. Xi Fangping didn't listen. A few days later, the owner of the hotel told him: "You are too impulsive! You didn't listen to the government's plea for peace. Now I heard that the city god and the county magistrate have sent letters to the King of Hell. I'm afraid your case will be in trouble." Xi Fangping thought this was hearsay and didn't believe it.

Not long after, a government servant in black sent Xi Fangping to see the King of Hell. After being promoted to court, Xi Fangping saw that the King of Hell was full of anger and would not allow him to defend himself, so he ordered the government officials to beat him thirty times. Xi Fangping asked sternly: "What crime did the villain commit?" The king of hell seemed not to hear. Xi Fangping was beaten and shouted: "I should be beaten! I should be beaten! Who told me that I have no money!" The king of hell became even more angry and ordered the kid to prepare a bed of fire. The two brats dragged Xi Fangping down to the hall and saw an iron bed on the east steps. There was a blazing fire under the bed, and the bed surface was burning red. The kid took off Xi Fangping's clothes, pushed him onto the fire bed, and rubbed him repeatedly. Xi Fangping was in excruciating pain, his bones and flesh were burned black, and he struggled to die.

After about an hour, the kid said: "That's enough." He helped him up and told him to get out of bed and put on clothes. Although he was limping, luckily he could still walk. When he came to the hall again, the King of Hell asked: "Do you dare to sue again?" Xi Fangping said: "The injustice has not been redressed, and I will never give up! If you say you won't sue, you are deceiving the king. You must sue!" The King of Hell said, "What are you suing for?" The two brats pulled Xi Fangping over and saw an eighty-nine-foot-tall wooden pillar standing on the ground. There were two wooden boards next to it. The top and bottom of the wooden boards were covered with blood. Just as the kid was about to tie him up, he suddenly heard a shout of "Xi Fangping" from the hall, and the two kid took him back again.

The King of Hell asked again: "Do you still dare to sue?" After leaving the hall, the kid clamped Xi Fangping between two wooden boards and tied them to the wooden pillars.As soon as he cut off the saw, Xi Fangping felt his head gradually split into two halves. The pain was unbearable, but he gritted his teeth and remained silent. I heard a little ghost say: "What a tough guy!" The saw rumbled, and it was about to cut into Xi Fangping's chest. Then I heard a little ghost say: "This man has nothing wrong with him. He is a filial son. Saw it a little off, so as not to damage his heart." He felt the blade of the saw twisting and cutting down, and Xi Fangping's pain became even more severe. After a while, the body was sawed in half.

The kid took off the board, and both halves of Xi Fangping's body fell to the ground. The kid went to the hall to report loudly, and there was a call from the hall to put the two halves of the body together to see the King of Hell. The two brats put the two halves of their bodies together again and dragged Xi Fangping away. Xi Fangping felt that the saw seam in the middle was so painful that it seemed to have split again. He took half a step and fell down. A kid took out a red ribbon from his waist and gave it to him and said, "I'm giving you this ribbon to repay your filial piety." Xi Fangping took it and tied it to his body. He immediately felt healthy and without any pain. So he came to the hall and knelt down. The King of Hell asked him the same question as before. Xi Fangping was afraid of being tortured again, so he replied: "I won't sue." The King of Hell immediately ordered the kid to send him back to the world.

The ghost messenger led Xi Fangping out of the north gate, showed him the way home, and turned around to go back. Xi Fangping thought that the darkness in the underworld was even worse than that in the earth, but there was no way to get to God. Legend has it that Guankou Erlang God is a relative of the Jade Emperor . He is a god who is smart and upright. If you complain to him, it will be effective. Secretly glad that the two ghosts were gone, he turned around and ran south. As he was running, two ghosts caught up with him and said, "The king of hell suspected that you would not go back, and it turned out to be true." They dragged him back to see the king of hell. Xi Fangping thought to himself that the King of Hell must be very angry, and his punishment this time was even worse.

But the King of Hell did not look angry at all, and said to Xi Fangping: "I know that you are indeed a filial son. I have vindicated your father's injustice. Now he has surrendered to a wealthy family." After you have passed away, there is no need for you to complain. Now I will send you back, give you a fortune, a family fortune, and a hundred years of life. You should be satisfied, right?" Then the note was written in the book of life and death, and a huge official seal was stamped on it, and Xi Fangping saw it with his own eyes. Xi Fangping thanked him and stepped back, and Xiao Gui followed him out of the palace gate. While walking on the road, the kid chased him and scolded him: "You cunning thief! You repeated it again and again and made us run around, almost exhausted. If you do it again, I will throw you into the big mill and grind you into fine powder!" Xi Fangping glared and cursed: "You guys What does the kid want to do? My temper can withstand the saw, but I can't stand the beating! Please go back to the King of Hell. If the King of Hell asks me to go back by myself, there is no need for you to send me away!" After saying that, he ran back. The two little ghosts were scared and persuaded him to come back with kind words.

Xi Fangping deliberately walked slowly. After walking a few steps, he sat on the side of the road to rest for a while. The kid was holding back his anger and dared not say anything. After walking for a long time, we came to a village. The door of a house was half open. The little ghost took Xi Fangping and sat down together to rest. Xi Fangping was sitting on the doorstep. The two brats took advantage of him being unprepared and pushed him through the door. Xi Fangping was surprised. When he looked at himself again, his body had become that of a baby. He cried angrily and refused to nurse, and died three days later.

Xi Fangping's soul was shaking, but he didn't forget to ask for Erlangshen. After wandering for dozens of miles, I suddenly saw an honor guard decorated with bird feathers approaching, with flags and halberds filling the road. Xi Fangping hurriedly wanted to run away, but he didn't want to and bumped into the honor guard. He was caught by the people in front and tied with a rope and sent to the front of the car. Xi Fangping looked up and saw a young man sitting in the car. He had an extraordinary bearing and asked Xi Fangping: "Who are you?" Xi Fangping had nowhere to vent his hatred. He guessed that this must be a high official and might be able to use his authority to make decisions for himself, so he told his tragic experience.

The boy asked someone to untie him and let him follow the car. After a while, I came to a place and was greeted by more than a dozen officials on the roadside. The young man in the car greeted everyone, then pointed at Xi Fangping and said to an official: "This is a person from the lower world who wants to go to you to complain. You'd better find out the facts of the case immediately and make a judgment." Xi Fangping asked his entourage and found out that the young man sitting in the car was the ninth prince of the Jade Emperor, and the person he ordered was none other than Erlang Shen.Xi Fangping looked at it carefully and saw that Erlang Shen was tall and had a lot of beard, which was not like the legend in the world.

After the Ninth Prince left, Xi Fangping followed Erlang Shen to an official office. He saw that his father, Mr. Yang and the government officials were already there. After a while, several prisoners were escorted out of the prison car, but they were the King of Hell, the County Secretary and the City God. Erlangshen interrogated him in court and found out that all the accusations against Xi Fangping were true. The three officials were so frightened that they lay on the ground like mice. Erlangshen immediately picked up his pen and wrote the verdict. Then, the verdict is handed down and everyone involved in the case has to read it.

The verdict reads: "It was found that the King of Hell: As a king, you have been favored by the emperor. You should be honest and lawful, and set an example for your officials. You should not be corrupt and bend the law and invite others to scold you. But you formed a party for personal gain and showed off the dignity of your official rank; you are vicious and greedy. It has defiled the integrity of the ministers. The bones of women and children have been emptied like an axe. It is like a whale swallowing a fish or a fish eating a shrimp. It is so pitiful that the life of an ant should be washed with the water of the Xijiang River. The fire bed under the east wall should be burned red. , please join us. City God and County Secretary: As the parents and officials of the people, they manage the people well for God. Although the official position is not high, they should do their best and work tirelessly. Even if the big bureaucrats are forced by power, those with ambition will still be upright. But you collude up and down, bend the law and cheat, and have long forgotten the suffering of the people; you use your cunning plots at will, not to mention being thin. All I know is that you are corrupt and perverting the law. You are really a human with a beastly heart! Your marrow should be removed, your fur should be peeled off, and you should be temporarily sentenced to death in the underworld and punished for reincarnation. Make cattle and horses.

Officer: Since you are in the ghost house, you are not a human being. You should only cultivate yourself and do good deeds in the yamen, and maybe you can be reincarnated as a human being. How can you make trouble in the sea of suffering and commit a heinous crime? He is domineering, with a dog's face filled with murderous intent; he is domineering and blocks the Jiuqu Road. If you abuse your power in the underworld, everyone will know that the jailer cannot afford to offend you; if you help the cowardly officials to do all the bad things, the people will be afraid of your butcher-like ferocity. On the execution ground, your limbs should be chopped off, then thrown into a frying pan, and your tendons should be fished out. bone. People with the surname Sheep: rich but benevolent, cunning and cunning. The golden light covered the ground, making the palace of the King of Hell dim and unclear; the copper stench filled the sky, and Zhijiao died in vain and no daylight was seen in the city. Copper coins can enslave ghosts, and gold and silver can bribe gods. The Yang family's property should be confiscated and Xi Sheng's filial behavior should be rewarded. The above-mentioned criminals were immediately taken to Dongyue Emperor for execution. Erlang Shen said to Xi Lian again: "In consideration of your son's filial piety and righteousness, and because you are kind and cowardly by nature, I will grant you thirty-six years of life." "After that, he sent two humble servants to take them home.

Xi Fangping copied the verdict, and the father and son read it together on the way. After returning home, Xi Fangping woke up first and asked his family to open his father's coffin. He saw that his father's stiff body was still cold. When it got dark, the warmth gradually came back to life. When I looked for the copied judgment, it was gone. From then on, the Xi family gradually became wealthy, and within three years, the farmland was fully grown. But the descendants of the Yang family fell into decline, and all the pavilions and fields belonged to the Xi family. Someone in the village wanted to buy the Yang family's property, but at night they dreamed of a god scolding them: "This belongs to the Xi family, you can't possess it!" He didn't believe it at first, but after planting crops, he couldn't even get one and a half liters of grain in a year, so he had to sell it to the Xi family again. Xi Fangping's father lived until he was more than ninety years old.