"I hear that for two years in Qinzhou, you've been abducting women, oppressing the people, and committing every imaginable evil!
"At midnight tonight, I'll come beneath the moon to take your life. Since you're cruel and unjust, you should have known this day would come."
There was a King Yama Hall in this world, and King Yama Hall had King Yama's Posts. No one who received one ever lived.
When King Yama came, evildoers wept!
It truly had the force of King Yama declaring you would die at the third watch, and not letting you live until the fifth.
Great Liang, third year of Yuan You, winter, Qinzhou
Qinzhou Commandery Governor Xiao Mu shook the black post that gleamed with an eerie light in his hand and furiously shouted at Commandery Lieutenant Xu Chun, who stood below him,
"Is this how you manage security in Qinzhou? Someone actually slipped this thing beside my pillow without a sound, and you didn't get so much as a hint! What are you all even good for?"
As he spoke, he hurled the black post at Xu Chun.
Commandery Lieutenant Xu Chun picked it up with trembling hands and took a look. The blood-red words on the post made his heart pound with fear. He hadn't expected to see one with his own eyes.
He hurriedly handed it to Commandery Assistant Liu Qi, then asked uncertainly, "My lord, have you heard of King Yama Hall, which suddenly became famous throughout the land over the past two years? This must be the King Yama's Post of legend."
Xiao Mu was so furious that he laughed. He sneered, "Whoever they are, leaving this post right in front of me is a provocation! Are you hoping to take my place after I'm dead?"
Commandery Assistant Liu