"Certainly, certainly!"
Li Shimin, Emperor Tianzong of Tang, kept laughing and making small talk inside the Yanluo Hall built within the Ghost Gate.
Sun Wukong donned his official robes and began hearing cases.
His role was that of a judge.
Judging cases was a wondrous business, and this particular case was stranger still: a case spanning yin and yang.
It concerned a corpse coming back to life in a village at the foot of Mount Tai. A miscarried son had been born, and the villagers all called it an ill omen. Together, they brought their complaint to the Yanluo Hall at the Ghost Gate.
"Zhong Kui captures ghosts and takes them to the Gate of Ultimate Bliss to trade them. It's true!"
"We all want to bring down Zhong Kui. He even dared to capture our child before he was born!"
Sun Wukong understood at once.
In a fleeting scene of reincarnation, he had actually spotted the Bull Demon King's wife, Princess Iron Fan.
Princess Iron Fan had become the madam of a brothel at the foot of Mount Tai!
And she was a madam dressed in ancient clothing, operating a perfectly legal brothel.
Scenes from the mortal world appeared directly within the main chamber of Yanluo Hall.
"Oh, there's something behind all this!" Sun Wukong immediately grasped it, but his memories were somewhat fragmented, leaving him with the vague feeling that he still could not handle the situation before him.
Crack!
Suddenly, lightning flashed and thunder roared. Terrifying bolts plunged from the sky, and before anyone could react, lightning intertwined.
Thud!
A divine dragon landed in the hall of the King of Hell, seized Li Shimin without another word, and shot straight into the sky.
Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang, had actually been captured by a dragon.
He