Chapter 233: , the Ghost King wants to hold a welcome ceremony for the Princess?

The city boy lectured the two gatekeeping ghosts, saying: "This treasure is not something you can know; nor is it something your fate can bear."

The bigger the frog, the more it eats.

Don't inquire into things you shouldn't know; that's the way of being human.

Although you have become ghosts now, you used to be human; this simple principle, you should understand, right?

Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the two gatekeeping ghosts, were speechless.

Being speechless indicates tacit agreement.

Although they are ghosts, weren't their former selves also once human?

People can become ghosts, ghosts can also become **. The boundary between ghosts and humans is originally not so clear.

People sometimes do ghostly deeds; ghosts sometimes do human affairs.

Ghosts? Humans? In this world, ghosts and humans are mixed together, making truth and falsehood hard to distinguish.

The auspicious bird and the phoenix fly together; who can tell which is the auspicious bird and which is the phoenix?

Sparrows and crows roost together in the trees; who can say clearly that the sparrow is good and the crow is good?

By the roadside, fragrant flowers bloom and poisonous grasses grow; are the fragrant flowers growing among the poisonous grasses, or are the poisonous grasses growing among the fragrant flowers?

Who in this world can distinguish fragrant flowers from poisonous grasses?

Only God knows truth from falsehood. The omnipotent God, without cease, monitors the human heart and judges the world.

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The two gatekeeping foul ghosts, having received the gemstone given by the city boy, quickly summoned the Ghost Affairs Department Head of Ghost Island.

Moreover, they did a human thing: in front of their ghost leader, they spoke a few kind words to the two young men and women.

This ghost, when shown courtesy, can turn the mill for people, and does so very diligently.

The Ghost Department Head came with a cold ghostly face and sideways ghostly eyes.

I heard you have a precious gift for me? Hand it over quickly! Otherwise you'll suffer! Those who know the times are outstanding! Otherwise, I'll charge you with the crime of illegal cohabitation, prostitution…………and whatever other crimes……….

The Ghost Department Head spoke in a yin-yang tone, with a ghostly voice and ghostly air, to the two men and women wrongfully detained, spouting a load of nonsense and rubbish.

Maybe this Ghost King had just been drinking at the bar, doing bad deeds; otherwise where would all this talk of wine, farts, dirty words, stench, lewdness, and nonsense come from?

"Ghost Department Head, listen—do you know who I am?" the Princess spoke first.

"Dog……" the Ghost Department Head was about to utter profanity, but seeing the beautiful Princess, he thought better of it. He quickly changed his words, saying: "Who are you? We're investigating!"

"Miss, I am the daughter of the Forest King!"

"Is the Forest King sending me a thousand gold?" the Ghost Department Head misheard.

The Princess corrected the Ghost King's words, repeating with emphasis: "Miss, I am the daughter of the Forest King! The Forest Kingdom's daughter!"

Having heard the Princess, the Ghost Department Head looked her up and down and said: "Are you making up mythical stories to swindle children? I don't see any great fortune in you; you don't look like the Forest King's daughter, the Princess."

The Ghost Department Head said to the Princess, full of ghostly airs.

"Don't you see that I don't look like the Forest King's daughter, the Princess?"

The Princess thought, "How can this ghostly thing be so ghostly?"

"I don't see any resemblance anywhere, but let's see how good-looking you are………"

Seeing the Ghost Department Head's lewd, foul words, the Princess said to him: "You dare to be even slightly disrespectful toward me; if my father king finds out, he will surely have your leader strip your skin, pull your tendons, and throw your flesh to the dogs."

"Who dares to speak to me like that?"

"I, the Princess of the Forest Kingdom, Miss! How about this? Quickly release me, and you'll get something good! I'll have my father king speak a few words of praise to your superior, so your rank will rise and your authority will expand. How about it? Satisfied?"

The Princess, having seen much of the world, speaks in a orderly, well‑reasoned manner.

Moreover, she understands officials' psychology: minor officials fear major ones, for all officials fear losing their hats; minor officials fear complaints, major officials fear investigations...............

The Ghost Department Head was left dumbfounded by the Princess's words: "The little girl I've detained has a big attitude; she seems to have some background. If she really is the Forest Kingdom's … whatever‑gold, losing my hat would be trivial—I might not even be able to remain a ghost."

If cast into the Eighteen Levels of Hell, ghosts cease to be ghosts and humans cease to be humans—only then is life truly miserable.

It's better to be safe.

Thinking this, the Ghost Department Head, his face full of ghostly airs, said: "Princess, I, the Ghost Department Head, have eyes that fail to recognize gold and jade. I have wronged you and caused offense; please forgive me."

Ox-Head and Horse-Face ghosts, quickly release the Forest Princess, set out wine and prepare a feast to welcome and cleanse the Princess's dust……………………

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