When it comes time for a person to die, a little ghost is sent to drag back his spirit, in chains, across the Nai-ho Bridge into Yen-lo's palace for judgment.
在人彌留之際，閻王座下小鬼便前來拘魂，時間一到，立刻戴上刑具、押解著步上黃泉路、過奈何橋，到閻王大殿受審。殿中兩側楹聯寫著「是是非非地，明明白白天」，意謂人間是非並存，至此萬事分明。