Chapter 477: Graves are built before people die
From afar, you can see clearly, there are three blood-red characters on the archway "Ghost Gate", which is shining brightly, if it weren't for Du Lin's excellent eyesight, he can see that this is carved from three pieces of blood jade that can shine, he almost thought that this was three neon signs.
There is a couplet engraved on the side pillars on both sides of the archway, the upper link writes "the third world of the yang, the harm to the sky is up to you", the lower link is "the underworld, who has been let go of the past and present", the horizontal batch is more playful, and the writing is "you can come". Du Lin looked at those four words and said with a smile: "The person who wrote these four words in the first place really spoke the hearts of the people in your underworld." ”
Hei Ruqi smiled, noncommittal. There are a large number of ghosts waiting in line to pass the ghost gate, including men and women, old and young, but most of them are elderly.
Durin did not rush through the level, but stopped for a moment in front of the ghost gate. He knew that even if he had been in the world for 1,400 years, he didn't dare to say that he had seen through human nature. And this place should be regarded as the "best place" to observe the various states of human nature. Some of these people look depressed and described as withered, and at first glance they have died of a long illness, which can be regarded as liberation; some of them are dazed and at a loss, probably because they have suffered an accident and are not used to the fact that they are dead; and some of them are like ashes and have nothing to love, and it is estimated that they have committed suicide.
Regardless of the cause of death, these various ghosts will become uniformly formed as soon as they pass under the ghost gate—a black shadow in the form of a humanoid, similar to the unexposed murderers in Conan's comics. Seeing that Du Lin was interested, Hei Ruqi explained on the side,
"No matter what people look like before they die, after they enter the underworld after death, they will be like this after passing the ghost gate, and the so-called 'equality of all beings' is what it means. If you want to be equal, you must first achieve the equality of the skin, whether you are a twenty-eight Shaohua, or an old man, no matter whether you are beautiful and beautiful, or have a handicap, when you come to the gate, you will not distinguish each other, they are all like one person. Du Lin nodded and pointed to the ghosts' feet: "This is Huangquan Road, right?"
"Yes, after the Ghost Gate Pass, it is Huangquan Road," Hei Ruqi pointed to the smoky yellow mist on the ground and said, "Those mist are Huangquan water." "Oh?" Durin was surprised, he had always thought that "Yellow Spring Water" would be some kind of "attraction."
Reverie", I didn't expect it to be in such a form. The humanoid black figures, under the instructions of the ghosts on both sides of the road, knelt on the ground and took a deep breath of yellow mist before standing up and walking forward.
"This is ......," Durin asked. At this time, Hei Ruqi became the exclusive tour guide of the "Underworld Tour Group", of course, it would be more similar if he replaced the Onitsuka Jisheng in his hand with a small flag.
"After the ghosts shed their skin, the first thing they do is to 'drink' a sip of yellow spring water, which proves that they have completely detached themselves from everything in the world and officially become a ghost in the underworld. Further on, there is a large river of black "slurry", which is not a typo, the reason why Dühring called it "slurry" is because the flow of the river is not a liquid in the normal sense at all, but a black thick slurry that is blacker than ink, thicker than rice porridge, and has a consistency between cement mortar and asphalt.
What's even more amazing is that there are even fish in this "slurry water"! A kind of big fish with colorful scales, when you look at the mouth full of white fangs, you will know that this fish is still a carnivore! "This river is the 'Lethe River,' and the fish in the river are called 'right and wrong fish,' and those who commit suicide and die, the ghosts must be bitten by the right and wrong fish in this Lethe River for three days before crossing the bridge, which is called 'no matter what is right or wrong, all are punished.'" The black tour guide said.
"What's the sin of committing suicide?" asked Doolin. "Although the body is made of heaven and earth, it is obtained from parents and raised by relatives, and if the parents are alive, it is unfilial, and if the parents are dead, but there are relatives such as peers or descendants, it is disrespectful and therefore regarded as guilty. ”
Du Lin said in his heart, for more than 1,400 years, he didn't know how many times he had committed suicide, although he didn't die every time, but now it seems that it is okay, even if he dies, it is estimated that he will not have to suffer from the bite of a non-fish, after all, his parents and relatives have died a long time ago. There is no need for a black tour guide to introduce you, and Du Lin also knows that above this Lethe River is the legendary Nai He Bridge.
This bridge is also quite godly, only the bridge body and the railing, but you can't see the piers and pillars, and the stone bridge dozens of meters long seems to be suspended above the Lethe River out of thin air. At the head of the bridge, a figure in a black robe is handing the large porcelain bowls in front of him to the ghost who is on the bridge, presumably the woman who "can make anyone forget who she is."
—Meng Po. Du Lin slowly walked to the bridge with Hei Ruqi, intending to say hello to the legendary old lady, but when the other party greeted him head-on, Du Lin was startled.
It was not because of how old or ugly Meng Po looked, on the contrary, this Meng Po was young and beautiful, and although she was wearing a wide black robe, Du Lin had no doubt that the body under the black robe would be so angry. The point is that this Meng Po looks very much like a person-Ji Wuying! To be precise, it can't be "like", but almost identical, except for the fact that Meng Po's eyes are normal.
Not only does she look the same, but she even dresses the same, and this Meng Po is also full of silver hair, white skin and snow, and she is also an albinist patient. No wonder many myths and legends say that Meng Po is an old lady, probably because of the misunderstanding caused by this white hair?
Seeing that Du Lin and Hei Ruqi came to the bridge, Meng Po stopped handing the bowl, bowed to Du Lin Yingying, and said a blessing: "I have seen Du Shangcha in my humble position." Then he nodded to Hei Ruqi and arched his hand: "Hello General Hei." "Meng Po is good. Hei Ruqi hurriedly returned the salute, and then whispered in Du Lin's ear: "Her official rank in the underworld is the same as mine. ”
"Oh......" Du Lin smiled in his heart, it seems that this underworld is also very hierarchical. Du Lin then asked Hei Ruqi in a low voice: "I can understand that you call me 'Shangcha', after all, your official can be said to be given by me, but why does this Meng Po also call herself 'lowly' in front of me, isn't she the same level as you and also a 'ghost general'? It's very yin'Well, there has not been such a position in this underworld for tens of thousands of years, it can be said that it was specially set up for you, and the merits you have saved over the past thousand years, especially after adding the merits of this time, you are already the 'Eleventh Hall of Hades', just wait for when your old man will die, and come to our underworld to take office.
I heard that the Ten Palaces of Yan Jun have jointly asked for instructions from 'above' and are ready to repair the Hall of Yama for you. The corners of Du Lin's mouth twitched twice, and he had a feeling of crying and laughing, he was not dead yet, and the gods in this underworld began to repair the Yin Mansion for himself......