Chapter 14 Difu
"What are you muttering?"
"Oh, it's nothing, I said it's the first time I've come to the underworld, and you won't give an introduction!" Qin He was weak and hurriedly diverted the topic.
"What's there to introduce, don't you have a lot of books on the Netherworld in the underworld?, although there is something wrong, but that's probably it!"
"By the way, tell me what you people in the yang world think about the underworld?"
Because Huang Rong was dressed up and fully armed, Qin He couldn't see the expression on her face, but from the words, he could imagine Huang Rong's gossipy expression at this time.
"In fact, there are many versions in the world, but the general meaning is almost the same, it is said that after death, the soul is hooked away by black and white impermanence, first through a road, called Huangquan Road, and then there is a river called Lechuan River, there is a bridge on the river called Nai He Bridge, there is an earthen platform called Wangxiang Terrace after walking across the Nai He Bridge, there is an old woman selling Meng Po soup by the Wangxiang Terrace, there is a stone by the Lechuan River called Sansheng Stone, Meng Po Soup makes you forget everything, Sansheng Stone records your past and present life, after walking through the Nai He Bridge, look at the world for the last time on the Wangxiang Terrace, drink a bowl of Meng Po soup boiled in the Lechuan River, forget the past life and this life, enter the Yama Temple, and the judge will judge the good and evil of your life in this life, and then decide whether you will be reincarnated as a human or into livestock in the next life, that's it. ”
As he walked, Qin He briefly explained the understanding of the underworld in the world.
"Gurgle... , although there is something wrong, but it's about the same. ”
"Then do you want to drink a bowl of Meng Po soup before crossing the bridge?" Qin He asked the question he wanted to know the most.
Since he was a child, Qin He had heard the story of the underworld from the older generation, saying that after drinking a bowl of Meng Po soup, he forgot all the things in the yang world.
"Are you scared? Afraid that after drinking Meng Po soup, you will forget the little lover in the yang world?
The customer service laughed, and then said: "The legend of your yang world is wrong, Meng Po soup is indeed there, but it is not drunk when entering the underworld, just the opposite, only when this ghost is about to be reincarnated and reborn, he will let him drink Meng Po soup, so that he can forget all the previous things." ”
Qin He was shocked by these words, since he was a child, all he heard was to drink Meng Po soup first when he arrived in the underworld, and now he knew that Meng Po soup was actually drunk when he was finally reincarnated.
"Shocked, aren't you? You people in the yang world just love to believe in rumors, and you don't use your brains to think about it, if you drink Meng Po soup when you go to the underworld, what are you people in the yang world going to the grave for? What do you burn for your ancestors during the Cold Food Festival? They have all drunk Meng Po soup, can they still remember their relatives in the yang world?"
"Yes, if the dead drink Meng Po soup when they go to the underworld, it will not forget everyone, so what is the use of people going to the grave?" Qin He suddenly had a feeling of epiphany when he heard this.
"Also, the road you and I am walking on now is called Huangquan Road, except for mud or mud, there is nothing special!"
"This is Huangquan Road?" Qin He couldn't help but pause, bending down and squatting on the ground to watch carefully.
It looks no different from the dirt road in the yang world, if there is a difference, it seems that the dirt road in the underworld seems to be wet as if it has just rained, and Qin He feels that he will step on the water as soon as he steps down.
However, the current Qin River is in a state of soul, and there is no trace left on it at all.
"Don't look at it, there's nothing to see, oh, you'll see the flowers on the other side as you go forward!" Huang Rong urged impatiently.
"Bell..."Just as the two were talking, suddenly, a very sharp gong sound came, Qin He looked at the sound, only to see that there was still a fog ahead, and the sound came from the fog.
Moreover, Qin He obviously felt that this voice carried a hint of calling, which made him unconsciously want to get closer in the direction of the voice.
"Bell"
When the sound of the gong sounded again, Qin He felt that the call was even stronger, as if a mother was calling for a wandering wanderer, this was a primitive call, Qin He had no way to refuse this call, and began to walk in the direction of the sound.
"No taboos!"
When the customer service saw Qin He's condition, he seemed to have expected it, and unhurriedly stretched out his hand to draw a circle in mid-air, chanting a spell in his mouth, and then pointed at Qin He's eyebrows.
Waiting for the customer service finger to leave, the kind of summoning power that Qin He couldn't resist suddenly disappeared.
"Thank you!
"The sound of the Soul Bell!"
"What is the Conjuring Bell? Why haven't you heard of it?"
"When did the underworld have a soul bell, I don't know, it's been many, many years, I only know that this is the result of the joint efforts of the ten halls of Yama, the original intention of building this bell is because of your war in the yang world, there are too many dead, and the soul envoy is really too busy, there is no way for the ten halls of Yama to work together to build this bell.
As long as the ghost enters the underworld, no matter where it is, when it hears this bell, it will be completely unconscious, and involuntarily go to the direction of the big bell, saving the soul messenger a lot of trouble.
The two of them chatted and continued to walk forward, and soon the gray mist disappeared, and what appeared in front of the two of them was a large field of bewitching flowers on the other side, and they couldn't see the edge at a glance.
The further I went, the color of the flowers on the other side slowly changed from red to bright red, as if it was connected with the sky, and at the beginning there was a hint of floral fragrance in the air, which was slowly replaced by a strong smell of blood, and it became more and more intense, making Qin He's heart irritable.
I don't know how long I walked, the flowers on the other side in front of me became more and more red, and in the end, Qin He felt that the flowers on the other side were red and bloody, as if they were made of blood.
Qin He estimated that he had walked for about half an hour, in this place full of bloody flowers on the other side, the passage of time was extremely obvious, and finally, Qin He's expression was shocked, the color of the flowers on the other side in front of him was much lighter, and his line of sight became much wider at the same time.
"What is this?"
When he got out of the other side of the flower, Qin He suddenly found that there were suddenly many more people around him, to be precise, more ghosts came out.
There were men, women and children, and one by one they walked out of the flowers on the other side, their faces expressionless and numb and walking forward.
"These are ghosts, nothing strange!" The customer service saw Qin He's curiosity and explained casually.
Looking forward along the group of ghosts, Qin He's whole person was shocked, only to see a huge river not far ahead, and the surface of the river was as calm as a mirror.
When Qin He carefully looked at the river, his face couldn't help but tremble.
The river was as black as ink, and there was not a trace of it, like a pool of stagnant water.
Soon some of the ghosts who passed through the flowers on the other side began to cross the river.
Looking at the ghost in front of him crossing the river without hesitation, and his expression did not change in the slightest, Qin He's little heart was beating wildly.
You must know that it is rumored that the yellow spring water can corrode all things, and everything in the yang world will be corroded instantly if it falls into the yellow spring water.
After all, I can't compare myself with those ghosts, they are all real dead people, and I didn't die at all.
"Fool, you're not going to think about how to cross the river, are you?"
The customer service looked at Qin He's hesitant expression, understood what Qin He was thinking in his heart, and asked with a smile.
"They all crossed from the river, and we didn't go with them?"
"Gurgle... , they are all new ghosts, affected by the Conjuring Bell, they have no ideology, and you still have ideology!"
"So how do we get there?"
"Fool, you all know that there is a bridge, of course we walked from the bridge, but after crossing the bridge, you have to be mentally prepared!"
"What mental preparation?"
"You'll know when you get there, it's not fun to say it in advance, giggles...".
After half an hour's effort, the two finally came to the Nai He Bridge.
This is a small bridge made of wooden structure, and it is said to be a bridge, but it is actually made of a one-person wide plank, and it is very simple.
Huang Rong was in front and Qin He was behind, and the two of them crossed the Nai He Bridge tremblingly.
"This, this... Is this the underworld?" As soon as he crossed the bridge, Qin He pointed ahead and stammered as he asked.