Chapter Fifty-Seven: Welcome to the Underworld
Looking at the three-story Nai He Bridge in front of him, Tang Seng turned his head and looked at Sun Wukong.
Seeing Tang Seng's gaze on himself, Sun Wukong explained very naturally, that eloquence was blind if he didn't want to be a tour guide.
"Travelers, this is the Nai He Bridge in front of us. Although our Nai He Bridge is a bit simple, it is divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, corresponding to the upper, middle and lower three levels of revenants. Don't you think it's strange? Listen to me explain to you, the third-class revenants of this Naihe Bridge are not the same as the slavery system in the dynasty, not divided into three classes: nobles, commoners, and slaves, but into good people, good and evil, and evil people. ”
"The division of these three-layer Nai He Bridge has nothing to do with the power and wealth of the deceased soul during his lifetime, not that he can bribe the Yin official with how many rituals he has done and how much paper money he has burned, of course, because the following investigation is stricter. Let me give you an analogy, for example, it is absolutely impossible for a heinous corrupt official to step into the middle or upper level through various means. And if he was a poor family in his lifetime, because of the poor beggar, he gave two steamed buns and saved a life, this is considered a good deed, maybe he can be reincarnated in a rich family as a rich second generation in the next life, a son or something. ”
"Everyone came to follow in my footsteps, and now I will introduce to you who corresponds to the upper, middle and lower floors of this Nai He Bridge. This upper layer is the place where the souls of good people go, and they can go directly to the office of the Wheel King of the Tenth Hall of the Ten Palaces of Yama, arrange a first-class fetus or something, and there is a certain chance to become an immortal, is it very exciting, but there are very few people who can walk on this topmost bridge, the key is to see how many good deeds that person has done in his life, if it is a good soul in the ninth or tenth world, it is ironclad to be able to fly to the immortal world, and the official is not small. ”
"And this middle level, it is for those who are both good and evil, and the souls of this middle level are also the most troublesome, according to their respective evil deeds distributed to different places to receive punishment, and then you can go to the office of the Wheel King to report, but don't think about the first class, it would be good to let you continue to be a person in the next life, what else do you want. ”
"Next, I want to solemnly explain to you this lowest layer, this lowest layer, it can be said to be the worst, why, because the bottom layer is basically the most heinous evil people in life, in this layer, there are many souls who can't even finish the bridge, and when they are on the bridge, they are dragged into the Lechuan River, as for the end, you don't need to, you can see the Lechuan River yourself. ”
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Hearing Sun Wukong's words, Tang Seng and his entourage set their eyes on the Lechuan River.
I saw that the water of the Lechuan River was blood-yellow, and it was full of countless lonely souls and wild ghosts that could not be reincarnated, full of insects and snakes, and the fishy wind was blowing in the face.
Seeing that everyone's eyes fell on the Lethe River, he cleared his throat and continued to explain.
"According to legend, there are 3,000 weak waters in this Lechuan River, which are connected with the weak waters of the Heavenly Court. The river water is blood-yellow, the feathers do not float, and the reed flowers sink to the bottom, even the gods will be slowly eroded by the river to invade the soul and scatter the soul. However, even so, the Lethe River in the underworld is full of lonely ghosts and wild ghosts who cannot be reincarnated. And these lonely souls and wild ghosts were all originally in the yang world or had reached the end of their life or encountered other misfortunes and died, and those people would be sent to the underworld for reincarnation. And when you are reincarnated, you must drink that bowl of Meng Po soup and forget all kinds of things in your past life. However, there are some souls who either have too deep hatred or are infatuated, and they just don't want to drink Meng Po soup anyway, and that guy can't do it hard, and he spit it out with his throat and eyes. There is no way, the king of Yama only told them that since they don't drink Meng Po soup in order to see their favorite in the world again, then jump into this Lethe River, and the person who falls into the Lethe River will never be able to come out, unless the love is deep, in a thousand years, the soul that has not been eroded by the weak water is scattered, and still retains the memory of the person he is attached to, then he can wait until the appearance of the soul ferryman, he will use a heinous soul in exchange, let this person be reincarnated with the person he loves. ”
However, in the course of a thousand years, he may see the person he loved most in his previous life walking on the bridge, but he will not be able to communicate, he can see her, but she cannot see him. He would see her walk across the bridge over and over again, and drink bowl after bowl of Meng Po soup. And in this Lethe River, too many people began to be infatuated with each other, and in the end they could not bear the torture, and they had forgotten why they had jumped into the river and why they were waiting. Of course, there are also those who are heartbroken to see the people they love forget about themselves, and these people have disappeared before they survive a thousand years. There are very few people who have deep affection for thousands of years, but they still have their hearts and minds, and they can still remember the events of their previous lives, re-enter the world, and find the people they loved most in their previous lives. It is said that these people who have been waiting for thousands of years to be reincarnated will be born with special marks. Some have shallow dimples on their faces, some have moles on their bodies, and some have obvious birthmarks, all of which are to make people who loved each other in their previous lives have a trace of mutual induction. ”
Hearing Sun Wukong's explanation, Tang Seng took a deep look at the lonely ghosts in the Lechuan River, sighed long, and slowly spoke. There was sadness in his tone.
"Ask what the love of the world is, and teach life and death to make a promise. You actually chose a thousand years of torture, just to look at the person you loved most in your previous life. I really don't know if you're infatuated or stupid. But no matter what, I, Tang Seng, respect you as a man, and here I bow to you. ”
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After that, Tang Seng bowed deeply to the lonely soul and wild ghost in the Lechuan River.
After doing all this, Tang Seng stepped directly onto the Nai He Bridge.
Tang Seng chose to go to the lowest level, not for anything else, just to experience the excitement, if you speak, you can only come once in a lifetime, and if you don't play some excitement, you will be blind.
Tang Seng had just stepped on the Nai He Bridge with one foot, and those lonely souls and wild ghosts in the Lechuan River boiled directly, looking at Tang Seng one by one.
But I don't know if it's because of Tang Seng's previous bow, or what's going on, those lonely souls and wild ghosts just looked at Tang Seng fixedly, without the slightest intention of approaching.
Looking at those who were just looking at themselves and did not step forward, Tang Seng actually felt a trace of disappointment, but soon his eyes were attracted by a couplet on the bridge.
I saw that the couplet was written.
"Accumulate virtue and practice, and the Nai River Bridge is easy to cross. Greed creates evil, and the sharp knife mountain cannot escape. ”
And the lower couplet is.
"Three steps across the Nai River Bridge, knowing whether Er is good or evil. Go through the road of gold and silver in one go, and give you fortune and fortune. ”
Looking at the couplet on the bridge, Tang Seng smiled and said.
"Oh, this Hades brother is so interested, and he has made a couplet, but it always feels like something is missing. ”
After watching it for a long time, Tang Seng slapped his head. "I'll just say something less, where did the banner go, it seems that I have to do good deeds again, and the little prince will go out. ”
After that, Tang Seng directly raised the shadow spear in his hand, and carved a few big characters in the middle of this couplet.
"Welcome to the underworld. ”
Looking at the crooked five big characters, Tang Seng nodded with satisfaction.
"Well, that's right. ”
After that, Tang Seng directly resisted the falling shadow spear, hummed a song in his mouth, and walked towards the end of the Nai He Bridge.
"The underworld welcomes you, opens up the world for you, and the charm in the flow is full of vitality......"
Seeing Tang Seng humming his own adapted song Difu to welcome you, while swaggering on the Nai He Bridge, Sun Wukong and the others were stunned, they couldn't understand why Tang Seng was so two-dollar.
Suddenly, a question sounded in their minds at the same time.
That is, "It's not too late to change the master now." ”
Tang Seng didn't know what Sun Wukong and the others were thinking, and he was still singing on the Nai He Bridge in his own way.
"The door of the underworld is always open, and the ...... of heaven and earth are open"
In less than a song, Tang Seng crossed the Nai He Bridge unharmed.
And at the moment when Tang Seng stepped out of the Nai He Bridge, Meng Po, who was standing not far away selling soup, looked up directly at Tang Seng as if she sensed something.
Of course, after seeing Tang Seng's appearance, he was stunned, his eyes were suddenly filled with tears, and he said in a choked voice.
"I've been waiting for you for a thousand years, and you finally appeared. ”
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