Chapter Twenty-Three: The Second Envoy of the Ghost Gate Blocks the Way

The deeper he went, the more he felt the cold, and the cold wind was blowing on both sides of the dark woods, and Tianqi couldn't help but shiver a few times, and tightened the clothes on his body, but even so, it was still difficult to resist the pain of the cold wind. Tianqi lifted his true qi, urged it to spread, penetrated his body, warmed the meridians on his body, and gradually the feeling of coldness slowly dissipated.

At this moment, there was a sudden cry of "woo, woo" on the right side of the forest, and there was no movement after only three or four calls, listening to the sound seemed to be far away, seemingly near but not near, saying far seemed to be in the ear, saying that it was close but it seemed to be in the depths of the forest. Tianqi was stunned, turned his head to look, and said to himself: "Is it the sound of the wind?" pricked up his ears and listened carefully, but he felt that it was wrong, frowned slightly, and was confused for a while.

Just when Tianqi was stunned, the "woo" cry sounded again, Tianqi shook his wit, and shouted at the forest: "Who?" Suddenly there was no movement on the ground, and the cry suddenly disappeared again, Tianqi couldn't help but gasp, his heart was pounding, and he was uneasy, only to feel that the sound was like the howl of a wolf, and it felt like the cry of a woman who had been abandoned, vaguely revealing an indescribable evil, the scalp of the mad person was numb, and the hairs stood on end.

Tianqi was frightened in his heart, fixed his mind, and shouted boldly: "Don't pretend to be a god and scare people, you come out." "I saw that the forest was empty and silent, and there was not a sound at all. Tianqi swallowed his saliva, his body trembled slightly, and shouted at the forest: "Coward, there is a kind of scare the master for no reason when you come out, the master is not afraid of you." "It's that the more invisible things are, the more people think about them, if there really is a monster standing up in front of Tianqi, Tianqi may not be so nervous, but he feels that this thing obviously exists but can't find it, which is what makes him panic.

Tianqi frowned nervously staring at the forest, waiting for the voice to appear again, but there was still no movement in the forest for a while, as if the voice had completely disappeared, Tianqi was both frightened and surprised, and his heart was upside down, and he gathered a wisp of true qi in his palm, condensed into a cluster of fiery red flames, and with a flick of his wrist, the flames shot into the depths of the forest, and the firelight was still seen in the uneven rows of trees, and there was not even a bird in addition. Tianqi sniffed, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and comforted himself: "Xing is listening, scare yourself." He shook his head, calmed down, and turned to walk forward. I didn't know that I just took two steps, only to hear the "woo" cry again, Tianqi felt a pang in his heart, paused, his body did not move, his legs did not move, only two dark eyes and bones were turning, and he pricked up his ears to listen, the cry only screamed three times and was gone, Tianqi Shen "hummed" and said, "I can't hear it, I can't hear anything." "Clenched his fists and strode forward, walking and walking, and unconsciously the speed became faster and faster, and then he became a runner, striding like a fly, like a leaping rabbit.

I don't know how long I ran, Tianqi suddenly saw two towering peaks appear in front of him, turned his head to look at the sides, the forest had disappeared, and it seemed that he had walked out of the strange and strange woods. Tianqi looked at these two peaks and walked forward more than 20 steps, only to see that these two peaks are not very handsome, the whole body is black, as solid as tungsten iron, as if two supernatural giants shook the earth, and they can't see the top, I don't know how high they are? After looking at it for a while, he walked forward, and when he reached the foot of the peak, he saw two peaks standing on both sides, and a path eight zhang wide was sandwiched in the middle. Of course, the trail is compared to the two peaks, and the road alone is extremely wide, but sandwiched between these two giant peaks is like a kitten at the feet of an elephant, which is really insignificant.

At the foot of the mountain on the right, at the front of the trail stands a five-foot-high stone monument that reads "Ghost Gate Pass" Three vermilion characters, Tianqi saw the story about the ghost gate pass when reading books in Kunlun Mountain, and knew that this was the only way for the soul to enter the underworld after the death of a person, so he no longer hesitated at the moment, and walked forward, but he just stepped on the trail, and suddenly the ground rumbled, and the two peaks shook violently in an instant, squeezing together in the middle, Tianqi was startled, and hurriedly dodged and jumped out, only to see the two peaks tightly squeezed together, blocking the path tightly.

Tianqi's heart was pounding, and he looked at the mountain peak and said, "Fortunately, I ran fast, this ...... This must not squash people. As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of laughter from the mountain, which were two different kinds of laughter. Tianqi was slightly stunned, he never expected that these two peaks were actually "alive", and shouted: "Who? I only heard a voice say: "Little doll, you are not small, go inside without saying hello." The sound is like a heavy hammer beating a muffled drum, and listening to it makes people feel heavy in their hearts, like a kapok blockage.

As soon as the voice settled, another voice sounded again: "It's just that it's rude to use our brother as an ornament." The sound was like the sound of breaking cymbals, which was extremely harsh and unpleasant.

Tianqi frowned, took out the ear piercings on both sides, and said, "Who are you? His voice was a little more respectful. I only heard the voice of the latter speaker: "Even we don't know, you really lived your life in vain, brother, let's go out." Another voice said, "Okay." ”

I saw two monsters with a height of eight feet coming out of the two peaks, the mountain peak has no door or hole, and I don't know where the two monsters came from, even if they come out of the mountain, there should be a hole, these two monsters seem to appear out of thin air. Look at the appearance of the two monsters, the one on the left, the first is born with two horns, black face and red eyes, the head is as big as a bucket, the convex nose turned up in the sky is covered with a ring, all four limbs, and the body is a human body. The one on the right, an old indigo face stretched to a length of more than four feet, a pair of sudden eyes shining green like two green lanterns, the same as a person's body. Such a monster Tianqi had never seen or heard of it, and couldn't help but be shocked by their image, and unconsciously took two steps back, saying, "You...... Who are you...... What is it?"

The two monsters were stunned, then looked at each other and laughed, only to hear the monster on the left say: "We are not something, we are ......" Before he finished speaking, the monster on the right interjected: "Brother, how many times have I told you, it's not that things are scolding, why can't you remember it?" The monster on the left said: "We are not things in the first place, how can we curse people?" No, we are not people, how can we be scolding?" The monster on the right said: "It's not people but also scolding." The monster on the left said, "But we're not human in the first place, why did we become cursers?"

Seeing that the two of them were arguing with each other, Tianqi wanted to laugh and felt impatient, and shouted: "Okay, you guys don't quarrel, then let me ask you, what are you doing?" The monster on the left said: "We are ......" As soon as the words came out, the monster on the right grabbed the words: "You shut up, I'll talk." The monster on the left said, "Why do you say, I'll tell you." The monster on the right said, "I say what I say, I say it." The monster on the left said, "Why do you say that I am the boss?" The monster on the right said, "What's wrong with the boss, I'm going to say." The monster on the left said angrily, "I won't." The two monsters blushed in a quarrel, their necks thick, and their noses erupted with a cloud of white gas. Tianqi was very helpless by the two of them, laughed angrily, and said, "Okay, okay, don't fight, brother let the younger brother, you come." He pointed to the monster on his right.

The monster said: "Hehe, you are still sensible, let me ask you, have you ever heard of bull head and horse noodles?" Tianqi was stunned suddenly, shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it." The monster hurriedly said, "What? You haven't heard of it, you haven't heard of such a big reputation, you ...... You're mad at me. The monster on the left said, "Hmph, I won't ask anything, so I'd better ask." The monster on the right just jumped to his feet and shouted: "You're angry with me, you're angry with me......" Tianqi felt that the temper of these two monsters was very strange, and he was worried that they would be endless if he continued like this, so he hurriedly said: "I've heard it, I've heard it." The two monsters were stunned for a moment, and said in unison: "Have you really heard of it?" Tianqi said, "Well, I really heard it." The monster on the right said, "Then tell me about it." Tianqi pursed his lips and thought for a while, and said, "I heard that Niu Tou Ma Mian is a great hero, could it be the two of you?"

Tianqi's words were just casually twisted, blowing nonsense, how could he know what bull head and horse noodles were. The two monsters looked at each other and laughed, and said in unison, "That's us." The monster on the right said, "Brother, do you hear me, we are big heroes." The monster on the left said, "This kid is really knowledgeable." The monster on the right said, "Yes, yes, with a unique vision." The monster on the left said, "Extraordinary." The monster on the right said, "In a word." The monster on the left said, "Discerning gold." The monster on the right said, "Hero's true colors." The monster on the left said, "Hey, you're wrong, we're heroes, what kind of hero is he." ”

Tianqi saw that they sang and talked and ran away again, and he was so angry that he just wanted to scold, and shouted loudly: "Okay, you two are finished, say one by one." The two monsters said in unison: "Are you angry?" Tianqi didn't answer them, pointed to the monster on the left and said: "Just now he said, now you come and say, let me ask you, what are you two doing?" The monster said: "Okay, I'll tell you when I see that you kid is very sensible, how did you come here?" Tianqi gasped angrily and shouted, "Now I ask you." The monster suddenly said: "Oh, yes, then I tell you, this pass is called the Ghost Gate Pass, I am the head of the bull, he is the face of the horse, and the two of us are the messengers of the pass." ”

These two monsters are the two envoys of the Ghost Gate, the one on the left is the bull head, the one on the right is the horse face, and the biggest feature of the two envoys is that there are many ugly words.

Ma Mian said: "Why did you come alone, the ghost messenger?" Tianqi said: "What kind of ghost is the messenger?" Ma Mian said: "Is it to escort your soul seduction messenger?" Tianqi said: "There is no messenger, I came by myself." I ask you, is it the underworld over there?" and he pointed to the two giant peaks. Niu Tou said: "After the ghost gate pass is the capital city, there is a river outside the city called the Lechuan River, there is a bridge on the river called Naihe Bridge, and there is a mother-in-law next to the bridge called ......"

Tianqi saw that he was chattering endlessly, and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, get the mountain away, I want to go over." Ma Mian said: "It's no problem to let you go, but you have to take out Du Mu and show us." Tianqi was surprised: "Du Mu, what Du Mu?" Ma Mian said: "It is the degree that has passed, and the certificate issued by the judge of the Ghost Division has not passed the ghost gate." The bull head said: "What are you doing in the netherworld without a degree?" Tianqi said: "I came to find my father and mother, you quickly get the mountain away." The bull head said: "That's not good, you can't go over without a degree." Tianqi said: "Could it be that you let me go back?" Ma Mian said: "I can't go back, there is no coming and going here, you can only be a lonely ghost, look at the back?"

Tianqi turned around and looked, only to see that the big forest was still behind, but the road in the woods disappeared without a trace, Tianqi was apprehensive for a while, and said in surprise: "Hey, where is the road?" Ma Mian said: "The Yin and Yang Road only has a way to come, there is no way to go, you can't go back, I think you are here to accompany my brother, so as not to become a wandering spirit." Tian prayed: "No, I still have to find my father and mother, I still have things to do." Ma Mian said: "Mom and Dad, this thing is nothing ......" Before Ma Mian's words were finished, the bull head suddenly shouted: "Hey, here, here, brother, it's Xiao Hei." The voice seemed very excited. The horse looked forward and said, "It's really him." ”

Tianqi turned his head to look, only to see two people walking behind him, because they were too far away and there was a dark rumbling, so he couldn't see it really. When the two of them approached Tianqi to see clearly, they saw a man wearing a tall hat, wide and fat, slightly short, and a face as black as the bottom of a pot, pulling an iron chain in his left hand, and holding a mourning stick with a whisker like a feather duster in his right hand, and another white-looking man came over, and the iron chain was put on the neck of the white man. What made Tianqi feel even more rare was that the black-faced man's pointed hat had the words "The world is peaceful" written on it. He had seen rumors about black and white impermanence in the book, and knew that there were two envoys in the underworld, one with a fierce face, a wide body, a small black face, and the words "The world is peaceful" written on the official hat, which specifically hooked the souls of the wicked in the yang. The other was smiling, tall and thin, with a pale complexion, a long tongue and a hat with the words "Fortune at first sight" written on it, and it was dedicated to the souls of the good people of the world.

Tian Qi said in his heart: "Isn't this black impermanence?" This black-faced dwarf is one of the black impermanences of "black and white impermanence".

Hei Wuchang glanced at Tianqi casually, and said to Niu Tou Mamian: "The two brothers have been waiting here for a long time. I saw Ma Mian smile and said, "Who do you think you are? Let our brother wait for you? Don't be stinky and beautiful." As he spoke, he leaned down, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it?" Hei Wuchang sighed sullenly, grinned, took out a wine jug from the cloth bag on his shoulder and handed it to Ma Mian, and said, "Here you go." Ma Mian shook the wine jug and said, "That's it?" Niu Tou said: "I said Xiao Hei, you are too picky, how can this be enough for our brother to drink?" Hei Wuchang said: "What? I will give that little money and drink good wine, where can I buy it?" Ma Mian held the wine jug in his arms, sighed lightly, and said, "Forget it, it will be some." ”

Hei Wuchang said: "Don't open the door yet, I'm waiting to return to life?" Ma Mian said: "Have you forgotten the rules?" Hei Wuchang said: "It's really verbose. He took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Ma Mian, who looked at it casually and prayed to the sky: "See, this is Du Mu." ”

The bull head asked Hei Wuchang and said, "Xiao Hei, what crime does this guy have to hear?" Hei Wuchang glanced at the man beside him, his dark face became a little more ruthless, and he said angrily: "Hmph, this guy is not a thing, poisoning his brother, forcing him to rape his sister-in-law, strangling his nephew, seizing the family property, he is really his grandmother's bastard." Niu Tou gasped and said, "It's all a 'pro', it's really poisonous, so how did he die?" Ma Mian asked, "How will that be judged?" Hei Wuchang said: "Hey, such a bastard didn't negotiate, and designated to go to hell to go to the oil pot and cut the meat on the cutting board." ”

Niu Tou Ma Mian couldn't help but shudder. Ma Mian said: "How many floors will it go down to?" Niu Tou said: "It's nonsense, it's eighteen floors in total, and it won't be the nineteenth layer anyway." ”

Hei Wuchang said: "Okay, I won't tell you more, I'm still waiting to return to my life." By the way, what does this doll do?" said the bull head, "He said he was looking for his mother." Ma Mian said, "And his father." Hei Wuchang asked, "Who is his parents?" Niu Tou Ma smiled and said in unison: "How do we know?" Hei Wuchang said: "Then I'll take him there?"

Tianqi hurriedly walked up to Hei Wuchang and said, "Uncle Hei, I'll go with you." Ma Mian said: "That's not good, he doesn't have a degree, he can't pass." Hei Wuchang looked at Tianqi and said: "Little doll, you can't pass the ghost gate without Dudu, how did you come here?" Tianqi said: "I am ......" Ma Mian urged: "Are you still leaving?" Hei Wuchang said: "Okay, good, let's go." As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Tianqi again.

I saw the bull-headed horse standing facing the two giant peaks, pushing out with both hands, and shouting: "Hey, ah." There was a loud rumble, and the two huge peaks moved to both sides, and the eight-foot-wide path reappeared.