Chapter Seventy-Six: Father
All the souls each chose a direction according to Jiu'er's plan, and the seven souls walked with their backs to each other, as for where the sixteen small prisons were, no one knew, so they could only rely on luck and walk forward as if they were blind and trying to move forward.
Before leaving, Xuanye looked back at Jiu'er step by step, hoping that she would be kind and suddenly call him to go together, but Jiu'er never had An Xuanye's idea to do it, and walked towards the southeast corner of the blood pool without looking back. 、
The space rained again, and the surroundings were confused, like a tragic dream, Jiu'er didn't know how long she had been walking, but she felt that the smell of blood was getting stronger, and she should be about to go to a small prison.
In the confused blood rain, Jiu'er saw two prostrate figures crawling in the northwest direction, Jiu'er subconsciously looked at the two souls wearing Japanese samurai armor that crawled past him, an old man with a white beard and a slender face, and a teenage handsome young man.
Jiu'er's heart suddenly tightened, and she couldn't help but shout: "Father? Brother Qingding? ”
The two souls that crawled past Jiu'er were none other than Ping Jingsheng, the father of the third son, and Ping Qingding, the half-brother of the son, Jiu'er never dreamed that he would meet them here, so he quickly picked up Ping Jingsheng, who looked stunned on the ground.
Ping Jingsheng looked at Jiu'er carefully, his face full of suspicion, and said, "Are you?" ”
"I'm your Mo Jiu's daughter-in-law! The wife of the third son! Father, don't you know your daughter-in-law? Jiu'er lifted the light veil covering his face, his eyes were already hazy with tears, he didn't see them after the Battle of Ichinoya, the whole family of the Hei family died tragically at the hands of the Heian Chaogen, Jiu'er was the most injured in that life, and his loved ones died tragically, that was Jiu'er's first love disaster, with the memories of Jiu'er's first love.
The old man Jingsheng trembled and held Jiu'er's arm, his wrinkled face was full of tears: "Daughter-in-law! My most courageous daughter-in-law in the Ping family! Father never thought he would meet you here! Mojiu's daughter-in-law Atsumori died, and he was slashed by Naomi Kumagai, and my Hei family was wiped out by Genji! Father is dead, I must go back to take revenge! ”
"Father, these Mo Jiu daughters-in-law you said know it, but it's a pity that I didn't have the martial arts to save Dunsheng Fujun at that time, but father, it's all over, we are going to start a new soul path, those should be regarded as a dream!"
Jiu'er helped Pingjingsheng sit down on a rock on the ground, took Qingding's little hand, and said kindly: "Little brother Qingding, do you remember Mo Jiu's sister-in-law?" ”
Qingding looked at Jiu'er with a smile and said mischievously: "How could Qingding not remember Mo Jiu's sister-in-law?" You are the highest martial artist in my Heike family, and you once saved the elder brother Tsumori and the eldest brother of the Kyokei who were besieged by Genji, and my father often talked about you, but I don't know where you went later? ”
Jiu'er smiled with relief, fortunately, the little boy remembered his sister-in-law, "Qingding wants to see your Dunsheng brother?" ”
Qingding happily took his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, where is Brother Dunsheng?" ”
"He's a very famous place, you'll see him in a few days!" Jiu'er hugged Qingding's little shoulders and looked at him with a smile, it was good to be with his relatives.
"I'm afraid I won't see him anymore?" Qingding said in a low voice.
Jiu'er glanced at Qingding suspiciously, Qingding paused, and said regretfully: "My father and I have just escaped from the tongue pulling hell, and my father is going to take me back to the human world to avenge the Ping family, so I can't go to see Brother Dunsheng, so as not to be found and arrested again, and my sister-in-law must have escaped from which small prison, right?" Qing asked Jiu'er.
Jiu'er looked down at her filthy bloody clothes, and it was also appropriate to be regarded as an escape from prison, who would believe that she was the princess of the world because of her dress?
"Don't care how I got here, in short, don't think about returning to the human world when you listen to me, the road from the underworld to the human world has been closed for many years, you can't get out, besides, the previous hatred is predestined, just treat him as a play, don't be too relieved, father, you give Mo Jiu's daughter-in-law a go, and when we see the third son, we will discuss whether we can return to the world to take revenge, okay?"
Jiu'er said to Ping Jingsheng's father, Jingsheng let out a long sigh and said, "When the road of the real world has been closed? ”
Jiu'er nodded, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally seemed to have made a lot of determination and said: "It's okay, multiple people have more strength, and when we see Dunsheng, we will study how to avenge the family." ”
Temporarily suppressing his father's determination to take revenge, Jiu'er got up and said to Qingding: "Did you escape from the tongue pulling prison?" ”
Qingding stared at the big eyes and nodded, Jiu'er continued: "Since this is easy to do, you must remember the way to the tongue pulling prison, so take me to the tongue pulling prison." ”
"What? We managed to escape, so why did we go back? Jingsheng's father shouted loudly, suddenly became vigilant, and pulled Qing Xiang back two steps.
Jiu'er understood that his father must have suspected that he was in the same group as Hades, Jiu'er smiled and said gently: "Father, don't worry, listen to me slowly, I am on a mission, I need to find the hiding place of the Yama King of the Four Palaces in the Sixteen Prisons of the Four Palaces, as long as I find my mission, it will be completed." ”
"Oh, I seem to get it." Jingsheng's father said thoughtfully: "However, why are you looking for the Four Palaces Hades?" How could he, a king of Hades, hide? Even if you hide it, you can't hide in the sixteen little prisons, that's where the guilty souls stay. ”
"I really can't tell you for a while, but please believe me, father, it won't be long before we can meet the third son, you can take me to the tongue pulling prison!"
"Father, let's not talk so much about it, let's go to the tongue pulling prison with my sister-in-law first, and everything will be understood when we see Brother Dunsheng in the future." It's still easy for young people to communicate, and Qingding believes in Jiu'er's decision.
Under the leadership of Jingsheng's father and Qingding's younger brother Evil, Jiu'er finally arrived at the Little Tongue Pulling Prison, a gloomy copper-walled hell, where torches are shining, ghosts are abundant, and the wind is constant.
Jiu'er obviously felt the trembling aura of Ping Jingsheng and Ping Qingding beside him, and the two of them were very nervous.
When the ghost saw the three souls who had walked into the small prison of tongue pulling, he shouted loudly in disdain: "Where did you come from? What about the demons who brought you? ”
Jiu'er smiled and walked a few steps closer to the ghost, and said, "We came by ourselves, I am the candidate soul of the young master's wife, and I am carrying out the task of your four palace officials." ”
The ghost sat up slightly straighter, glanced at the veiled Jiu'er, and said, "What about the two of them?" ”
"I brought them, and I'll take them away when I'm done."
"If I'm not mistaken, these two are the souls of sinners who just escaped from my little prison of pulling out their tongues, right?" The ghost looked at the two souls of Ping Jingsheng and Ping Qingding evilly.
Jiu'er subconsciously stood in front of the two relatives, and said firmly: "These two must be taken away when I complete the task, if you don't allow it, I remind you, I heard that there is a female soul full of ghasts here, that's my sister, and you will look good when the time comes!" ”
The ghost blinked twice, sat down reluctantly, and said impatiently: "Then you hurry up and complete your task, leave as soon as the task is completed, don't be an eyesore with me, as for those two, you take them first, I want to go back to the Four Palaces Hades Mansion You can't take them out!" ”
The ghost almost agreed to Jiu'er, Jiu'er stood and glanced around the trekking prison, several souls were hanging on the steel bars above their heads, and their tongues were inserted into a thin wire, so that they were hung on the steel bars, and each soul showed an extremely terrifying hanged ghost-like expression.
Standing beside Ping Qingding, trembling, black sweat came out of his palms, Jiu'er held Qingding's hand tightly, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, there is a sister-in-law, don't be afraid of anything." ”
"But sister-in-law, I just heard you say that you are going to run for the young master's wife, don't you want Brother Dunsheng?" Kiyoding asked with wide eyes.
"That's all fake." Jiu'er said softly.
"Why?" Ping Qingding is still asking.
Jiu'er snorted Qingding's little nose and said with a smile: "The little guy is still the same as the world, there are always endless questions, don't ask, you will know in the future." ”
The little boy of Qingding finally closed his mouth, Jiu'er carefully checked every sin soul here, counted one hundred and twenty sin souls, and none of them were suspicious, and finally even the four halls of ghosts sitting on the chair checked Jiu'er.
"What are you staring at me?" The ghost said in disgust.
"Do you know which small prison your four halls of Hades are in?" Jiu'er asked mischievously.
"I don't know? I haven't heard of which little prison he is going to inspect? ”
The ghost of the fourth hall suddenly sat up from the chair and said nervously: "Could it be that the king of the officials is coming to inspect the small prison of hanging tongues?" Get up and don't sleep, the king of Hades is coming to inspect our little prison, hurry up and clean up! The ghosts of the four halls shouted loudly, and immediately dozens of ghosts came out of nowhere, busily cleaning up the venue.
Jiu'er smiled helplessly, no matter what the region is the same routine, I heard that the inspection immediately carried out the autumn wind to sweep the leaves like a clean up scene, and when the inspection came, what I saw was a neat and beautiful scene, and after the inspection, it was restored to the previous state, ridiculous.
"Don't be busy, I didn't say that the King of the Four Palaces was going to come to inspect, I just said that he hid in your sixteen small prisons, as for which one is a small prison, then I don't know, and if it is really hidden here, the King of the Servants would have already entered you, what's the use of cleaning up now?" Jiu'er sat on the chair of the ghost, squinted and carefully went through the souls of the little prison with a hanging tongue.
There are still no suspicious souls, it seems that the king of the four halls of Hades is not in this small prison, Jiu'er looked at Qingding who covered his eyes and didn't dare to look directly at the small prison, took Qingding's little hand, and said with a smile: "You are a samurai of our Ping family, isn't it okay to be so cowardly?" Open your eyes, your sister-in-law is by your side, there is nothing to be afraid of! ”
Qingding slowly put down the hand covering his eyes, first looked at Mo Jiu's sister-in-law, and then looked around the tongue prison, Jiu'er kept looking at Qingding with a smile, and there was a long-lost comfort in his heart, this is Jiu'er's family in the first life, it is not easy to meet here, I don't know what kind of mood the prince will be when he sees Qingding?