Chapter 18 The Other Shore Flowers on the Huangquan Road
When the ghost door closed and the door opened, the other side of the door instantly lit up. But only inside the door, as if the door were blocking the light, the light would not come out when it reached the door. Our side has not changed at all from just now, it is the same pitch black.
After we passed the level, the door of the ghost gate was closed again. At this time, my body seemed to have undergone some changes, and my whole body was no longer as light as it was just now, and I felt like I had changed back to the original weight in my physical body.
After passing the ghost gate, in front of us is an endless road, the roadside is full of flowers, but there is not a single leaf to be seen.
I naturally know that this is the legendary Huangquan Road, and the Yellow Spring is also called Jiuquan, which is often said to be under the Nine Springs. And the flowers that bloom on the side of the road are the flowers on the other side of the legend that only see the flowers but not the leaves.
And the flower on the other side also has a poignant story: the only flower in the underworld is the flower of the underworld - the flower of the underworld. The fragrance of flowers is said to have magical powers, evoking memories of the deceased, and is generally believed to be a flower that grows along the Santu River.
Why is there a "flower blooms for a thousand years, flowers fall for a thousand years, and flowers and leaves never disappear"
There are two goblins guarding the flowers on the other side, one is called Manzhu, and the other is a leaf demon called Shahua. They have been waiting for thousands of years of flowers, but they have never met, because when the flowers bloom, they do not see the leaves, and when they have leaves, they do not see the flowers, and the flowers and leaves do not see each other, and they are wrong.
They miss each other frantically and are tormented by this pain.
Finally, one day, they decided to meet secretly against God's rules. That year's Manju Sahua's red and bright flowers were set off by the eye-catching green, and they bloomed particularly bewitchingly and beautifully.
The gods blamed them, and Manju and Sawa were sent into reincarnation and cursed to never be together, suffering in the human world for the rest of their lives.
Since then, Manju Sawa has been called the Flower of the Side, meaning a flower that blooms in the heavens, and the flower is shaped like a palm praying to heaven, but it has never appeared in the city again. This reminds me of a sentence in "Soul Ferry: Yellow Springs": "One day, when you walk through the Yellow Spring, you can see 800 miles of saffron, the roots of love are deep, and those who love love are not afraid of life, not afraid of death, all things in the world are immortal for love, and they are for eternal life." ”
This kind of flower blooms on the Huangquan Road, and every time Manzhu and Shahua are reincarnated on the Huangquan Road, they can smell the fragrance of the flowers on the other side and remember their previous lives, and then vow not to separate, and fall into the cursed reincarnation in the next life.
It is only when all the leaves have fallen off that the flowers begin to grow, and although they are born from the same root, the two never meet each other, never see each other. Remembering each other and cherishing each other will never be lost, so reincarnated and the flowers and leaves will never see each other, and there is also a sad love that can never meet.
The flowers on the other side are the flowers that bloom on the Yellow Spring Road, where a large number of flowers bloom in large quantities, it looks like a carpet paved with blood from a distance, and is also known as the "Fire Road" because of its red fire, and it is also the only scenery and color on the long Yellow Spring Road. And man walked on the guidance of this flower to the hell of the underworld.
Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the edge of a city was filled with large expanses of Manju Sawa flowers, or the flowers of the other side, whose floral fragrance had a magical power that reminded people of their past lives.
The book returned to the main story, followed the black and white impermanence for a long time, and a river appeared in front of me, that is, the Lechuan River, which was used as a boundary in the middle, separating Huangquan Road and Hades. And the water of this Lechuan River is blood-yellow, and it is full of lonely souls and wild ghosts that cannot be reincarnated, full of insects and snakes, and the fishy wind blows in the face.
Approaching the past, there is a bridge on the Lechuan River, the bridge is divided into three layers, the upper layer is red, the middle layer is yellow, and the lowest layer is black. Those who do good deeds in life go to the upper level, those who are both good and evil go to the middle level, and those who do evil go to the lower level. The lower the level, the more dangerous it becomes, and it is full of lonely souls and wild ghosts who cannot be reincarnated, and this is the Nai He Bridge.
This bridge is the boundary and begins a new reincarnation. Bluestone bridge deck, five steps, west of the bridge for women, east of the bridge for men, left yin and right yang.
"Whoever dies at the age of ninety-seven will wait three years on the bridge." A thousand years of retrospective, a hundred years of promise. Maybe the relationship between husband and wife in this life began and ended here.
However, thousands of feet under the bridge, the clouds and mist are entangled, and no one knows what kind of way awaits the next life. The promise of the next life is just a follow-up to this life, after drinking Meng Po soup, everything has been forgotten, and the meeting in the next life is just a new beginning.
What a bridge, what a parting in the past life, how to meet in this life, but how to reunite in the next life.
After crossing the Nai He Bridge, on the opposite bank of the Lethe River, there is a stone on the side of the Nai He Bridge called Sansheng Stone, this stone can let you see your past and present lives.
I wanted to get closer and see, but I couldn't help it.
There is an earthen platform next to Sansheng Stone, called Wangxiangtai, Bai Wuchang let Hei Wuchang pull me over, and said to me: "This is Wangxiangtai, take a look!"
I stood in front of the stage, and I saw that the earthen platform suddenly lit up, and it was like a movie showing the scene of my hometown, and my parents appeared in the scene. Seeing this, I wanted to cry, but I couldn't cry, because ordinary ghosts don't shed tears.
Next to the Wangxiang platform is the Meng Po Pavilion, and there is a kind old woman in the pavilion, and I know that this mother-in-law is Meng Po. Ghosts will receive a bowl of Meng Po soup here after crossing the Nai He Bridge, and after drinking it, they will forget everything, including the past and present lives.
Seeing that black and white impermanence was bringing me over, Meng Po in the pavilion put down the bowl in her hand, hugged her fist, and shouted respectfully: "Seventh master, eighth master." ”
"Meng Po doesn't have to be polite!" Bai Wuchang finished speaking, only to see him hand the yellow paper just now to Meng Po, Meng Po squinted her eyes and looked at the yellow paper carefully and returned it to Bai Wuchang. made a gesture of please, and said, "Seventh Master, Eighth Master, please!" Black and white impermanence followed me past the Meng Po Pavilion, and at this time my doubts rose, and I was puzzled: "Dare to ask the seventh master, why don't I drink Meng Po soup?"
Bai Wuchang glanced back at me and said, "What age is it now, the current Meng Po soup wants to be reincarnated and then drunk, if you don't want to be reincarnated, you can live temporarily in the underworld, you don't need to drink it yet." ”
After listening to Bai Wuchang's words, I almost held back my internal injuries, I wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.
I don't know how many people walked again, but a lot of buildings suddenly appeared in front of me, to what extent, it was the kind that could not be seen at a glance. It's the same as the city in the sun, it's like a small town, there are markets or something, and cars, and some ghosts are still holding mobile phones to make calls there, and they are in a groove, and this underworld is so up to date with the times!
Black and white impermanence led me through the street, around three or five streets, to a tall building, and walked in.
I went up to the second floor and entered a room with furnishings similar to those of the sun room at the end of the twentieth century.
While I was surprised, Bai Wuchang let Hei Wuchang open my handcuffs and said, "You stay here first, don't run around, we will come to you later!"
I frowned and looked at Bai Wuchang very puzzled, but I didn't know how to ask, so I nodded and didn't speak.
Seeing the impermanence of black and white, I didn't know where I was going, so I lay in bed in a daze, because the underworld does not distinguish between day and night, and I can only perceive time by the clock hanging on the wall.
I don't know how long I lay in bed, but before I knew it, I was asleep in the underworld, and I slept soundly, and I didn't know how long I slept, and I was woken up by a knock on the door.
I rubbed my eyes and stretched my waist to open the door, and there was a waiter standing outside the door, who was holding the food and said, "Sir, this is your meal, I wish you a pleasant meal!"
, the service is so good, I didn't expect this kind of treatment after death, I knew that I committed suicide, why do I fight to make money in the sun.
After eating, I wiped my mouth and glanced at the clock, it was already more than 9 o'clock in the evening in terms of the time of the yang world, why didn't this black and white impermanence come yet!
Thinking of this, I heard another knock on the door in my ears, and I hurriedly ran to open the door, but this time it was not black and white impermanence or a waiter standing outside the door, but an old man with gray hair.