Chapter 20 A Gift from the Ancestors - Midyear Festival
CHAPTER XX
"The shopkeeper is still the old place."
Untied the knot, the big pillar and the second pillar were busy in this small shop. Carefully inspect the items that are ready to be sold today so as not to miss anything.
I didn't notice the conversation between this "house" and Song Nian.
"Big pillar and two pillars, hold on!"
The two men had just become prepared, and when they heard this, they hugged the nearby pillar, and as the skeleton moved forward step by step, the room slowly left the original station in the midst of this turbulence.
"Huh?"
Holding the two pillars of the pillar, looking at the scenery around the lower bunk, the fireflies dotted on weekdays, now in order to compete for glory with the full moon in the sky, they are actually hugging together, fluorescent, prostrate on the earth, so the stars in the sky are brilliant, and the ground is fluorescent, and it is very good-looking.
"Found out?"
Song Nian looked at the curious two brothers, and they should have discovered it like this.
"This ...... There is no way to this underworld! ”
This is not called no road, there is no land in the underworld, and there is no way to get from the land? The place where they were before was originally a void land, and if there was anything in the underworld that could be down-to-earth, there would only be a piece of Taozhi Mountain left, which was the place where the ancient demons and monsters died in the battle with the fairy world, and it was not a land in the first place, but a pile of bones.
"There is only that place in the underworld that is down-to-earth."
This piece of the road of fire covered by Manju Sawa is the only distant place where it is as solid as a rock and stands.
That place is the temple of the Lord of the Underworld.
The only place where the underworld has a foundation.
The place of creation, this ethereal place, was given to this fleshless demon and monster.
"Shopkeeper, ...... Is it Hades? ”
Where the pillar pointed, the Enma floated in, followed by the most pure-blooded and noble clan in the underworld. The Ten Halls of Hades, the Five Ghost Emperors, are mighty, covering the starry sky that is dotted with insects, leaving no gaps.
The Enma sat in it, the law was fully revealed, and the pair of silver-gray pupils opened suddenly, and they were shocked when they looked at it directly.
The demons behind him danced wildly, all kinds of laws, and the sky was confused, so that the living souls and ghosts in this mid-air subconsciously wanted to bow down in this scene that covered the sky and the sun.
"The people of the underworld are subject to the decree."
The former judge of the Enma Throne, with red pupils on his forehead, looked directly at the ghosts, and read out the decree of Yan.
"Now that the middle of the underworld has arrived, the gate of the underworld will be opened, and the people of the underworld can go to the human world, visit relatives and friends, reunite with their families, and return to the time of today's sub-hour.
"Yes, follow the decree of the Immortal Monarch."
The people of the underworld, bow down to return the gift of the king of the underworld. And seeing that these decrees have been announced, all the people in the underworld can move freely. Each did its own thing, and all kinds of scenes became lively again. It was too far away from this place to see the true face, but when you came to it, you could see the magnificence.
"Brother, brother's fireworks are so beautiful!"
Erzhu has been obediently following his brother and brother in front of him, and when he saw the fire tree and silver flower in front of him, he couldn't help but clap his hands! They rushed to the front.
Dazhu naturally saw it.
The fire tree silver flower is different from this mortal world, it is grander than it, and it is also very dazzling, because the root of the fire tree silver flower is a volcanic outlet gushing out, and the fireworks that burst out of the sky rise into the air, in the middle of the air, fleeting, and then another wave of succession, enduring.
Now the two pillars, which only look like children, are naturally facing this scene, overwhelmed and excited.
"Shopkeeper...... Shopkeeper's,"
The shopkeeper hired his two brothers in order to help the business in the small shop during this mid-year festival, and now the two pillars are running around like this, not only can they not help, but they also have to pay attention to his every move.
"Go with him."
Song Nian didn't make a fuss, grabbed the cup in his hand, took two sips, and sat down on the Panlong chair in front of the door.
"Today, it's not the first time for the two of you, don't you want to see the prosperous scene?"
"If you take care of the business in the store, huff, the bone soul has already started today."
The business of this small shop, if it is sold and cleaned on weekdays, it is naturally a matter of the two pillars, before they came, these preparations were all those ghost officials who were rare things made by him in the Song Dynasty, and sent ghosts to listen to him.
As for this sale, today is naturally a matter of the soul.
All the objects of this shop, Song Nian purchased them one by one, and they are naturally clear, but if you find a second familiar one, it is naturally the "shop" itself.
"Take it well, guest officer! Three taels of clear springs in the mortal world. ”
Seeing Song Nian looking at him, the bone soul became more busy with his subordinates. This is a performance in front of the shopkeeper's eyes, and naturally there is no harm to the guys.
Delivering the goods with one hand, singing with the other hand and what is in the account, this mouth is talking about his old and decrepit, but there is no ambiguity under his hands.
"Guest officer, please inside, I don't know what the guest officer wants to buy from the shop?"
This voice, spoken by this behemoth, although it pretended to be a kind tune, still gave them goosebumps, on the other hand, those who entered the door were normal.
“……”
Actually, there is really no shortage of buddies here in Shopkeeper Song.
The two brothers were left behind because they didn't want to see them sleeping on the streets again. has always been called a profiteer, but he explained him carefully, and took him in tactfully.
"Xiaosheng is not interested in anything other than this business."
In the past 100 years, although he has seen this mid-year festival slowly flourishing, although he feels that this scene is grand and prosperous, he will one day feel that he will take it seriously.
"If you have a wish that you have not fulfilled and have not seen, go ahead, this day is a good opportunity, do not miss it."
He has no obsession in the mortal world in the Song Nian, and he is reluctant to give up, only the shop is related to him.
"Although the prosperity will eventually fall, but we will catch up, right?"
When Leqile is happy, it is naturally also fate.
"Then we two brothers will return today."
They had nothing on that earth, but they had people who they could not part with, the group of common beggars whom they had once regarded as brothers and sisters, and they hoped that they would have the opportunity to go back to the mortal world to see them.
"Yes, let's go."
If someone is waiting for you to return, it is naturally a rare thing.
"Shopkeeper, don't suffer yourself."
This underworld is prosperous, extravagant and rich.
The traffic in front of me is busy, rubbing shoulders, and hundreds of ghosts walking at night, all of which are not fake.
But it still can't stop the Hades King from opening the gates of hell unprecedentedly. The people who have been waiting at the door for a long time are all people who have a heart in the world, and they are waiting to pass through the long and dark path of the Yellow Spring when this underworld is in full swing, just to see the bonds of the world.
One eye, one eye is enough.
But Song Nian turned a blind eye to the grand occasion, as if it did not exist, this ghost world was grand and noisy, and it had nothing to do with him; This road to the Yellow Springs is crowded like a tide, and it has nothing to do with him.
He sat there.
A chair, a cup of tea.
Obviously, the lights were bright, and the voices were boiling, so that Dazhu suddenly felt that this was the real lonely ghost when he looked back at it.
Nothing to ask for, nothing to seek.
"It's okay, don't miss the hour."
Seeing the bone soul take the two ghosts away from this small shop, Song Nian got up from the seat, and the lonely soul and wild ghost who had just made the big pillar look at it, now look, there is still a trace of shadow.
How could he be bitter in Song Nian.
There are so many things he has to do now, and the places he wants to go are none other than him, and naturally there is no moment for him to feel lonely and self-pitying.
Today, he didn't plan to let the big pillars know his whereabouts!
Just because he wants to explore the depths of the dense forest of the Taozhi Mountain again!
This shop was handed over to the old ghost of the bone soul, and for Song Nian, it was more reassuring for him than the two brothers came, after all, in the hundred and ten months that they did not come, he was accompanied by this gluttonous old ghost who claimed to be old.
"Fang Qing, I'll leave it to you here."
This is the real name of the bone soul. Fang Qing, within the three realms, among the six realms, only Song Nian knew his real name and surname.
"Venerable Master, please be careful."
This old self-proclaimed bone soul is no longer the flattering, delicious and lazy face that Dazhu saw, the face that has long been no flesh and skin, only Sensen white bones are left, and it is actually a bit of humility and deference that outsiders can see.
"I will."
He had to do this, and if he was careless, how could he achieve his goal?
Song Nian opened the small secret road and quietly came to the fire road that is now covered by the flowers on the other side. At this time, it was his only chance to enter and exit Taozhi Mountain safely.
Today, Mao Ri Xingjun is on duty on the road to Huangquan.
If the two pillars of the big pillar go to the Yellow Spring Road, they can see the end of the fire road, not as dark and dull as they remember, only before today, the Yellow Spring Road belongs to the Sun Star Monarch on duty, and the morning sun and sunset are all laid out on it, so that the returning ghosts, whether they step out of the underworld or when they return, can enjoy the warmth of the human world in their memory.
This is a gift from the ancestors.
Bestowed on all beings in the underworld who can no longer enjoy the aura of grandeur and never see the people in their hearts all day after death. Give them the only warm memory in this underworld.
The underworld calls it a gift from the ancestors.
And this mid-year festival is the precious hope that the ancestors send to the souls of all beings in the underworld, because this hope can guide them through the valley of the shadow of death and hope for the road of death again.
If there is still hope and hope, even if you are in the valley of the shadow of death, what does it matter?
Song Nian, with the gift of the ancestor to all sentient beings, waited for the time to mature, to do the stealing thing, he wanted to go to Taozhi Mountain, steal something.
A book that may still exist.