Chapter 41: The Netherworld

When I saw it, my mother startled me, and Han Duo behind me shouted directly: "Ghost."

After shouting, she may have remembered that we are in the underworld, and what else can there be in front of us except ghosts, and then hurriedly sent a smile to the old man to express her gratitude.

The old man frowned and looked at me, and scolded: "It's a shame that you are still a Mr. Yin and Yang, how can you still be afraid of ghosts?" It's ridiculous! ”

Hearing this, I was really ashamed to go to my grandmother's house, and hurriedly said: "The old gentleman scolded yes, and the kid is also the first time to go to the yin, so he is so panicked, please forgive me if there is any offense!" ”

The old man glanced at me, then looked elsewhere and said, "For the sake of me and others who are all fellow practitioners, I don't care about this matter, just ask if you have anything!" ”

As soon as I heard this, I dared to love the old man in front of me or a person from the Daomen? So he reinstated again: "It turned out to be a senior in the Tao, and the kid is reasonable." I want to ask, how can I get to the capital city here? ”

The old man nodded very helpfully, then pointed to the end of the street, and said, "You go all the way, and you will reach the capital city after crossing the bridge." ”

"Bridge? Could it be the Nai Ho Bridge? I asked.

The old man shook his head and said: "The Nai He Bridge is to be crossed when you go to reincarnation, you are going to the capital city, so naturally you don't have to cross the Nai He Bridge." ”

"It's not a bridge, what other bridge is there in the underworld, why haven't I heard of it before?"

I looked at the end of the street and wondered.

The old man pursed his lips and said, "Looking at your way, it's normal not to know." ”

Hearing this, I sweated again. Just as he was about to ask about the Ghost Shadow Bridge again, the old man stopped and said, "Don't say anything, I have to leave and have important things to do!" With that, he turned around and left......

It's right to think about it, Nai He Bridge is a bridge that has been reincarnated, people walk on Huangquan Road after death, and if they wait until they are reincarnated after death, they will have to pass through Nai He Bridge, but whether they can cross the bridge safely depends on your merit.

It is said that the bridge is divided into three layers, and those who do good pass through the upper layer, but the evil people pass through the lowest layer, and those who have mixed good and evil pass through the middle two layers. The gold and silver bridge decks on the top floor are flat and wide, and there is a yin difference to welcome and send off, and the soul can pass through safely; The lowest wooden plank bridge is close to the surface of the Lechuan River, the huge waves are beating, the fierce ghosts are pulling, the insects and snakes bite the body, and they can't stand the pain of the insects and snakes, or they can't bear the fright of the stormy waves, and they will never cross this small wooden bridge. The middle two decks are walked by people of mixed good and evil, and although there is no danger in the middle two decks, ghosts will still be a little frightened when they pass through these two decks. Therefore, in life, it is better to do more good deeds and accumulate virtues, so as not to fall into the river and be bitten by insects and snakes in the end, and it will be too late to recover!

It is rumored that there is an old woman named "Meng Po" at Qiaotou, who is constantly boiling a pot of soup with "oblivion" as the seasoning. Anyone who wants to be reincarnated must drink the soup cooked by Meng Po, and after drinking this bowl of Meng Po soup, he will forget everything in his previous life! Therefore, people always do not remember the events of the previous life. There is also a legend that the soup of the bowl of Meng Po soup is the tears shed by the reincarnated person, and when he drinks it, he tastes the past one by one, and then forgets it.

What a bridge, what a parting in the past life, how to meet in this life, but how to reunite in the next life.

Returning to the point, I saw that he was in a hurry, and I thought that he really had something urgent to do, but the route to the city of Xudu was finally asked, so I rode on a white horse, flung the reins and hurried to the end of the street.

After about ten minutes on a white horse, I finally walked out of the street. There were also fewer ghosts, and the town's houses stopped at this place, because there was a river in front of me, and it was this river that blocked the town's expansion.

The river is not very large, only about 20 meters wide, but the water in the river is as black as ink. The banks of the river were covered with red lanterns, one at three feet apart, and the sparkling red lanterns reflected in the inky water reflected a slight flickering light.

There is a stone bridge over the river, the bridge is arched, and the sides of the bridge are also covered with red lanterns. It was dark everywhere else, but it was brightly lit, which struck me as weird.

I saw that the bridge was full of ghosts, all of them were standing on the side of the bridge or at the head of the bridge looking at the river under the bridge, and then they either screamed in horror, or cried and wiped their tears and were heartbroken, completely different from the ghosts elsewhere.

Han Duo asked me what's wrong, is there something more terrifying in the river than ghosts?

I didn't quite understand it, so I tried to walk to the bridge and look into the river, and then I found that the river was like a huge mirror, revealing me in the mirror. But I'm okay, I don't look any different from when I was alive, and when I look at the ghosts around me, I see that the appearance on the surface of the river is completely different, only to see that in the shadow reflected on the river, they are completely inhuman, and the flesh on their heads and hands is still falling into the river piece by piece.

Yes, the reflection on the surface of the river is definitely the scene of a decomposing corpse. At that moment, Han Duo was so frightened that he screamed, but at this time, the ghosts on the bridge were heartbroken, so Han Duo's scream was not very abrupt.

Seeing the scene in front of me, I suddenly remembered a description of the underworld in the secret art of Maoshan, called the Ghost Shadow Bridge. It is rumored that the ghost will come to this ghost shadow bridge after getting off the ghost gate, walking through the Huangquan Road, and drinking the ecstasy soup of the Ecstasy Temple. Until then, the ghosts would not have known that they were dead, as if they were in a dream. It wasn't until they reached the Ghost Bridge that the ghosts could see themselves in the water below them, and they realized that they were dead, and that even their bodies were rotting, and pieces of rotting flesh were falling into the river. They were afraid, and kept rubbing their hands and their bodies, but the more they rubbed them, the faster the flesh on their bodies fell off until they saw their own white bones.

They will be afraid, they will panic, they will regret it, or they will not be willing. Yes, when you know that you are dead, who can let go of everything in the Yang world? Family, friends, money and material things.

But at this time, they can't return to Yang, because at this time in the Yang World, their bodies have been dead for seven days, and even if it is a Daluo Immortal, it can't save him from Yang. Because at this time, their flesh left in the Yang World has begun to decay.

I told Han Duo everything I knew, and the strange thing was that at this time, not only did she not have the slightest fear, but she did not shed tears.

Maybe looking at the situation in front of you, and then thinking of yourself, no one knows when you will suddenly come here, and at that time, maybe you will be like this, and you will be unwilling, and you will not be able to let go, because Yang Shi has too many things to do yet, because Yang Shi has too many worries......

Looking up at the ghosts on the bridge, they were either sad, desperate, or helpless, obviously they thought of their hometown and relatives in the Yang World, and even more so thought of their bodies that were about to rot in the Yang World, and now they had to accept the reality that they were dead.

And the souls who came down from the bridge were either regretful or lamenting. Yes, people who have not experienced life and death will not understand this heart-rending pain. Therefore, in the world, I advise you to be more tolerant and kind to your family and friends, and don't wait until the day when you regret it, it will be too late.

I don't know how many tears of sadness and remorse are carried on this ghost-influenced bridge. This is really a dead body and a ghostly body, and the yin and yang are painful and broken!

Seeing the sad scene in front of me, my eyes couldn't help but moisten, in order not to let Han Duo touch the scene, so I urged her to cross the bridge as soon as possible, saving the wrong time.

After walking for about half an hour, an ancient city finally appeared in front of me. As far as the eye can see, the whole city exudes an ancient atmosphere, but the majestic momentum that only a big city has is unmistakable.

I saw three big black characters written on the earthy yellow city gate - "Xudu City". The city walls have become stained because of their age, and when you stand under the castle, you can see that the whole city is so high that it makes people solemn and awe-inspiring. It's true that you can't see the stars, the sun and the moon when you look up, and you can't see the dust of the land when you look down.

The city of Xudu, also called the ghost city, is the largest city in the underworld, which is the center of power in the underworld, with major government offices, so it is also called the underworld. There are ten halls in the city, that is, the so-called ten Hades, each of whom performs their own duties, so that the order of the underworld is normal, and people are rewarded for good and evil.

And the person I'm looking for is in Xudu City, Judge Cui, who is in charge of the book of life and death. In fact, Judge Cui is not the king of Hades, and some people often think that it is the king of Hades who is in charge of life and death, but in fact, there are ten halls in the underworld, and each hall has a king of Hades, and they are in charge of the rewards and punishments of good and evil. And Judge Cui is in charge of the book of life and death, no matter whether you are good or evil, when your life is over, Judge Cui will use a red cinnabar pen to draw your name on the book of life and death, and there will be black and white impermanence or ghosts to detain your soul.

Of course, although there is no distinction between good and evil in life and death, and Yang Shou must be claimed back when his life is over, but if it is a good person, he will send Bai Impermanence to detain the soul, and if it is an evil person, he will send Black Impermanence to detain the soul, and directly shackle his body with iron feet, and when he walks the Huangquan Road, it will be miserable.

Returning to the point, at the gate of the capital city, under a dim and dark lantern, there were four guards of the city, holding a five-foot-long whip to fight ghosts. The gate of the city is very deserted, so I guess it's because there are no ghosts walking around here.

"Lu Yin!"

Just as we were beating our horses and preparing to enter the city, suddenly the ghost whip in the hands of the Yin soldier guarding the door blocked in front of me and shouted.