Chapter 408: The Ten Palaces of Hades

What would be the scene behind the huge bronze door? I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but at this moment, looking at the crack in the door about a meter, and looking at the suffocating black inside the crack in the door, I suddenly felt the sound of a rapid heartbeat.

Heartbeat?

My heartbeat?

Almost subconsciously, I reached out to my chest, and sure enough, I felt the heartbeat of "bang bang", and it felt very strong.

I was surprised and delighted, at least since the examination in Qilu Hospital, I have touched it dozens of times, and I have never touched my heartbeat, in fact, I have been used to the state of not having a heartbeat, and I suddenly felt the sound of heartbeat at this time, and I was a little unaccustomed.

I vaguely felt that my heart had suddenly regained my heartbeat, and it had something to do with this bronze door, to be precise, with something behind the bronze door.

In a daze, Zhang Zhouting and the others had already followed into the bronze gate, and I didn't have time to hesitate, so I hurriedly followed.

The moment he stepped through the bronze door, his whole body felt as if he had been electrocuted, and a cold war passed from the top of his head to his heels.

I thought that behind the bronze gate was a cave, similar to the cave under the Yellow River before, who knew that a few steps into it, what appeared in front of me was a place similar to a temple, but the space was extremely huge, and the two sides were more than 100 meters wide, and the front could not be seen at a glance.

What made me even more incredible was that behind the entire bronze door, at least as far as the eye could see, there was a light, as if suddenly it was dawning.

Looking around left and right, there are several large stone statues more than two meters high on each side, and when you look at it for the second time, you will find that one of the stone statues is different from the others.

This stone statue is on the innermost part of my left, noticeably shorter than the others, and of a different color.

The other stone statues were jet-black, the same black to shiny color as carbon, but this one was earthy yellow.

Well?

What does this statue look like......

When I fixed my eyes on the face of this particular stone statue, goosebumps rose all over my body.

He turned out to be exactly the same as me, or Chi You and Dayu.

I looked at the statue from afar, and I felt a strange feeling in my heart, and I seemed to see it smile at me.

Will the stone statue laugh? It must be a hallucination.

It's like looking at another me laughing, and words can't describe it in words.

After staring at it for a full minute, I felt a very strong feeling in my brain.

There was a mysterious power calling to me, and this mysterious power came from the idol.

One step, two steps......

I walked uncontrollably towards the idol, and in a hazy way, I saw the expression on the idol's face change several times.

When I got to less than ten meters from the idol, the idol didn't move.

The distance is closer, and the more clearly you can see.

I noticed that this statue was not the same as the others, and that the workmanship was very rough except for its size and color.

If the Bronze Gate belongs to the previous civilization, let's call it an "underground civilization" for the time being!

Then this statue, whether he is Chiyou or Dayu, should not appear here.

Thinking about it the other way, since it appeared, it means that there is another reason.

After comparing this idol with other gods again, an idea suddenly popped into my mind: could it be that after the people of the Dongyi tribe entered the bronze gate, there were already other gods here, and later they also made one for their own tribal leader and placed it with the previous idols.

My attention swept to the faces of the other ten gods again.

Although these ten statues of gods have different appearances, they are a little hideous, as if they are in flames, some of them are grinning, and some of them have noses facing the sky and ears of the wind, and their appearance can be said to be extremely ugly.

The only thing that is the same is that these ten statues of the gods all give a very majestic feeling.

I think of the statues of gods enshrined in temples or Taoist temples, many Bodhisattvas and Buddhas are enshrined in Buddhism, some are dedicated to Arhats, some are dedicated to the Sanqing Patriarch, and some are dedicated to Lao Tzu or Zhang Daoling, all of which are always gods in their minds.

These ten statues of gods look so strange, and they are placed in the bronze door underground, what is it?

Placed underground?

Exactly ten?

And they all look like this?

I suddenly thought of the ten divine kings who lived underground, the Ten Hall Yama Kings.

Regarding the ten kings of Hades, perhaps most people only know about the king of Yama, who is in charge of the underworld and the life and death of all things in the world. In fact, in addition to the king of Yama, there are nine others, and they are called the king of the ten halls of Yama.

In Hindu mythology, the king of the underworld is called "King Yamara", and after Buddhism was introduced to China from India, the belief in Yama as the main god of hell began to spread in China, and Buddhism absorbed the Yama king in the Indian faith and introduced it to China. Native Taoism in China has incorporated the Yama King into one of the ten halls of the Taoist god lineage.

A palace of King Qin Guang. The main position of King Qin Guang is in charge of life and death in the world, and the good luck and evil in the netherworld.

At the end of a good life, he will be led by the shadows, or to heaven, or to be reborn into a wealthy family. If you have achieved two halves of the world, after death, you will be sent to the ten halls of Hades, and you will still be reincarnated, and then you will be an ordinary mortal.

For the evil more and the good less, after death must go to the evil mirror platform, the right side of the evil mirror platform, the height of the platform is about one zhang, the mirror is ten around, hang to the east, there is a horizontal plaque on it, and seven big characters are written: there is no good person in front of the evil mirror platform.

Especially in the Yang world, the ghost who has done a lot of evil can see all the sins in the yang world, like a silent movie on the screen, and then according to the sins he committed, he was sent by the ghost to the hell of the second temple to be punished.

This kind of wicked person has a wide range of crimes, such as: harming others and benefiting themselves, bullying the weak, mutilating the good, ungrateful, disobedient and unfilial, having a natural tendency to kill, seeking money and killing people, stirring up trouble, creating bloodshed, and all acts of cruelty to others.

In addition, there is another thing that should be noted, that is, regardless of the kindness of the parents, for the sake of very few things, he even committed suicide casually, except for the martyrdom of loyalty and filial piety after the death of God, they all went to hell to suffer.

These people who commit suicide casually, or are angered and stimulated to commit suicide, all have to go to the second temple to find out the merits and deeds of the past, and when they go to hell, they still have to be punished according to their sins, but some people who commit suicide and commit suicide often appear in the middle of the night as when they die, so that the world will see and be frightened to death.

If people in the world sincerely bow down to the west on the first day of the second lunar month every year, and promote the Dharma from the heart, benefit all sentient beings, be compassionate, and relieve the poor, they will surely be able to prolong their lives and enjoy eternal blessings.

The second hall of the king of Chujiang. Dominate the bottom of the sea.

There is a living hell under the fertile stone in the south, and the following sixteen small hells are set up:

1. Black Cloud Sand Little Hell;

2. A small hell of dung and urine sludge;

3. Five-pronged little hell;

4. Hunger Little Hell;

5. Thirsty little hell;

6. Pus and blood hell;

7. Copper axe small hell;

8. A small hell with many copper axes;

9, Iron Armor Little Hell;

10, a small hell of seclusion;

11, chicken little hell; together

12, Gray River Little Hell;

13. Cut off the little hell;

14, Sword Leaf Little Hell;

15, fox wolf little hell;

16, a little hell of ice.

Three palaces of the Song Emperor.

The king of the four halls and five senses.

King of the Five Palaces of Yama.

The king of Bian Cheng of the Six Palaces.

King Taishan of the Seven Palaces.

The King of the Eight Palaces.

The Nine Palaces are equal to the king.

The King of the Ten Temples of the Wheel.

Similar legends abound on the Internet, so I won't repeat them.

Of course, people have also heard of the 10th Yama, and they also know that there are nine other Yamas, but they can't call their names at all, and most of them can casually call out the names of Yama kings.

King Yama, also known as "King of Yama", "Lord of Yama", "King of Yama", and "King of Yama", is based on the king of Yama in Hindu mythology, and in early Buddhist mythology, Yama was the only king of the underworld, but after the Taoist creation of the ten halls of Yama as one of the ten halls of Yama fusion folklore and the combination of historical figures was widely spread among the people.

Buddhism also absorbed the concept of the Ten Halls of Yama, and the Yama King of Buddhism also became the master of the fifth hall of the underworld served by Bao Zheng of the Northern Song Dynasty like Taoism.

It is said that he is the king of demigods and half-ghosts who is in charge of the life and death of all living beings in hell on earth, and the famous god of Hades is a well-known folk god in the underworld.

Then some people have to ask, since these Yama kings are all in vain, why don't they let the Yama kings be in charge of the netherworld alone?

Actually, this question is really to the point, and we can understand it from the source of King Yama. When he appeared in the legends of gods and ghosts, it was because he was influenced by Buddhism.

As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism began to be introduced to China, and perhaps it was from that time that he existed in our legends as a Buddhist deity.

We Chinese have always paid attention to preconceived ideas, so the impression brought to us by this king of Yan is full of shock, he made the superstitious people at that time know a truth, people die to go to the underworld, and when they get here, they must listen to his control.

In the late Tang Dynasty, some people began to process his image, and in order to highlight the gloomy and terrible underworld, the literati at that time created the theory of ten layers of hell. The floors of this hell are getting higher and higher, and if he is allowed to manage so many floors alone, it is likely that there will be mistakes, so those literati found assistants for him, and one was in charge of the first layer of hell.

Although it is divided in this way, the work of King Yama is not busy, but the common people are unwilling to accept it, because there are too many Yamas in these ten generations, and there are too many names and the common people are not willing to remember them, so over time, the highest audience is still the original King of Yama.

Later, the legend of gods and ghosts had a new development, and at this time someone invented a character called Jizo King Bodhisattva, whose role was not to be a victory for the king of Yama, but to specialize in supernatural evil spirits.

When people saw it, this person was really big, and he was completely trying to replace the rhythm of King Yama. With the Jizo King Bodhisattva, the position of the Yama King became more and more awkward.

Although he is very famous among the people, everyone knows that his position in the underworld is not what it used to be, because the Bodhisattva King of Jizo has replaced his former position.

In fact, although people know that his status has been lowered, the king of the netherworld who can always accept it is still the king of Yama.

The image of King Yama often appears in movies or TV series, such as the King of Yama in the TV series "Bao Qingtian", who is witty and humorous, and is very afraid of Bao Zheng.

Because Bao Zheng is selfless and familiar with the laws and regulations, it is recorded in many wild histories that after Bao Zheng died, he directly became the king of Hades in the Yama Palace, and with his iron-faced selfless fortitude and integrity, he can manage the world and the underworld fairly.

Glancing at the ten gods in front of him, could it be that this is the legendary King of the Ten Palaces?

That's right! The five of them are well-known archaeologists in China, and they probably also know some myths and legends of ancient Taoism and Buddhism in China!

Why not ask them how old they are!

Who knew that when I turned around, there was nothing behind me.

What about them?

I broke out in a cold sweat.

Looking around, not only was there no one, but even the huge bronze door was gone.

What's going on here?

I ran dozens of meters behind me, but I still didn't see half a figure, and I couldn't see the bronze door, so I panicked even more and couldn't help shouting.

The name that comes to mind is shouted aside, where is someone responding!

What the hell is going on?

I walked from memory to where I thought the bronze door should be, and theoretically, even if I didn't remember it accurately, the distance and location would not be much worse, at least I should be able to see the bronze door!

What I saw was a blue-gray rock wall.

What about the door?

What about the bronze door?

I stretched out my hand and touched it, and walked thirty or forty meters to the left and right, but I didn't see the shadow of the bronze door.

At this point, I calmed down.

Actually, I didn't come out of the bronze door very far, and I shouldn't have even been able to see the door anyway.

It doesn't mean it's my problem, it's that this place is weird!

What made me gasp even more was that there were more than a dozen of them with old glasses, why did they disappear silently?

Looking back carefully, it seems that after I stepped through the bronze door, with that cold war, I didn't see them or hear any movement from them.

It's scary to think about!

My attention was drawn to the sight behind the bronze door, especially when I saw the stone statue that looked like me. It is quite possible that the moment I stepped into the bronze door, I could no longer see them, and at that moment, even if I turned back immediately, there was no bronze door behind me.

What a place is behind the bronze door? Is it the legendary Demon Realm or the underworld?

He was in a hurry and couldn't do it, when suddenly there was a sound of running water in his ears, which was neither far nor near, neither high nor low, but the only movement in the whole surroundings.

Got water?

Is it an underground river?

I poured my ears into it, and turned my head to look in the direction where the sound of water was coming from.

it! When did there be a river there?

About five or six hundred meters away I saw a large river measuring more than twenty meters wide, and the water was yellow, and the sound of the water should be flowing.

Why didn't you see such a big underground river just now?

On second thought, this place is so weird, there shouldn't have been this river at all just now!

The river came out of nowhere!