Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the edge of the city was covered with a large expanse of flowers from the other side, which was called Manju Sawa by Buddhist scriptures.

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, this is the will of God.

Because you can't see the leaves when the flowers bloom, and you can't see the flowers when there are leaves, the flowers and leaves don't see each other, and the flowers and leaves 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, the red and bright flowers of the other side, set off by the eye-catching green leaves, bloomed particularly bewitching and beautiful.

The Jade Emperor did not allow this demonic beauty to appear and was furious, which was also expected.

Manjoo and Sahua were sent into reincarnation and cursed to never be together, suffering from heaven and earth 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.

Since then, this kind of flower has been rooted in the Yellow Spring Road, lonely and ownerless.

Every time Manzhu and Sawa are reincarnated, they can remember themselves in their previous lives when they smell the scent of flowers on the Huangquan Road, and then vow not to separate, and fall into the cursed reincarnation in the next life.

Kong Qi shuttled among the flowers, chewing on the legend of sadness, gloomy.

The flowers on the other side bloom on the other side of the Lethe River in the underworld, and the flowers are as gorgeous and bright red as blood.

Only by falling into hell forever can flowers and leaves be accompanied.

When the soul passes through Lethe, it forgets all the things that were in life,

Everything that was once left on the other side,

Bloom into a bewitching flower.

This made him think of purple clothes.

If there is a stay, there will be flowing water and falling flowers!

Kong Qi felt sorry for himself, and let the flowing yellow sand lead him to the end of Huangquan Road, by the Lechuan River.

I saw that the Lechuan River was vast and endless, the water was blood-yellow, full of insects and snakes, and the fishy wind was blowing on the face.

It is full of lonely souls and wild ghosts who cannot be reincarnated, ups and downs, wailing and crying.

Kong Qi couldn't bear to look at it anymore, closed his eyes, and thought, "This is really a ghost world." ”

Then I heard a trembling voice say, "This water is my dwelling, and this tree is planted by me." If you want to pass by, take off your clothes quickly. ”

Kong Qi opened his eyes and saw an old woman standing in front of him who couldn't tell how old she was.

She had a few sparse white hairs on her head, and she was hunched up, and her wrinkled face was pressed to the ground.

It was as if a gust of wind could blow her.

Kong Qi hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the old woman, wondering: "Grandma, I came in a hurry, just one dress, so ......?" ”

The old woman said, "Child, you don't know anything. Once you enter the underworld, you will cross the Lethe River, there are three ferries in the Lethe River, the first is the mountain and water se, the water in the Se is turbulent, there are evil ghosts asking for their lives, poisonous insects are raging, half of the ferryers will drown in the river, and they will never be able to live forever, even if they are lucky, they will be bitten by snakes and insects, and they will be entangled by drowned ghosts, and they are miserable. Then there is the river abyss, where the water flow is slower, but there is an undercurrent whirlpool, and three of the ten ghosts who swim across can swim through, and they will also be frightened to the point of not giving up. Finally, there is a bridge crossing, there is a bridge on the river here, you can safely pass from the bridge, looking back on the previous life, there are many helpless sighs! ”

Kong Qi hurriedly said: "I don't know how to swim, let's cross the bridge from Naihe!" ”

At this moment, an old man ran over shouting: "Lady Yiyi, what are you talking about with this splitting wood?" Wouldn't it be nice to just rip off his clothes? ”

I saw that the old man was as thin as a bamboo pole, but he was very tall, and his hands were very long, hanging down and only on the ground, and his teeth were all gone.

Without waiting for the old woman to speak, Kong Qi blushed and said: "Your father-in-law is really angry, your mother-in-law is pitiful enough, don't yell at her." Also, how can there be any reason to ask people to pick up their clothes. ”

The old woman lifted her face slightly from the ground, wrinkled and smiled like a chrysanthemum, and said, "Child, I am not a poor mother-in-law, I am a cloth-robber, he is a hanger, and we live on the tree of guilt." ”

Kong Qi followed the prestige and saw that not far from the bank, there was a surprisingly big tree, and the shade of the hanging tree was enough to shade the Lechuan River dozens of miles away.

Look up at the branches of the big tree, the crooked branches, like countless snakes of different sizes with intertwined roots. It has oval-shaped black leaves. Looking down at the trunk of the tree, the center of the tree until the epidermis swirls with a huge crack in the black hole.

She went on to say, "If you lick the leaves that grow on it with your tongue, your mouth and tongue will ulcerate and sores, and if you smell it with your nose, it will make you feel like you have drunk too much wine and you will not wake up for three days and three nights." It was my old woman's duty to rip off the clothes of the ghost who crossed the river, and to hang them on the tree of guilt by the hanger. The severity of the deceased's karma is judged by the hanging branches, and then sent to the corresponding ferry. ”

The hanger said impatiently: "I see that you are old, so you have added a lot of chatter, what are you doing so much, quickly pick up his clothes." ”

"Shut up! Angry father-in-law, don't you just think I'm old? You just don't want to live in the same tree with me! Say it earlier, why bother to pull this kid in, turn around and say I'm chattering! The robber glared at the hanger.

The hanger immediately closed his mouth and lowered his hands to the ground, making his arms even longer.

Kong Qi looked at his wife's strict and pitiful appearance, and almost laughed out loud.

"You don't have to worry about him, don't scold for three days, go up the tree and break the branches. My mother-in-law knows that you are a good child, and when other ghosts come here, they see that I am ugly and old, and they either dislike me or speak ill of me, but you call me grandma, how can there be any grandmother who takes away her grandson's clothes. The cloth-snatching woman looked at Kong Qi lovingly.

"Send your grandson across the river."

"Which ferry to go to?" The hanger asked.

"Naturally, it's the Nai Ho Bridge."

"Haven't hung his clothes on a tree yet?" Hanging clothes said.

"No need."

"It's not breaking the rules." Hanging clothes said.

"The rules are set for outsiders, and of course their own grandchildren don't have to abide by them."

Kong Qi listened to the words of the two people, and thought to himself: "It turns out that there are so many benefits to being a grandson for others. ”

The two sent Kong Qi to the side of the Nai He Bridge.

The hanging clothes man patted the hole on the shoulder and said: "Ghost boy, you are blessed, only those who are good and sinless can build this bridge." ”

The cloth-robbing woman smiled and said, "This is certain, who will be blessed if my grandson is not blessed?" Ghost boy, remember to come back to see grandma often! ”

Kong Qi stood at the head of the bridge, shook it to the ground, and said, "Poor grandma, but angry grandpa, I will definitely go home to see it often." ”

"Go, go........" Weng Po beckoned to Kong Qi

"Go back, go back......"

Kong Qi looked at the backs of the two old men who turned to leave, one rickety, the other thin, staggering into a lonely landscape.

Kong Qi's eyes were overflowing with tears, and his back gradually drifted away, becoming a small black dot, and he was gone.

"Grandpa, grandma, take care! ......" Kong Qi shouted loudly to the place where they had gone.

Turn around and walk towards the bridge.

It is a stone arch bridge with an extremely narrow deck, allowing only two people to pass side by side. The slope is very large, like a bowed back full of bows.

The deck is made of smooth black stone and seems to be oiled. As soon as Kong Qi got on the bridge, he was slipped, and one foot stepped into Lethe.

Kong Qi shouted bad luck and hurriedly pulled out his legs, and the red and yellow river water flowed down his trouser legs.

There was also a drowning ghost's slender claw that followed up the leg, and Kong Qi was startled, so as not to be caught by the claws of the white bones.

When I looked back, a skull appeared on the water, waving its claws sincerely and unwillingly.

Kong Qi knew that he couldn't go ashore, so he stood in the distance and arched his hand and said, "Disturb my brother Qingxiu, offend, offend!" ”

"Ghost boy, what are you polite to this splitter?"

When Kong Qi heard the sound and turned around, he saw the hanging clothes standing tall behind him, holding a clay urn in his left hand and a bamboo basket in his right hand.

Kong Qi said in surprise: "Grandpa Qi, why are you back again?" ”

The hanging clothes smiled wryly: "I won't come back, but I have to do it!" Your poor grandmother forced me to come back, telling me to find you or not to go back! ”

"Did you bring me something to eat? Thank you, but I'm not hungry at all! Kong Qi said a little embarrassed.

"The old woman knows that when you cross the bridge, you will be in trouble, so ask my old man to send you an urn of wine and a basket of buns." Hanging clothes said.

"Trouble?"

"There are two ghosts and gods in the underworld, one is called the Sun Wandering God, who holds a bronze snake; One is called the Night Wandering God, leading the iron dog, wandering around every day, and likes to play tricks on the Nai He Bridge. If they were hindered by the brothers, they were invited to drink, which was made from the leaves of the tree of guilt, and they drank it, and they were drunk for three days. If you feed the bun made of this leaf to the copper snake and iron dog, the snake dog will also fall to the ground and will not be able to get up for three days. "The hanger has a good idea.

Hanging clothes Weng paused, and then said: "If you need to drink with them, there is also a hangover pill here, swallowing it in your stomach in advance, it is naturally fine." With that, he took out a brown pill the size of a copper coin from his bosom and handed it to Kong Qi.

Kong Qi took the pill and put it in his sleeve.

He picked up the wine urn and basket from the ground, and said in a loud voice, "Thank you, grandparents!" ”

The hanger shook his head and said, "We can only help you get here, and after crossing the bridge, the ghost boy can only ask for more blessings for himself." ”

With that, he turned and strode away.

Kong Qi looked at his lonely back, and tears wet his eyes again.