After arranging, we followed Hou Lao Ghost into the door, when entering the door, there were constantly bad ghosts, escorting people in and out, we entered the first hall, found that the hall was very majestic, there were constant scoldings, and wailing, Hou Lao Ghost told us, those are the officials of the underworld in the trial of the most evil people, now the world is in chaos, people's hearts are not ancient, there are too many wolf hearts and dog lungs, as long as the people who do a lot of evil, will be tried here first.

Because we stamped in the side hall, so we have to continue to walk inward, after the main hall and there is a gate, said that it is the gate, in fact, it is more like the archway, on the top is written three big characters "repentance of the door", there are couplets on both sides, the upper couplet writes that the good deeds are clear to this, the lower couplet writes the evil over my door is afraid of the cold, and then there are some wooden pillars, and wooden shelves and the like, I look inside, Rao is I well-informed, but still feel cold.

And I saw that there were iron hooks on the shelves, and on the hooks hung a man, and these could not be called human beings, because they had become ghosts. The point is that these ghosts are too scary, some have their legs cut off, some have their hands cut off, and some have been disemboweled, and you can see the hearts and lungs inside, all of which are hooked on the chin with iron hooks, like killing dogs and slaughtering pigs, the more I look at them, the more frightened I become.

Although I was extremely frightened, but in order to save my junior brother, I had to walk forward, all kinds of desolate howls were mixed together, I saw a ghost with a dissected belly, like a pig killed by a butcher, hanging there with an iron hook, the contents of the stomach, all the things in the stomach were clearly visible, and what was even more terrifying was the ghost, still staring, his face was distorted, and he made a terrible wail.

I couldn't help but ask Old Ghost Hou, what crimes did these people commit. Hou Lao Ghost said: "The Yin Law is ruthless, these are the ghosts who have violated the Yin Law, they are all some of the most evil crimes in life, like those who are black-hearted, to the Yin City, the City God Lord sentenced to disembowel and dig out the heart, after this disemboweling and digging the heart, hanging here for half a month, today expires, after putting it down, from the Yin cha to the underworld to report, those lame and less arms are full of evil, the people are very angry, looking at these people who are indispensable, and they are like pigs and dogs when they die, slaughtered by the executioners of the underworld. People, it is better to live in the world and do more good deeds, so as not to suffer from the yin, just like that sentence, good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and right and wrong will be clear from the end. ”

We continued to walk forward, and then we came to a slaughterhouse-like place, where there were stumps and broken legs, and mixed with flesh and blood, which looked very disgusting, and Hou Laogui whispered: "There is an execution ground, the ghost of the sentence, is executed here, look, the executing Yin official is imprisoning." ”

I looked there and saw a dignified official in that round field, dressed in red and holding something in his hand. In front of him were a number of green-faced and fanged yakshas, some with knives, some with saws, and some with strangely shaped torture instruments. There is a wooden pillar in front of it, and a female ghost is locked, and the female ghost is quite good-looking.

I only heard that the yin official opened the things in his hand and read aloud: "Zhang Wang's thirty-four years old, should have been sixty years old, but Zhang Wang's heart is like a snake and scorpion, the following is the reason for your life reduction, Zhang Wang's family was angry and beat his father-in-law to force him to jump into the well, reduce his life expectancy by ten years, beat his mother-in-law to death and reduce his life by ten years, colluded with adulterers to reduce his life by four years, and told nonsense to harm others by two years, a total of twenty-six years of life reduction." According to the law of yin, you will be sentenced to hit your mouth with a copper hammer, cut off your tongue and throat, disembowel your heart, hang it at the door of repentance for 15 days, and then go to the underworld to be punished. ”

After saying a yaksha, he walked over with a copper hammer, only to see that this yaksha was more than a zhang high, with a green face and fangs, and a huge body, and walked in front of the woman and raised the copper hammer high, regardless of the woman's pleading, and smashed it down, with a terrible cry, like the dying sound of a wild beast, and the female ghost's teeth hit by the copper hammer flew everywhere, and her whole face was already bloody and blurred.

I was so scared that I didn't dare to take a second look, I just wanted to leave here earlier, Hou Lao Ghost fortunately did not stay, led us to a place, stamped the seal, and heard that Baoguo did not stay in Yin City, and went directly to the Yin Si Difu, so Hou Lao Ghost sent us out of the door with repentance. After sending it out, Hou got into our carriage and said to me, "Let's go, I'll give you a ride." ”

Zheng Tianbao and I looked at each other, shook our heads helplessly, and had to let Hou Lao Ghost give us a ride, out of the Yin City, we walked to the road to the underworld, only to see that this road is very dark, surrounded by ghost fires with large heads, those ghost fires seem to be playing, chasing each other, suddenly turning, although we are in a dark world, but the darkness does not seem to block our sight, we can see this miserable world.

Hou Lao Ghost in front of us to close our eyes, I quickly closed my eyes, at this time the wind in our ears whirring, sounded again, and when Hou Lao Ghost let us open our eyes, I saw that the whole person was stunned, the whole sky, turned gray, I can't see the stars, I can't see the moon, but I can see the things around me.

In front of me is a big river, this river is very wide, the river is the kind of black that is darker than the surroundings, this river is a little strange, some places are very calm, some places are turbulent, the boat is undulating in the river, as if it is about to overturn, the river is very busy, the boats that come and go, many souls are waiting to cross the river, some souls wander by the river, they never dare to pass, they come and go. On the other side of the river, it was red, the red one was like blood, the red one was like fire, and under the black background, it was very spectacular to look at it from afar.

Hou Lao Ghost said to us: "This is the Santu River, and the water of this river is divided into three types: slow, ordinary and rapid, so it is called Santu. It's all based on good and evil in life. Just as life and death can only be crossed by reincarnation, there is only one way to cross the "Santu River", and that is the ferry boat on the Santu River, and there is no other way.

However, the ferry has to pay a fare, and souls who have no money will not be able to board the ferry, and even if they do, they will be thrown into the Santu River by the boatmen. Those souls who are unable to cross the river are driven by the desire for reincarnation to wade across the river, but the water of the Santu River is not only not buoyant, but also has a poison that can corrode the soul. Those souls who go into the water will never have a chance to go ashore, and can only become water ghosts in the Santu River. The pain of never being able to be reborn and the bone-chilling waters of the river make those water spirits jealous of other souls who still have the hope of reincarnation. As long as a soul falls into the water, they will rush to it, pull it to the bottom of the river, and become water ghosts like them. ”

As soon as Hou Lao Ghost said this, I understood, when people die in their hometowns, they will have money in their mouths, copper coins in their hands, and dog cakes hanging on their arms, all of which are useful intentions, and there must be boats on the River Styx, so there must be boats that are specially responsible for ferrying. When the undead cross the river, of course, they should also pay the boat as they do in the human world, otherwise they are likely to be reprimanded by the boat, and they will not even be able to cross the river, and they will come back to find trouble with their children and grandchildren. The money in the mouth of the undead is the fare paid to the boat of the Styx.

We looked at the Santu River, but Hou Lao Ghost looked at us, and I felt that when he was looking at us, I turned around, and then Hou Lao Ghost said to us, "Tell me, what are you here for?" ”

This sentence stunned us, but fortunately Zheng Tianbao was clever and said: "We are in the shadows and go to the underworld for business." ”

Hou Lao Ghost laughed a few times and said: "You want to deceive my ghost eyes, that's impossible, I have read countless ghosts over the years, I have seen all kinds of ghosts, there is no ghost on the top of your head, but there is a faint yellow light, it must be an out-of-body soul, for something to go to the underworld." ”

Zheng Tianbao said: "This, this ......"

Old Ghost Hou said: "Say, I won't harm you, in fact, I have already seen that you are coming." ”

Zheng Tianbao said: "Since this is the case, I will say it all." ”

After telling us about the causes and consequences of our coming to the underworld, Hou Lao Ghost nodded and said: "I admire your courage, but if you go to rob the soul like this, but there is more luck and less luck, and you haven't crossed the Santu River yet, you still have a chance to go back, and after crossing the Santu River, you can ......."