I gritted my teeth and said, "I'm not going back, no matter how dangerous it is, I'm going to break through." ”

Zheng Tianbao said: "Brother Hou to tell the truth, I have walked through this before, and I know the dangers inside, but since we have come here, we will not retreat and go back." ”

Hou Lao Ghost sighed and said: "Evil debt, evil debt, since I took your money, it is equivalent to getting on a thief boat with you, see that you are for the sake of the junior brother's ribs, I will help you, send you across the Santu River, and then take you back, this Santu River has no other way to pass except the ferry, even the birds in the sky still fall into the Santu River." ”

Zheng Tianbao said: "Thank you, Brother Hou. ”

Hou Lao Ghost said: "No thanks, although I have been a ghost fairy over the years, I am detached from the yin, but the gods are unknown, the ghost has no surname, and the three mountains have no name." Although it is free, it is better to do one thing happily. Let's go, let's not delay, rescue your junior brother as soon as possible, if your junior brother enters the capital city, it will be even more difficult to save people. ”

As soon as I heard Hou Lao Ghost say, I felt that the top priority was to save my junior brother, so I put the carriage and horses, brought gold and silver, and then walked towards the Santu River, the dark and dreary Santu River, there was no anger at all, there were miserable cries everywhere, the road was full of people, there were men and women, old and young, some looked indifferent, some were extremely sad, some went forward by themselves, and some were locked by bulls and horses with iron cables.

As I walked, I looked at these people, when the junior brother left, he was dressed as a Taoist priest, and according to his cultivation, there should be a yellow light on his body, but these people, although they were dressed in different colors, there were few Taoist priests. I walked and walked, looking at these people dumbfounded, how could so many people find their junior brothers?

So I stopped and said to Old Ghost Hou, "Brother Hou has so many ghosts here, how can I find my junior brother?" ”

Hou Lao Ghost said: "This depends on the human heart, after the person dies, the heart is immortal, there is a heart in the soul, if it is not blinded, the heart will feel the people close to him, as long as it is within ten zhang, the heart will be shocked and moved, and then find the person you want to find." ”

I nodded, Hou Lao Ghost is a ghost fairy, knows more than me, since he said so, then I will rest assured, continue to walk, and find that there are many boats parked by the river, these boats are big and small, but the boats are all black without exception, black boats, black sails, and a pair of lanterns are hung on the bow of each boat, and the pair of lanterns emits a terrible green light.

In this dim world, the green and faint light seems to have become the only light source here, shining those grimaces in a particularly terrifying light, those sailors on the big ship, are some tall ghost pawns Yasha, too tall, green face and fangs, and extremely strong bodies. The people on the boat were all thin and small, similar to ordinary ghosts.

I saw that the ghosts were all walking towards the big boat, and there were very few small boats, and I looked at the Santu River, where the undercurrent was surging, and thought that the big boat was still safe, so I walked towards the big boat. At this time, the old ghost grabbed me and said, "Don't go there, those big boats are for the wicked, and these small boats are for the good." ”

I said, "Brother Hou, I don't understand a little, why do good people make small boats and evil people take big boats?" ”

Hou Lao Ghost said: "You don't know this, this three-way river, divided into smooth road, flat road and dangerous road, good people sit on the smooth road, the road is smooth and steady, ordinary people sit on the flat road, although there are wind and waves, but also can go safely, as for the dangerous road, the one who will be high and the waves are urgent, if the person who does a lot of evil, will be thrown into the Santu River, entangled by the water ghosts in the river, and will never be able to live forever." ”

Then I understood what was going on, so I followed the old ghost towards a small boat, and when I got to the boat, I found that the boat was so small that it could seat five or six people, and the boatman stood under the green lantern, but the long one was kind and kind-eyed, and his beard fluttered.

The boatman who crossed the river seemed to know Hou Laogui, and he greeted Hou Laogui from afar, and Hou Laogui came to him and said a few words, and then said to us: "This boatman is my friend of the eight worships, and he has been rocking the ferry here for hundreds of years. By the way, what's your last name? ”

The boatman laughed and said, "Why did you forget me, you old dead man?" My surname is Li, as for what it is, I don't remember it for a long time, you can just call me Old Ghost Li, and I will be the same as that old dead ghost, call me Brother Li. ”

Zheng Tianbao and I hurriedly called Brother Li, and then got on the boat, at this time the old ghost Hou joked: "I said the old dead ghost, there are so many people in this Santuhe, why can't you pull it?" ”

While untying the rope, Old Ghost Li said: "In this world, there are fewer and fewer good people, and I, a boatman, are also idle." “

Saying that, rocking the boat, I found that the boat was very fast, and it was very smooth and headed towards the side of the Santu River, the water in the Santu River was extremely dark, and the smell of the river was disgusting, and our boat was parallel to a big boat. The two boats were also on the water together, but the situation was the opposite, our boat was very stable, while the other boat was tossed in the water, as if sailing in the wind and waves, and suddenly a ghost fell on the boat, and as soon as the ghost fell into the water, several water ghosts in the shape of skeletons appeared in the water, and those water ghosts, when they saw a ghost falling, squeaked with joy, and then stretched out their terrible ghost claws, and pulled the ghost who fell into the water.

The ghost of the drowning water struggled in the water a few times, and let out a terrible wail, but without a few screams, it was pulled into the water, and I saw with my own eyes that the flesh and blood of the ghost in the water were directly rotted into white bones, and turned into a water ghost, and did not reach the black water.

Old Ghost Li looked at the ghost who fell into the water and said, "Although the world can hide good and evil, the good and evil in the underworld are clear. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, in fact, at this time, the retribution of good and evil is the most visible time. ”

Then I looked towards the big boat, and saw that the yaksha on the boat began to collect money one by one, and the ghosts of the dead opened their mouths indifferently, and then took out the money from their mouths, and some of them let go of their grips and took out the money that had crossed the Santu River. Those Nakshatra demons, staring, collected the money to cross the river.

At this time, a ghost ran back in fright, and then the ghost was caught by the evil ghost at once, and the frightened ghost quickly begged for mercy, and the evil ghost who caught him said: "People like you who do evil have not received retribution in the yang world, but when they go to the underworld, the yin law is ruthless, so slowly regret it in these three rivers." ”

After saying that, he lifted up the ghost and threw it into the Santu River, and the ghost made a final cry, the same as the desperate cry of an animal when it was stabbed, but by this time, it was too late to regret it, and he was thrown into the river by the Yaksha evil spirit, and in the blink of an eye, several water ghosts in the shape of skeletons came out of the river and pulled him down.

I was terrified when I looked straight at the boat next to me, and then the boatman said to me: "Don't look at it, you look forward at that piece of red, that is the last scenery on our Huangquan Road, after this scenery, there is no such beautiful place." ”

When I heard this, I looked towards the front of the ship, and saw that everywhere I could see was as red as coals of fire, and when I looked ahead, although there were desolate cries and shouts beside me, I knew that those were all people who had done evil in their lives, and that at this time there was nothing to be pitied.

Our boat was smooth all the way, no matter how turbulent the wind and waves of the Santu River were, but let him be stormy, but our small boat, as if using a jack drop, has been steady, like Mount Tai. Our boat finally reached the other side of the river, and the red in our eyes was right in front of us.

At this time, Hou Lao Ghost said: "You go this time, there are many dangers, I can only help you get here, but I and Li Lao Ghost will pick you up on the edge of the Santu River, and generally chase you to the side of the Santu River, and if you can't catch you, I won't chase you anymore." ”

At this time, Old Ghost Li was taken aback, pointed at us and said, "What are you and you two doing?" ”

Hou Lao Ghost hurriedly leaned on Li Lao Gui's ear and said a few words, Li Lao Gui looked at us and said, "You must be careful, this Huangquan Road is enough for you to walk." ”