Chapter 7: The Black Order Banner (7)
Hua Lian smiled: "It's really interesting, it's like doing a play in the past, the stage was lively, the audience was fascinated, and unconsciously, I really regarded myself as a corner of the play." ”
"Hmm. Hua Lian, have you ever heard a word from a mortal? The drama is fake and true. Mo Shuchen's eyes looked at him inexplicably seriously.
"I've heard it, but have you ever heard a saying that fake drama is really done?" Hua Lian actually didn't mean anything else, he just wanted to scold him.
But Mo Shuchen heard this in his heart, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.
He raised his hand and grabbed a handful of Hua Lian's long hair and put it in the palm of his hand: "The fake show may be forced to do it out of desperation." "He felt like he was defending himself.
Speaking of this, Hua Lian was a little incomprehensible, and Mo Shuchen didn't continue to speak, and watched TV with Hua Lian.
The sky outside gradually darkened until the curtain was dark, and Xiao Hei Xiaobai opened the curtains.
The night in modern society is also brightly lit, so that you can't see a few stars when you look up.
Because he hadn't watched TV, Hua Lian was relishing even if he watched commercials, but Mo Shuchen had been tired of watching it for decades, and he picked up the book and read it after not reading it for a while.
Hua Lian tugged at the corner of Mo Shuchen's clothes with an excited expression: "This looks delicious, buy it and try it." ”
"yes, okay." Mo Shuchen didn't even raise his head, so he responded casually.
"This thing is a mortal's mount? That's what we sat on when we went out that day? It seems to be much bigger than that, and it's also spacious, and it looks like a foil to the identity of the master, and the master wants it too! Hua Lian looked at the advertisement for the car on TV.
"yes, okay." Mo Shuchen still didn't look up.
Only then did Hua Lian feel that Mo Shuchen had been perfunctory to himself, and glanced at him: "Mo Shuchen, you should take a look." ”
Mo Shuchen sighed softly and turned a page of the book: "You can buy it if you like it." ”
Hua Lian still felt that Mo Shuchen was perfunctory, so he ignored him and continued to watch TV.
Suddenly, Hua Lian wrinkled his nose, and his eyes drifted to the floor-to-ceiling window: "Why are you here again, don't you bother, disturb the master's Yaxing." ”
Mo Shuchen heard Hua Lian's muttering, and his gaze finally shifted from the book to the floor-to-ceiling window.
The ghost judgment who had already taken the black order flag to restore his life suddenly appeared again, but this time it was no longer polite, but disheveled and embarrassed.
Hua Lian instantly laughed when he saw him like that: "Hahahahaha!" What's wrong with you? Fell into the gutter? ”
The ghost judge was embarrassed and embarrassed, reached out and wiped his face, and brushed his hair before saluting Mo Shuchen and said, "Shangxian, the lower official is rude." ”
"It's okay, what happened to the ghost?" Mo Shuchen asked.
"It was indeed said by Lord Hua Lian that the lower official overturned the boat in the gutter." He is one of the four judges of the underworld, but he didn't expect to fall into the way of lonely souls and wild ghosts in the world.
Hua Lian laughed until two tears were squeezed out, he floated forward and patted the ghost judge's shoulder and comforted: "Mortals have a saying, often walk by the river, how can there be no wet shoes, you look at me, I used to be a powerful man, but now it's not so mixed, just get used to it." ”
The ghost judge didn't feel comforted, but it was like he had stabbed two knives in his heart, and he pulled the corners of his mouth: "The capsizing of the Xiaguan gutter is small, but the loss of the Black Order Flag is big!" ”
Mo Shuchen pondered for a moment, this shouldn't have been done by a lonely ghost. Wound the judge and snatch the Black Order Flag......
"What are you doing grabbing the Black Order Flag? A broken flag. Hua Lian said disdainfully.
"Lord Hua Lian, maybe it is indeed a broken flag for you, but for the ghost who is very resentful, it is not just a broken flag." The ghost judge paused and sighed, "In addition to opening the way in the world, the Black Order Banner can also help the unjust ghost find the unjust creditor, and even improve the ability of the unjust ghost." ”
Hua Lian glanced at him: "Then you can borrow it casually." ”
"Not everyone who comes to the underworld can borrow the Black Order Flag, and in the previous life, they must accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and they will only consider borrowing it if they are killed and killed. In the past, the Black Order Flag was lent out unharmed, but this time...... Ay! The ghost judge sighed again.
These words made Hua Lian hear something else, and he pulled the corners of his mouth coldly: "What? Are you blaming me now? ”
Seeing him like this, the ghost judge instantly remembered Hua Lian more than two thousand years ago, and couldn't help but panic for a while and hurriedly said, "That's not what Xia Guan meant. ”
"Hua Lian, don't make trouble." Mo Shuchen stepped forward and pulled Hua Lian away.
Hua Lian snorted lightly and sat back on the sofa.
"Did the underworld know about the loss of the Black Order Banner?"
Xia Guan didn't dare to say it. Shangxian, the lower official knows that the loss of the Black Order Banner is the fault of the lower official, and after finding the Black Order Banner, the lower official will only go to the underworld to receive the crime, I don't know if the upper immortal can help the lower official find it before this. ”
"I am also responsible for this matter, you go back to the underworld first and inform the Ten Palaces of Yama, and I will help find it." Mo Shuchen said.
"Thank you!"
"Well, you can go back first."
"Yes." After saying that, the ghost judge made a big salute before leaving.
Mo Shuchen turned around and saw that Hua Lian was a little unhappy when he looked at him.
"You blame me too?" Hua Lian raised his eyebrows and asked.
"I don't blame you, it's my fault." Mo Shuchen's expression was serious, and his eyes were clear and translucent, making Hua Lian's heart ripple in circles as if a petal had fallen on the water.
"How can I blame you for this!" Hua Lian hurriedly defended him.
"Now that you're following me, it's my fault that I didn't look down on you." Mo Shuchen's eyes were really stained with self-blame.
Hua Lian was shocked by his words: "Then I still wronged Shangxian to take the blame for me." ”
Mo Shuchen smiled: "Don't be wronged, the fairy is happy." He even learned Hua Lian's tone of speaking.
Hua Lian looked at Mo Shuchen and felt guilty in his heart, he lowered his head and hesitated and whispered, "I'll go with you to find Heiling Qi." ”
"Hmm." Mo Shuchen shook his head.
Xiao Hei and Xiaobai were left to watch their home, while Hua Lian and Mo Shuchen went to the place where the ghost sentence was attacked first.
It's a park in the city, it's not big, it's not too small, but it's built in a circular pattern, a bit like a gossip, and at first glance it's nothing special.
At this time, there are many people in the park who have just finished dinner and come here to walk and chat.
Hua Lian took a casual turn in the park: "It's all the breath of a living person, nothing special." ”
Mo Shuchen took Hua Lian into a bush and said softly: "Mortals have a path that mortals walk, and souls have a path that souls walk." ”
"What do you mean?" Hua Lian didn't quite understand, after all, he was inexperienced as a ghost for the first time.
Mo Shuchen took advantage of the fact that the people around him were not paying attention, and made a gesture to cast a spell, and his hands fell from between his eyebrows to his eyes, and then slashed away.
In an instant, all the mortals were gone, and the originally lively park was empty, only quiet souls slowly shuttling through this park.
"The yin qi here is so heavy, is the ghost gate here?" Hua Lian's brows furrowed slightly, he didn't like the smell very much.
"Hmm. This place has long been the entrance to the nearby dungeon, so there are always mortals with low luck who have been affected and died here, and more than a hundred years ago, I proposed that they build this park to separate mortals from spirits. Mo Shuchen explained.
"More than a hundred years ago? How long have you been in the mortal world? Hua Lian looked at him in surprise.
Mo Shuchen hesitated for a moment before replying, "It's been a long time." ”
However, Hua Lian didn't plan to dig deeper. He looked at these passing souls and suddenly laughed: "But it's really strange, although the ghost judgment is not very powerful, there is no reason to be beaten all over the body by the lonely soul and wild ghosts, right?" Maybe it's not a ghost? ”
"Huh?" Mo Shuchen looked at Hua Lian, who was thinking seriously, with a slight smile.
"En......" Hua Lian thought again, "Maybe it's a demon like me...... But what's the use of the demon taking the Black Order Flag......" He actually got tangled up by himself.
Mo Shuchen didn't urge him, just stood by Hua Lian's side and waited quietly.
Suddenly, the wind blew around, and the ghosts, who had been in order, seemed to sense something, panicked, and stepped up their steps towards the ghost gate.
Hua Lian, who was still struggling, also noticed the vision, put aside his chaotic thoughts, and looked up to observe.
The wind around him was getting stronger and stronger, blowing Hua Lian's hair out of order, and Mo Shuchen also looked around vigilantly, carefully protecting Hua Lian by his side.
At this moment, a black figure in the shape of a human appeared among the ghosts, and the ghosts were frightened and fled everywhere, making a terrible scream, which was very piercing.
Seeing this, Mo Shuchen immediately cast a spell, and a spell flew towards the black shadow, shattering the black mist, and what was wrapped in the black mist was a paper man, and the facial features on his face seemed to be drawn casually, hideous and terrifying.
“…… What is this! Ugly! Hua Lian looked at the paper man with a look of disgust.
After the paper man was shattered by Mo Shuchen's black mist, he looked here, his eyes fell on Hua Lian's body, and after a pause for a few seconds, he flew in the direction of Hua Lian.
Hua Lian saw that the paper man was about to get close to him, and immediately summoned his sword to smash the paper man.
The paper man, who had turned into splinters, actually moved, but left with the wind.
Mo Shuchen looked at the shredded paper that left with the wind and looked down and pondered, as if he understood something.
"Mo Shuchen, what do you want?" Hua Lian put the sword back.
"It's almost dawn, let's go back first."
When they came out of the ghost path, the sky outside really began to turn slightly white, and when they returned home, the sky gradually brightened.
Little Black and White closed the thick curtains to block out the sunlight.
After tossing all night, Hua Lian lay down on the sofa as soon as he returned home, directing Xiao Hei Xiaobai to pour him tea.
Mo Shuchen sat down beside Hua Lian and looked at him sideways: "Which one should be the paper man stand-in sent by the cultivator of the evil path to catch the soul tonight." ”
When he said this, Hua Lian immediately understood: "He grabbed the soul to collect resentment and yin qi for cultivation, but what did he do when he grabbed the Black Order Flag?" ”
Mo Shuchen thought for a moment and said, "I guess he snatched the Black Order Flag for those unjust souls who refused to go to the underworld in vain to take revenge." ”
Hua Lian smiled and sat up: "This is a good idea, lend the Black Order Flag to the unjust souls to take revenge, on the condition that after taking revenge, it must be driven by yourself, and let these unjust souls catch more souls for cultivation." If a mortal follows the righteous path to cultivate, it will take at least a hundred years, but mortals don't have such a long lifespan, and if they cultivate in this way, they can shorten the time by more than half. ”