Chapter Eighty-Eight: Life and Death
The woman said, "Yes, the snake lady is here to pass the ghost gate." I've read "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong once went to the underworld to change the book of life and death, and all monkeys were written off. Divine Snake Niangniang and Sun Monkey are both the nemesis of Lord Yama, do you say that the two have a common language. ”
I smiled and didn't speak, I can't believe such a person's words, it's far-fetched, just to sell a few more of my own gadgets, there's no need to study it in detail, it's just myths and legends.
As long as I know the whereabouts of Wang Erdonkey, I took the sachet I bought, and there was no place to hang it for a while, so I hung it around my waist. Following the woman's instructions, I walked through the main entrance, and there was a small square outside, and there were some inscriptions, and I didn't have time to look closely, but when I crossed the square, I saw a small temple.
The temple was more dilapidated than expected, and compared to other temples, it was small and inconspicuous, and the door panels were half off. It was pitch black inside, and there was only one temple when you walked in, and it was about 100 square meters. There was nothing but walls full of frescoes.
Because it was too dark, I had to turn on a small flashlight, and who knew that as soon as it was lit, there was a "boom" outside with a thunderous sound. I looked out, and it was pouring rain. The rain was quite heavy, and the rain hung on the eaves and soon became a small waterfall. Looking out from the temple gate, the fog outside is vast, the rain is like a waterfall, and there is a dead silence all around.
I sighed at the door, thinking that I couldn't leave today, because the sea was extremely dangerous in such weather, so I had to wait until tomorrow.
I shined around with a flashlight, the ground and beams in the temple were full of dust and cobwebs, the bricks and tiles were yellow, the walls had not completely peeled off, and I could barely see a few words written on the wall, carefully identifying, all of them were traditional characters, written from right to left, writing "Sun Wukong made trouble in the Yama Palace", and there was a line of small characters below, which reads "Eighty-five Spring Daoyou Zhang Yuantian Ma Danlong Bao Jingchun Painting".
I said that no one pays attention to this temple, it was repaired in the eighties, and it is only about 30 years now, and it is not an antiquity. I walked along the wall with my flashlight and looked at the patterns on it. After walking around, I probably understood that the picture on it was a story in "Journey to the West".
If you are familiar with "Journey to the West", you will know that there is a story like this, Sun Wukong returned from learning art from Bodhi Ancestor, there was no bird business all day long in Huaguo Mountain, drunk and dreaming of death every day, one night when he was sleeping, he was locked away by two soul messengers in a dream, and arrived in the underworld. What kind of person is Sun Wukong, can he suffer such humiliation, beat all over the underworld with a golden hoop stick, and finally changed the book of life and death.
This story doesn't have many words in the original book, it is as light as water, and later film and television dramas also deliberately downplayed this paragraph, and few people will pay attention to it. Now in this empty little temple, the murals on the four walls are painted with this story.
The people who painted these murals, judging from the money left by the pen, should be three people. The brushwork used is white drawing, and there is no color in the middle, and the characters drawn have a strong Republic of China style, like a comic book style from a long time ago.
Although it is white, the expression of the characters is very expressive, Sun Wukong has a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, a short figure, and a perverse face. Lord Yama's face was full of beard, his eyes were hideous, and his momentum was compelling.
At this moment, it is pouring rain outside the temple, the temple is dark, the light is very poor, only the light spot of a small flashlight in my hand falls on the mural, and the atmosphere is very scary.
I was looking intently when a flash of lightning suddenly flashed outside, and the mural in front of me suddenly lit up, and the characters on it rolled their eyes, and there was an indescribable sense of calm in their expressions, as if they had come to life.
My scalp exploded in one fell swoop, and the flashlight came out of my hand, fell to the ground, and went out instantly. I hurriedly bent over to pick it up, picked it up and shook it vigorously, but it didn't light up at all, maybe the contact was broken.
Now it's in trouble. I had a strong premonition that Wang Erdonkey had probably been here, and like me, he had looked at the murals very carefully. It is even possible that I had a bold idea, and Xie Luo had been here at the earliest, and he had also seen the mural while standing here.
It is very likely that the three of us are doing the same thing at different times, in the same space.
In my mind's eye, the three of us overlapped. I was cold, the chill was biting, and the more I thought about this scene, the more scared I became.
I shouted the names of Huang Xiaotian and Cheng Hai in my heart, and for a long time Huang Xiaotian's weak voice came: "Little Golden Boy, let you die." ”
"What's wrong?" I hurriedly asked.
"How do you hang the sachet to ward off evil spirits on your waist? This thing is too strong, and it is too inhibiting for us, so take it away quickly. Sect Leader Cheng and I can't do it anymore. Huang Xiaotian coughed and said.
I hurriedly untied the sachet, there was something in it, and even Huang Xiaotian and Cheng Hai couldn't avoid it. I opened the pouch and looked inside, and inside was a stack of boxy charms.
I hesitated, took out the charm, and unfolded it. It was painted like a ghostly drawing, and I said to myself, "What is this?" ”
Huang Xiaotian said: "This should be the exorcism talisman in the Maoshan technique, it is very domineering, this talisman has been around for many years." If ordinary people ask for it, go home and hang it at home, it is an artifact to keep a safe town, but for a fragrant boy newspaper like us who wants to open the hall, it is not suitable to wear it. ”
I immediately understood that Huang Xiaotian and Cheng Hai were originally Yin gods, and if it wasn't good to say, they were ghosts. Now get an exorcism talisman, it's not obvious that it doesn't deal with others, it's because I didn't think it through.
Huang Xiaotian said: "The yin qi here is very heavy, fortunately there are these talismans, otherwise the yin qi will come out, it will be very troublesome." ”
"Isn't this place dedicated to the Divine Snake Niangniang, how can there be yin energy?" I wondered.
Huang Xiaotian said: "This small temple has the heaviest yin qi. This temple looks small, but it is not simple, and it is likely to hide some secrets. This kind of yin qi is too heavy, and there is also resentment, which is a bit evil. I suspect that this temple was most likely formerly a Yin Temple. ”
I gasped, Yin Temple had heard of it. In the past, when they were in the forest farm, there was a legend that several martyrs of a family committed suicide, and a high man erected a temple at the place of their death to worship them. This kind of temple dedicated to ghosts is the Yin Temple.
Huang Xiaotian said that this is the Yin Temple, and the back of my neck was a little windy, so I hurriedly asked, "So what is enshrined here...... Ghost? ”
"Don't underestimate these murals," Huang Xiaotian said, "These murals are actually a magic circle, a formation to suppress ghosts and drive away evil spirits." As soon as Sect Leader Cheng and I entered this temple with you, we felt extremely uncomfortable. These murals are not just paintings, they may be the most evil yin things. ”
I was about to say something, Huang Xiaotian said: "Sect Master Cheng and I can't help you in this place, you can do your own work, we can only hold our breath, so be it." ”
When he finished, there was no sound, and I called a few times, but there was no response.
These two people still call themselves old fairies, and they can't count on it at all. I sighed and looked at the sachet in my hand, thinking about where to hang it. Illuminated with my mobile phone, I walked around the temple and found a wooden pillar with nails on it, and I wanted to hang it up.
The nail was on the other side of the post, and I could only see the head of the nail at this angle, but when I was about to hang it, I realized that something was wrong. There was something hanging from the base of the nail.
I walked around to the pillar and looked, and my brain buzzed, and there was already a blue sachet hanging from the base of the nail.
The sachet in my hand was red, and the sachet was blue, and I was feverish, as if I had a premonition. I gently picked up the sachet on the nail, which had been attached to the pillar, and when I picked it up, I saw a deep arrow carved into the pillar with something very sharp underneath. There is one more word under the arrow.
I used the light of my mobile phone screen to shine, and when I saw this word clearly, I was cold all over my body, and my whole body was numb.
This is a "stone" character.
My heart is pounding, it's the second donkey! Wang Erdonkey's real name is Wang Shisheng, and it is impossible for him to call himself Erdonkey, after all, it is an indecent nickname. Could it be that this "stone" character is what he left behind?
It's really possible. I looked in the direction of the arrow, which pointed to the opposite wall. There is a mural on it, and it is difficult to see what it is painted for a while.
I walked over and took a picture with my phone. The above is one of the scenes in the story of Sun Wukong's entry into the underworld, it is Sun Wukong squatting on the throne of Lord Yama, holding a brush in one hand, and changing the book of life and death in his hand with blazing eyes.
I stood on tiptoe and tried to use my phone to shine the mural from top to bottom, illuminating each area of the picture in turn in the dark darkness.
What does it mean that Wang Erdonkey left this arrow, and where is he now? I thought about it as I took it.
At this time, the mobile phone came to the life and death book written by Sun Wukong, and the life and death book was illuminated by the light of the mobile phone screen, and I saw the words on it.
My mind was almost blank because I saw that in the book of life and death, my name was clearly written, "Feng Ziwang died". My legs went limp, and I wanted to look down at the vintage, thinking how could this be, how could my name be on it.