Chapter 6 The Ten Halls of the Underworld (3)

Walking on Difu Street, Guan Tianren and others were dumbfounded, only to see that the street was forty or fifty meters wide, and both sides of the street were majestic buildings, and even modern shops, high-rise buildings, etc., and every pedestrian passing by here had their own means of transportation, or car, or sedan chair. Although there are fewer pedestrians, you can still see the prosperity of the city.

"Damn, is life in the underworld like this? Then who wants to be reincarnated, just live here. "Feng Ming is a bit of an optimist, although he knows that this is impossible, but it is still okay to make fun of it and relieve everyone's depressed mood.

"Hmph-" The ghost, who was guarding the gate of the plaque and had a big bad word written on his clothes, sneered with disdain.

"This ghost brother, we have just arrived, I don't know where my friend said something wrong, please give us some advice, so that we don't make jokes again." Although they were despised by the ghosts, everyone did not dare to come forward to talk back and ask questions. After all, this is not the human realm but the underworld, and if you are not careful, you may be caught and sent to the eighteenth layer of hell to suffer. After you push me, I push you. Guan Tianren was pushed out, there was no way, Guan Tianren could only ask with a respectful smile.

As the saying goes: Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling ghost, seeing that Guan Tianren is respectful enough, the ghost cha also put away his disdainful face and said: "It turns out that you are all newcomers, so no wonder you don't know, the minimum requirements for living here are all good people, ordinary ghosts can't even enter here, and they will be directly blocked back by the enchantment." ”

"Oh, and what about the other ghosts? Where do they live? Guan Tianren wondered.

"When ordinary people die, their souls will be sent by ghosts to the palace of Hades, and they will try to arrange for early reincarnation as soon as possible, and those who are too meritorious will be directly taken to hell to suffer from that hell, especially in recent years, more and more people have been more than meritorious, as for those who have offset their merits, they will go out of the city gate after floating along this street for half an hour, and after leaving the city gate, they are all places where ghosts with merit and demerits live, not to mention houses, many ghosts don't even have food, and they have to rely on the good people in the city to help them often." The ghost almost sighed a little.

"Isn't it every year on the Qingming Festival, a lot of gold and silver treasures are burned to the ancestors? How can this still be the case? "The more Guan Tianren talks about it, the more confused he becomes.

"Hehe, people nowadays are celebrating the Qingming Festival, where else will they sincerely worship their ancestors? If the burned things are not burned sincerely, they will not be harvested here at all, so how can they be rich? The ghost pursed his lips and said.

"Then we can go into the city, doesn't that mean that we are also good people in the world?" Ren Ningxin interjected a little excitedly. It would be a good choice if I could live here in 100 years.

"You think too much, the reason why you can come in is just because you have the mana of Lord Zhong Kui, but you can be received by Lord Zhong Kui as soon as you come down, you are really lucky. Or is it possible to get some tricks? The ghost said with a little envy. Obviously, his current errand is not easy to come by.

"Where, luck. This time, we are on the order of Lord Zhong Kui, and we came to find Jizo Bodhisattva, I don't know if the ghost brother knows where Jizo Bodhisattva is? Guan Tianren pushed the boat down the river and asked the purpose of this conversation.

"Jizo Bodhisattva is not fixed in that place, but I have heard a lot lately that he appeared on Huangquan Road and floated here for about four hours. Strange, since Lord Zhong Kui asked you to come to find Jizo Bodhisattva, then didn't you find it when you took out the decree? Why do you have to work so hard? ”

Hearing this, Guan Tianren secretly screamed badly, the more he said, the more wrong he would be, and he hurriedly said goodbye and left. And the ghost cha did not continue to investigate, with the mana of Lord Zhong Kui, it is the best proof.

After walking for a while, Guan Tianren stopped and told everyone what he thought: "So far, I have asked three or four ghosts, and they all say that the probability of Jizo Bodhisattva appearing on Huangquan Road is relatively high, and their floating speed will be a little faster than our walking, that is to say, we need to walk for about five or six hours, and the time of the hidden talisman for eight hours is one hour to find in addition to resting for one hour, and there is not much extra time." "Guan Tianren didn't know what happened when Zhong Kui controlled his body, and Emperor Guan was talking to him for eight hours.

Hearing Guan Tianren's words, everyone was very embarrassed, if he was almost twenty years old and a virgin in the world, he would definitely be laughed at by them, but now he can't laugh, especially girls.

"We only have four hours, not eight." After thinking about it, Feng Ming finally said it.

What does this mean? What the hell is going on? Guan Tianren had a bad premonition in his heart, and asked with a calm face.

After listening to Feng Ming's explanation, Guan Tianren's heart throbbed, both distressed and anxious, there is nothing more sad and distressing than the broken body of his favorite goddess, and the anxious heart is four hours, it is too rushed.

"Huh-" After being silent for a while, Guan Tianren exhaled a heavy breath, calmed down his mood, and said expressionlessly, 'Let's go', then turned around and walked quickly, it will be four hours, if you walk normally like before, you will definitely not be able to catch up.

Half an hour later, Guan Tianren and the others had already come out of the City of Good People, and along the way, there were more or less ghosts squatting on both sides of the road, sleeping on the streets. Even the most humble wooden huts and thatched houses are also sparse and sparse, difficult to live in, and occasionally see exquisite bungalows are estimated to be filial piety to children and grandchildren, and sincerity when worshipping.

And every time you walk a while, there will be a large entrance mirror, showing the suffering of the ghosts of the major hells, and the screams are endless, which is intimidating, presumably to warn many ghosts not to make trouble.

In this half an hour, everyone, including Guan Tianren, was extremely frightened.

After an hour, they seemed to get used to the atmosphere, and began to point fingers at the homeless souls on both sides, and the fools who were suffering in hell, and even made mocking voices.

Guan Tianren looked back, frowning slightly. Indeed, maintaining a good mindset is more conducive to facing crises, and endurance will be more durable.

Guan Tianren also knows that under this kind of pressure, there is a need for a way to release the pressure. However, this way of pointing and ridiculing others, Guan Tianren didn't dare to agree, and after seeing some ghosts, because they were afraid of Zhong Kui's mana on everyone's body, they seemed to laugh a little louder.

I wanted to stop them, but I thought that I was neither familiar with them nor their leader. If you stop it now, you may be mistaken, thinking that you have to order them and directly break out into conflicts, and it will be more than worth the loss. What's more, within this hour, Fang Qi had already provoked him more than once. Shaking his head, Guan Tianren could only speed up his pace and walk forward.

Two hours later, after talking to a ghost on the side of the road and making sure that there was no problem with the route ahead, Guan Tianren was about to continue on his way, but was stopped by Luo Tian.

"There's just a vacant space here, just rest here for a while, everyone has no stamina." Luo Tian put his hands on his waist, breathed a little heavily, and said.

"Yes, let's take a rest, I've been walking for two hours in a row, I'm tired and hungry, let's take a rest." As if they had discussed, Luo Tian was headed, and Ren Ningxin, who was already tired, responded to him.

At this time, as long as you are not a fool, you know the mystery of Guan Tianren, although Guan Tianren also said that Lord Zhong Kui will not come out to help again, but who knows if it is true, maybe someone else will come out to help next time, and the sense of security will be much better when Tianren is around, so he will propose to Guan Tianren.

"yes, didn't you confirm it just now? We only need to float for two hours, and we can get there in an hour and a half according to our footsteps, so let's rest here for half an hour. ”

"yes, just rest here for half an hour, I really can't walk."

Chen Feng'er and Feng Ming also began to persuade each other, and even sat down directly.

"No, even though it only takes an hour and a half to get to where we are now, who can guarantee that we will be able to see Jizo Bodhisattva immediately wherever we go? If we can't find the Jizo Bodhisattva before the effect of the hidden talisman disappears, then not only will Han Fu and them be troubled, but we will also be finished, so let's continue on our way now," Guan Tianren thought that saying this would be convincing enough, not only about the lives of his friends, but also about his own lives. But he underestimated how unpopular he was in this team, no, among the men in this team.

"Hehe, Guan Tianren, you are so majestic! If you say no, you can't? Others don't know it, and they think you're the leader of this team! "Because of Xie Wanxue, Fang Qi has never been waiting to see Guan Tianren, and he will stumble on Guan Tianren whenever he has the opportunity.

"Haha, okay, okay, everyone is angry, I know that no matter how much you argue, everyone is for the good of this team. Otherwise, let's be more democratic, vote and decide, and the minority obeys the majority. I don't think anyone is against this method, so if you are in favor of resting here for half an hour before setting off, please agree. Qiao Kai smiled kindly, and let everyone start to choose, just like the demeanor of a team leader.

"I agree."

"Yes."

"Agreed."

Soon, Ren Ningxin, Luo Tian, and Fang Qi all nodded in agreement, and Chen Feng'er also agreed with a slight smile, anyone likes the man they choose to be recognized by others.

Zhou Xinxin and Xie Wanxue have been resting on the side since everyone stopped arguing, and the two of them occasionally go to exercise, knowing that if they are very tired now, if they sit down, it will be very hard when they get up.

Zhou Xinxin is not as good as the other five girls on this trip, their family environment is already very good as soon as they were born, and Zhou Xinxin was still very poor when she was a child, and it was not until she went to junior high school that her family began to become rich, and she has now become a millionaire with a net worth of tens of millions.

She can endure hardships, and she also knows that what Guan Tianren said is actually right, so when Feng Ming was about to approve of Qiao Kai, a look glared at her, making Feng Ming dare not approve. As for Feng Ming's serious wife, strict control is a well-known secret. In addition, Zhou Xinxin has her own opinions, which leads to Feng Ming basically not being able to decide anything.

Xie Wanxue was already tired and hungry, so tired that she didn't want to speak.

As for hunger, count, since dinner at ten o'clock, she hasn't eaten for almost seven hours, and she also thinks that what Guan Tianren said is right, who dares to guarantee that as soon as she goes to her destination, she will be able to see Jizo Bodhisattva.

It is necessary to leave a certain amount of time to figure out a way, plus when one of her mountaineering friends chatted, I once talked to her about not rushing to sit down and rest when I am very tired when I climb halfway up the mountain, because once I sit down, I will never want to get up without an hour or two of rest, and getting up early will only make me more tired and harder.

That's why she didn't dare to sit down. Although Xie Wanxue didn't want to speak, it was obvious that someone didn't want to let her go. That's the case with her boyfriend.

"Cher, why don't you agree with Qiao Kai's proposal to rest? Don't you also think that Guan Tianren is right and I am wrong? Fang Qi saw that Xie Wanxue didn't speak, and faintly agreed with Guan Tianren. The expression was a little unpleasant, and the tone was a little heavy, trying to force Xie Wanxue to agree to her side.

"Ah Qi, in fact, you should also know that what Tianren said is right, so let's set off early, okay?" Xie Wanxue knew that she kissed Guan Tianren, which made Fang Qi feel uncomfortable, although there was nothing she could do at that time, but it was her own bad after all.

If it's just a girl herself, it's easy to say, but there is also Chen Feng'er, Ren Ningxin, and Zhou Xinxin, which is even more difficult to explain, and when chatting all the way, everyone knows that every girl has heard Zhong Kui's voice, so even if she is very tired and doesn't want to speak, she can only make her tone as soft as possible, and even have a pleading tone.

"Haha, I know, you really think I'm wrong, don't you like this bastard for a long time? No wonder you don't play when you start playing the game, run to chat with him, and kiss him so simply, without hesitation, if you like him, go directly to him, Lao Tzu should be blind and can't see anything...... Fang Qi gritted his teeth. Xie Wanxue's pleading words did not work, but intensified the contradiction.

"Alright! Don't argue, I've never agreed to say that the minority obeys the majority. But whatever you decide, I'll keep moving forward, and it's up to you to follow or not. Guan Tianren knew that in such a tired and hungry situation, once the conflict began to intensify, then it would fall into endless quarrels, and the whole team would not know what would happen at that time.

Coupled with the quarrel, it will definitely drag on for a long time. It is better to direct the contradiction to yourself, of course, this is very disgusting.

After Guan Tianren finished speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, he could be sure that Zhou Xinxin and Feng Ming would definitely follow, and so far, among all the girls, she was the only one who did not shout tired, which made Guan Tianren impressed, and even Xie Wanxue was not as good as her.

As for whether Xie Wanxue will come with her, I don't know. After all, his boyfriend is still around. But once someone comes over, then the people behind will also follow one after another, and Guan Tianren still knows his own value.

"Guan Tianren." Just as Guan Tianren was about to turn around, Chen Feng'er spoke, "You, changed." "He looked very disappointed and sad about Guan Tianren's very dictatorship.

Guan Tianren's face twitched, his heart was extremely painful and bitter, even if he was misunderstood by everyone here, he didn't want to misunderstand him to Chen Feng'er, he just wanted to speak to defend himself, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say a word. I could only smile miserably: "People will always change." After saying that, he turned around and left.

As soon as Guan Tianren left, Zhou Xinxin followed, Feng Ming wanted to say something, but he still didn't say anything and followed. Xie Wanxue looked at Guan Tianren, then at Fang Qi, gritted her teeth, and said, "Ah Qi, I know it's my fault this time, but in the more than a year we've been together, how can I ever be unfaithful to you?" Let's go with the past first, this time, as long as we can live in the end, I'll explain it to you slowly, okay? ”

Originally, Fang Qi had already regretted it when he said it, but now that he had the steps down, he naturally followed Xie Wanxue's words, and the rest of the people had no choice, they had already scolded in their hearts, but they could only follow with an angry expression, especially Qiao Kai, who was a little bit gritted his teeth.

In the remaining hour and a half of the road, everyone did not speak, and walked silently, except for Guan Tianren in the middle, who saw that the girl was really too tired to walk, he rested for ten minutes, and then accelerated his pace and walked, and when he arrived at the destination, including Guan Tianren, he was already tired.

After resting for more than ten minutes, everyone began to find out the problem, they had been here for so long, except for the souls sitting on the ground, not to mention the Bodhisattva, not even the bald monks. Is it possible that there is no way but to wait? They don't have much time left with the hidden talismans.

"Guan Tianren, is there any way?" Calling Guan Tianren's full name was an agreement between Fang Qi and Xie Wanxue, which seemed a little rusty, and Xie Wanxue could only ask Guan Tianren with an apologetic look.

"Not yet, there is still a little time for the Hidden Talisman, so let's wait." Regarding Xie Wanxue calling her full name, Guan Tianren didn't care.

No matter who it is, he will be more humble to his boyfriend and girlfriend than strangers, Guan Tianren cares that in these ten minutes, he has asked no less than ten ghosts, all of them say that the time of the appearance of the Jizo Bodhisattva is uncertain, sometimes it is once a few days or even a few months, sometimes it is several times a day, no one can understand the law of the appearance of the Jizo Bodhisattva, is it really only by luck?

At first, everyone was not so eager, they just sat there to recover their strength, although they didn't admit it, but deep down, they still threw the problem to Guan Tianren and let him think about it for himself.

But when there were fifteen minutes left, the crowd began to get anxious. Now the souls around them, they have Zhong Kui's mana on their bodies, covering up the yang energy on their bodies and not daring to approach, once the effect of the hidden talisman disappears, then the consequences can be imagined. So, some people began to speak out of their mouths.

"Guan Tianren, didn't you bring us here? They won't give us a break in the middle, so you'll find a way to get out now! Ren Ning was in a hurry, and began to recover her eldest lady's temper, but she didn't think that if it weren't for Guan Tianren, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to stand here safely, and everyone agreed to come here at the beginning, and naturally the ten minutes of rest in the middle were not considered rest in her eyes.

"Guan Tianren, if you bring us here, you will have to take all the responsibilities, if you can't think of a way, I will do ......, I will not let you go." Qiao Kai wanted to say that he would not let you go at first, but thinking about the bad luck, he quickly changed his words.

"Tianren, you should think of a way, the effectiveness of the hidden talisman is almost gone." Chen Fenger didn't want to talk to Guan Tianren because of the previous dispute, but now she is also starting to get anxious.

"Guan Tianren, I know you must already have a way, but now in order to take revenge on what we voted to rest before, I don't want to say it, it's right to want to be saved, you'd better not think like this, because once the hidden talisman has no effect, I will be the first to throw you out, so you hurry up and say it, otherwise, Lao Tzu will beat you." Luo Tian directly lifted Guan Tianren's collar and roared angrily, of course, in the end, he was pulled away by everyone and did not beat Guan Tianren.

Since half an hour ago, Guan Tianren has been closing his eyes tightly, even if he was about to beat Luo Tian, he didn't open his eyes, although Luo Tian and the others' complaints about him have always made him frown, but he knows that the more times like this, the more calm he must be, arguing with them will not solve the problem at all.

Zhou Xinxin has been sitting quietly, coming from this way, she understands that Guan Tianren is a person who cherishes his life, he must be thinking of a way at this time, he will only disturb Guan Tianren in the past, of course, she didn't persuade Luo Tian and others, because that will only escalate the contradiction, so Guan Tianren can't think of a way.

Zhou Xinxin is not wrong, Guan Tianren is indeed a person who cherishes his life, and he is indeed trying to find a way, but Chen Fenger can't think of this, it can be seen that Guan Tianren and Chen Fenger have known and contacted each other for more than a year, and they don't know Guan Tianren better than Zhou Xinxin, who has only been with Guan Tianren for less than a day. All she saw was Guan Tianren sitting there quietly and doing nothing.

Time passed minute by minute, Guan Tianren just kept sitting there with his eyes closed, and when there were only five minutes left, even Zhou Xinxin and Xie Wanxue were already desperate.

But at this moment, Guan Tianren suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, folded his hands, and recited: "If you can see the truth in your heart, if you have the truth, it is the cause of becoming a Buddha." I don't see the Buddha outside my nature, and my heart is always a big idiot, the king of the earth and the Bodhisattva, since he is already here, why not come out and see it? Amitabha. ”

Just when everyone was stunned, not far in front of Guan Tianren, a stream of Buddha light gathered, and Jizo Bodhisattva folded his hands and asked with a smile: "How did this little benefactor know that I was here?" ”

This is not only a question of Jizo Bodhisattva, Qiao Kai and others also want to know.

"I didn't know it at first, but I suddenly remembered a passage I saw in the "Sutra of the Altar of the Six Patriarchs": If you listen to the truth, the descendants are charming, and if you know all living beings, you are Buddha nature; If you don't know sentient beings, it will be difficult to find a Buddha in ten thousand calamities. I am now teaching you to know all beings in your own mind and see the Buddha nature of your own mind. I want to see the Buddha, but I want to know all living beings; Only for all sentient beings to be obsessed with the Buddha, not for the Buddha to be obsessed with all beings. If one's nature is enlightened, all beings are Buddhas; If self-nature is delusional, the Buddha is a sentient being. Self-nature is equal, and all beings are Buddhas; Self-nature is evil, Buddha is sentient beings, plus what the ghost cha said at the beginning, Jizo Bodhisattva is not fixed in that place, so I think of self-nature if enlightened, sentient beings are Buddhas; If self-nature is delusional, the Buddha is a sentient being. Self-equality means that all living beings are Buddhas, which means that every plant and tree here can be Buddhas, and it is inferred that Jizo Bodhisattva is here. After speaking, Guan Tianren folded his hands here and bowed to the Jizo Bodhisattva.

"Hahaha, the little donor really has Buddha nature, isn't it like this for the nine good people? How about a small donor join my Buddhism? Haha, good, good. After listening to Guan Tianren's explanation, Jizo Bodhisattva smiled.

It's been a long time since I've met a small benefactor with such a Buddha nature, and most of the current monks no longer sink their hearts to recite Buddhist scriptures, and they have no Buddha nature at all.

After Guan Tianren finished explaining, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Guan Tianren, Jizo Bodhisattva is a legendary figure, let him say that he has Buddha nature, what an honor is that?

Chen Feng'er looked at Guan Tianren a little strangely, and seemed to be impressed by Guan Tianren, but because he was facing away from Chen Feng'er, Guan Tianren couldn't see it, otherwise it would be enough for him to be excited for a while, of course, it was like this before, but now I don't know.

"I'm not in the dust, and I'm really not suitable to join the Buddhist practice, thank you Bodhisattva for your kindness. We are here for one thing. "Hope is just around the corner, Guan Tianren is a little impatient, Han Fu and the others have been arrested for four hours, and they don't know how it is now, which makes Guan Tianren not anxious.

"I already know what the little donors are asking for, and it is not easy for you to come to the place, so I will take you to end this matter!" After saying that, he waved one hand forward, and Jizo Bodhisattva and everyone disappeared.

Everyone saw a wave of Jizo Bodhisattva's hand, and then it was pitch black in front of them, and when their eyes returned to light again, everyone had arrived at the Hades Hall.

I saw that in the main hall, a person in official uniform sat directly above, only to see that the person's eyebrows were locked, his eyes were deep, and he was not angry and arrogant, and there was a gilded plaque with "Hades Palace" written on it, and I thought that the person was the famous Hades Lord. On the side was Judge Cui who was holding a brush and a book of life and death, and Han Fu and the others were under the main hall, but they were locked by the little ghost and had no way to come.

"Hades, the little monk is polite." When Jizo Bodhisattva saw Hades, he bowed to Hades.

"The Bodhisattva is polite." Lord Yama also stood up and returned the salute.

"Hades, the little donors here are the ones who broke into the underworld, let's talk to them." Jizo Bodhisattva clasped his hands together.

Everyone is a little confused, so don't you want to hand them over to the Lord of Yama to deal with?

"Do you know that trespassing on the underworld is a big crime? Guan Tianren, you are a good person of the ninth world, if you give up the blessings of the good people of the ninth world, you can offset the merits and demerits, and you can return to the yang now, but the rest of the people should go to hell and be punished for 810 years before they can be reincarnated. Because you and the others are all considered suicides, after being tortured, you have to enter the animal life path to experience the preciousness of life, and then you can only be reincarnated normally after going through various calamities, can you have any objections? Lord Yama asked.

Everyone was stunned, what do you mean? Guan Tianren is a good man of the ninth generation? He is the only one who can return to the yang world? Others are going to hell for 810 years? Soon, because of the hatred of the rich, Guan Tianren was resented again, maybe they didn't expect that they would have this kind of psychology one day. But it's impossible for them to refute Lord Yama, isn't it looking for death when mortals contradict Lord Yama? No one wants to be the first bird.

"Lord Yama, isn't there no other way?" Guan Tianren bowed forward with both hands and said bitterly. This time he came down to save people, and he has come to this point, isn't there really no way?

"It's not that there is no way, as long as you participate in a trial, you can avoid this sin, you can return to the yang, every once in a while there will be a message sent to your mobile phone, you just need to do it, you must know, as long as you participate in the trial, there are countless ghosts and ghosts in front of you, countless fears waiting for you, if you are accidentally devoured by the ghosts and ghosts, when it is not destroyed, the soul that is devoured cannot be reincarnated. If you don't follow the message, you will still come back to hell, how to choose, take care of yourself. After the king finished speaking, he stopped talking, waiting for the choice of Guan Tianren and the others.

Here, as long as you are not a fool, you know which one to choose, although the horror that Lord Yama said, but everyone has not experienced it, the so-called ignorant are fearless, but they have seen this hellish punishment in the entrance mirror, and after the punishment, they will enter the animal path, so they resolutely chose to participate in the trial.

It seemed that they had already known their choice, and the twelve black lights disappeared into the minds of Guan Tianren and the others, and then everyone disappeared, apparently teleported back to the yang world.

"This is already the fifth ninth-generation benevolent person to be involved in the trial!" Jizo Bodhisattva sighed leisurely.

"Now that mortal spiritual roots receive the acquired pollution tea poison, the poison is getting more and more serious, and only good people can keep some spiritual roots." Lord Yama paused and continued: "That person, even if he fights for a soul, he can only hold out for a hundred years, if there is no one to test in these hundred years, I am afraid it will be ......."

"That's it, just follow the fate, the little monk has retired." With that, Jizo Bodhisattva departed.

Looking at the departing figure of Jizo Bodhisattva, Lord Yama shook his head and returned to the main hall.