Volume 4: Urban Fierce Fighting Chapter 25: Meng Po
The two figures who came out of the ghost gate also exuded a strong ghost aura at this time, and the ghosts and ghost officials behind them were overjoyed when they saw the two of them coming, and they were willing to do without him, and the strength of these two ghosts was also a very powerful existence in the underworld.
The ghosts also immediately said to the two of them: "My lord, there are several notorious demons on the other side who are notorious in the underworld, do we need to find reinforcements?" At this time, they said to the surrounding ghosts and ghosts: "You don't need to panic, they are now the subordinates of the Yin Yang Walker, and the man called ~Dragon Ghost~ is the Yin Yang Walker!" “
The ghost official was also very puzzled and asked, "Yin Yang Walker? Isn't it Lord Zhong Kui? How he too! The two ghosts didn't explain in detail, and walked straight forward, nodding at Long Dao Ling.
Long Daoling seemed to have a good impression of them, and said with a smile: "Mountain splitting ghosts, sea ghosts, long time no see, everything is fine!" "It turns out that these two ghosts are the mountain splitting ghost and the sea ghost who were let go by him in the past.
The ghost stationed in the sea said kindly: "Thank you for your concern, the ghost here is not clear about your identity, you came so suddenly, fortunately, the two of us are on duty in the underworld tonight, and we rushed to avoid a small misunderstanding after receiving the news!" ”
Long Daoling also responded politely: "I came here tonight for something, not to make a mess here, but I saw that the ghost official who is responsible for guarding the ghost gate here is using violence against a ghost who came to report, so I took action to stop it, the underworld is also considered the management department in the ghost world, can they act so arbitrarily, I heard that there is a need to pay for the road, I don't know who stipulates this?" ”
When the mountain splitter heard this, he shouted: "What, Lord Yin Yang Walker, what you said is true, this is a serious problem, do you have any evidence?" Long Daoling pointed to a new ghost sitting on the ground and said, "He is the evidence, and the ghost official opposite, dare you come over and confront him!" ”
When the ghost official heard this, he was shocked, he knew that what he did tonight was against the rules of the underworld, but no one knew about it all this time, he didn't expect that there would be a leak tonight, and he would have to be in front of the two adults, at this time he was already scared and stunned there!
The mountain splitter then turned around and shouted at the ghost officer, "Come over to me at once!" The ghost officer trembled and walked in front of the mountain splitting ghost, and then said: "My lord, this new ghost didn't listen to the command, and actually broke through the ghost gate, and his subordinates just stopped him!" ”
Long Dao Ling also let the new ghost stand up at this time. The mountain splitter ghost carried a big knife, looked at the new ghost, found the scars on his body, frowned, and asked, "The ghost gate is not a casual entry and exit, tell me what the hell is going on!" The new ghost was also frightened when he saw the appearance of the mountain splitting ghost, but he looked at Long Daoling again, and Long Daoling nodded and motioned for him to speak up.
The new ghost told the whole story of the 1510 to the mountain splitting ghost, Long Daoling was testifying for him on the side, he seemed to understand something after listening, turned around and asked sharply to the ghost official: "The new ghost doesn't understand the rules, you can guide him, how can you be so violent, this will damage the reputation of our underworld, and what he said ~ travel expenses ~ What's going on, you'd better give me an explanation, otherwise you know what the end will be?" ”
The ghost official was so frightened that he didn't know how to explain it, so he stood aside in fear, and when he saw the situation, he already knew the result, and then came over and said, "Needless to say, someone is coming, arrest him, and take him back to the underworld to be punished!" ”
Several ghosts took action one after another, and at once they caught the ghost official, and the mountain splitting ghost said, "Escort me down and wait for it to fall!" The ghosts didn't dare to slack off, so they immediately pulled him away, and the ghost official also lowered his head and obediently let the ghosts take him away.
After the sea ghost settled these things, he asked all the ghosts to return to their posts to go on duty, and said to Long Daoling: "Lord Yin Yang Walker, in order not to affect here, please go to the ghost gate first." I'll show you the way with the Mountain Splitter! ”
Long Daoling was very satisfied with the performance of the two of them, and said, "Everyone knows each other, don't be so polite, I want to take him in!" With that, he pointed to the new ghost beside him.
The ghost stationed in the sea nodded, and led the way with the mountain splitting ghost in front, and with a wave of his hand, the ghost officials and ghosts who were guarding the door all stood in two rows, and a road was opened in the middle, and the dragon spirit and the night king, the four evil ghosts, and the new ghost walked into the ghost gate unimpeded.
Many ghosts outside the ghost gate also sighed when they saw this scene, and the new ghost was also secretly glad to have met this dragon ghost, otherwise he would become a lonely ghost outside, wandering outside.
After entering the Ghost Gate, they came to Huangquan Road, Long Daoling was very familiar with this place, he led the hundred ghosts to fight here and the people of the underworld, but now it has been repaired.
The ghost stationed in the sea instructed a ghost messenger to take the new ghost to go through some relevant procedures, and the new ghost said to the dragon spirit and the others very gratefully, "Thank you for your help!" Long Daoling smiled and said, "You're welcome, goodbye!" And the demon cha took him away.
Next, the mountain splitting ghost and the sea ghost did their best to be the landlord's friendship, responsible for being the guide, and took their group to wander around the underworld, although Long Daoling had been to the underworld before, but at that time it was to go to hell to save Rosa, and he didn't pay careful attention to everything in the underworld, and there were many places that he hadn't been to.
After a while, he came to the vicinity of Wangxiangtai, he saw the buildings here, and remembered the scene of the great war at that time, this place was a mess, unsightly, and the underworld had gone through this period of time, but it had been completely repaired here, which was not simple.
At this time, after passing the Wangxiang Terrace, he came to a junction, there were two branch roads, one of which was very familiar to the Dragon Dao Ling, it was the road to the eighteenth layer of hell, and the other one he didn't know very well, and they stopped here at that time.
The sea ghost said: "These two paths, one is to the eighteenth layer of hell, and the other is to lead to the Senluo Hall of the underworld, where the ten halls of the Yama and all the officials of the underworld are working, and it is the important place of the underworld. ”
Long Dao Ling said thoughtfully: "I wonder if they (the Ten Hall Yama King) know that I am coming?" The Mountain Splitter nodded and replied, "Lord Yin Yang Walker, Lord Hades all know that you are here, but they are busy!" ”
"Oh, I see!" Long Daoling said without thinking, what happened outside the door just now, the people in the underworld have already made a big move, if they usually make a big move, they must also know their current identity, so they ignore it!
Long Daoling said: "Mountain splitting ghosts, sea ghosts, I haven't been there, please take the way, I'm going there to find Yin Si, looking for a person, I heard that he can find out all the information about life and death of people, is it true!" ”
The sea ghost nodded and replied, "It's true, because people who turn into ghosts after death will come here to report, and we will have relevant records here!" Long Dao Ling thought for a moment and said, "Then if you don't come here to report, isn't there no record to check?" ”
"No, do you remember the last time we fought, there was a person named Judge, he had an item called "Book of Life and Death", which records the cycle of life and death of all people in the world, even if you don't come here to report, there will be a record about this person, it is a very important and powerful book, but not everyone can check it, and this judge has a bit of a strange personality, if it is not for the approval of the Ten Palaces of Yama, he will not help you check! The sea ghost said.
After hearing this, Long Dao Ling knew that this time would definitely not go so smoothly, he knew very well that the Ten Palaces of the Yama King of the Mansion had a certain prejudice against themselves, if it weren't for the Ming Lin of the King of Jizo, they would have wanted to do it to themselves a long time ago, and now in the underworld, I am afraid that only the mountain splitting ghosts and the sea ghosts in front of them will treat themselves politely.
Long Dao Ling is now walking, thinking of a way, is it really going to ask the Ten Palaces Hades, I don't know if the identity of the Yin and Yang Walker can make them speak, if not, then I will be looking for the King of Jizo.
The mountain splitter ghost and the sea ghost took them for a short distance, and what appeared in front of them was a different scene, there was a very antique bridge in front of them, which made people feel strange after seeing it.
The ghost stationed in the sea said to Long Daoling: "Lord Yin and Yang Walker, the bridge in front of you is the famous ~ Nai He Bridge ~ in the underworld, some people and animals do not necessarily become ghosts after death, they can be reincarnated when they meet certain conditions, and then reappear in the world with new life, but first of all, the most basic condition, they are to drink ~ Meng Po soup here ~, forget everything in the past, before they can enter reincarnation." ”
"Meng Po soup?" Could it be that there will be an old man named "Meng Po" standing on the other side of the bridge with a bowl of soup for those people to drink? "It's no wonder that Long Dao Ling has such doubts, when he was a child, he heard rumors about the underworld from some books, since they all have the ten halls of Yama, Meng Po must also exist; Legend has it that Meng Po is resident at the Nai He Bridge in Hell, and her job is to ensure that all ghosts who go to reincarnate do not remember their past lives and everything in hell.
"What? Old lady? The mountain splitting ghost said confusedly, and when the sea ghost heard it, he immediately laughed, and said to Long Daoling: "Presumably, the Yin Yang Walker is a legend heard from the world, but there is no old woman on the bridge, on the contrary, there is a tavern on one side of the bridge, you will understand after you go!" ”
When Long Daoling heard this, he was stunned for a moment, but there was a tavern at one end of the bridge, what was the concept, and then he didn't say more, he was curious, and a group of ghosts moved towards the Nai He Bridge one after another.
After a while, they came to the bridge, and many ghosts walked on the bridge in an endless stream, and at the other end of the bridge appeared a very special building, which looked like some street bubble tea shops in the world, but it seemed to be all wood color, which matched the bridge very well.
The signboard of this shop prominently has a big ~ Meng~ character written on it, there is a wood-colored bar counter in a modern bar, and the outside of the tavern is also engraved with the words "In front of the bridge, life is in the world, how bitter and difficult, a bowl goes down, and the predecessor is completely broken", and those ghosts are lined up there to lead things to drink.
However, the ~person~ who was in charge of distributing it in the bar was not an old woman, but a young woman with a very delicate appearance, Long Daoling asked the resident sea ghost with a puzzled look: "This is the tavern you are talking about, it is very similar to the shop in the world, who is that woman?" ”
The sea ghost 1510 said: "The underworld here is also changing with the times, it used to be a tavern here, but now the shape is more modern, so you don't have to be surprised, and that woman is the owner of this tavern, what she distributes is ~ Meng Po soup ~, according to your world, then she is Meng Po!" ”
"Ah, Meng Po turned out to be a woman, what kind of truth is this!" Long Daoling asked puzzledly, and the ghost stationed in the sea replied with a smile: "Hehe, let me tell you, the former name of Meng Po soup is called ~Forget Love Water~, which is a kind of water that can forget all your troubles, all love and hatred after drinking, and it was secretly made by her, and it was renamed after arriving in the underworld."
And this woman because her surname was ~Meng~, it is said that it was passed down by her grandmother's ancestors, so she was named ~Mengpo Tang~ so she has this skill, and the king of the Ten Palaces specially appointed her to stay here to hold the position, and the name of Mengpo Tang has since become an indispensable product in the underworld. ”
The ghost in the sea said that Long Daoling could not calm down for a long time, the legendary Meng Po was actually a woman, and also opened a tavern, but the two seem to be related, as the saying goes, a drunk relieves a thousand sorrows, many people choose to borrow wine to kill their sorrows in order to forget unpleasant things, but when they wake up, those things still remain in their minds.
Presumably, the effect of this Meng Po soup is the same as alcohol, which can make people forget everything, but the effect is permanent, thinking about it, Long Daoling also knows the basic origin of this Meng Po soup and Meng Po.
The Mountain Splitting Ghost also looked at the Sea Ghost in surprise and asked, "How do you know so much, I haven't heard anything you said, where did you hear about it?" The sea ghost smiled and replied, "You guy, who knows about battles all day long, how can you have time to understand this, and it is natural that you don't know!" ”
The mountain splitting ghost also smiled stupidly, Long Daoling was very curious, and decided to go to Meng Po's place to have a look, and then, they slowly walked towards the tavern opened by the legendary Meng Po.
When they all appeared in front of the tavern, the ~Meng Po~ also noticed their arrival, and she immediately felt that the strange ghosts of Long Daoling were not simple, but when she saw the mountain splitting ghost and the sea ghost walking with them, she also asked slightly: "Splitting the mountain and stationing the sea, aren't you on duty?" Why are you so free to come to me, what the hell are these guys? ”
The resident sea ghost immediately replied: "Sister Meng, this is a newly granted ~Yin Yang Walker~, a person who shoulders the same responsibilities as Lord Zhong Kui, and he came to the underworld to do business!" ”
"Oh, the new Yin Yang Walker, why haven't I heard of it, but since it was granted by Lord Jizo, it must also be an extraordinary person, you come and sit here for a while, let me see!" As she spoke, she instructed several women around her to come over and help distribute the Meng Po soup, and walked in front of Long Dao Ling and them.
Long Daoling and they sat on the stone bench next to them, she brought them a few drinks, Long Daoling took the cup, hesitated, this Meng Po said: "Don't worry, this is just a drink I concocted, not Meng Po soup, it will not erase your memory, you can drink it with confidence!" ”
As soon as she said this, Long Daoling also sniffed it slightly, colorless and tasteless, he took a sip at random, and a feeling of relaxation and joy rushed straight to his head, and his inspiration became clear, and he felt fluttering, this feeling was fleeting, which made people miss it very much, and made him unconsciously have an urge to cry.
Long Dao Ling came to his senses and said to this Meng Po: "This wine is very delicious, and it is very special? The Meng Po nodded, smiled and said, "This glass of wine is called ~missing~, and the opposite of Meng Po soup, it is a feeling of longing that can awaken the soul for a short time!" ”
"Good wine! Thank you for the wine, let me introduce myself first, my name is Long Daoling, I am a yin and yang walker, I don't know how to call you, Miss, Meng Po doesn't seem to be very suitable! Long Dao Ling said slightly.
Seeing that this young yin and yang walker was so polite, the woman also smiled and said: "Interesting, everyone else has always called me Meng Po or Sister Meng, and no one has ever asked me my name, I almost forgot myself, Meng Po is not my name, but the name of this soup, which is equivalent to the so-called brand in your world, my real name is "Meng Yao".
As soon as this name came out, even the mountain splitting ghost and the sea ghost were surprised, Meng Po had never said her real name in front of others, but today she set a precedent in front of Long Daoling.
Long Daoling smiled and said: "Meng Yao, this name is very good, and it is very compatible with you, I remember, it is rare to drink it in your hands today, I feel very honored, I have important things to do today, I will come again next time I have the opportunity!" ”
Meng Yao nodded, smiled and said, "Welcome at any time!" Long Daoling immediately stood up and motioned for everyone to leave, and the mountain splitting ghosts and the sea ghosts also said goodbye to her, and the group immediately walked in the direction of the Wansenluo Palace; Meng Yao looked at Long Daoling's figure, smiled thoughtfully, and then returned to his post.
It was also because of her glass of wine that Long Daoling's emotions were touched, and he became more eager to know about his parents, so he couldn't waste any more time, so he left in a hurry.
On the other side of the human world, the headquarters of the Akatsuki Sect was about to face a crisis, but at this time, the artificial ghost lying in the room where the ghost was imprisoned woke up and looked at the ghosts around him suspiciously, at a loss!