Chapter 36: A Simulated Hell (text)
The other three all asked Chen Xiaosheng not to joke and scare them, they were already in this deep mountain and old forest.
Chen Xiaosheng saw that they didn't believe it, so he handed them the binoculars in his hand, and they were all scared after looking at them one by one, and they had the intention of retreating, afraid that this place was still an uncivilized barbarian, and what he was most afraid of was that there was a tradition of cannibalism here.
Meng Changqing finally took the telescope and fiddled with it, he was a master who was not afraid of things, he glanced through the telescope and said, "This thing is better than clairvoyance." ”
Meng Changqing looked at it for a while and said, "Those three people have already left, they should be holding some ceremony, not dead people." ”
After that, they took it and looked at it, but they really didn't see the three of them, so they relaxed and complained about what kind of strange ritual it was, strange and scary.
Meng Changqing reflexively listened to the temptation and became intimidated.
"Regardless of Taoism and Buddhism, all pursue the unity of heaven and man, not burdened by external objects, it is generally believed that only hanging in the air is the fastest way to achieve this realm, and now many places in the world still believe in this concept, there is a temple here, it is not surprising to leave such a tradition."
After Meng Changqing finished speaking, the four college students all looked at Meng Changqing with respect and asked, "Big brother, which school did you graduate from?" Do you know about these bald donkey monks and bull-nosed Taoist priests? ”
Meng Changqing snorted and said that he had read it in a book before.
When we learned that it was not a dead man, we dared to go on, because the mountain road was extremely steep, and it was already about ten o'clock in the evening when we descended to the bottom of the valley.
The valley floor is very large, because it rained not long ago, there are babbling rivers flowing around the valley, plus this towering trees, endless mountains and rivers to see, even the four college students who are accustomed to the city sighed, if they lived here, they would have to live for many years.
They were all well prepared, all with flashlights, and stood by the river to take a picture of it, and as they walked by, a white strip of cloth hung on the tree on the right, and a black strip of cloth hung on the trunk of the tree on the left. Until the end of the flashlight, it was still the same.
"What is this?" When we looked into the distance, Chen Xiaosheng pointed to the tree above us and asked.
We looked up, the two trees above the head confronted, Zhongcheng closed the door, the left and right distances were about 30 steps, and there was a plaque hanging horizontally between the two trees, and the word 'pylorus' was written on the plaque.
Mosquitoes gathered on these two roads, and as soon as the flashlight shone on, they found the light and flew down. In addition to this, there are dozens of crows parked on this plaque.
After that, I looked at the roots of the trees on both sides, and saw dozens of mud-kneading villains at the bottom of the roots, all of them fierce and vicious, vivid.
When they saw this, they were terrified, and said that it was very strange and that they should not go in it for the time being.
"Is Pyloric Village the name of this village? I think this is the way into the village, there are many birds and beasts in this wood, nothing strange. Jiang Haijun said boldly.
"It's not!" Before Jiang Haijun's voice fell, Shen Fu retorted, "This is the Ghost Gate, the Ghost Gate Pass is also known as the Ghost Gate, according to legend, the poisonous snakes and beasts gathered next to the Ghost Gate, as long as he sees the wicked, he will be dragged into the Ghost Gate, there is no entry and no exit." In addition, there are eighteen evil punishment ghosts guarding the ghost gate, so that the people inside the ghost gate can escape. ”
Shen Fuyi said, they immediately retreated, and then counted the clay figures on both sides, and there were really eighteen.
Shen Fu said, Meng Changqing didn't say anything, looking at that expression, Shen Fu should be right.
After that, a few of them said that it would be good to set up a tent outside, and not to go in.
Wei Qing refused: "There may be some poisonous snakes and beasts in this deep mountain and old forest, and it is not appropriate to live outside." ”
They thought about it, and finally decided to go in, they are all highly educated people, they believe in atheism, they don't believe in these things from the bottom of their hearts, and they are afraid that it will be nothing if they think it clearly later.
They were about to walk in, but Shen Fu flatly refused, and was pulled in after the three of them laughed at the coward.
When I entered the pyloric gate, I saw the white strips of cloth on both sides of the road, and every few steps there would be a strip of cloth, and on each strip of cloth would be a person's name written on it.
Chen Xiaosheng looked at this strip of cloth, got closer to Meng Changqing and Jiang Haijun, and asked, "What is this strip of cloth for?" ”
"Most of the people inside are afraid of getting lost, so they use it to show the way." Jiang Haijun replied.
After speaking, Shen Fu shook his head again and said: "White is yang, black is yin, this is the Yin and Yang Road, it is said that after the Ghost Gate Pass is Huangquan Road, Huangquan Road is also known as the Yin and Yang Road, after the Ghost Gate Pass, people will become ghosts." Those who have completed their longevity will leave their names in the vagina of the Yin-Yang Dao and continue to move forward, and those who have not completed their longevity will leave their names on the Yangdao, and then stay on the Huangquan Road and wait for the arrival of Yangshou before they can continue to move forward. ”
This Shen Fu looks like a scholar, and he knows a lot, and after finishing speaking, the other three all looked at Shen Fu with a grin and asked him where he knew so much.
Shen Fu said that he saw it in a book.
After that, the three of them looked at the names on both sides, and said with some humility, "There won't be any lingering ghosts here, right?" ”
Shen Fu looked around and said, "It's gloomy here, it's better to be careful, just go to the village after here." ”
Now everyone is moving forward, and no one wants to be the first to retreat, so they continue to walk.
After walking about twenty steps, I felt a little strange movement behind me, so I looked back, and sure enough, there was a very short and ugly man standing under the pylorus just now, and when he saw me looking back at him, he ran away.
I patted Meng Changqing, and before I could say anything, Meng Changqing asked me to walk seriously and leave that alone.
The road is about a kilometer long. At the end, a small river appeared in front of me, with a passage made of three wooden sticks.
After seeing it, they didn't discuss it themselves, and asked Shen Fu directly: "Let's just say it, what is this?" ”
Shen Fu touched his nose and smiled, obviously a little embarrassed, and then said: "This is called the Nai River, according to legend, the water in the river is water, as long as it falls, there is no possibility of coming up." As for these three bridges, the one on the right is called the Golden Bridge, which is for the good people among the dignitaries and nobles; The one on the left is called the Silver Bridge, for those who are filial and faithful, and who do good deeds; The middle one is called the Nai He Bridge, for the treacherous villain to walk. ”
When Shen Fu spoke, Meng Changqing listened with interest and didn't say a word. Shen Fu didn't show off his knowledge, and a discerning person could see it.
After that, Shen Fu pointed to a small platform next to us and said: "This is Wangxiangtai, people will take a look here after death, and then cross the bridge, after crossing the bridge, there is a three-life stone, the three-life stone is only for good people, saying that you can see the past and present life." ”
Several of them were more familiar with Shen Fu, and they didn't ask him how he knew about such a complex system, but just tasted what he said.
They decided whether to go in or not, and after discussing it for a long time, the three of them agreed to return first, not knowing the situation here, not to trespass, this may be a forbidden place in this village.
When they say that, they will turn back, and let us turn back as well.
Just as he was about to turn back, Meng Changqing squirmed the corners of his mouth and was about to speak, but before he could say anything, he was grabbed by Shen Fu and shouted Don't look back.
But it was too late, and the three of them turned back sharply, and when they turned around, they froze.
I also looked back and was immediately shocked, the road was originally quiet, but now there are many people standing.
After I turned around, Xiaoxiao was also about to turn back, but was held down by Meng Changqing.
"Don't come in, don't come in, you have to come in, you have to come back when you come in, you are sick!" Shen Fu muttered and complained, as if he had known that he would see something dirty when he turned around.
I didn't think anything of it when I saw it, but I was a little shocked to see so many ghosts at once.
As for the three of them, it was different, watching the faces of those who approached step by step gradually turn pale, and the panting sound became louder and louder, and after nearly five seconds, their heels began to slowly tiptoe.
This is already beginning to repel the earth's qi, if you don't deal with it, something will happen, just about to tell Meng Changqing, Shen Fu suddenly turned his head and shouted a few times at the people in front of him, and then walked in front of us with a fierce face, waved his hands, and recited a mantra.
"Heaven and earth are natural, filthy Qi is scattered, the cave is mysterious, Huang Lang Taiyuan, the eight directions are mighty, and the ......"
Reading this, he forgot how to recite it next, this mantra I will, I used to recite it every morning and evening class in the Taoist temple, this is the pure heaven and earth mantra among the eight divine mantras, also known as the sweeping mantra, which is used to clean up the surrounding environment of the body before meditation.
He paused for a moment before he continued reading, and when he had finished, he shouted, and all the people who were scurrying disappeared into the strips of cloth on the trees.
After that, Shen Fu hurriedly turned us back one by one, and then exhaled a few times, and after these people turned around, they hurriedly bent down and vomited, and spit out all the bread they ate on the road.
Shen Fu touched his forehead and smiled when he saw them vomiting, and then when he saw me, he said with some surprise: "How can you be okay when you turn around?" ”
I shook my head and said I didn't know, and he said that maybe I was a child, and I didn't have enough yang energy, so I didn't attract the attention of those people.
After these people vomited, they looked at Shen Fu with a frightened face, they didn't say a word for a long time, and they didn't dare to look back.
Seeing their frightened expressions, Shen Fu picked his head and smiled, "Go back and don't tell the counselor that I'm studying these things." ”
They snorted in a daze, completely stunned by what had just happened.
Shen Fu then said: "I told you not to enter this road a long time ago, I pulled me in before I finished speaking, now it's done...... Huangquan Road is not going back, if you can turn back, where there will be a saying that ten in and nine out, we can only go one way to the end, whether it is life or death is completely ignorant. ”
After hearing this, they trembled and asked Shen Fu what it was just now in the tone of discovering a new world, Shen Fu said that those are the ghosts who stayed on the Huangquan Road, and they will prevent the people who enter the ghost gate from returning, so they can't turn back when they enter here, those ghosts earn merit points here, and if you stop one, you can have more merit, and you can also cast better if you are reincarnated.
After that, Shen Fu looked at Meng Changqing and Xiaoxiao and told them not to look back.
Meng Changqing snorted, and then asked him where he learned the spell he had just recited, and Shen Fu smiled and said that it was read in a book.
I asked him where he knew about these things on Huangquan Road, and he said that he read them in a book, which made me want to read this book.
Meng Changqing nodded and praised him for his knowledgeability.
Later, under the guidance of Shen Fu, we crossed this small river from the silver bridge.
After the passing, the three of them still had lingering palpitations, and as soon as they crossed the river, they asked where they should go next and where they should go.
Shen Fu thought for a while and said: "It seems to be the Yin Mountain, these places are imitated by people, I hope that there is nothing else in the Yin Mountain, otherwise we will definitely have to explain there." ”
"Why? Isn't it possible to walk out just by walking all the time? Chen Xiaosheng asked.
"The book says that there is a dead city over there, and it is full of ghosts, how can we get there?" Shen Fu said.