Chapter 32: The First Entry into Hades
If it weren't for the red line looming in the darkness, Yang Yi would have no doubt that he would be separated from Uncle Li, and what made him even more puzzled was that the space in the fog felt very wide, not at all like a narrow and low tomb road.
"Uncle......" Yang Yigang wanted to express his doubts to Uncle Li, but he was scolded by Uncle Li in a low voice: "Don't speak, you can't say a word." ”
Yang Yi didn't know what to do for a while, and when he was wondering, he felt that there was one in the dark, no, it was several hands that began to tear himself, which made Yang Yi almost exclaim.
Uncle Li obviously had anticipated this situation, turned around and walked to Yang Yi's side, formed a sword trick with his right hand and drew a few times, and then read in a low voice: "Lei Zu Holy Emperor, Tiancao in the distance, in charge of the divine general, Deng Xin Zhang Tao, can warn all evils, do not forgive demons, thunder shocks, all ghosts are completely eliminated, Taishang Laojun is as anxious as the law, retreat!" ”
Uncle Li said that as soon as he said goodbye, those hands were like rabbits that had seen an eagle falcon, and suddenly they all disappeared without a trace.
"Uncle, uncle, what's going on, let's go, where is this." Yang Yi leaned close to Uncle Li, and asked quietly because of the ban on speaking.
"Hey, you'll know in a while, but you must remember that no matter what you see for a while, you must not speak, just make a demented look, this is crucial, it is related to the lives and safety of our grandfather, don't remember. Now, I'll cast a spell to suppress your samadhi fire, which may be a little uncomfortable, so bear with it for a while. Uncle Li said to Yang Yi in a rare stern tone.
After telling Yang Yi, Li Shu'er took out three sticks of incense from his arms, lit them with palm fire, and then put them on the top of Yang Yi's head and shoulders, the strange thing is that the three sticks of incense stood on the three parts of Yang Yi's body in the void and did not fall, Li Shu'er pinched the big finger of his left hand on the first knuckle of the second finger, and the remaining three fingers were stretched out, the fingertips were facing upward, pinched into the heavenly master's trick, and the three sticks of incense were knocked off with the three fingers stretched out in turn, but the incense would soon rekindle, and so on and so on three times, the three sticks of incense would no longer rekindle.
"Okay, the true fire of samadhi in your body has been suppressed, now do you feel that your body* has no roots under your feet, and it is still a little cold?" Uncle Li pulled out the three sticks of incense, looked at Yang Yi, who couldn't help hugging his shoulders, and asked.
"Mmmm, it's like low blood sugar, and then I feel a cold for a while, uncle, do I have a cold...... Uh, it's the cold? Yang Yi looked at Uncle Li and said as many words as he could that were suitable for the times he was in.
"You are now a yin body, that is, a ghost without a trace of yang, understand, so that we can move more conveniently." Uncle Li explained in a flat tone as much as possible.
"No, we still need this when we go back to Lu Mansion? You're not going to come up with any more moths, are you? Yang Yi was taken aback, for fear that Uncle Li would come up with something else on a whim, he was really frightened by the experience just now, and just wanted to go back to the ground and sleep beautifully/beautifully before talking about anything else.
"Otherwise, we probably won't be able to return to earth in our lives. Just now, we offended the messenger of the underworld, that is, the group of black snakes, who were blocked by them to return to the yang world, and could only borrow the underworld to return to the yang world from the fork in the Lechuan River. Although he couldn't see Uncle Li'er's expression, from Uncle Li's flat tone, Yang Yi could tell that he was definitely not coughing with himself.
"It's the group of black snakes that were killed by your five thunder talismans? My God, according to your will, we are in Hades now, right? Yang Yi asked in a trembling voice.
"Yes, we can only borrow yin to return yang, but you have to believe uncle, we are not dead, we are just passing through hell, you know?" Uncle Li is still calm and calm, which also makes Yang Yi a lot more down-to-earth.
While speaking, Li Shu'er and Yang Yi had already walked out of the thick fog that could not be dissolved, and their eyes suddenly opened up, and Yang Yi was shocked again at the same time: in front of them was an endless yellow earth, occasionally a few small mounds dotted in between, overhead, there were rolling black clouds, the wind swept by, rolling up the yellow sand, and the world was bleak and sad, desolate and solemn.
On the yellow earth, there was a long procession of men and women, and children, all dressed differently, and the only thing they had in common was that they all had a dull expression, and they walked numbly and mechanically like walking corpses, until they walked towards the riverbank where the rolling of the waves could be faintly heard in front of them, as if it were their ultimate destination.
"They, ghosts?" Looking at the apocalyptic scene in front of him, Yang Yi was not stupid, and had already guessed that "this scene should only be available in the prefecture".
"Well, exactly, after the death of mortals, through the Huangquan Road, it is the loess road in front of them to go to Hades, and between Huangquan Road and Hades, with the Lechuan River as the boundary, there is a stone bridge on the river, which is the Nai He Bridge, Meng Po cooks Meng Po soup on it to feed the ghosts, however, when the newly dead ghost first crosses the Lethe River and enters the Hades, he does not take this Nai He Bridge, but he has to take a ferry to go over, and he needs to pay the boat fare, which is the money he holds when he is buried, if there is no money, the ghost will be thrown into the Lethe River and become a water ghost who can never leave the Lethe River, It's really pitiful. Li Shu'er led Yang Yi into the team of those ghosts, and said to Yang Yi, fortunately, those ghosts were as muddy as wood, and no one paid attention to the conversation between Li Shu'er and Yang Yi.
"The newly deceased ghost crossed the Lechuan River by boat, and there will be a row of black leafless dead trees on the opposite bank, which is called the collar tree, and under each tree, there will be two old women and old men who look exactly the same, the female is called the Lady of the Clothes, and the male is called the Hanging Lady, who is also a ghost, and the male and female will pull off the clothes of each ghost who comes ashore and hang them on the branches, and determine the size of the ghosts' evil deeds during their lifetime by the size of the arc of the branches being bent, and then send them to the judges of different Yama halls to register, and you will see in a while." Uncle Li is familiar with the stories in these mysterious dungeons, such as a number of treasures, which opened Yang Yi's eyes, and he only cared about seeing the freshness, completely forgetting his fear.
"But, aren't there still Nai He Bridge and Sansheng Stone?" Yang Yi mobilized the limited knowledge of yin and yang in his brain inventory and asked curiously.
At one end of the bridge, there is a boulder that is several feet high and the whole body is clear, the ghost stands in front of the stone, according to legend, it can reflect the appearance of the ghost in the previous life, the so-called cause of the previous life, the fruit of this life, the reincarnation of fate, the origin and extinction of fate, all flashed on the three-life stone. After shining on the Sansheng Stone, the ghost went to the Nai He Bridge, drank the Meng Po soup, and forgot everything he saw on the Sansheng Stone, reincarnated to the Yang world, and began another kind of reincarnation of cause and effect, this is the reciprocation of life, the cycle repeats, not interrupted by the change of dynasties, nor changed by the changes of the world, unless the Tao becomes an immortal, otherwise everyone has to shuttle back and forth in these six reincarnations, maybe this is also a kind of practice in life. Uncle Li tried his best to give Yang Yi a rough idea of the basic situation of the underworld in short sentences, even so, after saying this, they had already arrived at the Lechuan River with the big team.
At this moment, the Lechuan River is already a group of ghosts gathered, ghosts are crowded, those originally expressionless ghosts heard the sound of running water, as if they suddenly regained consciousness, they cried loudly, for a while, the Lethe River was crying to the sky, and the black clouds on the head also became dark red, highlighting the gloomy and strange atmosphere in the underworld.
At this time, a group of ghosts dressed in soapy clothes and boots and holding mourning sticks rushed over, beating the ghosts who were screaming loudly, and scolded in their mouths: "What the hell is the funeral, dead and dead, a hundred dead, since the previous life is gone, hurry up and go to the other side to reincarnate, don't be here as someone else's way, get on the boat and get on the ......boat quickly."
Driven by the ghosts, those ghosts wept and got on the black wooden boats docked on the bank of the river, on which a man in black with a hat and a face that could not be seen clearly took a copper coin from the hand of a ghost, and let a ghost go on the boat, always without saying a word.
"He is also a ghost messenger, and according to legend, the ghosts who have passed through the Lethe River are never allowed to see the eyes of the ghost messenger, otherwise they will be thrown into the Lethe River and will never be reborn." Uncle Li saw that Yang Yi had been staring at the black-clothed boatman, so he reminded him in a low voice.
"Oh, uncle, you won't say that we will have to take a boat to the other side in a while, then, won't we have to reincarnate again?" Yang Yi sighed twice, and suddenly remembered that Uncle Li didn't imply that he was also going to take a boat to the other side, and couldn't help but ask anxiously.
"You're not stupid," Uncle Li smiled, and then said confidently: "We do have to cross the river, but after crossing the river, we don't go to the Ten Halls Yama to register and make a book, but find a relationship and use another secret passage to return to the Yang World, that's all." ”
"Ahh By the way, uncle, did you bring any money, how do we cross the river? Seeing that every ghost who got on the boat had to give the boatman copper coins, some of which were gold, pounds, cents, and other various coins, Yang Yi couldn't help but look at Uncle Li with some worry and asked.
"Your uncle and I still lack this, eh?" Uncle Li looked at Yang Yi very apprehensively, reached out and took out the copper coin whip from his arms and shook it, "This money is enough for you to go to the tenth reincarnation, hehe"
"Well, you can keep it to help others, I haven't lived enough in my life, I don't want to start the next reincarnation so early, hum" Yang Yi glared at Uncle Li angrily, bared his teeth and smiled bitterly, and stopped paying attention to him.