Chapter 34: The Snake Fairy's Trust
"No noise is forbidden on the Lechuan River, violators die!" The boatman propped up the bamboo artemisia and said in a cold voice, Yang Yi immediately felt a cold breath from his heart, couldn't help but be depressed, and sat down honestly.
"Children are not sensible, don't blame it." Uncle Li hurriedly played a round for Yang Yi, and at the same time took out a few copper coins and threw them into the blood-yellow Lechuan River sleep.
In an instant, the surface of the river was filled with large and small ripples, and then, countless long black snakes and white insects shaped like large locusts came out of the water, chasing the copper coins floating on the surface of the river.
Looking at the dense snake heads and insect heads on the river, Yang Yi's stomach began to turn over the river and the sea, and now he also knew the power of this Lechuan River, no wonder even Uncle Li didn't dare to make a mistake.
The boatman glanced at the snakes and insects in the river, and the corners of his mouth like blades showed an imperceptible smile, and then he tightened the corners of his mouth and propped the boat forward.
Sitting on the boat, Yang Yi wanted to see the boatman's face several times, but when he thought of Uncle Li's warning, he had to hold back his curiosity and could only look at the river, only to see that the yellow-red river continued to float on the ghosts that were either miserable or trying to reach out and grab the side of the boat, those ghosts were pale, like floating corpses that had been soaked in the river for many days, but they were all conscious, and the sound of their calls was so tragic that Yang Yi had to cover his ears so as not to go crazy. And the other ghosts on the ship were all pale and almost collapsed.
Only Uncle Li and the man at the bow of the boat looked as usual, which was amazing.
When it reached the center of the river, it suddenly stopped, just swirling in the current.
The boatman inserted the artemisia into the water and said in a cold voice without a trace of emotion: "There must be a great evil man in this boat who created countless debts during his lifetime, don't let Grandpa Chang do it, jump off by yourself." ”
The faces of the ghosts of the boatload changed greatly, and their eyes looked at the boatman timidly, not daring to say anything.
After waiting for a while, seeing that none of the ghosts spoke, and no ghosts jumped down, the boatman sneered, took out the money from his clothes, and threw it into the river, and saw that most of the copper coins or * were floating on the surface of the river, except for one gold coin, which after a few circles, "Gollum" sank into the river.
The boatman sneered again, looked at the local tyrant man at the bow of the boat with twinkling eyes, and said, "The gold coin is yours, right?" You are so hateful, do you think you can fool Grandpa Chang by pretending to be deaf and dumb, do you want to go down by yourself, or do you want Grandpa to do it? ”
The man's facial features suddenly distorted, he looked at the boatman with a forced smile, and said with a flattering face: "Chang, Grandpa Chang, misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding, I am a businessman, not some big traitor, by the way, he, it must be him, these Taoist priests are swaggering and deceiving all day long, deceiving the east and the west, and making money everywhere, you throw the two of them down, you can't be wrong." ”
Na Su's grandson is really insidious enough, stretching out his hand and pointing at Li Shu'er and Yang Yi, trying to lead the disaster to the master and apprentice.
Yang Yi was about to get angry, but Uncle Li stopped him with a smile, just sneering and looking at the man.
"Bastard thing, don't you know where your grandfather comes from, you made a windfall from * fake and shoddy food during your lifetime, you are making a lot of money, but you don't know how many innocent people have fallen ill and died because of eating your poison, and how many families have suffered from parting with flesh and blood, your ill-gotten wealth is exchanged for other people's flesh and blood, you don't want to repent, but you still want to pull someone else's back, it's really angry with me, today Grandpa Chang will let your soul also taste the pain of this ten thousand snakes drilling into the heart, and let the world know that good and evil are rewarded, Always be afraid. With that, the boatman grabbed the man and threw him into the river.
As soon as the man entered the water, he saw thousands of poisonous snakes and white insects emerging from the river, and they rushed over to bite the man, and in a moment, the man was bitten into a thousand holes, and the surface of the river was blood-red.
What's even more alarming is that the man has obviously been bitten to pieces, but the bite place will be restored in a while, and he will once again endure the torture of ten thousand snakes.
At the same time, the ghosts floating in the river also came to join in the fun, tossing the man's bones around for fun.
"Boys, it's time to anchor with the wind." The boatman let out a long roar as he watched the vipers on the river, and the wooden boat instantly walked like a fly.
In the distance, ghosts were thrown into the river on other ferries, and the wails of the ghosts who had been bitten by poisonous snakes came and went, and the surface of the Lethe River was a living hell.
When the boat reached the other side, the boatman fixed the boat and let a boatload of ghosts go down.
Yang Yi, who was really frightened, trembled and walked down the boat, and when he passed by the boatman, he instinctively lowered his head, but he saw that the feet under the boatman's black pants were actually snake-tailed, and then he realized that this boatman was transformed by snakes, and couldn't help but gasp, no wonder he looked at the poisonous snakes in the river would be so close!
At this time, the boatman looked up seemingly unintentionally, and a pair of yellow-green, lizard-like eyes shot a cold light towards Yang Yi: "Little friend has a bright future, I hope you remember the little affection that Lao Chang sent you across the river today, and show mercy to my juniors in Changmen in the future." ”
After the boatman said something inexplicable to Yang Yi, he turned around and drove away, leaving Yang Yi standing by the river in a daze.
"What does he-he mean?" Yang Yi, who was in the fog, looked at Uncle Li, and he didn't know what to do.
"He is a snake fairy who has won the Great Dao, and has been included in the immortal book of the earth immortal, but he only violated the rules of heaven and served here to serve, so he can see through your origin, but he doesn't break it, just to let you owe him a personal favor, and in the future, when you subdue demons and eliminate demons, you will open up to his snake sons and snake grandchildren, hey, licking calves is deep, and people and demons are the same."
"Mm-hmm, let's talk about getting out alive." Yang Yi agreed indiscriminately, at this time, he would not have thought of how majestic he would be in the future, let alone how painful he would pay because of today's fate.
Of course, the fairies have compassion for their own kindred, but for humans, they only have the pleasure of killing. Yang Yi didn't really understand this until a long time later, and at that time, he was already a well-known demon hunter with good means.
Gossip should be said more, and it is said that Uncle Li and Yang Yi, who were frightened, went to the river bank, and saw that the bank was full of blooming fiery red flowers, each as big as snow lotus, which was extremely charming.
When the ghosts saw the red flowers, they seemed to be bewitched by some kind of charm, and they rushed to smell the flowers, and then one by one they cried or laughed as if they were crazy.
"This flower is called the other side flower, which can make the ghosts completely remember their past lives, which is naturally a mixture of joy and sorrow, and it is difficult to hold on to themselves." Uncle Li sighed, and Yang Yi bypassed those bewitching flowers on the other side and continued to walk forward.
Ahead, every hundred and ten paces, there was an old black tree with branches and no leaves, and under the tree, two old men and old ladies in black clothes were staring at a pair of small eyes that seemed to be predators, looking fiercely at the ghosts coming ashore.
"They are the Snatcher and the Hanging Cloth, the ghosts have to pass under the tree, and take off their clothes and hang them on the branches, the heavier the clothes, the heavier the grievances of the ghosts before their deaths, the Snatchers and the Hanging Clothes will point the ghosts to the intersection leading to the different Yama Palaces, of course, you can look at the excitement, let's not go under the tree, otherwise, your Miss Lu will really have to burn your head seven, hehe" Uncle Li looked at Yang Yi, his eyes were very informative, and he could see that Yang Yi's old face was hot and hot, red, it was really red, Redder than the other side flowers.
Sure enough, when those ghosts passed through the collar tree, they were pointed in different directions by the cloth-snatching woman and the hanger, and then the brigade turned into a group of squads, walking towards the heavy city hidden in the ethereal mist behind the collar tree, presumably it was the long-rumored ten Yama halls in the rivers and lakes.
Glancing at the ghosts who had already entered the ghost gate, Uncle Li pulled Yang Yi: "Let's go, let's go find the master who can let us leave here." ”
Following Uncle Li, Yang Yi and the others walked all the way in the opposite direction to the Ten Halls of Yama City, and after walking for a long time, they saw a majestic mountain facing them, with strange rocks on the mountain, and its color was like dark iron.
"Uncle, what kind of place is this?" Yang Yi saw that those strange stones were like the magic capital in the Lord of the Rings, and he was timid, so he asked quietly.
"This is called Artemisia Mountain, well, there is also an Artemisia Mountain in the Yang, in Shandong, this is the Artemisia Mountain in the underworld, and the people who live in seclusion in it are all half-immortals and half-ghosts who can ascend to the immortal realm for a long time but are willing to stay in the underworld to ignite those ghosts because of the suffering of the world, there are my friends inside, let's go, go into the mountain." Uncle Li glanced at Haoli Mountain and walked in.
The mountain is steep and steep, and the stones under his feet are all hot, walking on it, Yang Yi was scalded with his teeth bared, and after walking for a while, he became a cripple with one leg of one meter six and one leg of one meter seven, and his feet were blistered.
"Uncle, didn't you tell me the truth," Yang Yi walked in pain, but his brain was extremely clear, "How can there be such a realm in this underworld, aren't they under the control of the king of Hades and the judges?" ”
"They are all immortals of the lower three realms, giving each other face, these old ghosts are also very interesting, and have an appointment with the underworld, they do not interfere in the six reincarnations of the underworld, and the underworld is not allowed to go to the Artemisia Mountain to disturb their cultivation, in case the underworld is going to encounter trouble, they can help from the side, but the underworld can only be a request, not a command to them, understand, in fact, this underworld and the yang world are the same, they are not profitable and can't afford to be early, to put it nicely, it is called mutual support, to put it bluntly, it is to use each other, everywhere is the same." Uncle Li replied with a smile.
"Is your friend a ghost or a god?" Yang Yi continued to ask.