Chapter 104: The Human Meng Po 2

When Grandpa heard Luo Buzhai talk about what happened after being frightened by Ze Sheng, he mentioned this flower. It's just that at that time, he didn't know that the flowers on both sides of Huangquan Road were the flowers on the other side, named Manzhu Shahua.

After listening to Luo Buzhai, Grandpa paid special attention to this flower. It is said that the flower of the other side is also known as the flower of ruthlessness and righteousness. Because the flowers do not open when the leaves are full, and when the flowers do, the leaves have withered. When Luo Buzhai saw those flowers, it was the time when the flowers bloomed and the leaves fell.

There is also a legend that the flower on the other side is also called the tenderness of the devil. Legend has it that many Hana volunteered to go to hell but were sent back by demons. There can be no flowers in hell. Because the blossoming and falling of flowers arouses people's feelings, and the dead in hell can no longer think of the things of the world, and can no longer be attached to the world. The flowers were repatriated, but the flowers on the other side were still lingering on Huangquan Road. The demons couldn't bear it, so they agreed to let it go on this road, to give guidance and comfort to the souls who had left the human world.

This flower blooms for a thousand years, flowers fall for a thousand years, flowers bloom and leaves fall, leaves fall and flowers bloom, flowers and leaves never meet, and life is wrong. Love is not cause and effect, fate is destined for life and death.

When learning about the other side of the flower, my father accidentally saw a legend about the other side of the flower.

Legend has it that once upon a time there was a man and a woman, and their names were Pi and Shore. Heaven decreed that the two of them should never see each other.

They cherished each other and admired each other, and finally one day, they met each other secretly in defiance of the rules of God. After they met, he found that she was a beautiful woman, and she also found that he was a handsome and dashing young man.

The result was doomed, because of the violation of the rules of heaven, the relationship was finally ruthlessly stifled. Heaven sent down a punishment and gave the two of them a vicious curse, since they wanted to have a private meeting regardless of the rules of heaven, they let them become the flowers and leaves of a flower, but this flower is very peculiar, there are flowers without leaves, leaves without flowers, life and life, flowers and leaves are wrong.

Legend has it that after countless reincarnations, one day the Buddha came here, and saw a flower on the ground with extraordinary temperament, red like fire, and the Buddha came to it to look carefully, and saw the mystery at a glance. The Buddha was neither sad nor angry, but he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and reached out to pull the flower out of the ground. The Buddha put the flower in his hand and said with emotion: "In the previous life, you couldn't see each other, after countless reincarnations, you can't stay in love, the so-called division and union is just fate and fate, you have the curse of heaven, so that you are destined but not dispersed, and you are not divided, I can't help you unravel this vicious spell, so I will take you to the other side, let you bloom all over the wilderness." ”

On the way to the other side, the Buddha passed by the Lethe River in the underworld, accidentally wet his clothes by the river, and there was the red flower that the Buddha carried, and when the Buddha came to the other side to untie the clothes wrapped in the flower and looked at it again, he found that the fiery red flowers had become pure white, the Buddha pondered for a moment, laughing loudly: great joy is not as good as great sorrow, remembering is better than forgetting, right and wrong, how can you distinguish it, good flowers, good flowers.

The Buddha planted this flower on the other side and called it a mandala flower, and because it was on the other side, he called it the flower of the other side.

But the Buddha didn't know that he was on the Lechuan River, and the fading flowers of the river dripped all the red into the river, and he wailed all day long, which made people feel sad, and the Bodhisattva Jizo was very powerful, and when he learned that the mandala Hua had been born, he came to the river, took out a seed and threw it into the river, and after a while, a flower that was more red and bright than before grew out of the water, and Jizo took it in his hand and sighed: You have to get out and be at ease, why do you want to leave this boundless hatred in the boundless hell of the already bitter sea? I will ask you to be a guide messenger to guide them to samsara, just remember your color, there is already a mandala on the other side, so let's call you mansa beads.

Since then, there have been two completely different flowers in the world, one grows on the other side, and the other is born on the bank of the Lechuan River.

It is said that many years have passed, there are two people in the world who love each other very much, but one year, the man was unfortunately killed when he went out to run errands, he came to the Lethe River, saw the blood red in his eyes, and his heart was extremely sad, he cried bitterly: "I don't want to be reincarnated, I want to go back to my wife, she is still waiting for me at home." He stumbled to Meng Po, and before drinking the forgetful soup, he asked Meng Po why the world is like this, and in the end, this soup is the only one who forgets his feelings. Meng Po smiled and didn't say anything, just asked him to drink quickly, he looked at the soup blankly, and said: "Everyone has to forget their feelings, I don't forget, after reincarnation, I want to find my wife." ”

When the man's wife learned of his death, she was so grief-stricken that she was saved by the man's family several times, and finally the woman promised not to commit suicide, but to be widowed for the rest of her life. When the man's family saw her strong personality, they were afraid that the old things would be brought up again, and they would make her sad in vain, so they thought that she had a heart, so they temporarily agreed to her and persuaded her to remarry after she was emotionally stable. In this way, the woman continued to live in the man's house, living by sewing.

He also said that after the man was reincarnated, he was really reborn in the town where he lived with the woman. Time flies, unconsciously twenty years have passed, one day he went out and passed by the door of the woman's widow, felt strange in his heart, so he stopped to take a look, this look does not matter, just happened to be seen by the woman head-on. After reincarnation, the man's appearance and temperament have completely changed, but as soon as the woman saw him, tears flowed down her eyes, and she walked up to the man and said, "You came to me." And he fainted to the ground. The man saw an old woman he didn't know fall in front of him, and hurriedly fled the place in fright.

Later, the woman was seriously ill, and she said something over and over before she died, but her voice was too small for anyone to hear clearly, so she didn't care, and the woman finally shed two lines of blood and tears, and died with a whimper. When the woman came to the underworld and saw Meng Po, she suddenly asked her very lightly: "Old woman, did a man tell you here in the past that he would not forget me and would definitely come back to me?" Meng Po nodded. The woman was very distressed, and choked up: "Then why did he come back and refuse to recognize me, even if he said something to me, it would be good to come and see me before I die." Meng Po patted her on the shoulder and said, "You love each other very much, I appreciate your courage, so let's do it, the moment the answer comes in twenty years, I promise to show you, but you can't be reincarnated before this, you have to suffer here for twenty years, are you willing?" The woman said, "I am willing, if I don't see that answer, I can't let go of my love for him, even if I am reincarnated, I will have a heartache for a lifetime." The woman was then arranged by Meng Po to hoe the grass on the other side, in fact, there was no grass to hoe, but the woman's eyes were full of grass, hoeing and growing, and the hoeing would never be finished, just day after day, year after year.

Twenty years later, Meng Po took her to the gate of reincarnation and said, "You stand here and watch, but don't speak, the person you have been waiting for for twenty years is coming." The woman couldn't stand still in excitement, and finally calmed down, and stood there nervously waiting for her loved one to appear. At last he came, and it turned out that he was sick, not cured, and in his early forties, he died again. He walked up to her and Meng Po, and Meng Po handed him the water of forgetfulness, and he picked it up and was about to drink it, but the woman was anxious and said, "Have you forgotten what you said?" The man glanced at her, drank the water from the bowl in his hand, and walked into the reincarnation door.

Meng Po looked at the depressed woman and said, what is love? It's just a bowl of water, you drink it too, can you forget that it's not up to you to say, there is this life, there is no afterlife, even if you remember, if he forgets, what is the difference between it and really forgetting?

This is the end of the story. When Grandpa saw the end, he wanted to persuade Meng Po not to let the depressed woman give up. He was afraid that the woman would become millet, or become himself. He was afraid that he and millet would be like the flowers and leaves of the flower on the other side.

Grandpa did not leave Hangzhou immediately after inquiring about the news of Manzhulou. Because he still has many questions. Since Manzhu Tower is a place for fun, why do you use such a sad and weird name as "Manzhu"? When Zhu Meiying was separated from the human soul, why was it written in Manchu instead of Chinese? Why did the old bustard, who is known as Meng Po in the world, make wine with human tears? Could it be that in addition to capturing the soul, the bustard has other ulterior conspiracy?

There is another one, people say that the old bustard's tears and wine can make ghosts forgetful, make people forgetful, to put it mildly≡ he has drunk some with the horse-faced robe there, will he forget the millet? If that's the case, maybe the legendary woman who lost her soul really became Xiaomi. Then it really has to be like what Ninety-One said in long form - both of them are lost, and it is impossible to get back together.

Before entering the Manzhu Building, Grandpa was only worried that he couldn't get in and out, but now although he came out safely, he was worried about forgetting Xiaomi.

Daddy decided to hide the rag doll first, and then go to Manzhu Tower again to find out. In case she can't come back, as long as they can't find the rag dolls, Zhu Meiying will no longer be tortured day and night, and she can be regarded as fulfilling her request. As for whether she can be with the teacher of the new idea in the future, Grandpa can't care about it, and he can't take care of it.

In order to prevent the bustard from searching everywhere after discovering that the rag doll was missing, my father lived in a remote inn on the outskirts of Hangzhou. One night, he set up a table and a chair and tied the rag dolls to the beams of the roof with thin thread. The ragdoll is only the size of a fist, and it is difficult to see from below when placed where the two beams cross.

After hiding the rag doll, Grandpa removed the chair and table, sat down, and lit a cigarette.

After a few puffs of cigarette, my father heard a squeaky sound coming from the beams of the house.

Grandpa was surprised in his heart, could it be that this rag doll is alive?

Daddy hurriedly looked up. Sure enough, the rag doll trembled.