Chapter 22: Three Knots on the Bridge

On this day, Chen Changsheng came to Lin'an City. Lin'an City is the land south of the Yangtze River, called the land of fish and rice, very rich, the city is prosperous, there are small bridges and flowing water everywhere, it is really a place of fireworks.

However, today's Lin'an City has just rained heavily, the sky is dark and heavy, and dark clouds are still dense overhead, so there are few pedestrians on the streets.

Chen Changsheng This is also the first time to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, he is not familiar with the place, and when he enters Lin'an City, it is already evening, looking up at the gloomy sky, it is obvious that it will rain again soon, so Chen Changsheng is ready to go to find an inn to settle down first.

Walking through a few streets and alleys, the occasional passer-by looked up at the dark clouds overhead, and ran home quickly. Chen Changsheng was also in a hurry, he walked in the streets and alleys in a panic, looking around, looking for a trace of the inn. When he passed a stone arch bridge, he suddenly found that there was a person hanging on the side of the stone arch bridge.

Seeing this scene, Chen Changsheng was startled and hurriedly rushed forward. I saw that this man was dressed in white and wrapped a hemp rope around the stone pillar of the railing by the arched bridge.

Because it was evening at this time, and the sky was very gloomy, there were very few pedestrians on the street, Chen Changsheng called for someone to come over to help, but unfortunately no one heard. So, I had to desperately pull the hanged man onto the arch bridge.

This person is a few years older than Chen Changsheng, less than thirty years old, and he is still very young, and he doesn't know what knots he encountered, so he chose to end his life in this way. It's a pity that when Chen Changsheng pulled him up, he found that this person had no breath, his body was cold, and he didn't know how long he had been dead.

Seeing this, Chen Changsheng sighed helplessly.

And just when Chen Changsheng lamented the end of this young life, suddenly there was a cry behind him. Chen Changsheng frowned, thinking to himself, could it be that this person's relatives are here?

When I looked back, I saw two young men behind me at some point, hugging their heads and crying, and the crying sound came from these two people.

The two, one dressed in black and the other dressed in white. Because these two people were facing away from Chen Changsheng, they couldn't see the appearance of these two people clearly.

Chen Changsheng was very curious, thinking to himself what kind of people these two people were, why did they hug their heads and cry here? If they were the relatives of the hanged man, then why did they turn a blind eye to the corpse?

Feeling strange, Chen Changsheng walked over, patted the other party's shoulder, and asked, "Two brothers, what's wrong with you?" ”

The two people, one black and one white, heard someone behind them asking, so they turned their heads and glanced at Chen Changsheng, their expressions were slightly surprised, and asked, "Can you see us?" ”

When Chen Changsheng saw it, he was immediately startled! I saw that these two people were people, and they were clearly two ghosts. The one in black was pale and angry, while the one in white was even more terrifying, with a long red tongue, and at first glance he was a hanged ghost!

Chen Changsheng suddenly retreated a few steps away, and secretly cursed in his heart that as a person in the Dao Sect, how could he actually treat the two Yin Spirits as living people!

After retreating a few steps, Chen Changsheng pinched his sword finger to prevent the other party from asking for his life and harming others. However, when he fixed his eyes on the two ghosts again, he couldn't help but be stunned, because the hanged ghost in white was very familiar. frowned, looked back at the corpse lying on the ground, and suddenly realized that this hanged ghost in white was not the person he had just pulled up from under the bridge! The feeling that this hanged ghost didn't go far, and he was still wandering on the bridge!

Seeing this, Chen Changsheng put away his sword, and then asked the white-clothed ghost, "You are the one who hanged himself?" ”

The white-clothed hanged ghost nodded, but he did not have any hostility towards Chen Changsheng, he shook his hands, hugged his fist, and said: "Yes, under Xie Bi'an, thank you brother for loosening the rope for me, I will repay this great favor in the next life." ”

Another ghost dressed in black also hurriedly clenched his fists, saying that his name was Fan Wusu and that he and Xie Bi'an were sworn brothers. At the same time, I also thank Xie Bi'an for my help.

Chen Changsheng released the corpse from the arch bridge, completely to save people, not to ask the other party to repay. Seeing that the other party was knowledgeable and reasonable, and he also knew how to repay his kindness, he was not at all like those unjust ghosts, so he also relaxed his vigilance and hurriedly returned the salute: "The effort of raising your hands, why worry about it!" ”

While saying this, Chen Changsheng was also puzzled, so he asked the white-clothed ghost named Xie Bi'an: "I see that you are still so young, why can't you think about it, but do such a thing?" Did you encounter something you couldn't think of? ”

The ghost named Xie Bi'an sighed, shook his head, and said, "Definitely! ”

"That's a catastrophe that has gone astonish, and there's no way out?" Chen Changsheng frowned and continued to ask.

"Not really." Xie Bi'an still shook his head.

"There is nothing you can't think of, and there is no disaster that forces you to a dead end, so why are you so confused that you want to hang yourself and die?" Chen Changsheng was strange at this time, and he was confused.

You must know that people only have one life, everyone is afraid of death, everyone wants to live as long as possible, if there is no knot in the heart that cannot be opened, it is impossible for anyone to easily seek death.

Before Xie Bi'an could answer me, the ghost named Fan Wusu on the side spoke first, but his face was full of self-blame, and he complained: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault!" If it weren't for me, how could Brother Xie hang himself! Hey......"

"Because of you?" Chen Changsheng couldn't help but be stunned.

Seeing that his brother was in self-blame, Xie Bi'an hurriedly comforted: "Brother Fan, what are these words, you and I are like brothers, and faith is more important than life, how can I not be with Brother Fan?" ”

After the words fell, the two hugged each other again and cried bitterly.

Seeing this, Chen Changsheng stared, and was surrounded by the words of the two of them, completely unaware of what was going on.

The emotions of the two brothers quickly eased a lot, and then Xie Bi'an said to Chen Changsheng: "I can't hide it, the reason why I hanged myself was because I was reluctant to be my brother. ”

It turned out that this was what happened. Xie Fan and the two have been married since childhood, and they are like brothers. Today, the two of them walked together to the arch bridge, it was going to rain, Xie Bi'an was afraid that it would rain heavily, so he asked Fan Wusu to wait on the bridge, and he went home to get an umbrella. Fan Wusu nodded in agreement and said that he would wait for you on the bridge.

Unexpectedly, not long after Xie Bi'an left, a thunderstorm poured down, and soon the river swelled. Fan Wusu didn't want to miss the appointment, so he stood on the arch bridge and refused to leave, and was finally drowned by the surging river.

Soon after, when Xie Bi'an took his umbrella and returned to the arch bridge, Fan Wusu had been swept away by the river and had long since disappeared. So Xie Bi'an was in pain, and finally hanged himself on the arch bridge.

After his death, Xie Bi'an, in order to wait for Fan to be helpless, stayed on the arch bridge. It wasn't until just now that Fan Wusuo, who was washed away by the river a few miles away, rushed back, and the two finally met. Thinking that the other party would risk his own life for the sake of brotherhood, he was moved, so he hugged his head and cried.

Hearing this, Chen Changsheng was shocked, he never thought that there would be such a brother with deep faith in this world. The two of them were willing to risk their lives because of the word "faithfulness", Chen Changsheng was moved by their brotherhood and couldn't help but admire it.

At that moment, he made a deep impression on the two of them and said: "The faithfulness of the two is really admirable, and the younger brother has been taught." ”

The two ghosts were also busy returning the salute, and Xie Bi'an said, "Little brother is polite." When the little brother sees the dead man on the roadside, he can still stretch out his hand to give kindness, he must be a kind person, and we also admire you very much. If we don't dislike us as ghosts, why don't we think of them as brothers? ”

Chen Changsheng had already been touched by their brotherhood, and now when he heard this, he naturally did not hesitate and immediately nodded and applauded.

So, two ghosts and one person, like this, worshiped on the arched bridge and became a righteous brother and a righteous brother.

Chen Changsheng himself didn't expect that when he came out to practice, the first thing he met would be two yin spirits. Of course, what Chen Changsheng never dreamed of was that the two brothers Xie Bi'an and Fan Wusu, whom he inadvertently met, would become famous figures in the Yin and Yang worlds in the future. Moreover, it is precisely because of the help of these two brothers that in the following days, Chen Changsheng was able to escape death several times and go to the rivers and lakes alone.

Of course, it's just that the current Chen Changsheng still doesn't know anything about all this. Moreover, Xie Bi'an and Fan Wusu are two ghosts, and they don't know anything about their future fate at this time......