Volume 1 The Land of Yama Chapter 18 The Hall of Hades
When the old lama heard Kong Xue's question, he still had a faint smile on his face, "That bracelet was entrusted to me by someone to give it to a young man." ”
"Is the person who entrusted you with his surname Kong?" Kong Xue's eyes widened and she asked eagerly.
The old lama nodded, "Yes! ”
Kong Xue's face was full of joy, "So he didn't die!" ”
The old lama still nodded, "Yes! ”
Hearing this answer, Kong Xue breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Don't hide it from the master, this Mr. Kong is my father. ”
The old lama didn't seem shocked, but nodded slightly.
A question suddenly occurred to me, so I asked the old lama, "If Mr. Kong is safe and sound, why did the young man hang his bracelet in the heavens of his death?" "I said in my heart, this thing is not virtuous enough, this man is not dead, I look forward to his soul ascending to heaven, isn't this a curse!
The old lama nodded after hearing this, and his face was not full of a smile this time, but a serious face, "That young man also did this with good intentions, not a malicious curse." It's really a special place for them to go. ”
I hurriedly asked, "Then where did this Mr. Kong leave here?" ”
When the old lama heard this, he folded his hands together, looked solemn, and said in a deep voice: "He went to the legendary Hades Palace!" ”
As soon as the old lama's words fell, our expressions froze, especially Kong Xue was completely stunned.
Lantern Xiao Huo Ran got up and said loudly: "Old man! Are you playing with us! What's the difference between going to the Hades Hall and dying! This moment of ups and downs has made you schizophrenic! ”
But the old lama was not angry, but just smiled faintly.
We wondered why this old lama looked like he was going to make fun of us, but why he said it so inconsistently.
I was about to open my mouth to continue asking, but Dorjee on the side took a deep breath, as if trying his best to calm down.
I turned my head to look at him, and only then did I let Dorjee take a sip of the butter tea in front of him, and said in a low voice, "Actually, what the master said about the Hades Hall is not what you think. As I told you, legend has it that there is an entrance to hell in the depths of Qilian Mountain, and it is also said that there is a Hades Hall there. It was a place where demons and ghosts gathered, and people would definitely die when they got there, and I think it was because of this that the person hung his bracelet in the heavens of the afterlife, and if something happened to him, he would be left behind. ”
"Brother Cairang, you are a thousand and one nights, how many ghost stories, these are all myths and legends, how is it possible!" Lantern Xiao still disagrees with such a statement.
I asked the old lama again, "Master, did Mr. Kong say anything before leaving?" ”
The old lama nodded: "He only said one sentence: Taoguang Qilian, hidden pearls!" ”
As soon as this sentence came out, it was like a thunderbolt sounded in my head, and there was such a sentence in the strange email I received on the train. I didn't understand what it meant, but now it came out of the old lama's mouth again! Could it be that the person who sent me the email was Kong Ye?
I resisted the churn in my heart and asked in as calm a tone as I could, "Does the Master know what this means?" ”
The old lama shook his head, "If you are not in it, it will be difficult for outsiders to understand the deep meaning." This mountain is by no means as simple as you think, it is born with heaven and earth, and we know less than one-ten-thousandth of him. It's not entirely human, either. ”
Things are really getting more and more mysterious, it seems that Confucius went up the mountain to have a special purpose, and he came to this small temple in order to meet a person, and this person should be the young man. For some reason, he left early, leaving only the bracelet as a token to convey a certain meaning. The young man also left after looking at the bracelet, maybe he went down the mountain, or maybe he also went to the mysterious Hades Palace, I think the second possibility is more likely.
And what does that sentence mean, exactly?
At this time, Kong Xue had already picked up her bag and stood up, "No matter what, I'm going to find my father!" ”
The old lama stretched out his hand to stop Kong Xue, "Distinguished guest, please be calm for a while, your father must be prepared to come here, if you rush there, I am afraid it will not be appropriate." Besides......" The old lama seemed to listen attentively, and then said, "Besides, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to enter the valley!" ”
What does that mean? Just when we were puzzled, the little lama suddenly broke in, saw that his expression was slightly nervous, and after giving us a salute, he whispered a few words of Tibetan in the old lama's ear in a little anxious. The old lama nodded, also said a word of Tibetan, and the little lama turned and walked out.
None of us knew Tibetan, and we didn't understand what it meant, but there was one person who should be able to understand it, and we all set our eyes on Tserang Dorjee.
Seeing it, Dorjee's eyes were a little straight, his brows were tightly locked, and he seemed to be thinking about something. Lantern Xiao stabbed Dorjee for a moment, "Just let my brother, you translate it." What are these two muttering? This can't be a black shop, is it going to rob us and make human meat buns? ”
Only then did Dorjee groan for a while and said, "They didn't say anything, probably meaning that something from the depths of the canyon came out." ”
"Something? What is it? ”
Only then did Dorjee shake his head, "I don't know about this." ”
"Hey, let's go see if it's over!" Lantern Xiao said, took out something from her bag, put it in the back pocket of her pants, stood up, pushed the door and walked out, and we all got up and walked out of the room.
The little lama was carrying a wooden barrel and had just walked out of the Buddha hall in the middle, and when he saw that we had all come out, he hurriedly said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, please wait in the house with peace of mind!" so as not to be frightened. ”
Lantern Xiao patted the little lama on the shoulder, "Little Master, your brother and I are not scared, I haven't been afraid of anything when I grow so big!" ”
The little lama was a little embarrassed, "This ......"
The old lama's voice came from the house, and he said a word in Tibetan, and when the little lama heard this, he said, "All right, you can come with me, but don't move." ”
We stood on the edge of the platform and looked into the depths of the canyon, and it was already dark, and I couldn't see anything unusual in the distance. I turned my head to look at the little lama in confusion and was about to ask, but the latter motioned to me to continue.
I had no choice but to continue looking deeper into the canyon, the wind had become lighter, and the whole canyon seemed a little quiet, and faintly, I heard the sound of bells, like the kind of brass bells hanging from the chest of yaks.
I followed the sound and looked into the depths of the canyon, and gradually I noticed a huge black shadow emerging from the depths of the canyon, it was not moving fast, what the hell was this? How do you get out of the depths of the canyon? I found that although I couldn't see clearly, I couldn't move my gaze.
For a long time, we looked in that direction in amazement. Finally, I arrived, and the black shadow seemed to be a raging flood, but it was slowed down many times over.
Eventually, I could see what it was, a very thick fog gushing out of the depths of the canyon.
"How can there be such a big fog!" We were all a little surprised.
The little lama just stared at the mist and did not speak.
I took out the binoculars and adjusted them in front of my eyes, this kind of telescope with night vision function is really good, it can still play some role in this kind of light, and it is precisely because of this that I noticed that there seems to be something wrong with this fog.
In the thick fog, there seemed to be a black shadow shaking, and there were more than one of them. What the hell is hiding in the fog? Dark shadows loomed in the mist, and the only sound in the canyon was the sound of the wind and the breathing of a few of us.
The wind flowing in the canyon sometimes breaks away a cloud of mist. It was this that I inadvertently saw the general appearance of the black shadow from a piece of scattered mist.
The black shadow was not actually black, it looked like a human, pale complexion, very thin, and walked in a strange shape, like a walking corpse! I gasped, took two steps back, and said in a trembling voice, "What's in there?" ”