Chapter 8: Farewell
The vast yellow spring, the long and forgetful river. What can I do?
- Yin Division
The dilapidated and gloomy city head has two blood-dripping characters "Yin Si" written on it, and dozens of yin errands patrol back and forth on the city tower. The city gate is hidden, and a winding sheep intestine path extends outward from the city gate, and from time to time there are two ghosts on the path escorting a few ghosts to appear, and they flash in front of the city gate, enter the city, and then a few names will be lit up on the city gate, which is probably the report of the dead soul to the underworld.
Outside the city gate, in addition to these ghosts escorted by the ghosts, there are also some wandering spirits wandering outside the city, but they can't enter the city gate, as long as they step within a foot of the city gate, they will be knocked to the ground by the prohibition outside the city, and the yin qi will collapse, they are all people who died early, waiting outside the city for the hour of their death to enter the city to report.
Outside the Yin Si City, in addition to these revenant souls who came to report, there were also cultivators like Wen Haotian, who needed not a ghost escort to enter the city, but Yin coins. Wen Haotian came to the city gate, and a yin errand at the door sat at the door, with a rotten table in front of him, feeling that a gust of wind could blow it apart.
"Poor master, I want to ask you about something, I have a relative who has just died, and I want to give him a ride, where should I find them?"
"En?......"
Wen Haotian looked at the ghost, leaned on the rotten wooden chair, stepped on the chair with one foot, heard Wen Haotian's inquiry, raised his eyes and glanced at him, impatiently stretched out two fingers, and knocked on the table. The elder motioned to Wen Haotian to take out a few jade-like coins in his arms and give them to the ghost in front of him, Wen Haotian understood, took out five yin coins, and put them in front of the ghost.
"The souls of the dead who have not been reincarnated soon after their death are imprisoned in the Hall of Trapped Souls, waiting for arraignment, and after the arraignment, they will go to the Nai He Bridge to queue up and wait for reincarnation, and after the arraignment, the guilty ones will be sent to the Hall of Forgotten Sorrows, and the corresponding criminal law of hell will be executed according to the crimes committed. ”
"How can I find my relatives?"
Wen Haotian heard that his parents might suffer from hell before reincarnation, and anxiously asked the ghost, who seemed to be used to seeing Wen Haotian's face, and impatiently tapped his fingers on the rotten desktop again, Wen Haotian took out five more yin coins and put them on the table.
"After entering the city, find the nameless road, and follow the nameless road to the end, which is the nameless mansion, where to ask. ”
Wen Haotian listened, he couldn't wait for a moment, turned around and ran towards the city, but was blocked by a few ghosts on the side.
"I haven't paid the entrance fee yet..."
Without waiting for the ghost who was sitting on the wooden chair to finish speaking, Wen Haotian took out all the yin coins in his arms and threw them in front of several ghosts, and the ghost who was blocking the road instantly jumped to the ground, scrambling for coins, and the ghost who had been sitting suddenly stood up, ran over and kicked away the ghost who grabbed the coin, and scolded,
"What are you robbing, you also robbed the entrance fee..."
Wen Haotian didn't have the heart to pay attention to this group of money-greedy ghosts, and stepped into Yin Si City with his legs raised. Entering the city, the scene in the whole city made Wen Haotian surprised, it was not a dead and silent ghost town, but the streets were full of traffic, pedestrians were bustling, shops were thriving, and all kinds of miscellaneous arts were all over the streets and alleys, which was very lively.
After several inquiries, Wen Haotian finally found the nameless road, and walked out of the bustling Yin Si City along the nameless road, the more he walked inside, the more scarce the houses became, and on the side of the black stone paved road, a white paper lantern erected on the side of the road would appear every few dozen steps, and from time to time a trace of the ghost would float under the lamp. Wen Haotian didn't have the heart to pay attention to the gloomy scene in front of him, he just wanted to see his parents as soon as possible and know if they were suffering now.
After walking through more than 40 white paper lanterns, Wen Haotian finally appeared in front of him, and a plaque on the lintel read "Nameless Mansion". Wen Haotian came to the front of the yamen and was about to rush in, but in front of the empty yamen, there were suddenly five yin differences, blocking Wen Haotian's way. The leading yin forced Wen Haotian to retreat to the outside of the nameless mansion,
"What a bold man, even a nameless mansion dares to break in?"
"Master Cha, my relatives have just died, I want to meet them, send them on their last journey, I bother you to make it convenient..."
"This... It's not impossible... That..."
The ghost who took the lead said while grabbing the back of his head and glancing at Wen Haotian from time to time. Wen Haotian suddenly understood the meaning of the ghost, and reached out to touch his arms, only then did he remember that he was too anxious when he entered the city, and threw all the Yin coins to a few errand officers at the door. What can I do?
"Haotian, take out a soul bead and give it to the servant. ”
Wen Haotian heard the reminder of the elder, and after understanding, he took out a soul bead and handed it to the ghost who took the lead. When the ghost cha saw the soul bead, his eyes shone brightly, and the other four onicha were also envious, and he was snorted coldly by the leader, and the four onicha suddenly behaved. The leader of the ghost cha laughed with him, brought Wen Haotian into the nameless mansion, and asked,
"Little brother, do you know that your relatives are now in the Hall of Trapped Souls, or the Hall of Forgotten Sorrows?"
"I don't know yet, but I hope to send the old man to take them one by one to find them. ”
"It's okay, it's okay, the little brother will follow me to the Trapped Soul Hall to look for it first, the souls who have just died and have not yet been arraigned are here. ”
The leader of the ghost mission took Wen Haotian into a prison-like place, which had nothing to do with the hall of the Trapped Soul Palace. Under the leadership of the leader of the ghost, Wen Haotian carefully inspected every cell, a total of three layers of cells, and was stunned that he did not find the souls of Wen Haotian's parents. Wen Haotian's heart was entangled, and he understood that his parents should have entered the Hall of Forgetting Worries.
Seeing that Wen Haotian was not found, the leader of the ghost mission said with a smile,
"In life, there are more or less small sins, little brother, don't worry too much, I'll take you to the Hall of Forgotten Worries to find out. ”
Wen Haotian nodded distractedly, and followed the ghost leader to the Hall of Forgotten Worries. The Hall of Forgotten Sorrows does not have as many cells as the Hall of Trapped Souls, but only one floor, with a total of eighteen cells, which hold the souls of the dead who are sent to various hells for torture. Wen Haotian followed the ghost leader to search carefully from cell to cell, and the further back he went, Wen Haotian's heart was like being pierced with a knife, until in the ninth cell, Wen Haotian finally found the souls of his parents.
Wen Haotian shouted to his parents, but they wandered around the cell as if they couldn't hear him.
"Little brother, you make a little noise, the lord of the government heard it, and we both have to peel off our skin. It's useless for you to shout, they can't hear it, and the dead soul after death will only hear the shouts of relatives and friends when they step on the Nai He Bridge, restore their sanity before they were alive, climb the Wangxiang Platform before drinking Meng Po soup, and then look at the people they care about the most in life, a bowl of Meng Po soup will go down to the stomach, and then embark on the road of reincarnation. ”
Wen Haotian lost his voice and was in pain, knelt in front of the prison door, and banged his head against the door engraved with charms. He suddenly thought of something, raised his head, and grabbed the shoulder of the ghost leader,
"Bad master, please let my parents go, they are all good people, they have done their duty all their lives, and they have never harmed anyone..."
"Little brother, the two souls you said were escorted by me to King Qin Guang for trial, the two of them did good deeds and accumulated virtues in their lives, and there was no sin, but the woman committed suicide, and she should have waited outside the city to wait for the time of death to enter the city to be punished, King Qin Guang remembered that he was extremely miserable during his lifetime, so he opened the net and let her in. A woman commits suicide and renounces her life, which is the first major sin, and she has to suffer from eighteen layers of hell before she can be reincarnated as a human being, and the man can't bear to torture his wife, so he begs King Qin Guang to share the criminal law of his wife, so the two will be sent to the ninefold hell. ”
"Bad master, you can do it, let them go, please..."
The leader of the ghost mission supported Wen Haotian in embarrassment, and sighed,
"Little brother, to be honest, I have been a ghost for thousands of years, and I have seen thousands of husbands and wives tried at the same time, all of them shirk each other's responsibilities, and although there are a lot of people who have to bear it for each other, it is the first time I have seen someone who has shared the eighteen layers of hell torture. The soul bead you gave is a good thing, but I can't do it if I release people from the Forgetfulness Palace. Then again, if they are released, where will they go? Will they be ghosts? Then there will be no chance of reincarnation. ”
Wen Haotian heard the words of the ghost leader, and thought about it carefully, it was also the same reason, at this time, he took his parents away, broke the reincarnation, and sooner or later he would die, he had already embarked on the road of no return to cultivation, and he could no longer take his parents with him, in case he met a demon with a high cultivation, he couldn't protect it, and the souls of the two were cut off, and at that time, he Wen Haotian was really a son of man in vain. But at the thought of his parents being subjected to the Nine Hells Criminal Law, his tears couldn't stop falling, and his lips bit out blood...
"Little brother, I'll take you to see Lord Fuya, maybe you have a sense of enlightenment and can find a turning point from him?"
When Wen Haotian heard that there was still hope, he immediately stood up and urged the ghost leader to take him. Not long after, the leader of the ghost mission took Wen Haotian to a palace, signaled Wen Haotian to go in, and waited outside the door, Wen Haotian was concerned about the safety of his parents, and he couldn't care so much, so he walked into the palace alone.
"Bold Yin Soul, you dare to break into the nameless mansion?"
"Adult, little Wen Haotian, parents are imprisoned in the nine-fold dungeon of the Hall of Forgotten Worries, this time, I hope that the adults will open up and let the young parents go to Nahe Bridge for reincarnation. ”
"What a big breath, let go of reincarnation, where is the majesty of the decree of the Yin Division?"
"My lord, they have indeed been wronged. ”
"Wronged? King Qin Guang is just right, and there has not been a ghost in the hall who has died unjustly for thousands of years... Only not long ago, the case of a couple was strange, but King Qin Guang has been extrajudicial to him, so you don't want to talk about it here. ”
"My lord, are you talking about the Wen family couple who are imprisoned in the nine-fold dungeon?"
"Exactly, King Qin Guang inspected the file, and Wen's mother committed a felony by committing suicide, but the reason for this was Ma Dacang and Chen Xue, who should have been sentenced lightly, but Ma and Chen were scattered not long ago, and the case could not be tried, so King Qin Guang had no choice but to punish him as a suicide and allow Wen's father to share the criminal law. ”
Wen Haotian listened, his heart tightened, it turned out that his impulsiveness was also one of the reasons for his parents to suffer, and he immediately blamed himself in his heart. At this time, the voice of the elder sounded in Wen Haotian's consciousness,
"Haotian, if you take out the crimson soul bead condensed by the horse cannon and Chen Xue, there may be a turnaround. ”
Wen Haotian understood, took out the crimson soul bead, and presented it in front of the mansion lord,
"My lord, Ma Cannon and Chen Xue were killed by me, and this soul bead was transformed by the souls of the two of them, and it has nothing to do with my parents. I also hope that adults will let my parents go to reincarnation as soon as possible. ”
Lord Fu Ya took the crimson soul bead, and thought to himself that this matter was actually related to a cultivator, and if he could refine such a grade of soul bead, his cultivation must not be low. Now that the truth has been ascertained, the culprit has been scattered, and when he is known to King Qin Guang, the Wen couple will also be exempted from the punishment of hell and let go of reincarnation, why don't he be a favor and leave this soul bead.
"This official reads that you have a filial piety, and there is a way to save your parents!"
"Your Excellency, please speak!"
"The matter of Ma and Chen was done by you alone, and you have stepped into the path of cultivation, and you have been punished by heaven, and I only cut off the case of mortal souls, and now that the case is clear, I will immediately show King Qin Guang, and let the two reincarnate is. But about the soul beads, you... Huh?"
Wen Haotian understood, and hurriedly said,
"What the adults say is extreme, what soul beads, the little ones don't know what the adults are referring to..."
"Hahahaha... In three days, let's go to see your parents off for the last time in front of the Nai He Bridge..."
After Wen Haotian came out of the palace, he asked the leader of the ghost mission, Nai He Bridge, where he was, and he went out of the nameless mansion, and he had to rush to Nai He Bridge within three days to see his parents off for the last time.