Chapter Twenty-Six: The Water of Lethe
Sun Wukong stood on the bridge and watched as the old lady at the head of the bridge scooped up a spoonful of water from under the bridge and handed it to the people in line. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"I drank the water of Lethe River, crossed the Nai He Bridge, and forgot the good and evil in my previous life. ”
Sun Wukong stepped forward and inserted himself in front of the first person.
"Do you want to taste it?" said Meng Po without raising her head and said to Sun Wukong.
"I'm not dead, I'm here just to ask you something. ”
"I don't know. As she spoke, Meng Po scooped up a spoonful of Lethe River from the Lechuan River under the Nai He Bridge and handed it to the person behind Sun Wukong.
The man took the water and drank it down, and walked up to the bridge with a dejected expression, and a little starlight poured out of his mind and flowed back into the Lethe River.
"I'm just a useless old woman, I only make people forget, not reminiscent. ”
"Do you know who these people are?" asked Sun Wukong again.
"I know that. Meng Po nodded, pointing to the person who had just gone on the bridge.
"His name is Xu San, he was born in Fengtai County, and he has lived a dull life, who knew that his wife would collude with an adulterer to murder him, alas, he is a poor man. ”
Another man took the water from Meng Po's hand and drank it all.
"His name is Chen Si, he has been abducted and deceived since he was a child, and his mouth is full of lies, and the Xu San in front of him was killed by him, but after killing Xu San, the matter was revealed, and he was arrested and beheaded by the officers and soldiers. ”
"It's okay.."
Sun Wukong saw that Meng Po wanted to introduce the headless woman behind him, so he quickly stopped her.
"Are all the people who come here, but what if the others die, such as monsters, such as flowers and plants. ”
"All life comes to me after death, are monsters life?" Meng Po asked rhetorically.
"Why is it not life, they also eat and sleep, they will cry and laugh..."
"Do you really know what life is?" Meng Po stopped her movements and looked up at Sun Wukong.
You say. ”
"Life is what is approved by the ruler who defines life. After Meng Po finished speaking, she stopped looking at Sun Wukong and concentrated on her own things.
"If those monsters are not life, then why are their names on the book of life and death?" Sun Wukong took out a golden hoop stick to stop everyone who wanted to move on, and his eyes looked at Meng Po.
"You, have you seen the book of life and death?" Meng Po's voice fluctuated, and her tone seemed to be incredible.
"What's wrong?" Sun Wukong's brows furrowed.
"The emperor of a country has issued a decree that anyone who enters the country is not allowed to practice Buddhism, because he is the emperor, so people must follow the rules he has set, but it does not mean that the rules are right, do you understand what I am talking about?"
Sun Wukong fell into deep thought.
"The book of life and death is a discipline, and I am in that discipline. Sun Wukong's voice trembled a little, "If they want me to die, will I die?"
"If someone asks me, yes, but you, I don't know. ”
Meng Po looked at Sun Wukong stunned there, and added: "They name the creatures that define normal reincarnation according to them as people, and those creatures that are unwilling to submit to their consciousness as demons, or demons." ”
"They can manipulate the life and death of demons, and even corrupt their minds and control their actions, but they cannot control their feelings. ”
Sun Wukong didn't speak, and Meng Po continued to nag again.
"Look at this river, it is an inexhaustible river, I scoop out the water from this river that can make people lose their memory, and then flow back into the river with people's memories on the bridge, the memory settles at the bottom of the river, and the water continues to flow. ”
"Why should they forget their original experience?" asked Sun Wukong.
"When people have cats, they usually have to be neutered, why is that?"
"Cats are less grumpy after they have been neutered, they don't attack them, they don't mate indiscriminately... It turns out..."
If there is no human being, then what is a Buddha, and if there is no Buddha in the first place, then what is a human being.
This question is too complicated, Sun Wukong knows, there is no answer here, at least not Meng Po.
Sun Wukong thanked him, accepted the golden hoop stick and wanted to leave, but Meng Po stopped him.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to know your question now. ”
Sun Wukong pondered for a long time, and finally made up his mind to ask: "Has there been a little fox here, I don't know what her name is, but if you tell me her life, I will definitely be able to recognize her." ”
"Have you forgotten what I just said, here... Only life can come.."
"For me, she is the most beautiful life. Sun Wukong lowered his head.
"But you're just a monkey..."
"I once asked her what love is, she said, if I love someone, I should want to give her all the good things, not willing to let her suffer any harm, if anyone dares to bully her, I will stand up and beat that person to the ground. ”
Meng Po continued to scoop the water from the river and handed it to the expressionless people.
"I've been here for so long that I don't even know how long I've been here. ”
"Sometimes, when there are fewer people who die, I will walk around to see if the king of Hades is still giving a face recently, to see if the judge is still running around for the hair of the cinnabar pen, and to see those lonely souls and wild ghosts who wander in the world and do not want to forget are waiting for their companions in this life in the Soul Eater Temple. ”
"Some people waited, two people held hands and walked into reincarnation, some people didn't wait, they were reduced by the power of the Soul Devouring Palace, and their souls were scattered in this world, and some people... Waiting for someone to be a stranger, some people, even waiting for another death... I also sometimes wonder what love is. ”
"You just said, Soul Palace, where is that?"
"You won't want to go. ”
"Where the hell?" Sun Wukong took out a golden hoop stick and put it across Meng Po's eyes, knocking a man who was about to drink Lethe water to the ground.
Meng Po's expression was calm and unwavering.
"Let's see whose name has been crossed out on it, and quickly notify it to send a new book of life and death, today is really eight lifetimes of blood mold, how did you provoke such a bad star." Hades muttered and urged the judge to review the book of life and death, while circling around the Hades Palace.
"Eh, how many times have you been spinning around here, are you tired?" Hades heard a voice above him.
"It's your, believe it or not, I'll throw you into the oil pot. Hades thought it was a little ghost who didn't have long eyes, and raised his head and scolded.
When his gaze made contact with another gaze, for him, time seemed to freeze, and in an instant the netherworld was extremely quiet, and he could really hear the sound of dripping water in the corner of his Hades Palace.
"Hurry up Nima, don't look for it, hide the book of life and death, hurry up!"
Lord Yama didn't care about his demeanor, so he slipped into the palace of Yama and yelled at the judge who was flipping through the book of life and death.