The road is about two meters wide, and there are no stone slabs on the road, and it is full of loess gravel, which makes the road surface not very smooth. The grass on the side of the road was luxuriant, gently swaying with the yin wind of the underworld. From time to time, you can still see the pine and cypress behind the barren grass, and there are all kinds of ghost fires, which are flying up and down with the yin wind.

"Let's go, little ghost. Black Impermanence said, taking the lead in walking forward. Bai Wuchang smiled, patted Xiao Shizhu's shoulder, and motioned for him to follow.

Xiao Shizhu hurriedly nodded, and followed the two ghosts along Huangquan Road.

Along the way, there are deserted woods all around, the road is deserted, there are no people in front of and behind, and the woods on both sides are always lifeless, and a lonely atmosphere is always lingering on this road, coupled with the impermanence of black and white and not saying a word, Xiao Shizhu can't help but feel a little bored.

After walking out of another two or three miles, he looked up at the blood moon in the western sky, and saw that the blood moon was slowly moving towards the middle of the sky, and finally couldn't help but break the silence and asked the black and white impermanence: "Two officials, shouldn't this underworld be dark and boundless?

"The darkness you speak of is human conjecture, not the real underworld. The speculation of the yang world on the underworld is not accurate, because all the souls drank Meng Po soup before they were reincarnated in the yang world. And then they don't even remember their past lives, so where do they remember what the underworld was like? Therefore, the underworld recorded in the scrolls of the yang world is just the conjecture of human beings themselves. After hearing this, Bai Wuchang thought for a while, then grinned at him and said, "The real netherworld has a lunar moon and a lunar day, just like the sun and moon in the world, so as to keep time. And what you see now is not the moon, it is a cloudy day. ”。

"Is there really Granny Meng and Granny Meng soup?" After Xiao Shizhu heard this, he hurriedly asked curiously: "Is it delicious?" I kept thinking in my heart: "I don't know what the Meng Po soup tastes like? apples, strawberries, or watermelons?" Thinking about it, he involuntarily stuck out his tongue and licked the corners of his mouth.

"You said one more word mother, be careful if Meng Po hears that you little ghost will not be able to eat and walk around. As soon as he finished speaking, Hei Wuchang said with a straight face: "The word mother-in-law will make her mad, very terrifying." ”。 Saying that, his body trembled involuntarily, and it seemed that Meng Po's temper was even afraid of him.

"We haven't drunk it either, and we've had no reincarnation since the day we became ghosts. Bai Wuchang, who was following Xiao Shizhu, took over and said, "But Mother Meng only likes other ghosts to call her Miss Meng." ”。

"Oh. Xiao Shizhu nodded, but he sighed in his heart with a thoughtful expression: "It turns out that female ghosts also hate others for calling themselves old." ”。

"But a lot of things in the underworld and the yang world are opposites. After a while, Bai Wuchang spoke again and patiently explained to him: "For example, the sun and moon rise in the east and set in the west, but the sun and moon in the underworld rise in the west and set in the east. The same is true of the river, the sun to the east, and the netherworld to the west. ”。

After he said this, Xiao Shizhu also remembered that when he was on the sampan before, he saw that the water of the Lechuan River was indeed from east to west. Curious, he asked, "Why is that?"

Reading on the face he gave the ingot, Bai Wuchang replied without thinking: "The relationship between the yang world and the netherworld is like the real object and reflection on the surface of the lake. ”。 As he spoke, he put his hands together in front of his chest, and said, "Just like my hands now, I can't talk about who is real and who is illusory, but they are the reflection of each other. ”。 And although Black Impermanence did not speak out, he did not oppose White Impermanence.

Xiao Shizhu looked back at Bai Wuchang's pale hands, and nodded as if he didn't understand.

As he spoke, before he knew it, the three ghosts had come to the end of Huangquan Road. The three ghosts all stood at the end of the road, Xiao Shizhu saw that there were thousands of fertile fields on the flat land in front of him, and between the staggered fields, an ear of yellow and clear rice was swaying with the wind, wafting out an intoxicating fragrance, tumbling and rolling, making people have the illusion of being on the edge of the golden waves.

Two or three miles away, a tall and thick city wall appeared in the middle of thousands of acres of fertile land. The whole body is blue-black, about dozens of miles long, more than ten meters high on the wall guard towers stand up, every few zhang there is a flag, those flags are flying with the wind hunting sound, but all the flags are white or black, people look very strange at the same time, very uncomfortable.

Behind the city wall was a huge city, backed by a mountain that was thousands of feet high and 300 miles in circumference. Although Xiao Shizhu can't get a glimpse of the whole city, he can also hear a faint noise in the city, which must be a lively place.

Then Xiao Shizhu fixed his eyes on the high mountain behind the city, and saw that the majestic mountain has a total of seven peaks, the main peak in the middle is towering into the clouds, but the top of the mountain is misty and misty, making it difficult for people to see the true face of its peak. The remaining six peaks are surrounded by the six directions outside the main peak in the middle, like a lotus.

There are many places in the mountain are steep cliffs, but they are majestic, strange, dangerous, beautiful, and secluded; dozens of waterfalls like white practice erupt from the vultures and stone bones between the thousands of walls and stand on the wall, and they fall down. Lush pines and cypresses and exotic flowers and plants that compete to bloom fill the valleys of the mountain streams, exuding a soft seven-colored light, making the mountains seem to be dressed in a colorful feather coat.

In addition to the main peak, there is a palace on the top of the other six peaks, the palace wall is full of layers of red walls and yellow tiles, the golden and brilliant buildings are arranged in an orderly manner, the ancient trees are towering all around the palace wall, and the green trees are shady.

The cornices and tails appear and disappear in the clouds. From time to time, you can also see strange birds and cranes flying from afar, perched on the roof of the palace buildings.

Xiao Shizhu rubbed his eyes vigorously, if he didn't know that he was dead, he would still think that he had come to the fairy world? Especially in the six majestic palaces, there was a faint sound of phoenix pipes and pipes, and the sound of golden stone silk and bamboo rose with the wind, coupled with the white clouds and cranes and strange birds, making each palace exude a fairy family style.

"How is it?" Bai Wuyi patted him on the shoulder, and asked proudly, "The Netherworld is not as bad as you think, right?" It's just that these strange birds you see are all souls without physical bodies. ”。

Unexpected, but reasonable. Xiao Shizhu's gaze never took off the six splendid palaces, but he said slowly: "According to the records of the books in the world, the government officials of the Yin Division are also regarded as gods, collectively referred to as ghosts and gods. Since he is a god, how can he not live in a place without a fairy style?".

Bai Wuchang smiled when he heard this, but he didn't speak. But Xiao Shizhu suddenly remembered something, and after a pause, he asked again: "Presumably those majestic palaces are the legendary Six Heavens Ghost God Palace of Luo Yu Mountain, right?"

Although Xiao Shizhu's diploma is not high, he has not read many books on gods and ghosts, so he knows a little bit about the underworld. He remembered that he had read in a certain book that there were six palaces of gods and ghosts on Luo Yu Mountain, and although the names of each palace were too long for him to remember completely, he remembered that these six palaces were collectively called Six Heavens.

"Yes. Hei Wuchang was still silent, but Bai Wuchang nodded to him and said: "One is the Yin Heavenly Palace, the second is the Tai Killing Forgiveness Sect Heavenly Palace, the third is the Ming Chen Martial City Heavenly Palace, the fourth is the Heavenly Palace, and the Zong Ling Seven Non Heavenly Palace and the Dare Si Lianwan Repeated Heavenly Palace." There are six capable ministers of the Emperor of the Northern Yin Dynasty, who are also our top bosses. ”。

Then Hei Wuchang finally spoke, and said to Xiao Shizhu: "There will be time to see in the future." After that, together with Bai Wuchang, he took Xiao Shizhu to the city in front of him.

After passing the fertile fields, they came to the front of the castle and saw a wide moat surrounding the city walls, and the water of the river was crystal clear and the water of the Nalechuan River was diametrically opposed. Two teams of Yin soldiers wearing armor and armed with spears and broadswords guarded the ends of the white marble arch bridge across the moat.

Seeing the black and white impermanence, these yin soldiers gave way one after another, bowed their heads and lowered their hands to salute the black and white impermanence.

After getting closer, Xiao Shizhu noticed that the flags planted on the wall in the distance before were actually spirit flags. The sun, moon and stars are embroidered on the head of the flag, and all kinds of tadpole-like incantations are written on the flag. Many of the spirit flags are still perched with crows, or are watching the ghosts entering and leaving the city, or are whispering mourning, these scenes are quite characteristic of the underworld.

After slowly walking across the white jade bridge, he came to the city gate. I saw that the city gate building is about ten zhang high, it is a pavilion-style building with three drops of water in the heavy eaves rest mountain, the ash tube tile green glazed tile cuts the edge of the top, you need to look up hard to see the top floor.

In the arched city gate, there were two groups of mighty and majestic Yin soldiers standing opposite each other, checking the merchants who came in and out one by one. There is a long stone plaque inlaid on the head of the arch, and two vigorous and powerful official characters are written on it.

After passing the city gate and entering the city, I didn't see any trace of the gloom of the underworld, but I saw a lively and prosperous scene. A road that is much wider than Huangquan Road and paved with bluestone slabs appears at the foot of Xiao Shizhu. On the stones on both sides of the road, every four or five zhang or so, there are a pair of pavilion-shaped stone lamps.

The streets are bustling with pedestrians and caravans, and there are many shops on both sides of the street, including teahouses, taverns, pawnshops, and workshops. There are all kinds of small stalls in front of the store, some selling incense and candles, some selling snacks and fruits, and some selling all kinds of gadgets. The shouts and bargains came and went.

The blood-red afterglow of the cloudy sun was faintly sprinkled on the red bricks and green tiles or the cornices and arches of the pavilion, adding a bit of brilliance to the prosperous capital city in front of him.

In a trance, Xiao Shizhu thought that he had come to the ancient city of a tourist resort. If it weren't for the fact that there was a white lantern with the word "ghost" written on the front of each shop, the illusion in his mind would have continued.

"Ghost City. Bai Wuchang looked curiously at the goods on the stalls on both sides of the road as he walked, and said, "Before you are reincarnated, you can come and shop at any time." ”。

Xiao Shizhu didn't say anything, just put away the curiosity in his heart and nodded, and followed the two black and white impermanence brothers to walk forward quickly.