Chapter 16: Unpredictable Gains and Losses (1)
The public hall was filled with light smoke and mist, and pairs of white lanterns hung high, and the atmosphere was eerie and terrifying, making people very uncomfortable. The eldest man sat in the middle, picked up the startling wood and patted it, and said, "Who is kneeling in the hall?" ”
Between the two servants knelt a young man in white clothes and white pants. He glanced up at the eldest master, and saw that he was born with dark skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a full face of tiger beard and sideburns, and he looked serious and majestic in white clothes and white robes. On the top of the head is a plaque with black letters on a red background, inlaid with four words: "fair and rigorous".
"Lord Yan Jun asked you what your name was, why didn't you answer?" asked a man dressed as a scholar next to the public case.
"Li Zhongqing. ”
"Judge. ”
The scholar is dressed with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a well-proportioned figure, about thirty years old, the eldest lord calls him a judge, he calls the eldest lord Yan Jun, is this place not Senluo Palace?
The judge nodded when he heard Yan Jun's call, opened a scroll and read: "The surname of the person who came is Li Zhongqing, born in a certain year, a certain month, a certain day, and a certain time, he is a different world thousands of years later, and the cause of death is death from falling from a high altitude. Sixteen years of life is a vain death. Yan Jun said: "Confused! Why did people thousands of years later die here, and the book of life and death will come over for me to see." The judge presented the scroll, and Yan Jun carefully checked the relevant information with Li Zhongqing, and after confirming that it was correct, he said: "Since you are not alive, how can you die." Besides, how did the aliens get here? It really makes me think hard!" replied the judge, "I don't know, he was dragged here by a nameless force that cut through time and space. Yan Jun nodded and sighed, "This is a number of days, and it is beyond your or me's jurisdiction." ”
Li Zhongqing was sure that there was no problem with his eyesight, but all he saw in front of him was black and white, like an old TV, and even the red and black colors on the plaque flashed, and when he saw Yan Jun and the judge, he was stunned, and he asked in horror: "What is this place......?"
"Your Royal Highness will not allow you to be presumptuous. The judge pointed his hand, and the mouth on Li Zhongqing's face disappeared, and he kept screaming, that is, he couldn't say half a word. Yan Jun said: "Judge, according to what you see, is Li Zhongqing dead or not?" The judge glanced at Li Zhongqing, clasped his fists and said: "Yan Jun, he was placed in the sea of clouds, and he fell into the Lingxiao Temple, and his longevity should be over." Fortunately, the elves rescued in time and extended their lives, so they were spared death. Yan Jun said angrily: "In this way, he has not yet reached the end of his life, and he should not come here, why did he appear? Judge! This is the reason for the dereliction of duty of Naer and others?" The judge said: "Yan Jun is angry, it is not our dereliction of duty and mistakes, but Li Zhongqing was seriously injured and unconscious after the fight in the Taoist temple. In his sleep, he came to the door of the Senluo Hall in a daze, and was escorted into the hall after being subdued by a group of colleagues, and asked Yan Jun to see. ”
Yan Jun flicked his tiger whiskers and said, "Well, I see. Since the longevity of Yang is not over, let him return to Yang, so as not to disturb the order of the cycle of life and death. ”
"Lord Yan Jun is wise. The surname is Li, this blessing of Ner, why don't you leave quickly and stay here?" the judge reprimanded him sharply, and asked the officials to drive him out of the palace.
Outside the Senluo Temple.
Li Zhongqing didn't recognize the way, looking at the gloomy and terrifying atmosphere in front of him, a picture of thousands of horses galloping appeared in his heart. Maybe it's not the horses that are running, it's the alpacas...... He scolded with swear words while walking in his heart, and he didn't know anything about the judge's kindness, only knowing that he had nowhere to talk about his bitterness, but he didn't know that the Senluo Palace dealt with and judged the major events of the cycle of life and death, which was child's play, as long as the judgment of right and wrong was clear, in fact, he had no part to speak. When he first arrived, he didn't know anything about the ancient etiquette and customs, and if he accidentally said the wrong thing, he didn't know what to do, and the judge's actions were really helpless. That idiot is stupid to just say that others don't care about his feelings, and don't understand the actual situation at all.
Unconsciously, Li Zhongqing came to a village and was inadvertently attracted by the sound of children reading. He followed the sound and saw a private school full of students. He stood at the door of the classroom, listening to the children's reading, listening to it and unconsciously fascinated, standing and listening obsessively, completely reluctant to leave.
Before long, Mr. Teaching seemed to sense that someone was eavesdropping outside the door. He walked out of the classroom and saw Li Zhongqing and said, "Child, what's wrong?"
"I ......" Li Zhongqing was finally able to speak, and he smirked for a moment before coming back to his senses, he scratched his head and said stupidly: "I seem to be lost, I ......" Mr. Teaching smiled and said, "Oh! Don't go to the village, you're going to the capital city. You should go in the opposite direction. ”
"How do you get there?"
Mr. Teaching took Li Zhongqing out of the village and explained the route to him in detail. I was afraid that he would delay time, and asked him if there was anything he didn't understand, so he asked him to ask questions quickly, and asked everything he didn't understand. ”
"Thank you!"
"Don't look back. ”
After walking for an hour, he came to the side of a river. The river was wide, thick with smoke and could not be seen, and a stone bridge spanned both sides of the river, on which sat an old man fishing.
Li Zhongqing walked up to the bridge and saw a big fish basket beside the old man, so he stayed there and watched it because he was curious. Suddenly, the old man put away his fishing rod, and a big and long fish was caught. The old man said happily, "It's a good harvest." Li Zhongqing said with a lot of mouths: "Such a fat fish must be very delicious." ”
The old man looked at the young man in front of him, and said with a smile: "Little brother likes to eat fish, come to the old man's house as a guest, tonight's dishes are sumptuous." Li Zhongqing suddenly felt unbearable abdominal pain, and after declining the old man's invitation, he looked back at the way he came, and wanted to find a place to pay tribute, so he said casually: "I still have to travel miles, and I don't dare to stay for a long time." When I looked at the old man again, I was horrified, he had turned into a white bone, and the big fish he had just caught became a bone, and the basket had become a huge skull, and I did not know what kind of large creature it was. The old man opened the skull of the "fish basket" and put the fish bone inside, he said: "It's no way to hurry, the little brother is not lucky." Li Zhongqing endured the fear in his heart and said, "Old man, I'll go first, and then I'll ......" and left in a hurry without even daring to say "goodbye". The old man smiled and said, "Okay! You walk slowly, remember not to look back." ”
Walking and walking, he returned to the Senluo Temple, and was escorted to the temple by the ghost. Yan Jun asked, "Li Zhongqing, why did you go and come back, what kind of place do you think this place is!"
Li Zhongqing said: "I ...... I'm lost!"
The judge stepped forward and clenched his fists and said, "There was a teacher who reminded him of his instructions, but he didn't listen, turned back on the stone bridge, and was bewitched by the ghost and returned. When Yan Jun heard this, he patted the shocked wood and said, "In the Netherworld, idlers are not allowed to enter." You are not at the end of your life, so you must not stay here. Now the court staff is fined a hundred, and you will be taught to meditate on your own mistakes. ”
The judge said: "Yan Jun, this surnamed Li is still young, ignorant of the world, and has never practiced martial arts, and his physique is weak. I'm afraid that he can't afford to bear a hundred canes, so he begged Yan Jun to take it lightly. ”
Yan Jun said: "The judge is reasonable. Li Zhongqing listened to the verdict, you trespassed into the underworld of Yin and Yang and disturbed the order of yin and yang, and you should be fined a hundred court staffs. Now that you have committed your first offense, and the judge has interceded, I will write it down for the time being. If there is a recurrence, it will not be spared. ”
The judge said, "You kid don't thank Yan Jun quickly." ”
Li Zhongqing said perfunctorily with a helpless face: "Thank you." The judge on the side couldn't cry or laugh, and worked hard to help him, but this kid had such a face, and others might have scolded this unangry child many times in their hearts.
Yan Jun said: "With the two envoys of black and white impermanence, there must be no mistake in leading Li Zhongqing to return to the yang world. Black and white impermanence came out of class and said, "Yes." Yan Jun. ”
After the two envoys led Li Zhongqing out of the Senluo Palace, they stopped to discuss, Zhongqing stood far away and didn't know what they were saying, only felt tired all the way, and the abdominal pain was so uncomfortable from time to time.
In the middle of the ring, Hei Wuchang greeted Li Zhongqing and said, "Come! Zhong Qing stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" Hei Wuchang said in a rough voice: "Don't ask, follow me." Zhong Qing really doesn't like this way of communication. However, at present, there is no other way but to rely on someone else's.
Li Zhongqing was led by the black impermanence and kept walking to the high ground.
After walking for about three hours, Li Zhongqing couldn't stand it anymore, he said, "Big Brother Hei, how long do you have to walk? I don't feel it on both legs, can I rest for a while?"
Hei Wuchang said, "Let's go! ”
Li Zhongqing said: "I've been walking for most of the day, but I haven't arrived yet, where are you going?" Hei Wuchang just glanced at him, didn't say anything and continued to hurry.
Rows and rows are repeated.
Hei Wuchang took Zhong Qing to the foot of a mountain. There is a stone tablet more than one meter high, on which there are three large red characters that read "Two Realms Mountain". Next to it is a mountain road with a staircase, which seems to be artificially built, and the atmosphere is even more uncomfortable when the wind blows.
Li Zhongqing looked back at the low ground, that was the village he had been to when he was lost, there was indeed a large-scale ancient city not far away, if he didn't go to the high place, he wouldn't be able to see the scenery over there. He pointed to the village and asked, "What is that over there?"
Hei Wuchang replied: "Xudu City." ”
The kid asked a lot more about whether there was anything or not, and the black impermanence was always perfunctory.
"Are we there?"
Hei Wuchang looked up at the top of the mountain, and Li Zhongqing also looked up. I saw that this mountain of the Two Realms was very high, and the top of the mountain was not in the clouds, and it was impossible to climb it in two or three hours.
Black Impermanence said, "It's almost there. ”
Li Zhongqing said: "Above?"
Black Impermanence nodded.
Li Zhongqing said: "I can't do it, I really can't walk, no matter what, I have to rest for a while, and if I continue to walk, I will wither." ”
"Withered, boy, are you fooling me!" Hei Wuchang said a little angrily, "What's not going to work?" Get up, stand up, don't lie here, come with me. Li Zhongqing sat on the ground and said shamelessly: "I can't walk anymore, I can beat me if I want to! Anyway, it's in the underworld, it's good to kill me, it's convenient! You don't have to escort me so far, don't you say?"
Li Zhongqing was born in a well-off family, the only child in the family, his parents love him very much, and he has never suffered since he was a child. This time he has walked a lot, of course he doesn't want to go on, he needs to rest. However, Hei Wuchang didn't care about so much, he said: "How can this be reasonable, you little splash, I ......" He raised his hand and wanted to slap Zhongqing a few times, but unfortunately he didn't hit it after his hand was raised.
Looking at this kid's scoundrel face, Black Impermanence turned his mind and thought: He was entrusted by Yan Jun to let him use immortal magic to protect his body and ghosts from intruding. Now, I open his heavenly eyes and let him see the loneliness of the Yin Si Hades. Thinking about it, Hei Wuchang said, "You play a scoundrel for me, don't you? If you don't get up and hurry, I'll let you see how good I am." ”
"What? If you're tired, you naturally need to rest, anyway, I can't walk, you have to walk by yourself." ”
Hei Impermanence recited a mantra in his heart, did it in his hand, and pointed to Li Zhongqing.
"What is Big Brother Black pointing at me?" Li Zhongqing said, "Wow! What is this......" A genderless face appeared in front of him upside down, and the facial features on the face were like impressionist abstract paintings.
"Mom, ghosts, there's ghosts......" Li Zhongqing quickly stood up and hid aside. In front of him, a large group of white shadows appeared, the number of which was difficult to count, men and women, old and young, following behind him in a tour group.
A white shadow asked in an old female voice, "Brother Ghost, what's the matter with this kid?" Another white shadow said in a male voice: "Boy is neurotic, I waited to follow you all the way, why did I only see it now? What is it like to make a fuss?" Hei Wuchang said: "Don't come to join in the fun, this is an errand assigned by Yan Jun, it has nothing to do with you, let's disperse as soon as possible." Looking at the panicked Li Zhongqing, Hei Wuchang smiled and said, "Little Splash knows that it's amazing." ”
Li Zhongqing said with a face full of grievances: "You bully people!"
Hei Wuchang sneered and said, "Do you know what kind of place this is, how can ordinary people get here, I bully people?
Despite this, Black Impermanence still made Li Zhongqing rest for a long time before he hurried.
There was no mention of procrastination along the way.
In the end, Hei Wuchang still took Li Zhongqing to climb to the top of the Two Realms Mountain.
Hei Wuchang said: "Above the clouds is the yang world, and the surname Li hurry up and get on the road." ”
Li Zhongqing listened to the strange sounds coming from the clouds, there were the roar of fierce beasts, the sound of blades colliding, the sound of people shouting and neighing, the sound of birds and insects, the sound of gurgling water, all kinds of sounds were mixed. He was very puzzled in his heart and said, "If you don't go to the yang world, I won't die." ”
"Little Splashy is playing tricks again, isn't it? At this time, I can't help you. Hei Wuchang pulled Li Zhongqing towards the clouds, he hugged a stone pillar tightly out of fear, and said, "Don't go! Don't go!
After a lot of delays, Hei Wuchang never "invited" Li Zhongqing into the clouds. In desperation, he had no choice but to go back the way he came, bringing this "little splash" to Bai Wuchang, and Bai Wuchang asked, "Why are you back again?"
Hei Wuchang sighed and said, "Don't mention it, brother, it's up to you." ”
White impermanence was about to attack, and he said, "If it weren't for the ......"
Hei Wuchang made a look, and Bai Wuchang hurriedly changed his words and said, "For Yan Jun's sake, I will spare him." Otherwise, I'll drag him to frying. Hei Wuchang smiled, and Bai Wuchang said, "The surname is Li! Come here, go on the road." ”
Li Zhongqing reluctantly followed Bai Wuchang to the low ground.
The netherworld is gloomy, and the ghosts cry and howl wolves, which is shocking.
White impermanence is more talkative than black impermanence, and he keeps chatting with Li Zhongqing along the way, talking about everything in the north and south. However, even this could not change the fear in Zhong Qing's heart. He pointed to a small pool of bubbling blood and asked, "Big brother, what is that?" Bai Wuchang replied: "You want to return the yang, don't worry about this, as long as you don't fall." ”
As I walked, more and more blood pools appeared in front of me, and the area became larger and larger, and later a very wide red river even appeared. An old chain bridge spans both banks, and the wooden planks on the bridge are a little shabby, and I dare not walk through it if I don't dare to walk it if I don't have the guts. The bright red liquid in the river, thick as magma and thin as blood, was boiling and bubbling one by one, and from time to time one or two unknown skeletons floated, and after a while they sank again.
Bai Wuchang walked up to the chain bridge and said, "Don't be afraid, follow me, this bridge is very stable." ”
Li Zhongqing pointed to a stone tablet at the head of the bridge and asked, "What is written on the stone tablet?" Bai Wuchang replied: "'Yin Yang Bridge', you can't read?" Li Zhongqing said with a distressed face: "I haven't learned this kind of character." ”
"Let's go! ”
Along the way, there was only the sound of Bai Wuchang urging him to move, and Li Zhongqing didn't say anything again.
After walking for about three hours, two came to a shore with an endless red sea in front of them, and a faint fishy smell filled the air.
The two of them walked to the shore, and Bai Wuchang said with a pleasant face: "Little brother, shall we rest here for a while?"
Li Zhongqing nodded and did not answer.
Bai Wuchang said something again, and when Li Zhongqing heard it, he pushed him into the sea of blood with one hand.
It's dark......
Li Zhongqing's whole body twitched, he woke up from his fright, and shouted in his mouth, "Don't!" It took a long time for him to realize that he was dreaming just now. It's just that this dream of a day trip to the underworld is too real, and the feeling of being there is still vivid, which makes him difficult to let go of for a long time.
He looked around and saw that it was pitch black, there was nothing, but he was lying on the ground, always feeling that there was a pair of eyes staring at him from a distance, and whenever he looked back, he always saw nothing.
Li Zhongqing stood up and walked forward. A little light appeared in front of him. He lifted his spirits and ran to the light source. After running for a short time, the light completely enveloped him.
In vain, the scene above Lingxiao appeared in front of him. Li Zhongqing watched from a third-person perspective as he fell from a high altitude and fell into the alchemy room. By this time, everything he had seen had returned to color, and it was no longer black and white, as before.
The ensuing explosion turned the alchemy room into ruins, and the elves came to the rescue. Every scene was clearly presented before his eyes.
Seeing himself transform into a red-haired monster, Li Zhongqing felt really uncomfortable. Later, he jumped to the martial arts arena and met Su Qi. His mood was a little more relaxed, and his attention was focused on the baby bump, and every time he saw her deftly dodging the enemy's attack, he always wanted to cheer for her. Seeing that at the end, a dazzling light was emitted on his body, and the group completely disappeared into the Lingxiao Temple, and he was most concerned about Su Qi in his heart, and he didn't know that he would not be able to see each other until that year and month.
Then it was dark again.
When Li Zhongqing woke up again, he was standing on the top of a mountain. This time, he changed into a costume all over his body, and his appearance was more than ten years old. He looked at the ethereal sea of clouds beneath his feet, and wondered: Is there anyone who wants to tell him something with the help of dreams? He had never tried to do this, and one dream after another appeared as if he would never wake up. He felt so confused, so confused that he couldn't say half a word, followed by a bout of abdominal pain.
An unknown creature swims within a sea of clouds. The creature was enormous, like a snake but not a snake, like a fish but not a fish. It has a lion's mane, a snake body, fish scales, and eagle claws...... Li Zhongqing frowned, thinking: What is that? Dragon?
Before long, the creature swam to the edge of the cliff, and its huge head stretched out in front of Li Zhongqing and roared, and the smell of sour rot came to his face. He was so shocked that he couldn't help but exclaim, "What? It's a pig!"
A monster with a pig's head, a lion's mane, and a snake's body ate the entire cliff and Li Zhongqing into its stomach......
After the nightmare, Li Zhongqing finally woke up.