In the middle of the riverside city.

The river is as horizontal as a mirror, and the lights on both sides of the strait are like stars.

On the night of the Midyear Festival, there are Taoist priests on the shore doing water and land rituals, chanting sutras for a whole day.

There are even people carrying the statues of Chixia Yuanjun and Tao Shenjun, beating gongs and drums, and passing along the street.

Families in the city, men, women and children gather on the banks of the river.

Some people put grass to tie the boat lamp, and on the grass boat put the rice made of this year's new rice to worship the ancestors.

More people put lotus lanterns, as well as river lanterns made of eggplant.

Each lamp carries the thoughts of the living to the deceased.

It felt as if the lights on the shore poured into the river, bringing the flowers of Jiangting City down the river to thousands of households downstream.

The ghosts and gods of the entire Jiangzhou carried lanterns along the river and arrived at the Jiangzhou City God Temple located by the river.

The streets in front of the Chenghuang Temple in Jiangzhou have long been cut off, and lanterns have been hung to welcome the ghosts and gods of the past.

All the temple prayers in the temple sit in the main hall, sitting in a row with their backs to the gate, and the lanterns are lit inside and outside the temple, which is as bright as day.

Occasionally, a curious Taoist boy curiously peeked at the door behind him, but was immediately slapped on the back of the head by the elder.

But even so, he saw illusory and hazy figures emitting divine light passing through the streets.

Every figure passed through the street, and the divine light pulled the shadow of the street infinitely behind him.

Endlessly long, and finally gone.

"Ahh

The little Taoist exclaimed, and was patted on the head, and immediately learned that the master was sitting upright, not daring to look back.

But these ghosts and gods did not enter the temple at all, and when they crossed the gate of the City God Temple, they merged into the air.

In the splendid city god realm of incense and fire, a high platform has already been erected under the ghost gate, and there are many gods.

Jiangzhou Chenghuang is an elegant old man, who also served as a prime minister in the imperial court in the past.

"The lower god was ordered to come and visit the city god of Jiangzhou. ”

The gods below were seated one by one and worshipped one after another.

Jiangzhou Chenghuang nodded and looked at the judge beside him: "It's all here, let's start then!"

Jiangzhou Wen Judge stepped forward: "Zhongyuan Ghost Festival, the ghost door is closed." ”

"Today, there are gods from all sides who come to the edict of the gods of Yin Si to lead the ghosts into the underworld for reincarnation. ”

"The merit is immeasurable, and the benefit is in ten thousand years. ”

“......”

After Jiangzhou Wen finished reading, the ghosts and gods of all parties took off the long pole of the soul-attracting lamp in their hands one by one and put it down.

The lanterns floated like Kong Ming lanterns and gathered towards the ghost gate.

One after another, hanging in front of the ghost gate, slowly rotating.

Jiangzhou Chenghuang led all the ghosts and gods up and down the high platform, facing the ghost gate and worshipping, sacrificing to the Tao gods.

A scroll of paper burns, leading to the underworld.

Immediately, I saw the golden light of the Ghost Gate Pass rising into the sky, and a little golden ripple gradually spread out from the Ghost Gate Pass.

Death.

It's on.

Jiangzhou Wenju shouted: "The ghost gate has been opened, and you will not enter the underworld at this time, let alone when." ”

The ghosts seemed to have been inspired, and they couldn't wait to move, and the soul-attracting lights in the sky rotated faster.

One by one, fireflies floated out of the lanterns and headed towards the ghost gate.

The ghosts and gods of Jiangzhou below showed joy on their faces, and they felt that the burden on their shoulders was also greatly relieved.

As long as all these ghosts and ghosts are sent to the underworld, the biggest burden and responsibility of the ghosts and gods this year will be completed.

Next, whether it is the amount of merit, the incense of the divine feast, and the future divine examination, it can be regarded as guaranteed.

But what I didn't expect was.

Less than a third of the way through the ghost gate, the ghost gate suddenly dimmed, and the golden ripples exploded all at once.

Layers of strong winds were set off, and the ghosts and gods present were blown back again and again.

Suddenly, I saw the Jiangzhou City God and all the Jiangzhou ghosts and gods looking at the huge vermilion ghost gate in shock, since the ghost gate was closed, everyone had never seen such a scene.

"What's going on?"

"Why did the ghost gate close suddenly?"

"It's not our side, it's the underworld, and something has happened. ”

This is still second, and the remaining ghosts who can't enter the reincarnation of reincarnation, one by one, suddenly fall into panic and rage.

He scattered towards the sky, faintly planning to rush out of the City God Realm.

Jiangzhou Chenghuang's face changed greatly, and he gave an order.

"The gods obey the command and restrain the ghosts. ”

"Close the entrance to the Divine Realm immediately, and don't let them disperse into the world. ”

It's the Mid-Yuan Festival, and the Jiangting City is full of people at night.

Let so many ghosts run out, I don't know what will go wrong.

Next to the river, in front of the stone bank.

The Taoist was standing under the willow tree, holding a lotus lamp he had just bought.

This lamp is sold everywhere on the shore, and almost everyone will buy one and send it to their deceased relatives and missing people.

The Taoist thought about it and didn't know who to write it to.

Finally, the name of the old Taoist priest was written down and put into the river.

The river is calm, and the lotus lantern slowly drifts away.

The Taoist also knew that it was impossible for the old Taoist priest to receive this lotus lantern, but he felt inexplicably at ease.

Suddenly, the Taoist turned his head to look into the distance.

Looking through the City God Temple, I saw the scene inside the City God in Jiangzhou.

"Sure enough, the basket came out. ”

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Netherworld.

From the ghost gate, to the Nai He Bridge, the ghost road on the way, to the underworld.

Everywhere there are ghosts and gods, patrolling and shuttling.

At this moment, the Central Plains countries, the hundred countries and thousands of cities in the Western Regions, and the Northern Wilderness opened the ghost gate together on the day and night of the Midyear Festival.

Countless souls rushed into the underworld, and there was a rumbling sound in the huge ghost gate, like the water of the heavenly river rolling down.

actually blocked the ghost gate, and I couldn't bear it.

The Peach God Tree instantly bloomed with layers of golden light, and tried its best to suppress the ghost gate.

At first, it was still stable, but as more and more ghosts came in, the ghost gate broke out with a loud bang again.

Tao Shenjun's face was a little deformed.

It revealed its form and appeared under the ghost gate.

Chixia Yuanjun also sensed the situation on Tao Shenjun's side, and immediately appeared under the ghost gate.

"What's going on?" asked Chixia Yuanjun.

The golden light on Tao Shenjun's body continued to pour into the ghost gate: "I didn't expect that as soon as the ghost gate opened in the Midyear Festival, the cost would be so great. ”

"With my strength, I can't bear it. ”

Chixia Yuanjun can't help Tao Shenjun when he stands in Tao Shenjun, this ghost gate is separated from Tao Shenjun's body, but it is not under her jurisdiction, and its law and magic power are not the power in this regard.

At this moment, the light and shadow that penetrated the sky appeared above the ghost gate.

A god-man stepped out of the light and fell on the top of the ghost gate.

Tao Shenjun and Chixia Yuanjun looked upward, their faces showing surprise.

"Daojun has arrived. ”

The shadow of the god and man fell from the sky, and a ray of light from his sleeve entered the ghost gate and the peach god tree.

The original brilliant golden light of the Peach God Tree rapidly expanded several times.

The golden ball of light covered the Ghost Gate Pass, covered the Yin River, and headed into the distance.

The Ghost Gate Pass was unexpectedly raised again, extending infinitely towards the netherworld firmament, and the top even disappeared directly into the darkness without a shadow.

At this moment, the Ghost Gate Gate really has the appearance of becoming a boundary gate.

In the incense god realm all over the world, the ghost gate that was originally closed was reopened.

The huge suction force absorbed all the ghosts and ghosts in the incense god realm from all over the world into the netherworld.

The ghosts and gods of all parties, who were in a panic by the sudden change, breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and watched the ghosts and ghosts cross the ghost gate again and go towards the underworld.

The fireflies-like ghosts of the galaxy flowed into the underworld, and the fireflies fell to the ground, turning into one after another muddy ghosts.

From the gate of the ghost, there was a queue that stretched into the distance.

Before and after, all the yin and evil in the reincarnation hall were present.

The black-clothed ghosts, black and white impermanence, bull heads and horse faces appeared one after another, and the underworld has never been as lively as it is today.