Chapter 18: Hell Village
The boat passed through a smoky fog area, and a green island came into view.
Bai Wuchang docked the boat on the shore, and carried Shen Lu, who was injured in his leg and couldn't walk, on his back, and embarked on the only big road into the island.
Shen Lu looked straight at the numbness of his scalp, walked for a while, and before he knew it, the two of them walked to a river. Shen Lu was very curious and asked, "Why is there a river on this island?"
Bai Wuchang replied: "This river is called the Lechuan River, which originally did not exist, it was a river that we dug up later, and the water of this river is the lake outside." ”
"No, Lethe River, then, that bridge won't be called Nai He Bridge, right?" Shen Lu pointed to the only bridge they wanted to cross the river.
"Exactly, Shen Gongzi's knowledge is not shallow, as the so-called Nai He is on the bridge, right and wrong do not cross the Lechuan River. There is no right or wrong in front of the Sansheng Stone, and Meng Po will be on the side of the Wangxiang platform. "Bai Wuchang said that he would rise and chant poetry.
"Is there really a lookout platform on the other side?"
"Exactly!"
"Is there really a Meng Po Pavilion on the side of Wangxiang Terrace?"
"Yes!"
"Is there really a Meng Po?"
"Not bad. ”
Shen Lu didn't continue to ask, thinking to himself: "It's really a fake Meng Po, is there really any Meng Po soup that can't be done." ”
After the two crossed the bridge, sure enough, an old woman held a bowl in her hand and greeted her with a smile: "I said Xiaobai, why is it so late today, I have warmed this bowl of soup for you twice, come on, this son on this back has done my old woman's bowl of Meng Po soup." ”
"What kind of soup, is there really Meng Po soup? I don't drink it. Shen Lu said in amazement.
"It's okay, Childe, it's just ordinary soup, it's a routine ritual, and there won't be any physical reaction after drinking it. Meng Po explained.
"Really?" Shen Lu looked at Bai Wuchang in disbelief.
Bai Wuchang smiled and nodded affirmatively at him.
Shen Lu thought that now that his legs were seriously injured, he was powerless to fight against these people in front of him, and he didn't believe in any ghosts at all on weekdays, so he wouldn't believe in any Meng Po soup that would make people forget everything after drinking, so he simply took the bowl and drank it all, and the five flavors of sweet, bitter, pungent, sour, and salty hit instantly, and this soup was really unpalatable. After drinking, Shen Lu calmed down seriously, making sure that he still remembered what happened since he was a child, and that he still remembered that he had met Sima Ling who had robbed him when he was a child, but it was a pity that he didn't ask the reason why he had robbed him in the first place.
"Refreshing, Shen Gongzi, you are the first person my wife has seen who can finish drinking without twisting, and you will become a great weapon in the future." Meng Po gave a thumbs up.
Shen Lu was attracted by a big bluestone by the bridge: "You really have everything, the legendary Sansheng Stone, you also put it here." The three words of these three life stones are not badly written. ”
"Of course, these three words were written by our Hades, and the three lives on these three lives represent the "previous life", "this life" and "next life" respectively, and there are entanglements in this life and previous life! Bai Wuchang shook his head and talked eloquently.
"I know this, but it's not just a ritual, just like the Meng Po soup I just drunk, what can I see from this stone. ”
"Non, non, different people will have different feelings when they look at this stone, I see that Shen Gongzi is young, he should not have any feelings, naturally he has no feeling when looking at this stone, I think that Tian girl has a good impression of Shen Gongzi, Shen Gongzi will come to this Sansheng Stone after he is emotional, and when he treats this Sansheng Stone, Shen Gongzi may have a different state of mind. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, let's go. Shen Lu suddenly felt that his face was a little hot, and he had been separated from Tian Qingqing for several hours, and he still missed her a little, it was really strange, during the day, when she said that she wanted to marry him, he completely refused.
Bai Wuchang continued to carry Shen Lu forward, Bai Wuchang made a light effort, and after a while, he entered the village, only to see that there were many houses in the village, and it was not yet late at night, and there were still many villagers chatting and playing outside, and when they saw Bai Wuchang coming back, they greeted him one after another.
"Brother Bai, I'm back from saving people again!"
"Lao Bai, come back so late today, if it's a little later, Lao Hei will come back before you. ”
There was also someone who greeted Shen Lu: "Young man, you are blessed now, you have come to a good place." ”
Shen Lu sighed: "There are a lot of people in your village. ”
"No, most of them were rescued by my brothers. Bai Wuchang looked very proud.
"What do so many people usually eat?"
"We have fields to cultivate on this island, and some chickens, pigs, cows, etc., which we brought before, we have raised them very well, and it is very easy to eat fish, and you can catch them by the lake. We can say that we can live completely out of the outside and have a taste. ”
"Oh, you just said that most of them were saved by your brothers, but what about the little one?"
"And Xiao Ban naturally was saved by Lord Yama, including our brothers, who were also rescued by him, and later our brothers grew up, and the task of saving people was handed over to us. ”
"Hades, are you going to take me to him now?"
"Of course, newcomers have to go to him to register for reports. ”
In the blink of an eye, the two of them came to the front of the hall, Bai Wuchang asked the doorman in front of the hall to go and report, Shen Lu saw that he was going to see the so-called Hades later, although he knew that it was fake, he was still a little uneasy in his heart.
After the doorman finished the report, the two went straight into the hall, Shen Luhuan looked around, only to see the dormitory in the cloud top sandalwood beam, crystal jade for the lamp, pearl for the curtain, Fan Jin for the pillar base.
Looking ahead, the fine white jade paved the stairs, and above the steps was a throne of gold lacquer, and when I looked closely, sat a handsome middle-aged man, this man had slender eyebrows, a high nose, a pointed jaw, and a pair of eyes as bright as diamonds, sometimes shining with the look of looking at all things.
"Is this what you call Hades?" Shen Lu asked in a low voice.
"That's right!"
Such a look is very different from Shen Lu's previous conjecture, with black and white impermanence in front of him, the Hades in his mind should be as pale as a halberd, fierce and vicious, who would have thought that it was a middle-aged beautiful man.
"The face of this person who came today is not small, let our white left envoy carry it all the way back. Hades spoke.
"This, this predecessor of the king of Hades, the younger generation in times of danger thanks to the black and white impermanence two rescue, great kindness, there is no way to repay, I also understand the rules after the black and white impermanence two rescued, I also voluntarily abide by your rules, come to Hell Village, but the junior's legs were injured by the traitor, and he was temporarily unable to walk, so that this white brother was tired for a long time, and the younger generation was also very guilty. ”
"Since you are here, first report your name and family, don't hide anything, and don't deceive. We will verify it, but if you deceive it, your life will be lost. Come, write it down for him. ”
There was a man who looked like a master walking next to him, holding a brush and a notebook. It seems that the aura of the king of Hades is too strong, and Shen Lu didn't even notice that there was another person next to him just now.
"The younger generation's surname is Shen Minglu, a native of Luoyang, and his father, Shen Feng, the owner of Shenjiazhuang. Shen Lu did not report the name of his other father, Mu Qing.
"What, Shen Feng, are you the son of Shen Feng, the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, and your mother is Lu Ying?"
"Why, seniors also know their fathers and mothers?" Shen Lu originally wanted to talk about Hades, but when he thought that Hades knew his parents, it sounded too awkward, so he changed his name to seniors.
"Oh," said Hades after a pause, "your father is famous, and I knew it before I came to this island. ”
"Senior, I have been away from home for many days, I am afraid that my parents are worried, and I still have many important things to report to my father, and on the way, this white brother also told me some rules, I want to ask, what do I need to do to be able to leave here?"
"What, you just want to leave?"
"I really have something important to do, and I will come back one day to visit my seniors and the two big brothers, Black and White, to thank me for saving my life. ”
"Hmph! This is not a place to come and leave if you want to come, I don't care if your father is the master of the martial arts alliance, how capable he is, come to my hell village to abide by the rules of my hell village, I will tell you, if you want to leave this place, you can, choose one of the two conditions, see this master, he used to be a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, he came to the question, you write an article, he said that you can write, you can go." Hades pointed to the master who had recorded the right time.
Shen Lu thought to himself, this person is your person, no matter how well I write this, he said that I can't do it, and I can't help it, so he asked, "What about the second condition?"
"The second one, it's not difficult, you can defeat black and white impermanence. ”
"It's not difficult, these two martial arts are no less than the first-class masters of the Central Plains. What's more, it's two people on it together. Shen Lu complained.
"If you want to go out, you have to rely on your own ability, if you can't do it, you can come to martial arts, if you can't do it, you just stay here, when your legs and feet are good, go out and have a look, go and see the villagers who live and work outside in peace and contentment, it's not a bad thing to stay." Okay, Bai Wuchang, arrange a place for him to stay, and go back!"
"Wait a minute, now my legs aren't healed, so I'd like to try the first condition. ”
"It seems that your kid can't wait to leave the village, okay, master, give him a question. ”
The master shook his head and said: "Boy, you listen well, the topic is relatively long, I will only dictate, I won't give you the text, let's start, listen well," there is a conquest without a war, and the Tao has the opportunity to control the emperor; The evening version of the wall, the soldiers cook in the morning, the source of the river is still restored, the north gate is not opened; Qiaosu seaside, the eastern suburbs are not opened. Fang Yi drove the long hub and climbed Longlong, built a high flag and pointed to the plug, the sound of the sky vibrated and hung each other. The husband is in the spring and the snow is in the sun, the cold canopy is easy to roll, and now he wants to be a pioneer to induce, temporarily suspend the military punishment, write the arrow and go down to the ministers, blow the flute and return the captive to ride. "Okay, within a day, hand in an article. ”
Shen Lu frowned, and wrote it down word for word, it turned out to be an article about stopping the war and peaceful coexistence, and he couldn't help but think of what his father and second father did for the Central Plains Martial Arts and Shenhuo Sect, and he felt infinite emotion in his heart.
When I returned to my residence, I picked up a pen and paper, sprinkled with emotion, and wrote all the feelings in my heart on paper, and within an hour, a masterpiece was completed. At the moment, he asked Bai Wuchang to bring himself and this article to see Hades, who was going to wait for Hei Wuchang to return tonight, so he didn't go to bed.
"That's it, what good article can you produce so quickly?" Hades took it.
Hades read it quickly and said, "It's not badly written, but it needs to be affirmed by the master." Hades handed the article to the master and blinked.
The master read the article carefully, and after a while, he said: "The article is majestic and ambitious, but the structure is not rigorous enough, so it is not a masterpiece." ”
Shen Lu had already guessed that this was the ending, and he was just holding the mentality of trying it out, so he didn't worry too much.
"There's no way, master, you didn't pass this level, go back and continue to work hard. ”
"Report!" a small soldier called outside the door.
"Come in!"
"Report to the king of Hades, but Hei Wuchang brought a girl by the bridge and didn't want to drink Meng Po soup, Hei Wuchang had no choice, Hei Wuchang said to let Shen Gongzi, who had just come, go and persuade him. ”
"Is it Miss Tian?" Shen Lu actually felt a burst of joy in his heart.
"It should be, you go quickly!"
Hades said, "Xiaobai, you can take him there." ”
"Yes. Bai Wuchang put Shen Lu on his back and went straight to the Nai He Bridge.
In the hall, the master sighed with emotion: "It's really a good article, in less than an hour, you can actually write such an article, and Jinshi is just like that." ”
"That's why I'm winking at you, I know this article is enough to get him out of Hell Village, I like this kid a lot, but I can't let him go easily. ”