Chapter Twenty-Six: Breaking into the Underworld and Snatching the Soul (1)
Xiao Qi listened for a while, but didn't hear any useful information, so he leaned against the wall and ate persimmons intently, his eyes looked around, and he let his spiritual sense go out to observe Shangshu Mansion.
Xiao Qi observed his entire mansion and came to a conclusion that Fu Ye was an excellent minister with clean sleeves and honest service.
Everyone in his family, including himself, wore a civilian cloth as long as they didn't go out.
His wife and children followed his example, wearing clothes that were simple and easy to do. His wife and daughters, the wives and daughters of Lord Shangshu, had only simple silk flowers or gauze brocades from the court, and there was not a single precious gold or silver or jewelry.
The most valuable jade pendant on Fu Ye's body is engraved with the palace cloud pattern, and it is also a reward from the emperor, he does not have any dark room in his house, and he does not hide any valuables.
After Xiao Qi finished eating one persimmon, his attention returned to the three of them, and he heard Fu Ye say: "The old man's family is poor, don't dislike eating if you keep the two of you, our family has become a habit of coarse tea and light rice."
The two of Yuanxi Town were grateful to him for saving his life and taking him in, so they naturally would not be picky in terms of courtesy, and said in a short voice: "He and I are both ordinary people, and we know that coarse tea and light rice are the most nourishing, and we are also used to such meals since childhood, so that we can't feel delicious when we eat big fish and meat."
Gao smiled and said: "Just this coarse tea and light rice, we often couldn't afford to eat it when we were children, rough people, never picky to eat."
You can take us to the table with your family every day, and you think highly of us."
Fu Ye said: "It is appropriate to eat at the same table, and there should be no distinction between high and low in the world of making money to support your family."
Although I am a scholar, but this is just a money-making job, and you play tricks on the street to make money to support your family, there is no one who is noble and who is low, they are all people, all the same, you respect me, I should respect you, that's all.
Fu still has official business to be busy today, so the two of them regard this place as their home, what they want to do, what they want to do, and go out and go around, but they are also free, but my job is relatively busy, and I don't have time to accompany you, so I will lose my company first."
The two said in unison: "Adults walk slowly."
Fu Ye left from here, and the two of them took out a small cloth bag from the corner of the wall.
When they opened it, they saw the two corpses of the snake inside, and when they saw the broken snake, they looked at each other again, did not speak, wrapped the snake, and walked out of the room with it, and when they arrived at the door of Shangshu Mansion, they talked to the people in the house for a while and then returned, and then went out of the mansion.
Xiao Qi followed behind them, wondering what they were going to do?
Xiao Qi watched the two of them walk briskly with a heavy mood all the way, went to the paper shop and bought a lot of dark coins and a delicate black lacquer box, and then stopped talking and walked out of the city.
The two of them walked to the woods five miles outside the city before stopping.
The two of them found a remote corner in the woods, cleared the ground, put the cloth bag and the box on the ground, and then took the Dead Coin and scattered it all around.
"Scatter some money to buy the road, so that you can go all the way smoothly and not be entangled by lonely souls and wild ghosts", the tall man said, scattering the dark coins in his hand one after another, and soon his eyes were red, and tears rolled down.
The shorter man looked at him and said, "At other times, we think it can cry at will, but we can't cry at this time, so let it leave happily."
I only hope that it can be reincarnated as a human when it enters the underworld, and it will be born in a rich and noble family, and it will not be sinned if it is clothed and fed. It doesn't have to be controlled and killed like in this life."
The tall man couldn't contain his grief, and after scattering the coin, he covered his mouth and cried.
The shorter one saw him crying, patted him on the shoulder, sighed, and without saying anything more, he walked to the cleaned range, knelt down and began to dig with his hands.
"I'll fix the house for you, you live in it, don't have too strong obsessions about this world, your life is too hard, go to reincarnation and forget it as soon as possible.
If you can't reincarnate for a while, remember to give us a dream when we lack something, and we will send you money immediately when we dream."
The tall man joined in at this time, and the two of them worked together to slowly dig out the soil.
When they could bury the box, the two men stopped, took the snake out of the cloth bag, and carefully placed it in the box.
They held the box in both hands and put it inside, and when the bottom of the box was about to touch the soil, the short man suddenly grabbed the box and put his face on the box, and tears rolled down, and he held back it silently, and the tears quickly soaked the box.
"Regardless of whether you can give birth to a good family as we wish in the future, at this moment, we are really reluctant to send you away.
Yesterday you were fine, just one day, your corpse has long been cold, if you can, how good it would be to protect you alive, even if you can exchange the lives of the two of us for your life."
Xiao Qi couldn't bear to look at their expressions from the side, she quickly made a decision to go to the underworld for the sake of this snake and these two affectionate people.
At the beginning, I went to the underworld to find Senior Sister Yuxin, and I found Brother Zuyan and a group of monks who followed him, but because their souls were shattered, they didn't enter the underworld at all.
This snake is different from them, it was only cut to death, the soul is intact, and it only needs to take back the soul from the underworld to return to the human world.
Xiao Qi transformed into a female fairy with auspicious clouds and kind eyes, and there were two little boys sitting on the clouds beside him, revealing such an appearance, Xiao Qi descended from the sky to the mid-air in front of the two.
A faint fairy voice came out of her mouth: "Good, good, good."
This spirit snake has formed a great good fate, and there is a rebirth and return to the creation of the world, are you two willing to do something for it?"
The two looked at the woman, quite like the Guanyin Bodhisattva posted in the room, they were very excited, they didn't say anything, and knocked their heads a few times first.
Xiao Qi raised his hand to hold up the two of them with a spell, making them stand firm, and said, "No need to be polite, if you two wish it to come back to life, you will follow my instructions to do things."
"Bodhisattva, since you have such a creation, you can do whatever you need to do, and the two of us will not hesitate."
Xiao Qi: "Okay." Go to the city, find the snake seller, buy one that is very similar to this snake, and then go back to Shangshufu, and in three days' time, come here and wait for me at this hour, and I will satisfy you."
After Xiao Qi finished speaking, the clouds drifted away.
When they heard her words, they were convinced, and they were so excited that they burst into tears, and after seeing her go away, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and then hurriedly put away the box and went back to the city to buy snakes.
Xiao Qi watched them go in the air, took away his incarnation, and flew towards the junction of the human world and the underworld.
Three days, a round trip should be enough, thinking that with that snake, they will have no regrets in their lives.