The Book of Life and Death, Chapter 2: The Door God Protects the Soul
In the second half of the night, the streets were so quiet that you could hear the cries of rats. The cat was lying on the eaves of the wall, its glowing eyes staring at the one passing downstairs, slowly moving to the right.
Da Da Da ......
The sound of walking, gently and slowly, echoed through the street.
"Brother Yi-"
This very faint voice, like a fine hair, floated past the ear, and was lightly tapped.
"Chaos, did you hear anything?"
"Lord, it looks like someone is calling your name. β
"Call me?"
In the shade of a dark tree, three blue lanterns flashed, and the faint blue light flickered and flickered, accompanied by the cold wind in the middle of the night, and I shivered for a while.
"Senior brotherβ"
This cry was clearer than the previous one, but it made a cold hair stand up when I heard it.
"My lord, the voice seems to come from there. β
As soon as he was alert, he tiptoed towards the big tree.
"Senior Brother......
"Wow!
"Senior brother, it's us!"
Three white-faced dungeons carrying blue lanterns slowly emerged from the shadows.
Aha, it turned out to be the juniors and disciples of the first dynasty, the three immortals of the earth!
"It's you, you're scared to death! In the middle of the night, can you call people by name?"
"Hehe, I'm sorry, brother. β
"Don't laugh, you guys are not only ugly when you laugh, but also ugly. β
"Ugly special?"
"It's very ugly!"
The three ghosts first looked themselves up and down, and then looked at each other, and then looked at the other two, and they all felt that they couldn't say it themselves, "Which of us is the senior brother talking about?"
"Don't mention that. I see you're carrying lanterns again, are you going to hook your soul tonight?"
"Senior brother is really smart, we really took a job, but this job is a bit ......"
Once he got behind the three ghosts, he cut into the gap between two of them and put his shoulder on top of them.
"I knew that you had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace. Tell me, what trouble is there and you want me to help?"
The ghosts glanced at each other a few times, probably because they thought it was a bit embarrassing to say this, and no one would say it first.
"Okay, since you don't say it, then I'll go first?"
In the end, it was the tall ghost who couldn't help it, he grabbed him for a while, "Senior brother, don't go, this matter is a bit long, you go with us first, and we'll tell you what's going on as we go." β
Three days ago, the ghost sent brothers to receive the ghost of an old woman who had reached the end of her life to report for duty. Life is originally a cycle of heavenly principles, and no one can resist it, and the underworld also acts according to the rules. When the brothers arrived at the old woman's house, they were about to guide her ghost down to the underworld, but they were blocked by the door god attached to the door of the old woman's house, and the door god did not let the ghost enter the door, but the ghost could not complete the task for three days.
"Door god, are you still afraid of the sticker on this door?"
The ghost almost stopped, feeling embarrassed, and kept silent.
Once I looked at them, I seemed to see my own shadow too, like them, with a gray face and a loser's face.
"What's wrong with you? I didn't mean to laugh at you, don't think about it. β
"Senior brother, we are also under pressure from above. We are all the worst performers, and we finally took over the performance at the end of the year. The year-end bonus is wishful thinking for us, and we don't dare to expect anything else, just hoping that this time the senior brother can help us successfully complete this task. β
"And how do you think I can help you?"
"It's very simple, as long as Senior Brother can help us temporarily divert those two gods, we have our own way to seduce the old woman's soul. β
"It's that simple?"
"This is not easy! Don't underestimate those two door gods, they are very powerful, and we are not the opponents of other sects combined. β
"It's not necessarily an opponent. Let's go to the old woman's house. β
The demons took him to the old woman's dwelling, and did not dare to come any closer than a dozen feet away.
They hid around the corner, "Senior brother, this is it." β
"Why aren't you leaving? β
"Uh...... We'll just wait for you here, and we'll go over when you lure the door open. β
It seems that these brothers are really afraid of those two door gods!
I didn't force them for a while, so I had to get closer to them.
The old woman's house was very simple, with a small courtyard surrounded by a low grassy hut with firewood in front of it. Although this house is a little worse than ordinary people's, the surrounding environment is well maintained, and it can be seen that the owner of this house is a person who is a good family and can live.
A few steps ahead, I saw the door god on the door they said.
These two door gods, with fierce eyes, hideous faces, burly figures, and wearing the clothes of military generals. The one on the left carries two swords, and the one on the right carries a large sword.
Suddenly, the door god's eyes began to shoot out a light, perhaps sensing the "Yin and Yang Dao Power" on his body, and he felt that the comer was not good.
The door god revealed his true body, and two big men stood in front of him, forcing him to take two steps back.
"Who's coming?"
"Under the "black goose" door, the quasi-official of yin and yang, Ma Yi. β
"Are you a yin-yang official?"
"Yes. β
"Even if you are a member of the court, why do you come to this ordinary people's house late at night, what are you doing?"
Naturally, he would not tell them the true purpose of coming here, and he thought about how to divert the tiger from the mountain to lure them away.
"Chang'an City has not been peaceful recently, and we are the yin and yang officials, who are ordered to patrol Chang'an at night to protect the peace of the people in the city. I passed by this place tonight, and found that the demon in this house was full of rage, and there must be some monster in this cave, so you quickly get out of the way. β
"Joke, there are two of us in this house, and no evil cult dares to approach, how can there be the monster you mentioned in it?"
"I didn't say the monster was someone else, I mean, you two!"
"Hmphββ, I am not ashamed to say it! Before we were alive, we were the left and right vanguards under the command of General Zuo Wuwei, and we were brave enough to protect the country, and we were upright, so how could we say that we were monsters?"
It turned out that these two gods were transformed by the souls of military generals, so it was no wonder that they were wearing a suit of armor.
"Youkai or not, you'll know if you try it. β
Draw the sword, open the eyes, possess the body, slash the sword-
This move of the first dynasty "grabbed people first, unexpectedly" knocked the weapons of the two to the ground first, but the door god without weapons could fight with a few back and forth with his bare hands.
"The space here is small, and everyone can't show it, so why don't you change to an open space and fight again!"
The two gods were of the same mind, and neither of them wanted to damage the things in the old woman's courtyard because of the fight, so they accepted the proposal of the day.
Seeing that the three demons had succeeded in luring the door god away, they took advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter the old woman's house and smoothly put the sleeping old woman's soul into the "soul bag".
After fighting with the first day for a while, the door god who carried the big knife realized that something was wrong, "Brother, we have fallen on this plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, let's hurry back and guard our mother!"
The two gods quickly withdrew and got out of the battle.
Once put away the wooden sword, he asked "Chaos": "Chaos, did you hear it just now, the person carrying the knife seems to have said, mother?"
The doorman returned to the old woman's house, and found the old woman lying peacefully on the bed, but no longer breathing.
"Oh no, brother, it must be that yin and yang official who deliberately lured us away, so that the ghost cha hooked away my mother's soul. β
"They must not have gone far, we hurried after it. β
The door god turned into two golden rays of light and flew out of the window, and at this time, it happened to be bumped into by the one who rushed over.
Once he also confirmed that the old woman was dead, he thought that the two gods must have gone to intercept the ghost, and immediately chased in the direction where the golden light flew.
The door god soon catches up with the onicha on the way to the gate of the underworld, and without saying a word, he tries to snatch the "soul bag" from the onicha.
These three ghosts are naturally not the opponents of the two of them, and the door god not only got the "soul bag", but also killed the ghost to prevent future troubles.
Fortunately, he came in time at the critical moment and stopped the door god from killing the killer, "Two, Hugh hurts!"
"I knew you were in league with them, and I advise you not to meddle in this matter, or don't blame our brothers for being ruthless. β
From the words that these two gods have said, they already know almost the relationship between them and this old woman.
"Two soldiers, can you listen to me first?"
Once put away the wooden sword, with an unarmed posture, he showed that he didn't want to meet each other, and just wanted to say a few words peacefully.
"Hmphββ, what else do you want to say? Don't you just want to take away my mother's soul? However, as long as our brothers are here, you will not be allowed to succeed. β
"Human death is a cycle of heavenly principles, and no one can violate them. Your aunt has run out of oil, and it's time for her soul to return to the underworld, so that she can be reincarnated as a human being. β
"You are talking nonsense, my aunt has been miserable all her life, and I finally hope that we can do our filial piety, but we don't have time to enjoy it, which is unfair. Even if my A-Niang's oil runs out and the lamp dries up, we will not hand over A-Niang's soul to you. β
They didn't make the slightest appearance of giving in, and they were bound to fight you to the death.
It seems that they have decided to go against the sky.
"These three ghosts are just acting in the public service, but you have repeatedly obstructed them, and even beat them to pieces, what is the difference between this and us in your eyes?"
"Don't talk nonsense, if you want to move my aunt's soul, unless you can kill both of us first. β
As soon as the words fell, the door god with a big knife took his wrist, and the big knife in his hand came out of his hand, turning into a streamer and stabbing towards Yichao.
Fortunately, once he was on guard, he took a step back, and on the side of his body, he dodged the flying broadsword, and once he pulled out the wooden sword, he made a counterattack.
The ghost blows the lamp