Chapter 21: Rebirth After Death

Ning Fu came to Shangshu Mansion with the crowd and stayed for several days. In the past few days, everything has been fine, nothing abnormal has happened, thinking that his task has been completed, it is time to leave, so he resigned to Ding Yue, Ding Yue just kept a few words of exhortation, and then saw that Ning Fu had made up his mind, so he no longer forced to stay.

On the second day, after Ning Fu got up, he left the mansion alone and looked for a way to his hometown. Halfway to Mao'er Mountain, I wanted to return the sword, but the cat's ear hole was no longer there, and the cold wind was bleak in all directions, and I couldn't find a single figure. Ning Fu is round and easy-going, now see that the sword has nowhere to go, keep it by himself, it is not bad, so after a little tidying up, he walked away with the sword, he looks quite elegant, plus a few volumes of poetry and books in Tsing Yi, the style of the scribe is more and more prominent, but the long sword on his back, Su is a chivalrous and righteous man, and his delicate and elegant literati temperament is not commensurate, others have seen it, all secretly say different.

On this day, when I came to the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I saw that it was no longer far from my hometown, so I slowed down and moved forward slowly. On the way, I saw several high mountains towering, born majestic and wonderful, so not spectacular, in the surroundings of the peaks, it is a deep valley that cannot be seen in the depths, Ning Fu has a preference for famous mountains and rivers, seeing such magnificent mountain scenery, I can't help but touch my mood, simply stop the pace, and enjoy the scenery around me with my heart. After a moment's pause, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves on the rugged path, and the sound of hooves gradually became clear, and it sounded like a total of no less than ten horses. After a while, more than a dozen high-headed horses galloped like the wind, and immediately the figures finished in all their costumes, all masked, with bright blades in their hands, and it seemed that they were either robbers cutting paths or murderous bandits. Ning Fu secretly complained, thinking that he had a bad year, and he was unlucky to meet these enemies when he walked. Before they could think about it, the group of masked men rode to a nearby place, and in the midst of the shouting, more than a dozen horses stopped in unison. The leader of the person, although he couldn't see his face clearly, was tall and burly, sat on the horse more than a head taller than the others, and then stretched out his horsewhip and pointed at Ning Fu, and said viciously in a thick local accent: "Boy, listen, we are good men who rob money, and if you have anything valuable on you, you will hand it over to those who know it, so as not to suffer from flesh and skin." Ning Fu had a stubborn personality, and listening to the other party's tough tone inspired a sense of arrogance in his bones, and he said unconvinced: "I myself am still inadequate, where is there anything valuable, if you want to kill, you have to listen to the respect, and if you want to get benefits from me, you can never think about it again." As soon as the words fell, a thin man next to him waved a leather whip, beat his head and face, and scolded himself: "Mother, our boss asks you for money, that's to look down on you, don't toast and don't eat and drink." Ning Fu couldn't dodge, and he was whipped three times on his body, each of these three whips was painful to the bone, Rao is Ning Fu had been prepared, and he almost screamed. Ning Fu thought about it and was humiliated by Xiaoxiao here, but it was a hundred if he died, thinking about this, looking at the deep valley where the clouds were sealed and foggy, he immediately had an idea in his heart, and said: "Shi Ke can be killed, but not humiliated, today you forced me to die, he will turn into a ghost one day, and he will never forget this revenge." After saying that, he jumped into the deep valley and died.

It is said that after Ning Fu's death, his soul wandered, wandering among the mountains and wilderness, and suddenly, two characters dressed in black and white held mourning sticks, walked over, and when they arrived at Ning Fu's side, they stopped, and said with a gloomy face: "The surname Ning, we are the king of Yama and sit down in black and white impermanence, and now at the behest of the king, we will come to fetch your ghost and report to the netherworld, so come with us." Then Bai Wuchang took out a roll of iron chain from his sleeve, held one end in his hand and hung the other end on Ning Fu's neck, pulled it and left. Black impermanence is a close second. The three of them walked very fast, not much work, to the Yin Division, after the handover, Ning Fu was taken to the Netherworld Palace, Ning Fu looked up, and saw a black-faced man sitting in the center of the above, born with a full beard, hair standing upright, the appearance is not mighty, around the main hall, there are many strange people, he has not seen the whole thing, the black-faced man slapped the startled wood, and asked in a deep voice: "Who is coming, quickly report the name and origin." Ning Fu said the truth, the black-faced man nodded, and said: "This king consulted the classics and found that you are loyal, and your death today is really an accident. In the sound of agreement, two people came over next to him, one with a bull's head and the other wearing a horse face, thinking that it was the bull's head and horse face that the black-faced man said, and they grabbed one of Ning Fu's arms respectively, and were about to walk towards a circle that radiated light. But they said that their bodies had just moved, and a cry came into their ears steeply, "The two brothers paused, and there was something to say next." The bull head and horse face were stunned, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a mighty Wuzi striding into the temple, and he thought in his heart: This person can not avoid evil spirits and enter the temple calmly, and he must be a person with a background.

Wei Wuzi arrived in the center of the main hall, arched his hand slightly, and said, "King Qin Guang has been absent for a long time. The black-faced man's surname is King Qin Mingguang, who is the master of the underworld, the judge of Yin Cao, at first he saw someone boldly breaking in, he was very surprised, and then he heard the other party call him by his name, and he was even more surprised, he thought for a long time, and did not recognize who it was, so he asked: "This king saw that you looked familiar, but I couldn't remember for a while, where I saw it." Wei Wuzi said with a smile: "I am a heavenly spirit official, and when Yan Jun went to heaven to play, he had several encounters with me, but I can still remember." King Qin Guang was mentioned by him, Fang suddenly realized, nodded and said, "No wonder this king feels familiar." That's right, many years ago, this king did meet you in Heaven. If you are not in the sky, how can you have time to come to the underworld today? Wei Wuzi pointed at Ning Fu and said, "It's for him." As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was surprised. Listening to Wei Wuzi continued: "Alas, it is difficult to say in words. Hundreds of years ago, because I was reckless for a while, I violated the rules of heaven, and was relegated to the 'Sleepy Cliff', and then with the help of Lao Jun, the Jade Emperor issued an edict, ordering me to go down to the earth to re-cultivate, and now the soul is hiding in the exorcism sword, and only when the skill is complete, I can return to heaven. A few days ago, it was this Ning Gongzi who came to the cat's ear hole to take the sword away, I have returned to exorcism, and the person who took the sword should be my master, I saw him greedy for the scenery, and I thought that there was nothing to do, so I took the opportunity to doze off, who knew that when I woke up, this Ning Gongzi had already died. I blame my negligence for getting to this point. Lao Jun once said in the past, who can take away the exorcism sword, in the future, he will be a wrestler who slays demons and demons, let me help him then, Brother Qin looks at Lao Jun's face, can he ask Ning Gongzi to return to Yang immediately. King Qin Guang's face was embarrassed and said: "This is the rule of the underworld, and this king is not easy to violate." Now that this prime minister is dead, it will take a lot of time to return to the yang, so if he is reincarnated, about twenty years later, he has grown up, and then you can continue the previous relationship, wouldn't it be good? Wei Wuzi replied: "King Qin Guang doesn't know. When the exorcism sword was practiced, Lao Jun once cast a spell to make him only loyal. Although Ning Gongzi was reincarnated and reborn, although the original god has not changed, but in the end, after changing his mind, the exorcism sword can no longer serve with all his heart, not to mention that Lao Jun repeatedly told him that day, to take care of the exorcist master, how dare he make mistakes again and again, and ask Yan Jun to fulfill it. King Qin Guang thought for a moment and said: "He is now dead, if you want to prolong his life, you have to go through the torment on his behalf." Wei Wuhan responded: "This makes, what kind of tribulation, Yan Jun doesn't matter." King Qin Guang said: "In this underground, there is a yin and yang mountain, there are two qi of yin and yang in the mountain, the yin is below, which is cold, and the yang is above, which is hot; this king opens a crack and puts the brother platform in, as long as he can withstand the suffering of yin and yang, he can withstand the blessings of life and death." Wei Wuhan said loudly: "Okay, okay, don't talk any more nonsense, Yan Jun just do it." "King Qin Guang then cast a spell, chanted a spell, and the golden light flashed, and Wei Wuhan disappeared in an instant. King Qin Guang called the bull head and horse face again, brought Ning Fu back, and said solemnly: "Let the son return to Yang now, and in the future, you can't talk about life and death lightly until you have to." Bull head and horse face, remove his shackles and send him to the ladder of resurrection. Niu Tou Ma Mian took off the chains around Ning Fu's neck according to his words, took him to the soul ladder, and said: "This ladder is about ten zhang high, with a total of fifty ladders, each layer represents one year, Your Excellency climbs up, you can return to the sun, but after fifty years." As he spoke, he pushed Ning Fu on the shoulder. Ning Fu was in a daze, climbed the ladder with both hands, and climbed up with all his strength under his feet. After a while, he had reached the top floor, Ning Fu jumped out, went out of the underworld, opened his eyes and looked, it turned out that he was still in the deep valley, and all the injuries on his body were healed, but the exorcism sword behind him was no longer there, and he couldn't find it after looking for a long time. Looking back on the experience of Shicai, I feel that it seems like a dream but not a dream, and it is not reality. He didn't distinguish between east and west, north and south, but only chose a small path to go up, about half a cup of tea, and when he reached the flat ground, he looked back and forth, and there was no suspicious person, so he dressed up and left the local area quickly.