time and space

Chapter 275

The ninth prince became the third prince, and everyone was happy.The Lord Dragon gave Baitang a generous gift, and the group returned to land after having a special Dragon Palace banquet in the Dragon Palace.Cun Xin and Ding Xiang did not join the crowd, but were accompanied by Ting Xin and Long Ba to return to Xihai to visit their parents.Lu Xiaofeng had no reason to follow this time, and could only follow Baitang and Huamanlou resentfully.As soon as Yang Jian landed, he bid farewell to them and left. The man hurried back to Zhuankou to decorate his son's room.

"Where are we going now?" Lu Xiaofeng asked, he and Hua Manlou had no target, so they looked at Baitang together.

Baitang: "I'm going to the underworld to send my apprentice to be reincarnated. Are you going?"

"Of course!" Lu Xiaofeng didn't hesitate, he had already visited the Heavenly Court and the Dragon Palace, the three famous fairy buildings in the sky and the ground, and there was only one Hall of Hades left, so of course he had to see them.

The Underworld and the Palace of Hades are scary places for ordinary people, but when the three of them really stood at the boundary of the Underworld, they realized what it meant to be "no right to speak without investigation".Except for the dark sky, people are coming and going on the street, and hawkers are hawking one after another... It's no different from a human market!

"Why did you three strangers come to the underworld?" When the three were dumbfounded and accepted their incompetence, a cold sound like a blade on metal appeared behind them.

The three turned around, and saw that the person who was speaking was in his thirties, with a white face and a black beard, wearing a green cloth tasseled cap, a blue cloth shirt, a leather belt around his waist, and thin-soled parrot boots with narrow waist , if it weren't for the soul chasing card in his hand, he would be the same as a policeman in the human world.

"Brother Gui Cha, the little girl Bai Tang, I have something to ask to see the Lord of Hell." Bai Tang bowed his hands and bowed.As the saying goes, "The king of hell is easy to meet, but the little devils are difficult to deal with." Bai Tang doesn't want to offend these little devils.

The ghost messenger said coldly: "Yan Wang Ye, you little stranger can see it if you want to see it? You trespassed in the underworld, come back with me to punish you." After speaking, he shook the chain and was about to lock Baitang up. .

Bai Tang turned around to avoid Guizhao's chain and said with a smile: "Although I am just a nobody, these two friends of mine have a lot of background. One of them is a disciple of Fairy Baihua, and the other is a disciple of King Peacock Ming. , Even if the King of Hell sees him, he will greet us politely. Does Brother Guizha still want to arrest us and punish us?"

The ghost guard was taken aback. The identities of the two men were not small. If they could be together, this woman was not the "unknown person" she said.The ghost messenger hurriedly put away the chains, bowed to the three of them and said, "It turns out that the three immortals are here, and I will take you to the Hall of Yama, please follow me."

"Thank you, Brother Ghost Messenger!" Bai Tang took out a piece of gold and handed it to the ghost messenger.The cold face of the ghost officer immediately turned into a flower, and his attitude towards the three became more hospitable and eager, fully confirming that "money can make ghosts grind".

The ghost officer led the three of them towards the city gate. Lu Xiaofeng asked doubtfully, "Is this the way out of the city?"

The ghost messenger said: "Going back to Shangxian, it is true that Yan Luo Palace is not in this Fengdu City, but by the Wangchuan River."

Hua Manlou was curious: "Is there a Naihe Bridge on the Wangchuan River? Is there a Meng Po? Is Wangxiang Terrace also there?"

The ghost messenger replied: "They are all here! Shangxian really understands our underworld!"

Hua Manlou smiled but did not answer. He had read too many words.Unexpectedly, the underworld is exactly as described in the storybook. Could it be that someone once visited the underworld in soul and wrote those storybooks after returning to the soul?

The sky outside the city was even darker, the yellow sand was long, and a few will-o'-the-wisps drifted from time to time, which really gave off the atmosphere of the ghost world.Not long after walking, I saw a tall archway with a pair of couplets hanging on it.The first couplet: The treacherous hero in the yang world, it is up to you to harm the nature and the reason; the second couplet is: Ming Cao Difu, who has been let go throughout the ages.The horizontal plaque is: You are here.

Baitang: "This horizontal criticism... Absolutely!"

Walking into the archway, there is a row of palaces inside. The first one is Yin'an Hall. There is also a couplet on the pillars of the palace. Hot iron melts copper, touch your heart if you are afraid, think carefully.The horizontal plaque is: good and evil are distinct.Walking into the gate of the palace, I saw the emperor Yan Luo sitting on the head, wearing a five-dragon bead crown, the dragon head facing forward, and the dragon tail facing back, wearing a light yellow dragon robe, a jade belt on the waist, and official boots with seal bottoms.Looking at the face again, the face is like a knife and iron, with three black beards floating on the chest, it is really unselfish and terrifying.There are civil and military judges standing on the left and right sides, one holding the book of good and evil, and the other holding the book of life and death. Soap boots.There are also bull heads and horse faces on both sides, and many ferocious ghosts stand in a row.There is a high platform on the side of the hall, about ten feet high, with a large mirror on it. Above the mirror is a horizontal plaque with seven large characters written: There are no good people in front of the evil mirror platform.

As far as the three knew, Emperor Fengdu in the underworld commanded the ten halls of Yan Luo, namely King Qin Guang, King Chu Jiang, King Song, King Five Senses, King Yan Luo, King Biancheng, King Taishan, King Dudu, King Equality, King Zhuan wheel king.Among them, Qin Guangwang is the first hall of Yan Luo, in charge of life and death in the world, good and bad in the dark world, and there is a treasure mirror in the hall, from which you can see all the evils that ghosts have done in the yang world.King Qin Guang made a decision based on the amount of these crimes, or reincarnated, or go to hell to be punished!
Sure enough, the ghost messenger shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness Qin Guang, these three immortals said they have something to ask for you!"

After knowing the identities of Lu Xiaofeng and Hua Manlou, King Qin Guang didn't dare to make a big deal, stepped down from the throne and cupped his hands and said, "I don't know why the three of you are looking for Xiao Wang?"

Baitang saluted and said: "His Royal Highness Qin Guangwang, the little girl has a disciple who passed away a few days ago. I want to send her to be reincarnated in person. Please do so."

"Small things are easy to handle!" Qin Guangwang readily sold Baitang this favor, "Please let the noble disciple out!"

Bai Tang released Xue Pan as he said.Xue Pan is not like an illusory soul and body like in the human world, but a solid entity in the ghost world.

"Master!" Xue Pan was pleasantly surprised that he could still see the miss master.He still remembers that when he exhausted Deng Ku, he closed his eyes amidst the cries of his children and grandchildren.But what happened to him now?Didn't he die, his master saved him?

"Xue Pan, don't pay homage to His Royal Highness King Qin Guang!"

King Qin Guang?Xue Pan was taken aback, isn't that one of the ten halls of Yama?
"I'm really dead?"

Bai Tang’s black line, why is his apprentice’s reaction so stupid?
"This is the underworld, do you think you are dead or not?"

"Then Master, are you also in the underworld? Are you also dead?"

Bai Tang directly slapped her across the face: "Idiot, hurry up and salute Your Highness."

Xue Pan was not really stupid, he just didn't react for a moment. After being slapped by Bai Tang, he immediately respectfully saluted King Qin Guang.King Qin Guang accepted the gift and asked the judge to check Xue Pan's life, and then said to Bai Tang with satisfaction: "Xue Pan protected his family and the country during his lifetime. Although he killed too many people, he saved more people. In terms of merit, he will join the royal family in his next life!"

Bai Tang was quite satisfied with the result: "Xue Pan, although the royal family is the most noble family in the world, it is also the hardest to mess around with. You have to stick to your heart, don't be an emperor, be an idle prince, and you can be happy all your life. good."

"Yes, Master!" Xue Pan has been in court for decades, how could he not know about the royal affairs!
"I'll let someone take you to Naihe Bridge, so I won't go. There are too many things in the underworld, and I have to deal with them!" King Qin Guang called the ghost messenger who had brought them to Yanluo Palace to be a guide, and led them to Naihe Bridge. Send Xue Pan across the bridge to reincarnate.

The Naihe Bridge is on the Wangchuan River, and the banks of the river are full of manjusawa, red as fire, like a carpet made of blood.Hua Manlou had never seen this kind of flower before, so he asked the ghost messenger, "Brother ghost messenger, what kind of flowers are growing along the way?"

Ghost messenger: "Bi'an flower, also known as Manzhushahua, is said to be a flower brought to the underworld by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."

Huamanlou: "But it is recorded in the Buddhist scriptures that 'it blooms for 1000 years and falls for 1000 years, and the flowers and leaves will never meet. Love is not a cause and effect, fate is destined to life and death'?"

The ghost almost nodded: "It's exactly this flower."

Huamanlou: "Can I take a plant or two?"

Ghost messenger: "Whatever! Anyway, there are many flowers on Huangquan Road, but I don't know if they can grow in the world."

Hua Manlou smiled: "I will try my best to grow them."

Walking through the carpet paved by Manzhu Shahua, the three of them saw the Wangxiang Terrace.Looking back on the hometown lookout platform, you can see all kinds of things in your life, and you can see your hometown and relatives in Yangjian.The ghost messenger asked the three of them if they wanted to go to the Wangxiangtai to have a look. Not only three of them, but even one ghost refused.Xue Pan had let go of all the things in the previous life when he closed his eyes, so why bother to look back and make himself worry about it!

An old woman next to the Wangxiang Terrace will distribute soup to those who are the first to go to the Naihe Bridge. After drinking Mengpo soup, they will forget everything and start over.

"Meng Po, can you give him half a bowl of soup?" In order to make his apprentice live well in the next life, Bai Tang thought of cheating and only drank half a bowl of Meng Po soup, forgetting the experience of Xue Pan's life, but he was able to learn what she taught. Remember martial arts and knowledge.In such a dangerous place as the palace, the sooner you have the ability, the sooner you can protect yourself.

"Since it's a fairy begging for mercy, let's drink half a bowl!" So whether it's a human, a fairy or a ghost, having a background is the most important thing!
Seeing his disciples walking across the Naihe Bridge without looking back, Baitang felt a little melancholy: "The way on the Naihe Bridge is Naihe, right and wrong can never cross the Wangchuan River. There is no right or wrong in front of the Sansheng Stone, and there will be Meng Po at the Wangxiang Terrace."

Infected by Baitang, Hua Manlou also sighed: "When you step into the underworld, you don't turn your head. I heard that Wangchuan has no ripples in my heart. When I step through it, I want to look back, and when I look back, I feel sad. Looking back on the three lives, I can't break the tears. I can't forget the love." In front of my eyes. I raised my head and drank the tears of this world, and prayed that the next life would not be at a loss."

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Don't be sour, you two, everyone has been sent away, hurry back to the world! Just now, the dead monkey spirit sent me a letter saying that he has left his teacher and invited us to drink at Yueyang Tower next to Dongting Lake. Hurry up, Don't make him wait too long. It's rare for him to treat you, this time he must bleed profusely!"

(End of this chapter)