Yellow Spring Taboo

Chapter 42 The Scary City

"What's the matter, Brother Yang? What do those three words mean?" I asked hastily.

Wang Feiyang was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, but his eyes were still fixed on the three big characters on the city wall, and he didn't answer for a long time.

Lu Li and I looked at each other, and felt that this place seemed unusual, otherwise Wang Feiyang, who was like ice for thousands of years, would never have acted so shocked.

It was not until a long time later that Wang Feiyang finally spit out three words slowly: "City of Death!"

As soon as Wang Feiyang said this, Lu Li's and I's expressions changed, and then we showed similar expressions as Wang Feiyang just now, staring intently at the huge city over there.

"Wonderful City? The gate under the reservoir actually leads to the legendary Hell City!"

I retracted my gaze, and then began to look around. Although it was daytime here, the sun was not visible, the sky was always gray, and around the city, except for the blood river, the rest It is full of yellow sand, as if the city was built in the middle of the desert.

And in these yellow sands, one can see a terrifying skeleton almost every three steps, including the skeletons of people, animals, and unknown creatures!

"The treasure that the Taoist aunt said is actually hidden in the legendary city of vain death!" My heart was already filled with turmoil, and then I looked at Wang Feiyang and Lu Li beside me, "How much do you know about the city of vain death?"

After Wang Feiyang was shocked, he returned to his initial calm. He replied that his Wang family has been in the paper-making business for generations, and he had heard his grandma say that this city of death is in vain. Created in the city of hell, these ghosts have not yet exhausted their lifespan due to untimely death or suicide. Therefore, they must wait in this dead city until their lifespan is exhausted before they can go to the underworld to judge whether they can be reincarnated.

I was startled, and then said: "No wonder the clauses on the seven red coffins, in addition to recording a person's birthday and death date, there is also a word "prison" at the back, and the meaning of the number after the word "prison" should be those Those who died in vain, the remaining lifespan."

Wang Feiyang said that is almost what he meant, but the City of Dead Dead is located on the right side of the Hell Fengdu Hall, adjacent to the Naihe Bridge and the blood basin of suffering. Why does it appear in this gate under the Dongmen Reservoir?This position does not match the number at all.

"Could it be that this dead city is fake?" I said.

"No, it's true!" At this time, Lu Li, who had been silent beside him, explained, "Your understanding is limited to folklore. The one on the right side of Fengdu Hall is indeed the City of Death, but this city is also The city of death in vain, I have recorded in my Shushan annals, the city of death in vain that is actually located in the underworld, there are a total of [-], this should be one of them!"

"One hundred and eight seats, so many?" I was surprised.

Lu Li nodded, saying that the world is so big, and there are many people who died in vain. Do you think that a city of vain deaths can accommodate so many people who died in vain?

I think Lu Li's words make sense. It's like our prison in Yangjian. If there is only one prison, it will definitely not be able to imprison so many prisoners.

I looked back at the big blood-red river behind me again, and asked, "Is there such a blood river outside Wushi City?"

Lu Li nodded and said yes, it was the sin-cleaning Yin River. Every ghost before entering the city of vain death would wash away its karmic sins in the past life through this river. Under the Yin River, the soul flies away.

I took a deep breath, no wonder when we came up just now, we saw many ghosts were beaten to the bottom of the river by the waves of blood. It seems that those people were all treacherous and evil people before their lives.

At this time, many innocent souls passed by us one after another, and walked towards the city of vain death. The three of us looked at each other and followed behind them.

Along the way, Lu Li took out two yellow talismans from his body, and stuffed them into the hands of Wang Feiyang and me after reading a formula, saying that these are yin talismans, don't throw them away, these talismans can hide the scars on our bodies. Yang Qi, so that those ghosts can't see that we are alive!

Wang Feiyang and I hurriedly took the yellow talisman and put it on our bodies. Indeed, we should be more careful. This is a city where ghosts live. If they find out that we are alive, it will be like finding ghosts in a city on earth. They will definitely be regarded as aliens. destroy.

The three of us followed those ghosts, and walked cautiously towards the city of vain death, and came to the gate of the city of vain death, where a group of Yin soldiers were standing there, interrogating every ghost that entered the city of vain death and register.

The messenger who was registering stopped the three of us and signaled us to register to enter the city. Just when I didn't know what to do, Wang Feiyang took out three ingots of silver ingots from his body and threw them on the table where they registered. The clerk who registered was also stunned for a second, then drew a few strokes on the registration book casually, and said, "Go in!"

So, the three of us swaggered into the City of Death, and I was filled with emotion. Sure enough, it was the same sentence. People in the world are greedy, and ghosts are the same. The sentence that money can make ghosts grind is really reasonable.

Although I was puzzled as to why Wang Feiyang had such silver ingots circulating in the underworld, I was relieved when I thought of his identity as a paper maker.

There is a big difference between the dead city and the cities in the world, because the buildings here are very different. There are not only buildings from the Qin and Han Dynasties, but also modern high-rise buildings. At the same time, there are speeding cars on the streets extending in all directions. , There are also horses with muscles and tendons all over their bodies. As for the clothes of those ghosts, some are wearing modern clothes, and at the same time, most of them are wearing ancient costumes.

All in all, it is as if the ancient and the modern are fused together in this dead city, giving people a very different feeling.

While I was still looking around curiously, a strange sound of pipa playing and singing suddenly came from a square not far away.

"Twice to celebrate the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival, who is to be pitiful in the hell of the soul, it is hard to wish for one's own suicide, and disasters come and cry in Jiuquan!"

The three of us were instantly attracted by the sound of the pipa, and then we walked towards the square at the same time. At this time, a large group of ghosts were surrounding there, and most of them were new souls who had just entered the city of death in vain.

In the center of the square, a young woman in white gauze and a veil was sitting on her face. She was holding a pipa in her arms, and she was talking and singing with a melodious and ethereal voice. Mixed with endless sadness and desolation, people can't help but feel a sense of sadness rising in my heart. Soon, I heard many ghosts around me crying along with the playing and singing.

I also began to cry uncontrollably, and the more weeping became more and more sad, but it was strange that after this burst of sadness, I seemed to feel that many knots in my heart that had been surrounding me were gradually being untied, and the whole heart was gradually become relieved.

"This is the Ksitigarbha's wonderful sound. It can wash away the fetters and concerns of the previous life in the ghost's heart. This woman is a merciful person." Lu Li's voice sounded next to me. He asked me to listen carefully. This is a rare opportunity, which is very good for me. .

I nodded, and couldn't help but look at the woman a few more times. Although her face was covered by a veil, I could feel that she must be a fresh and refined peerless beauty!

Just as I greedily felt the magical sound, a scolding voice suddenly sounded in my ears, breaking my wonderful artistic conception.

"It's you again, you ugly bastard, who is here to do these annoying moths every day, making this whole place howl, go to hell!"

As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged fat man in brocade clothes rushed out of the crowd, and kicked the young woman fiercely. The woman lost her balance and fell to the ground. On the ground, she subconsciously wanted to pick up the pipa on the side, but was stepped on by the fat man's foot. The woman immediately hummed twice, with a painful look on her face.

"Ugly, next time I see you playing the piano here again, I'll blow your mind away." After finishing speaking, the arrogant fat man immediately tore off the veil on the woman's face: "Do you think you can hide your ugliness by wearing a veil? I said you look like this, so don't fucking come out and scare people around, okay?"

The moment the veil was taken off by the fat man, many people present exclaimed, and expressions of disgust appeared on the faces of many people.

I was also shocked. I thought that the face behind the veil would be a peerless face, but what I didn't expect was that this face was very terrifying. On her face, at least There were no less than twenty deep scars covering her entire face like giant centipedes. Just looking at this kind of appearance would give people a creepy feeling.

The woman whose veil was taken off panicked instantly, she was in a hurry to pick up the pipa trampled by the fat man and escape from here, but the fat man was relentless and grabbed the woman's hair, intentionally making her Facing everyone with that terrifying face, he laughed and said, "This woman stole a man and was stabbed 72 times by her husband. Now that she has come to the City of Death, she still has no shame and dares to attract bees and butterflies everywhere. She is so cheap." No more cheap!"

Immediately, all around cast countless contemptuous glances at the woman, and began to point at her. The woman looked innocent and helpless, and tears began to flow down from the corners of her eyes.

I pride myself on not being a good person, but I still have a conscience. No matter whether this woman was what the fat man said, at least what I see now is that although this woman is ugly on the outside, her heart is very It was incomparably clean and pure. Just as I was about to step out, Wang Feiyang was already one step ahead of me. He directly pulled out the bamboo knife from his waist, and chopped it on the fat man's face fiercely.

(End of this chapter)