It wasn't until that day that I discovered that this underworld was not as dark as in the previous Journey to the West, with a few pieces of black cloth in the background. On the contrary, except for the Naihe Bridge, there was no black sky, only black sky.
But it's always gray.
Li Xiao and I walked into the city gate. It was different from what I thought. There were ghost guards standing guard, but they would not stop you to ask, because this is a place only ghosts can go to, and historically, people broke into this place.
There were only a handful of people, and my Nike outfit looked nothing like a ghost inside and out, so we walked into the city very elegantly.
There are pedestrians on the roadside, ah no, they are walking ghosts. There are also cars on the street, but everything is so quiet. The cars are made of paper, and the ghosts are also made of paper. What they wear is either black or white.
Occasionally, you can see a few people wearing red or blue clothes and twisting their buttocks while walking. They must be real paper people. This kind of paper people have been seen when they arranged a secret marriage for Li Xiao.
They were all silent, and most of them had expressionless faces. It seemed that all the emotions of joy and anger in the world were no longer there, and they just hoped to live a pure and ascetic life here. The whole street was eerily quiet, and Li Xiao whispered beside me.
He said to me: "I don't know why it is like this here, but it seems to be a habit. The ghosts here are good. No matter what happened in life, as long as you live in Fengdu, there will be no more quarrels and conflicts."
Suspect, everyone is always so respectful to each other."
I looked around, and it was indeed different from the ordinary world. But when I thought about it, it seemed like nonsense. I thought to myself, we are all here now, so I will find a place to stay first, and then slowly inquire about the detention of Uncle Jiu.
location.
So I said to Li Xiao: "Miss, let's find a place to stay first. By the way, do you know where there is a cigarette seller here? I'm going crazy."
After thinking for a while, Li Xiao pointed to the front and said to me: "There should be a department store not far ahead. Let's have something to eat later, and then you can follow me to my house."
I nodded, and then walked forward with it along the street. Sure enough, I saw a small department store not far away. Li Xiao once told me before that although the underworld is constantly developing like the underworld.
, but due to some kind of relationship, it has always been about fifty years behind the earthly world, so the supermarket below is still called the "small department store" stage. Of course, the supply of goods for this small department store is also those ghosts. There are many ghosts celebrating festivals and so on.
I received sacrifices from descendants, but I couldn't finish them all, so I sold them to these small department stores to make some money. If you ask me, I can go without eating for two days, but I don't think I can go without smoking for two days.
I have to smoke. I have finished my cigarettes since I arrived downstairs. I have been erect these days. Now I think it is better to see a cigarette than to see an uncle. We walked into this small department store.
He said that incense, candles and paper were all available, and the bundles of cakes on the shelves seemed to have a layer of dust. I really doubted whether anyone would buy such things.
The business in the store seems to be quite deserted. Come to think of it, ghosts generally rarely buy these. Think about it, after this person dies, even eating becomes a hobby. This shows the reason for the bleak business.
I didn't think much about it, because I saw a whole row of cigarettes on the shelf behind the expressionless shop owner. His uncle's cigarettes, now I took them out, because I saw a lot of them.
They are all out of print in the world, including the legendary 'Campus China' (Ji Qing) that cost three yuan a pack. I remember when I learned to smoke, I learned to smoke from it. Boss Wu Liang sold it in pieces at the school canteen.
, 50 cents or two, a few buddies can get high in the school toilet for ten minutes for 50 cents each.
Just thinking about it makes me miss the passion of smoking Jiqing back then, so I said to the boss: "How much does it cost for five packs of Jiqing?"
The boss said to me expressionlessly: "Fifteen billion."
Damn! One pack costs 3 billion, why don’t you grab it? Thinking about the fact that I don’t have enough money in my pocket, I get a little anxious. This boss obviously doesn’t know how anxious we smokers will be if we don’t get enough nicotine.
, I looked around and saw that there was no one in the store, and I even wanted to rob, but I knew that this was impossible, and I couldn't cause trouble before I took action.
Just when I was embarrassed, Li Xiao had already taken out two tens of billions of dirty notes from his body and paid for it for me. I was so embarrassed. Why did I feel so unreliable about spending a woman's money? But
I had no choice but to get addicted to cigarettes, and I couldn't do it without smoking, so after I took the cigarette from Li Xiao, I smiled awkwardly, and then whispered to it: "Well, I owe you the money first."
, I will pay you back after I return to the earth."
Li Xiao smiled indifferently, and then said to me: "You can pull it off, this little money is nothing. Besides, after you return to the earth, I will probably be reincarnated. Where can you pay me back?"
I scratched my head and thought it was the same, but I had to say something, otherwise I would never feel good about it, so I said to it: "Well, I'll wait for you."
After reincarnation, if you can remember me or I can find you, I will definitely return it to you."
When Li Xiao heard what I said, he actually shuddered and became happy. He said to me: "Come on, stop it quickly. Tell me, why do you always feel that you owe others? Have you ever thought about it?"
You have helped me so much, so why do you still act like you can't bear the repayment that is not considered repayment at all?"
I smiled bitterly and said nothing, thinking to myself, I don't know where to go. I guess this guy is born with this fate. His uncle, even I hate my personality.
Walking on the street, I took a deep breath of a cigarette. Why did it feel so good? Suddenly, I felt like I had come to life. I thought about it and realized that this joke was not funny.
Then Li Xiao took me to a small restaurant called "Youpeng Snacks". There was no hot food in the underworld, only some cold pastries and rice. Anyway, I wasn't hungry at all, so I didn't care and ordered two bowls.
After pouring rice and a pot of Balan incense, there was no taste in my mouth, just like chewing wax, but the fragrance was good. I can inhale the incense after I become a ghost. After inhaling it, I felt much fuller.
After eating, Li Xiao took me to his house again. On the way, he said to me: "It's a good thing I didn't reincarnate, otherwise this house would have disappeared."
I didn't pay much attention when it said this. My attention was completely attracted by the two statues in the square in front. To say that this is a veritable ghost place, even a square on the street is so weird.
, is obviously a square, but it is surrounded by a circle of iron railings. There are two tall statues in the middle of the square. Both statues are men. The first statue is wearing a long gown, with long hair shawl, and it is a bit strange to hold a knife.
The long sword has a kind expression but there seems to be a hint of domineering between the eyebrows, which makes people intimidated. However, the second statue looks a bit nondescript. I can see that this statue is half a head shorter than the one next to it. It also has long hair but
But it is very messy. Although it is also dressed like an ancient person, it has half-stretched arms, a very thin body, a ribs, and a tongue hanging out, clearly looking like a ruffian. The most interesting thing is that the left hand of this statue is holding a handful.
It looks like an object in the shape of a machete, and the right hand is stretched forward like a fist, with the middle finger upright, which is clearly the obscene gesture universally used around the world.
Damn it! I just couldn’t figure it out. In such a serious Fengdu city, if there is no such thing as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and King Yama, how could there be such a statue? So I asked Li Xiao: “Hey, sister, over there.
Whose are those two statues, and why do they look so out of place?"
When Li Xiao saw me asking about the two statues, his face suddenly became a little nervous. He just heard it whisper to me: "Shh, keep your voice down. My home is in front of me. I'll tell you when we get home."
I saw that it seemed nervous, so I knew that maybe these two statues were taboo, so I didn’t ask. After walking with it for a while, I turned into an alley, and rows of white houses appeared.
Li Xiao led me to a more luxurious white house, smiled at me and said, "Here we are, this is my home."
I looked at this house and sighed in my heart, it’s true that rich people will be rich after death. I didn’t expect that the cemetery that Mr. Li chose at the time would be so grand in the underworld. This two-story building is obviously better than the one next to it.
Those bungalows were much higher-end, and the hundreds of thousands the old man spent on them were considered worth it. Thinking of this, Li Xiao and I entered the house. The house was very spacious. Although the furnishings were a bit old, it did not affect the overall situation.
We were sitting on the sofa, and I asked him: "It's a nice home. By the way, why were you so nervous just now? What happened to those two statues?"
Li Xiao looked at me, then smiled and said to me: "The two statues I just mentioned were not casual. By the way, you came by train too, so you must have read more than half of the brochure, right?"
I nodded and said to it: "Yeah, I've seen it, what's wrong?"
Li Xiao smiled and then said to me: "Those two statues are actually the statues of Emperor Donghua and the Little Silver Dragon."
What? I was stunned. Those two statues were the statues of these two seniors? But it’s wrong to think about it. These two people are obviously the great enemies of the underworld. There is no reason to erect statues for enemies. Isn’t this the same?
When I couldn't figure it out, Li Xiao told me the origin of the statue in the square. It turned out that since ancient times, there were only three people who made trouble in the underworld. These three were all the great enemies of the underworld. In order to prevent the underworld from
The officials forgot about this shame, so the King of Hell ordered to build a statue for him. However, the first person to cause trouble in the underworld was the senior brother. No one in the entire underworld dared to offend him, so there was no statue for him, so there were only two statues, and
This statue in the square also has a meaning. The high iron railings symbolize the prison, and the King of Hell means to lock them up forever.
Damn, I understand. This is obviously a sign of weakness. I didn’t expect that this underworld is quite vindictive, so I asked: "But this seems to have the opposite effect. The one with the middle finger is the little silver from ancient times."
Dragon, isn’t its shape obviously relying on the entire underworld?”