On the second day and night of Liu Yuanxing's death, it was still half a quarter before midnight.
Although it was already late at night, the entire Liu Yuanxing's house was brightly lit, and the entire Daliuzhuang men, women, and children, as well as Liu Yuanxing's relatives and friends were busy inside and outside the yard.
Of course, some are busy doing things and some are busy playing.
Drinking, boxing, chatting, pushing Tianjiu, in short, all kinds of entertainment methods were brought out by everyone.
Especially the children were extremely excited. They played games and hide-and-seek together, and bursts of cheerful laughter came from time to time.
Although Liu Yuanxing's soul cannot leave his body, he can sit up and watch all this.
He saw his son greeting guests, constantly serving tea and drinking wine, and arranging various affairs with the elders in the village.
The daughter-in-law was busy inside and outside the kitchen, arranging one housewife to wash vegetables and another housewife to wash rice...
He saw Liu Dazhi boiling water in the corner of the yard. Regardless of happy events or funerals, the hot water in your home must not be cut off.
He also saw his grandson playing with the children. Although he had mourning on his head, his face was full of smiles.
This little brat, Liu Yuanxing cursed with a smile, but he was not angry at all.
Just when Liu Yuanxing was watching with gusto, a cold and eerie voice came from his ears, "Liu Yuanxing, it's time to hit the road."
Liu Yuanxing was stunned for a moment, then turned to look aside, only to see two ghosts looking at him seriously.
At this time, a fairy light flashed over Liu Yuanxing's soul, and Fang Jian had already used Ruyi Transformation to attach to Liu Yuanxing's soul.
The two ghosts didn't notice Fang Jian, and even Liu Yuanxing himself didn't feel anything.
After Liu Yuanxing was stunned, a huge panic suddenly surged into his heart. He was about to 'leave'.
This is the real departure. He wants to leave Daliuzhuang, where he has lived all his life. He wants to leave his relatives, brothers, children, and grandchildren. He wants to leave everyone and everything in this life.
Everything that was happening outside the mourning hall, as well as those people outside the mourning hall, he was leaving them, and would never see them again for eternity. Even if he saw them, they would no longer be the same people, and they would no longer have the same memories.
"No..." Liu Yuanxing's first reaction was that he didn't want to leave, "I won't leave!"
"Huh?" When the two ghosts heard this, their eyes suddenly widened. The ghost on the left suddenly pulled the soul-binding rope, and Liu Yuanxing's soul was instantly pulled out of his body.
Liu Yuanxing turned to look at his body. He wanted to break free from the soul-binding rope on his body, but no matter how hard he struggled, the soul-binding rope tied to his body would not move at all. Moreover, the ghost's grip on the soul-binding rope with one hand was extremely firm, no matter how hard he struggled, the soul-binding rope tied to his body would not move. No matter how hard Liu Yuanxing struggled, he was firmly caught by the ghost.
Seeing Liu Yuanxing struggling, another ghost officer shouted loudly, raised his ghost-beating stick, stepped forward and hit Liu Yuanxing three times.
Liu Yuanxing suddenly cried out in pain, but while he was wailing, he kept saying: "You two ghosts, please let me return to the world, I haven't lived enough, I haven't seen my grandson get married and start a family. "
No matter how optimistic and free-spirited a person was in life, once this time comes, few can continue to be optimistic and free-spirited.
Liu Yuanxing was a mortal after all. When it was time to leave, he finally knew that he couldn't bear to leave! Can't let it go!
However, there is no mercy in the underworld. As soon as Liu Yuanxing finished speaking, the ghost-beating stick fell on him again.
This time Liu Yuanxing was beaten until he cried like a ghost, and the whole mourning hall suddenly became sinister.
After more than a dozen blows with the ghost-beating stick, Liu Yuanxing no longer had the strength to struggle, and was directly dragged out by the ghost with a soul-binding rope.
Liu Yuanxing wailed and begged all the way, just willing to stay one more night and see his relatives and friends before his death.
But the two ghost guards turned a deaf ear all the way. If Liu Yuanxing walked slower, the ghost-beating stick would fall.
By the time he arrived in front of the Tutu Temple, Liu Yuanxing's ghost had been beaten and bruised all over his body.
The Earth God Su Yan stood in front of the Earth Temple. Two ghost messengers led Liu Yuanxing over and said, "Earth God, please check the books."
Su Yan nodded, then took out the land book to check and compare it, and finally said: "This is the ghost of Liu Yuanxing in Daliuzhuang, that's right."
When Liu Yuanxing heard what the ghosts said, he immediately realized that the person in front of him was the land god of Daliuzhuang, so he quickly begged: "Lord God, please tell the two ghosts and let me stay one more night, please. It’s you, God of the Earth.”
When Liu Yuanxing finished speaking, Gui Cha's ghost-beating stick also fell at the same time. Liu Yuanxing was immediately knocked to the ground, but Gui Cha had no intention of stopping. He hit Liu Yuanxing hard with the ghost-beating stick in his hand, shouting loudly. He shouted: "Life and death are destined, and the soul returns to the underworld. This is the law of heaven and earth. I am running around day and night, arresting souls everywhere, how can I have so much time to listen to your wailing, and I urge you to follow us to the underworld, if you dare to drag it again, beat the ghost stick There is no mercy!"
Liu Yuanxing received more than twenty blows. His ghost had become ethereal and disembodied, and his injuries were extremely serious.
Su Yan frowned as he watched this scene, and couldn't help but remind him: "Two fellow Taoists, he is a mortal after all. It is normal for him to remain attached to the world after his death. Such a beating is really inappropriate."
When the two ghost officers heard this, they immediately raised their heads and looked at Su Yan. Then the ghost officer on the left said: "Master Tutu, our underworld has its own rules on how to restrain souls. Don't cross the line."
Su Yan was silent, stopped talking, turned around and returned to his monastery, out of sight but out of mind.
Then two ghost messengers directly pulled Liu Yuanxing's soul into the mist, and officially set foot on the road to hell.
Once on the Huangquan Road, Liu Yuanxing gave up completely as he watched the gloomy mist leading to the world disappear behind him. He knew that once he set foot on the Huangquan Road, there would be no turning back.
At this moment, he no longer begged or cried, and resigned in despair.
Huangquan Road is very busy, with countless ghosts coming and going, but they all come and go in a hurry without any communication with each other. Even if they meet someone they know well, they just nod and say hello.
Liu Yuanxing also saw many ghost guards escorting various ghosts walking on Huangquan Road, but each ghost guard would remind them in a cold voice: "You are not allowed to talk to other ghosts."
Liu Yuanxing also received the reminder and was dragged along the Huangquan Road at an extremely fast speed by the soul-binding rope.
Finally, a huge ghost gate appeared in front of us. There were endless dark walls on both sides of the ghost gate, with infinite height, width and length. The only way in and out was the ghost gate.
And the ghost gate was extremely huge, bigger than the entire city of Yanzhou Mansion that Liu Yuanxing had seen.
In front of the Ghost Gate, teams of Yin soldiers were stationed and patrolling, and those responsible for guarding the Ghost Gate were two ghost kings from the True Fairyland.
"That's the Gate of Hell. Once you enter the Gate of Hell, you'll be completely separated from this life." After Gui Cha finished speaking, he took Liu Yuanxing and walked towards the Gate of Hell.
When we arrived at the Guimen Pass, there was a long queue in front of us. The queues on the left side of the Guimen Pass were all the ghosts who had come back to capture their souls, and the ones on the right were the ghosts who came out of the underworld and went to various places to capture their souls.
But there is a wide ghost road left in the middle of the ghost gate, enough for five carriages to travel side by side. This wide road is the exclusive road for the Yin soldiers.
The queue to enter the Guimen Pass was very fast, and it was Liu Yuanxing's turn in less than sixty breaths.
Liu Yuanxing was escorted by two ghosts to the jade-stepped platform of the Ghost Gate. The next moment, the ghost gate above his head suddenly shone a divine light, covering Liu Yuanxing and the two ghosts.
But just after a blink of an eye, the divine light was taken back, and the Yin soldier guarding the door said: "Access."
Then the two ghost officers continued to escort Liu Yuanxing into the gate of hell. Fang Jian, who was attached to Liu Yuanxing's soul, saw everything.
He knew that behind the gate of the underworld was Emperor Dongyue's magic weapon, the 'Jade Mirror of Tongshen', which could identify the authenticity of ghosts and ghosts and prevent people with ulterior motives from sneaking into the underworld.
However, this magical treasure mirror did not reveal Fang Jian's wishful appearance.
After entering the Guimen Pass, we arrived at the Wangchuan River.
"The surging Wangchuan River has ferried so many reincarnation guests. Samsara guest, reincarnation guest, may you waste less time in the next life."
A burst of quiet and ethereal singing sounded on the Wangchuan River, and then a swaying boat appeared on the Wangchuan River. On the bow of the boat, a girl wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat sang songs while rocking the boat to the shore.
She was the ferryman on the Wangchuan River, but she was not the only one. Liu Yuanxing looked towards the left and right banks and saw countless ghosts escorting ghosts standing on the bank waiting for the boat.
But Liu Yuanxing only saw those ghosts and ghosts, but not other ferries.
"No need to look, you can only see your own ferryman, not other people's ferrymen." The ferryman on the ferry in front of him smiled at Liu Yuanxing.
Liu Yuanxing finally saw her face clearly at this moment. It was a face of twenty-three or four years old, clear, bright, delicate and cute.
"Get on the boat." Gui Cha said to Liu Yuanxing, and then boarded the ferry.
The moment Liu Yuanxing boarded the ferry, a dark fog enveloped the entire ferry. Liu Yuanxing could no longer see everything around him. Only a bright light on the bow illuminated the small ferry.
After getting on the ferry, the two ghost officers entered the cabin, leaving Liu Yuanxing alone outside. However, the soul-binding rope on his body was not released, but was tied to him, and the chain extended to the cabin. middle.
The ferryman girl held the boat and looked at Liu Yuanxing with her big eyes: "Did you die of illness? Or did you die suddenly?"
Liu Yuanxing looked into the girl's eyes and looked at her curious face. The pain of leaving this world was instantly healed. Liu Yuanxing replied: "No illness, no disaster. I died lying on the bed."
"Then you are really lucky." The girl said with surprise in her eyes.
Liu Yuanxing looked at the girl and asked, "Are you also a ghost?"
The girl smiled and said: "I am not. I am a ferryman on the Forgotten River and a person who atones for my sins."
"Oh?" Liu Yuanxing said, "Atonement?"
"Yes." The girl nodded and said: "My family is a tomb robber, and so am I. So I got sick and died at the age of twenty-three. Because I robbed seventeen tombs, I had to cross the Wangchuan River to cross 170,000 ghosts. Only then can we reincarnate and be human again, otherwise we will fall into the realm of animals."
Liu Yuanxing suddenly opened his mouth, and after a while he said: "Then all the ferrymen are tomb robbers...er, tomb robbers?"
"Not necessarily." The girl said: "There are grave robbers, people who perform abortions, there are turtle men, there are old bustards, there are people who sell their daughters... in short, they are all wicked in life."
Liu Yuanxing said: "Then you just need to transfer people to atone for your sins?"
The girl said: "How can it be so good? Every day before we start ferrying people, we have to get beaten with a hundred ghost sticks."
After saying that, the girl picked up her raincoat, revealing her slender arms, and her arms were covered with ferocious blood marks.
When Liu Yuanxing saw the blood stains, he was about to comfort the girl, but a loud curse came from the cabin: "Hurry up and row! What are you talking about? Do you want to be beaten?"
Obviously, the ghost was scolding the girl.
The girl stuck out her tongue, no longer daring to talk to Liu Yuanxing, and began to concentrate on holding up the boat.
