Chapter 3: Black and White
Just when I was full of despair, my body immediately came from a huge pain, the ear came from the branches of the tree broke the "popping" sound, I know that I fell downstairs on the lychee tree.
I can't help but think of the classic plot of the novel, the main character falls down the cliff, often by the cliff trees to protect, so that has been survived. But that must be the plot of the novel, reality is reality, the body just fell on the lychee tree, directly to the branches of the tree broken, and then the body once again a light, continue to fall down!
Soon, my body finally smashed to the ground, my brain immediately only feel the Venus splash, the whole body pain unbearable. However, I feel strange, at the same time I landed on the ground, my ears also came a scream, and this scream seems to be from my body out of the following?
Could it be that I smashed into someone? This was the first intuition in my heart.
I tried to open my eyes a little bit, and then I was surprised to find out in a blur that there was indeed a person pressed under my body. Oh my god, I actually smashed a person to death, and also an old man!
When I thought so in my heart, then I felt that the old man under my body hadn't been smashed to death by me, because he was moving, and didn't seem to be hurt much, I could feel him pulling me away as soon as he could, and then he climbed up. In the ear came his cursing sound: "where to come from the God damned little stinky son, you die ah, die also don't pull on us an old man ah! Ouch, my waist."
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Probably because I was stabbed by the tree branch, in no time, my eyes were covered by a blood red, I knew that it must be the blood flowing out of my head. Not only that, my sanity gradually became unclear. So I used all my strength and kept shouting, "Old man save me, old man save me."
Although I was using my whole body strength to shout at the old man, but I also know, in fact, at that time, my voice was very weak, I only begged that the old man can hear my plea for help, in time to send me to the hospital.
I even shouted several times, the strength seems to be all used up as if, consciousness is slowly fading, vaguely my ears seem to hear the old man answered me, and then there is his complaint: "Alas, today indeed should not go out, today's bloodbath is really in this fulfillment? Alas, forget it, are destiny, is a blessing not a curse, since you kid can smash in my head, is also considered the will of God".
Hear this, the latter I can not hear, because then my head "buzz" sound, and then fainted!
I do not know how long, when I try to open my eyes again, I found myself walking on a strange road.
This place is very strange, my memory has never been here, into the eyes of the place is all gray, or this whole world is all foggy, can not tell whether it is day or night, as if to the body in a dream in general.
Look at the body in front of the back, found that this road is not only me a person, in front of me there is a large number of passers-by, dense, a glance can not see the end!
I saw that those people who were on the same road with me were men and women, old and young, with different costumes. They stumbled step by step forward, the face of different expressions, some face like ashes, some panicked and confused, and some even in that howling unwilling to go forward.
Looking at these strangers of all shapes and sizes in front of me, I felt even more puzzled, where is this? Why am I here?
Just when I was uneasy in my heart, suddenly, I saw a group of people in black clothes with high hats appearing from nowhere, holding sticks and chains, rushing straight to the front of the people who howled and cried and did not want to go forward, and then those who cried and cried and did not want to go forward was a burst of beatings. Beat them is skin and flesh, screaming, miserable to the extreme, those people in black simply seems to have no humanity in general, cold-blooded and heartless.
See the scene in front of me, my heart began to be afraid, how can there be so vicious people in this world? Don't they know that killing someone is a crime? What is the difference between this motherfucker and hell!
I fixed look at the group of black people, just their clothes are very special, black robes, robes above there is a red "poor" word, high hat above there is also a "poor" word. This style of a closer look, but also some familiar, as if in where I have seen the general.
I thought for a while, then I finally realized why it looked so familiar, isn't this the clothes of ancient officials in plays or TV dramas? Oh my god, could it be that a movie is being filmed here? But it's not right, just now, those men in black beat up people, but they beat them solidly, their flesh is broken.
But not long after, I was shocked, because I saw two people suddenly walking in front of me, and I recognized them at once!
I saw one of them wearing a white robe, his face white as powder, wearing a white high hat, and above the hat, four words were written: "Peace in the world". He held a white wailing stick, his whole body was white, only the long tongue that he spat out was blood red, he looked extremely horrible, his tongue hanging under his chin was five or six inches long, no different from a hanged ghost; while the other one was the opposite of that white man, his whole body was black. He held a black soul chain in his hand, full of fierce face, he also wore a high hat, just this hat and the clothes on the body is the same as black, the hat is also written with four big words - "a sight of fortune"!
Seeing this black and white, how can I not recognize them, because this dress is really too familiar, not only since childhood, I have heard the old man mentioned, but also on the stage and in the TV series have seen. I summarize, these two people are not the legendary hell of the black and white pervert duo!
Since I was a child, I have heard the village elders tell their stories, saying that the white impermanence is named Xie Bi'an, and the black impermanence is named Fan Wusu, also known as the seventh master and the eighth master. It was said that Xie and Fan had been friends since childhood and were like brothers. One day, the two walked together to the Nantai Bridge, it was about to rain, seven masters to eight masters to wait a moment, go home to get an umbrella, unexpectedly seven masters left, thunderstorms pouring, the river soared, eight masters do not want to miss the appointment, even due to the small size, drowned in the water, and soon after the seven masters to take the umbrella rushed to the eight masters have disappeared, the seven masters were in agony, hanged in the bridge pillar (so many white Impermanence image is stretched out with the long red tongue). The King of Hell honored them for their deep faith and righteousness, and ordered them to catch the outlaws in front of the Shing Wong Temple. Some people say that Xie Bian (谢必安), which means that if you thank the gods, you will be at peace; and Fan Wu Zi (范無救), which means that those who have broken the law will not be saved, but of course, this is all folklore.
Black Impermanence and White Impermanence, both in the Palace of Hades, their positions are somewhat similar to the ancient government offices in the magistracy. Black and White Impermanence's colleagues, as well as Ox-Head and Horse-Face, are all government servants and constables of this kind of role. The Black Impermanence and the White Impermanence, when they want to detain the soul, are not in a mess, they do not have the right to decide, but only accept the order. Orders from the King of Hell, the King of Hell has a "book of life and death", remembering the name and life of all people, a certain person, the 41 years old life, to the end of his life at this moment, will send black and white impermanence mobilization, a gust of wind over the place, a certain person's soul was detained, a certain person disappeared in the Yang Shi! This is the so-called King of Hell wants you to die three nights, who dares to stay until five nights!
White Impermanence detention is good people, black impermanence is detained for the soul of the evil people, it is said that the white impermanence detained to the soul can be successfully reincarnated, while the black impermanence detained to the soul will be subjected to all the punishment of hell, and finally into the way of the beast. In fact, this can be seen from their faces, one good and one evil. White Impermanence has a kind smile on his face, while Black Impermanence has a ferocious expression on his face.
Thinking of the things I heard the old people tell me when I was a child, I couldn't help but be horrified. Black and White Impermanence, the ghosts that specialize in detaining people's souls, how could they be here? Is this this a movie or not? Or am I dreaming?
Although my head was thinking this way, I had an uneasy premonition, my deepest intuition told me that this was all real, this was not a dream, much less a movie. Right now perhaps I have died, and this is likely to be the yellow spring road in the netherworld!
Isn't there an old folk saying that the Yellow Springs Road, saying that when you look up, you can't see the sun, the moon and the stars, and when you look down, you can't see the path of the sun, there are only the souls that have just died and soon rushed to the road. And this piece of gray sky and earth in front of us, is not the folk widely rumored scene of the Yellow Springs Road?
And it is said that there is no store on the Yellow Springs Road, even if you have more money in the world, here is still nothing. There is only one way for all the dead souls to get here, and that is to go to Fengdu City, the capital of the underworld, to wait for the judge's judgment! If they have done good deeds and accumulated virtues in the Yang Shi, they can be reincarnated from time to time; but if they have done evil deeds in the Yang Shi, they will have to suffer when they arrive at Fengdu City.
At the time when I was feeling afraid, I heard the Black and White Irregulars pointing at me and talking about: "The two brothers made a trip up there for nothing, so this kid came down here by himself".
Said this at the same time, the black and white impermanent approached to my front, after a glance at me, and then took out a black and ghostly chain to set to my neck!
This scared me so much that I hastily stepped back and called out, "What are you doing, why are you locking me up?"
I was in a panic, as if my intuition was telling me that once I was chained by them it would represent the feeling of death.
The Black and White Impermanence seemed like they didn't expect me to dodge, so a trace of anger spread on their faces, and the Black Impermanence immediately raised the wailing rod in their hands to greet me, which instantly scared me to death.
Fortunately, just as Black Impermanence was about to get angry, White Impermanence dissuaded him in time, and then smiled at me and said, "Perhaps you don't know yet, you've already reached the end of your yang lifespan nowadays, and we're here to bring you back to report to the netherworld."
Although I had this premonition a long time ago, after hearing these words come out of White Impermanence's mouth, it was still like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, and my face turned ashen!
