Chapter 5 Meng Po’s Soup

The past and the past are all troubled, but a bowl of forgetfulness can relieve thousands of worries

There is a stone tablet in front of the bridge. The three characters of Naihe Bridge are engraved on the stone tablet. The withdrawal area below reads "The flowers on the other side are blooming on the other side. There is nothing you can do in front of Naihe Bridge."

"Flowers from the other shore? Are these flowers?" Ouyang Min grew up in the fairy world since he was a child, so it is naturally impossible for him to know such a thing.

"Yes, the other side flower has a very beautiful name, Manzhu Shahua, also called the two-flowered flower. The flowers bloom and the leaves fall, and the flowers and leaves are invisible. According to legend, it is a flower that only blooms in the underworld and is also the flower of death."

Song Wan's words made Ouyang Min's hair stand on end. "Also, I heard that the flower of the other shore only blooms on corpses. The more dead the atmosphere, the more lush the flowers." Song Wan's words made Ouyang Min almost jump three feet.

With the incident at Shan Shen Mountain as a warning, Song Wan set fire to the sea of ​​flowers on the other side, exposing numerous bones under the ground. Song Wan did not hesitate, and also set fire to the sea of ​​bones. The fishy smell permeated the air, making people feel uncomfortable.

It made me sick to hear it, and the shrill screams penetrated people's hearts.

"What should we do next?" Ouyang Min already had no idea.

"Let's sneak into these remnant souls and see what they want to do." What Song Wan wants to do always surprises Ouyang Min so much.

In this way, the two boldly blended into the group of remnant souls, and as the remnant souls drifted forward slowly, in Song Wan's words, imitation should be more professional.

Speaking of the remnant soul, Ouyang Min felt ashamed. He thought that Song Wan would also roll it over with fire, and he didn't know where it would be burned.

Looking at Songwan's eyes, hair, and skin that instantly lost their luster, Ouyang Min felt a sudden pain in his heart. If one day she left like this in front of him, how would he face a man who even protected a woman he had a crush on?

No, how can I live with dignity in this world? However, there are too many uncertain factors in this world, and there are too many things we cannot control ourselves.

The two of them followed the wandering souls and came to a strange place. There was no Manzhushahua, no skeletal Santu River, no crowded Naihe Bridge. In front of them was a seemingly amiable old woman, holding a soup in her hand.

The bowl is being handed to the remnant soul who is on his way.

Song Wan and Ouyang Min looked at each other, "There really is a legendary Meng Po soup. Is that Meng Po soup? I wonder how her soup tastes?" Song Wan said to Ouyang Min in a wicked way.

"You're a foodie, you can't drink it no matter how it tastes. Not to mention the legendary Meng Po soup that will make you forget everything about your past life after drinking it. Let's just say that this place is very weird. I don't know how many uncertainties there are. One origin

Don't drink soup from an unknown woman!" Ouyang Min was a little nervous. He was really afraid that Songwan would drink Po Meng's soup out of curiosity. He was not afraid that something would happen to her. At worst, he would accompany her. He was afraid that she would really forget him.

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"Brother Ouyang, do you know the origin of Meng Po Tang?" Song Wan suddenly stopped, turned around and stared directly at Ouyang Min and asked, her empty and white eyes really made Ouyang Min stagger.

"I don't know, I have been in the fairy world since I was a child, and I have done very little research on these ghosts, ghosts and snake gods. It seems that I am too conceited." Ouyang Min smiled bitterly.

"It is said in the Yama Sutra that after the ghosts have been punished in each hall, they are sent to the next hall in order, and finally transferred to the tenth hall and handed over to the wheel-turning king. The tenth hall is responsible for the reincarnation of ghosts.

The ghosts who come here to prepare for reincarnation will first be taken to the oblivion stage controlled by the God Meng Po to drink the soup to make the ghosts forget their previous lives." Song Wan said in a voice message the function of Meng Po soup.

"In folklore, it is said that the reincarnation grass grows in the Yama Hall, but it is born spiritually and incarnates into a woman. Because she has seen through the vicissitudes of the world, she was born into a family with the surname Meng. She did not give her a name, so the neighbors called her Meng Yatou. Later, Meng Yatou

When she grew up, everyone called her Meng Gu." After Song Wan said this, she raised her head and glanced at the old woman who was delivering soup.

"Meng Gu married a scholar. The scholar spent ten years in poverty, three years in the provincial examination, and three years in the scientific examination. He actually got second place in the rankings and abandoned his wife. However, Meng Gu was born with a discerning eye and had already recognized the three basic qualities of people. Just before her husband

She burned her armpits three times and asked her husband to leave.

The family promised that he would definitely come back after three years of scientific examination, but he didn't expect that his husband had not returned for three years, and the three souls and six souls were scattered. On the day when he went to climb the dragon and the phoenix, he became a wild ghost and was taken away by the cow ghost. He was captured by the Yama Luo judge.

Being scolded there and shouting about injustice, Yama found out that something happened

There was no such person's name in the death book. If he couldn't find out the reason, he squeezed the corpse into powder and told him not to be reincarnated. It happened that the yin and yang of this cow ghost changed every 50 years, and it happened to be the turn of the old scalper from Meng Gu's family. It was also a coincidence.

Coincidentally, Meng Gu used the Dharma Eye the year before

He showed the cow a clear path, and it turned out to be the cow ghost who is the leader of the 18 demons in the ghost world. Therefore, the cow ghost was afraid of involving the old master, so he told Aunt Meng on the way to the human world to capture the soul." Song Wan recounted her story from "

The story of Po Meng as seen in The Complete Book of Six Realms.

"Who knew that Aunt Meng actually asked Niu Gui to escort her to find Yama, but Yama refused to let him go, saying that he had been crushed into powder. Aunt Meng took out the truth and the plate. It turned out that she had cast a curse on the scholar. Yama saw that she had

After waiting for the magic spell and checking her three previous lives, I found out that it was the resurrection grass that Nuwa used to create humans, but the secret was omitted. This sacred grass can cure

Human beings return to their souls and collect their souls. They do not grow in the world or on the earth. They have become extinct. However, they left the last one on the Naihe Bridge in the underworld.

Jia, I finally gave up my life and made a human form, just to save the common people from suffering." At this point, Song Wan sighed.

"Yam Luo asked Meng Gu what to do with her husband. Meng Gu pulled out a black hair, made soup for the scholar to drink, and then pushed him out of the Naihe Bridge, saying that from now on he would never remember the past, and the king of hell knew that she had been liberated

She was furious at her unfeeling husband and deprived her of thirty years of life. She was told to live in front of the Naihe Bridge forever and had to pull out her own hair and put it into the soup every day. All ghosts who reincarnated must drink it and forget about it.

The grievances and resentments of the previous life. From then on, after Pangu opened the world, people's lives were pure and indifferent, and there was no trace of the past life. In the next life, enemies can become friends, husband and wife will no longer be against each other, father and son can become brothers, and sisters can become husband and wife. You don't know me,

I don't know you, and I ended up without any injuries or pain. Aunt Meng, who shortened her life span by thirty years, has also become Po Meng." Song Wan's eyes were deep, and for the first time, she showed a depth that was inconsistent with her age.

"Meng Po Soup first takes the ghosts who were judged in the Tenth Palace to be sent to various places to become human beings, then adds medicinal materials collected from the world, and Meng Po's three thousand worries silk, and mixes it into a wine-like soup, divided into sweet, bitter, pungent,

There are five flavors: sour and salty. All ghosts who are preparing to be reincarnated must drink Meng.

If there is a cunning ghost who refuses to drink the soup, a hook knife will appear under its feet to trap its feet, and a sharp copper pipe will pierce the throat, and it will be forced to drink. There will be no ghost.

You can be spared." In a sense, Po Meng has done a good thing.

"Alas, a bowl of Meng Po soup has broken off so many unresolved love relationships." After hearing this story, even Ouyang Min, who had always felt that he was ruthless and ungrateful, couldn't help but sigh.

"Tell me, has Mrs. Meng ever drank her own soup?" Ouyang Min suddenly asked, his head burning.

"There are many people coming and going by the bridge every day. Po Meng has never had her own soup in thousands of years. The more she sees, the more she resists such a life. Every day she sees so many people forgetting their past.

Gradually, her heart gradually went from cold to numb at the beginning, until later, she felt a trace of guilt." Song Wan seemed to have experienced it personally, and she spoke as if she was narrating her own experiences many years ago.

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"Meng Po looked at the frustrated woman, the man with a blood feud, and the lover who had sworn to die for each other. Although her own marriage was not happy, she was a woman after all. She longed for happiness and sweetness. Even if she couldn't get it, she still wanted it for herself.

People who saw it could have it. She was devastated because she was deprived of thirty years of life, and she seemed to have changed. She was depressed every day, looking up at the stars, and standing in a daze." Song Wan continued to tell.

"Finally one day, Po Meng couldn't help but go to the King of Yama, hoping to take back her life and let go of the crazy men and resentful women in the world. But the King of Hell said that she couldn't. If she stopped selling soup, the world would be full of strange people and strange things, and there would be three kinds of things everywhere.

For people who have memories of two lifetimes, wouldn’t that be a mess?

Meng Po also begged the King of Hell to let go of those who were loyal to love and risked their lives for their families. The King of Hell refused, so Meng Po then said that since she couldn't help them, she would drink Meng Po soup and forget everything.

The King of Hell said that after drinking the soup, Meng Po would become stupid, forget everything, and would never be reincarnated. Meng Po smiled lightly. If she could forget the filthiness of the world and no longer remember the mundane world, wouldn't she be able to sell Meng Po soup with peace of mind?

After all, Po Meng drank the soup and forgot everything about her past life, and only concentrated on selling soup. However, whenever it was quiet at night, Po Meng would be quiet and silent, looking up at the sky." After Song Wan told the story, the two faced each other.

Speechless, silent for a long time.

"I didn't expect that there is such a story about Meng Po and Meng Po Soup. Wan'er, are you making up a story for me? How did you know about it?" Ouyang Min's clear eyes revealed a smile.

"I saw it from my master's "The Complete Book of the Six Realms". That book records many things about the six realms, including a list of major events, disappearing sesame seeds, mung beans and watermelons, etc." Song Wan said on her face.

With a wry smile.

"If I am lucky enough to meet Venerable Qingshui, it seems that I must try to borrow that sacred book. If I miss such a wonderful book, I will regret it for the rest of my life." Ouyang Min said half-truthfully.

"My master is very easy to bully. Hehe, I think he will definitely lend it to you." Song Wan laughed, her empty eyes making Ouyang Ming's hair stand on end.
Chapter completed!