I don't know how long it took before Xiao Shizhu's consciousness gradually recovered, and the pain in his chest disappeared for no reason. After feeling some strength, he slowly opened his eyes; he found that his body was different from before.
Apart from a somewhat light and airy feeling, there was not much difference, but at this moment his eyes became able to see through the darkness.
But before he had time to think about whether his eyes had superpowers, his own death image first came into view.
He saw his body lying next to his feet, with blood dripping from his chest, mouth and nose, and staring at him with wide eyes. This look of death made him even scared.
Before he could recover, he saw two people appear silently, standing on either side of him, sandwiching him in the middle.
No, it should be said that they were not human beings. Because they were like a breeze, coming and going without a trace. When did they appear? How did they appear? Xiao Shizhu, who was still confused at this time, had no idea.
And although they are all in human form, the evil wind has been spinning around the feet of these two non-human things; the one on the left is tall and thin, dressed in white, with a white face and a long hat with the words "You are here too"
"Four words. The one on the right was wearing a black robe, short and fat, with a dark and serious face. On his long hat were the words "I'm catching you". They all exuded a spooky aura, which made Xiao Shizhu
Very uncomfortable.
"Impermanence of black and white?" Xiao Shizhu asked slowly after he recovered from his daze, looking around at the appearance of the two people. He couldn't help complaining in his heart: "Damn, there really is impermanence of black and white? Or am I having a nightmare?
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"It's just the right time to celebrate Ronghua, but Hate Wuchang has arrived again." Bai Wuchang in white said, and then Hei Wuchang in black robe immediately said to him: "We are here to take you to the underworld, you no longer need to be in the earth."
I continue to suffer." His voice was hoarse, like a hundred insects walking in the night, very harsh.
"Come with us." Bai Wuchang added another sentence, and a pair of shackles appeared out of thin air in Hei Wuchang's hands. Without waiting for Xiao Shizhu to speak or any action from him, the two of them worked together to put the shackles on him.
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Xiao Shizhu looked at the shackles, and then at Black and White Wuchang. After understanding that he was really dead, he sighed softly and said: "I can go with you, and I will definitely go with you, but you two
Brother, can you help me take off the shackles?".
"I never carried this thing when I was alive. It's so unaccustomed for me to carry this thing now." After finishing speaking, Xiao Shizhu looked at Bai Wuchang with a smile on his face and laughed dryly.
At this point, although he was confused about where to go from now on, he also knew that he would not be able to come back to life if he resisted, so he simply accepted his fate; it was just that the shackles made him feel very uncomfortable, so his only wish was to remove the shackles.
Both Black and White were stunned when they heard this, and did not recover for a moment. The dead ghosts often carry heavy resentments, and there are many ghosts who will not enter the underworld if they don't take revenge; even for revenge, most of the dead ghosts will not hesitate to fight with ghosts.
There was a conflict between the police officers, so ordinary ghost police officers did not dare to come to bring the miserable dead ghosts. Basically, all the miserable dead ghosts were dragged back to the underworld for trial by the black and white impermanence or the bull-headed horse face in the Yin Shuai.
There is even an unwritten rule that if the dead ghosts are too obsessed and refuse to listen to good advice, the ghost agents can execute them on the spot.
Xiao Shizhu, who didn't understand the reason, was stunned when he saw Black and White. He thought that these two ghosts were also the ones who were jealous of money, so after rolling his eyes, he quickly added: "I won't let the two officials give me money in vain."
Yes, I have money."
After hearing the words, Hei Wuchang looked at each other again, and then Bai Wuchang said: "I haven't met such an obedient and miserable ghost like you in the past few decades. It's strange today." And Hei Wuchang looked at Bai Wuchang.
After Wu Chang finished speaking, he said: "Old Xie, he is quite a freak." After finishing speaking, he took out the key and went to unshackle him.
Bai Wuchang still looked at Xiao Shizhu with a smile, and did not stop Hei Wuchang.
"Is it okay if I don't go with you?" Xiao Shizhu laughed dryly again, shook his head gently and said, "Now that the matter has come to this, I might as well follow you obediently to save myself from suffering." It was just his smile at this moment.
, it seems more like self-deprecation.
After opening the shackles, he quickly took out dozens of Ming coins with a face value of 100 million yuan, held them in both hands and presented them to Black and White Wuchang.
"You're a sensible guy." Hei Wuchang didn't reach out, but Bai Wuchang pushed the money back and said: "For the sake of being so sensible, my brothers won't make things difficult for you. We'll wait until you pass."
Forget the Chuan River, go up Huangquan Road, and go to Fengdu. The long journey of spending money is just the first step. Keep the money to buy a good tire."
"You have to give it, please don't be afraid of the hardship, please go with me." Although Bai Wuchang tried his best to shirk it, Xiao Shizhu knew that he was being polite to him, and now if his words and deeds as an old man were exposed,
He believed it to be true and took the money back. When he went to the underworld, Xiao Shizhu would not even think about having a good life. After all, the other party was also a senior civil servant in the underworld and could not afford to offend him.
As the saying goes, if the people do not fight with the officials and the ghosts do not fight with the ghosts, they should bow their heads. So he quickly stuffed the Ming coins into Bai Wuchang's hands and said with a smile: "You're welcome, sir. I'd like to ask you two for help."
One thing, can you go with me to get some money from home? As you guys know, I have no relatives and no one will give me money after I die, so I can only go and get it myself. I'm sorry to bother you two.
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As expected, Bai Wuchang didn't push back the money he handed over. Instead, he took it in his hand and thought about it for a while, then murmured a few words to Hei Wuchang. The two looked at each other again, slightly bowed their foreheads together, and looked at Xiao Shizhu.
They all said in unison: "Anyway, your home is not far from here, and it's still early, so I'll leave it to you."
Xiao Shizhu nodded, hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to the two ghost masters and said repeatedly: "Thank you two officials, thank you two officials!".
After kowtowing nine times, Xiao Shizhu dared to get up, took two ghost servants to his residence, and opened more than a dozen boxes he had placed in the house. The boxes were filled with various underworld coins. When the boxes were opened, he
Unexpectedly, he discovered that the gold ingots stacked on paper turned into real gold ingots in his eyes.
"Get rich, get rich." The ecstatic Xiao Shizhu muttered and began to pretend to be rich.
When loading money, Xiao Shizhu suddenly found that his pocket seemed to have become a bottomless pit, and no matter how many coins could be put in it. This made him very happy. With money, he could live a good life down there. From the bottom of his heart,
The last trace of fear and confusion disappeared in an instant.
Black and white Wuchang stood behind him, silently watching him load the money, his eyes wide open. Although the inflation below was severe, Xiao Shizhu not only prepared banknotes, but also a lot of gold and silver paper folded into ingots. This
Things are hard goods down there, which are equivalent to gold in the world.
If it weren't for the regulations of the underworld, ghosts are not allowed to kill ghosts and buy goods. At this time, the two brothers Black and White Wuchang would definitely make Xiao Shizhu go to pieces, and then take his properties as their own. If the two brothers really kill ghosts and buy goods, they will
There is no more Nether Emperor who later unified the eight deserts and ten continents of the underworld.
After packing all the ghost coins, Xiao Shizhu gave Black and White Wuchang a large ingot. Then he reluctantly left his residence with the two ghosts.
The two brothers took Xiao Shizhu to a river on the edge of the city. They saw a sampan made of white paper parked on the river; although it was made of paper, no water could enter it.
A white lantern was carried on the bow of the boat, with a big word "ghost" written on it. There was a big green fire in the lantern, swaying gently.
After taking Xiao Shizhu on board, Bai Wuchang stood at the bow, while Hei Wuchang supported the boat at the stern. The boat moved forward slowly, heading down the river.
After a while, a white mist appeared in front of the ship, completely covering the surrounding scenery in confusion. There was a faint heart-rending wail, coming from the depths of the white mist. When Xiao Shizhu heard this sound, he couldn't help but
frowned.
Bai Wuchang, who was standing on the bow of the boat with his back to him, seemed to sense his discomfort, so he turned around and said to him: "That's the cry of a lonely ghost."
But Hei Wuchang turned a blind eye to the white fog and drove the boat directly into the fog. Then a few seconds later, the sampan rushed out of the white fog under his driving.
The previous high-rise buildings, asphalt roads, and clear rivers have long disappeared. Xiao Shizhu saw the sampan driving on a wide river with blood-yellow water, and thought to himself: "Could this be the legendary Wangchuan River?"
River?". But because he was a new ghost, he didn't dare to ask Bai Wuchang boldly, so he could only speculate in his heart.
As soon as they sailed onto the river, Xiao Shizhu suddenly felt the stench of blood rushing towards his face. It seemed that what was under the boat was not river water, but bloody water. The surrounding scenery also changed, the sky was no longer blue, but gray, and
There isn't a single star in the sky.
There is a blood-red moon hanging in the western sky; Xiao Shizhu thinks it is the moon because its light is cold and clear, just like the moonlight. Those red lights shine on the earth, making everything covered with a layer of red.
Xiao Shizhu lay on the side of the boat and looked into the river. He could see that there were no rocks, sand, or water plants at the bottom of the river. They were all lonely ghosts who could not be reincarnated. The facial features on their faces were distorted; they were dancing with the insects and snakes on the bottom of the river.
, but could never swim up the river.
And the sounds he heard before were coming from the mouths of these lonely ghosts at the bottom of the river.
"Are they homeless ghosts with no one to worship them?" Xiao Shizhu looked at the ghosts who were bound by an invisible force in the cold depths of the river bottom. He suddenly felt a little worried and asked.
To: "Do I count?".
"You were before." Bai Wuchang saw a yellowed book on his left hand at some point, and then he took out a brush from his sleeve; he put the tip of the pen on the tip of his tongue and licked it
Finally, he unfolded the scroll and wrote something on it, and said: "Because you are still polite to us brothers, I will change you into a miserable ghost. When you meet the King of Hell, don't harm our brothers with your nonsense."
Just two."
When Xiao Shizhu heard this, he was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Don't dare, I would like to thank the two officials." But in his heart, he secretly sighed: "Fucking money can really make the world go round!"
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Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the sampan parked on the north bank of the Wangchuan River. After taking him ashore, Black and White Wuchang said in unison: "Welcome to the underworld." With that, they took him to a loess road.
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The winding road stretched forward from Xiao Shizhu's feet to the far north that he couldn't see. On both sides of the road were pine trees and overgrown weeds.
I saw a crooked stone tablet standing on the roadside not far in front of me, with three powerful official script characters written on it - Huangquan Road.