All living beings in hell

Chapter 5 - The cloud that stole Erlang's eyes
Yesterday, I was sent on a business trip by the company in Yangjian. I went out at [-]:[-] in the morning and arrived home at [-]:[-] in the evening. The office in the underworld had to rest for a day.Looking at the long queue behind, I felt a little sorry, so I felt that I should receive two customers today to make up for it.I like to maintain a certain inertia in doing things. If the speed of one person a day is set, and if the time allows to maintain such inertia, then it would be great.But under such special circumstances, I had to forcefully break the inertia, and then slowly find it back.

I thought that since I was reprimanded by the fox demon for making trouble, the number of people queuing up would decrease.But I never thought that this time, as soon as I went down, I saw the window, the door, and the entire office, three circles away, surrounded by lonely ghosts.

Not to line up, more to watch the excitement.

Probably the hell is cold and cold, so it's a good entertainment program if it's rare to make a fuss.I don't like this excitement. Being watched by so many ghosts, it's hard for even the ghosts to express their feelings.

Thinking of this, he put black curtains on the office to block all weird eyes from the glass.

The red kerosene lamp was lit, and the office welcomed its fourth guest.

This time, the door was opened without any haste, and even knocked on the door before opening it.This rare courtesy made me, who was used to being broken into, even a little flattered.

"Excuse me, Master Writer." A simple and honest voice sounded from the door, "I have been waiting here for a long time, is it convenient to come in now?"

"Please come in." I have spread out the rice paper and everything is ready.

"My lord, I'm a bit dirty, and it might stain your floor." The door was opened a crack, and the guest outside the door hadn't shown up yet. "My body is also relatively big, so I might not be able to fit into this room."

"Don't worry about the floor. If you can come in, come in. If you can't squeeze in, then I can't help it." I said truthfully.

The figure outside the door hesitated for a moment, and the door was opened again: "I'm really sorry to bother you."

At first, it was just a cloud of mud flowing in from the door, shapeless mud like a mudslide.Next came mounds of slime, which smelled of some kind of burnt and rotting flesh.All kinds of white bones and dead wood and rotten branches hang on the surface of the mud, shaking up and down in the air as the mud moves.I was prepared for it, and honestly, since the predator sprayed the whole house with slime, I don't think I will encounter a worse situation than that.But what happened next was completely, thoroughly beyond my expectations.

More and more mud poured in, faster and more violently, and suddenly rushed to open the door like a mudslide, galloping towards my wooden table.Seeing that the situation was not good, I hastily tore off a golden talisman stuck on the wall on the left, chanting a spell in my mouth, and a barrier instantly stretched to the left and right with the wooden table as the boundary.The mud had just hit the barrier, and the mud wave splashed to the roof.There were a few drops that were not blocked by the barrier in the future, and splashed on the rice paper on the wooden table, on my clothes, and on the bookshelf behind me.

Holding the golden talisman in my hand, I continued to chant the incantation, resisting the impact tenaciously.After about a few minutes, the overwhelming tsunami-like impact became weaker, and the room gradually became quiet.Just as I wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, a huge eyeball suddenly hit the barrier with a "bang", which startled me.

"My lord, I'm really sorry." The eyeballs were almost as big as my whole body, the whites of the eyes were bloodshot, and the blue irises were mixed with dark brown impurities.

"No problem, no problem." I cleared my throat, put the golden talisman in my hand, pulled out the chair and sat down again, "You're looking for me today, why?"

"My lord, do you have something on your mind?" His eyes fixed on me, and suddenly began to shrink.

I suddenly had goosebumps all over my body, and the pupils were like black holes, ready to engulf me at any time.I closed my eyes and stabilized my mind: "Everyone has worries, even ghosts. Tell me, what should I call you?"

"Colorful clouds."

"Okay, Jie Caiyun, before we start, let me explain two rules: First, if you ask about my personal affairs again, turn left when you go out and you won't be seen off. Second, if I don't leave when I see off the guests, I will personally chase them away. clear?"

"My lord, please forgive me for my rudeness." My pupils relaxed a little, and my dizziness lessened. "I'm just curious about other people's thoughts, and I definitely don't mean to disrespect you."

"Okay, I got it. Then please tell me, why are you here today?"

"My lord, I have carried too many secrets, I almost... can't take it anymore."

I wrote the three characters "Jie Caiyun" on the rice paper, and continued to listen to it.

"I was originally an auspicious cloud in the heaven. Because of my colorful and beautiful appearance, I was named 'Jie Caiyun' by the Jade Emperor. I danced for the fairies of the Tiangong every day, and took the old immortal to travel in the sky. I was accompanied by cranes and dew. Eat, live relaxed and comfortable."

"Then what happened?" It was indeed difficult to connect the pile of mud in front of him with an auspicious cloud.

"But I don't think I'm happy. I don't want to be just a light cloud. I listen to the angels talking about the Three Realms every day, and I think they are too ignorant! There is no place in this world that I can't go to. Listen to If not, I know much more than them. Why can they be a fairy and I can only be a cloud? This world is so unfair!" Jie Caiyun became a little agitated, her pupils contracted again, and my head went back to Some dizzy.

"What happened later, why did you change from an auspicious cloud to what you are now?"

"It's strange, it's all strange, Yang Jian." The mud suddenly hardened, and I could hear the dry friction sound from the contact between the mud and the barrier, "It's him, he gave me an eye, let me see the world People's thoughts, I have experienced the thoughts of people in the world. So heavy, so heavy, these emotions are too heavy. They entered my body through this eye, and rotted, fermented, smelled in my body, and the whiteness was polluted into The muddy look. I can’t take it anymore, Master Writer! If it wasn’t for Yang Jian, maybe I would still be a light cloud, and I could still float in the sky, instead of falling to such an extent!” The fluctuation of the mud began to become more and more It got bigger and bigger, and I had to devote part of my energy to stabilize the barrier. An explosion-like voice came from the depths of the mud: "Yang Jian! I'm going to kill Yang Jian! He ruined everything about me! He ruined me life!"

"Why did Yang Jian give you an eye?"

Jie Caiyun suddenly stopped talking, and its pupils began to shrink and expand violently. I firmly grasped the sapphire pen holder, looked straight back at this eye, which was about the same size as me, and stared at it without saying anything.There was the sound of the wind echoing in my ears, and some emotions in my heart were on the verge of rippling. My lower abdomen felt like seasickness, and there were waves of discomfort.

After another few minutes, the speed of pupil constriction slowed down, and finally Jie Caiyun said slowly: "My lord, you can also read people's hearts."

"I probably can."

"You can, I see you can."

"Okay." The dizziness eased a little, I took a deep breath and stabilized my mind again.

Jie Caiyun continued to ask: "We can all read people's hearts, why did I become what I am now? But you, and you can sit behind a wooden table and face the sentient beings in hell calmly?"

"Jie Caiyun, rule three, from now on, without my permission, you are not allowed to read me, or you will turn left when you go out. Secondly, I hope you can answer my previous question first. Your eyes are really given by Yang Jian." Is it yours? Or is there another reason? Since you said I can read people's hearts, I would rather you tell me the truth than if I read them myself. What happened?" My dizziness finally disappeared , calmed down again.

The surface of the colorful cloud began to vibrate, the mud became soft and thin, and it hit the barrier one after another, making a sound like a summer rainstorm: "My lord, it wasn't Yang Jian who gave it to me on my own initiative... it was... I took it." Yes. I took Yang Jian's eyes..."

"That is to say, you stole Yang Jian's third eye?"

The sound of the rainstorm became louder: "Yes... yes... That day Yang Jian was meditating by a well, his eyes slightly closed. Xiao Tiangou was not by his side. When I passed by him, I thought about the group of ignorant fairies. People are depressed and unwilling. This is Yang Jian waking up. For some reason, he glanced into the well. The water in the well is so calm, reflecting everything: Yang Jian closed his eyes tightly, but The third eye was completely round. And at that moment, I came out from the reflection of the well water and snatched away Yang Jian's third eye..."

"And then? How did Yang Jian react?"

"I was only thinking about running away, and I didn't care about his reaction..."

"Okay, what happened next?"

"I played with Yang Jian's eyes back and forth. This is Yang Jian's third eye! It is said that it can see everything in the three realms. Any monsters and ghosts can show their original shape in front of it. Now it is mine! I swallowed the eyes into my body Inside, it began to expand rapidly, and I couldn't control the speed of its growth at all. The bigger it grew, the heavier my body became. I was so heavy that I couldn't bear it, so I fell from the sky into the world..."

"What happened after you came to the world?"

"I have seen a lot...a lot of suffering, a lot of hatred, a lot of resentment, a lot of tiredness...I have seen father and son turn against each other, the son murdered his father for inheritance; I have seen people who love each other kill themselves for love; I have seen people's greed Can swallow so many beautiful emotions; I see pollution, a lot of pollution, tons of garbage into the sea; people are sick, but don't know how to get better... My heart hurts, my lord, I see this, my heart is good Pain. I saw something, and that thing burrowed into my body, piled up, piled up..."

"I saw it too, but I didn't bear it."

"I have no choice! No choice! This eye is out of my control."

"Then give Yang Jian your eyes back."

"I... I... am a little scared."

"Stealing is inherently wrong, plus you are simply robbing. Isn't this the same as the suffering you see caused by the world? You said that human greed has swallowed up so many beautiful emotions. You When you were in the sky, you were so light and comfortable. But you wanted more, you wanted power, you wanted to know everything in this world, and you even snatched Yang Jian’s eyes to satisfy your greed. This is different from the world in your mouth What's the difference? So far, isn't it your own fault?"

"My lord! I was wrong! Help me! Please help me!"

I put down my pen: "I can't save you, I'm just a writer. Go and return the eyes to Yang Jian yourself, maybe you will be lighter too."

"But...but I can't see Yang Jian."

I opened the drawer of the wooden table and took out Yang Jian's business card: "If you want, I will ask him to come down now. The premise is that you are really willing to do this."

Jie Caiyun's pupils began to tremble, and I could hear the sound of water gurgling in my eyeballs while sitting in my seat.I lighted a stick of incense and poured myself another glass of water: "I'll give you half a stick of incense time, think about it."

Before the incense ash fell, Jie Caiyun had already made a decision: "Okay."

"Okay, just wait for me."

I called Yang Jian according to the phone number on the business card.The phone rang three times and was picked up.

"Writing? A new official from hell?"

"It's me. I have a client here who says I have something to return to you."

"what?"

"Is your third eye still there?"

"I'm coming now."

As soon as the first ray of incense ash fell, Yang Jian had already appeared in the office.He was dressed in a gold armor with a blue and green ribbon, which lit up my office like a giant light bulb.

I cupped my hands at Erlang Shenjun: "I've heard you famous for a long time."

Yang Jian looked at me and shook his hand, then quickly looked around my office, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes showed disgust: "You're welcome. Why is your place so dirty?"

"Working in hell is probably not as clean and tidy as heaven."

"It's really not easy for you yin officials."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, his attention quickly turned to Jie Caiyun.When Jie Caiyun saw Yang Jian, she trembled like an earthquake. My entire office began to vibrate, and the books on the bookshelf behind me began to fall.

"Definitely." Yang Jian said silently, the whole room became quiet, and so did Jie Caiyun.

"Jie Caiyun, Erlang Shenjun is here now, if you have anything to say or do, let's finish it."

"Er...Erlang Shenjun...yes...sorry...I...stolen your...no, it was...stolen your...spiritual eye."

"If you like, you can keep it." Yang Jian said expressionlessly.

"I...I dare not..."

"Don't dare, or don't you like it?" Yang Jian raised his eyebrows.

"I dare not... I don't like it... I want to give it back to you..."

"Why don't you like it? Huh, isn't this what you want?"

"I... I changed from a colorful cloud to what I am now... all because of this... this one eye... I can't bear it..."

"Okay, very good. Now follow me and say it again: I would like to return the divine eye to its original owner, Erlang Shenjun."

"I would like to return the divine eye to its original owner, Erlang Shenjun..." Jie Caiyun repeated this sentence tremblingly.

The eyeballs in front of the barrier suddenly shrank, emitting a dazzling light.A big hole appeared where the eyeball was originally, and the mud and dirt inside spewed out, causing another commotion in the room.The eyeballs quickly shrank to the size of a golden pill, passed through the barrier in front of the wooden table, and returned to Yang Jian's forehead.Jin Guang retracted it, and Yang Jian blinked his third eye.

"Thank you, Brother Writer, Yang will remember this kindness."

"It's not about kindness, it's a matter of duty."

"Since the god's eyes have been retracted, then Yang will take the first step." Yang Jian looked back at the muddy beach full of houses, "It seems that the writing brother still has a lot of troublesome things to deal with, so don't bother me."

"Goodbye."

Yang Jian's body turned into a golden light, illuminating the entire office.In a breath, he has disappeared.The incense sticks on the table had just been burned out, and my attention returned to Jie Caiyun.

"You have returned your eyes, Erlang God has not punished you, your wish has been fulfilled, what else is there?"

"My lord, I still feel bad..." Jie Caiyun's body was completely scattered in every corner of the room without the support of her eyeballs, and there was no clean place in front of the barrier, "I... I seem to be broken... ...I can't get up...the emotions, the things that follow me, are still there..."

"To answer your previous question, you said that I can read people's hearts, but why can I calmly face the sentient beings in hell? Yang Jian is more capable than me, why can he face the Three Realms calmly?" I lightly tapped the tail of the sapphire pen on the table. Tapped three times, "Because the affairs of sentient beings are not my business, I see and hear, and I write your stories, but I don't take responsibility."

"How can I not bear it?" Jie Caiyun asked.

"Why do you have to bear it?" I asked Jie Caiyun.

"I feel that they...the world suffers, and I want...to help them share it."

"So you choose to bear everything you see, absorb everything you see. You can also let go, don't do it. See, hear, let it go. Everyone in the world has karma, That's what we people in the world need to learn, and if you do this, you're just doing useless meddling."

"I want to spare myself." White air began to rise from the ground, "I want to spare myself..."

"I want to forgive myself...I want to forgive myself...I, forgive myself..."

The muddy water on the ground kept repeating these words, the white air continued to rise, and the voice gradually became softer and smaller.The white air in the muddy water dissipated, and the voice gradually quieted down.

"Are you still there?" I looked at the dead muddy water in front of me and asked softly.

"My lord, I'm still here, but I've turned back into a cloud."

I retracted the barrier, walked through the muddy water, walked to the door of the office, and opened the door.A colorless and invisible vapor suddenly gushed out from behind him, rushed out of the door, and rushed the next customer waiting in line.

"Where do you plan to go next?" I asked Jie Caiyun.

"I want to continue to visit the world, but this time, I want to play with ease."

"Then goodbye." I looked at the invisible in front of me.

"Farewell, Mr. Writer, maybe we will meet again in the world."

(End of this chapter)