The years I was a birdman

Chapter 345

Looking at the scenery in front of him, Zhang Shifei felt a little confused.

About 5 minutes ago, he arranged everything. Those women temporarily lived in the big cave, and Zhang Shifei entered the small cave where the treasure was hidden. Some animal skins, try to make yourself comfortable, and then lie down and close your eyes. For him, the soul leaving the body is the first lesson, but it is commonplace.

Zhang Shifei only felt that he was waking up like a dream, and he had already left his body. After leaving his body, Li Lanying could still see him. Li Lanying wrapped the last cigarette together with the cigarette case in animal skin and burned it to him. The items that Chen Tuan and Liu Ling delivered to him before can be taken away with him. Zhang Shifei hugged them with the animal skin and squeezed them tightly behind him. Although Zhang Shifei was in a soul state at this time, he It was very strange to grab the Difficult-to-Fly Knife. After picking up the knife, there was another Difficult-to-Fly Knife on the ground. Only then did Zhang Shifei realize that this knife was not ordinary. It must be the soul of this difficult-to-fly sword.

Zhang Shifei said goodbye to Li Lanying. It could be seen that Li Lanying was very reluctant, but he didn't say anything. Brothers must respect brothers' choices, so Li Lanying lit the broken oil lamp and said to Zhang Shifei: "Mr. Don't be brave, understand?"

Zhang Shifei nodded, and then he didn't stay any longer, turned around and burrowed into the wall. Chen Tuan had told him before that the road of Yinshi is actually the best way to go, because only In the human world, there are many ways to get there, including sleeping and dreaming, the "passing the shadows" and so on. With Zhang Shifei's cultivation base, as long as he is in the state of the soul and does not lose his mind, he can easily reach it, as long as he closes his eyes , walking towards the west, 49 [-] steps forward, and then falling backwards, you can go.

Zhang Shifei followed his words, counting silently in his heart while walking under the borderless land, until he counted 49 [-] times, and then fell backwards. This time, he seemed to fall into a bottomless abyss .

When he opened his eyes, he found that he had already arrived in another place, or in other words, another world. Here, it should be Yinshi.

Zhang Shifei lay on the ground and saw the sky. This scene was completely different from the underworld he had imagined. He thought that the underworld was completely dark, but he could still see the sky. , the sky looks a little strange, just like the sky in the land of Yingzhou. Although there is a sky, there is no sun and moon. Although there is light, there are no stars. Zhang Shifei thought in his heart that it seems that he has indeed arrived. Yinshi, the intersection of the three worlds.

The sky here is gray, as if it is going to rain soon, Zhang Shifei looked at the clouds in the sky for a while, and felt that those clouds were like distorted human faces , which made him feel sick.

So he stopped looking, but sat up, and saw that he was leaning against a big tree, it was really evil here, the sky was gray, and even the surroundings were also gray, although Zhang Shifei now He could no longer distinguish the hues of sentient beings, but he still felt that there seemed to be no color at all. Beside him was a spacious dirt road, and there were donkeys and carriages passing by. Those carriages seemed to be made of paper. On the ground, there was no sound at all, and the surroundings were extremely quiet. On both sides of the road, there was a thin mist. In the mist, many people walked aimlessly towards the front.

Zhang Shifei saw that there were still people here, so he stood up. Zhang Shifei had heard Mr. Cui talk about the transfer station of the Three Realms before. Generally, there are special places to go to the underworld of the ghost world, which seem to be called "half step more" and "one step less". It is different from the way of boating on the Yingzhou waterway. It seems that the transportation in this Yinshi city is a dry road train. Didn’t the hanged ghost who came here once said that Yinshi needs to build a high-speed rail? I met a 'pedestrian' and asked him the direction to take more than half a step.

But that 'pedestrian' was like a dementia, knocking on Zhang Shifei with big empty eyes, but ignored him, but continued to walk forward, making Zhang Shifei depressed, thinking what the hell was going on. What's the matter, seeing these guys in black padded jackets walking forward step by step, Zhang Shifei couldn't help wondering.

After thinking about it, Zhang Shifei suddenly thought of something, that's right, didn't Liu Ling give himself a wooden box before, the old drunkard said, he would open it when he went to Yinshi, you know he is already in Yinshi now, no Any chance to see what's in the box?

Thinking of this, Zhang Shifei opened the animal skin package on his back under the big tree, took the wooden box, and opened it carefully. The brocade book, thin four or five pages, has three big characters written on it: 'Dijie Xing'.

Boundary line?What is this thing?Zhang Shifei reached out and took out the booklet from the box. After picking up the booklet, Zhang Shifei discovered that there was something else in the wooden box. It was a small white porcelain bottle, and when Zhang Shifei When Shifei opened the book, a bamboo leaf fell from it, Zhang Shifei ignored it and just continued to read the booklet.

It turns out that what is recorded in this booklet is nothing but the movement of the entire land (Yin City, Hell)!In the thin five-page book, the first two pages are the records of every important road in the underworld and several shortcuts, while the last three pages are full of pictures, including maps and road maps, which can tell right from wrong. Happy!He thought in his heart, this old drunkard is the truth, with this booklet in hand, I won't be afraid of getting lost, but speaking of it, how did Liu Ling get such a treasure?
Forget it, what are you thinking about so much, Zhang Shifei shook his head, then put the booklet in his arms, reached out and picked up the small bottle in the wooden box, the white porcelain bottle was marked with black lines After crossing four characters, Zhang Shifei also read books in that Fuzetang for half a year. Since Mr. Cui's bookshelf is full of ancient books, he was forced to have a certain understanding of this ancient prose, and, for some reason, since then After the reality map came out, his mind was full of symbols and words he didn't recognize, and he was able to guess a general idea.

Zhang Shifei looked at the white porcelain bottle, and then said softly: "Swallow the sky and eat the earth? What kind of wine is this?"

Seeing the strange name of this wine, Zhang Shifei did not dare to try it lightly. He knew in his heart that the old alcoholic must have his intentions in giving him this wine, so he looked around for the doorway in this bottle of wine, and suddenly found that, There seemed to be some handwriting on the bamboo leaf that was sandwiched by the booklet just now, so he picked it up, and saw that it read: "Swallow the sky and eat the earth, save life from adversity, use wine to lure the gods, self-immolation spiritual energy, the breath is the same In the water, hundreds of rivers flow into the sea, and the three incenses are burned out, like a useless person, do not drink it as a last resort, remember. Book by Liu Bolun."

Swallowing the sky and eating the earth, distracting the mind with wine... Zhang Shifei repeated these few words over and over again, and after thinking about it, he finally figured it out. He held the small bottle of wine in his hand, as if it was extremely heavy, Zhang Shifei knew that this was probably the ultimate move he could use as a last resort. Thinking of this, he became firmer in his heart, so he put the wine in his backpack, carried it on his back, and then nodded. Without going back, he walked forward.

Zhang Shifei got mixed up with those 'pedestrians', and he finally understood at this moment that these are actually dead souls who went to Yinshi to report. Mr. Cui once told him that these guys were like dementia before receiving ghost hearts. , and after receiving the ghost heart, they can board the train and officially head to the underworld.

Since this is the case, their destination must be Yinshi, so Zhang Shifei followed them and walked forward. After walking for more than 20 minutes, Zhang Shifei finally reached the center of Yinshi, more than half a step away.

What came into view was an empty square filled with ghosts. On the square, there were two buildings. Zhang Shifei looked up and saw that one of the two buildings was a big mansion, just like those in TV dramas. Like an ancient inn, it looks very dilapidated, while the other one is even more unusual, like a big cowshed, yes, it is indeed a cowshed, but it is much bigger than ordinary cowsheds , the four wooden pillars can be about 20 meters long, supporting the straw-like shed roof, and there are no walls around the shed, so you can vaguely see the scene inside, which is very strange, only the fire in the cowshed flickers, It seemed that there was a fire, and thick black smoke floated out of the shed and went straight into the sky.

And the sky above the building was lit up by the black smoke, and the black smoke was like strange faces, constantly struggling in the sky. This situation is really spectacular.

Zhang Shifei was taken aback for a moment, then thought to himself what was going on?Could it be that it was such a coincidence that he caught up with him as soon as he arrived, and the Yin market was on fire?

In fact, Zhang Shifei quickened his pace out of curiosity. Although he was dressed in blue, luckily he was surrounded by idiots, so no one paid any attention to him. He ran to the square, and only then did he see the huge What happened in the cowshed? It didn’t turn out to be a fire. Zhang Shifei saw tens of thousands of cows lined up in the cowshed. Behind each cow was a flatbed cart. The two wheels of the cart came out, and there were many ghosts and beasts wandering in the cowshed at this time. They were not surprised to see the bullock cart on fire, but they patted the team, and walked in front of two people dressed like ancient government servants. Under the command, they got into the burning bullock cart one by one, and only then did Zhang Shifei see that there was a huge plaque hanging on the cowshed, with three big characters'one step less' written crookedly on it.

Is this one step less?The inn next to it was about half a step away. When Zhang Shifei saw this, he was very puzzled. What's going on?Why do they still sit when the car is on fire?He looked like a normal person, and the oxen pulling the carts didn’t react at all. These oxen carts lined up one by one, and when a car was full of seven people, they ran away on their own without the need for others to drive. Going out, bullock carts kept running away, and bullock carts continued to join in. The running away bullock carts all lined up and ran towards the west. When the burning wheels were driving, they seemed to be two flames. The circle is ordinary and unusually conspicuous.

Zhang Shifei couldn't figure it out. He thought to himself, isn't it said that the transportation in Yinshi is the train?How did this change to a bullock cart again?However, he didn't stay too long, he understood that even if he stood here stupidly, it was useless, he might as well take this opportunity to go into that half-step to have a look, maybe he could find some clues that would be beneficial to him.

Zhang Shifei followed the ghost flow into the old big inn. As soon as he walked inside, he discovered that the house looked like an inn on the outside, but it was not. Inside the huge house was an empty shell with only one The long cabinet is placed inside. On the other side of the long cabinet, many ghosts in the costumes of government servants are busy, and on the other side of the counter, those ghosts who are at a loss are also lined up. It was only then that they figured out what they were thinking. It turned out that they were giving out ghost hearts. Only with ghost hearts can they be qualified to ride in the car.

Thinking of this, he nodded, and then decided not to stay any longer. He already knew about the ghost heart, and receiving the ghost heart meant he was really dead, so he turned his head and wanted to go out. When he was walking, he suddenly found that there were two tables on both sides of the door. There were several stacks of books thickly placed on the tables, and no one was watching them. It seemed that they could be taken casually, so Zhang Shifei picked them up. I bought a book and read it as I walked.

After looking at it for a few times, Zhang Shifei realized that it was a book similar to a driving manual, and the records on it were all allusions about the Yin market. Only then did Zhang Shifei understand how the burning ox cart turned into a book. thing.

It turns out that the name of the burning ox cart is called "train". There is a train in Yinshi, and they still laughed, thinking why this underworld is so out of tune, there seems to be no relationship between the underworld and the train, right?

But now Zhang Shifei understands why. It turns out that the word "train" first appeared not because of the thing running on the railway. It was recorded in Buddhist scriptures as early as ancient times. It is said in "Guan Wuliang Shou Jing": People respond to evil and fall into the evil way. When their lives are about to die, all the fires in hell will come, and there will be trains to welcome them.

The reason why there are trains in the Yin City of Emotions is not to follow the trend, but it has been like this since the time of the division of the three realms. Therefore, the trains in the Yin City are not groundless. Think about it. As we move forward, the same is true for the Yin City. The things in the Yin City are about 50 years behind the world, and I am in the Xianfeng year, so what I see is naturally not an EMU, but some cows and horses. Pull the 'train' away.

It turned out to be like this. After understanding why, Zhang Shifei didn't pay much attention to it. Originally, there was only one purpose for his trip. Does he care about the train or not?And now is not the time to think about these things, what Zhang Shifei has to do now is how to get on the road.

He has no ghosts, so naturally he can't ride those bullock carts, so what should he do?Become a peacock and follow these bullock carts in the air?No, Zhang Shifei quickly dispelled this idea, because he didn't want to act blindly now, and he only knew a little about the ways of the dark market. If he acted rashly, it was very likely to be dangerous, so he He quietly followed behind those bullock carts, since there were many wandering spirits in the Yin market, and there were not many ghosts in that step, so he didn't notice Zhang Shifei. Zhang Shifei found out that those bullock carts were running out. After a journey of about ten miles, they disappeared out of thin air, and Zhang Shifei walked through the places where the bullock carts disappeared, but he didn't find anything unusual. Sure enough, the only ones who could go to the underworld were these carts with their wheels on fire.

what should I do?Zhang Shifei hid aside, and then began to think about it, thinking that maybe he could only get on the car by force now, but although he thought so, he didn't do it right away, because he found that he didn't get on the car, but followed the bullock cart , not himself.

It is recorded in the brochure of Yinshi that some dead souls cannot get ghost hearts, and those who cannot get ghost hearts will become wandering souls, wandering between heaven and earth forever, and many dead souls are not reconciled, Just like Zhang Shifei, he chased those ox carts, trying to get on them by force on the way, but the strange thing is, those ghost messengers ignored them as if they didn't see them. There must be something strange in it, Zhang Shifei thought.

Sure enough, at this moment, Zhang Shifei saw three or two ghostless wandering spirits in the distance who took the opportunity to grab a running ox cart and wanted to turn it over, but at this moment, the cart The seven dead souls on the road suddenly yelled loudly, it doesn't matter if they yelled like this, the wheels of the bullock cart suddenly burst into flames, and the flames rushed towards the wandering souls, and as soon as the bodies of the wandering souls touched the flames, It burned quickly, and the screams were endless, and the bullock cart continued to run forward, and the wandering souls that were on fire were burnt clean within a short while, leaving no dross.

Damn, it turned out to be like this. Zhang Shifei couldn't help being very surprised when he saw this scene. I said that those ghosts don't care whether these wandering spirits chase the car or not. They just want these wandering spirits to grab the car and burn it. Die!

Seeing such a scene, Zhang Shifei naturally did not dare to act rashly again, so he sat on the ground and carefully flipped through the Yinshi booklet and the "Land Boundary Tour" that Liu Ling gave him. What he needs now, Is a safe way to get into the car, more haste than waste, and it is worth spending some time on it.

However, the "Land Boundary" is only five pages, and the total content on the front side is no more than ten articles. Most of them record the events of the Fengdu Underworld and the Eighteen Hells, and the Yinshi, but they are short and they are about something. "Road to the Underworld", so it didn't mention how to go to the underworld safely, let alone the brochure of the Yin City. If it recorded how to reach the underworld safely, it is estimated that the wandering souls here have After running away, how can I suffer here?

Zhang Shifei sat there, looking at the convoy running not far away, thinking hard about the situation for about a day, but he still had no clue. Fortunately, he is a soul now, and he will not starve to death, but he wasted so much time. But it didn't make any sense at all, which made him a little distressed. When he remembered that Liang Yun'er was still suffering in the hell far away, his heart felt a pain again. It seemed that this idiot with a broken leg had an extra wound, which was more painful than before. Worse.

Well, what should I do?Zhang Shifei sighed, and took out the cigarette case from his baggage. There was still the last cigarette in it. Whenever he felt uncomfortable, he always wanted to smoke, but Zhang Shifei looked at this cigarette, but he couldn't bear it, because it was Li Lanying. Give him the last one, let's keep it, who knows how long he will have to go?

Just when he was in a daze, he suddenly heard another scream from a distance. When he was thinking of a strategy, he had heard a lot of screams, most of which were the sounds of those brainless wandering souls being burned. , This was normal at first, but the scream this time made him a little surprised, because the cry was not made by wanting to be burned, but rather like being cut by a knife.

How to describe it, well, let's put it this way, the sound made by being burned is "AHHHHHHHH!!!", while the sound of being cut by a knife is "Ah!!!!!!".

After hearing the sound of "ah", Zhang Shifei raised his head, only to see that it was the sound from an ox cart running from a distance. It was strange that there were eight people sitting on this ox cart. ghost!There are seven in the car, and there is another one on the back of the bull. What's going on?

Zhang Shifei quickly realized that the person sitting on the back of the bull was not an ordinary ghost, but a ghost messenger from the Bu Shao train station!The scream just now was that a wandering soul without eyes wanted to catch the train, but before the train caught fire, the ghost messenger on the back of the bull attacked first, and it pulled out a big knife, mercilessly The wandering soul who wanted to get in the car was cut off.

It seems that they will also go to the underworld. Zhang Shifei thought of this, and suddenly his eyes rolled, and he immediately thought about it. At this moment, the ox cart was passing by, and the ghost on the back of the ox saw the lonely man in the distance. Zhang Shifei, assuming that he is also a wandering soul, looked at him with provocative eyes, which seemed to say to him: "You try too?"

Zhang Shifei returned a very bright smile to the ghost messenger, joking, of course he would not try it, and if he tried, he would not look for his car.

Seeing that the bullock cart had disappeared, Zhang Shifei couldn't hold back the joy in his heart any longer. His grandma's, I found a way!

(End of this chapter)