After being dressed as the evil god

Nether is the reincarnation of the dead.

Here is emptiness and nothingness, and the nine yellow springs are silent, flowing endlessly, reintroducing the souls of the dead into the world.

There is no vitality in the netherworld, and there is no need for vitality; there is no resident, and there is no need for resident.The soul of the deceased will enter the underworld under the guidance of cause and effect, and be guided by the underworld to enter different reincarnations.

The power of the underworld only exists in the underworld, and the power of the underworld only exists within the underworld.No one can get their power, and no one dares to covet their power.This is the place where the laws of heaven and earth are manifested, and the natural operation does not need to be disturbed, and those who interfere will bear the consequences themselves.

No one wants to come to such a place.There is nothing here, and nothing can be obtained, and there is a price to pay for life and death.

Just let it run its course, nothing to worry about.

But later, cause and effect messed up.

Cause and effect are chaotic, and reincarnation is also chaotic.Those who were supposed to be born of animals may have been reincarnated into human wombs instead, and those who were supposed to be born of wealth and honor may have been cast into poverty by mistake.

Those who can perceive this matter, no one cares about this.Cause and effect are chaotic, perhaps because it should have been chaotic, just like the ebb and flow of ocean tides and the waxing and waning of the moon.The world has been going on for a long time, what mistakes and omissions can there be?

Before that, no one had ever been to Nether; after that, the gods traveled all over the Nether Nine Springs in order to establish the underworld.

There is no god born in the netherworld, and no one needs to guide the flow of the nine springs.So why bother?Why take such a risk?How do you know that what you are doing now is not wrong?

Taiyin, Taiyin, you once advised me like this, but have you ever thought that if the laws of heaven and earth are naturally running without any omissions, why are there gods born?

……

The god stepped forward, and his figure disappeared into the underworld.When he appeared on the ground again, he had already arrived in the Daqing Mountains.

The deep color in Li Chi's eyes faded away.When he was in the Netherworld, he felt like he had just come out of a long dream.The nether world aroused his memory, but it didn't require him to fall into a dream, and it didn't need the fog of karma to cover up his state.

Apart from the Nine Paths of Yellow Springs, there is nothing else in the nether world—it should be like this, but Li Chi vaguely feels that there are other things in the nether world.

Maybe it's a place, maybe an object, or something else.That was not the natural birth of the underworld, but an attempt made by the gods when they wanted to build the underworld.It's a pity that he still doesn't know how to find the things left by the gods, so he can only leave it for the future.

But even so, after entering the Netherworld, he has gained something.

In this world, the Nine Paths of the Underworld are everywhere, yet nowhere to be seen.They are extremely vast yet extremely small, covering the entire world, and they are also subtle to every corner.

He can already borrow the power of the underworld in the nether world, and this world has nowhere to go for him.

There is no distance in the netherworld. With the way of the nether world, it is an instant to cross the distance of one step in the mortal world, and it is also an instant to cross thousands of miles.

Nether is not a space, a secret place, if it is called a name, it may be called a state.Therefore, those who fail to reach this state will not enter the netherworld.

Therefore, there is no so-called entrance to the Netherworld.The White Faced Evil God had almost no knowledge of Netherworld, he thought he found a secret place under the waterfall by chance, but there was nothing under the waterfall.

The reason for entering the netherworld is the white-faced evil god himself. When he sank to the bottom of the waterfall with his boat, a special aura emanated from him, simulating the state of a soul entering the nether world after death. People entered the underworld together.

But the White Faced Evil God didn't realize it.He is just a pawn, guided by others without knowing it.

In the hidden line of cause and effect, Li Chi saw Xuan Qingjiao.

The nightmare-eating tapir, the locust king, and the white-faced evil god.

The same method of obfuscating the secrets of heaven, and the similar method of devouring and controlling, but are these all done by Xuanqingjiao?

No... Xuan Qingjiao is just a cover, a method, and there is a more dangerous existence hidden behind Xuan Qingjiao, watching coldly and calmly.

Li Chi closed his eyes, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were as calm as before.

This is the most upstream section of the Jiuqu River winding its way through the Daqing Mountains.His purpose of this trip was to go to Meng Huai's Huaishui Lord's Mansion, but he stopped when he saw Chang Andu encountering the white-faced evil god on the way, and then went all the way down the river to the territory of Liang State, which had already deviated from his original goal.

With the power of Huang Quan, he can reach the Huaishui Lord's mansion in one step, but he came here for a reason.

Before he revealed his strength, the White Faced Evil God had been extremely cautious.But that's not because he was unsure about Lichi's strength and was cautious.

Even the gods of the gods absorb the power of incense, and their minds may be affected by the thoughts of mortals. How can it be unaffected by the white-faced evil god to strengthen his body with the power of resentment?From the moment Li Chi boarded the boat, the White Faced Evil God never concealed his malice, and he didn't even feel that Li Chi would affect him.

However, he has never really made a move, only tried a few times at night, and these few times, he was also extremely restrained.There was another reason why he didn't want to fight with Li Chi on the Jiuqu River.

He was afraid of a certain existence, and he didn't want his fight with Lichi to disturb the other party.

……

The Daqing Mountains are stretching, and the Jiuqu River forms a meandering belt. The green water color looms among the mountains, like a dragon in the clouds.

But how many bones have been swallowed up under such a peaceful blue belt?

Li Chi raised his hand, as if he was plucking a string, and flicked it in the air.

Illusions are born in the mountains.

……

The sound of blowing, blowing, blowing suddenly sounded, and a group of pedestrians suddenly appeared in the mountains.

They boast of joy, but their faces are blank.

The river nourishes the land, and the river god protects its shores.

Under the protection of God, the weather will be smooth; if God is annoyed, floods and droughts will repeat.

In the villages along the Jiuqu River, the old people chanted like this, and the children sang like this.

Everyone knows that life is easy if the river god is happy.The rains will be plentiful, the land will be nourished and fertile, and the fields will be fertile.

So people built a river temple on the bank, and people lit incense and offered sacrifices in the temple.

Don't be angry, the river god, we will set up an offering for you as a sacrifice, please be happy, the river god, we will marry you.

The wedding procession continued on the road, and the sedan chair carried a girl in a wedding dress and two children no older than seven years old, a boy and a girl.

There are more than a dozen villages along the Jiuqu River, and this year it's Dingjia Village's turn.

The messenger of the river god brought people to live in the village as early as the notification, and took the bride and the two children into the same house to guard them closely.

In the past, this was not necessary. After the notification, they would be allowed to stay with their families for a few days.But when offering sacrifices to the river god a few years ago, some people escaped.

Stupid, stupid!Who doesn't love their children?

But if the river god got angry, how many people would die?

"The lady of the river god is going to be the wife of the master of the river god, and the golden boy and the jade girl are going with her to enjoy the blessings of the master of the river god." The messenger of the river god said standing at the door.

People looked at him with resentment and fear, reverence and pleading.The messenger of the river god has long been used to it, and he speaks the same words in different villages every year.

Whether people believe it or not, it makes no difference.However, if they believed it, they would feel better.

This time, the newlywed was very quiet, and the two children seemed to be comforted by her, and they didn't cry.

For this reason, he was willing to give them better treatment, and at the same time ordered the guards to be more vigilant.

He would never see Mrs. River God and the two children much, nor would he be emotionally involved.That is unnecessary and will only add to your troubles.

The day of offering sacrifices to the river god is coming soon.

The messenger of the river god held a bright red wedding dress.Someone nearby unlocked the door and knocked, as if they were visiting an important guest rather than a locked prisoner.

After a while, footsteps were heard in the room, and someone opened the door.

The messenger of the river god still lowered his eyes. After he saw the hem of the coarse cloth skirt parked in the threshold, he said respectfully: "The auspicious day has come, please change your clothes, Mrs. River God."

But this respect is only on the surface, under the surface, there is almost no cover-up that cannot be refused.

Standing outside the door, apart from the messenger of the river god, there were several strong women.

After the girls in the room took the wedding dress, they also walked into the room one by one.These women are here to groom and groom Mrs. River God, to serve or force, to appease or supervise...you can call their mission whatever you want, it's no different.The only thing that might be worth mentioning is that they all came from other villages along the coast.

None of them knew the lady of the river god, and they all understood the necessity of offering sacrifices to the river god.

After the door of the room was closed, the messenger of the river god raised his head again.

He is willing to pay respects to Mrs. River God and the Golden Boys and Jade Girls, but he is not happy to see their faces.

no need.He won't remember it.Because there are too many, every year, there will be.

You can know the expressions on those faces without looking at them.

Because they are always crying, or swearing.Some people would knelt down to him and grabbed his legs, crying and begging, some people would desperately struggle and try to escape... People always look extra crazy in the face of the last chance to survive.

But no matter what they do, they will be dragged in in the end, put on clothes, put on makeup, and put on a sedan chair.

But not this time.This time, Mrs. River God seems to have resigned herself to her fate.

She didn't even seem to have much fear, and she didn't even breathe disorderly.Those strong women walked into the house by themselves, without having to support a girl whose hands and feet were paralyzed by fright.

It was so quiet.The messenger of the river god stood at the door and thought.

He didn't hear crying and begging, and he didn't hear the sound of the bench being kicked down.

Not long after waiting, the door was opened again.

The messenger of the river god lowered his head again.He saw the feet in embroidered shoes stepping out of the threshold, and the bright red skirt of the wedding dress brushed past him.

She walked out of the room by herself, and she didn't have to be forced to walk out, or she was tied up and stuffed into the sedan chair.

After the river god's wife and the golden boy and jade girl sat in the sedan chair, the river god's envoy stood in front of the sedan chair and let out a long cry: "Get up the sedan chair—" He shouldn't have thought so much.It doesn't matter if there is something peculiar about the character of Mrs. River God this time, or maybe she is dumb or stupid.

The long line started to move, and a sallow woman covered in medicine suddenly rushed towards the sedan chair from the village. She was dragged by a man and threw herself on the ground. She stretched her thin arm towards the sedan chair desperately, piercing her heart. Shouted loudly: "My daughter——!"

A childish voice came from inside the sedan chair: "Sister, don't cry."

The messenger of the river god lowered his eyes and led the team forward.

He shouldn't have thought so much.

No matter who they are, no matter what kind of life they could have lived, no matter what their family situation is like, no matter if they have loved ones or are loved by someone deeply.

The river god wouldn't care.As long as they are young and lively girls and young boys and girls, the River God doesn't care whether his wife and golden boys and girls cry or laugh, and he doesn't care whose children they are.

The joy sounded, and several strong men lifted the sedan chair and walked steadily all the way to the river.

This is a team for sending off weddings, and it is also a team for offering sacrifices.

The sound of the river came from far to near, and the team stopped in joy.The sedan chair was placed on the ground, making a muffled sound.

The sedan chair was still very quiet, only when it was shaken when it landed, there was a small child's gasp.

They have arrived.There is a built wooden platform on the bank of the river, which is both an altar and a ferry. There is a strangely shaped boat parked on the river, tied to wooden stakes by ropes.

It was a very special ship. It was not in the usual shuttle shape, but in the shape of a truncated cone.There are fences around the round platform, and a slightly higher wooden platform in the center. In the sunken ring between the wooden platform and the fence, there are fresh melons and fruits and stewed pig heads...

The messenger of the river god lit candles in front of the boat and led others to bow down to the river.

"...Respectfully, to the God of the Jiuqu River, last year's abundance and happiness were all due to the grace of God, bringing rain and springs, benefiting the people and crops... Now there is a bride, and a golden boy and jade girl, I am grateful for the virtue of God, and I am willing to serve..."

A girl in a wedding dress is holding two children and sitting in a sedan chair, listening to people's prayers through the curtain.

"Sister." The girl tugged at her arm, and asked in a low voice cautiously, "Will Grandpa River God be very fierce?"

The boy didn't speak, but raised his head and looked at the girl anxiously.

She slowly stroked the shoulders of the two children, and after a long time, she whispered: "Don't be afraid."

After the worship was over, people got up, and the messenger of the river god came over and raised the curtain of the sedan chair with half-closed eyes.There was a young and strong man standing outside the sedan chair, that was Mrs. Heshen's elder brother.Mrs. Heshen's mother is sick, and Mrs. Heshen's father stays at home to take care of her.But her brother is coming, and he has to marry behind his sister's back.

All the girls here are carried by their father or elder brother when they get married.

No matter who she is going to marry, he will always carry her back.

The man turned his back to the sedan chair and bowed his head deeply.

The girl let go of the arms holding the two children, and the two children subconsciously grabbed her sleeves.She paused, patted the arms of the two children, and after they let go, she leaned on her brother's back.

The elder brother carried her on his back and walked towards the river step by step.The messenger of the river god led the two children, and followed step by step.

People get out of the way.

The man has been silent, and she has been silent.

She was put on the boat, and the man who had been hanging his head finally raised his head, his eyes were red and his voice was hoarse: "Sister... don't be born here in your next life."

This should not be said during the sacrificial process, but the messenger of the river god kept his eyes down, as if he had neither seen nor heard anything.

"No," said the girl.

The messenger of the river god raised his eyes involuntarily. This was the first time he heard her speak, and it was also the first time he saw her appearance clearly.

The wedding dress was bright red, the vermilion lips were like blood, and the dark eyes gleamed like traces of tears or burning flames.

She looked at her brother, at the villagers who were offering sacrifices, and at him, her eyes almost made him shudder.

"No," she said.

"In the next life, in the next life... I will always be born here. Until the day when the river god dies!"

……

40 years, or 50 years... The messenger of the river god can't remember how long it has been. He presided over the river god sacrifices again and again, sending away one after another river god's wife, one pair after another golden boy and jade girl , this year, another River God Festival is coming soon.

He took his apprentice and stood at a door again.

There were no sobs or short breaths of fear, and the person who opened the door was quiet.

Are you desperate?This time the girl was a little different. Her parents had received money from another family, and she became the River God's wife for the girl of that family.

This kind of thing is not too rare, but he never pays attention to it, as long as there are Mrs. Heshen and the golden boy and jade girl every year, he will not care about other things.

But his apprentice is still young, and there will be some righteous indignation.These past few days, he has been whispering about this in his ear, but is it of any use?

He only asked his apprentice one sentence: "Do you want me to come forward and appoint the girl from the original family to be the wife of the River God?"

His apprentice shut up immediately.

Injustice, righteous indignation, sympathy... What's the use?As long as the river god is still there, there will always be the wife of the river god and the golden boy and jade girl, either this or that.

Always have.

It is not necessary to distinguish who they are, as long as they are the Lady of the River God and the Golden Boy and Jade Girl, that is enough.

Sacrifice always needs someone to preside over it.

The messenger of the river god lightened his hand, and the bright red wedding dress was taken away.

Quiet, but not numb.That quietness made him feel familiar.

He raised his head subconsciously. It was the face of a strange girl, but those eyes... were as black as ink, but shone brightly, like traces of tears, and like burning flames...

Has she already cried?

He remembered what his apprentice said, how the family cried and said that they were reluctant to part with their daughter, how they used this to raise the price from another family, and how they happily collected the money... They didn't come to participate in the wedding procession this time, they Not even a look!

Although Mrs. River God and the two children are brought into the same house in advance every year, their families always come to beg to see them again, even if they talk through the doors and windows... But this time, they didn't.No... The families of the two children came, but Mrs. River God's family did not.

The messenger of the river god looked into those eyes. He violated his habit and not only looked up at her face, but also did not look away for a long time.

He couldn't remember the face he saw last time, but he remembered the eyes.

The eyes are exactly the same as the current pair of eyes.

There was no resentment, no pain, no injustice in those eyes...or she had already experienced all of these, but she burned them into flames.

Sending off marriages, offering sacrifices, sending the wife of the river god and the golden boy and jade girl onto the boat... the messenger of the river god looked at the girl sitting in the boat.The wedding dress was bright red, her lips were like blood, and her dark eyes shone with a seductive light.

No one married her back.

The messenger of the river god was silent for a moment, then handed over the two children to his apprentice, and turned his back on the sedan chair.

This is very dangerous. People fear and hate the messengers of the river god, especially the chosen wife and children of the river god.She is too close to him, will she do something?She wears hairpins, which are sharp...

But she did nothing.She was very quiet and light, but the messenger of the river god felt that her footsteps had never been so heavy.

The girl lay on his back, and he married her off, and sent her on that desperate ship.

He looked into her face, into her eyes.

No... she is not just Mrs. River God, she is a young girl, a real person.She has a name of her own, not just "Mrs. River God".

The messenger of the river god suddenly said: "...Don't be born here in your next life."

"No." said the girl in the wedding dress.

The river wind tugged at her wedding dress, and the fire in her eyes was more intense than the wedding dress.

"I want to be born here forever, I want to see the river god die, I want to see the souls of the wronged people be released, I want to watch this place, and there will be no river god to marry again!"

The messenger of the river god looked at her and paused for a long time.His lips moved, but he didn't speak in the end. He just took a few steps back and led the people to bow to the boat again.

This time, I am not worshiping the river god, but the wife of the river god and the golden boy and jade girl.

Did they follow the river god to enjoy happiness?No one knows, no one knows where the boat will end up, it always carries the people on it, and disappears as it floats on the river, but everyone knows that they traded for the Jiuqu river bank. Another year of good weather.

The girl in the wedding dress was sitting on the boat, holding the two children in her arms, with no expression on her face, only a pair of dark eyes, looking at the people who bowed to them.

The two children moved uncomfortably, and their parents were among those who bowed down.

The messenger of the river god untied the rope, and the boat floated away along the river.Music sounded on the shore again, like joy and festival music.

"I saw A Niang crying." The girl said.

……

Another year of the River God Festival is over, and people go home, with the relief of trying to get rid of the depression after the end, and the anxiety and fear of a year later.

The messenger of the river god was old, and he returned to the temple of the river god with the support of his disciples.

He fidgeted for a long time, even his apprentice felt strange.

But he was only thinking about today's sacrifice.He broke his habit, and... he didn't speak at that time.But he actually wanted to ask, he wanted to ask her name, not just a "River Goddess Lady".

But he couldn't ask, he was timid.

She should hate him.They should hate him.

"Next year you will host the River God Festival." He suddenly said to his apprentice.

Waving his hand to stop the disciple's words, he put on his clothes and hurried to the river.

He looked at the river, which was flowing, calm and peaceful.

He thought again of those dark eyes.

"I want to see too..." he murmured, jumping into the river.

……

Year after year passed, and the river god sacrifices began again and again.

Another girl in a wedding dress was sent to the boat. The boat dedicated to the river god always drifted on the river and then disappeared. No one knew where it would end up except the river god's wife and the golden boy and jade girl.

The girl in the gorgeous wedding dress looked at the river, her dark eyes seemed to be burning, she seemed to remember this scene...

The river under the boat was turbulent, and the young child pulled her clothes and cried, "Sister, I'm afraid..."

"Close your eyes." She held the heads of the two children in her arms, but she stared at the river.

The river swirls and holds the boat.A huge black shadow approached from under the river, and in the next second, she saw a huge and hideous snake mouth.

……

...so cold...

……it hurts……

...I want to go home...

……I am really scared……

...Father, where are you...

... Woohoo, I will be obedient, don't abandon me...

There are many bones at the bottom of the river, and the sacrifices eaten by the river god are entangled in their own bones, wandering bitterly at the bottom of the river.

The huge body of the river god slipped through the water, and the water ghosts at the bottom of the river shivered in the shadows.

They resent, but they are also afraid.They remember the occasional year when no sacrifices were offered, the monstrous waves set off by the river god; they remember how the huge and ferocious snake mouth swallowed them; digestive pains...

They remembered the strength of the river god, and they also remembered their own weakness.So their fear dispelled the power of resentment.

The river god never cared about these bones and innocent souls under the water, so what if they resented them?Their timidity destined them to be humble.

They will be worn away by time as stones are worn away by the river.

But among the piles of bones, there is a pair of dark eyes, when all the water ghosts hide their heads to avoid the terrible shadow, they look up at the river god.The fire in those eyes cannot be extinguished even by the water of the river.