Wanted in another world

Jin Ruchen didn't know how long he had been wandering in the chaos. When he woke up, he was lying on the ground, with the vast ocean behind him, endless as far as the eye could see.There is a long road ahead, and there is no end in sight.

Jin Ruchen rubbed his drowsy head, he got up and patted the dirt on his body, looked back at the rough sea and continued to move forward.There is only one path around him, and there is no other choice but to move forward.

This narrow path looked far away, but it didn't take long for Jin Ruchen to reach the end. When he turned the corner, he saw a large wooden sign on the road with three large characters written on it: Huangquan Road.

"Damn it, I thought it was an illusion again, no matter how bad it was, it was just a dream, why did you come to Huangquan directly?" Jin Ruchen patted his cheek, trying to keep himself calm, "Let's go quickly, I'm not dead yet , who the hell is going to go to Huangquan Road."

But Jin Ruchen was even more shocked when he turned his head. There was no road behind him. The vast ocean was not as rough as it was before, and the lake was very calm. No wonder he didn't hear any sound.

Not far away, a small boat approached slowly. When it reached the shore, a skinny old man came out of the boat.The bony old man bowed to bid farewell to the boatman, and then tremblingly walked towards Jin Ruchen.

The old man had a sick look on his face. When he passed by Jin Ruchen, it was as if he hadn't seen him, and he continued walking without looking sideways.Jin Ruchen ran to the shore, he was going to find the boatman to find out where this place was, but the boatman ignored his call and immediately left with the boat.

"I'm going, you can't hear me when I'm so loud?" Jin Ruchen couldn't care less, and quickly turned around to catch up with the old man in front, "Master, wait a minute, I have a question for you."

The skinny old man didn't stop. He walked mechanically with slow steps, clutching his chest from time to time and letting out a series of coughs.When Jin Ruchen walked past the wooden sign on Huangquan Road, he found that all kinds of people suddenly appeared around him, and there were people selling various goods at the side of the road.

"Master, what is this place? I'm lost and I don't know where to go out." Jin Ruchen stopped in front of the old man, and seemed to realize that his actions were a bit abrupt, so he quickly explained: "I don't know how I got here , I saw you coming by boat just now, where can I buy a return boat ticket?"

The road we walked just now is called Huangquan Road. Jin Ruchen guessed that the place facing each other across the sea must be the world, as long as he bought the return ticket, he should leave here.

The old man raised his head and looked at Jin Ruchen, with no extra emotion in his empty eyes, "Young man, you died unexpectedly, this is Huangquan Road, and no one who has arrived here can get out."

The old man explained kindly, he glanced behind him, there was no turning back.Generally, the souls of accidental deaths have not yet reacted from the life in the world, and they generally do not have ghosts leading the way. They came to Huangquan by themselves, and there must be many unfamiliar places when they first arrive.

Jin Ruchen's expression flickered, this is indeed the Yellow Spring of the underworld, but he obviously jumped into the sarcophagus of Emperor Fuze's tomb, why did he come to the Yellow Spring Road?Is the sarcophagus in Fuze Emperor's Tomb a passage leading to the underworld?

Jin Ruchen couldn't figure it out. He was very worried about Wei Jiyan and Luo La. If they jumped into the sarcophagus with him, would they also come to Huangquan Road?If not, how would they deal with the Bone Legion.

Seeing that Jin Ruchen frowned and said nothing, the old man sighed and comforted him: "Young man, look away, since we are here, we have nothing to do with human affairs."

Jin Ruchen lowered his head pretending to be disappointed, and then smiled reluctantly at the old man. He followed the old man slowly, chatting without saying a word.The old man's name was Zhang Daozong, who died of illness and experienced a period of painful suffering before his death.Uncle Zhang's wife passed away very early. He has three sons and two daughters, but he has been living alone.

"Uncle Zhang, didn't you have any children to accompany you when you were sick?" Jin Ruchen asked casually, while looking at everything around him calmly.

The market on Huangquan Road has the characteristics of an ancient town. There are restaurants and teahouses around it. The merchants and passers-by are also dressed in various ways. There are girls in Hanfu, young women in cheongsam, and fashionable girls.Not only are the costumes very different, but even the makeup on his face is colorful. If Jin Ruchen hadn't known in advance that this was the road to hell, he would have thought he was at a masquerade party.

"Oh, don't mention it, they are all a bunch of unfilial sons." Uncle Zhang mentioned his daughter with an angry face, his hoarse voice was like a broken window, and the howling of the north wind could be heard.But after a while, like a deflated ball, he lowered his head and muttered to himself, "Actually, I also made mistakes. I did a lot of things wrong before, so it's understandable for them to blame me."

Uncle Zhang clutched his chest and coughed violently. The protruding eyeballs seemed to fall out in a second. Jin Ruchen quickly helped him to sit aside and patted him on the back.Only when Jin Ruchen got closer did he realize that Uncle Zhang's body was thin and bony, but his thighs were swollen badly. It seemed that the illness he had suffered during his lifetime had caused him great suffering.

It took a long time for Uncle Zhang to calm down. He took Jin Ruchen's hand and spoke eloquently, with tears oozing from his cloudy eyes.Uncle Zhang is a real farmer. At that time, the countryside was very poor, so the children did not go to any school. After they became adults, they all went out to work to support their families.When he was young, he was very domineering, beat and scolded his wife and children frequently, and would attack immediately if he felt unsatisfactory.

Because he was used to arbitrariness, Uncle Zhang's wife passed away early, and the children were fed up with his unreasonableness, so they separated from him early.Originally, he lived with the eldest son, but after he repeatedly made troubles for no reason, the eldest son completely lost his patience, and the family moved to another city. From then on, only Uncle Zhang lived in the old house in his hometown.

Jin Ruchen listened silently, he had never experienced these things, so he had no way to criticize any party from the commanding heights of morality.Uncle Zhang wiped his tears and continued to talk about what strange things he did in his life. When his wife was still alive, in the cold and windy winter, he threw his infant son into the river in front of his wife. Only because of the crying of the child interrupted his lunch break.His wife jumped into the river and tried her best to save her youngest son. Before she could change her soaked clothes, she was punished by him to kneel at the gate, which left her with the root cause of her illness.

When his eldest son was young, he went to the fields to catch eels and loaches to improve his food, but because he came home too late, he was hung from a tree with his hands tied for a whole night, and no one persuaded him.Mosquitoes were very dense at night in summer, and the smell of loach on the poor child made it easier to attract mosquitoes. He was bitten by mosquitoes countless times all over his body, and his hands lost his intuition because of the blood that was tied together by the rope.

Uncle Zhang still slept soundly that night, and he wasn't worried about his son hanging from the tree. If it wasn't for the fellow from the same village who couldn't bear to put a stool under his feet, maybe his hands would probably be useless because of it.

He once hanged a five-year-old dog alive on the pine tree in front of the door, and did not allow anyone to intercede, because he felt that the housekeeper dog had no value for use.Moreover, this dog often steals eggs from other people's chicken coops. Because he is so hungry, Uncle Zhang only feeds him a bowl of rice every day.

There were many such things, Uncle Zhang was talking incessantly, and Jin Ruchen listened quietly, without expressing any opinions from the beginning to the end.

"Young man, do you believe that there is retribution in this world?" Uncle Zhang raised his head and met Jin Ruchen's deep eyes, "I never believed it before. But I started to believe it when I was sick. At that moment, I became more convinced.”

Uncle Zhang’s illness was not terminally ill like cancer. At first, it was just a simple edema accompanied by abdominal pain, but later the edema became more and more serious, extending from the calf to the thigh.At that time, he had already fallen out with all his children, and he was unwilling to contact them because of his strong nature, so he gritted his teeth and persisted.

After a few months, he realized that his body might really be failing. The swelling on his thighs had made him unable to walk. For a long time, he even had problems eating and drinking.During his illness, he ate moldy food and drank unclean water. There was a rotten smell in the house, but he no longer had the energy to clean it.In the end, he was lying on the bed completely unable to move. The neighbor noticed his abnormality and hurriedly called his eldest son. Only then did he have time to see him for the last time.

"This person, I really can't do bad things. Do you think it's all over after death? You're wrong." Uncle Zhang sighed, and Jin Ruchen could see that he really regretted it now, "You know when I died How did you get here? It was escorted by ghost guards with chains."

Uncle Zhang thought that Jin Ruchen died accidentally, and the soul ran over by himself, so he didn't ask how he got here.According to Uncle Zhang's memory, he was very conscious when he was still breathing, and he could hear clearly what the people around him were saying.

When evening came, he was the only one left lying on the bed in the whole room, and he clearly saw two black figures sitting on the head of his bed, holding iron chains in their hands.In the silent room, the sound of the iron chain rubbing was very clear. Just when the black figure was about to put the iron chain on his head, he suddenly called out from unknown strength.

Uncle Zhang's eldest son was startled when he heard the shout, and rushed to the room. Uncle Zhang quickly took his hand and said, "There were two people sitting in front of my bed just now. When you came in, he left. As soon as you left They came back."

Uncle Zhang's son looked around, the room was only so big, no one would come over at this hour.And their brothers and sisters are all guarding outside. If someone comes in, how can so many pairs of eyes not see.The elder son just thought that the old father was terminally ill and confused, so he went out after comforting him a few words, but just as the elder son left, the two figures came to his bed again.

Uncle Zhang yelled again, every time someone came over, the two black shadows would disappear immediately, and they would show up as soon as they left.After being tossed and tossed by Uncle Zhang several times, the family didn't bother to pay attention to him. In the end, Uncle Zhang lost his breath amidst the screams, and passed away forever.

"I heard from my grandfather before that if a good person dies, the underworld will send a kind-faced ghost to invite him to pass, which is equivalent to a guide on the road to Huangquan." Uncle Zhang pointed to himself and said with self-deprecating: "Like me. Bad people who did evil in life will send evil spirits to claim their lives, and they will be directly chained to the bank of Wangchuan River."

Only then did Jin Ruchen know that the sea he saw just now was called the Wangchuan River, and the boatman in it was called the Ferryman.Every day he takes a ferry to pick up and drop off the terminal souls in the world, and different souls get different treatment.

If it is a soul invited by the messenger of hell, the ferryman will escort it with a luxurious ship. The sea is calm and the scenery is beautiful along the way.If it is a soul escorted by an evil spirit, then use a dilapidated boat, the stormy seas along the way, if one is not careful, it is very likely to fall into the Wangchuan River and become food in the mouth of the evil spirit.

"Little brother, thank you for listening to me, a bad old man, for so long. I'm going to hell to accept my trial. We are not on the same road." Uncle Zhang bid farewell to Jin Ruchen with some reluctance. Walking towards a gate, when he reached the gate, two ghost messengers suddenly appeared, one of them escorted him and left.

Jin Ruchen was very anxious. There was no return to the Yellow Spring Road in the underworld. The ferryman in the Wangchuan River only had no return date at the end. How could he go back?Jin Ruchen was so restless that he squatted on the side of the road. In order not to attract attention, he used a big leaf to block himself in front of him.

"Xiaochen, why are you here?" Jin Ruchen suddenly heard a familiar voice, he suddenly looked up, and saw his mother who had been dead for many years.