Chapter 7 Chapter 7: Breaking the Yin-Yang Realm and Returning to the Human World

Wuyan returned to the human world in one night.She raised her head and saw the crooked moon.It was the first quarter moon, not yet full, and the hazy moonlight was not very good, but it was enough to make Wuyan thrilled. She knew it was the moon, no one told her it was the moon, but she knew it was the moon, bright and high, with white and blue light, looking down in the dark night like black velvet, with compassion, As if to talk to Wuyan. Wuyan raised her head, stared at the moon for a long time, and then began to count the stars next to the moon. So many stars, so many stars, each one has light, and they rely on light to prove their existence.Wuyan wanted to cry again, but she couldn't. Finally, she could see her eyes, but she had no more tears.She used to go to bed when it was dark, and at the end of the night, she was still awake in another darkness.She thought her life was just endless night without day, but now she knows that night is not always darkness.

She knelt in the moonlight and prayed: "Moon, moon, I don't have the extravagant hope to have a perfect marriage with Ling Zheng, and I don't even have the ambition to hurt Ling Zheng's life. Let me be with him for a few days, let me love him well, and get his true love even for a minute. At that time, I will be so happy that I will be willing." The first time she saw Ling Zheng's blurred shadow in the reflection of Huang Quan, she decided to return to Yang.Erlang said that she could see Ling Zheng's shadow in the underworld, which proved that she and him had never had a relationship and would meet again.She and him were destined to have a fate.

Having been alone in hell for sixty years, the old ghost really learned a lot. He sneaked into the judge's mansion while the new ghost was reporting for duty and the judge was trying the case. He found out in the life and death book that a girl would commit suicide by lying on the subway station. Pei Lingzheng will pass by there at the right time - this is the best time to show no shame. "At that time, I will ask the judge for 25 days leave, and I will accompany you to the world once to help you succeed." Erlang promised Wuyan in this way, and also encouraged Wuyan, telling him tirelessly, "Remember, you only have 25 days, and the countdown will start from the first day you entered the world, and you will lose one year every day, so you must make Pei Lingzheng fall in love with you before he finds out the truth. In other words, your real chance is only three or five It's just God."

Wuyan asked the old ghost, "Why did you help me like this?" "Because you are Xiaocui's granddaughter." The old ghost said, "I'm helping you because I want you to help me and go back to the world to find Xiaocui." "You haven't found it after searching for more than sixty years. Where can I find it?" The old ghost sighed: "In the past 60 years, I have only been able to go to the underworld for a few days when the gate of hell is closed on July 14th every year. But I am a ghost, and there are many places I cannot go. For example, I will enter your garden. No, there are spells hidden everywhere on the gate and on the wall, and they are painted and carved on the carved eaves and on the door knocker. Zhong Ziming seems to respect ghosts and gods, and he arranges the house according to the rules of the Book of Changes , I have studied the taboos of Fengshui, I can't enter his place; I only went to Suzhou River to pay homage for a few days, but I still have to come back, and I can't even see the shadow of your grandmother; I am a ghost, although I can walk in the world, But I don’t have a human form, and I can’t ask people everywhere. It’s useless to search. In the end, I’m still waiting. So, if I want to know Xiaocui’s whereabouts, I must help you return the sun. If you don’t help me, I will live forever I don't rest in peace..."

Wuyan was almost in tears.Never rest in peace.Erlang was only in his early twenties, but he has been dead for more than 60 years. He and Xiaocui have only been in love for a few short months, but it is not enough to commemorate it with a lifetime, and it will also be tied to the soul, which will never rest in peace. —Life is weak like a spider's thread.Xiao Cui always liked to say this before she was alive, and she kept repeating that "life is weak like a spider's thread". Perhaps this is the origin of Erlang Ghost's hard thinking about death. She does not understand life, he does not understand death;

When she was alive, she kept thinking about what life was like, and after he died, he tried his best to find out the meaning of death. He has been in the underworld for sixty years, does not drink water, does not reincarnate, and is not lonely. He has been busy studying and thinking, learning the knowledge of hell in order to find her, and thinking about the true taste of death in order to return with her. for her... Wuyan has no tears, but she wants to cry very much. If a person can meet another person in his life, who is willing to treat himself and for himself like this, how full his life will be.

She suddenly awakened to the meaning of life, which is love.A life of love is not empty.Xiaocui said that life is as weak as a spider's thread, and what she sighed was not life, but love.She lives in a world of luxury and luxury, but without love; she is extremely rich in material and communication, but without love, so she is empty and emaciated, and her life is as weak as a spider's thread. Wuyan understood a little.She also once really loved, but she didn't get it, so her life is also empty, and her death is even more meaningless. She should go back, see Ling Zheng with her own eyes, meet and fall in love with him, since she once loved him so much that she could give up her life, why not use her soul as a mortgage to love him again?

A girl can turn into a cloud for love, and naturally she can also turn from a cloud into rain, even if her body is smashed to pieces, even if she is left as dust, even if her soul is scattered, even if she never reborn - she is willing! She decided to accept Erlang's arrangement and return to the world, for herself and Erlang.Anyway, try again. From that moment on, Wuyan decided to learn the knowledge of reincarnation carefully, to be a good student again, to listen to the old ghost's lectures, to listen to his decomposition of life and death, life and death, and reincarnation retribution, vicissitudes——

"Once a year, I go to the world more than 60 times, watching the world change, one big movement after another, followed by a big reform after another, and a big celebration after another. Many theater buildings They were all demolished, but there were many more movie theaters; the dance hall was also different, and it was called a karaoke hall; I went to the Chenghuang Temple Theater Building, and it changed a lot. I still remember singing "Sanchakou" in the Chenghuang Temple Theater Building The ostentation, wow, that's called prestige. The upper floor is octagonal with a spire, the lower floor is Xieshan style, three rooms wide, and the building is divided into two floors. Qu Shengping'. My master said that it was not the heyday of the Chenghuang Temple theater building. In the past, when Yongle built the building in the Ming Dynasty, the scale was called large. From Yongle to Qing Daoguang, the temple foundation of Shanghai Chenghuang Temple was expanded again and again, and the stage was built in Yimen. , Every time I go to a temple fair, there are huge crowds of people. The incense is at its peak, the popularity is strong, and the drama is also thick. Unfortunately, it was burned four times during the Daoguang and Xianfeng years, and then rebuilt. In the Republic of China, it was burned twice in a row. It is really not as good as one generation. It’s just the Town God’s Temple theater building in Shanghai. It means that Taizu ordered the city gods to be knighted in cities and towns all over the country, so Town God’s Temples were built in various places. We, the theater troupe who travel far and wide, such as Zhejiang Shengzhou City God’s Temple stage, Henan Zhengzhou Changcheng God’s Temple stage, Shaanxi Hancheng City God’s Temple stage, Xi’an City God’s Temple pass-by stage, I sang in the past, and the ostentation was great... ..."

Once the old ghost talked, he couldn't hold back the brakes, from the stage to the repertoire, from the beginning of the outfit to the end of the building, from the clean and ugly to singing, reading and fighting, from Xipi Liushui to the folds of the python, from Guangxu Thirteen to Four Daming Dan, from Peking opera to Kunqu opera, Wuyan had to interrupt him: "I promise you, I will go back to the world to help you find my grandma. But you haven't told me that I am also a ghost, and I am not as capable as you. How can I go anywhere?" "You are a new ghost, and the yang energy has not completely dissipated. I will find a few ghosts to help you do some homework, and there is still time to gather the scattered yang energy. In two days, I will ask my brother to be on duty. At that time, he will secretly Let us go out of the gate of hell, and when we get to Yangjian, just wait for that girl to commit suicide by lying on the subway rail, and when she jumps down, you can quickly return her yang energy, and you can take all her yang energy away, so that your yang energy plus her The yang energy is enough to help you form a human being. When you become a human being, you will naturally be able to walk around, just like you were when you were alive, or in other words, like you have never died."

Wuyan was a little puzzled, "Why did she take away her yang energy when she danced? Can't we trade it after she dies? Her soul is going to pass here anyway, so we can borrow her yang energy after explaining to her." Would you be more polite?" "No." The old ghost said decisively, "If she is really dead, the yang energy will dissipate, and you will not be able to have the most complete and freshest breath. You know those people who committed suicide by jumping off the building? Many people are still alive. He was already dead before he landed, and he died in his mind, because he was afraid, but also because he thought he was going to die, so the mind made him die in mid-air before he fell down; there was another reason, that was when he decided to die, His yang energy also began to disperse. When he jumped off, there were ghosts waiting to take away his yang energy. Therefore, no matter whether he jumped or landed, as long as he started to jump, he would Dead." Wuyan gasped, so when he crashed into the No. 19 bus, was there a ghost waiting to return the sun?Also, even if I am still a yang adult, my body has already been cremated to ashes. No matter how much yang energy there is, how can breath replace the flesh and blood body? The old ghost seemed to know what Wuyan wanted to ask, and before she could ask, he began to answer: "Not everyone is very determined, and not all ghosts want to pay back the sun. There are too many rules and the price is too high. Most people After being a ghost, they will abide by their own laws, follow the rules, and honestly drink Meng Po soup to cross the bridge, just like most people still follow the rules. The mavericks will always be individual people, individual ghosts. Some people will escape from death , then the fight is whether the will of the human being is stronger or the will of the ghost is stronger. However, no matter how weak the will of a person is, because his body and soul are one, his strength is always greater than that of a ghost; and the will of a ghost No matter how powerful they are, they are still in a weak position because they have only their gods but no form. The so-called evil does not overwhelm the righteous. Therefore, only when people give up their lives and do not want to live, the power of ghosts can be exerted. And if ghosts want to be stronger, they must It needs to rely on many external conditions and factors, like the girl who decided to commit suicide by lying on the track is one of the conditions, when ghosts use some conditions and methods to haunt people, people call this phenomenon 'ghosting'." "So, my Huanyang is also a kind of haunted?" Wuyan couldn't help but smile bitterly, "But how can I deceive people's eyes? Don't they feel that I'm a ghost instead of a real person?" The old ghost has a well-thought-out plan: "What is true? What is false? When the false is true, the true is also false. In fact, everything is just an illusion. The soul is an illusion, and the body is also an illusion. The illusion can exist with the help of feeling, and feeling is the greatest. Some people think they love someone, but they don’t; this is the illusion of feeling. A mirage is an illusion, a dream is an illusion, but is Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou? Which one is the illusion? In my opinion, maybe both Illusion. Similarly, when people shake hands, they feel the existence of the physical body, and when they see it, they think it is a concrete reflection, but in fact, they are all illusions..." Wuyan understood a little bit, interrupted the old ghost and said: "There is no need to speak so profoundly. I understand what you mean, you mean, whether I am a flesh and blood body or not, but Pei Lingzheng and all people in Yangjian will feel I'm a real person, so that means I'm a human being, isn't it?" "It can be said that. In short, whether any theory is true or not depends on two aspects. As long as the two aspects reach a consensus, the truth will emerge." Erlang is really an out-and-out philosopher, but at the same time he is good at deploying plans.Everything was as he had planned, when it was midnight, his ghost brothers were on duty, perverting the law, neglecting their duty, and opening the gate of hell to let them slip out of hell—breaking the realm of Yin and Yang, and returning to the human world! Naturally, when the gate of hell is wide open, it's not just the two of them who let go. There are always old and new souls who are unwilling to escape and make trouble in the world. However, those "ghost" incidents are not Erlang and Wu. Yan can stop it. They come back to their souls in the middle of the night.Wuyan fluttered all the way to the ground with Erlang, unable to get together for a while.She looked at the moonlight like water, and felt mixed feelings in her heart. She came back, and returned to this very familiar and strange world. She had only been away for a few months, but she had met again after a lifetime. Moreover, she could finally see this world, yes Use your eyes, not just your senses.She will also see Ling Zheng with her own eyes—— Oh, see Ling Zheng!But where should I find Ling Zheng? The old ghost took Wuyan straight to Zhong's Garden—even though he was going home, but for Wuyan who could see with his eyes just now, the old ghost was more familiar with the path than her. Erlang walked against the wind, and sang softly: "Ask where the flat boat will return? Sigh, drifting is always in the thousands of waves. The waves turned thousands of feet high that day, but today the wind blows and the sail is late—" a song "Bei Xin Shui" Before the end of "Order", Zhong's Garden is already in front of you. Wuyan finally saw his home for the first time.Under the moonlight, the purple-red walls, dark green tiles, wrought-iron fences, brass door knockers, tree canopies and faint fragrance escaping from the wall courtyard...all exude a strange gentleness. She circled the wall of the garden, became a ghost, and was as light as a swallow. She circled and circled for a moment. This place where she lived since she was a child, her home, made her both familiar and strange, kind and terrifying. ——Because she couldn't get in. Erlang showed her the various layouts of the building: the carvings on the lintels were stained with cinnabar, peach trees were used as symbols, copper tigers were rings, and the walls were decorated with unicorns, phoenixes and other auspicious animals; not only that, it is estimated that the arrangement of water and trees in the inner courtyard must follow the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams The character of the town house is indispensable to exorcise evil spirits, respect ghosts and gods and stay away. Wuyan nodded: "My grandfather is indeed proficient in the Book of Changes. He is very particular about things such as mulberries, locust trees, banyan trees, and apricots that cannot be planted in the courtyard, and mirrors are not allowed to face the bed. I have lived in various taboos since I was a child. The solar calendar and the lunar calendar have always been used at the same time. For example, you can’t do needlework on the first day of the first month, you can’t wash your hair on the third day, you can’t cut your hair on the seventh day, you have to eat cold dishes during Qingming, you can’t eat cold food in Lidong, and you have to eat dumplings during the winter solstice. I don’t remember much. Clear, but Grandma Wu will remember it for us. Like Grandpa, she is very superstitious." In fact, Grandpa’s emphasis and rules are not only on these feng shui taboos, but also on the common habits of life. There are also many principles. Do not eat when you are bored", "Don't drink empty tea, don't eat evening meals" and other detailed rules, and strive to teach Wuyan to be a lady.Unexpectedly, Wuyan, who grew up under such a strict dogma, would be a Giselle who committed suicide. Not only did she become a ghost, but she also became a reborn person who came back to life after death. This is probably a huge challenge for Zhong Ziming. up. Erlang looked longingly at the courtyard wall, and said sadly: "I only went in here once, that was when Xiao Cui was drunk and I sent her back. The inside is really magnificent. I have been to many concerts of rich people, It's not that I'm ignorant; but your grandfather's way of decorating the main room has a unique style. It's rich and noble, and it's more beautiful than the ones in the paintings. But, I only saw the living room, but didn't go inside. I've always wanted to know How is Xiaocui’s house furnished? She lives in the most expensive hotel in Beijing, and she always complains about being uncomfortable, saying that she misses her own house and the furnishings in the house. I told her that when we settle down in the future, we will have our own The house must be arranged like her original house, but when I asked her what was in the house, she refused to say anything, but she was silently lost in thought. I guessed that the house must be very exquisite and rare, and she refused to tell I heard, I must know that I can't achieve it with my material resources, and I don't want to say it to embarrass me, but I really want to satisfy her, I want to restore her an exactly the same bedroom, I even dream about it." As he spoke, he became sad again. Wuyan heard it bitterly, tried every means to comfort the old ghost, and tried hard to recall and tell him the details of the layout of the courtyard, but unfortunately they only had shapes but no colors, and grandma's room, even the memory of the shape was difficult. No.Wuyan explained: "Grandma's room is upstairs, at the corner to the right. It is said that it has floor-to-ceiling windows and can see the garden view. It is the best room in the whole building. But I have never been in that room for many years. It's locked, I heard that since grandma disappeared, grandpa has locked that door, and never let anyone in except for him occasionally going in. Even Grandma Wu has never gone in." Erlang was happy instead: "That is to say, the furnishings in the house have not changed? When you go in in the future, you must look carefully and tell me." "I go in?" "Yes. You can go in after you revive your soul. At that time, you will have a body of flesh and blood like ordinary people. You must search the entire garden carefully for me, looking for clues, and inquiring about Xiao Cui's whereabouts. Wait If I don't get her, even if I'm out of my wits, I still can't rest." Wuyan nodded sadly.They turned around outside the garden wall again. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, they didn't dare to fall in love with each other, because they were afraid of missing the opportunity to reincarnate. Two ghosts, one old and one young, followed them to the subway station and waited for the rabbit. The sky is getting brighter little by little, and there are as many people in the subway station as crucian carp crossing the river. I don't know where there are so many so busy people.There are well-dressed white-collar workers with strict makeup, small vendors dragging huge black plastic bags, mothers who hugged their children while coaxing and scolding, students with stern and slightly impatient expressions, and even a young man and woman arguing at the entrance of the subway station. Wuyan carefully identified among the crowd, for fear of missing Ling Zheng, even if they met face to face, would she be able to recognize him?She can't help but be excited, but also sad, she is about to see Ling Zheng, and reunion means farewell, and at the same time means extinction. She looked at all the people with great interest, and felt that each one was very special and a landscape.Even the crying and quarreling woman, although rough, is still a lively person.She wrestled with a man, crying and cursing frantically, "I'm dead, I'll fight you hard." It was a thin, pale, disheveled girl.But Wuyan thought, maybe she wasn't in such a mess in the first place, it's just that the quarrel and anger made her lose her calm beauty. Suddenly there was a crisp sound, and the entangled man and woman separated abruptly.Wuyan saw the girl covering her right face with one hand, her eyes were astonished and desperate, as if she had forgotten her anger. Wuyan was also a little annoyed by this palm, how could he hit a woman?Anyway, they were in love once, how could he beat her?She couldn't help but feel narrowed, and floated forward to blow a breath of cold air on the man's face.The man shivered and sneezed out of nowhere.Surprised, he looked up blankly. Wuyan smiled secretly in her heart, and followed him to look around, and when she turned her head, she saw Ling Zheng in the crowd.She was startled, she didn't recognize him, but she knew that this was Ling Zheng, this was Ling Zheng. Ling Zheng's back against the long, green and cold passage, looks sad and vicissitudes, this scene is familiar to her, she has seen it in the reflection of the underworld in hell, she saw his shadow in the underworld, just now That's right, right here.So, is this where she will finally meet him again, where she will be reborn again? She didn't care about the girl anymore, twisted her body, and floated into the platform with the breeze.She returned to the human world at all costs, just to see Ling Zheng with her own eyes and spend a few more days with him.For this, she is willing not to drink Mengpo soup to preserve her soul and memory, and she is willing to pick up all her footprints in exchange for 25 days of survival.Now, she's back and finally sees him! Oh Lingzheng!How handsome, how handsome, how desirable he was.His short hair, short stubble, his slightly frowning eyebrows, tightly closed lips, his every move, every frown and look, all affected her so much.She followed him and was attached to him, moving forward and backward, following him like a shadow, not knowing how to express her joy. "Lingzheng, Lingzheng." She called his name.But he couldn't hear.He couldn't see her, and he couldn't hear her.She is like that girly cloud, and he is like a boy on the prairie, unable to understand the language of the cloud. In the past, when she was alive, she was blind. She listened to him and followed him, but he could see her, but she couldn't see him; I saw him, but he couldn't see her.Are she and him destined to miss each other again and again? Wuyan suddenly hesitated at this time, what if she doesn't return the sun?What would happen if she didn't return the sun?Huanyang, she will meet with Ling Zheng for 25 days; but if she does not return to Yang, as a ghost, a ghost wandering in the world, maybe her time limit will be longer.She can always follow Ling Zheng and never leave her.Old ghosts can exist in the underworld for more than sixty years, what about her?Can I accompany Ling Zheng until he grows old like this? A thin woman passed through her faceless body and walked towards the subway tracks. She was pale and mournful, and she moved her steps heavily. Her whole body was enveloped in an aura of death. The girl who quarreled. Wuyan suddenly realized that this was the stand-in, the sad person who was about to commit suicide by lying on the train, it turned out that her death was so easy and not worth it.She thought that maybe she should stop her. Those who commit suicide will go to the Hell of the Dead, and they will be imprisoned in the City of the Dead. It's going to be a lot more difficult. However, at this moment, there was a roar, the subway came into the station, and the crowded crowd slowly moved towards the front of the station. The girl suddenly jumped up and jumped off the train track without hesitation. She was shocked and called her: "Don't let me go!" !" At the same time, the old ghost suddenly stepped forward, pushed Wuyan behind, and shouted: "Go!"