Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Wonderland and Hell

Chu Liuxiang suddenly sighed, and said, "I've already guessed who that person is even if she doesn't tell me." Hu Tiehua said: "Who is it?" Chu Liuxiang said, "Jellyfish Yin Ji." As soon as the words "Jellyfish Yin Ji" were uttered, Hu Tiehua's face seemed to be painted with a layer of dead gray paint, and even his eyes were dimmed. Others were even more pale, as if the name itself had a mysterious magic power, as long as people heard the name, they would encounter some ominous things. Only Black Pearl, who has lived in the desert for a long time, seems to be unfamiliar with this name.

She couldn't help asking: "I seem to have heard the name of 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' before, but I can't remember who it is." Chu Liuxiang said: "Jellyfish Yin Ji is the Goddess of Shenshui, the master of Shenshui Palace." Now, the face of the black pearl also changed color. Chu Liuxiang looked at Liu Wumei and said, "I didn't guess wrong, did I?" Liu Wumei was silent for a long time before she nodded and sighed, "Not bad." Black Pearl said: "Although I rarely enter the customs, I also heard that this 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' is the first weird person in the martial arts. It is said that her temper is somewhat similar to Shi Guanyin, and she hates men the most in her life. Any man, as long as he looks at her, she will never let him live again."

Hu Tiehua rubbed her nose and said with a wry smile: "You're mistaken, her temper is not at all similar to Shi Guanyin's. Shi Guanyin not only doesn't hate men, but also likes men, especially beautiful men. Her problem is just It’s just that I have too much appetite for men, so I always want to change it to a fresh one.” Liu Wumei sighed: "But 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' really hates men. As far as I know, no man in the world has ever approached her, let alone a man in Shenshui Palace." Hei Zhuzhu said: "But I also know that although this person is moody and hates men very much, she is not a bad person, nor is she like Shi Guanyin who wants to harm others."

Chu Liuxiang said: "Yes, as long as others don't provoke her, she will never provoke others." Heizhu said: "Then, why did she kill you? Did you offend her?" Chu Liuxiang sighed for a long time, and said with a wry smile, "I just offended her." Liu Wumei sighed: "What hatred do you have? I don't know, because I dare not ask her." Chu Liuxiang sighed: "Three or four months ago, a bottle of 'Tianyi Shenshui' was stolen from the Shenshui Palace, and the people in the Shenshui Palace suspected that I stole it." Liu Wumei said: "Is it you?"

Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly and said, "Of course it's not me." Hu Tiehua said: "I also believe that it is definitely not him. If it is 'Tianyi Shenjiu', he might still steal it to drink. What's the use of stealing 'Tianyi Shenshui'?" Song Tian'er suddenly smiled "puchi" and said, "If it's 'Tianyishen vinegar', I'll know who stole it." Li Hongxiu glared at her fiercely, bit her lip and whispered, "Little rascal, you are the one who is jealous!" They have lived with Chu Liuxiang for so many years and at sea, so they are very open-minded, and they will never forget to laugh at any time.

But Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but laugh now. He frowned and said: "Although I have never even seen Tianyi Shenshui, the people in the Shengong Palace refused to let me go, and forced me to find the person who stole the water within a month. Otherwise, they will come to me to settle accounts." Liu Wumei said: "Have you found out who that person is?" Chu Liuxiang smiled wryly and said, "I found it, but it's a pity that too many things happened that time, I actually forgot the deadline given to me by Shenshui Palace, and I didn't go to them to explain."

Hu Tiehua shook his head and said: "How can an educated man forget his date with a woman? It's no wonder that others are coming to trouble you. I don't blame them." Li Hongxiu pouted and said, "He shouldn't have made an appointment with them at all. He wasn't even sure about it at the time, and this matter had nothing to do with him at all. Son, he got dizzy, so he agreed in a daze, and now Shenshui Palace..." Song Tian'er suddenly laughed again, and said: "Shenshui Palace is nothing special, if they come, we have the head of 'Shenshui Palace' to deal with her anyway."

In fact, Li Hongxiu and Song Tian'er also knew that now was not the time for joking, they just felt that there were too many tears in this place, so they wanted to make some laughs.Because they think that when people encounter difficulties and misfortunes, tears can't solve any problems. Only laughter is the best weapon against difficulties and misfortunes. But they have gradually discovered that their laughter, instead of diluting the sorrow of others, is a kind of stimulation to others. Seeing them laughing so happily, Liu Wumei's expression became even more bleak, because she felt that everyone was happy, only her life was full of misfortune.

Li Hongxiu and Song Tian'er couldn't laugh anymore. Only then did Liu Wumei remember that they were still imprisoned in the prison, so she lightly touched the stone wall with her hand, and the iron gate slowly slid open and sank into the stone wall. Then she turned around, bowed to Chu Liuxiang, and said sadly: "My husband and wife, Meng Xiangshuai, are grateful for their kindness and not killing them. I really can't, and I dare not ask Xiangshuai to save me. From now on, I hope ..." Chu Liuxiang interrupted her and said, "You don't have to think that I'm going to take a risk to save you, anyway, I have to go to Shenshui Palace."

Liu Wumei let out a long sigh, and said, "You don't need to go to that kind of place, Xiangshuai." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "How can I not go? If I don't go, I'm afraid that the troubles will be even greater in the future. Since that 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' can ask you to kill me, she can also ask others to kill me, don't I? Can you still guard against her for the rest of your life?" Hu Tiehua immediately continued: "That's right, since he has missed the appointment, he should go and explain it to others. I don't think that 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' will be an unreasonable person."

Liu Wumei sighed: "Do you think she is a very reasonable person?" Hu Tiehua said angrily: "If she is really unreasonable, we also have unreasonable ways to deal with her. Then Shenshui Palace is a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire, a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, and I, Hu, must go and break into it." Su Rongrong suddenly said: "Shenshui Palace is neither a mountain of swords nor a sea of ​​fire, nor is it a dragon's pool and a tiger's lair. Instead, it is a place with very beautiful scenery, like a fairyland." Chu Liuxiang said: "By the way, only you have been to Shenshui Palace. Do you think that place is really scary?" Su Rongrong said: "From my point of view, that place is not scary at all." Chu Liuxiang said, "Oh?" Su Rongrong said: "Have you heard of the legendary Peach Blossom Spring? Shenshui Palace is just like Peach Blossom Spring. It can be said to be a fairyland in the world. After I got there, I still couldn't believe that it was the famous Shenshui Palace. Not only is there no murderous look there, there is not even a little smoke and fire." Her eyes looked more gentle, and she continued slowly: "It was early summer at that time, I was riding a small boat up the stream, after walking for a long time, I found a petal of peach blossoms flowing down the stream." Chu Liuxiang couldn't help but asked, "Is there still sesame rice?" Su Rongrong smiled sweetly, and said: "There is indeed a very fragrant sesame rice in the petals, and the fragrance of the flowers in the breeze is even more intoxicating. Sitting on the boat, it seems that I have not only stepped into a picture, but also into a mythology." She spoke so beautifully that even Hu Tiehua didn't realize that she was delusional. Su Rongrong continued: "I was fascinated, and I don't know how long the boat has been sailing. I gradually walked into a mountain gap. There were thick aquatic plants growing on both sides, and it was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers. I paddled the aquatic plants with my oars, and walked again. After a long time, the eyes suddenly opened up, and I saw a beautiful valley with hundreds of flowers in front of me. On the right, a waterfall flew down from the top of the mountain. There are tens of thousands of unknown birds flying around, and they are not afraid of people when they see people, but a few of them flew to my shoulders, as if they wanted to talk to me." The picturesque and poetic beauty was narrated by her in that gentle voice, which was even more satisfying. Li Hongxiu sighed softly, and said, "I knew that Shenshui Palace is such a fairyland. I should go with you too." Liu Wumei suddenly asked: "But girl, how do you know that this stream is the way to enter the mountain?" Su Rongrong said: "I have an aunt who is a disciple of Shenshui Palace. She once told me how to go to find her. Naturally, she forbids me to tell this secret to others." Song Tian'er blinked and said, "Does your aunt also live in those rooms among the flowers?" Su Rongrong said: "It was only later that I found out that those pavilions and huts among the flowers and trees are the residences under the gate of Shenshui Palace, because everyone's preferences are different, so the styles of the houses they live in are also different." Li Hongxiu said: "What is your aunt's place like?" Su Rongrong said: "She lived in two exquisite huts, with bamboo fences outside and chrysanthemums planted in the yard. Although the chrysanthemums hadn't bloomed at that time, as soon as I arrived there, I couldn't help but think of two lines of Tao Yuanming's poem. " Li Hongxiu said in a rambling voice: "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan..." Hu Tiehua sighed, and murmured: "It seems that this 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' treats her apprentices much better than Shi Guanyin." Su Rongrong said: "It's a pity that after I got there, I couldn't wander around. I could only stay in my aunt's house, because she warned me that if I ran around, there would be great disaster immediately." Chu Liuxiang said: "What disaster?" Su Rongrong said: "She didn't say what the disaster was, she just locked me in the house and didn't let me see anyone, so I didn't even see that Gong Nanyan girl." Chu Liuxiang said: "So, you haven't seen 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' either?" Su Rongrong said: "No." Chu Liuxiang said: "You don't know where she lives?" Su Rongrong said: "I don't know." She sighed, and continued: "I really want to meet this legendary figure in the martial arts, but my aunt has repeatedly warned me not to let me see her, but I know that she does live in that valley, maybe It's in the peach blossom forest opposite my aunt's hut, maybe in the small nunnery in front of the hillside." Chu Liuxiang said: "Nun? Are there nuns in Shenshui Palace?" Su Rongrong said: "It is said that 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' is a very pious layman, so she let 'Wonderful Monk' go out of nowhere to explain Buddhist scriptures." Chu Liuxiang pondered and said: "In this case, she is indeed likely to live in Nani's nunnery." Su Rongrong said: "But as far as I know, Wuhua has never seen her. After Wuhua entered the valley, she would sit on the big rock in front of the waterfall and preach Buddhist scriptures for two hours every day. Where is the person who is listening to his lectures but has never seen her?" Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly: "She is really a very mysterious person, much more mysterious than I imagined." Hu Tiehua said with a smile: "But Shenshui Palace is not as mysterious as I imagined. I thought that place must be eerie and scary, but unexpectedly, it is much cuter than most places in the world." Liu Wumei suddenly said: "Everyone, don't forget that I have also been to Shenshui Palace." Hu Tiehua said: "Naturally you have been there." Liu Wumei said: "As far as I know, Shenshui Palace is not the kind of place Miss Su said." Hu Tiehua was surprised and said: "Oh? Is there any difference in the Shenshui Palace you saw?" Liu Wumei said: "There is a big difference." She continued word by word: "The Shenshui Palace that Miss Su saw was a fairyland on earth, but the Shenshui Palace that I saw was a hell on earth." When these words came out, everyone was stunned again. Liu Wumei said: "I don't have my aunt to show me the way to enter the mountain, so I spent a lot of effort to find out that people who want to go to Shenshui Palace must first pass through Bodhi Temple." Hu Tiehua frowned and said: "Since this Bodhi Temple is so closely related to Shenshui Palace, it must be a very famous place. Why have I never heard of this name?" Liu Wumei said: "This Bodhi nunnery is just a very dilapidated small temple, there is only one nun in the nunnery, this nun seems to be at least seventy or eighty years old, and seems to be deaf and dumb, but no matter who If you want to go to Shenshui Palace, you have to tell this old nun the reason why you want to go." Hu Tiehua said: "Since this old nun is deaf and dumb, how can she hear others?" Liu Wumei said: "If she refuses to let you go to Shenshui Palace, she will be deaf and dumb. No matter how much you beg her, she will not be able to hear you, but if she will let you go, every word you say will be heard." , she could hear clearly." Hu Tiehua said: "This method is really good." Liu Wumei said: "After I told her the reason why I wanted to go to Shenshui Palace, she was silent for a long time, then suddenly poured a cup of tea and asked me to drink it." Hu Tiehua said: "Did you drink it?" Liu Wumei sighed: "How can I not drink?" She continued with a wry smile: "Of course I also know that this cup of tea is not good to drink. After drinking it, I passed out immediately. When I woke up, I found that I had been locked in a box. The box It was dripping with water, as if I had been soaked in water, and I was completely soaked." Li Yuhan had been standing there in a daze, and now he sighed a long time, looking at his wife with regret in his eyes. Liu Wumei said: "Fortunately, this box is made of wicker, and the outside is not locked, so I climbed out of the box, only to find that there is a very damp tunnel, there is no light at all, only for a while. There was a constant sound of running water, but I couldn't tell where it was coming from." Chu Liuxiang said: "Shenshui Palace must have a water source, at least there is no doubt about it." Hu Tiehua stared and said: "There is no water in the divine water, so is there still wine?" Liu Wumei said: "I can't see anything, I can only walk forward by feeling, I don't know how long this tunnel is, and I don't know where it leads to." Hu Tiehua said: "But at least you can be sure that no one will plot against you in this tunnel, because at least 'Jellyfish Yin Ji' will not be someone who plots against others." His words were originally meant to be kind, but unexpectedly they pierced Liu Wumei's dull pain, her pale face couldn't help but reddened, she lowered her head and said: "At that time, although my eyes and ears were useless, my nose was still useful , because there are all kinds of different smells in the tunnel." Song Tian'er said: "What... what smell?" Liu Wumei said: "At first, there was a burst of damp smell, and then there was a burst of burning smell, as if something was burnt, and then there was the smell of blood, iron filings, earth, wood..." There was a look of fear on her face, and she whispered: "In that tunnel, although no one has ever plotted against me, and there are no traps, but just such a different smell, it has already driven me crazy." Hu Tiehua still couldn't help asking: "These smells can't hurt people, so what's so scary?" Liu Wumei sighed: "I didn't expect the smell to be terrible at first, but until then, I realized that there is nothing in the world more terrible than this smell." Her voice was a little hoarse, and she tremblingly said: "When I smelled the fire, I didn't feel anything at first, but then I just felt as if I was walking in a big furnace and being burned." Song Tian'er shrank her shoulders and leaned against Li Hongxiu. Liu Wumei said: "When I smell the smell of blood and iron filings, I feel that there are dead bodies all around. It seems that there are thousands of dead bodies hiding in the darkness. I dare not even walk, because I feel that if I take another step, I may step on a dead body, and it may be the dead body of my friend." Li Hongxiu's body was also a little chilly, and she leaned directly on Su Rongrong's body. Liu Wumei said: "When I smell the smell of earth and wood, I seem to have turned into a dead body, put in a coffin and buried in the ground." She continued with a long sigh: "I originally thought that a person would only be afraid of what his eyes saw and what he heard with his ears. Only then did I realize that the smell the nose smells is the most frightening thing." scared." Chu Liuxiang sighed: "I'm afraid it's because what the eyes see and what the ears hear are more real, but what the nose smells is illusory and unpredictable. You can only guess with your imagination. The more you think about it, the more terrifying it will be." .” "——I have already said that what people are afraid of is not the thing itself, but his imagination of this thing." Liu Wumei said: "So in that tunnel, even though I didn't see or hear anything, I was tortured to the point where I didn't even have the strength to walk." Song Tian'er huddled in Li Hongxiu's arms, but she still wanted to ask: "After...what about later?" Most girls have a problem, the more they are afraid of something, the more they want to listen. Liu Wumei said: "At that time, a person's voice suddenly sounded in the tunnel, although that voice sounded very soft and beautiful, but at that time I only felt her gloomy, not like a human voice. " Song Tian'er said: "She...she...what did she say?" Liu Wumei said: "She said that she has seen my illness and knows what kind of poison I have, but if I want her to save me, I have to... I have to..." Chu Liuxiang smiled and said, "I'm going to give her my head, aren't I?" Liu Wumei lowered her head and said: "Although I begged her repeatedly and asked her if there was any other way to go, she ignored me anymore. My voice was hoarse, but she seemed to be Not a word was heard."