Descendants of Pangu in the Great Desolation

Chapter 163 Recalling the Past

After drying our bodies, Wang Xueyungong and I sat cross-legged and listened to his story, "I am a person from the Jin Dynasty. I studied hard for more than ten years in order to be named on the gold list one day, and to shine on the lintel of my Wang family..."

Wang Xue was born in the Jin Dynasty 500 years ago. Although the Jin Dynasty was not as prosperous as the Yun Dynasty at that time, it was quite rich.It's just that the king of the Jin Dynasty was fatuous and unreasonable, which destroyed the 600-year foundation of the Jin Dynasty.According to Wang Xue, the Wang family opened a grocery store in the town. Although they are not considered rich, they don't have to worry about three meals a day.When he was 17 years old and preparing to go to Beijing for the exam, his father died suddenly of a serious illness, and his mother, Wang Shi, also suffered from heartache due to excessive grief. There was only one young brother left in the family.So he gave up going to Beijing to take the exam, and stayed at home to take care of the frail Wang family and younger brother, while busying himself with his family's livelihood.After several years of recuperation, Wang's heartache has improved a little bit, and his younger brother Wang Sui is 13 years old. After these years of tempering, it is not a problem to run a shop and take care of Wang, so he plans to go to Beijing to participate in this event. session of the imperial examination.The day before he was going to go to Beijing to take the exam, Wang suddenly had a relapse of his old illness and was heartbroken, but in order not to affect his going to Beijing, he refrained from speaking out.In the early morning of the second day, Wang Xue got up to bid farewell to his mother and embarked on the road to Beijing.Wang Xue arrived in Beijing after a month's journey, and ten days later he will take part in the general examination held in the Imperial Academy.After the exam, Wang Xue, who was supposed to stay in the capital and wait for the results to be announced, rushed to his hometown Qingyuan Town after the exam was over because he cared about his mother.Who would have imagined that Mrs. Wang, who was supposed to be at home waiting for his return, had turned into a cold memorial tablet.It turned out that Wang died on the night of the third day after he left home. His younger brother Wang Sui endured his grief and sent Wang away with the help of the villagers.In the evening, Wang Sui came back from the shop, and as soon as he saw him, he threw himself on him, venting out the unbearable and grief of these days. The two brothers hugged each other like this, and sat in front of Wang's tablet all night.On the second day, he and Wang Sui came to their parents' graves, looked at the protruding tombs on the slope, and touched the names engraved on the stone tablet. Wang Xue's eyes darkened and he fell back.Fortunately, Wang Sui had a quick reaction and used his back to support him the moment he fell, preventing him from falling to the ground.Afterwards, Wang Sui carried Wang Xue back home with his thin body, and stayed by his side all night without sleep.Wang's death dealt a blow to Mr. Wang Xue, causing him to fall ill.In order to take care of him, Wang Sui sold the family's ancestral house and moved with him into the back hall of the grocery store.Wang Xue's life was already so miserable, but God did not treat him kindly at all.Half a month later, when the imperial examinations were due to be released, Wang Xue ranked first in high school.In the palace examination three days later, after learning that he was concerned about his mother and had already left Beijing, the emperor was moved by his filial piety and appointed him as the second place in the current subject, awarded him the editorship of the Imperial Academy, and sent someone to Qingyuan Town to send him the good news .But when the messenger came to Qingyuan Town, Wang Xue swallowed his last breath in this world, and the festive sound of firecrackers and drums that appeared with the messenger became his mourning joy.After the news of the No. [-] death came back to the capital, the emperor, in recognition of his filial piety, specially conferred the title of Marquis of Xiaoyi and gave him a hundred taels of gold for the funeral.Wang Sui spread the imperial decree on Wang Xue's body, entered the coffin with him, and used the hundred taels of gold to give him a grand burial.After crying in front of his grave, Wang Sui sold all his belongings and left Qingyuan Town without looking back, never returning to this sad place.

"I'm a little tired." I moved my limbs and said casually.Wang Xue patted his thigh and said: "I will give you my legs as a pillow, lie down for a while." I nodded and lay flat on my body, resting my head on his lap and asked: "Then what happened afterwards? You Why didn't you reincarnate?" Wang Xue sighed and continued: "I could have been reincarnated. But in order to see Sui'er, I didn't go to Fengdu to report at all, but hid on Huangquan Road. In order to see Sui'er again , I wandered on the Yellow Spring Road for nearly fifty years, but I never saw him. Then one day, my master, who was also the previous reincarnation king, found me on the Yellow Spring Road where I was hiding, and brought me back to the In this way, I ended my wandering years and worshiped him as my teacher and began to practice. After 200 years, I escaped the catastrophe by chance and became a ghost with the yin body. On the second day after I became a ghost, I begged Master Find out the whereabouts of Sui'er for me. The master told me that 200 years have passed, and he should have been reincarnated to the world. Even if I find him, he will not remember my brother from the previous life. Although I know that That's right, but I still don't give up. Master has no choice but to ask Qin Guangwang for help, but after searching for a long time, he can't find anything. The life and death book only records his birthday, but not his death date."

"There is no record in the book of life and death, what's going on?" I blinked and asked curiously. "Don't interrupt, listen to me." Wang Xue patted my head lightly, and continued: "After learning about this, I was also very puzzled. I only found out after asking Master. The book of life and death records the birth, aging, sickness and death of all things in the three realms. , it is written in the book of life and death that if you can live to be 80 years old, you can only live to be 80 years old, even if you live one more day. Not always, the King of Hades only executes according to the record in the book of life and death. But there is an exception to everything. For example, it is recorded in the book of life and death that this person can only live to be 60 years old. If the master starts to practice Taoism, his fate will change from then on, and then his future will disappear from the book of life and death, and he will be freed from the shackles of the hell."

"That means that your brother is not dead, he may have worshiped the immortal master and embarked on the path of cultivation?" I was curious and interrupted him involuntarily.Wang Xue glared at me and said, "If you interrupt me again, I won't tell you." I stuck out my tongue and nodded at him to signal him to continue talking.Wang Xue coughed lightly and continued: "I asked Master the same thing at the time, but Master did not confirm my suspicion, but told me that besides this reason, there are many other reasons that can lead to the death of the book of life and death. The matter disappeared completely. Then he asked me to practice hard so that I could become an immortal as soon as possible and experience in the world. When I learned that Sui'er might not die and might even go on to practice like me, I was really happy. For I was able to enter the world to find him as soon as possible, so I worked harder. 160 years later, I was cultivated from a ghost to an immortal. After getting permission from my master, I left the underworld and went to the world to accumulate merit. But two Jiazi passed, I I have never found Sui'er, even if there is no clue about him, I was really desperate at that time. It happened that the master sent me a letter at this time, asking me to go back to the underworld to take over the master's position as the new Ten Temple Yan The king reincarnates."

"This Lord Yan of the Underworld is going to be re-elected?" When I heard him say this, my curious heart was about to move again. I only heard that the leaders of the country were going to be re-elected. if. "Of course." Wang Xue nodded and said: "The underworld will change every 2000 years. The new Lord Yan will be appointed by the previous Lord Yan. Generally speaking, he will be the apprentice of the previous Lord Yan. , will choose a ghost who has high morals and prestige in the world. For example, Bao Zheng and Zhong Kui, both of them have served as Yan Jun. After the change, the previous Yan Jun will leave the underworld, or play casual games or hide and cultivate. Unless something big happens in the Three Realms, I won’t show up easily.” I asked casually, “Then you didn’t look for your brother again? Did you really give up?” Wang Xue nodded and replied, “I’ll go look for him when I’m lost. In the past 1000 years, I have never stepped out of the underworld." He paused and continued: "But since I met you, the candle in my heart that has long been extinguished has slowly burned again, let me pick up Continue to look for Sui'er's confidence." I asked, "Why?" Wang Xue smiled and said, "Because the record of you in the book of life and death is the same as Sui'er's, only the date of birth and not the date of death." I was surprised and said: "How could this be?" He continued, "I was also very curious at the time, so I went to ask my elder brother. My elder brother told me that if a person lived in his hometown in the previous life, but was reincarnated into another world by mistake, life and death The book will only have his birthday but not the date of his death. Because the life of this person is full of variables, even the book of life and death has no way of knowing, so naturally there will be no record of him."

I frowned and asked, "According to what you're saying, I was from this place in my previous life, and I went to my original world because of a wrong vote?" Wang Xue nodded slightly, acquiescing to my question. "You..." His admission made me half dead, turned over and sat up and yelled at him: "You are a dude, I want to complain to King Qin Guang!" He smiled wryly and said, "You complain to elder brother It’s useless, I’m not half responsible.” I glared at him and asked: “Why are you not responsible, you, the king of reincarnation, are in charge of reincarnation, you are not responsible, is it my responsibility?” Wang Xue He shook his head and said: "This is what you understand wrong. Although I am called the king of reincarnation, I manage the reincarnation and reincarnation of all beings in the three realms. In fact, I only have the right to manage but not to make decisions. As long as I enter the gate of reincarnation, everything is unknown. But About [-]% of ghosts will be reincarnated in the original world, and less than [-]% of them will be reincarnated into other worlds by mistake."

(End of this chapter)