The sky was dark and the earth was dark. The sun and moon had lost their light. Eight hundred li of the Yellow Springs were endless. A cold wind blew, swirling sand into the sky. The road ahead was bleak, and the road behind was boundless. It was hard to tell what was ahead, and it was hard to tell what was behind. There was only a boundless Yellow Springs Road under his feet.
Du Kang nervously walked on this road that he had long heard of, but had never been here before. It had always been the subject of all kinds of speculations, but he had never actually seen it.
"Damn it, why did I agree to it just now?" Du Kang clenched his teeth in hatred. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past, like the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves. It scared Du Kang so much that he put his palms together and muttered, "Big Brother, Big Sister, Big Uncle and Big Aunt, if there's a grudge, an eye for an eye. I'm a good citizen, don't come looking for me!"
"What the f * ck are you talking about? Hurry up and find her. If Weiwei passes Meng Po Village, she won't be able to return to the Yang."
Ma Xiaoling's voice suddenly came out, scaring Du Kang so much that he almost cried out. He hurriedly patted his chest and touched the thousand-mile sound-transmitting talisman in his ear. He muttered, "Why are you so fierce? It's not my first time here. Am I a little nervous?"
Du Kang looked left and right and realized that there were many people on the Yellow Springs Road. There were men and women, old and young, poor and lowly, rich and poor, generals, ministers, nobles, and all kinds of people. All of them were dejected and sighing as they dragged their feet forward.
After looking for a long time, he did not see Weiwei's shadow. Du Kang scratched the back of his head and looked at the eight hundred li Yellow Springs Road. If he searched alone, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Damn it, I can just find someone to ask. Yes, ask. Hey, beauty, wait a moment."
Du Kang shouted and quickly ran to a beauty in front of him who was wearing a fashionable black skirt and black stockings.
The woman didn't seem to hear Du Kang calling her at all. She continued to walk forward slowly with her head lowered, as if she could pick up money from the ground.
"Hey, beauty."
Du Kang caught up and patted the woman's shoulder. The woman paused and slowly turned around. Her movements were stiff and extremely uncoordinated. Her body and head were turned around at the same time. Her lowered head was raised, and half of her snow-white face was revealed under her long hair. She had purplish eyeshadow, long eyelashes, sky-blue cat's eyes, and the corners of her mouth were bright red as if she had drunk human blood.
However, her figure was indeed extremely hot. If it was said that her back could charm thousands of soldiers and horses, then her front was enough to turn the world upside down. Such a beautiful and seductive woman went to the Yellow Springs just like that. Du Kang couldn't help but sigh and cry out in his heart that the heavens were jealous of her beauty.
"What is it?"
The woman's speech was a little stiff, which made people feel uncomfortable. Du Kang instinctively touched his neck, feeling uncomfortable for her.
He smiled awkwardly and asked, "Have you ever seen a beautiful girl pass by here? She's about this tall," Du Kang said as he gestured with his hands.
"No." The woman shook her head, turned around, and walked forward with her head lowered.
"You haven't seen her?
That can't be. Hey, sir, wait … "
Du Kang stopped a kind-looking old man with white hair and beard. He asked again, but he still hadn't seen her.
Along the way, he asked around, but he didn't see her or didn't know. After an unknown period of time, Du Kang was really a little tired. He squatted by the side of the road and fanned himself with his hands. He planned to rest for a while before continuing his search. His eyes stared at the strangers walking slowly on the Yellow Springs Road. He couldn't help but feel a little strange. Suddenly, he thought of himself and couldn't help but feel a little sad.
There were men and women, young and old on the Yellow Springs Road. Some were as beautiful as flowers, some were in their twenties, some were in their seventies, but there were also young children.
Du Kang suddenly remembered a closing poem from a crosstalk he had heard before. He definitely didn't remember the whole thing, but he felt that a few lines were a little interesting, so he memorized it. It said, "The sky is a blanket, the earth is a blanket, the sun, moon, and stars accompany me to sleep; Who casts a net of fame and fortune, rich and poor are not ordinary; There are also horses and sedan chairs, and there are also carts and burdens; Horses and sedan chairs cultivate good fortune, carts and burdens bear fate; Horses carry idiots, beautiful women often sleep with clumsy husbands; Eighty old men stand in front of the door, three-year-old urchins die in the Yellow Springs; It's not that God doesn't open his eyes, but good and evil will be repaid in the end."
"I thought that what you were talking about was nothing more than a made-up romance, but now it seems that there is some truth in it."
Du Kang stood up with his hands on his knees, patted the fine yellow sand that fell on his body, shook his head, and continued to look for Weiwei.
"Hey, who are you? Why are you here?"
Suddenly, a little girl's tender voice caught Du Kang's attention. He turned around and looked towards the side of the road, only to see a little girl of only eleven or twelve years old, sitting on a half-weathered yellowish-brown stone by the side of the road, looking at him.
"Are you talking to me?"
Du Kang pointed at himself and asked. Seeing the little girl nod, he walked over and squatted down to look at the little girl in front of him. She had neat bangs, a ponytail, a little baby fat on her little face, pink and tender, a pair of big watery eyes, exquisite facial features, like a doll, wearing a pink and white western-style dress, knee-length white stockings, no shoes, and holding a very cute sky-blue thermos cup in her arms.
Du Kang sighed in his heart. What a cute little girl. It's a pity that she went to the Yellow Springs Road at such a young age.
Du Kang asked with a smile, "Little girl, why did you call me?
Have you seen the big sister I was talking about? "
The little girl shook her head and looked at Du Kang with a pair of big watery eyes, blinked, and tilted her head as she said, "You shouldn't have come to the Yellow Springs Road, you don't belong here."
Her voice was so cute that it almost made his nose bleed.
Looking at the little girl pretending to be very serious, Du Kang couldn't help but laugh. He raised his hand and rubbed the little girl's head, got up, and said, "Hurry up and go, big brother has to go find the big sister. I'll come back to find you when I have the chance in the future."
After saying that, Du Kang was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly felt his clothes being grabbed by someone. He turned his head and saw that it was the little girl holding the thermos cup with one hand and the corner of his clothes with the other, looking up at him.
"Little girl, do you have anything else?"
Seeing that the little girl was really cute, plus Du Kang liked cute children, he wasn't angry, and instead turned around and squatted down to look at the little girl.
"Let me ask you, do you think life is like a dream, or a dream is like life?" The little girl asked in a childish voice, but she was very serious.
Hearing this, Du Kang was stunned, and then his heart beat wildly. He couldn't help but shrink back, muttering to himself, "Damn, I won't run into some weird person like Grandma Tong, right?"
He then remembered what Ma Xiaoling had told him before sending him down, "There are no old or young people on the road to the Yellow Springs Road, and every step is dangerous and difficult. Xiao Pang, you have to remember, you are going to find Weiwei's soul this time, no matter what you see, don't care about it."