Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4-7 2019 | Page 88

call…?” “Your Majesty! We arrived late, please forgive us,”two voices interrupted as two manlike figures trotted towards him from the gate… except, one had the head of an ox, and one had the face of a horse. They were Ox head Horse face, who were responsible for guiding the souls to pass through the Underground City, to the Palace of Hell. Without the chance of asking his queries, Ox head Horse face led Si into the Gate of Hell. They walked on a bluestone slab road, the road surface was very uneven. This was the legendary Huangquan Road, which is a lead road to the Palace of Hell. Ghosts on the Huangquan Road were either crying thrillingly or screeching eerily for human lives.