Duyan City, located in the south of Zhongzhou in Jiuyou Kingdom, is a county seat with relatively backward economic development. There are only more than 600,000 people in the city, and the people's income is not high, but they are very satisfied with the slow life of the county.

If you wake up too early in the morning, you won't be able to eat breakfast, because the chef who makes breakfast hasn't gotten up yet.

Tea houses and restaurants can be seen everywhere in the county, and from the afternoon, there is a commotion inside.

The Nine Hidden States are divided into nine states according to their location, namely East, West, South, Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, Northwest and Central.

And Duyan City is almost in the center of the Nine Hidden Kingdom, and National Highway 905 crosses the entire county.

There is a mountain called "Jinniu Mountain" in the south of the county, which is just a small hill and less than 100 meters high. At the foot of the mountain lies a village, where most of the villagers make a living from farming.

There is a view on the halfway of Jinniu Mountain, which is in disrepair, and looks dilapidated at a glance, and does not seem to be inhabited. It takes less than three minutes to walk around the outer wall of this temple, and this view is indeed a small view.

At this time, the twilight is deep, people have just finished dinner, the sky is dripping with a light rain, drizzle, a mist rises in the Golden Bull Mountain, it seems quiet and mysterious.

The Taoist temple is quaint, and after the rain washes it, you can barely see that the outer wall is vermilion. Outside, a few pine trees grew green and straight, in stark contrast to the gray red walls.

The door is wide open, or it may be that the door has long been broken and cannot be closed. Above the gate, there is a plaque under the eaves, the corner of this plaque is covered with cobwebs, but the three pale gold characters on the plaque can still be seen clearly.

"Chegu View", the name of this view sounds strange, I don't know which way of the gods is placed inside.

Stepping into the gate, the layout of the view is unobstructed, and there are only three rooms in a small courtyard. There is a partial room on the left and right, and the structure of the partial room is similar, that is, two huts, each room has only one door, a small window, and the doors and windows of the two partial rooms are far away.

In the side room on the left-hand side, there is a blackboard hanging by the window, and the blackboard reads "10 yuan for fortune telling, 50 yuan for acupuncture, and 200 yuan for rituals". There is also a small plaque on the top of the window, which reads "Ask the Cabinet".

The corresponding position of the partial room on the right hand side also has a plaque that reads "Study". There is also a small blackboard hanging by the window, but there is only one line of words written on it: "Ten yuan per book", but unfortunately the doors and windows are closed, and I don't know what kind of books are sold inside.

The center of the courtyard was bare, and the weeds in the cracks of the floor tiles were overgrown, and the weeds grew straight, and the charm of the pine trees outside.

The room facing the door should be the place of the gods, this room occupies a small half of the entire Taoist temple, I saw a big plaque hanging under the eaves of the room that reads "Xuanyuan Palace", and there is a small blackboard on the left side of the door, which says "no photography", there is a stone tablet on the right hand, the small characters on the stone tablet have been blurred, but the first four big characters are still clearly visible.

These four big characters are "Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor", and it turns out that Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the leader of the ancient era of the Nine Hidden Kingdoms, is enshrined here. It's just that most of the Taoist worships are Sanqing, Jade Emperor, Lu Zu, Guan Erye, and it is rare to see a Taoist temple to worship this Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor.

Inside the Xuanyuan Hall is a two-person tall statue, which seems to be carved out by a craftsman with a knife, and it is extremely fine.

The Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor was carved vividly, he sat on a stone bench, his legs apart, his left hand on his knee, his right hand holding an ancient sword standing on the ground, wearing a crown, wearing an ancient robe, sitting in a noble and elegant posture, with a shallow smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, as if he was laughing at the world's major events.

This temple is unkempt everywhere, only this stone carving is clean and tidy, and there is no trace of dust. Seven feet in front of the stone sculpture is a futon, which is preceded by a small wooden table, on which is an incense burner, and next to the incense burner is a small wooden box.

This small wooden box is wrapped in red rice paper, and on the front is written three large characters with the words "merit box".

It was already eight o'clock in the evening, the Jinniu Mountain was quiet, only the sound of drizzle and water could be heard, and many of the villagers under the mountain had fallen asleep after finishing their farm work during the day. Only the children were still watching cartoons on TV. On the brick walls of the village, you can see some large-character slogans everywhere: "Fewer children are better, a happy life", "Children are the same", and "Implementing family planning is a basic national policy......

No footsteps can be heard on the country road, the evening breeze blows, and the leaves on the side of the road rustle, and one end of the road leads directly to Jinniu Mountain. The stone stairs up the mountain are covered with moss, many of them have been broken, and at the end of the stone staircase is the Chegu Temple.

There is a row of bungalows not far from the door of the Taoist temple, most of which have been closed, and there are all kinds of signboards hanging on the eaves, such as "Golden Bull Restaurant", "Mountain Tea House", "Shujian Zhai", "Small Shop", ......

It is said that this car valley view used to be full of incense, there are many tourists who come here to ask about things, the Taoist priest inside claims to be the descendants of the Yellow Emperor, can know the will of heaven, can exorcise demons, and will see all kinds of diseases. But in this generation, there is only one person left here to guard this dilapidated Taoist temple.

"Squeak", a sound of opening the door broke the silence of the Taoist temple, and this sound came from the back of the Xuanyuan Palace.

It turns out that there are four small rooms side by side at the back of this Xuanyuan Palace, and a triangular flag is hung on the head of one room, one meter long, black characters on a white background, and "Ketang" is written on it, and there is a small blackboard under the banner that reads "Fifty yuan for one night's accommodation".

The sound of the door opening came from the first room, which was lit up by a light bulb that lit the room in dusk, with only a bed, a wardrobe, and a table, on which was a 15-inch black-and-white television set, which was full of snowflakes and noise.

There was a man standing at the door, wearing a black robe, loose, black cloth shoes with a few mud spots under his feet, and his long hair on his head was tied up in a bun, but this hair was tied in too sloppy, and a few strands of hair hung down on his face, looking like he hadn't woken up.

This man is about thirty years old, with a bearded face, decent facial features, ordinary height, and a thin body. He stretched and looked up at the sky.

"Damn, it's raining, and I can't watch TV. ”

The man picked his head and walked out again, the drizzle was continuous, and he didn't feel much of it.

When he came to the Xuanyuan Palace, he first knelt on the futon and buckled three heads on the statue of the Yellow Emperor, and then picked up the merit box, opened the lid, and poured out the coins inside.

Coins and banknotes were scattered on the table, occupying only a small part of the wooden table.

After counting back and forth twice, only seven dollars and eight cents, he put the coin in his cuff, turned and walked out of the gate again.

In the row of bungalows outside the Taoist temple, the nearest one was still lit at this time, and the signboard read "Small Shop".

There was a small glass counter at the entrance of the shop, in which cigarettes and snacks were placed, and behind the counter sat an old man, with gray hair but in good spirits, who was holding a book and looking intently.

The outer skin of this book is all dark blue, and there are only three large characters "Materia Medica" written on the upper edge of the cover, and there is a barcode on the back cover, under which is written "Suggested retail price: 10 yuan".

The old man read the book very carefully, sometimes frowning, sometimes nodding again and again. The sound of mahjong from next door couldn't disturb him in the slightest.

"Old yellow head, come and pack the little white dragon!"

A shout startled the old man in the store, and the old man looked up, and the corner of his mouth raised a kind smile: "Qingfeng Dao Chief, haven't you slept yet?"

The man who came out of the Taoist temple was the man who came out of the Taoist temple, and he took the coin from his cuff and replied, "Yes! When it rains on this day, you can't watch TV, and you can sleep without watching TV." ”

Qingfeng Dao Chang counted two yuan and put them on the counter, but the old yellow head did not take out the "Little White Dragon" cigarette worth two yuan, but took out a pack of ten yuan of "Red Mansion" and handed it over.

"Dao Chief, you gave me a few injections in my leg a few days ago, my rheumatism seems to be better, and my knees don't hurt anymore when it rains today, so I haven't thanked you yet. ”

Qingfeng Dao Chang hesitated, and was not hypocritical, took the cigarette and opened it, he said while removing the cigarette: "If you want to cure this rheumatism, you have to prick it a few more times, you will come to me every seven days, I am afraid that I will forget." ”

The old yellow head hurriedly nodded and said okay, this Qingfeng Dao chief does not charge money for acupuncture and moxibustion for acquaintances, nor does he tell fortunes to acquaintances, since his wife ran away two years ago, he is alone in this Taoist temple every day, too lazy to see people, and does not want to communicate with people, and is even more lazy to do the fortune-telling and acupuncture.

Qingfeng Dao Chang was originally named Ji Le, and it is said that this Taoist temple was repaired by the ancestors of the Ji family. The surname Ji is the surname of the ancient Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and Ji Le has always considered himself a member of the Yellow Emperor's clan.

The Ji family of Jinniu Mountain has always guarded this temple, but the family members have not lived for long, and they all returned to the pure land when they reached middle age, and after the national family planning, only Ji Le was left in this generation.

Ji Le's father once said that his Ji family's fortune telling leaked too many heavenly secrets and was punished by heaven, so his life span was not long. Ji Le never learned fortune-telling, his father only taught him acupuncture, and he only put on a show.

Qingfeng Dao took a cigarette in his mouth, groped around for a while, and found that he didn't have a lighter, so the old yellow head hurriedly picked up a brand-new lighter from the counter and scratched it at the cigarette butt.

With a bang, sparks splashed, and the lighter did not blow, but suddenly a dazzling golden light lit up all around, and the frightened old yellow head hurriedly threw away the lighter in his hand.

Qingfeng Dao Chang was also shocked by the golden light, he turned his head to look at the Taoist temple, only to see a pillar of light straight from the sky into the Taoist temple, this pillar of light seems to be less than a meter in diameter, but the surrounding light is transparent, the light is strong but not dazzling.

Four people also walked out of the teahouse next door, and they were also dumbfounded as they looked at the pillar of light. These four people are the owners of several shops at the entrance of the Taoist temple, and they were playing mahjong together after dinner, and this golden light suddenly flashed and really startled everyone.

"Could it be that the Yellow Emperor in that Taoist temple has appeared?" one of them said.

After the man finished speaking, he knelt down and kept clasping his head at the pillar of light, and then everyone reacted, and they all knelt down and bowed down.

The place where this pillar of light fell was the Xuanyuan Palace.

Qingfeng Daoist came back to his senses, threw the whole box of cigarettes in his hand casually, and hurriedly ran to the Taoist temple.