There was nothing to say all night, and at four o'clock in the morning, Liu Yifan got off the train at Hengyang Station.

Out of the station, Liu Yifan first found a small hotel with an hourly room to rest, and until 7 o'clock, he got on the first bus to Hengshan, and after nearly two hours of bumpy road, he finally came to the foot of Nanyue Hengshan.

Hengshan, one of the "Five Mountains" in China, stretches between the two basins of Hengyang and Xiangtan, and the main part is located in Nanyue District, Hengshan County and the eastern part of Hengyang County. The naming of Hengshan, according to the records of the "Ganshi Xingjing" during the Warring States Period, is named Hengshan because it is located in the wings of the stars of the 28 constellations, "changing the balance of the stars", "Quande Junwu", like a weighing instrument, can be called heaven and earth, so it is called Hengshan.

In addition to its pleasant scenery and rich legends, Hengshan is also a famous Taoist holy place in China.

Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Taoist descendant Zhang Daoling entered Nanyue, after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, to the Tang Dynasty, the Taoist power of Nanyue Hengshan has become increasingly prosperous because of the support of the official family, reaching its peak, and now, Taoist culture has infiltrated into various fields, and even become an inseparable part of the local culture.

Taoism is prosperous, Taoist temples have naturally become the largest number of buildings on Heng Mountain, from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, from the main peak to the side peak, all kinds of large and small Taoist temples add up, the total number is nearly 100.

But compared with those well-known Taoist temples that often occupy an area of thousands of square meters and decorate flying beams and paintings, the Hongqiao Temple that Liu Yifan went to is a little shabby and dilapidated.

Not to mention the incense is vigorous, the building is magnificent, Hongqiaoguan is not even able to select the site, it is located in the depths of the dense forest that is sparsely populated in the middle of the mountainside, if it is not for Liu Yifan's good memory, I am afraid that even the road will not be found.

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With his memory, Liu Yifan explored all the way, and after reaching the halfway up the mountain, he cut into the dense forest, and after several tosses, he finally walked along a winding forest path for a full hour, and finally came to the front of Hongqiaoguan.

Looking at it, according to the calculation of the outer wall, the area of this Hongqiao Temple is afraid that it is only as large as four or five courtyards, and the outer wall is surrounded by dense plants, occasionally revealing some walls, which are also mottled with soil marks, and the view door that is only less than ten feet wide is even more miserable, not to mention that the paint on the wooden door has long fallen off, revealing cracks in the road, and even the rusty iron door knocker is missing.

But looking at the tightly closed dilapidated gate, Liu Yifan didn't despise it too much, but hesitated for a while, and all kinds of emotions came to his heart at once, and even, after staring for a while, Liu Yifan also had an illusion, as if the monster that peeked at him in the dark was hidden behind this dilapidated gate.

Liu Yifan shook his head in a complicated mood, took a deep breath, and then walked over and gently pushed the door open.

The door opened, and what entered Liu Yifan's eyes was an extremely strong Bodhi tree.

Bodhi tree, called Buddha tree in India, is generally only 3~5 meters high, the diameter is only half a meter thick, but this Bodhi in the Hongqiao view, quite weird, not only up to more than ten meters, is the trunk, visual inspection, only afraid that it takes three or four people to be able to surround it.

Liu Yifan walked under the tree and looked up, the huge canopy covered the sky darkly, but it was densely revealed from the cracks in the leaves.

"This little brother ......"

When Liu Yifan was looking at it, a shout sounded beside him, and when he turned his head, he found that he didn't know when a young Taoist priest was standing next to him.

Seeing that Liu Yifan noticed him, the little Taoist priest bowed and said, "This little brother, may I ask...... What's the matter with you?"

Liu Yifan also bowed to the little Taoist, and then said, "I am an old friend of your Hongqiao Guanguan Lord Wang Daoist, and I am here to visit, and there is a report from Lao Xiaodao. ”

"We have been in retreat recently, and we have already been instructed that no outsiders will be seen, and I ask this little brother to forgive me. ”

"Huh?" Liu Yifan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, thought for a while, and then took off the Bodhi bead from his left wrist, handed it to the little Taoist, and said with a smile, "Then there is a little Taoist who will take this to you to view the master, and I will wait here." ”

"This ......" The little Taoist priest looked at Liu Yifan's confident smile, and was also a little hesitant, and after carefully looking at the Bodhi beads, he couldn't help but change his face, took it, and bowed to Liu Yifan again, and said, "Then there is little brother Lao waiting here." ”

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But after waiting for a while, the little Taoist priest returned and led Liu Yifan to the wing room in the backyard.

Entering the wing, Liu Yifan saw the master of Hongqiao Temple, Wang Daochang.

When Liu Yifan came in, Wang Daochang was writing.

Wang Daochang wrote the word "Dao".

On a piece of rice paper, almost half of the word "Dao" in different fonts, different sizes and different styles was written.

Seeing that Wang Daochang seemed to be immersed in it, Liu Yifan was not easy to disturb, so he found a stool next to the bookcase and sat down, watching Wang Daochang write.

But after watching it for a while, Liu Yifan, who didn't understand calligraphy at all, felt bored.

Just when Liu Yifan began to prepare to look around to pass the time, Wang Daochang raised his head, squeezed out a smile on his chrysanthemum-like face, and said, "How do you look at what I wrote?"

"Wang Daochang, I don't know anything about calligraphy. ”

"You're direct," Wang Daochang nodded and said, "It's okay, come and see, and say whatever comes to mind." ”

Hearing this, Liu Yifan didn't want to excuse himself, so he walked to the bookcase and looked at it carefully.

At first glance, those large and small Taoist characters have their own forms and charms, even if Liu Yifan doesn't know calligraphy at all, he really feels comfortable looking at it.

After looking at it for a while, Liu Yifan couldn't see any more doorways, thought about it, thought of some words and sentences, and was ready to open his mouth to evaluate, but before the words came to his mouth, suddenly, he felt a flower in front of him, and then found that those words seemed to have begun to change.

The original independent fonts seem to be slowly blending, and the full ink has also faintly changed the shade, and the alternating cycle between the real and the virtual, the yin and the yang has begun.

After looking at it for a while, all the words "Dao" turned into countless small powders of different sizes, thick or light, between the virtual and real yin and yang, slowly floating up from the rice paper, and then intertwining with each other in the air, and finally, slowly gathered together to form a huge "Dao".

And Wang Daochang stood in the center of the word Dao.

Seeing Liu Yifan's shocked look, Wang Daochang smiled and said, "This little friend, can you recognize this word?"

When Liu Yifan heard this, he didn't hesitate at the moment, and involuntarily was ready to blurt out, but when the words came to his mouth, he found that he couldn't tell what the word was.

This word should be recognized, maybe understood, and even slightly understood, but all the thoughts come to the mouth, but I can't say anything, I obviously know, but I just want to convert it into words and say it, but I can't!

After some hard work, Liu Yifan, who was shocked and anxious, was actually sweating profusely, and even had some red circles under his eyes, but he was still speechless.

After looking at Liu Yifan's struggling appearance like drowning for a while, Wang Daochang frowned, finally lost his patience, shook his head slightly, and then waved his hand, and suddenly, the word "Dao" shattered out of thin air, turned into powder, and disappeared without a trace.

As soon as the words of the Tao dispersed, Liu Yifan suddenly felt that the invisible restraints in the dark had also dissipated, and a turbid breath that had been held for a long time came from his heart, from his throat to his tongue, and he couldn't wait to shout out.

"Dao! Dao!"

Waiting for these three "Dao" words to be shouted, Liu Yifan suddenly felt a burst of collapse, his eyes turned black, and he fell unconscious.

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I don't know how long it took, Liu Yifan gradually came to his senses and found himself standing under the Bodhi tree again.

The shade of the tree is still there, the Taoist boy is beside him, and the string of Bodhi beads has also been brought back to his hands.

Liu Yifan was in a trance, and the little Taoist priest on the side bowed and said, "This little brother, the master said, between closed classes, I don't see outsiders, so I left a letter, please forgive me." As he spoke, the little Taoist priest took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Liu Yifan.

Liu Yifan took the letter suspiciously, and asked, "I didn't see outsiders in the main course, so what happened when I went to see the master just now?"

"This little brother, just now you have been waiting under this Bodhi tree and have not left, how can you come to see the master?"

"I've always been under the Bodhi tree?" Liu Yifan couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard this, stared at the little Taoist priest carefully for a while, and found that the other party's expression didn't seem to be fake, so he couldn't help but say, "Then how long have I stayed?"

"This ...... I haven't paid attention to ......" said the little Taoist priest bowed to apologize, and said, "But now that the time has come, if there is nothing else, please leave, we will start the class." ”

"That ......" Liu Yifan hesitated and thought about it, and when he saw the cold appearance of the little Taoist, he no longer insisted, and said, "How much to disturb", returned the salute, put away the letter, and turned to leave.

Out of Hongqiaoguan, Liu Yifan walked along the mountain road, arrived at a pavilion, walked in, found a fence to sit down, and then took out the letter and read it.

The handwriting on the letter is neat and beautiful, but it is not very much, only a few tens of numbers.

There is a cloud in the letter, "The Tao is the way, the very way, when the Tao is famous, and then answer the questions." ”

Seeing that the letter was as neat as a printed font, Liu Yifan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"The Tao can be the way, the very way" comes from "Lao Tzu", which is the first sentence of the first chapter, and its meaning is many interpretations for later generations, each with its own words.

But when Liu Yifan saw this sentence, he didn't understand the literal meaning, but recalled the true and false picture of him meeting Wang Daochang just now.

In that room, facing Wang Daochang's questioning, isn't it just a way, very good?

Combined with the feelings at the time, and following the content behind, Liu Yifan had a feeling that Wang Daochang must have seen himself just now, and let him say the word Dao, it should be a test.

And if you can't name the word "Dao", it is equivalent to failing the test.

If the test is not passed, Wang Daochang will naturally not answer his own questions.

Thinking of this, Liu Yifan also sorted out some ideas.

First of all, Wang Daochang should know the purpose of his coming, and Wang Daochang is not shy about his doubts, but Wang Daochang thinks that now is not the time to tell himself the answer.

Secondly, through the illusion-like meeting just now, Liu Yifan has an intuition that his rebirth has a close relationship with the Bodhi string in his hand and the Wang Dao Chang who gave him the Bodhi string.

In the end, Liu Yifan once again confirmed that in addition to praying with his father and this time, he must have seen this royal chief at some time, and that meeting without impression must have a great relationship with the doubts in his heart.

After reading the letter again, Liu Yifan frowned and put it away, and then looked at the Hongqiao Temple hidden in the dense woods in the distance, and heard the bursts of training bells from the temple, exhaled a long breath, and left towards the bottom of the mountain.

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