Ding Qi suddenly frowned and said, "Mr. Zhuang, I seem to have a little impression of the Baijian Mountain and the Tiewa Temple you said. Actually, my hometown is in that area, and I suddenly remembered that when I returned to the village during the summer vacation when I was a child, I heard the old people mention it. ”

Shi Buquan: "Wow, disrespectful, disrespectful, it turns out that Teacher Ding is also from Baijian Mountain!"

Ding Qi shook his head with a smile and said: "Baijian Mountain is not a mountain, but that mountainous area, according to legend, there are a total of a hundred peaks......"

How big is a hundred peaks? It is the entire mountainous area at the junction of Wanling Municipal District, Jingyang County, and Ningxiang County, and Ding Qi's hometown mountain village is also in that area, in fact, the Tianmen Cave Scenic Area they have been to is also on the edge of that mountainous area.

When Ding Qi was a child, he heard two stories told by the old people in the mountain village. The first story is about Mt. Baijian, saying that one day Jizo Bodhisattva passed by, and heard that there were 100 peaks here, so he sat on the top of the mountain and counted, but there were only ninety-nine of them. Then a shepherd boy went up the mountain and saw this and asked him what he was doing? The Bodhisattva replied that I was counting the mountains, but there were not enough for a hundred peaks.

The shepherd boy laughed and said, "Have you forgotten where you are sitting?" The Bodhisattva realized that he was also sitting on a mountain, and he had only counted the surroundings just now, but he had forgotten the mountain below him.

The second story is about the Iron Tile Temple. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was defeated in the army, and evaded the pursuit of the enemy soldiers as a monk, and once came to hide in a ruined temple on the highest peak of Baijian Mountain. The dilapidated temple was called Baiyun Temple, and there was only one old monk in the temple at that time.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, and remembered the old monk's kindness in taking him in, so he sent someone to ask the old monk what his wishes were. The old monk said: "Just ask for a piece of tile to cover your body." So Zhu Yuanzhang gave a piece of iron tile, which is the origin of the iron tile temple.

Hearing this, Shui Ruo laughed out loud, almost squirted out the beer he had just drunk in his mouth, put down the cup and said: "The Bodhisattva actually doesn't know how to count, and the emperor only gives a piece of tile?

Ding Qi also smiled: "There are legends in the countryside, there are all kinds of bizarre and absurd stories, that is, the common people are addicted." The Bodhisattva can't count the number and understand, it's better for me to herd cattle boys; the emperor is nothing more than that, and he will give him an iron tile to repay his kindness, and he is not as generous as I am. Chatting and talking, everyone is happy and happy, and the folk mentality reflected in many legends is similar to the landscape where fairies can be seen everywhere. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou took a sip of wine and said, "Teacher Ding, there is actually another version of the story you told. ”

Dingqi: "What's the other version? I just heard the old people in the village talk about this when I was a child. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou said unhurriedly: "After saying that the shepherd boy laughed, the Bodhisattva suddenly flew into the clouds. The shepherd boy was a little dumbfounded when he looked at it again, and the mountain on which the Bodhisattva was sitting had also disappeared, and that was the Bodhisattva himself when he sat down. So there are really only ninety-nine peaks in this Baijian Mountain!"

This time everyone laughed, and Zhu Shan said with a smile: "This version you talked about is even more nonsense, presumably there are Buddhist believers who are dissatisfied with how the legendary Bodhisattva can not know how to count, so they added such a paragraph." Make up jokes, the threshold of the rivers and lakes since ancient times. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "What I just said is actually all a joke, but some things can be verified. There was indeed a high monk in the Tang Dynasty who visited Baijian Mountain, his name was Jin Qiaojue, who was considered to be the incarnation of Jizo Bodhisattva, and the legend may have come from this.

As for the Iron Tile Temple, Zhu Yuanzhang did go there, but the Iron Tile had nothing to do with him, but the name Baiyun Temple was given by him. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the roof of the main hall of the Baiyun Temple suddenly collapsed, and it was later rebuilt with iron tiles.

I went to the Iron Tile Temple and met the old monk and the young monk. The old monk still retains three fragments of iron tiles, which are indeed objects of the Qing Dynasty. What's more interesting is that there is also a dragon pond next to the iron tile temple, not the Longtan Waterfall under the mountain. ”

Xian Hao: "There are too many places called Longtan, and Mr. Zhuang has to find it hard. ”

Shanny: "He's so hard to find, I think he's having fun!"

Zhu Shanxian quipped: "Fortunately, the place to find is Longtan, and Longtan is everywhere, if it is a tiger's den, I don't know where to drill!"

Ye Zongqing: "Mr. Zhuang, you really went up, how high is that place?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "It's more than 1,100 meters above sea level." ”

Cui Shanhai: "What's the scenery?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Very good! There are a lot of rare animals and plants in that area, many of which are even endemic to the local area, and it is difficult to see them in other places. Near the top of the mountain, there is also a very peculiar terrain of high mountain flowstone slopes, which can only be seen on plateaus above 4,000 meters above sea level. Teacher Ding is right, there are indeed four dissimilarities in the mountains and forests, I caught a glimpse, and there are monkeys and leopards.

The Iron Tile Temple is not built on the top of the peak, and no one will build the temple on the highest point of the mountain, which is easy to be struck by lightning, and it is a small broken temple built in a ruin from the peak to the lower part of the ridge, and some Bodhisattvas simply offer it in the open air under the cliff, because the temple is too small.

But I did see a lot of rice, noodles, and oil piled up in the corner of the small temple, and as for the salt, it should have been put in the kitchen, and I didn't go through other people's jars. Vegetables are grown on the mountain, and the taste of vegetarian food is not bad, which is equivalent to a buffet bar. ”

Shi Heyu: "Gao Feng broke the temple, an old monk with a little monk, please have a buffet?"

Zhuang Mengzhou smiled: "It means that you take the bowl to the kitchen by yourself, and after eating, you can wash the dishes and chopsticks at the drain of Longtan and put them back." They didn't ask me for food, but I was embarrassed, so I put 200 in the merit box that was so broken that the paint was broken. Although the small temple is broken, the scenery is excellent, especially the scenery seen along the way, which is no less than many outside the world. ”

Cui Shanhai nodded and sighed: "That is indeed equivalent to a prescription for the outside world." Fangwai was first published in the "Chu Ci" to describe the unknown place outside the four directions of heaven and earth, but it was later used to refer to the place where the monks practiced. The road is difficult and difficult, the infinite scenery is almost isolated from the world, and it seems that there is not much difference from the outside world where we are. ”

Tan Hanchuan added: "As soon as I heard about the landform of the high mountain and rocky beach, I knew that at least there was no way to build a road in that section. ”

Yan Binbin was interested in another question: "Mr. Zhuang, you just put 200 yuan, and didn't give the old monk and the little monk some rice, flour, oil and salt?"

Zhuang Mengzhou said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I didn't carry it, and I ate other people's food." ”

Yan Binbin: "Those rice, flour, oil and salt are all carried by pilgrims?"

Zhuang Mengzhou shook his head and said: "I didn't know until I went up the mountain that I was not fooled by the old monk at the bottom of the mountain." There are very few pilgrims in Tiewa Temple, and the most common ones are travelers. Those wild asses who think they are in great physique and are the most capable of dying. They went up the mountain on the first day of the team, and came down again on the second day, and I found a lot of posts on the local forum to recruit donkey friends to form groups to brush the iron tile temple.

There is a clearing in front of the ruins of the Iron Tile Temple, which is very flat, which is the place where those travelers camp and set up tents, where they can also have picnics, make their own fires and cook, and borrow some things from the temple. That open space is actually the foundation of the main hall in the past. Running to other people's boundaries to play like this, even if the old monk and the little monk don't sell tickets, the travelers have to leave something.

They also had to cook when they went up the mountain, and of course they had to bring some rice, flour, oil and salt, and left some of them for the Tiewa Temple. The old monk under the mountain told me that, I guess he also regarded me as a donkey friend, as long as the donkey friend offered to the Buddha, then he can also be called a pilgrim!"

Zhu Shanxian: "In ancient times, many so-called celebrities and gentlemen were looking for secluded Range Rovers in various places, but they are actually similar to today's donkey friends. Those beautiful and dangerous wilderness, if there is no broken temple or something, I always feel that something is missing, as if it is not enough artistic conception. There must always be a name and coordinates for the secluded view, so there are often broken temples first, and then there are travelers. ”

Ding Qi: "When the ancients visited those places, they were all good at reciting poems. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Modern people can also write Weibo and post on Moments." ”

Shi Buquan suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "After talking for a long time, I finally understood what Mr. Zhuang meant." If the Iron Tile Temple is compared to Xiangshui Peak, then we are also travel friends!"

Shang Ni smiled and agreed: "Yes, yes, yes, standard travelers, those who come to visit from other worlds in the future are also travelers, and they have to carry something in every time." ”

Cui Shanhai couldn't cry and laughed: "But the two of us are not old monks and little monks. ”

Shi Heyu: "You don't live here, you can only be regarded as a caretaker and tour guide, or a team leader." ”

Yan Binbin was still imagining the situation of the Tiewa Temple, and sighed: "In this way, the life of the Tiewa Temple is too hard. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou asked rhetorically: "Zi Feiyu, the joy of knowing fish? Just like we are in the outside world, what is the joy of leisure, only we know in our hearts." ”

Ye Zongqing: "Mr. Zhuang, there are monks living in the Iron Tile Temple, how do you describe them in Zhuangzi's words?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "There is a Zen temple, and the essence of Zen Buddhism has absorbed the ideas of many Taoists, especially Zhuangzi. After the Tang and Song dynasties, I couldn't tell whether those well-known Zen masters in history were the descendants of the Buddha or the descendants of Zhuangzi?"

Cui Shanhai seemed to say to himself: "It seems that the iron tile temple has been a senior monk for generations." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily, it may also be a beast wearing monk's clothes." ”

Ye Zongqing frowned and said, "Why are you talking like that, eating other people's vegetarian food, and still making disrespectful remarks?"

Zhuang Mengzhou: "I'm not talking about the old monks and young monks now. ”

Zhu Shanxian suddenly narrowed his eyes and said: "I remember who Mr. Zhuang is talking about! The story of this temple, I should have heard my master mention it, and I also have a little impression ......of the name of Tiewa Temple."

A few decades ago, there was only one old monk left in the Iron Tile Temple, who lived in the ruins and made a wish to raise funds to rebuild the temple. It was too difficult to rebuild the Tiewa Temple, but no matter what, he had to have money first, so he went down the mountain to travel to the four directions, and passed by the town of Nanlan in Jinghu and saw Zhu Shanxian's master, and the two used to know each other.

This old monk practiced asceticism and strict precepts, and only returned to Tiewa Temple twice a year, and spent the rest of the time raising funds everywhere. One year, when he returned to the mountain, a person came to the Tiewa Temple, who was willing to worship in front of the Buddha and become a monk, and only asked the old monk to take him in. It turned out that this was a murder fugitive who wanted to hide here, but the old monk didn't know about it.

The old monk took in the fugitive and let him work in the temple. The old monk went down the mountain to raise funds on weekdays, and a little monk had to stay to watch the family, although very few people came to the Tiewa Temple at that time.

It is difficult to say whether the old monk can raise enough money to rebuild the iron tile temple, in short, after returning to the mountain once, the fugitive he took in was greedy and had evil intentions, so he killed the old monk. Then the fugitive still abboted the Tiewa Temple as a monk, and the money and wealth obtained by the old monk throughout his life also fell into the hands of this person.

The murderer regarded himself as a disciple of an old monk, and often went down the mountain to raise money in the nearby area, and of course he also spent money to enjoy it. He didn't dare to go far, for fear of being recognized, so he only moved around the area, and he was actually confused for several years. But then it was defeated, some people said that he was arrested and shot, and others said that the murderer ran away.

This is about 30 years ago, the iron tile temple was abandoned for more than ten years, and then from Xiaojiuhua came a monk abbot iron tile temple, which is now the old monk......

After Zhu Shanxian finished telling this story, everyone was shocked for a long time. Shanny asked, "Is this true?"

Zhu Shanxian nodded and said: "It's true, I heard others mention it later, but I can't remember which temple is a little clear, and today I remembered that it was the Iron Tile Temple." ”

Yan Binbin: "That old monk is really pitiful. ”

Ye Zongqing: "Mr. Zhuang mentioned this matter, but also to remind us to be careful, there are always people in this world who harbor evil intentions." ”

Cui Shanhai: "I seem to have figured out a little taste, the story told by Mr. Zhuang, starting from the allusion that the well water does not interfere with the river water, then to Baijian Mountain and Tiewa Temple, and then the old monk and murderer, it seems to remind me." ”

Tan Hanchuan smiled bitterly: "You just heard it? It seems that it is really not on the rivers and lakes!"

Li Zhiyao: "You don't have to make so many detours, if you have any suggestions, just say it." ”

Zhu Shanxian: "This is not a detour, but a real person and a real story, and you can be impressed by it." ”

Ye Zongqing coughed and said, "Since this is the case, I will say some things directly." Sect Master Cui really shouldn't have carried the treasure of the Realm Control with him, and he showed it for others to see. There are so many people in the Fangwai Alliance now, I am afraid that they may not all be well-intentioned, if someone learns about this situation, maybe they will be greedy and plot to Xiangshui Feng, then Lord Cui Feng may be in danger. ”

Cui Shanhai: "Then what should I do? There is usually no one living in Xiangshui Peak, I want to open Xiangshui Peak to invite people to visit, so I can only bring things with me and bring people over to open the door." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Actually, it's easy to do, it's very simple, go back and let Teacher Ding teach you." After eating, let's go to visit first. ”

Cui Shanhai completely understood why Tan Hanchuan objected to him coming to a "big opening ceremony" first, but privately organized a small-scale sightseeing before the official opening of Xiangshui Peak.

After lunch, they were almost rested, and everyone continued on their way. On the way, Shang Ni deliberately asked: "Mr. Zhuang, you are a shocking senior, and your spiritual rhinoceros cultivation has already been completed, how can you find the wrong place in the beast country? Didn't you calculate it well in advance, but you actually found the Iron Tile Temple!"

Zhuang Mengzhou glanced at her, didn't answer, and hurried a few steps to the front of the team. Shi Buquan grabbed Shang Ni and whispered: "Mr. Zhuang is not looking for the wrong place, at least the Tiewa Temple is the right place." ”

Everyone was deaf and clear-sighted, and when they heard it, they all came over to ask what was going on. Shi Buquan explained: "As far as I know, there is also an iron tile temple in Fangshan District, Beijing. The closest place to the Iron Tile Temple, called Longtan, is at the foot of the Iron Lock Cliff. ”

Everyone was suddenly thoughtful. Shang Ni praised: "Ah Quan, your knowledge is so profound!"

After walking a short distance, the terrain gradually rose, the sound of the sound of water continued to rise and fall, and then everyone smelled a strange fragrance of flowers. Tan Hanchuan frowned and said, "This fragrance is so special, it seems to be intoxicating." ”

Li Zhiyao introduced: "This is the fragrance of Mengsheng flowers, you can see Mengsheng flowers not far ahead, we came to the time is the flowering season, the flowering period is more than a month." Ordinary people may be intoxicated when they smell the fragrance of flowers, but as long as they can keep their spirits awake, they will be fine. We all have this cultivation, well, it's the Three Realms that Chairman Ding said. ”

The cultivation of the Three Realms is the primordial spirit and Qingming, as long as you take precautions in advance, you will not be intoxicated by the fragrance of this flower. The people who came today could retain a clear memory when they entered and exited the outer world, indicating that no matter which secret method inheritance they cultivated, their cultivation was at least above the three realms.

Zhuang Mengzhou asked again: "Then why can't you drink bamboo wine at noon?"

Li Zhiyao explained: "Mr. Zhuang took a few steps further and it became clear, the thumb bee is very powerful. ”

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Who is very powerful?"

Li Zhiyao: "There is a kind of bee unique to Xiangshui Peak, called thumb bees, which will feed on the nectar of dreams in this season. Bamboo wine is soaked from the stamens of the dreaming flower, and after drinking it, the sweat is very fast, and the person will have the breath of the dreaming flower, which is easy to attract the attack of the thumb bee. ”