I have admired Liu Ji's name for a long time, and I have long heard that there is a Liu Ji Cave in the Tuoling Scenic Area of Purple Mountain. During the 11th long holiday, I finally climbed to Toutuo Ridge and visited Liu Jidong.

Walking up the stairs, the miscellaneous trees on the side of the mountain road fell backwards beside me. Looking up, the turquoise trees were connected, the end of the mountain road disappeared in front of them, and the sky was covered tightly by trees, and only a few bits of light were sprinkled between the gaps in the leaves. I was almost lost in the turquoise sea, but luckily there was this stone path at my feet to guide me. All I know is, forward, upward, forgetting everything.

Finally, a white light appeared in front of my eyes, and the end of the mountain road appeared in my eyes, and the top of the mountain was already in sight. I couldn't help but quicken my pace. The white sky enlarged little by little in my eyes, and I gradually became excited, and with a few arrow steps, I stepped up the last step. The open mountaintop platform was displayed in front of me, and the main peak of the Purple Mountain, Tuotuoling, was already at my feet. Look up, it's the sky; Look down, it's a mountain. Looking down, the Purple Mountain is in full view, "it will be the top of the mountain, and the mountains are small".

After buying the ticket, I entered the hilltop park. Following the map on the reverse side of the ticket, I continued along the mountain road. It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon, and a slightly dim light sprinkled through the trees. When I walked up to a statue of two people sitting opposite each other playing chess, I was surprised to find that there was no road ahead. Could it be that you made a mistake?

I looked around and suddenly noticed a black hole in my left back. Could it be that this is Yoo Ki-dong? I hurried over and climbed up the hill, first of all I saw a stone wall with words written on it. With a turn of eyes, next to the entrance of the cave not far from the stone wall, the three vermilion characters of "Liu Ji Cave" jumped in front of him.

Sure enough, it's Liu Jidong!

This is really "everyone looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the man was in the lamplight".

The entrance of the cave was pitch black, with a faint black light, with a touch of mystery, like a black hole that devoured everything. I bent down and got in, and after a few steps, the hole was so small that it was flanked by narrow stone walls, and I almost wanted to get out. However, the entrance to the cave suddenly opened up, and I was already inside the cave. The whole cave is in the belly of the mountain, only there is a gap in the top of the head, like a line of sky, revealing a trace of light, so that Liu Ji Cave has some light, and the depth of the cave is still pitch black. It's about twice the size of my bedroom, which is barely enough for a person to live in the cave. Could it be that Liu Ji was hiding in this small and remote hole back then?

I took a picture of the dark depths of the cave, only to be shocked to find that there was a statue in the depths of the cave. A man stroked his long beard and sat reclining on the seat. The camera's flash makes the depths of the cave fully visible.

Ah, Liu Ji!

I looked at the photo closely. At a distance of a few meters in this dark cave, Liu Ji's statues and I could not see each other, separated by invisible space and time. Through modern technology, I saw him. I also believe that Liu Ji's spirit in heaven also saw me. The two souls looked at each other as equals at this moment.

In this gloomy cave, I stood in front of the statue of Liu Ji, and my heart was surging: Ah, Mr. Liu Bowen!

More than 600 years ago, you were forced to hide in this hole, how depressed you must have been! At that time, there was no mountain road, in this wilderness, you dragged the old and weak body, carried heavy household belongings, searched the entire Zhongshan Mountain, and climbed this Tuoling after a hard trek, and finally found this remote cave. You, who used to be a minister of the imperial court, did not dislike it, but smiled with satisfaction: I finally found a suitable shelter! In this cave, every day you will be accompanied by the books on your desk and the lights on your desk. When it rains, you are busy protecting your books from moisture, and you look at the dripping rain and cry. The wind blows, you shiver from the cold, and wrap yourself tightly in your clothes, though it doesn't work. You're sick and no one cares; When you're hungry, you can only go and pick wild fruits to satisfy your hunger. Not only is it physically tormented, but your spirit is also devastated: you have to be scared and afraid of being searched; You will miss your wife and children at home; You will sigh at the unfortunate encounter.

Here, will you recall the bits and pieces of the past, and do you still remember the bookish atmosphere that guided the country back then?

You will remember that Zhu Yuanzhang sent Sun Yan to invite you out of the mountain, but you politely refused and gave you an ancestral sword, and he returned the sword and attached a poem: "The sword is bright, and you can be a dragon when you wear it." Return the monarch to the Lord, if the year of the drought for the rain. ”

You will remember that you have been fledgling for three months, Chen Youliang has launched a large-scale attack, some people advocate surrender, some people advocate retreat, you have taken the case and rose up, and you strongly advocated meeting the enemy, and finally in the battle of Longjiang, Zhu Yuanzhang won more with less, and the regime was consolidated.

You will remember that the bloody battle of Poyang Lake, as you said in your poem: "The general's golden armor and arrows are hedgehogs, and the soldiers' iron clothes sweat like rain", in the end, Chen Youliang's 600,000 army was wiped out, and he himself was killed, while Zhu Yuanzhang won a complete victory and swept away the biggest obstacle to becoming the emperor.

You will remember that Xu Da and others led the army to take the capital of Yuan, and Zhu Yuanzhang finally became the emperor, established the Ming Dynasty, and completed the gorgeous transformation from Huaiyou cloth to emperor.

You will also remember that Zhu Yuanzhang was kind to you back then, praising you for "building the capital with good ideas, destroying Wu and destroying Han to show heroism", but "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden", you were forgotten when you were a hero, and Zhu Yuanzhang remembered to give you a sincere seal twenty days later. Eventually, you're in this place again!

Zhu Yuanzhang once called you "my son Fang Ye". Yes, the history is strikingly similar, Liu Bang became the emperor from a small Surabaya pavilion chief, relying on Xiao He, Han Xin, Zhang Liang, Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor from a layman monk, relying on Li Shanchang, Xu Da, and you. With a faint sleeve, Chen Youliang's army collapsed; With a slight wave of his hand, most of the Yuan Dynasty fell. When the eyebrows are locked, the mouth is opened; Talking and laughing, raising your hand to achieve great things. You are luckier than Zhuge Liang, and you are not assisted by Adou, who can't be helped; You are wiser than the genre, and you will retire early to avoid misfortune.

After nearly 700 years of history and vicissitudes, I stood in front of Mr. Liu. This feeling is indescribable, and this dialogue of the soul transcends time and space. I can only express my admiration in one poem.

The name remains in the history of the country, and the merits are determined by the state.

The gods are all together, and the tricks win the ovary.

The iron cavalry conquered Mongolia, and the giant ship fought Poyang.

Visiting Liu Jidong, people are in tears today!