Chapter 573: Mountain Gate
When Luo Qiaoyu and Luo Wantian went to the village together, after explaining the matter to the village chief, she went out with me and the little monk of ignorance to go to Jiano Monastery. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info To say that this Kano Monastery is also thousands of miles away from us, and it takes a few turns by car, at least two or three days to walk, and after I heard about this long distance, I thought about dismissing the idea of going.
Of course, this is just my thoughts, looking at the pair of shining eyes of the ignorant little monk, I know that I will inevitably go this time. We set off just after dawn, walked out of the mountain road, took a car in the town to the county seat, and then took a train from the county seat to the next city, and finally arrived at Qinling in the evening of the third day.
Yes, the destination of our trip is Qinling. The Qinling Mountains, an east-west trending mountain range that traverses central China. It starts from the south of Gansu in the west, passes through the south of Shaanxi to the west of Henan, and is located at the junction of the southern part of Shaanxi Province and the northern part of Sichuan Province, showing an east-west direction. It is the watershed of the Wei River, a tributary of the Yellow River, and the Jialing River and the Han River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. The main peak of the Qinling Mountains, Taibai Mountain, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, there are ancient glacial relics, and the silver peaks can also be seen in a hundred miles away when the weather is clear.
However, we did not go to appreciate the beauty of the Qinling Mountains, but plunged into the depths of the Qinling Mountains without stopping. Master Ran's Jiano Temple is hidden deep in the mountains of the Qinling Mountains. Because I was in a hurry along the way, my concern for Luo Hongxuan's safety made me almost want to enter Master Ran immediately, and regardless of the hardships of the long journey in the past few days, I urged the ignorant little monk to hurry.
In addition, the ignorant little monk is also closer to his hometown when he arrives at the land, and he is happy to cooperate when he sees me urging. This is a bitter Luo Qiaoyu, a little girl who has never been far away since she was a child, but she is also very sensible, and no matter how hard and tired she is, she has no complaints.
However, I soon regretted my eagerness, for it was only when we plunged headlong into the mountains that we had passed the end of our lives. In the deep mountains of winter night, it snowed heavily, and although we were wearing thick cotton clothes, it was also very cold, and if we really couldn't find a place to stay, I am afraid that it would be difficult for us to get out of this mountain tomorrow. But the little monk of ignorance looked relaxed, and he didn't seem to be worried about the fact that we would stay in the mountains all night.
"Little Master Ignorance, how long will it take to arrive?" Finally, Luo Qiaoyu couldn't help but ask after walking for a long time.
At this time, we each carried luggage, although it was not heavy, but after walking on the mountain road for half a day, it was tiring enough to carry on our backs. And because the sky is getting dark fast in winter, it will really be dark when I go on, not to mention Luo Qiaoyu, even I began to worry.
The ignorant little monk raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead and said, "Come on, there is a small mountain gate not far ahead, and we can rest there for one night." ”
I saw that this little monk was able to sweat on this cold day, and then looked at the big bag of New Year's goods he was carrying when we got off the train, which he was going to bring back to the temple for his master and brothers to celebrate the New Year.
I saw that it was very hard for Wuming to carry it all the way, so I walked over and said, "Little master, let me help you carry a little, look at you are tired, rest first!" As I spoke, I reached for him to unfasten his backpack.
Unexpectedly, the little monk dodged away, shook his head again and again, and said: "No, no need, thank you to the flower donor, the little monk can still carry this little thing." ”
I was about to say more, but was stopped by Luo Qiaoyu, "Sister Hua, you better let him go, I can see it, this little monk is stubborn enough, how much we said along the way to help him, he doesn't want to carry it himself, let's ignore him, let him hold on!" Luo Qiaoyu said and giggled, but made the ignorant little monk bow his head a little shyly.
So, I didn't care about the little monk anymore, and the three of them talked and laughed and went to the mountain gate that the ignorant little monk said.
I saw that this is a towering archway standing on the mountain road, and there is a small house on the side, like the residence of the gatekeeper, and it looks a little bleak on the empty mountain road. The ignorant little monk happily pointed to the small house and said, "We have arrived, after this mountain gate is the boundary of our Jiano Temple, we can meet here tonight, and go up the mountain early tomorrow morning." ”
"Why, since you've arrived at the mountain gate, it's better to go up directly!" Luo Qiaoyu muttered, apparently she wanted to go to the temple in one go, when she heard that she had reached the realm.
"Hehe, although we arrived at the mountain gate, there is still a long distance from the top of the mountain, not to mention that after nightfall, the mountain gate is closed, we can only wait outside until dawn and then knock on the mountain gate, so that the people in the temple let us in." Ignorance said.
"Oh, little monk, why didn't you say it earlier, I knew that we wouldn't be able to enter the Jiano Temple tonight, we would live in the city, and you let us squeeze into this small house in this winter, and we wouldn't have to freeze to death!" Luo Qiaoyu complained.
While speaking, we have walked to the front of the small house, and the ignorant little monk has pushed open the wooden door of the small house at this time, and the wooden door makes a creaking sound, and a musty smell inside is coming, so Luo Qiaoyu will complain.
Ignorance walked in, lit an oil lamp familiarly, dug into the hole, took out a pile of dry firewood, and lit a bonfire in the open space of the house. When he did this, I looked at how skilled I was, and I wanted to come here and stay here often. Sure enough, after all this was done, the little monk of ignorance beckoned us to come and sit, and told us that he and his master often went out to travel, and sometimes went down the mountain with their brothers to buy, and often missed the time to enter the mountain gate because they were in a hurry, so they stayed here.
Here, I asked again why the gate of their Kano Monastery was closed after nightfall. To this question, the ignorant monk just smiled and did not answer, and said that maybe we will know the reason tonight.
Seeing his mysterious smile on his face, I suddenly became interested in this mountain gate, maybe there is something strange about this mountain gate. With this in mind, I looked up at the door, and although the wooden door was still closed, the tall torii could be faintly seen through the crack in the firelight.
After Luo Qiaoyu yawned, he said that he was tired and hungry.
By this time, Ignorance had already taken out the dry food we had prepared at the bottom of the mountain, and he took out a large cauldron, set it on the fire, poured water from the water bag, and began to cook things. When Ignorance was doing this, I could tell that he had a strong ability to survive in the wild, and he was indeed a person who traveled all year round.
Ignorance quickly made a pot of hot porridge, and we were half-full on the flatbread. Ignorance took good care of our two girls, burning a hot pit for us to sleep on the pit, and making a bunk on the ground. This night, we were all tired and quickly fell asleep, but we were restless until the second half of the night......