Chapter 59 Tibetan Taoist Temple

With the continuous increase in altitude, Li Haoluo Daxi and Hadron did not have problems, Zhou Yuanhang's body had a slight altitude sickness, and he kept holding ginseng lozenges in his mouth to increase the oxygen content of red blood cells, which can alleviate altitude sickness to a certain extent.

Hadron suggested slowing down and letting everyone have an adaptation process, entering the Tibetan area, many places are more than 5,000 meters above sea level, and it would be beneficial to stay a little longer below 4,000 meters to adapt, and Hadron proposed to be approved, and everyone decided to stop in the next village for a day of rest, and wait for the next day to be on the road.

The first county seat after the car drove through the Tanggula Pass was according to Duo County, Li Hao and his entourage did not stop in Dingduo County, but turned into a small town called Zasa near Dingduo County, saw that the flow of people in the town was still relatively large, and drove forward for about 40 miles before finding a small village, the car left the main road, slowly drove into the village, as soon as he entered the village, the vehicle was surrounded by several Tibetan children, stretched out his dirty little hands to touch here and there, saw the people who got off the car immediately surrounded him, stretched out his hand to ask for money and delicious food, Several people were surrounded and had no choice but to take out the change on their bodies and distribute it to the children, and the children dispersed after getting the money.

A few people's helpless actions were treated kindly by the villagers, and a Tibetan young man who could speak Chinese came up to greet them, his Chinese name is Ali, listening to Ali's introduction that this place is called Jinpei Village, there are only more than 20 families in total, usually few tourists will stay here, his home can be used as a place for a few people to rest, four people only need a total of 100 yuan.

When I entered Ali's house, my parents and wife were all there, my parents and wife were barely wearing clothes, and the children were even exposed to their buttocks. One hundred yuan is a good income for such a family, and after a while, barley wine and butter tea, tsampa and a plate full of yak meat were served, and several people ate very gently, but Luo Daxi praised after drinking a few sips of barley wine, and kept giving a thumbs up to applaud, Ali saw that Luo Daxi liked it, and brought a pot in front of him. A few people and the little wolf ate a pot full of yak meat before stopping, and talked to Ali about the local customs, but Ali's Chinese is also limited, and he used Tibetan when he spoke, but he didn't expect Zhou Yuanhang, who was drinking butter tea on the side, to greet him in Tibetan, Ali's family saw that this fat man could speak Tibetan, and immediately chatted around and talked about it, Ali's wife went out, and after a while, he brought a plate of beef and put it in front of several people.

Zhou Yuanhang said to everyone with a smile: "Eat, Ali's family said to charge us 100 yuan, these things are far from enough, I hope we can eat more." ”

Luo Daxi grabbed a large piece of beef with one hand, drank a large sip of barley wine and said to Zhou Yuanhang: "Fatty, you ask again, if they have anything delicious, they will serve it, and we will give him another hundred yuan when the time comes." ”

However, Zhou Yuanhang should not have asked, and talked about other questions, Ali's family became solemn when they spoke, saying that a few days ago, a Han man came here with a group of people, and was digging on the edge of their holy lake, and the villagers went up to stop him but were injured, several Tibetan youths were not his opponents, and one was seriously injured, and asked Li Hao if he had any medicine?

After hearing this, Li Hao and Qiangzi decided to take a look at the young man, saying that there was wound medicine with them, which could be given to the injured young man.

There is only one old father in the injured young man's family, and his son has a sad face all day after being injured, and he prays every day that the mountain god can bless his child to get better, and he also uses a lot of herbs, but it is not of much use to the recovery of the injury.

Walking into the room, a strong smell of herbs rushed into my nose, and I saw a young man with a dead face lying on the bed, his dry lips wrinkled and lifeless. Qiangzi walked up to the injured man, tested his forehead with his hand, had a high fever, frowned and said to Zhou Yuanhang: "Fatty, you ask his family, where is this person injured, let's take a look." ”

Zhou Yuanhang translated the words, and the injured man's father hurriedly came up and lifted the quilt, and removed the herbs on his left thigh, and a deep knife edge appeared in front of everyone.

Qiangzi leaned up and looked at the knife edge carefully, sniffed it again, looked at the herbs that had been removed, understood a little in his heart, and beckoned the injured man's father to come outside. As soon as Luo Daxi came out, he asked first without waiting for Qiangzi to speak: "Brother Qiang, how is it?" ”

Qiangzi frowned and said: "It's a knife wound, the knife is poisonous, this poison is like a Miao people, it is rare in recent years, the herbs they prepare have delayed the onset of toxicity, but it can only be delayed, not completely cured, Daxi, you go to the car and bring our medicine box, I see that the medicine box you prepared has antiviral serum and antibiotics, it should be useful." ”

Luo Daxi agreed and turned back to the car to get the medicine, the father of the injured man listened to Zhou Yuanhang's translation, and knelt down excitedly when he heard that there was medicine that could cure his son, and bowed to the strong son, and several people hurriedly helped the old man, so that Zhou Yuanhang comforted him a few words before he calmed down.

After a while, Daxi came over with a medicine box, went to the room and injected the injured with an antiviral serum and antibiotics, and left some medicine in it, and explained the way to use it before leaving the injured and returning to Ali's house.

As soon as the group arrived at Ali's house, before they could sit down, a group of people came in from outside, and an old man immediately sent a white hada to show his respect when he saw them, and Zhou Yuanhang translated: "He is the patriarch here, and they say that you are the messenger sent by the mountain god, the guardian saint of the holy lake, and the Taoist will bless you." ”

Li Hao felt that something was wrong when he heard Zhou Yuanhang's translation, and after thinking about it, he asked: "Fatty, don't translate indiscriminately, what kind of Taoist chief, how can there be a Taoist chief here, it should be the Buddha." ”

Zhou Yuanhang also realized the problem when he heard Li Hao say this, communicated with the patriarch for a few more words, and then said to Li Hao: "That's right, they are talking about the Taoist chief, and the patriarch said that they have been believing in the Taoist master with boundless power since a long, long time ago, not Tibetan Buddhism. ”

Li Hao was shocked when he heard this, how could there be Taoism in the Central Plains here? Could it be that there are Taoists from the Central Plains who have come to this remote place? The patriarch seemed to see the doubts of Li Hao and the others, and beckoned them to go and see the sacrificial temple in the village. Li Hao and a few people followed the patriarch with curiosity to a house made of stones, the house was dilapidated, giving people the feeling that it would collapse at any time, this house was different from other temples that were full of prayer flags, and it was bare that they couldn't see that this was a temple.

Crossing the threshold of the gate, Li Hao was attracted by a building in the middle of the courtyard, although it was already mottled, but he still saw at a glance that this person is not a pagoda, but an incense burner in Taoism, and walked to the inner room, facing the main hall of the main hall incense case is also a Taoist figure, although I can't see the appearance, but look at the style of the sculpture and the flowing hem, it is clearly the image of Taishang Laojun, Li Hao's heart is a mess, what is going on? It's as if you've entered a space-time tunnel and the space is out of order, and things that shouldn't appear in Tibet at all are just in front of you, why are there these things? Who built the Taoist temple here?

Just when Li Hao was puzzled, Qiangzi shouted outside the courtyard: "Li Hao, come and take a look at this." Li Hao walked up to Qiangzi and found that Qiangzi was looking at a stone tablet, which was densely carved with many words, and many of the weathered surfaces had fallen off, most of the words were no longer clear, and it seemed that they had a history of about two thousand years, Zhou Yuanhang ran over and looked at it carefully for a while and said, "This is Chinese characters." Li Hao nodded and said: "That's right, it's Chinese characters, the golden text popular in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is called the Six Kingdoms Script, which is different from the Jin Wen of the Zhou Dynasty, and different from the small seal that was popular after the Qin Dynasty unified China. Zhou Yuanhang also lay on the stele and looked at it for a long time, and finally gave up: "I can't see clearly, I know Xiao Seal, if you can see it clearly, you can still recognize a few words, but now you can't see it clearly." ”

The patriarch saw a few people pointing at the stone tablet, walked up and said a few words to Zhou Yuanhang, and before he finished speaking, Zhou Yuanhang was already excited and said to the patriarch in Chinese: "That's great, hurry up and get it." After speaking, he looked at the patriarch who was surprised and did not move, and then remembered that he said it again in Tibetan.

After hearing this, the patriarch walked out of the courtyard, and Zhou Yuanhang said happily to Li Hao: "The patriarch saw that we were interested in the stele, and said that the rubbings of this stele had been passed down from generation to generation in the early years of the clan, and it was well preserved, so he would go back and get it now." ”

Not long after, the patriarch walked in from outside the door, followed by a man in the prime of life, holding a wooden box in his hand, and went to the courtyard to open the box, and took out a piece of parchment from inside, on which was the rubbing of the stone tablet. Li Hao and Zhou Yuanhang came to the front and studied carefully, and there was no inheritance of the Six Kingdoms script in later generations, and people could interpret the text of that year by comparing the characters handed down from the limited cultural relics with the golden script.

Li Hao and Zhou Yuanhang don't know each other much, but they can also take a look, after reading it, the two closed the parchment and couldn't calm down for a long time, if this stele record is true, then part of the historical mystery can be solved, the two glanced at each other, and already had the answer in their hearts, Zhou Yuanhang asked the patriarch for a pen and paper, and carefully transcribed the stele rubbing, before returning the original to the patriarch.

Next, Zhou Yuanhang conveyed Li Hao's idea of wanting to go to the holy lake to see, the patriarch thought that Li Hao was respectful, and his heart was happy, and immediately asked Ali to take them to the lake for a turn, and he went back to prepare a sumptuous dinner to greet the distinguished guests.