That night, the meal that Hua Fat invited Wu Yanqing was the most luxurious experience in Cheng Tianle's life, even if Cheng Zong is now well-informed, he is still amazed in retrospect. That night, he drank too much, lit the ancient beauty Daji on the palace lamp in the guest room, and then "Daji" pushed the door in and served him to go to bed to "rest", which is Cheng Tianle's last memory of that banquet...... When he woke up again, it was already the next day, lying on the bed in the hotel staff dormitory, holding a gourd in his arms.

Although the memory of a drunken time is blank, the previous experience has left a deep impression on Cheng Tianle. For such a long time, Cheng Tianle has never walked into this alley again, perhaps subconsciously thinking that that kind of place is not suitable for him, or he can't afford to consume it, so he simply doesn't even look at it.

Today, revisiting the old place in the picture scroll, Cheng Tianle noticed that the horizontal alley next to Pingjiang Road is called "Weidao Guanqian". A short walk from the front of the alley, the left hand side of the road passes the gate of an antique old house. Cheng Tianle remembers very clearly, and then go more than 100 meters, there will be an almost identical house on the side of the road, the tiles on the lintel, the tiles on the door, and the shape and pattern of the building are all the same, which is somewhat strange.

But when he walked to the door of the "clubhouse" where he had been treated, he was stunned, because there was no club here at all! This alley is called "in front of the Weidao Temple", it is named because there is a Weidao Temple in the alley, and in front of Cheng Tianle is the dilapidated Weidao Temple ruins.

The original name of Wei Dao Temple was Hui Taoist Temple, which was built in the early Yuan Dynasty by a Taoist priest on a waste garden in the Song Dynasty, and was renamed Wei Dao Temple in the Ming Dynasty. According to historical records, the Ming Dynasty Suzhou champion Shen Shixing was in this view when he was a teenager to study hard, and later returned to his hometown to donate money to repair the Wei Taoist Temple, and inscribed the Donghua Hall plaque to worship the Wenchang Emperor, the Wei Taoist Temple incense was once prosperous, and it covers a wide area.

Like many old mansions in Gusu City, the Weidao Temple gradually disappeared into the long river of history. But somehow part of it remains. In 1958, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Weidao Temple was transformed into a street factory, and the wings and halls were also turned into workshops and warehouses.

Until the beginning of the new century, the Sanqing Hall of Weidaoguan was still used as a warehouse. The original outline can be vaguely seen; The whole Taoist temple still retains the three-entry pattern, and the front hall and the side hall have become dwellings, which have long been unrecognizable. Later, when Pingjiang Road was developed, it became a cultural relics protection unit in Suzhou, and the residents were moved out, leaving a dilapidated empty courtyard between the original site and the ruins. It is the scene that Cheng Tianle saw.

The site of the Weidao Temple has been preserved in a protective manner, but it still retains its dilapidated appearance, and some people may ask why it is not completely rebuilt. In fact, in the area of Suzhou, there are too many such old buildings, almost everywhere, only in the alleys of Pingjiang Road, there are probably no less than 100 similar ancient houses, which were originally full of residents. These ancient buildings are separated from the dense human settlements and preserved as they are. It's already a huge project, which is almost unimaginable in other cities.

Walking here, people can't help but sigh - this is Suzhou. The ancient city of Gusu that Wu Zixu built more than 2,500 years ago! There are so many historical places, cultural landscapes, and cultural heritage here that you don't even have to deliberately look for them, they are always at your feet. Not to mention such alleys, dilapidated old houses, and even those well-preserved and restored gardens, you can't finish walking around for a month.

When tourists come to Suzhou, they will only visit a few of the most famous scenic spots, such as Tiger Hill and the Humble Administrator's Garden, and most people will not come to see anything in the small courtyard of this dilapidated street factory, which is nothing more than an ancient Taoist temple, the main hall or the original main hall.

The cultural preservation unit once estimated that if the overall protective restoration of the Weidao Temple was carried out. Coupled with supporting projects, the investment has exceeded 100 million. This is just a Weidao temple, and it involves not only the problem of money, if the same specifications of ancient buildings are protected and restored, at least in the short term is an impossible task, even if the country's craftsmen who are proficient in the restoration of ancient buildings are not enough. Moreover, there are far more valuable monuments in the Suzhou area than the Wei Taoist Temple.

So what Cheng Tianle saw was the gate of the original street factory with tiles on the door post, the big iron door open, the door number had been removed, and the wall next to it was inlaid with the logo of "Suzhou Cultural Relics Protection Unit". If you don't pay attention, it is no different from the dilapidated old house waiting to be demolished, and there are a few chickens running in the yard, and I don't know who raised them.

Walking into the building that should have been the mountain gate, that is, the Lingguan Hall of the usual Taoist temple, the statue of Wang Lingguan who fought against Sun Wukong in "Journey to the West" is of course long gone, but looking up at the beam, it is still the old wood, carved with phoenix birds and cirrus clouds; The eaves are picked out, and there are wood carved figure patterns on it, and there are still traces of ancient colored lacquer.

Passing through the two courtyards, Cheng Tianle stood in front of the third main hall in the middle of a group of chickens pecking everywhere, which was originally supposed to be the Sanqing Palace. Look up and see that the roof construction is particularly exquisite, there is a hollow double-layer brick ridge, and there are four words "Qiankun Qingshun" on the inlaid tiles in the middle, from the remaining traces, you can also distinguish the original golden cinnabar bottom.

Looking at the front of the main hall building, the original lattice door is long gone, half of the wall has been bricked to death, with air windows on it, and the other half is blocked by wooden boards, and there is a red and white sign on the window sash that reads "Don't forget safety", showing that this was once a factory.

Cheng Tianle looked inside from the gap in the wooden plank that sealed the door, the hall was empty, of course the Sanqing Shrine was gone, and all other things had been moved. In order to protect the ancient building from fire, all the wires that people connected were removed, and in some places there were still cut cables.

Cheng Tianle's eyesight can clearly see the couplets hanging on the first two pillars in the hall in the dimness, the gold characters on the black background are still recognizable, the upper link is "Emperor Jian is strict and does not suddenly sound a bell and drum", and the lower link is "Heavenly grace suddenly opens the five-colored clouds". Looking at the two pillars at the back of the main hall, there is also a couplet: "Bicheng is open in half a day, and the universe is filled with auspicious light according to the sun, moon and stars; Shouyu rises from the flat ground, and the mountains, rivers, grasses and trees are beautiful like articles at all times. "Look at the first couplet next to the inscription, it turned out to be left in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi.

The sight passes through the entire dim hall, and there are ancient colorful paintings on the fan-shaped powder wall behind the hall, which are Taoist myths and stories. This is the Gusu in the picture scroll, and it is also opened by the Yuanshen world of Cheng Tianle, there are indeed many things worth seeing, and many subtleties are worth savoring. But the more Cheng Tianle looked at it, the deeper his doubts became - is this the private club where Hua Fat invited guests at the beginning, and why did it become like this in the picture scroll?

Did he remember it wrong? This can't be, the original impression was so profound, it should be this position! So where did he eat that meal in the first place? Could it be that this is another kind of misalignment between the world of the picture scroll and reality, the reality of the Wei Taoist Temple has long since ceased to exist and has become a clubhouse, and its remains are still preserved in the picture scroll? But after thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong, this is a civil and military protection unit, and the club where he and Boss Wu went to the banquet that day is clearly also an ancient mansion, which should also be preserved a long time ago, how can it appear in the location of the Weidao Temple?

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At noon, it was the peak of the first round of attendance at the Dream Lake Frog Hotel, and the waiter Zi Hao was busy running before and after, and from time to time he went to the front desk to talk to Xiaoxi and ask her if she needed help? Xiaoxi also smiled and said, "You just have to keep your own affairs busy, don't serve the wrong dishes and let the guests find faults." ”

At this time, his mobile phone shook, and when he took it out, he saw that it was Cheng Tianle's number, Zi Hao was taken aback, wasn't Cheng Tianle in retreat and cultivating, how could he suddenly call him, could something have happened? Hurriedly connected, only to hear Cheng Tianle say on the phone: "Mouse, I'm at the entrance of Daru Lane on Pingjiang Road, you come over, right now!" ”

Zi Hao was surprised: "Is something wrong?" ”

Cheng Tianle: "There is indeed something wrong, we need the two of us to find out together, you should hurry up and ask for leave to come out, anyway, it's close, I'm already waiting for you here." ”

Zi Hao hung up the phone and said to Xiaoxi: "Mr. Cheng is looking for me something, he seems to be in a hurry, he wants me to go over immediately, I have to take a leave of absence today." ”

Wu Xiaoxi: "If there is something to do, you will do it, it is rare that he will ask you for help!" Don't ask me for leave, the boss is not there, just go and say hello to Master Fan. ”

Zi Hao took a leave of absence and crossed Lingdun Road to Pingjiang Road from Guanqian Street, passing by the pharmacy opened by Dui Zhenhua on the way. In the hotel, Liu Shujun asked him what was the matter with Mr. Cheng? When passing by the pharmacy, Wu Jiaming and Sheng Long happened to see it, and after saying hello, they also asked Zi Haocheng what was the matter? The three demons all wanted to come to help, but Cheng Tianle had instructions and only let Zi Hao go alone.

Turn left from Daru Lane into Pingjiang Road, and you can see a person standing with his back hand next to the ancient well in the middle of the road, which is very conspicuous among the bustling and coming and going tourists. He was wearing a straight Chinese suit, surrounded by small bridges, water and powder walls, and a breeze blowing on the river, and his waist-length long hair fluttering out of the dust.

Zi Hao walked over and asked secretly in the Yuan Shen: "Aren't you in retreat, why did you suddenly run to Pingjiang Road?" …… Oops, your hair is already so long, stopping here is like advertising shampoo! "Cheng Tianle has been in retreat for less than half a month, but he has spent more than half a year in the world of paintings, and his hair is of course much longer than before. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )