Seeing the white-haired old Taoist priest saluting him, Zhang Meng and the others hurriedly stood up and saluted back. Seeing Zhang Meng and the others' seemingly similar way of returning the salute, Xiaodaotong smiled kindly.

To tell the truth, Zhang Meng has only seen the way the monk returns the salute, and is not familiar with the Taoist way of returning the salute.

Seeing the naughtiness of the little Taoist child, the old Taoist priest did not reprimand, but explained: "Although our Taoist pays attention to quiet and inaction, leaving the country and forgetting to sit and forget, but my little boy has been abandoned since he was a child, and no one will take him in to live in the Niangniang Temple." He has not yet comprehended the true meaning of the Dao, don't blame you. ”

Listening to the old Taoist priest's explanation, everyone hurriedly said that they didn't mind.

After everyone drank a few sips of Snow Mountain milk tea, Zhang Meng remembered the statue of Niangniang with a somewhat strange expression, and he asked with some curiosity: "Dao Chief, why are you called Niangniangguan here?" ”

Hearing Zhang Meng say this, Lai Zi was also a little stunned, and said in a low voice: "Generally, those who worship the goddess are people from Kun Dao......"

"What Kun Dao?" Zhang Meng asked.

"Kun is really yin, so Kun Dao refers to a female Taoist. The male Taoist priest represents yang and is called the main road. Raiko explained.

Hearing Laizi's words, the old Taoist priest touched his beard under his chin, paused with a strange expression, and said meaningfully: "That's a long story......

Seeing that the old Taoist priest didn't seem to want to explain more, Lai Zi hurriedly gave Zhang Meng a look, then turned his head and pretended to look at the surroundings casually and said: "I look at this Taoist temple, it should be some years, I don't know which dynasty left it?" ”

Hearing Lai Zi ask, the old Taoist priest no longer shy away from it, turned his head and said with a smile: "The age of this Taoist temple is indeed a bit old. ”

"I think this Taoist temple seems to be the architectural style of the Song and Yuan dynasties." Zhang Meng told Laizi's previous guess.

The old Taoist priest was stunned for a moment on the spot, obviously not expecting these ordinary people to have such great eyesight, and immediately smiled and said: "Several donors have extraordinary eyesight, and this Taoist temple was indeed invited from the Song and Yuan dynasties to worship Niangniang." ”

"However, how we look at the wall foundation of this Taoist temple, it doesn't look like it was from the Song and Yuan dynasties." Zhang Meng deliberately pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Isn't this Taoist temple rising from the ground?" But it was rebuilt on the basis of the ancestors? ”

Hearing Zhang Meng say this, the old Taoist priest thought for a while, and after a while, he nodded and said, "When the donor said this, the poor Taoist has some faith in the words passed down from generation to generation by his predecessors. According to the previous generation of the master, this Taoist temple was not built on the ground, but on the site of the predecessors, and the mother here only received incense from that time......"

"I see."

Lai Zi nodded recallingly, looked at the old Taoist priest and asked, "Is that Taoist priest a Huoju Taoist priest, or did he enter the Dao Gate later?" ”

"It seems that this benefactor is familiar with the affairs of my church." The old Taoist priest smiled slightly: "The donor is right, our group of Kazakhs are hereditary fire dwelling Taoists, and this Taoist temple was originally a temple of descendants, but then it declined, and those rules were gradually abandoned, and now it has become a jungle temple, sheltering the world from the wind and rain." However, after so many years, there are fewer and fewer Taoist priests coming and going. ”

"Did the Dao Elder ever know when your ancestors came here?" Hearing the old Taoist priest say that he was a hereditary Taoist priest, Zhang Meng immediately asked.

"This ......" the old Taoist priest pondered for a while: "It's been too long, and I can't remember it clearly." ”

"Don't have a specific time?" Hearing this, Ye Jiu, who had been sitting next to him quietly smelling the fragrance of milk tea, suddenly asked.

"We originally had books to record them, and they were passed down from generation to generation like genealogies, but after several Buddhist purges, most of the books in our Taoist temple were burned by the lamas." Speaking of this, the old Taoist priest sighed regretfully: "But judging from the spoken language that has been passed down from generation to generation, our group of people should have converted after the reconstruction of this Taoist temple. ”

"After the Song and Yuan dynasties." Zhang Meng turned around, Ye Jiu and Brother Jun glanced at each other, and the three of them tacitly understood it.

On the wooden bridge, the crazy Kunlun slaves are still fresh in everyone's memory. Referring to what the old Taoist priest said, their group of Kazakh Taoist priests must be inextricably linked with the group of Central Asian Kunlun slaves, and it is very likely that they are the same people!

As for why some Central Asians escaped from Qiu Chuji and Genghis Khan's control, built a Taoist temple at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, and became Taoist disciples, it is unknown.

This temple was built at the place where the parchment roll route must have passed, and there must be some secret hidden.

However, although it is known that this Niangniang Temple is related to the Baiyun Immortal Palace, according to the old Taoist priest, after the cleaning of Buddhist lamas, there is no record left in this Taoist temple.

Thinking of this, Lai Zi shook his head in frustration: "The cornerstone of this Taoist temple should be in the pre-Qin period. Unfortunately, there is no historical evidence to back it up. According to what the Taoist chief said, it may be that we are mistaken. ”

"Pre-Qin Taoist Temple?" The old Taoist priest's eyes rolled, and he said to himself: "It's really hard to say, but according to the records of my Taoism from generation to generation, Kunlun Mountain is the birthplace of Taoism, and it is not impossible to say that the predecessor of this Taoist temple is the pre-Qin period." The speculations of several donors may be correct. ”

"Oh? The Taoist thinks so too? Zhang Meng suddenly became excited: "Don't hide what the Taoist chief said, we also know the legend about Kunlun Mountain......

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Before they knew it, everyone was chatting until the evening.

When everyone came, it was already afternoon, Zhang Meng had already planned to stay in the Taoist temple for one night, and when he saw that the old Taoist priest was very enthusiastic, he had no worries and wanted to bother him.

But as soon as the words came out, I found that Xiao Daotong, who was originally excited, suddenly waved his hand at everyone nervously.

Seeing this, Zhang Meng looked at the old Taoist priest puzzled and said, "Daoist, it's not too late, we want to stay in the Taoist temple for one night, and we will leave tomorrow." ”

Hearing this, the old Taoist priest who was still talking enthusiastically with everyone just now seemed to be a different person, and looked at Zhang Meng with a stern expression.

How shrewd everyone present was, they could see at a glance that something was wrong. Seeing this, Zhang Meng hurriedly stepped forward and explained: "Dao Chief, is there anything difficult for you here, it is inconvenient for us to spend the night?" ”

Hearing Zhang Meng's words, the old Taoist priest did not nod in agreement, but just grunted his lips with a stern face, and said vigilantly: "With the knowledge and conversation of several donors, suddenly coming to this Taoist temple, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as taking the wrong path, right?" ”