(23) The mountain road comes to the ghost, and the old road shows the way
The autumn light is like twilight, and the wind sends Xiao Xiao. Xiao Fugui entered the mountain for the fourth afternoon.
God in the autumn is moody. The wind is coming, and the rain is falling. Four days is not a short time. Xiao Fugui rode a donkey all the way and walked a hundred miles of mountain roads, but the situation was very contradictory and hard. Walking on the avenue is afraid of officers and soldiers, and walking on the small road is afraid of tigers and wolves. During the day, there may be gusts of cold wind and bleakness, or there is a torrential rain hitting the green mountains, and there is not much dry food to go out. During the night's stay, he was even more frightened, and slept with the donkey through the campfire, fortunately he did not encounter tigers, leopards and jackals. But in a word, sleeping in the open is hard work.
This roster was hidden close to his chest, and it was a layer of coat and a shirt tightly wrapped in autumn. Xiao Fugui is not without the idea of regret, but what can he do if he regrets? Back? He didn't know what to do, perhaps for the first time in his life, he thought about the relationship between the fate of the individual and the race: as a mortal, a restaurant, and still a mortal for the rest of his life. Ten years of apprenticeship and ten years of street vendors, not to mention the hardships of the world, can be regarded as full of bitterness in life. At the age of thirty, it is long overdue to marry a wife and have children, and in his later years, his children and grandchildren will be full of life; Or there is no contention with the world, no disaster, no difficulty, until the waves are great, and then they are open-minded. He was noncommittal about this reasoning, maybe he was doing the craziest thing in his life, but it was worth it. Just because he has never been entrusted with such a great responsibility, this is a matter of the lives of thousands of compatriots of the human race.
When ordinary people look at heroes, they always only see the last brilliance, but indirectly ignore the blood and tears behind them. He, a thirty-year-old man, gave up his family property at the moment and spilled his blood just to send a roster, which is not a free and easy way to be angry and angry, nor is it a feat of sweeping away thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, although this roster may be able to denounce adultery and save the situation. But what should I say about the green mountains? Will these immortals believe it? Xiao Fugui has no answer in his heart, all he can do in front of him is to move forward, walk through these mountains with everything, and go to the mountains in the western Xinjiang!
Every night for four days, he could dream of his own strange death. Beasts, dysentery, cold, demons, and so on. His spirit is a little bad, not only can't sleep and eat, but the most difficult thing is that he looks at the endless thousands of peaks and winding mountains in this field of vision? How far is Qingshan? Xiao Fugui didn't know what to think. Today, in another twilight, he looked up at the sky, and the sky full of colorful clouds was a rare beauty, but the sky was silent.
In the twilight, the sun retracted its last rays of light, and the moon began to slowly creep up. The forest is very quiet, and the chirping of the night heron is monotonous and shrill and not very pleasant; The sound of the noisy cuckoo is intermittent, sometimes cries and stops abruptly, if the bird is a musician, it must be a very unhappy fellow; The calls of various insects are not highly distinguishable, crisp and noisy, and they are not interesting. Xiao Fugui listened very carefully, he was not making fun, but distinguishing whether there would be a wolf howling or a wind and grass - that was a more terrifying existence.
Although there were no tigers and wolves in the first few nights, one day after Xiao Fugui fell asleep, a few weasels came out to feed, and quietly took away the only remaining dried meat in their baggage. Xiao Fugui was furious, but if he thought about it carefully, he was even more afraid, if it was the five poisons of the long worm or even the demon, he was afraid that he would see the king of Hades in his dream, and he would no longer be able to sleep steadily.
Xiao Fugui took advantage of the fact that the sun had completely set before he found two flints, picked up a handful of wooden sticks, and tossed them to light the fire. He looked at the raging flames, and his heart couldn't help but be in a trance again. A few days ago, he was still a small inn restaurant, and he was self-reliant. I'm afraid that the inn has already been broken into in four days, and the neighbors will guess whether they are dead or missing when they see the muddy pig's head meat and the mess all over the ground? ..... The second lady of Wang Yuanwai's family is really beautiful, and the poetry will be glimpsed at that time, as bright as a fairy concubine, and she has no chance to climb high in this life..... Aunt Li next door is old, there has been no filial son in the family for a long time, and she has taken care of me for decades..... In this way, in all kinds of cranky thoughts, Xiao Fugui fell asleep in a daze.
The stars walk in the vast universe, bright and glorious, and the mountains do not know the time. A starlight shone on the mountain road here, only to see a walking figure on the mountain road, this illusory figure went down the mountain road, it is better to say that it is to walk, because the upper part of this figure reveals two green light sources, under the starlight, it is a pair of green eyes, full of wrinkled strange faces are all invisible, it is clearly a night ghost in the mountains! The ghost seemed to float slowly, but it was actually fast, its green eyes dragging the night with a gust of wind.
Xiao Fugui was on the mountainside, the donkey was sleeping beside him, and the bonfire was almost extinguished. At this time, the mountain ghost was less than two miles away from him! The yin wind disturbed the birds in the forest, the birds flew away but didn't seem to dare to make a sound, the donkey was a beast after all, and the sense of sensitivity was a moment of awakening, but it was dominated by indescribable fear and did not dare to call, so he had to desperately pull the reins on his body, and his four hooves desperately kicked Xiao Fugui. Xiao Fugui is sleepy or doesn't know; The donkey was in a hurry to pee on his face. This hot urine was like warm water splitting his head and covering his face, and Xiao Fugui woke up in an instant, but his sleepy eyes were still worried. All he felt was a fever on the top of his head and a snort. After touching it, it felt liquid but not like water, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly realized that he was almost angry, and he picked up the tree stick and was about to kill the donkey.
I just wanted to reach out, but suddenly I felt that the atmosphere was not right, and I saw that the forest not far away began to hang up with gusts of evil wind; It almost crushed the flowers and branches on the side of the road, no matter what the movement was, Xiao Fugui immediately made a decision, untied the donkey's rope and still walked away.
Leaning down, almost holding his breath, he quietly moved diagonally. When he had just taken more than thirty steps, Xiao Fugui clearly heard a louder wind, and he leaned down and hid behind a big tree to take a look. Unexpectedly, as soon as his eyes showed a hint, he saw the strange and terrifying face in the distance, Xiao Fugui was instantly stunned, his brain buzzed, and the pores of his whole body were upside down. Isn't this the Yaksha Demon!
Xiao Fugui almost instinctively lay down, he covered his mouth and nose with his hands desperately, closed his eyes and prayed in his heart. The mountain ghost is still advancing, suddenly its head is biased, facing the direction of Xiao Fugui, its green eyes are staring at it without moving, Xiao Fugui is holding his breath, his face is red because of excessive tension, seeing that time is passing little by little, Xiao Fugui feels that his brain is short of oxygen, and people's consciousness begins to scatter, and he will soon be unable to hold on.
Luckily, the mountain ghost didn't look around, and it didn't seem to find anything. Xiao Fugui's donkey ran away a few hundred meters in front of him, and the mountain ghost seemed to see it and floated there with a whoosh. Xiao Fugui lost consciousness.....
After a long time, Xiao Fugui opened his eyes, he peeked at it, the mountain ghost seemed to have left, and at this moment the sky was about to dawn, and the sky gradually revealed a trace of white color. Xiao Fugui got up carefully and leaned against the big tree, slowly recuperating but didn't dare to fall asleep. Finally, the day dawned, the morning light split the thick night, and there was a bird's cry in the silence, like a slogan, and the second and third sounds were heard sporadically. The mountains and forests are alive again. Xiao Fugui finally relieved his heart and was glad that he survived!
It's a pity that he didn't be happy for long, and he thought that the donkey had run away, and he didn't know if he was eaten by the evil ghost or escaped, but this guy saved his life last night. Thinking of this little blessing, the five flavors are mixed. He stood up and walked slowly towards the top of the mountain....
By noon, he had finally reached the summit of the mountain. At the moment he was exhausted and hungry. Xiao Fugui looked again, and saw a green smoke drifting out from the top of the mountain from a distance. He was a little happy, it was obviously cooking smoke. Explain that there are people on the top of the mountain. Xiao Fugui comforted himself and continued to move forward. Finally, I saw the outline of a faint Taoist temple not far away. Xiao Fugui was overjoyed and struggled to walk there. Outside the gate of this temple.
I saw that the Taoist temple was simple, the door was closed, and the plaque on it was not written otherwise, but it was 'Sanqingguan'. Xiao Fugui knocked on the door, squeaked for a long time, and saw an old man open the door. The two looked at each other back and forth, and the old way didn't ask, and Xiao Fugui was also embarrassed and didn't know how to speak for a while.
Seeing this, Lao Dao quickly pinched his right hand, and squinted his eyes and said something in his mouth. He smiled, and in the meaningful laughter, he said, "Please." Xiao Fugui was blindsided for a while, but he was hungry in his stomach, so he didn't hesitate to go in. After a while, Lao Dao brought a table of rice, tofu, greens, and pears and apricots. Xiao Fugui is hungry, but a little timid. The old way just stopped and gestured to himself. Xiao Fugui thanked him and devoured it.
After eating, he wiped his mouth and got up to say goodbye. When he walked into the cubicle, he saw Lao Dao sitting cross-legged on the futon, dusty and clean, as if he had an empty demeanor. Xiao Fugui didn't dare to speak when he saw this, but just bowed lightly and bowed to this old way. Bow with both hands. When he was done, he turned and was about to leave.
At this time, Lao Dao spoke, "Fu Jin, you listen, you have this calamity in your life, on the way to the west, remember not to expose the things in your arms, if you meet a woman in red with a knife, get along with it, this is your blessing in this life." Remember, remember to do it yourself! ”
Xiao Fugui's heart shook wildly, the word Fu Jin is his life, and Fugui is just a milk name. It's just that after decades of calling, he simply calls himself Fugui. Then I heard the words in my arms, red clothes, blessings, etc. People don't know what to say.
He prostrated and said, "I don't know if the old gods are here, please forgive me if you are offended."
Xiao Fugui knelt for a long time without seeing an echo, and cautiously glanced up, only to see that the futon was empty. The old way is gone.
Xiao Fugui got up again and walked out of the Taoist temple. Looking back along the way, I saw that there was no longer a shadow of the huge Taoist temple, and I couldn't help but sigh, and I bent down again from a distance.....