2. Enter the mountain

In order to facilitate travel, at the suggestion of Brother Neng, we rented an old-fashioned jeep in a car rental agency in Baoshan City, and the owner of the car rental company heard that we were going to Daoren Mountain, and warmly recommended a guide to us. I discussed it with Brother Neng, and I thought it was not bad, so I left the contact information of the guide with the boss, the guide is an old hunter in the village under the Taoist Mountain, and it is very suitable to be a guide. After contacting the guide, he told us that he would wait for us in the stockade and called him when we arrived.

An hour and a half later we arrived at the village where the guide was located, and before we could call, we saw the guide waiting for us at the entrance of the village. This old hunter, named Cha Jianguo, is an old hunter at the foot of Daoren Mountain, who is over sixty years old, hunting in the mountains all year round, and his body is particularly healthy. There are relatively few people in the mountains, and the tea elders generally answer whatever we ask, and they don't take the initiative to talk. Since we arrived just in time for the village's breakfast, the tea man took us to his house for breakfast, and the lunch in the countryside was prepared more sumptuously because we arrived, and the freshly killed local chicken was made in the local more homely way - yellow stewed chicken, a few seasonal side dishes. Cha's family is a typical peasant family, with a son working as a construction worker in the city, a wife and daughter-in-law doing household farm chores, and a granddaughter who is in college.

After eating, just arrived at twelve o'clock, the tea old saw that the time was not early and let us hurry to the Taoist Mountain, under the guidance of the tea elder, we drove along the road to a place called the Black Cow Slope, which is the place where the hiking began, and the two-hour drive here is over, because we are under the guise of a travel friend, and it is not good to behave too unusually, so we chose to hike the mountain, and also to visit the Taoist Mountain. Cha Lao pointed to the highest mountain in the distance and told us that Daoren Mountain is far and high behind it, and it usually takes 6 to 9 hours of walking to reach Daoren Mountain, but Cha Lao is an old hunter in the mountains and knows some trails, which can shorten the distance a little, but we must set off quickly to try to reach the top of Qingfeng before nightfall.

Following in the footsteps of Cha Lao, we started along a section of the ditch that was not a road, but was washed out by the flash torrent, and some of the slopes were already at an angle of more than 75 degrees. It is strange to say, the road of Daoren Mountain is flat and staggered, difficult and staggered, after every difficult walk, there will always be a large section of flat slope and open, all the way to inspire us, I and Brother can are not mountaineering enthusiasts, but because we are often in contact with the craftsmen of the inverted fight, unconsciously it has also been imperceptibly, and I can brother as a soldier, I have been carried by my grandfather since I was a child, learn the basic movements of martial arts, my grandfather often let me practice "Five Bird Boxing" at that time, although at that time I was always lazy behind my back, But now it seems that it started my life off to a good start. Although our walk was very rugged, after 4 hours of walking, we finally arrived at the destination of Qingfeng, on the top of Qingfeng is the Taoist holy place of the Ming Dynasty Haixuan Taoist people who practiced with great concentration - Qingfeng Temple. Standing on the top of the mountain and watching the sun slowly set in the distance, the mood is particularly refreshing. After the tea elder brought us in, he made an appointment with us to pick us up, and hurried down the mountain, despite the fact that night had come.

Because of the strong incense at the top of the green peak, there are many Taoist temples, and there are many good men and women who come here, so we don't actually need a guide here. One day on the road, Brother Noh and I hastily ate something, and after donating some incense money at Qingfeng Temple, we found a leeward mountain nest and set up a tent. The air in the mountains is very fresh, and there are a few travelers who are also camping next to it, I and Brother Neng have been on the road for a day, a little tired, considering that Brother Neng didn't sleep well last night, I took the initiative to propose that I come to keep watch in the middle of the night.

The top of Qingfeng is actually a grassland on the top of the mountain, bare, just some Taoist temples are distributed on it, night falls, because it is far away from people, the altitude is high, and the stars in the sky are particularly clear. I stood alone by the fire, looking at the stars, searching for the tricks I had learned from a feng shui master. It is said that there are many branches of the Kanyu lineage in our country, including Sanyuan, Sanhe, Xuankong, divination, and star management. Kanyu, can be the way of heaven, look at astronomy, public opinion for geography, and observe mountains, rivers and mountains. My research on Kanyu is limited to Guo Pu's Book of Burial, where the Taoist Mountains are cascading like steps, always connected to a flat meadow behind a steep hillside, with lush trees and thick meadows covering it. This was the first time I had seen a mountain in my mind. The surrounding peaks surround the main peak, the Lancang River in the distance flows endlessly, in the east of the Daoren Mountain, a huge river bay is folded, and the Daoren Mountain is like a dragon in the arms of the Lancang River. Some of the feeling of a princely tomb. I went through the possibility of my thoughts over and over in my head, and before I knew it, I came out of the tent in the middle of the night, and Brother Neng came out of the tent to change me.

I added some firewood to the fire, and Brother Neng moved to the side with a cigarette in his mouth and a grin: "Xiaolinzi, do you see any doorway?" Do you think there is a drama in our work? "After analyzing the He Neng brother who I observed, I think it's quite reliable, after all, there are two court ministers of the Ming Dynasty buried here, and those myths and stories have noses and eyes.

With a longing for the unknown princely tomb, I quickly fell asleep. That night I had a dream, I came alone to climb the Taoist Mountain, there is a magnificent palace on the top of the mountain, my legs do not obey the call to keep going, as if being led by something, want to enter this magnificent palace, soon, I came to the gate of the palace, I don't know any of the words on the door, I guess this is not widely used in history, otherwise I don't know a kind of antique is not appropriate. The palace is very magnificent, built of countless timbers, and looks a bit like a ganji-style building, supported by many huge timbers, which is extremely impressive. "Come in." There was a sound in the hall, the huge wooden door creaked, slowly opened, and a figure on the throne in the distance sat quietly, unable to see whether it was dead or alive. I walked into the main hall with the courage to take two steps at a time...... I am getting closer to the throne, and the figure on the throne is becoming clearer and clearer.

"Liu Lin, wake up, wake up!" Brother Neng slapped me anxiously, as if he was frightened by something. I was in the middle of a dream when I was suddenly woken up, a little unpleasant, but when I saw Brother Neng's anxious expression, I quickly came back to my senses.

"Brother Neng, what are you doing? It's not even dawning. ”

Brother Neng didn't speak, just looked at me quietly, I was very awkward by him, a big man stared at you like this at night, and no one felt that he could stand it. I reached out and pushed Brother Neng, trying to get him to stop looking at me. But as soon as I raised my hand, I realized that something was wrong, how could I be outside the tent, and that I had been painted with a strange picture on my hand, which was exactly the same as the totem I saw at the entrance of the main hall in my dream.