On the second day, I went to the old man's place early to play, and the old man seemed to be waiting for me, because this time there were two wine glasses on the table. It was Chinese New Year's Eve, the weather was extremely cold, the old man burned charcoal in the fire pit of the hall, and we began to roast sausages around the fire again and start drinking.

The old man didn't drink much today, but he just ordered it, but began to ask me about my identity, and although I thought it was a little strange, I still answered truthfully. At first, the old man listened to it and became more and more happy, but when he talked about the nation, his expression was a little wrong: "Oh, it turns out that your mother is from our race." ”

I asked curiously, "What's wrong with that?" ”

The old man waved his hand and said, "Nothing, nothing, drink and drink"

I originally wanted to continue to listen to the old man continue to put the dragon gate array, but the old man seemed to be a little worried, a little incoherent, I also felt a little boring, besides, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I still want to go back early, otherwise the family will have to say that I don't know how to count.

But thinking that I would be going home a few days after Chinese New Year's Eve, I finally couldn't hold back and asked: "Old man, I want to ask you about the next thing." ”

The old man was surprised and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

I said, "Do you know that there is a book called "The Secret of the Emperor"? ”

The old man's whole body shook violently, and the wine glass that he was still holding was crushed at once, I was startled, but the old man did not look up, and continued to fiddle with the charcoal fire with the tongs in his other hand.

I felt a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Old man, I don't have anything else, I just recently heard someone talk about this book, and I feel very curious, so I just asked casually." ”

The old man still didn't look up, and asked in a low voice, "Where did you hear about this book?" ”

I could only lie and say, "I heard a Timar say it from us a few years ago." ”

The old man got up slowly and said, "You actually know that "Di Jun Kanyu Jue", could it be that there must be days in the dark on the dog day?" ”

I looked at the old man inexplicably, and I didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, the old man pondered for a while and said, "Baby, you wait for me here, and I'll bring you something to see." ”

After a while, the old man took out a yellow silk wrapped thing from the inner room and came out, and the old man solemnly opened the cloth bag on the large square table in the hall, and inside was a dark red wooden box that had been used for an unknown number of years, and when he opened the wooden box was a thin book made of jute paper, the age must be very old, and the paper was obviously blackened.

The old man motioned for me to flip through it, and then stared intently at my expression. I wanted to laugh in my heart, I don't know why the old man was so cautious, I picked up the book and opened it, and suddenly my brain buzzed, and I shivered.

"Ahh I hurriedly closed my book, frightened and unsure of what to do.

The old man was also very surprised, he didn't expect me to make such a big move, and asked, "Baby, what's wrong?" ”

My mind was completely confused, and the words on the dozen pages of the thread-bound book turned out to be exactly the same as the tadpole text on the ancient book that my uncle had obtained from the cave at that time.

I steadied myself and said, "Old man, you probably can't believe it, I'm going to read this book... I may have seen it. And..... ”

This time it was the old man's turn to be shocked, and the old man grabbed me by the collar and said, "And what? ”

The old man's hand was amazingly strong, not at all like the hand of an old man in his 100s, and I shouted, "Let go and let go, listen to what I tell you." ”

The old man, realizing that he had lost his temper, embarrassedly let go of me, and motioned for me to sit down and speak.

I took a sip of wine and said, "You don't believe it... ”

The old man said impatiently: "Dog, say it directly!" ”

I almost choked on a sip of wine, and hurriedly said, "I probably have this book at home, and it's much thicker than yours." ”

The old man smiled contemptuously and said, "Turtle son flamboyant, do you have it at home?" Is it time for Lao Tzu to call you Master? ”

I was also amused by the old man, and said, "Old man, I don't know if it's this one, but the words on it are really exactly the same." ”

The old man's face became solemn, and he said, "You say, you have a book at home, and it is much thicker than mine?" ”

I nodded.

The old man took a sip of wine and looked at me again and said, "Where did you get that book?" ”

I smiled and said, "No, no, it's my uncle." After so many years, I can't understand it, and I've been putting it there. ”

The old man shook his head and said in disbelief: "Impossible, impossible, my master said that this book was only a dozen pages left hundreds of years ago." How can your baby's family have a whole book? ”

I said, "There may be more than one book." You're getting a few, and I'm probably going to be the whole book. ”

Still not convinced, the old man asked, "Are you sure it's exactly the same as this word?" ”

I said firmly, "Exactly the same!" ”

The old man was silent and asked, "You don't know these words?" ”

I still said firmly: "I don't know." ”

The old man whispered to himself: "Could it be that the dog day is really destined to be in the dark?" ”

I don't know what the old man was trying to say. I said, "Either you go to your daughter's place for dinner first, and I'll have to go back to eat quickly." For the New Year, don't hurt the harmony. ”

The old man gave me a blank look and said, "Be kind to a hammer!" I'm asking you something."

I said, "What's the matter?" ”

The old man said, "Would you like to read these words?" ”

I said, "Of course I do, I'm afraid I'm stupid and can't learn." ”

The old man showed a little smile on his face and said, "Do you know what kind of book this is?" ”

I said I don't know.

The old man said: "Aren't you just asking about "The Secret of the Emperor's Opinion". ”

I was shocked: "Could it be that this is "The Secret of the Emperor"? ”

The old man said a little proudly: "The old man in Xiangxi has more than a dozen in my hand." You also pretend to say that you have a whole book at home. ”

I said, "I don't know the words, I don't know if they are really the same as this book." ”

The old man said: "In this way, it is better to choose a day than to hit the day, although Lao Tzu used to have an apprentice, and then the troubled times came and a few of his brothers ran to the South Seas, and the dog's day learning is also a little fur, the old man, I don't have much time, I will accept you as a closed apprentice, you are good to pass on this thing." ”

I must mention here some things in the early 20th century, the perennial wars and famines in the Central Plains led to a large influx of foreign population into the Wuling Mountains, and many ethnic minority cottages are no longer a single ethnic group, forming a pattern of large mixed settlements and small settlements. At that time, Confucianism and Taoism were all prevalent in the Wuling Mountains, and gradually many indigenous people also followed these religions. This has led to the loss of a large number of ethnic minority primitive religions, some of which have been lost.

And young people don't want to learn these old things, they feel dirty, and they feel that they have no future. Until now, when people have begun to slowly reflect on some of the previous traditions and cultures, they have also received more rational attention and research, but many things have disappeared in the rolling torrent of history.

Luckily, I'm not one of the majority, and I've been interested in them for the last six months. I picked up a glass of wine, bowed my head, and said, "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!" ”

The old man laughed and said: "The baby of the dog day, the country has national laws, and there are rules for the industry, how can there be such an apprentice, since you are sincere, I will tell you the rules of our industry." ”

The old man took out a yellowed ancient painting and a shrine from the house, on which more than a dozen layers of characters were densely painted, and the old man solemnly hung them on the wall in the middle of the hall. Dao: "This is the "Leaf Skin" god map, the twelve-layer tablets of the gods and ancestors. You get on your knees! ”