Chapter Ninety-Five: The Taoist
I was stunned, I had a vague impression in my mind, I remember reading the ancient books, there was an article mentioned, it seems that in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a record of the Fu family, due to the decline of the Central Plains Dynasty or the division of the country at that time, the imperial court was unable to operate Nanzhong, so that the Fu family formed a "open door festival, closed door Son of Heaven" dominant situation. From 339 A.D. to 748 A.D., it dominated Yunnan for more than 400 years.
Among them, several of the most famous periods are recorded in ancient books, for example, the ancient kingdom of Yelang that appeared in the Book of Han and the Records of the Historical Records, and the ancient Dian Kingdom recorded in the "Historical Records of the Southwest Yilie", all of which have the figure of the Fu clan, which shows that this is an ancient and mysterious tribe.
At this time, the seventh master patted me on the shoulder, shook the map in his hand, and said, "Lao Bai, can you think about it, do you really want to go?" ”
"Of course you want to go, haven't you already gone to buy equipment? Who instigates whose grandson. With that, I turned around and walked out of the inner hall.
These days, I have made up for it again, and I have some knowledge about the Fu family, but I feel that time flies, and the equipment set by the seventh master has already been shipped.
After discussion, the seventh master and I also have a tiger, the three of us drove a jeep straight to Yunnan, along the way to stop and go, in addition to enjoying the scenery along the way, is to taste the local food, but also at ease, can pass through the tourist area of Yunnan ethnic minorities, and then forward, the road becomes very dangerous, there is no road in the mountains at all, we follow the muddy path, according to the GPS display of the approximate direction, has been driving forward.
Until in front of a bare mountain, he was stopped by an old man with a bamboo basket on his back, "Doll, where are you going?" ”
The seventh master stopped the car and politely gave the old man a cigarette, the old man waved his hand and refused, and the seventh master said, "Old lady, we have to go ahead, I don't know if this road can be passed?" ”
The old man turned around and looked, then looked at our car again, and said, "I've seen enough, the road ahead is Panshan Jiudao Bay, and many cars have accidents, I advise you to walk over." ”
Huzi also got out of the car and asked the old man, "Master, do you know how far ahead you are?" ”
The old man was happy and said, "It's not far, I went in to collect medicine the day before yesterday, and I'll come out today." ”
When I heard this, my face turned green, and I looked at the rugged mountain road in front of me, which if each person carried 30 kilograms of equipment on their backs and walked over, they would not be exhausted.
The old man seemed to see what I was thinking, and said, "Doll, you follow this road for ten miles, there is a stockade, and there are mules for rent, you can go and get a few batches." With that, he waved at us and walked forward.
We thanked him repeatedly, and the seventh master began to turn around, driving in the direction pointed by the old man, the left side of the road is the cliff, the right side is the cliff, and the cliff side does not have any protective measures, several times when turning, one of the wheels of our jeep is suspended, a short ten-mile mountain road, we were stunned to drive for an hour before passing.
At the end of the mountain road, sure enough, there was a small village, it was now noon, the green smoke in the village, every household began to make a fire to cook, the fragrance of the food, wafting far away, I and Huzi just got off the car and smelled, the stomach began to growl without fighting.
"Ah, there are a few more outsiders, what are you doing these days?" A young man in the prime of life with a green cloth turban on his head muttered a few words when he saw us.
I hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "This little brother, you just said that there are outsiders again, have people already been here before us?" ”
The young man in the prime of life nodded and said, "There is a son who came to us three years ago, and after three years, he couldn't get rid of it, and he said that he wanted to marry our ghost lady here." ”
I didn't know much about their local dialect, so I asked, "What is a ghost woman?" ”
The strong guy glanced at me and raised his hand, "Cut, the ghost woman is the ghost woman, her man is a ghost, isn't she the ghost woman." ”
Huzi smiled, oh, and then smiled and asked, "That ghost woman must be beautiful, otherwise people will not leave for three years?" ”
The strong young man did not answer, but carried a firewood knife into the stockade.
I'm very curious in my heart, who is the 'child son' that this strong guy is talking about, like this kind of village, deep in the mountains and dense forests, the road is steep, ordinary tourists will never come here, not to mention that he is here alone, is it really a love species? Have you fallen in love with the widow in someone's village?
With curiosity, a group of three of us entered the village, looking at the wooden houses in the village, very simple, the seventh master patted the mud tire at the bottom of the house, and said to us, "It is made of Sanhe soil, very strong, it seems that this village has some years." ”
Huzi looked around, then rubbed his belly, "Damn, it doesn't matter how old he is, the most important thing is to solve the problem of eating now." ”
At this time, I only heard a shout: "Hey, you outsiders, I have something to eat, come on." ”
We hurriedly looked for the sound, only to see a young man with his hair in a bun, standing in front of the door of a wooden house, leaning out, waving at us, looking at his dress, neither like the kind of national costume of the locals, nor like the modern style of outsiders, wearing a blue-gray coarse cloth gown, a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet, and black and white stripes on both sides of the upper, which looked very much like the dress of a Taoist priest.
Since I have believed in Buddhism since I was a child, I have some understanding of other religions, as the so-called ancients said, Buddha and Taoism are not separated, so I stepped forward, made a Taoist gesture, and said, "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, Taoist friend...... Before I finished speaking, I saw the man glaring at me, and a sentence choked in his throat.
At this time, the Seventh Master stepped forward and also made a Taoist gesture, saying, "Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable." ”
When the man heard this, he immediately changed his smile and replied, "The merit is immeasurable." ”
Then the two of them started talking, and later I learned that there are three heavenly deities in Taoism, which are the immeasurable heavenly deity of blessings, the immeasurable heavenly deity of people, and the immeasurable celestial venerable merit, and it must not be reduced to immeasurable celestial venerable, otherwise the old cultivator will be reprimanded when he hears it.
The seventh master chatted with the man for about five or six minutes, only to see the man open his mouth and smile heartily, and made a gesture of invitation to a few of us, "Fellow Daoists, sit inside, sit inside, there is wine and food here." ”
Now Huzi and I are already hungry and have our hearts on our backs, and there are still any rules to take care of, and we strode into this house, like a ghost entering the village, our eyes swept around, not letting go of any corner, but at this moment, I inadvertently saw a black backpack, in which the handle of a sapper shovel leaked out, so I hurriedly whispered a reminder, "Seventh Master, this Taoist priest is strange, look at the backpack." ”