In 1936, the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China, late autumn, evening.

On the Jiaodong Peninsula, at the foot of Kunyu Mountain, a young man in his twenties hurried with a bed on his back, and his destination was a Taoist temple called Qingshui Temple in Kunyu Mountain.

The young man's name is Zuo Dengfeng, he is 24 years old this year, he is an intellectual, he works at the Wendeng County Cultural Institute, he did not come here to become a monk, but was sent by the top to see the Taoist temple.

It stands to reason that there are Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, and there is no need for the county to send people to guard them, but there are no Taoist priests in this Taoist temple. It stands to reason that this kind of thing should not be done by Zuo Dengfeng, but the county sent him under the pretext of protecting religion and culture.

Even so, when he received the order from his superiors to guard Qingshui Temple, Zuo Dengfeng did not feel the slightest surprise and immediately packed his luggage. Such a result was expected by him, not only did he feel depressed but also very happy, it would be good if he could keep his job after kicking the deputy county magistrate, look at the Taoist temple, look at the Taoist temple, and his salary of four oceans per month is indispensable to him.

The day before yesterday coincided with the end of the month, all the staff of the cultural institute were on holiday, Zuo Dengfeng also went back to the countryside to see his mother with his salary, Zuo Dengfeng's home was in a fishing village by the sea, his father was shipwrecked when he went to sea in his early years, it was his mother who raised him and his two sisters Chengren, the old man has been widowed, Zuo Dengfeng will go back every time he pays his salary, four oceans are divided into four parts, Zuo Dengfeng himself and his mother and two sisters who married into the village each have a piece. Although the above stipulates that the fiat currency is the orthodox currency, it is still the hardest currency in the folk ocean, don't underestimate this ocean, at this time, a piece of ocean can buy more than a dozen catties of rice, but also buy four or five catties of pork, for the rural people who are not even enough to eat sweet potatoes, that is a huge amount of money.

After going back, Zuo Dengfeng found that his mother was sick and had been coughing, Zuo Dengfeng saw that his mother was coughing badly, so he did not stay at home, but hurriedly returned to the county seat, wanting to buy some Western medicine for his mother.

Zuo Dengfeng's hometown is located in the southeast of the county, sixty miles away from the county seat, and it takes five or six hours to walk, so when Zuo Dengfeng returned to the county seat, it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening. At this time, the pharmacy was closed, and Zuo Dengfeng was not in a hurry to buy medicine, because even if he bought it now, it was impossible to walk back, so Zuo Dengfeng returned to the cultural institute, wanting to sleep overnight from the dormitory of the cultural institute and buy medicine again tomorrow morning.

The cultural institute is located in the west of the city, originally a rich man's house, a few years ago the rich man offended the county magistrate, the house was confiscated, and later the cultural institute was formed, and this courtyard became the office of the cultural institute.

When he came to the cultural center, Zuo Dengfeng found that the door of the cultural center was plugged in from the inside. This made Zuo Dengfeng very puzzled, he was the only one who slept in the cultural institute at night, and the other colleagues went home, who plugged in the door today?

Zuo Dengfeng approached the crack in the door suspiciously, and found that there was still a light in the west wing of the cultural institute, where was the office of the deputy director Hu Qian, Hu Qian was the little wife of the county magistrate Wang Youcai, and she took the money for nothing in the name of the deputy director, and she rarely came often, so late, how could her office be lit up?

"There are thieves!" A thought immediately appeared in Zuo Dengfeng's mind, and then he raised his hand and prepared to knock on the door.

Zuo Dengfeng hesitated for a moment and did not knock on the door, but picked up the bolt and walked lightly to the west chamber. Zuo Dengfeng did this with selfish intentions, scaring away the thief and catching the thief's surname are completely different, he wants to catch the thief to ask for credit.

Approaching the West Chamber, Zuo Dengfeng heard the voice of a woman in the house, and it was Hu Qian herself. Hu Qian was calling for help at this time, although her voice was not high, Zuo Dengfeng clearly heard what she said, "Spare me, I really can't do it." ’

Hu Qian's cry for help made Zuo Dengfeng's blood surge, seeing that Hu Qian came to work and was insulted by hooligans. Zuo Dengfeng immediately felt that his opportunity to develop had come, and if he saved the county magistrate's concubine, he would definitely be reused by the county magistrate in the future.

Thinking of this, Zuo Dengfeng kicked open the door and rushed in without saying a word, there was a bare-bottomed woman lying in front of the desk in the room, and a man was standing behind the woman, and his pants had faded to his ankle. This scene had already been expected by Zuo Dengfeng, so he didn't hesitate at all, and rushed forward to kick the man's swaying ass.

This kick was full of strength, and as soon as he stepped down, the man behind him let out a howl of pain, and the woman in front of him let out a scream, and the howl and scream made Zuo Dengfeng startled suddenly, and then he remembered that he seemed to be dragging with his hands instead of kicking with his feet.

The man turned around in pain, Zuo Dengfeng was stunned for a moment, the man in front of him had a black mole on the corner of his mouth, and there were a few black hairs on the black mole, this person Zuo Dengfeng knew, it was Sun Aiguo, the deputy county magistrate.

The sudden change made Zuo Dengfeng fall into a short dazedness, and he stood in place dumbfounded, not understanding what was going on for a while.

"Get out!" Zuo Dengfeng was stunned, and Sun Aiguo roared at him.

"Oh." Zuo Dengfeng knew that he was in trouble, and he tried his best to take a step, but his legs and feet trembled and he didn't obey the call.

"You still see." Hu Qian finally lifted her pants.

"I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything." Zuo Dengfeng heard Hu Qian's scream, and finally reluctantly exited the room.

The autumn wind blew at night, and Zuo Dengfeng quickly came to his senses and ran out of the cultural center. After wandering on the street for a long time, Zuo Dengfeng's mood calmed down, and he broke through the annihilation of Sun Aiguo and Hu Qian, and kicked Sun Aiguo, I am afraid that this job will not be saved.

Zuo Dengfeng's current job is still the old man Wang before his death, the old man Wang is the former Qing Beiyang Navy division of a ship's help, the help is the deputy of the ship commander's pipe belt, at the end of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, Zuo Dengfeng's father accidentally rescued the injured old man Wang in the sea, the old man Wang was grateful, after the death of Zuo Dengfeng's father, he helped their Zuo family, and also taught Zuo Dengfeng to read and write, until later the trustee sought this position for him. It's a pity that Old Man Wang passed away a few years ago, and this good man was still thinking about looking for a daughter-in-law for Zuo Dengfeng before he died.

If you don't have a job, what will you do in the future? Zuo Dengfeng began to worry, although the old man Wang often helped them during his lifetime, but the life of the Zuo family was not easy, and the nest of sweet potato noodles in Pingyu was not enough, and starvation was a common thing. If you don't have a job, you don't have an income, and it's good to say that it's a big deal to farm and go to sea, but what about the old lady, you can't let her old man go hungry anymore at such an old age, right?

After wandering on the street for a long time, Zuo Dengfeng finally returned to the cultural institute, where there are inns and inns in the county seat, but it costs money, and he is reluctant to spend that money.

Back at the cultural institute, Sun Aiguo and Hu Qian had already left, Zuo Dengfeng returned to his room, tossed and turned in the middle of the night, he finally made a ruthless decision, if Sun Aiguo or Hu Qian wanted to get rid of him, he would make their ugly things public, and it would be a big deal that the snake swallowed the king and the eight were all finished.

The next time, Zuo Dengfeng bought Western medicine from the pharmacy and went home, but he did not tell his family what happened yesterday, and things were not bad enough to let his family worry.

At work on Monday, Zuo Dengfeng has been nervous, at noon, the director talked to him, tactfully told him that there was a change in work, and asked him to guard Qingshuiguan, Zuo Dengfeng immediately agreed. After such a thing happened, Zuo Dengfeng naturally couldn't stay in the cultural institute, in his opinion, as long as he could keep the little salary every month, he would go the same anywhere. Taking a step back, even if he doesn't agree, it can't be done, because the current cultural institute is not only in charge of education and culture, but also history and religion are under the jurisdiction of the cultural institute, and it is not extra difficult for the boss to let him guard the Taoist temple.

Before entering the mountain, Zuo Dengfeng went to the local chief's house to ask the other party to send a guide, but the chief only pointed out the path to the mountain, and did not send someone to lead the way, so Zuo Dengfeng could only enter the mountain alone.

Zuo Dengfeng gradually walked into the deep mountains along the rugged mountain road, it was already late autumn at this time, the weeds in the mountains were yellow, the trees were dead leaves, and they were depressed.

At this moment, Zuo Dengfeng began to secretly curse in his heart that he was unlucky, and he thought that he could take advantage of the situation to save the county magistrate's concubine, but not only was it not developed, but it was assigned.

At this time, Zuo Dengfeng still had an idea in his mind, that is, the kick was really right at that time, because no matter whether he kicked or dragged at that time, in the end, his fate was the same, and he had to be assigned to a place where the rabbit didn't.

"Holy!" As soon as Zuo Dengfeng thought of the rabbit, he was startled by a hare that popped out of the grass next to him.

The hare quickly ran away, Zuo Dengfeng has been watching it disappear into the grass in the distance, then he retracted his gaze to look around, the sudden appearance of the hare made him completely understand his current situation, at this time has been far away from the county, in front of him is a deep mountain that he has never been to, somewhere in the mountain there is a Taoist temple that he has never been to.

Zuo Dengfeng grew up from the seaside and has never been to the deep mountains, but although he has never been to Kunyu Mountain, he knows that there are wolves in Kunyu Mountain, which is located in the northwest of the county seat eighty miles, and now the sun has turned west, he began to feel fear, if he really meets a bad wolf, with his height of one meter seventy-five and a weight of one hundred and twenty pounds, he is really not necessarily someone's opponent.

Once the fear is raised, it will immediately spread rapidly, and after a while, Zuo Dengfeng felt that his scalp was numb, so he quickly put down his backpack and took out a kitchen knife from it, which was taken from the canteen when he went to the canteen to receive the rations given to him by the culture before leaving.

With a kitchen knife in hand, I immediately felt a little more steady, but a kitchen knife in this vast mountain doesn't seem to be a big deal, a wolf is okay to say, what if a group comes?

Thinking of this, Zuo Dengfeng couldn't help but speed up his pace, and trotted all the way along the mountain path to look north.

He didn't run far to climb the peak, he slowed down, the bedding on his shoulders and his own sundries and the fifteen catties of grain he received when he left couldn't bear it, and he didn't rest after walking eighty miles in the afternoon, and he was exhausted at this time.

Fortunately, Qingshui View is not far from the outside of the mountain, after turning over two mountain beams, Zuo Dengfeng finally saw a broken Taoist Temple located in the middle of the mountain, at this time the sky has been dark, the Qingshui View under the cover of night is half hidden and half appears, looking at it from afar, dead and gloomy.

Although the Qingshui Temple in the night made Zuo Dengfeng feel terrified, he soon saw something that reassured him, and a smoke was rising from the Taoist temple.

This smoke made Zuo Dengfeng seem to see his relatives, and he strode towards the Taoist temple, but he stopped after a few steps.

Before leaving, the director clearly told him that there was no one in the Qingshui Temple......