Chapter 2 The Land of Dreams
When I first started writing about Miao Jiang, many people asked me such questions: "Little Buddha, I have been to Maoshan Mountain, the nine peaks, nineteen springs, twenty-six holes, and twenty-eight pools, we have been to see the three palaces and five views, Mu You saw what god-like man Tao Jinhong, and I didn't see any Maoshan Taoist priest who was profound, and could catch ghosts and subdue demons, are you lying to us?" ”
To tell the truth, not to mention Maoshan Mountain, it is the Dragon and Tiger Mountain, Laoshan Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain and the famous mountains in the sea, if you don't know the way, don't know the method, that is, you can go all over the famous mountains and rivers in the world, and you can only see those who set up stalls in front of the Taoist temple.
The dragon sees the head but does not see the end, that is, the master will always live in mystery and imagination, and he will see it if he has a fate.
The moon has a positive side, which is imprinted in the eye, and the moon also has a dark side, which is the scenery that mortals can never see when they look up at the starry sky.
The same is true of this door, when you are not in this circle, as I wrote at the beginning, you will never believe in the things I said in Miao Jiang's article, more people just hold a strange attitude, watch the excitement, and then still pursue materialist thoughts, thinking that everything has its own science, and the rest are false; However, when you can really go deep into this circle, you will have that deep sense of awe for this nature and this world.
Born in the 70.80s or 90s of the last century, we are the generations without faith, and it is these generations that are becoming more and more impetuous, the less able they are to think carefully about certain issues and details, their minds are full of distorted values, and they only have themselves in their hearts.
The above opening is not to talk about for the time being, go deeper, and then wash away the aftertaste of the story, and talk about the day I followed the senior brother and the miscellaneous hair trail to the mountain with a sword, the tiger cat was obviously afraid of Maoshan Mountain, ignored our retention, and flew back to the Xiao family's mansion, so the three of them walked together, first walked the main road for a period of time, and reached the halfway up the mountain, the senior brother suddenly turned around and walked slowly towards a fine bluestone path in the oblique, I looked at the towering palaces above my head, the Yuanfu Wanning Palace was high, and like ordinary people, pulling the arm of the miscellaneous hair trail, Said Lao Xiao, aren't we going to Maoshan Mountain, why did we turn around?
Miscellaneous Xiaodao's hands were cold, and he kept trembling, and when he heard me talk about it, he was stunned for a moment, and said, but he didn't know what I was talking about.
This guy returned to Maoshan after many years, and he was still a former outcast, and he was naturally so worried that he didn't know how to do it, and the senior brother also knew his mood, so he smiled, took my hand, and introduced me to it, saying that this Maoshan is divided into two courtyards, the front yard bears the world's incense offerings, royal blessings, but it is just an empty shell, the real Maoshan Sect, the reputation of the world, the essence is in the backyard, although it is also in this mountain, but it is hidden behind the mist formation, ordinary people, etc., is the poor search for Yu, It's also impossible to find......
I have heard that the miscellaneous hair trail said some things here, only to know that most of the famous sects and sects of the Dao have a dojo in the eyes of the world, but in private there is a mountain gate nearby, avoiding the eyes and ears of ordinary people, which was for a kind of intellectual monopoly in the past, and later it also formed an unspoken rule and custom, which has been handed down one after another.
This way mountaineering, the scenery is extremely beautiful, the peaks and peaks are stacked, the clouds and mist are shrouded, the climate is pleasant, there are many strange rocks and strange stones on this mountain, the forest is dense, the large and small karst caves are deep and secluded, the Lingquan holy pond is dotted all over the place, the winding streams are criss-crossed, the green trees cover the mountains, the green bamboo is luxuriant, the treasure is rich, the end is a good scenery, although the path is narrow and hidden, the winding path is secluded, but it is not tiring to walk, but let the lungs that are heavily polluted by the air pollution of the big city be fully stretched, and the footsteps can't help but be brisk for several points.
The main peak of Maoshan is full of incense, there is green smoke everywhere, but the oblique path is taken, but the air is very fresh, I don't know what the reason is because of the road, this backyard is in the extreme depth of the mountain, all the way without stopping, I don't know how many feet of the road, the surrounding scenery begins to become more dense, the color of the mountains is a few points darker, and the white mist that I haven't seen before has gradually emerged from the ground.
I looked up at the sky, I felt that the sky was gray, and it was not as hot as the sun when I entered the mountain before, the sky seemed to be much smaller, and the senior brother saw that I looked carefully, and couldn't help but smile proudly, saying Lu Zuo, the Yankees claimed that their military satellites could see objects of 0.1 meters on the surface, but we here, they could never see - during the period of two bombs and one satellite in the last century, the concealment project was approved by the leader, and my uncle Li Daozi was invited to participate in the arrangement, which was the period when my uncle and ancestor were famous all over the world. Later, I communicated with the military in the Religious Affairs Bureau, and I also accepted a lot of things, and looked, the things of my ancestors are so magical......
The senior brother has a sense of belonging to the Maoshan Sect from the heart, and he is quite proud of the continuous introduction to me along the way. The three of us are all cultivated people, led by the senior brother all the way, and the climb up the mountain is naturally hard, but it is also a full two hours of walking.
After walking to the most gloomy, I came to a valley, there are five peaks around, like a slightly held palm, hazy, because there is a white mist, the body is four or five meters of the scenery blocked, I can't look at it carefully, the most behind under the guidance of the senior brother, came to a small bluestone platform, this platform has stones to piece together a pattern of yin and yang fish, looking messy, but there is a strange sense of rule beauty, the senior brother stood on it, calmed down, shouted to the top of his head: "Golden Dirt Dojo, the Tao is natural!" Pro ......"
As soon as this voice fell, a burst of golden light immediately appeared above our heads, like the newborn morning glow, covered with a layer of gold in the clouds, left and right, and even summarized a swimming yin and yang fish, which complemented each other with the bluestone slabs on the ground, which was quite different from the scenery of the world.
Then I heard a boom, it seemed that some winch was turning, I was stunned, and the miscellaneous hair trail pushed my shoulder, and said hey, let's go, what are you doing in a daze? I turned my head and found that his eyes were bright, completely devoid of his previous hesitation and apprehension, there was a confident and calm demeanor in his eyes, and the obscene aura had undoubtedly subsided.
Since there is no escape, then gladly face it - how much strength, how much self-confidence, this thunder punishment in hand, the ability of a body, and the master who cares the most is still in the dead retreat, after really letting go, there are few people up and down this Maoshan Mountain who can make the miscellaneous hair trail afraid.
He cared about old love, not fighting.
It is still the elder brother leading the way in front, it seems to have walked into a narrow cave tunnel, because of the ingenious design, there is scattered sunlight shining down, you can see these two walls and the ceiling above the head are full of patterns, look at that technique, divided into color painting, stone carving, murals, plate carving four parts, each has its own color, the wonderful point is needless to say, only more than 30 stone statues, every time the two see one, they have to bow down to worship, I asked, only to learn that these are the portraits of the previous heads of the Maoshan Sect, in the rest of the interval, it is some chapters in the Tao Te Ching.
Halfway through the tunnel, the senior brother arched his hand towards a dark and deep alley, and asked loudly: "Chen Zhicheng was ordered by his master to return to the mountain, I don't know which uncle worked hard to guard the mountain gate, please come and see it!" ”
His words echoed in the alley, and after a while, a pair of fiery red lights lit up in the darkness as if there was no one at all, and there seemed to be fire in those eyes, and then a dull voice said: "It's my ......" Hearing these words, I and the miscellaneous hair Xiaodao were excited, looking at each other, and the senior brother bowed and saluted, saying that he didn't expect it to be Uncle Mao Tongzhen personally guarding the mountain gate here, Zhicheng was so polite.
The darkness gradually thinned, revealing Mao Tongzhen's red face, looking at us with joy or sadness, saying that Zhicheng is polite, since I came back from the outside world, I have been living in this cave, as a guard dog, you have something to do, just go straight in, don't worry about me.
He looked at the senior brother, his eyes did not squint, as if he didn't know me and the miscellaneous hairy trail at all, and after the senior brother and Mao Tongzhen exchanged two words, the response he got was not real, so he didn't say anything, and we were slightly embarrassed by Mao Tongzhen, and when he saw the senior brother turn away, he also left as if he was fleeing.
Perhaps because of the previous defeat to me, Mao Tongzhen didn't say much, his body moved back, and his face was immersed in the darkness again, disappearing.
Through this long tunnel, there is a bright light in front, go straight ahead, in addition to the entrance of the cave, suddenly there is a bright sun falling on my face, I look up, I feel that the sun is still in the morning, warm and intoxicating, and look forward, layers of clouds and mist are ethereal, the green peaks and mountains loom out, just like the East China Sea Penglai Immortal Mountain, between the peaks and peaks, above the fields, the Qianmo vertical and horizontal, the pond water is like a mirror embedded in the earth; Look up, there are palace pavilions on the peak, the red wall lingers, high into the clouds, so that people suddenly have the feeling of ascending to the fairyland, not like the feeling of the world, the human struggle, the troubles of the world, the feeling of going with the clouds, everything seems to return to the primitive, back to nature.
Miscellaneous Xiaodao took a deep breath of the fresh and oxygen-rich air, stretched out his hands, and said comfortably: "Maoshan, I'm back!" Just this sentence contains too many feelings.
Walking out of this tunnel, I arrived at a valley full of fields, and there was a straight bluestone road in the middle, and three young men in cyan robes greeted me, bowed their hands, and said Master, uncle, my master asked us to come and pick you up to the Zhenling Temple, please come with us.
The senior brother introduced us and said that this is Fu Jun's disciple, the Maoshan family has a great cause, and each person has its own master, let's go there to rest first.