After more than an hour's drive, Chen Rui finally came to the front of the Hanguguan Scenic Tourist Area.

Hangu Pass, solemn and majestic, full of historical vicissitudes and solemnity, is unique in the four famous passes with its unique Taoist culture.

Ancient and modern overseas, the study of Hanguguan is based on the origin of Taoism. Compared with its military role, people's memory is forever engraved in the moment when Lao Tzu rode a green ox out of the Guanxi tour, and now only from the "Book of Virtues" of the three thousand holy words to recall the style of that time.

The current Guan Lou is no longer the octagonal wooden building recorded in the original book. Chen Rui was a little disappointed, but a strong wind blew, and the copper bell hanging on the corner of the building rang with the wind. The wind blows the bells, and the sound is sounding, which makes Chen Rui feel very happy.

The roar of the tide of history hit Chen Rui's heart again and again through the impact of the copper bell. At this moment, Chen Rui was full of emotion. Under the erosion of time, the former glory has long been weathered, and there is only the sound of the whistling wind that is not much different from the bell of the year. Life is short for decades, and it is not worth mentioning in front of the thick and ancient masonry. Chen Rui couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness in his heart, not greedy for the prosperity of the world, but just that he could pick up a few fragments of life in the world in the years of his life.

Some of the surrounding tourists watched Chen Rui standing stupidly in front of the pass, and some couldn't help laughing. It's just that the voices and movements of passers-by were all ignored by Chen Rui, it's not that Chen Rui pretends to be high, it's just that he has long been accustomed to this kind of gratuitous and deliberate ridicule.

Lao Tzu's thoughts are inextricably linked with Taoist religious thoughts, and I wonder if his old man is really as the Taoists say, sanctified and immortalized. Although Chen Rui knew that Lao Tzu's theoretical concepts were very different from Taoism, some aspects were even far from each other. But he still had this kind of association in his heart that seems extremely absurd to modern people.

"This handsome guy, can you take a photo for me?" a man's voice interrupted Chen Rui's fantasy.

Hearing the sound, it looked like a raunchy bald young man. The upper body is an old forehead jacket, the lower body is a pair of ripped jeans, and the face is full of beard, I don't know how many days I haven't shaved. There was a thick smell of wind and dust coming from the young man, which aroused Chen Rui's interest. This kind of weathered atmosphere is rare to see in modern society, and Chen Rui has only seen it once in the temple of Guanyin in the South China Sea, when he was an ascetic monk who traveled barefoot.

"Strange, although this young man looks a little sloppy, he will never be an ascetic monk, how can this be?" Chen Rui thought when he saw the fashionable SLR that the young man was holding in his hand, and the idea of getting acquainted with this young man who had just met popped up in his heart.

Chen Rui nodded and took the camera in the young man's hand. Compared with the image of the youth, the maintenance of the camera is unusually good, and it seems that he is a person with thick and thin. Holding up the camera, Chen Rui knew the young man's name, and the back of the camera was engraved with the word Zhu Wen.

Zhu Wen stood in front of the door and posed a few times, and Chen Rui was all included in the camera one by one. Then Zhu Wen beckoned to signal the end of the shooting, and ran to Zhu Wen's side in small steps.

"Hello, my name is Chen Rui, I wonder if I can be a friend?" Chen Rui stretched out his hand and asked. Zhu Wen was stunned, usually others avoid him when they look like this, for fear of sticking to himself, but he has never seen this situation today.

After a slight hesitation, Zhu Wen held Chen Rui's right hand: "Fortunately, my name is Zhu Wen." ”

After some conversation, the two had similar interests and almost wanted to join hands in this Hangu Pass. According to Zhu Wen's explanation, he is a sofa guest who likes to travel around on a budget, taking his favorite SLR camera to shoot beautiful scenery everywhere, and recently happened to swim to the territory of Lingbao, Henan, and naturally came to the world-famous Hangu Pass.

At noon, the two returned from the Taichu Palace where Lao Tzu wrote the scriptures, and prepared to go to a nearby restaurant to solve their stomach problems.

"Alas, the building of this Hanguguan has been reinforced and rebuilt by later generations, and it has long lost the feeling of the past. Zhu Wen stroked the camera in his hand and sighed with some regret. "yes, but there's no way around it. I heard that there is another scenery on the mountain, which has never been changed, but unfortunately it is not open to outsiders, so you and I have not had the opportunity to explore it. Chen Rui answered, with great regret in his words. "Is there such a place?" Zhu Wen was excited when he heard it. "Don't report your hopes, it's really not open to outsiders, only people who work on cultural relics can enter. Chen Rui reminded.

Chen Rui's words did not dispel Zhu Wen's thoughts, he got up and sat down beside Chen Rui and said mysteriously: "We still have a chance, there are 'scalpers' near every scenic spot, they know how to get in, I have tried several times before, and all of them have succeeded." "What? scalper!" Chen Rui exclaimed, and the people next to him all looked at the two of them. Chen Rui coughed dryly and pretended to be calm, and then asked in a low voice, "Really?" Zhu Wen nodded. Zhu Wen is a veteran in this area, and Chen Rui naturally believes in him. "As you say. Chen Ruixi said.

After that, Chen Rui and Zhu Wen said a word to me at the dinner table, and they were full of food and drink after a while.

At the time of checkout, Zhu Wen inquired at the front desk, and sure enough, he found the news of the scalper. The person at the front desk gave them a number, and Zhu Wen picked up his mobile phone and dialed the number.

"Is there a way for you to get to that attraction that is not open?" asked Zhu Wen straight to the point.

"Oh, you mean the Pure Yang Palace, of course you can go, how many of you?" the scalper asked.

"Two. Zhu Wen replied.

"There are a few people, but I have one more person here, would you like to team up with her?" asked the scalper again.

Zhu Wen looked at Chen Rui, and Chen Rui nodded that it was feasible. Zhu Wencai replied again: "Yes, we are waiting for you here at the XX Hotel, and you will call me when you come." ”

The two waited for the arrival of the scalper while drinking tea in the restaurant, and it took about two teas before the scalper found the two. To the surprise of the two, the other person mentioned by the scalper was actually a young girl in her twenties.

After some haggling and a brief introduction to themselves, the four of them prepared to head towards the Pure Yang Palace.

The scalper's name is Wang Dali, he is not tall and carries a shabby backpack, black and thin, and at first glance he is the kind of philistine who is good at mundane things. The girl's name is Lin Jiajia, she is a college student who has just graduated, she is not very beautiful but her complexion is very fair. No matter how Chen Rui looks at her, she thinks she is the kind of good baby and good daughter who doesn't go out much, but she doesn't know why she came here.

"Maybe it's a history student. Chen Rui speculated wildly.

Following Wang Dali's footsteps, several people turned left and right for a while before they came to a remote place. This is the base of a mountain, and there is nothing unusual about it when you look up. "Pure Yang Palace is on top of this mountain?" asked Zhu Wen suspiciously. The scalper Wang Dali pretended not to hear, and took out a thumb-thick nylon rope from his backpack. "Just watch. ”

Wang Dali threw the nylon rope hard, and the rope spun in the air under the force of the force, and then the rope was tightly fastened somewhere on the mountain wall.

"What's the situation?" Chen Rui asked, because he didn't see any place on the bare stone wall for the rope to borrow. Wang Dali obviously heard too much of this kind of question, and was too lazy to explain: "You just follow the rope to climb, and you will naturally understand when you go up." ”

The mountain wall has a slope of more than 70 degrees, and it is not difficult to climb. Chen Rui himself is okay to say, he has learned martial arts, Zhu Wen has also exercised all the muscles all year round, Wang Dali eats this bowl of rice, not to mention thinking about it, but Lin Jiajia's climbing speed was a little surprised by the other people. Lin Jiajia explained that he had learned rock climbing in the gymnasium of the school, which made Chen Rui happy that the education system in his country was becoming more and more comprehensive.

After climbing up, I realized that this is a downward cave, and the height of the cave is close to two meters, which is convenient for people to walk. The entrance of the cave is facing the sky, and the nylon rope is hooked to a climbing nail in the hole, so it is no wonder that nothing can be seen from the foot of the mountain. Wang Dali said that there is a ladder up in this cave, from which you can climb to the top of the mountain.