White clouds are like dreams, haunted by dreams, thousands of miles away, between the red dust, Wudang Mountain, a mysterious fairy mountain full of fantasy. Wudang Mountain has seventy-two peaks, thirty-six rocks, twenty-four streams, eleven holes, three pools, nine springs, ten pools, nine wells, ten stones, nine scenic spots, the scenic spot takes Tianzhu Peak as the center, there are dangerous roads such as upper and lower eighteen plates and "seventy-two peaks towards the big top" and "golden palace stacked shadows" and so on.

In early autumn, the golden waves on Wudang Mountain continue to roll with the mountain wind, and under the shroud of white clouds and mist, it is like a fairyland of Yaochi, and the Eight Hundred Miles Gallery is beautiful. This season is the most suitable season for tourism, the wind is high and cool, neither cold nor hot, far away you can see that the mountain people come and go endlessly, like a long dragon circling the mountain stream, the already steep slope looks dangerous and dangerous, as people's living environment is getting better and better, tourism gradually becomes very common and gradually accepted by the public, these years relying on Wudang Mountain and other scenic spots, the local government can be said to make a lot of money.

Taihe Palace, located on the south side of Tianzhu Peak, covers an area of 80,000 square meters, with more than 20 ancient buildings and a construction area of more than 1,600 square meters. The whole building is on the lonely peak, the palace is close to the mountain and the rock, the structure is exquisite, it is the highest victory of Wudang Mountain, whether it is a Taoist priest or a pilgrim tourist, only to climb the peak, enter the Taihe Palace, is the real sense to Wudang Mountain. Every day, there will be a lot of pilgrims and tourists gathered in the square in front of the Taihe Palace, and there are even Taoist priests who practice here, the eternal thing is that once there are more people, there will naturally be people who come to exploit loopholes, what divination fortune tellers, what sells magic weapons, what sells pills, everything, of course, it is absolutely impossible to set up a stall, but there are many people with a yellow cloth bag and a banner.

Under a big stone pillar next to the stairs in the square sat an old man and a young man, the old one looked sixty or seventy years old, and the younger one was only five or six years old, both of them were dirty and unkempt, and they were beggars at a glance, and there were a few coins stacked in the enamel bowl in front of them, and next to the coins were a few wrinkled five and ten pieces, which turned out to be two beggars, but looking at the coins in the two bowls with a big difference, it seemed that the old and the young were not in a group.

The old beggar was tall but extremely thin, and he was wearing a crusted garment, which seemed to have not been washed for a long, long time, and even the true color of the clothes could not be seen, and the shoulder-length gray hair on his head was also marked with knots of various sizes, some of which were mixed with the beard under his chin, and the old face with black and wrinkled faces. His entire body bent like a boiled prawn, leaning against the stone pillar, almost occupying a normal space.

Different from the old beggar, although the clothes on the body are also dirty, but it is the kind of clothes that you can know at a glance that you have worn for a long time and washed many times, the reason why it looks dirty is because there are too many times to wash, and the force is uneven, and the degree of fading is different, including sometimes the stains that cannot be washed off are mixed together, like an abstract oil painting of clothes, even if it is dirty, but it is very neat, and a pair of big eyes full of aura on the childish face look at the passing tourists pitifully, and from time to time will shout two sentences "Uncle is good!" Have pity on me, a child that no one wants! ’

Compared with those who are abducted, this old and young are more likely to be accepted by pilgrims and tourists, and the same is also accepted by the Taoist priests in Wudang Mountain, the old and the young have not been here for a long time, and it has only been half a year, at first it was just a little beggar, but within two days there was an old one, at first the Taoist priests were more or less guarded against these two people, after all, they knew people and faces, who knew if it was a thief who deliberately disguised himself to come here to plot misdeeds, how to say that the merit box in the mountains is a lot of wealth, But after getting along for a long time, everyone has let down their guard in their hearts, an old man and a young man are very regular every day as if they go to work, they come when they open the mountain gate, and they sit until two o'clock in the afternoon and leave, plus the little beggar sees people every day is the cry of his brother and sister, no one will compare him with the thief, as for the old beggar, he has nothing to say all day and is like a stuffy person, let alone ignore it.

Different from the past is that today is just August 15 Mid-Autumn Festival, early in the morning the mountain burns incense pilgrims countless, but come and go fast, basically after burning incense down the mountain to reunite with the family for the festival, but this has no impact on the little beggar but earns more, the festival, everyone wants to be auspicious, as long as it is a good word, there is money, shouting in the morning, not counting the pocket, there are hundreds of dollars in the bowl, there are individual generous shots are directly thrown off Zhang Hong, wealth is not exposed, The little beggar put the red one in his pocket early.

At noon, the sun shone obliquely in the little beggar's bowl, illuminating the messy banknotes clearly, the little beggar looked down at the money in the bowl, and then tilted his head to look at the few coins in the old beggar's bowl and couldn't help sighing, and whispered: "Old beggar, are you dumb?" Say a few nice words, will you make money soon? No one knows you here, no shame! ”

The old beggar looked up at the little beggar through the ends of his hair, then looked down at the bowl on the ground, shook his head, and buried his head between his knees.

"I can't help you!" The little beggar shook his head, then took out a fifty green bill in front of him, put it in his pocket, and then poured the rest of the money into the old beggar's bowl, "It's all for you, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, I'll go back first!" After saying that, the little beggar got up and was about to leave, but the old beggar still didn't move, and the little beggar walked five meters away and suddenly turned his head and said, "I will stew a chicken today, you go outside my yard in the evening, and I will serve you a bowl!" ”

The old beggar slowly raised his head and turned to look at the young body trotting down the mountain, and a smile could not help but rise on the corner of his mouth.

It is a four-hour walk from the Taihe Temple to the foot of the mountain, but for the little beggar such as a child who has not climbed once at the age of five or six years old, it will take longer, but fortunately in this half a year, it is also considered to be familiar with the road, there are shortcuts to take shortcuts, there are no shortcuts to slide down the slope, try to avoid dangerous places, now it only takes two and a half hours to go down the mountain, of course, it takes three hours to go up the mountain.

There is nothing to say all the way, the little beggar has no leisure to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Wudang Mountain, he has to rush to the house before three o'clock, his home is in the Li family courtyard five miles away from the foot of Wudang Mountain, the reason why it is called Li Jiayuan is because the vast majority of the village is surnamed Li, the village is not big, but it retains the appearance of the ancient city, the high city wall is surrounded by all around, although the sparrows are small and all the organs are complete, there are a total of more than 100 households in the village, what tavern, medical hall, blacksmith shop everything, the house inside is like, Neatly arranged, no one knows when this village landed here, and no one knows why there is such a village, but as soon as you enter it, it is as if you have come to the Peach Blossom Spring, as if you have traveled directly from modern times to ancient times.

The little beggar has been in this village since he can remember, and it has been more than three years, and there are only his mother and him in the family, and he doesn't know what his father is, but from the beginning of his free movement, his mother can no longer get out of bed, and he found a doctor who said that he had tuberculosis and could not be cured, and since then, the work of the family has fallen on this four-year-old child, and the little beggar has not lived very well since he was a child, he is full and hungry, and he is not squeamish, starting from the most basic boiling water and cooking, and learning from his mother's appearance to take his time, As long as you pay attention to safety, it is only a matter of time before the water is boiled and the rice is cooked, but fortunately, the aunt next door is kind and kind, and she comes to help for a long time, and sometimes sends some food, and every time she sees the sensible appearance of the little beggar, she can't help but cry.

At the age of five, the basic life skills have been mastered, but no one at home makes money, no economic resources is tantamount to sitting on the mountain, so the little beggar began to go out to make money, the people in the village also know the difficulties of his family, some small jobs will shout at him to do, after doing it, he will give some small money, sometimes give some eggs and pork, it can be regarded as a livelihood, but the money earned is very limited, until one day, two Taoist priests down Wudang Mountain for the Xie family in the east of the village to do things, during which there is naturally an opportunity to make money, How could the little beggar let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Fortunately, I didn't do any work this time, there was just a lack of a boy above the ritual, the little beggar took advantage of the loophole, and after a ritual, the Xie family gave two hundred yuan, which was undoubtedly a huge amount of money for him, and carefully put the money away, but he did not leave, but followed the two Taoist priests, until there was no one else, he timidly said to the two Taoist priests: "Big brother, can you find me if there is such a Dharma in the future!" ”

One of the Taoist priests, who was a little older and had a full face of Lothar, squatted down and said, "Little brother, there are not many such rituals, but I will definitely call you next time!" You've been following us for so long for this? ”

"En, there is no money at home, and my mother's illness has not been cured, I need to make more money!" The little beggar nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"Hehe, lack of money, right!" The Taoist priest smiled and asked, "I can give you a trick, there is a Wudang Mountain five miles east of here, there will be many pilgrims burning incense on the mountain every day, you can bring a bowl to the mountain to ask for a lot of people, don't say more a day, a hundred yuan is easy to earn!" ”

As the Taoist priest spoke, the slightly young Taoist priest on the side pulled his sleeve and said: "Senior brother, don't talk nonsense, where can such a young child run so far, it takes five or six hours to go to the Taihe Palace, even the two of us have to spend more than two hours, where can this little doll stand it!" ”

The Taoist priest with a face full of Luo Sahu waved his hand, then got up and said to the little beggar: "The method has told you, I will be a Taoist priest in the Taihe Palace, whether you go or not!" Hahaha......" turned around and left.

The little beggar looked at the backs of the two of them leaving, and his heart was entangled, until the figures of the two Taoist priests disappeared from sight, and his eyes slowly became resolute......