"Grandma, how did you recognize me at a glance?" After taking a sip of tea, Lin Junxuan asked, before Li Ruochen said it just now, the old man seemed to recognize me at a glance. Although he said that he had seen it before, it was a long time ago, and he was still a child.

"You look a lot like your grandfather," the old man said with a look of remembrance on his face, "It's so similar." "The old man and Lin Junxuan's grandfather are brother and sister, so they are naturally very familiar.

After pondering for a while, Lin Junxuan spoke: "Grandma, there is something I want to ask you, it is about Taigong. ”

"Taigong?" The old man shook and looked at Lin Junxuan with a strange look: "Did you hear something outside?"

"Auntie, we went to the Linggui Temple today, and I heard a Taoist priest tell a story that the Linggui Peak Mountain is empty, and there is another world below. A Taoist priest sent someone to put a Taoist talisman underneath, saying that it was a seal there. The Taoist priest said that the man's name was Li Longtu! ”

"You won't take it seriously, right?" Li Ruochen on the side widened his eyes: "How can a mountain as big as Spirit Turtle Peak be empty? We are all people who have read books, and you also believe in this kind of legend! That must be the same name." ”

The old man just smiled dotingly.

"Your grandfather died early, and neither your grandfather nor I have a deep impression of him. ”

"Grandma, I made an appointment with my classmates to go out together tomorrow, so I'll leave first. Cousin, you have my phone, when you need to call me, I'll pick you up right away!" Li Ruochen stood up, he had heard a lot of legends in the countryside, and he was also a scientifically educated person, so he didn't believe much in this kind of thing, in scientific terms, this is called superstition!

"Hehe, go ahead, be careful on the road. ”

"Well, grandma, I'll come to see you another day," Li Ruochen picked up the tea on the table, took two sips, and walked out. After Li Ruochen left, a look of loss flashed on the old man's face.

"There are fewer and fewer people who believe in the things of our generation," the old man sighed, as if reminiscing about the time they had experienced.

"Jun Xuan, it's rare for you to come here, I'll give you something from your grandfather's past," the old man stretched out his hands tremblingly across his neck, and took off a simple chain from his neck, the chain was a little old, there seemed to be some patterns on the surface, and in the middle of the chain hung a starlet the size of a fingernail, the surface of the stardrop was a little like a patina, and there were some other small fuzzy patterns.

Such a pendant chain can only be said to be a little ancient, not beautiful, in this era of wearing gold and jade, and the most unfortunate is also decorated with silver, such a thing is really not very popular.

The old man held the star pendant, and his expression was very solemn, as if this was a very precious thing.

"Grandma, this is your personal thing, I can't ask for it!" Lin Junxuan looked at the old man very solemnly, knowing that this star pendant was very important to her, and refused.

The old man shook his head: "I'm in my eighties, almost ninety years old, and I'm already at the age when I'm about to go into the ground." This pendant was handed down from my mother, and of course it will be passed down from my hand. It's just a pity that my children and grandchildren are not interested in these, I only remembered to give it to you when I saw that you were interested" Speaking of this, the old man's eyes showed a deep helplessness.

"Thank you, Grandma," glancing at the old man, Lin Junxuan thoughtfully, and took the star pendant that the old man untied from his neck with both hands.

......

After dinner, Lin Junxuan and Du Ruoyao each returned to the room arranged by their aunt, tidied up, and then prepared to sleep. After a while, the old man knocked on the door outside and walked in.

"Jun Xuan," the old man looked at Lin Junxuan kindly: "I've lived in the city for a long time, won't I be used to sleeping in the countryside?"

"No," Lin Junxuan shook his head, "It's quiet here, I like it." ”

"That's good, that's good," the old man smiled, "so I'll rest assured, then you can sleep." ”

"Well," Lin Junxuan answered, and just as the old man was about to walk out of the door, Lin Junxuan shouted, "Grandma!"

"Child, is there anything else?" the old man turned around and looked at Lin Junxuan kindly.

"Grandma, you haven't answered my question during the day. Lin Junxuan looked at the old man's eyes and said.

The old man was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Lin Junxuan to continue to ask this question. Turning around, the old man walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, looked at Lin Junxuan, and muttered, "It's really like!"

"Grandma, who are you like, didn't you say that I looked like my grandfather when you first entered the door?" Lin Junxuan asked:

"Taigong, you are more like your Taigong!" The old man showed a look of remembrance on his face: "When I was young with your grandfather, your grandfather left and never appeared again." In my vague impression, when your grandfather left, it was similar to what you are now. ”

"Is the Taigong mentioned in the legend true?" Lin Junxuan looked at the old man.

The old man looked at Lin Junxuan and asked, "After dinner today, I saw that you were reading a book, it didn't look like a novel, right?"

"'Hundred Schools of Thought,'" Lin Junxuan replied, "It's an ancient book of the pre-Qin dynasty." ”

There was a look of appreciation in the old man's eyes: "Nowadays, there are very few young people like you who like ancient books. Ruochen used to like me telling stories, but now that he's older, he doesn't like to listen to me anymore. ”

Speaking of his grandson, the old man couldn't help but feel a little helpless: "I wanted to give him that necklace before, but he said it was too old-fashioned and didn't want it." Hey, the things of our generation will eventually disappear in the future, and young people will have the life of young people. ”

Lin Junxuan listened silently, not knowing why the old man wanted to talk about this.

With a sigh, the old man turned his head and smiled: "Jun Xuan, you like to read, very good, very good." ...... Wait a minute, I have a book here, which has also been handed down by your father-in-law. I'm going to 'go' in the future, and if Ruochen is not interested, I'm afraid this book will go into the ground with me. It's rare for you to come here, and you like to read, so I'll give you this book. ”

"Grandma, your body is still strong, at least you can live for a few decades!"

The old man just smiled, touched Lin Junxuan's head, and sighed: "It was so small back then, and now it's so big,...... Wait, grandma will come when she goes. ”

The old man turned around and left, and after a while, the old man walked in with a box, walked to the bedside, and handed over the rusty iron box: "This thing, my aunt and grandmother have been collecting it for more than sixty years, Ruochen and his parents have not seen it, and it was also passed down by your father-in-law." Jun Xuan, you are a person who has read books, you should be able to understand, na, my aunt gave it to you. ”

Lin Junxuan took the box and opened the rusty lid of the box, and at the bottom of the box was a thin book with all the pages yellowed, and the four words 'Qimen Dunjia' were written on it.

Lin Junxuan didn't expect that the ancient book left by Taigong was actually one, looking at the four words 'Qimen Dunjia' on the page, Lin Junxuan somewhat understood why Li Ruochen was not interested in the book left by Taigong at all. This kind of thing fortune tellers each have a book, and nine out of ten fortune tellers cheat. In addition to fortune tellers, 'feng shui masters' are also available to everyone, and books such as street and street shops are not too difficult to buy. Sold together with "Qimen Dunjia", there are also "The Yellow Emperor's Mansion Sutra", "Shaking the Dragon Sutra", "The Yellow Emperor's Mansion Sutra" and so on, but the latter is not as well-known as the former. Although Lin Junxuan likes ancient books and has studied "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed", he doesn't believe in this very much.

In some modern TV series, "Qimen Dunjia" is linked to the Qimen formation, which casts a strange color on the book. But in today's popularization of science, people only laugh at this.

"Thank you, Grandma. Lin Junxuan took the box and thanked him, but still looked at the old man.

Seeing Lin Junxuan looking at himself, the old man knew that he still wanted to know about his father-in-law, and finally smiled: "You kid...... Okay, grandma, I'll tell you about your father-in-law. ”

"When your grandfather left, your grandfather and I were very young, and we knew a lot of things from your grandmother. Before he left, there was indeed a Taoist priest who came to our house, and the people in the village guessed that there was such a story. After your grandfather left with the Taoist priest, he never appeared again. Your grandmother has been telling us that your grandfather is a monk and a Taoist priest. The old man looked at Lin Junxuan and sighed: "Poor grandma, after your grandfather left, there are still two children left at home, and it is not easy for a woman who is so young to support her two children! At that time, the people in the village said that your grandfather died outside, but your grandmother believed that he just went outside to become a Taoist priest and would come back one day." Someone persuaded your grandmother to remarry, but she didn't listen, just said that she would wait for your grandfather to come back. Wait day after day, year after year, because I miss your grandfather too much, and after a few years, your grandmother will go crazy. ”

"Crazy!!" Lin Junxuan looked at the old man in shock.

"Yes!" the old man sighed, perhaps thinking of his mother, his eyes were a little moist, and he wiped his tears, and the old man said, "Your grandmother first believed that your grandfather was a monk and a Taoist priest, but later she believed in the myth of the villagers, and after she went crazy, she often said strange things that people could not understand. ”

"Strange things that people don't understand?"

"Yes, your grandmother has been crazy for more than 20 years, and later, my grandfather and I got married, and one day she suddenly came to her senses," the old man recalled the situation back then: "At that time, you were not just outside, and I was the only one by her side." She seemed to be very sober at that time, she said that your grandfather came to see her, and the grandfather said that he was sorry for her and wanted to take her with him. ”

Lin Junxuan's heart shook, he sat motionless on the edge of the bed, listening to the old man, for fear of missing any information.

"At that time, it was just me and your grandmother at home, and there was no one else at all. I guess your grandmother must be back to the light, she said that your grandfather wants to take her away, I guess in my heart, they all say that people are old, and when they are dying, they will have a sense in their hearts, I think your grandmother is afraid that it will not work. I hugged her knee that day and cried. Your grandmother said, don't cry, child, this is a happy event, you have to be happy for me. At that time, I only thought that your grandmother was crazy, and I didn't dare to refute her, I just listened to her babble about her past years with her grandfather, and as she spoke, she suddenly took out a box from under the pillow, and a pendant chain, na, the one around your neck, and this box. ”

The old man pointed to the star-shaped pendant chain around Lin Junxuan's neck, and said with some sadness: "Your grandmother said that this is your grandfather's, and said that she wanted to leave it to us-your grandmother has been crazy for many years, and she has never been out of the house, and she doesn't know where she got this chain and box." I thought later that maybe you left this box and necklace before your grandfather left, but she went crazy later and didn't remember it. That night, your grandmother really left, and she walked peacefully and without any pain. She has suffered a lot in her life, and it may be a good thing for her to leave like this, at least, she can see you again. ”

The old man sighed and stood up, and when he talked about his mother, the old man was very sad: "Hey, don't talk about this. It's late, Jun Xuan sleeps. My aunt and grandmother also went to sleep. ”

Walking to the door, the old man suddenly turned around: "Jun Xuan, don't walk around when you sleep at night, remember not to go out if you hear any movement." ”

"Why?" said Lin Junxuan in surprise.

"In the last few days, there have been many jackals barking outside at night—what a strange thing, how can these wolves have appeared again after they have disappeared for more than fifty years!" the old man muttered to himself with a puzzled expression, and walked out tremblingly.

After the old man went out, the room was quiet again. What the old man said before he left came to mind again, weasel, jackal...... These things disappeared out of thin air more than fifty years ago, and suddenly appeared out of thin air fifty years later. Li Ruochen has lived with the old man here since he was a child, and he said that he had never seen a weasel here before, so there should be no lie, and there is no need. Lin Junxuan remembered what Grandma said before she died, is she really 'back to the light'? I don't know why, Lin Junxuan always feels that tonight's events are strange.

Taking off the star-shaped necklace from his neck, Lin Junxuan looked over and over again, and didn't find anything strange about the star-shaped necklace, put it back on, Lin Junxuan took out the "Qimen Dunjia" in the box and looked at it, and there was no mystery in the book, it seemed to be an ancient book that could be seen casually on a local stall.