However, this time, there is no need to walk through Hezhou again, and there is no need to even pass through Hezhou, just take a short cut from a small corner of Hezhou and enter Angzhou.

Then follow the original road and walk towards Changjing.

On the last day of autumn, the group walked to the Yuqu River and the plank road near the river.

The last time I walked here was in the early spring of the fifth year of Mingde.

At this time, it was the late autumn of the seventh year of Mingde.

It's three years short of one season.

When I came back, there was a river of spring water, and the spring rain was like silk, and the water surface was full of fine ripples. This time it is the autumn water quiet, as dark green as jade, the water level is similar, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds, facing this river autumn water is a stone wall almost perpendicular to the water surface, and the stone wall has been carved out of a plank road.

The Taoist walks in front with a cane, the jujube red horse follows, the three-flowered cat runs back and forth at will, and the swallow crosses the river with its wingtips, opening a hole in the green silk.

Suddenly, there was a clanging sound.

The Taoist listened and looked forward.

The sound was obviously not the sound of a horse bell, but like the sound of a chisel hitting a stone wall, crisp and pleasant, echoing on the surface of the river between the two mountains.

The swallow flew to see it, but didn't say anything when it came back.

The sound quickly became clear.

The Taoist walked over and found that someone had carved a grotto stone carving on the stone wall on the inside of the plank road.

Ding-jingle and non-stop.

The whole river was filled with this voice.

I don't know how many workers and craftsmen are on this plank road, including those who carve stone walls, those who are responsible for cleaning stones, those who bury pots to make rice, and officials who are responsible for supervision. Seeing a man and a horse walking along the plank road with a three-flowered cat, they couldn't help but look at him strangely.

Faces were standing on the plank road, or standing on wooden shelves, or carrying stones into the river, or carving with chisels and chisels, all turning their heads to look at him.

The Taoist's pace remained unchanged, still walking forward with a cane, and he also turned his head to look at them one by one.

At the same time, look at the extra grotto statues along the way.

The statues were as low as a human and a few feet high, and the craftsman had to stand on a wooden frame.

The small grotto is the size of a basin, and the large one is one or two zhang high, seven or eight feet deep, like a room.

The grottoes are a Buddhist culture, and the carved Buddha statues are the mainstay.

All kinds of Buddha statues, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Dharma Protectors, sitting or standing, large or small, are vividly presented on the stone wall plank road near the river.

The statues of the gods of this year are neither deliberately mighty nor feminine, nor do they try to create a sense of holiness and promote the boundless divine power of the gods, but they are just imitating the people of the world in this year, imitating the dress of the gods in the minds of the people of the world, and very truly portraying the statues of gods that tend to be close to people. This shows that the mentality of Dayan people is very peaceful and stable, and the aesthetics are also very normal, and they feel that they are the best in the world now, and there can be nothing better, and naturally there is no need to make up for anything from the statue, which requires a rare and extremely high cultural self-confidence as support.

Thousands of years later, this is the stone carving culture that represents Dayan, and the culture that reflects the aesthetics and mentality of Dayan society.

There are also some statues that are not Buddha statues.

It is the statue of the person who ordered the construction of these cave statues.

The Taoist slowly walked through it and met with it.

In fact, he had seen similar pieces of grotto statues a long time ago, but at that time he saw it from the perspective of a later generation.

At that time, the grotto statues had long been covered with traces of the passage of time, the grottoes were only grottoes, the stone statues were only stone statues, at most there were some large and small square holes around the stone statues, and the tourists who walked under it at that time did not understand what these holes were used for, but now they can see clearly-

At this time, whether it is a grotto or a stone statue, there are doors, beams and roofs.

The hole that has been seen by later generations is the place where the beams and pillars are inserted to support the large and small temple tops, all of which are exquisite, carved beams and painted buildings, not like a grotto, but like a temple embedded in the mountain, and the later generations see clearly two appearances.

A craftsman is installing a door for the grotto.

There are craftsmen tiling the roof.

From time to time, the Taoist slowed down and looked in.

"Eh, ......"

Finally, a man in official uniform stopped him: "That gentleman, why did you come here?" ”

"Huh?"

Song You turned his head to look at him: "Isn't this the plank road leading to Changjing?" ”

"This plank road has long been sealed, the new official road is on the other side of the river, and now this side is on the order of the imperial court, carving stone statues in the caves, it stands to reason that someone should block the way, how did you get here?"

"I see, I mean that I haven't met anyone along the way." Song You smiled at this time, and saluted the official, "I didn't mean to break in, I really went out along this plank road when I left Changjing before, and now I have returned the same way, but there is no one who stops me on the way." ”

"This group of officials must be lazy again!"

The official couldn't help but scold, then looked at Song You, and couldn't help frowning.

"That's it, since Mr. has no intention of entering, he has come here, and then ask Mr. to go back the same way, and there will be no short detour, so I won't be embarrassed Mr." The official waved his hand, the people of Dayan have always respected monks and humanists, and looking at this person, it seems that it is indeed unusual, "It's just that Mr. don't walk around, lest you break something, so you can leave along here." ”

"Thank you."

"What kind of water do you want? Freshly steamed dumplings, do you want to bring two? ”

"Thank you very much."

Song You was not polite.

The official laughed and went to get it for him.

Song You followed him and asked a few more questions.

It is said that since the previous assassination incident, His Majesty's dragon body has been sick, and the people below do not know the specific situation, but there are often obscure rumors in Changjing, saying that His Majesty is not as good as a day. Although the current Dayan is more in accordance with Taoism, but Buddhism has risen very quickly, the queen mother believes in Buddhism very much, in order to pray for His Majesty, this Yuqu Grottoes have this.

The Taoist thanked him again, and then continued to move forward.

Still walking and watching.

Looking at these newly born stone statues and grottoes, I also passed by the craftsmen who built it at this time, and some craftsmen saluted him, and the Taoist people immediately returned the salute.

The grotto had only just begun to be excavated, and it had not gone far before it reached the end, and the craftsmen and the clanging sounds were left behind.

The three-flowered cat, who had been holding back all the way, ran to his feet with small steps, and turned his head back as he walked forward, looked up at him, and said to him:

"Sanhua Niangniang remembers walking here before."

"Sanhua Niangniang will never forget."

"It wasn't the same here before as it is now."

"It will change even more in the future."

"Why did they build the temple here?"

"I'll have to ask them."

The Taoist seemed to be afraid that she would say again that you are not smart, so he lowered his head and looked at her, and saw that she tilted her head and raised her head very high, and felt tired for her: "Sanhua Niangniang can walk away from me, so that you don't have to raise your head too high, it will be easier." ”

"But Sanhua Niangniang looks small, her voice is also small, and people's ears are not good, so she can't hear clearly when she is far away."

"Wouldn't that be tiring?"

"Cats won't."

"But I'll be afraid of stepping on Sanhua Niangniang."

"Sanhua Niangniang is very powerful."

"That's up to you."

The Taoist smiled and shook his head helplessly.

This plank road is not short, the Taoist did not get out of here, especially when he walked to the place where he spent the night almost three years ago, he saw that there were faint traces of flames burning on the ground, so he stopped here again, unloaded his bags and prepared for a good rest, and walked back to Changjing in one breath tomorrow.

I met Xing Wu here before.

At that time, he was also accompanied by Shu Daxia.

It's just that the old people who spent the night together back then, one should still be in the Northern Army, serving as a strange guest, and the other should be in Gwangju Wushan, who is already a famous master of the rivers and lakes and the founding of the mountain.

Today there is one more swallow.

Sanhua Niangniang has a good memory, and still remembers the fish soup that night, so the Taoist invited her to catch fish in the river again, and invited the swallow to pick up firewood, and at night, she raised a fire in the original place, boiled a pot of fish soup, and added the vegetable dumplings given by the officials, which was tonight's dinner.

At night, there is no one, the river is cool, and the sound of splashing can be heard from time to time.

The Taoist went down to the river to bathe.

The cat is similar, although sitting on the shore with his back to the Taoist, he raises his paws and licks it seriously, licks and licks, and rubs his face with his paws.

Wash it clean, and I'll go back to Changjing tomorrow.

……

Changjing has just started winter.

If you want to ask who is the most famous person in Changjing and even Dayan recently, it is undoubtedly General Chen Ziyi Chen, who has just returned from a great victory in the north.

This is a great victory that has never been seen in all dynasties, and it is also a place that the armies of all dynasties have never visited.

It can be called a miracle through the ages.

At the beginning of spring this year, Chen Ziyi was recalled to the court and named the Marquis of Wu'an.

This is the top honor of military generals since all dynasties, and for thousands of years, only a few people have been named Marquis of Wu'an.

At this time, Chen Ziyi naturally enjoyed the attention of Changjing's countless eyes, no matter whether those who really held the power in the court consciously kept their distance from him, and whether those Qingliu who were not afraid of heaven and earth admired his style and reputation and came to him to get close to him, the attention in the open and in the dark was indispensable. I'm afraid that if the Hou Mansion enters every day, and what ingredients, medicines, and fabrics are purchased by the housekeeper, Changjing's magnates of all sizes will know through various channels.

However, in recent days, Chen Ziyi's whereabouts have been very strange.

I don't know why, every morning he would go out early in the morning, and he would go out of the city with a few guards, and he would stop outside the city for a day, and only return after dark, and then go again the next day.

It's like waiting for someone.

But the current Dayan, in addition to the emperor in the palace who is deteriorating, how can there be a few people worthy of this Marquis of Wu An to go out of the city in person every day to wait?

Most of the magnates in Changjing were puzzled.

It's just that Wu'anhou is famous, murderous, and the Beijing officials have no martial arts, and the snooping is only secretly snooping, and even more just gathering a group of people after tea and dinner to tell the unknown news about the Hou Mansion from which mansion, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and if they want to ask Wu'an Hou outside the city, or go to the city gate to wait with Wu'an Hou, most people don't dare.

I only dared to tell my cronies to stay in the city and pay attention to the whereabouts of Wu'anhou, or pretended to go out of the city to enjoy the autumn river, and when I came back, I had no intention of meeting General Chen.

Until the dusk of the day of the beginning of winter-

A Taoist with a three-flowered cat and a jujube red horse appeared on the hillside outside Changjing City, facing the cold wind and looking at the huge city below, and then stepped down.

A new book by PY: "All the people flee the famine, my items can be upgraded"

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