"Why hasn't all this grain been cut?"

"Sanhua Niangniang doesn't know, right?" The Taoist explained to the cat as he walked, "This was deliberately left by the villagers. ”

"Intentionally left? Left-for-whom? ”

"It is reserved for the Taoist temple in the mountains."

"Taoist temple in the mountains?"

The cat immediately looked up and saw the Taoist temple exposed in the clouds and mist on the mountain in the distance, and looked stunned:

"It's your Taoist temple!"

"Exactly."

"Leave it to you?"

"Exactly."

"Why do you want to leave it to you?"

"It's an ancient and simple tradition." Song You paused for a moment, "It is a matter of course for Taoist priests to protect the peace of a place, the villagers are poor and do not have much money, but the simple people will also think about how to repay when they are blessed by grace, otherwise it will be difficult to feel at ease, so after the harvest every year, they will leave a bush and let the cultivators in the mountains take food, which is regarded as an offering." If a cultivator takes food from the villagers, he will naturally have to keep a flat land, just as the gods need to exercise the priesthood when they take incense. ”

"Will you come and cut it?"

"Nature." Song You's tone also revealed a bit of memories, "In the past, when we were still living in the Taoist temple on the mountain, every time after the harvest of grains, we had to go down the mountain, if we saw that there was a field of grain that had been harvested but only left a small bush in the corner, we knew that the villagers under the mountain had specially left it to the Taoist priest on the mountain, so we had to cut it off." ”

"It's so comfortable!" The cat walked behind him, "Then you don't need to work every year, you don't need to spend money to buy, as long as you come to cut the grain, you will have food!" ”

"Even if you don't come to cut, you still have food."

"Then why do you want to cut it?"

"I'm going to cut it."

How can such a good thing be cut off?

The corners of the Taoist's mouth couldn't help but show a smile.

At that time, he didn't understand this either.

I especially remember that when Lao Dao took him down the mountain to harvest grain for the first time, he also patiently explained to him - even if Lao Dao is so powerful, he still has to take a little doll and carry a basket to every field under the mountain to cut grain, and this tradition and tacit understanding has lasted for I don't know how many years.

At least a thousand years, right?

I wonder if it will continue into the millennium.

Anyway, Song You will definitely pass it on.

It's a pity that his old way is really lazy, he is almost lazy to scratch lice to eat, and he is more and more lazy in his later years, and he took him down the mountain to cut grains in person two years ago, and saw him grow up a little, and he was familiar enough with the roads and fields near the mountain, so he sent the starling to cut with him, and he waited for it in the Taoist temple leisurely.

"It's ......"

The Taoist couldn't help but shake his head.

"Will anyone who lives next to a Taoist temple be like this?" Sanhua Cat threw out a new question.

"Not all Taoist temples are like this, but I have also heard that Taoist temples and villagers in other places will also be like this." Song You replied patiently.

"Do you want a very powerful Taoist temple?"

"It's not about being powerful."

"That ......"

There are so many problems with cats.

It was a long time before she stopped, and by this time the group had already reached the mountainside.

The Taoist is still wearing the Taoist robe that went down the mountain back then, except for becoming older and whiter and more serious, there seems to be no other change, even the Taoist face has not changed much, only there are more vicissitudes and gentleness in his expression, which is calmer than at the beginning.

At this time, with a bamboo cane, he walked up the mountain road, because of the slope of the mountain road, his upper body was slightly tilted forward, and behind him was a jujube red horse and a three-flowered cat, slowly going up.

The cat's expression was still serious, still taking small steps, stopping from time to time, looking up at the Taoist temple on the mountain, and then turning his head to look back at the road and height he had walked, occasionally approaching the grass and trees on the side of the road, smelling the smell of this strange land, as if he wanted to remember the road in the future tense.

Unconsciously climb higher and higher.

By the time the cat raised its head again, the Taoist temple on the mountain was already in sight.

“……”

The cat stopped and stared at it in a daze.

Seeing the Taoist walking forward, she hurriedly followed.

The Taoist temple is not built on the top of the mountain, but on the upper part of the mountainside, backed by the green mountain, and is located in a flat land on the mountain, which is a very old courtyard.

The courtyard inside is divided into two rooms before and after, the quaint palace pavilion plus the room is less than ten, there is a mountain spring that merges into a stream, it flows next to the Taoist temple, there is a horse practice hanging in the back, the sound of flowing water is loud, and there is a rather elegant ancient pine tree growing at the door. From a distance, if there are no clouds and mist, or from a higher place, it is also an ethereal place between the green mountains.

The mountain gate is simple and old, and there is no door connection.

There are only three ancient big characters on the top of the head -

"Fulongguan."

The Taoist stopped at the door and looked up.

"I haven't seen ...... for years"

The Taoist muttered to himself, raised his bamboo cane, and tapped the door.

"Click......

The door lock opens naturally.

Then he used a bamboo cane to pestle the door and gently pushed it, only to hear a squeak, like an ancient echo, welcoming the Taoist back.

"Come in."

The Taoist said and stepped in.

Entering the gate, there is the largest courtyard, and there is an incense burner in the middle of the courtyard, but it is at least more than a thousand years old, and the furnace is clean and clean, without any incense.

The yard is also very clean.

There were no fallen leaves, no dust, and time and wind and rain had not left any traces on it, as if it had only been cleaned up yesterday and the Taoist had returned today.

Facing the door and both sides are shrines, enshrined the common gods of Taoism, after all, it is a Taoist temple, when it is open to the public normally, there will be villagers under the mountain and tourists from all over the world to come here to make incense, and the Taoist people also rely on the incense money they give to live. It's just that the Taoist people usually don't do their homework, and they don't recite scriptures and worship God.

This courtyard is for pilgrims.

The incense burner in the courtyard is also used for incense.

It's just that I'm afraid that no one has walked into this Taoist temple for more than ten years.

"Go this way."

The Taoist walked through the courtyard and into the backyard.

Cats, horses, and swallows followed closely.

The back is the place where the Taoists practice, which truly represents the ancient inheritance of Fulongguan.

"Your Taoist temple doesn't seem to be small."

"It's not a big deal." The Taoist said, pausing again, "In the future, it can also be said to be the Taoist temple of Sanhua Niangniang." ”

"Hmm......"

The cat closed its mouth and said no more, but the small broken steps were a little more cheerful.

When the Taoist arrived at the door of a room, he stopped to unload his bags on horseback, and said as he unloaded them: "Did you see this mountain when Sanhua Niangniang came?" ”

"I saw it!"

"What do you think of this mountain full of rabbits?"

"Is this the only one or all on the side?"

"This one, as well as a few on the side, as long as they look the same, and there is no farmland, they are all from our Taoist temple." Song You said, "Sanhua Niangniang has figured out which one she wants?" ”

"It's so big......"

The cat's eyes widened for a moment.

I think of the way I came, I saw this piece of mountain full of silky grass, all gently fell in the same direction by the wind, there are ancient pines on the mountain, if it is still overgrown with rabbits, I usually practice and study in this ancient Taoist temple, when I am tired, I go to sleep in the grass on the mountain like a blanket outside, and when I wake up, I go to catch rabbits, and I catch her and the Taoist priest's dinner......

How comfortable would that life be?

"Sanhua Niangniang can also think about where to dig her pond by the way, and before we leave this time, we can dig it up and bring spring water over. Sanhua Niangniang went to the stream below the mountain to catch a few fish and put them in the pond, and when we came back many years later, we would definitely be full of fish. ”

yes, and ponds and fish.

It is also possible to sleep by the pond.

And in addition to fish and rabbits, every harvest season, you can also go to the bottom of the mountain to cut grain for no money, which is fun and does not have to worry about starvation.

Cats can't imagine what kind of fairy days this is.

"But ......"

The cat swallowed, frowned and thought, and its brain almost stopped: "Will the viewer agree?" Yes, now you don't have a meow in your Taoist temple? ”

"Yes."

The Taoist nodded to her and said, "I am the Viewer." ”

"Meow!"

The cat stared at him.

The last bit of dreaming concern was also dispelled, and her mind suddenly thought about it, and she couldn't stop thinking about the wonders, which made her feel that her brain was almost insufficient.

At this time, the Taoist had also unloaded all his belongings and put them under the eaves, so that the tired horses could rest, and then said to them: "I used to live in this house, and if you are tired, you can go into this room to rest, or you can walk around, and look at it, as long as you can walk in, there is nothing that you can't enter." I'll go to the back one first. ”

"Where are you going?"

"Visit the previous viewer."

The Taoist walked away with a cane, leaving only a back for them.

A moment later—

It seems to be behind the Taoist temple, but it doesn't seem to be, in short, it is a gentle green mountain, the grass is like silk, all blown down in the same direction, Honka bent down, it seems that he can't withstand the mountain wind, and seems to be bowing his head to take care of the people sleeping on the mountain, or to welcome the latecomers.

There are many undulating mounds on the mountain.

The mound was as gentle as these green hills, as silky grass, so lush that it almost covered the stone monument.

The Taoist people didn't care about these grasses, no one had ever cared about them, and the people of Fulongguan didn't care about them, he just walked to the front of the two mounds at the end and stood still with a cane.

Aside from the grass, one stone tablet is written "The Tomb of the Heavenly Calculation Taoist", and the other is "The Tomb of the Taoist Man", all of which are very simple, only the time is engraved in small characters below, and even the three words "Fulongguan" do not appear on the stone tablet. And the handwriting is different.

The two mounds are close together.

“……”

The Taoist stared at the last one with a cane.

It's still the same as when I saw the starling's letter in the Qingtong Forest in the north of Yuezhou, in fact, there is not much sadness in my heart - I have expected this day, whether it is him or Lao Dao, they have long looked down on this matter between life and death, and there is naturally less sadness and sadness.

What fills my heart is more regret.

I really didn't know what to say, stared for a long time, and no matter how much I said, it only turned into a verbal sigh.

Look at the mound again—

There was just a small open space.

“……”

It will be buried here in the future.

……

Ask for a monthly pass~

(End of chapter)