the last priest

A group of people visited the Laojun Pavilion and visited the Tianshi Cave. Except for the beautiful scenery, Cha Wenbin was left to explain the basic history of Taoism to a few people along the way, which seemed light. ┌* ┐ While waiting to go down the mountain, it was already evening, and they came to a small town at the foot of the mountain to stay overnight. At one o'clock, I had a quarrel with a few aunts, and I was hesitating where to go to complain, when an old man from the countryside came to answer: "A few guests, are you here to visit Qingcheng Mountain?"

The little girl thought it was another solicitor, so she pouted and refused to answer, but Lao Wang was really tired, so she asked casually: "Yeah, aren't you going down the mountain to find a place to live? You are also here to solicit Yes."

After hearing this, the old man was still very polite, took out packs of cigarettes from his bag, and scattered them one by one, but no one picked them up. He took off the straw hat on his head and used it as a fan: "My family has a farmhouse. It’s half cheaper than these hotels, and apart from being more remote, it’s also relatively clean, if you guys go to live here, I can give you some more money.”

The name of this town is Zipingpu. It is said that Mr. Zhuge "recruited 200 people" to protect Dujiangyan and station troops at Ma Chaoping. This is where he was said to be. Because of the relationship between Qingcheng Mountain, this town was a very famous military town in history. Now it is a small famous tourist town.

Zha Wenbin was not a lively person, when he heard that there was a quiet place, he wished he could leave the place where these people gathered as soon as possible, and chose a remote place to live, so he agreed to go there first and let the old man lead the way. passed.

This inn was originally a two-story building, and the owners were all farmers. Taking advantage of the tourist style, it was converted into a small hotel. Although it is not luxurious, it is clean enough.It may be because the location is too far away. After leaving Cha Wenbin and his party, no other tourists settled here, but it made them quiet.

The host's house is also very hospitable. I don't think there are many guests on weekdays. Seeing these four people is naturally extraordinarily enthusiastic. They insist on having dinner together. The land of Bashu has always treated guests like honored guests, sitting around a big round table , What I ate were some wild mushrooms and wild game.With the hot soup, even Leng Yiran, who has never touched chili, was very addicted, let alone Lao Wang and Cha Wenbin. As for He Yichao, he had already had three glasses of liquor with his host, and called him brothers there. It turned out that this family had a son who was also a soldier. After asking, he found out that He Yichao and He Yichao were in the same army.

Once he drank too much wine, he naturally started to talk a lot. This old farmer's name was Zhuo Yugui, and his retired son was called Zhuo Xiong. Because he was handsome and powerful, everyone said he was a blind man. Later, he shouted, He called him blind, but he was not really blind, he was a Tibetan soldier, and his eyesight is good!

Originally, when my son came back from the army, his superiors had arranged for him an official meal in the town. This kid had a hard time complaining about injustice. Because he couldn't understand the bureaucratic style, he had conflicts with the leaders several times, so he simply resigned. Helping the family take care of this small farmhouse, although poor, but living a very comfortable life, this introduction, aroused Chaozi's admiration, and he drank a few cups in a row, but it was not satisfying, so he insisted on clamoring for a change. The big bowl was stopped by Cha Wenbin.

This old king is also a chatterbox, he can talk. Archeology has been rooted in the countryside all year round, so I can't help but ask about some strange things in the vicinity. After knowing his identity, old man Zhuo can't help but pay more respect when he hears that he is an archaeological expert. Old man Touching his hair that was about to bald, he said: "I am dissatisfied with the two of you. In our Qingcheng Mountain, it is impossible to say that there are no legends. This Taoist fairy mountain has some fairy tales since we were young. We have also read and seen fairy tales since we were young." During the Cultural Revolution, many historic sites were destroyed. If you want to find them, I’m afraid there are no traces of them. However, there is one place, just..."

Cha Wenbin was interested and asked, "How about it? The old man might as well tell it."

Don't think about that old man Zhuo, just let it go: "Forget it, you better not go to that place."

"Oh? You always talk about it?"

The old man Zhuo nodded: "Well, I am not from Zipingpu. I have lived in a small mountain village more than 30 kilometers away from here. , the old man got a daughter named Zhuo Lian. In the year when the blind man was born, his elder sister was taken by the child’s mother into the mountains to collect medicinal materials. We have collected medicinal materials for generations, but there is only one place that we never go to. The people who came back said that the two of them were lured to that place by the little ghost, and they never came back after that..." After saying that, the old man Zhuo was already in tears, he must have remembered the sad past

Lao Wang handed him a cigarette and motioned him to take it easy.The old man Zhuo took it and lit it, and continued to speak: "There is a big mountain ten miles away from our village. From a distance, it looks dark, but it is filled with mist all the year round. It is said that there are some fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum in it, but the ancestors of each family have it. There is a legacy, that is, you are not allowed to go half a step into the mountain! Before liberation, life was really difficult, and there were a few brave herb collectors who wanted to go to the mountain to find some valuable herbs in exchange for rice, and did not want to go in. Three old hunters , still carrying gunpowder guns, and no one came out for seven days after going there. The people outside were so anxious that they couldn’t help it. The village discussed going to three hunters to look for it. They didn’t want to spend another seven days. His whole body was covered in scars, and he only kept repeating that there was a ghost inside, and within three days, he died..." "Is there a ghost inside?" Leng Yiran next to him interjected with relish, annoyed the opposite person Lao Wang glared at her fiercely, causing the little girl to poke her tongue out, and stopped talking while resting her chin

"Yeah, the person who came out kept repeating this sentence before he died, and no one dared to enter the mountain again. I don't know how my child's mother would go there. There must be a mountain ghost in the mountain to lead the way for Gou. Let’s go, I’m left with Zhuo Xiong, who is less than one year old, to depend on each other.”

When Zha Wenbin heard this, he interjected and asked, "Old man, how are you sure they entered that mountain?"

The old man wiped away his tears and replied with a stiff neck: "On the mountain pass path that day, someone saw them go in with their own eyes. They yelled a few times, but no one answered. After a closer look, they had disappeared into the mist. Hurry up. Come down the mountain to inform me, I immediately called someone to look for it, but the inside was full of fog and miasma, no one dared to go one step forward, I could only wait at the mountain pass for more than a month, but there was no sign of anyone, I'm afraid it was After going down the mountain, I brought a blind man to this Zipingpu. I knew a little carpentry work, so I settled down here. Later, I heard that people on the mountain also moved out one after another, but as for going Where, I don't know, that small village may have been deserted all these years."

"Oh? Abandoned? Is there no one living there?" Old Wang asked

"No, the land there is also barren, and the transportation is inconvenient. To pick up some herbs to exchange for food, you have to walk all day if you have good legs. As more and more young people come out to work, there will be no one there."

Cha Wenbin nodded: "Does the old man know what the name of that mountain is?"

The old man Zhuo clicked his tongue: "Then why don't we know, it is said that there is the fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum on the mountain, but it is guarded by Vipers, so that mountain is also called Qifeng Mountain."

The little witch over there immediately giggled and said, "Viper? Old man, are you joking again? Hehe, I know about vipers. Vipers are also called five-step snakes. They are mainly produced in Zhejiang and Guangdong. , Where did this Sichuan Viper come from?"

The old man Zhuo didn't want to anymore, he justified with a white face: "What do you know, little girl?"

Leng Yiran pursed her lips in disapproval, looking like she was enjoying the show, but Zha Wenbin said: "Viper was first seen in "Lei Gong Pao Shao Lun", and it was also called a white snake. "Kai Bao Materia Medica" said: "Sheng Nan The land and the mountains of Shu County. "" Bencao Tujing" says: "It is found in central Guizhou, Qizhou and Dengzhou today." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Flower snakes can be found in both lakes and Shu, but today they are only famous for vipers."However, there is not much land in Qi, and the goods from the shops and the lawsuits are all from the mountains of Xingguo Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River.

It can be seen from this that there are historical records of vipers in the land of Bashu in ancient times, and it cannot be ruled out that there are traces of such snakes in some deep mountains, so don't talk nonsense there. "