Chapter 27 A hundred years of past events(1/2)
Whether there is a tomb under Guizai Ridge has always been controversial. Relevant scholars believe that there is an ancient tomb of Emperor Shun here. They believe that those ghost cub stone sculptures that have weathered for more than 3,000 years are evidence.
But there is nothing except the stone sculptures of old age.
Everything was as usual during the day, but for one thing, Li Tiecheng and Master Xue seemed a little anxious.
He couldn't see any rush on his head and face, and kept saying, "Wait..... Wait."
During the day, Tang Gui's wife was riding a bicycle in the village and knocked down a person. She was caught by the villagers and locked up at home. The village brigade arranged for her neighbors to deliver two meals to her a day.
The bicycle was returned to Xiao Tang's family. I heard that when Xiao Tang came to pick up the bicycle, Tang Gui's wife squatted behind the door. She showed one eye and pointed at Xiao Tang and smiled foolishly, "Hoke the ground! Hoe the ground! Hoe the hoe! Hoe
Earth! Hahaha!"
Xiao Tang was so scared that he pushed the bicycle and ran back.
I told Jae Head about the matter, and Jae Head was surprised after hearing this.
He thought about it and said, "Yunfeng, do you still remember the stone tablet you said about the warehouse of the Dao County Cultural Management Bureau."
"All of them are stone tablets of the surname Chen?"
He nodded: "More than a hundred years ago, the Taoist priest in the late Qing Dynasty was also surnamed Chen. This should not be a coincidence. Do you think that the stone statue with a cinnabar red face is more likely to be a gesture like this?"
I saw a handprint on my head.
He stretched out his right palm with his fingertips facing upwards, his middle finger and ring finger were bent into the palm of his palm, and at the same time, he stretched his big finger, index finger, and little finger, each facing upwards.
After seeing this gesture, I recalled the stone sculpture that Yang Xiongxin showed me. Compared with it, it really looks like it.
The other fingers of the stone sculpture were broken. If you complete them according to the posture, it should be the same as if you were holding your head.
I am not a Taoist priest and have never learned any Taoist rituals, so I asked what this gesture means.
He looked a little solemn, and he spoke in a low voice:
"This is a controversial Taoist seal. There are two statements of origin. It has been too long since it cannot be verified. In ancient times, Taoist priests in the mainland called the Sanqing Zhishi, and the Dao Sect in the coastal areas, especially the Wandao area, called this
This is a gesture for the advent, or a request for the ancestors.”
After taking a sip of tea, he continued, "I can't confirm this alone, and it doesn't mean anything. The village saw that the temple girl had a relationship with the Taoist priest at the time, so you can go there and see if you can get any useful news.
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"Let Wenbin go with you, he can ensure you are safe."
I looked at Brother Yu.
Brother Yu stood aside, holding his hands, nodding at me.
"Fengzi Fengzi, come here," Douyazai suddenly came in and waved to me.
"What's wrong?"
Douyazi hugged me and said, "Hey, I found that you have been running to Xiao Tang's house these two days. I'll ask you, do you want to tell my brother the truth."
"Did you get involved with Xiao Tang?"
"What are you talking about? There is nothing wrong with you?" I broke away from Douyazi.
Douyazai was anxious and whispered: "You can't keep your word. You said you would give Xiao Tang to me to chase him."
"When the hell did I say this? Don't talk nonsense," I pointed to Douyazai's face and said, "If Grandma Xiao Tang heard this, you won't know how you died."
"Look at you, am I unable to help myself? Xiao Tang is the type I like. When I see her, I feel like first love. I'm talking about it. Grandma Xiao Tang is so kind, which makes you scary."
"kindly?"
Thinking of the scene when the old lady dug her grave last night, I shook my head and said it was indeed kind.
At 7:30 pm, Brother Yu accompanied me to the door of Xiao Tang's house.
"Here's here."
"Brother Xiang, this is..."
"Xiao Tang, this is my friend, Yu Bin, Yu Brother."
"Fish cake?" Xiao Tang was stunned.
"It's not the cake, it's Bin, Wenwu Bin."
"Oh, come in quickly, grandma is already waiting for you."
When she entered the room, Grandma Xiao Tang was sewing clothes with reading glasses.
She saw that the tall and big brother Yu didn't say anything, but just smiled and said, "You guy is here, have you eaten? Why don't you drink a bowl of oil tea while it's hot?"
I said I had supper before coming, no need.
How dare I eat her oil tea? Maybe I will give me rat poison.
The old lady took off her reading glasses and took them in the small box. She said to Xiao Tang: "Granddaughter, go to your classmate's house for a while. I have something to talk to them."
"Oh, I know grandma."
After Xiao Tang left, the old lady stood up and said, "Come with me, don't talk here, take you to a place."
I followed her out and walked to the back of the room. There was a vegetable garden here. Since there were no vegetables growing in winter, it seemed very desolate.
Brother Yu looked around and raised his vigilance.
Walking to the northwest corner of the vegetable garden, Grandma Xiao Tang pulled the fan cloth open and exposed a piece of wood board.
She removed the wooden board and I saw clearly that there should be a sweet potato cellar underneath, with a wooden ladder standing next to the entrance of the hole.
"Follow me down."
After the old lady finished speaking, she climbed down the ladder.
Brother Yu and I looked at each other and saw the doubts in each other's eyes.
What to do when you go to the sweet potato cellar?
"You guys come down quickly." Soon, the old lady's shout came from below.
Brother Yu looked at the entrance of the cave and said, "It's okay, with me here, this old woman can't play any tricks. I'll go first, you can follow."
After going down, I found that the sweet potato cellar hidden in the vegetable garden had a unique world. The bottom was hollowed out. Brother Yu could stand up straight and walk with his height. The top of the cellar just hit the top of his head.
"Pata."
Grandma Xiao Tang lit a candle with a lighter, and there was a little light.
There was a spring bed and an altar table on the lower head.
A layer of red cloth was laid on the altar, and the incense burner was filled with incense ash. There was no tribute. There was only one wooden sign that looked at the old age. Two words were written on the wooden sign with a brush.
"Lushan."
The old lady opened the small drawer under the altar, she pulled out three incense sticks and approached the candle, lit it, and inserted it into the incense burner in front of the tablet.
After watching the incense burning for a while, Grandma Xiao Tang turned around and said, "More than a hundred years ago, the Taoist priest who came to our village was not a local, but from the Bay Island along the coast."
Lift your head over this.
I asked, "Which Taoist priest's surname is Chen?"
Xiao Tang's nurse nodded: "Chen Meiqing..."
"Chen Meiqing? Female? Female Taoist?" This was beyond my expectations.
The old lady nodded and said, "It's a female Taoist priest. Zhenren Chen worships Mrs. Linshui and practices the sect of Master Heitou in Lushan. The Taoist Technique is profound."
Mrs. Linshui is like Mazu, she is considered a god. The information that can be found now is that in history, this Mrs. Linshui is named Chen Jinggu. I don’t know if it is a coincidence, but her surname is indeed Chen.
Chen Jinggu is usually worshipped by female practitioners. The Central Plains Taoist Sect also calls Mrs. Linshui the "natural birth of Tianmu", which is used to protect pregnant women and children before the age of ten.
Just two years ago, a big Buddha reached out to save people was famous. At that time, an eight-year-old girl fell from a high place, but was caught by the Buddha statue in the cave, unharmed.
Everyone went to thank the Buddha statue for red cloth.
What many people don’t know is that the little girl’s family, who was caught by the Buddha, went to the coastal tour not long before they came here to play. It is said that they happened to visit Chen Jinggu Temple at that time, and the little girl’s mother also donated some change to the temple.
When I came to my senses, I asked Grandma Xiao Tang: "You said that the girl surnamed Chen came to Tianguangdong Village a hundred years ago. Is your talisman drawn by her?"
The old man nodded.
I frowned again and asked, "Then why did she build a temple in Guizailing? Didn't she say she was dead? She burned the mud statue with her ashes."
The candle flame swayed, and the old man looked at the flame and shook his head and said, "I know only a limited amount. My grandmother was still a child back then. I don't know if Chen Zhenren died. However, when I was young, I once heard the second person visiting the temple.
The girl said something."
"She said that the reason why Zhenren Chen came to Guizai Ridge was to find a blessing in the cave."
"The Cave Heaven and Blessings? Where is that?"
I know that there are many karst landforms in Dao County, and the abundant precipitation is always abundant, resulting in complex underground rivers. Last time we dived from the pond, the underground was full of caves, which were similar to stalactites.
"Brother Yu, have you heard of it?"
Brother Yu shook his head: "This is what the Taoist priest said. I used to be a monk and not a Taoist priest. I don't know, but it's probably fake."
"Fake?"
To be continued...