A few people saw the Supreme Lord tower, worship the master cave, in addition to a beautiful landscape, remaining Wenbin Zha along the road to explain to them some basic history of Taoism. By the time they go down the mountain, it was already evening, and several people came to a small town at the foot of the hill to prepare for lodging. The innkeeper who came to solicit guests was shouting at the top of his voice and pulling the corners of their clothes. Which frightened little girl thought that she had entered a den of bandits and almost quarrelled with some old ladies. They were hesitating where to lodge a complaint, an old peasant-like man came up and said, "guests, are you come to visit the Mount Qingcheng? "
The little girl thought it was another waiter, so she pouted and refused to answer, but Leader Wang really felt tired and asked, "Yes, we are trying to find a place to live?" Are you coming to serve us?"
When the old man heard this, he was still very polite. Took a pack of cigarettes out of the bag and handed them one by one. But no one took it. The old man took off the straw hat on his head and use it as a fan: "I have a farm hotel, which is half cheaper than these hotels. Apart from being more remote, it is clean. If you want to go to stay, I can give you a lower price."
This town is called Ziping Town. It is said that Zhuge Liang led troops to fight here at that time, and used it as a base for grain hoarding. What we are talking about is here, because of Qingcheng Mountain, this historically famous military town is now a small famous tourist town.
Wenbin Zha is not a person who likes to stay in a crowded place, heard there is a quiet place. He is glad to leave that crowded place early and pick a remote position to live. So promised to go over to have a look first, the old man led the way, a line of people went there.
This Inn is a two-floor building, the owners are farmers. Since this town is a famous tourist town, they converted the house into a small hotel. Although it is not a luxury, it is clean enough. Maybe because the location is too remote, apart from Wenbin them four people in total, there even no other tourists stay here, which let them have a quiet.
This host family is also very hospitable, maybe because there are not many guests normally, looking at these four people is naturally very enthusiastic, they have to pull them together for dinner. In Bashu land (Sichuan), people always treat guests like friends, surrounded by a big round table, eating some wild mushrooms and farmer's special food. With the hot soup, even Yiran Leng, who never eat spicy food, was also shouted out "it was great," not to mention leader Wang and Wenbin Zha. As for Yichao He, he already had three glasses of white wine with the host's family, and he was known there as the buddy up. Originally this family has a son who is also a soldier, which is in the same army, comrade-in-arms meet, of course, he is so excited. Two of them drank a lot so that their face and ears were so red, they had a pleasant conversation.
As soon as they drank too much wine, he naturally talked more. The old farmer's name was Yugui Zhuo. His son is called Xiong Zhuo, because he so strong, so others called him "black bear". Later, they simply call him "bear".
Originally, uh, when his son returned from the army, his superiors had arranged for him a job as an official in the town. This young man was born with a passion for fighting injustice. Because he could not bear the bureaucracy, several times he had conflicts with the leaders, and he simply quit his job to help his family take care of this small hotel. Although they are poor, very comfortable——this kind of introduction, made Yichao He immensely admire, and then drank a few cups more. Then he was about to drink more, which was stopped by Wenbin.
Leader Wang is also a talkative person. The archaeological team is rooted in the countryside all year round, so it is inevitable to inquire about some legends and strange things around here. When he tells his identity, Laohan Zhuo (the father of Xiong Zhuo) heard that he was an archaeologist, and he pays tribute to him. Laohan Zhuo touched his bald hair and said, "as far as I know, in Qingcheng Mountain, it is impossible to say that there are no legends. This Taoist Immortal Mountain has had some immortal stories, we heard and read those since our childhood. During the Cultural Revolution, many monuments were destroyed. If you want to find them, I am afraid there is no trace. However, there is one place that is worth talking about, but…"
Wenbin Zha was interested in this, asked: "but what? Lanhan Zhuo, please continue."
However, Laohan Zhuo shook his hands: "Let's forget it, that place, better not go. "
"Oh, please tell us. "
Lanhan Zhuo nodded: "Well, I am not from Ziping town, my ancestors lived 30 kilometres away from here in a small village, although it is the closed point, there also have beautiful mountains and rivers. Thirty years ago, my son was not born. I got a daughter named Lian Zhuo. The year when the son was born, my wife and my daughter went together into the mountain to collect medicinal herbs, we collect medicinal herbs to live for generations. But there is only one place we never go; people said that the devil led my wife and daughter to that place, then they never came back..." and said, Laohan Zhuo can't stop tearing, presumably remembers the sad past.
Leader Wang gave him a cigarette and motioned for him to calm down. Laohan Zhuo took it and lit it, "there is a big mountain ten miles away from our village. It looks very dark in the distance, but it is filled with mist all the year-round. According to legend ——there are some fairy grass and Ganoderma, but there is a teaching from the ancestors of every family, which is never to go into the mountain. Before liberation, it was impossible to live on, and some brave gatherers wanted to go into the mountain to find some valuable herbs to exchange for rice. Then three old hunters went in, all carrying tinder-guns. However, they had been in the mountains for seven days, but no one came out. People outside are very anxious and worried, so the village people discussed to ask three more hunters to go look for them. After another seven days, only one person came out, who was the last one to go in. But he was covered with wounds, and he kept repeating to himself :there was a ghost inside. Sadly, he died three days later..." "There are ghosts inside," Yiran Leng listened very carefully and could not help saying this. Leader Wang, who was in the opposite, gave her a sharp look, which made the girl's tongue stick out and stop talking.
"Yeah, the man who came out also kept repeating this sentence before he died. After that, no one dared to go into the mountain again. I didn't know how my child's mother could have gone there. It must have been a ghost in the mountain leading the way. Only left with me and Xiong Zhuo, who was less than one-year-old. "
When Wenbin Zha heard this, he cut in and asked, "Laohan, how can you be sure that they have entered the mountain? "
Laohan wiped away his tears, "that day on the mountain pass-path, someone indeed saw them go in. They called out several times, but no one answered. When they looked more closely, they had disappeared in the mist, and the people of the village came down quickly to inform me. I immediately called for someone to look for them. But there was full of mist in it, and no one dared to step forward. I had to wait at the pass-path for more than a month. However, I never saw them again. And I guessed that they had been killed. After going down the mountain, I took my son to this Ziping Town, I am capable of doing a little of carpentry work, so moved home here, and then I heard that people have all moved out of the mountain gradually. But where they go, I do not know, these years, the small village may have been abandoned.
"Oh, it's abandoned, nobody is living there anymore? "Wang asked.
"Nobody is there, the land is poor, the transportation is inconvenient, and it takes a whole day to pick up some herbs for food. As more and more young people come out to work, there is no one there. "
Wenbin Zha nodded: "Laohan do you know the name of that mountain?"
Laohan Zhuo answered: "yes, it is said that there are fairy grass and Ganoderma in the mountain, but Agkistrodon are guarding, so that mountain is also called Agkifeng Mountain. "
The little witch immediately cackled and said, "you're joking again, Hey, I know the Agkistrodon. The Agkistrodon is also called the five-step snake. The main place of production is in Zhejiang and Guangdong and Guangxi. How come the Agkistrodon in Sichuan. "
Laohan Zhuo was not willing, asked angrily: "You this little girl, you don't know anything."
Yiran Leng pursed his mouth disapprovingly. Wenbin Zha said: "The Agkistrodon was first seen in the "Lei Gong Bazhi theory," also known as the white-flower snake. In ancient books, there are records of this snake living in Sichuan and other places.
It can be seen from this that there are historical records of the Agkistrodon in the land of Bashu, and we cannot rule out that there are traces of this kind of snake in the mountains."