Jingzhao'an's vegetarian meal is also simple. Coarse rice is this year's new rice, and you can still smell the strong aroma of rice. A small bowl of pickled radish, which is refreshing and tender, and a small plate of water pickled vegetables, which has a good aftertaste. It is very simple.
A light but appetizing vegetarian meal, paired with a cup of coarse tea, is the perfect way to spend your days practicing in the mountains.
Song You chewed the radish sticks making a crisp sound.
Take another bite of fluffy rice and enjoy the steaming hot meal, which will warm your body.
Xiao Chainiang kept her head down while eating and said nothing.
It seems that she has learned a lot since coming here.
Song You sometimes found it difficult to connect her with the old peasant girl who was dressed in coarse cloth and had rough skin. Although she was a little shy, she was also wild and outgoing.
It was not until after the meal that Xiao Chainiang took out her handkerchief, wiped her mouth, and then looked at the Taoist: "Sir, you are traveling all over the world. How long will you stay in Xianning this time?"
"If the weather is nice here, we'll stay a few more days. When it gets cold and we can't stay any longer, we'll leave."
"Where will you go after that?"
"Go to the south of Yunzhou." Song You answered truthfully, "I heard that there is a place in the south of Yunzhou, which is considered by the locals to be the edge of the world. It has endless life and beautiful mountains and rivers. I have also heard that some people have seen the valley.
There is a real dragon rising behind, bathing in the sea of clouds in the mountains. I don’t know whether it is true or not, but I have to go and look for it.”
"A real dragon?"
Xiao Chai Niang frowned.
"What's wrong?"
"In the few years since I married into the Yang family, other guests have often come to visit me. Some of them are of high status, and some also like to travel around the mountains and rivers, looking for gods and strange things. Whenever they come, they will want to hear from me.
Tell me about your hometown." Xiao Chainiang frowned and said, with a thoughtful look on her face, "I think I heard them talk about a mountain with a real dragon, and there seems to be a red river."
"That's it." Song You nodded, "I've also heard of the red river."
"It just seems difficult to find. Some of the customers are businessmen and go there every year. Some of the customers are scholars and also go there for fun. But even if they look for it deliberately, sometimes they can't find it."
"Is it because I can't find the real dragon or can't find the way?"
"There are all. There are those who go there and wait for the sun to rise and set on the mountain, but can't see the dragon. There are also those who get there, only to find that it is all mountains and they can't find the way up the mountain."
"The mountain road is really difficult to find..."
"And many mountain people there don't speak our words, and they don't even have money to go out. Without someone to take them, it's really difficult to get in."
"rational……"
Song You nodded in agreement and thought about it.
I heard that there are mountains over there, one upon another, with dense woods. It is too small for a person to be in such a mountain forest, and it is really difficult to find a way up the mountain.
However, he has Yan'er accompanying him. Yan'er has always been smart and has air superiority. If it is just the way up the mountain, he will not be found. The main problem is that the mountain is so big that he does not know where the legendary Land of Dragon Soaring is.
Where, even if you know it, those villages are scattered among the mountains. They are not cities, and there are no landmark buildings. Swallows flying in the sky can't tell which one is which.
A language barrier means it is difficult to ask for directions.
It’s okay if you can’t use the money——
My Sanhua Empress will never let herself starve to death in the mountains and forests, and a swallow will never let herself die of thirst among the mountains.
Traveling around the world, the main thing is to have food and drink without worries.
"Since you want to go, sir, when I get back, I will ask you where the place is and how to find it. If you find it, I will come to visit and let you know."
"Thank you very much."
"Don't dare, don't dare. I met you today. I should thank you sir." Xiaochai Niang stood up and saluted, paused for a moment, then looked at him, "If, if sir, you go back there sometime and see my parents.
As for Weng, if they are still here, please tell me, sir, that everything is fine outside and I gave birth to a son, named Yang Qing."
"sure……"
Song You chatted with her for a while before parting ways.
Xiao Chainiang wanted to chant sutras and worship Buddha in the nunnery, which was a common step for sincere pilgrims like them. Song You wanted to continue climbing up the mountain while he had just eaten, his stomach was firm, and his body was warm.
We arrived at the top of the mountain around mid-afternoon.
It was late autumn at this time. The scorching sun below the mountain felt like early summer, and the cold wind on the top of the mountain felt like winter. However, the scenery below was still open and you could see far away at a glance.
The sizable Fiber City, which was once the local capital, now appears to be just a small square inlaid on the ground. The lake that the locals call the sea has also become a small lake.
The tall and big mountains have become much flatter and gentler, the earth is still golden, and the clouds are level with themselves, casting shadows on the ground.
Song You sat and blew in the wind, trying to find his own child. Whether she was fishing by the lake or fighting with the demon monk on the lake shore, he couldn't see clearly from his angle.
After searching for it, I just took a look at the scenery.
Gradually the body became colder.
"well……"
The Taoist originally wanted to take a nap on the mountain and live a magical life for half a day, but unfortunately it was too cold, so he had to get up and walk on the mountain.
Most of the people in the world in the painting come from the lake or the boundary between the north and south ends. To the west is Cangshan Mountain. Cangshan Mountain is tall and there are very few people climbing up it. The edge of the top of the mountain is so thrilling that ordinary people will not miss it even if they reach the top of the mountain.
For no reason, she walked to the edge of the slope of the top of the mountain - but Sanhua Empress had slipped through the fence at that time and had reached the edge of the world in the painting. If the timing was right, she might accidentally walk out of the world in the painting. If she walked
Come out, it should be here.
The Taoist walked to the edge of the cliff with a bamboo stick, walked slowly on the dead grass on the mountain, and felt it carefully.
There seems to be a line somewhere.
But it can’t be seen or touched.
In the world of the painting, this line is clear, anyone can touch it, and it cannot be crossed.
This line seems to have some influence on reality.
The Taoist almost walked along this line.
Unconsciously, this line seemed to become clear in his feelings, and he seemed to have really touched the intersection between the real world and the world in the painting. It was even difficult to distinguish whether he was walking in the real world or the world in a trance.
In the world in the painting, sometimes I stop and turn my head to look into the distance. The scenery is also a bit blurry. I don't know whether it belongs to today or hundreds of years ago.
Unfortunately, after standing still for a moment and having a clear mind, everything returned to reality.
Even so, the Taoist is content.
This has to be thanked for the introduction given by Kong Daizhao, and thanks to Master Dou for inviting him into the painting and giving him insights.
So I continued walking forward, carefully comprehending this line, comprehending the junction of two worlds, and also comprehending the mystery of a small world born out of thin air due to ingenuity, which made the original feelings clearer and gained from the original understanding of this Tao.
Gradually deepening and getting deeper.
It can be regarded as a spiritual practice.
Before you know it, dusk has arrived, and the sun has set on top of the mountains beside you, threatening to set at any time.
This dividing line becomes clearer and blurrier.
The clarity lies in the Taoist's very clear perception of its existence, and the ambiguity lies in the Taoist's sometimes being unable to distinguish between reality and the painting, as if one step forward and then landing does not know where he will end up.
If he could stay here for a long time to comprehend, Song You even felt that he could enter the world in the painting in reverse direction from here.
Naturally, only for yourself.
"..."
The sky has darkened, and thousands of houses are lit with lights under the mountain.
At this time, most of the mainstays of the family have returned to the inn.
If she stays any longer, I'm afraid Sanhua Empress will feel that she is lost in the mountains or encounters some danger, and she should be worried.
Song You shook his head and smiled, then decisively turned around and left.
It was dim, so I groped my way down the mountain.
Not far away, there was a slight flapping of wings above his head. It was a swallow coming to find him.
Most likely Sanhua Empress was also worried.
…
Before you know it, another month has passed.
Xian Ning also slowly became colder.
It’s just that the weather in Xianning is mostly very good. As long as the sun is shining, it will always be warm. The biggest feeling is that it gets colder and colder when I go to bed at night, and it gets colder and colder when I wake up at night. It is also very cold in the morning. Sometimes when I get up and walk in
In the alley where the sun doesn't shine, it's so cold that it feels like winter.
It was a rare cloudy day, and most of the land around the lake was shrouded in clouds, with only a few places getting a little sunshine.
The child was still holding a piece of sugar cane and sitting on the roadside to herd the cows. He was wrapped in a few rags and thick clothes. However, he didn't care about this. Instead, he huddled on the ground and gnawed the sugar cane.
There doesn't seem to be much trouble.
Suddenly I heard a sound in the distance.
"?"
The child looked confused and turned his head to look.
Can't see.
Stand up and watch.
Still can't see it.
Climb the tree and watch.
The child was holding the sugar cane, his face was red from the cold, he was climbing on the tree, looking into the distance, but he was suddenly stunned.
On the ground in the distance, a gold and stone giant taller than a house, with a golden body, was fighting with a headless monk. Although the monk was tall and strong, he was very petite in front of the gold and stone giant. The two sides fought with great commotion, often
The sound of gold and stone clashing.
"Rumble..."
The gold and stone giant is really like a mountain god.
The child's eyes widened.
For some reason, when he saw this golden stone giant, he remembered the man who exchanged the golden stone for his sugar cane more than a month ago.
That day he thought it was gold, so he ran home and told his parents excitedly that he had exchanged sugar cane for a piece of gold, which could also drive away rats. But when he took it out, it was just an ordinary stone.
It was similar to a stone. His parents scolded him and called him a fool.
This was a rare sadness for him during that time.
However, he was very stubborn and kept the stone instead of throwing it away. Somehow, after that, there seemed to be no trace of mice in his home.
"Rumble..."
The fighting on that side became more and more intense.
Suddenly, it felt like the legendary fairy tale had become true.
The child was excited and scared, so he quickly slid down.
I only occasionally poked my head out to take a look, and saw that the headless monk seemed unable to defeat the gold and stone giant.
After a while, the movement disappeared.
The child was scared and confused. His curiosity prompted him to climb up the tree again and took a look in that direction, but he saw nothing.
The metal and stone giant who looked like a mountain god disappeared.
The legendary headless monk has also disappeared.
Suddenly, another dull sound of footsteps was heard.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The earth was trembling with it.
The child turned his head and saw a huge golden figure walking out of the woods nearby. He was tall and round, with arms as long as his knees. He was not much shorter than a tall and straight metasequoia. He walked towards him step by step.
What shocked him even more was that on the shoulders of the huge gold and stone giant, there was a figure wearing three-color clothes sitting.
"Boom! Boom!..."
The giant came to a halt in front of him.
The small tree the child was sitting on was not as tall as the giant. The giant leaned forward slightly. The girl sitting on the giant's shoulders naturally lowered her head and looked down at him, but turned to stare at the sugar cane in his hand: "It's you again.