Seeing these four words coming out of my mouth, Tianguan Taoist nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good! Very good! Very good!"
This sloppy old Taoist priest seemed very satisfied that I could remember these four sentences, and said "very good" three times in a row.
I looked at this weird old man, raised my neck and said, "My memory is very good. I can memorize difficult texts in school in one go. If you don't believe me, ask my grandpa!"
Tianguan Taoist couldn't help but smile when he heard what I said, and then said: "My memory is good. Since you have remembered these four sentences, don't forget them. If one day you really go to that place, Those four sentences may help you find that place.”
"That place?" I looked at Tianguan Taoist and said, "Where? Why do I still half-talk about the old Taoist priest? My grandfather told me half-heartedly, and his life was shortened by half...!"
Tianguan Taoist listened to what I said, but he didn't pay attention to my words. Instead, he looked at my grandfather and said word by word: "Old Hutou, I'm telling you, this kid can go to that place when he grows up and is interested." , but you absolutely can’t go!”
My grandfather nodded slightly when he heard this and said, "Don't worry, Taoist Priest! Old man, I still know what I should do and what I shouldn't do, so I won't bother Taoist Priest about this."
When Tianguan Taoist heard what my grandfather said, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Hey! In that case, I won't say much more. We'll see you later."
After saying this, Taoist Tianguan saluted his grandfather, turned around and went down the back mountain of Qingxiling from the path on the other side.
I followed my grandfather and had a meal of noodles with fried bean paste at a small restaurant called "Da Wan Ju" near Qing Xiling, and then returned to Yi Yuan Zhai.
The next few months were uneventful. Just when I was about to forget about it, a man suddenly came to Yiyuanzhai to look for grandpa.
The two of them chatted for a long time in the side hall. When they came out, grandpa suddenly said that he wanted to go out with this person for a while, and at that time, it was almost winter in my mind.
"Grandpa, grandpa... where are you going?" I grabbed my grandfather's clothes and asked, "Didn't you agree to take me to Xiangshan this weekend?"
Grandpa touched my head and said with a smile: "Grandpa has something to deal with temporarily. The Fragrant Mountain is placed there, and I will take you there when grandpa comes back."
I pouted reluctantly and said, "Grandpa, you are always like this... Humph! You just agreed to take me there last time, but you didn't. It's the same this time..."
When I said this, I turned around and ran into Yiyuanzhai's backyard a little unhappy.
Usually when encountering this kind of situation, grandpa would walk in and say a few words to me no matter how anxious he was, but that day grandpa was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic and followed that person without even saying hello.
In fact, grandpa went out suddenly like this for a while before.
But most of the time, I go to remote rural areas, or to the branch offices in various provinces to receive goods and check accounts. Usually, it doesn't take a few months to come back, and most grandfathers don't do this kind of thing nowadays. I run it myself, and many times I leave it to our old man to do it.
However, this time he walked for nearly four months.
What's even worse is that when I saw the old man again, he was only breathing.
It was an afternoon in the spring of the following year, around four to five o'clock. I had just finished school, and as soon as I walked to the door of Yiyuanzhai, I saw four people rushing into the door carrying a stretcher.
At first I thought it was another brother from Yiyuanzhai who caused trouble outside and was beaten by someone else.
In fact, this kind of thing was quite common in that era. For example, we, Yiyuanzhai, often had conflicts with people from other gangs, such as black and white, over turf and supplies.
Therefore, no matter what happens, some brothers will always be injured in the fight. As for me! I'm not surprised by this kind of thing.
But what I never expected was that the person who was carried back this time was none other than my grandfather.
I still remember it very clearly. When I saw my grandfather, he was lying on a stretcher. There was no good place on his body from head to toe. There were bloody wounds everywhere. It looked like he had been bitten by countless beasts at the same time. Same.
In his hand, he held a small piece of white linen cloth, with a line of small characters written on it, "The Area where the Universe Gathers Shows."
No need to ask, my grandfather's trip alone this time must have something to do with that Tianguan Taoist.
I saw the piece of cloth and the words on it. Naturally, our old man also saw it. But what made me doubly strange was that despite his violent temper, he had no intention of getting angry at all. Instead, he ordered all of Yi Yuan Zhai to Brother, this guy must not spread the word, let alone find out who killed my grandfather.
Grandpa was seriously injured that time, so it took a long time for him to recover. It took him nearly eight months before he could walk.
During this period, I asked countless times who caused him to be like this, but grandpa always told me with a smile that he went to a place he shouldn't have gone, and he was lucky to come back alive. As for that He never mentioned the place again. Read the book
Seeing my grandpa gradually recovering, my worried heart dropped. Later on, I gradually forgot about this incident and the four sentences Guan Dao said that day.
But I never expected that at this time today, in such a place, in such a way, I would hear these four sentences again.
Maybe it was a little blurry when I talked about it before, but when you think about something that was almost forgotten, many details begin to creep into your mind unconsciously, which gave me a headache in an instant. It's about to explode.
Seeing that something was not right with me, Hua Muling came over and asked, "Hu Tian, are you okay?"
I tapped my temple hard with my hand and said, "It's okay! I just suddenly remembered a lot of things from the past."
Hua Muling asked in confusion: "Are they all related to those four sentences?"
I nodded slightly and said, "That's right!"
Hua Muling then asked: "Then what do these four sentences you just kept saying...what do they mean?"
Xiong Ming also came over at this time and asked: "Yes! Those four sentences you have been mumbling just now, what are the universe, what are the yin and yang, what do they mean?"
I looked at Xiong Ming, then at Hua Muling, and after a while I said, "I heard these four sentences from an old Taoist priest when I was very young. I had already forgotten them. , but the voice just now seemed to come directly to my mind, repeating these four sentences over and over again..."
When I said this, I tapped my temple twice with my hand, and then sighed deeply and said: "As for the specific meaning of these four sentences, I don't know much. I just know that they are related to one It’s about the place.”
