Chapter 123 Chapter Six Taoist Wangqiao

The bronze ring is very heavy, and I need two hands to lift half of it. As soon as I grab it, a thick layer of copper rust falls off, one piece after another.The broken opening was corroded by water vapor, and it was impossible to tell whether it was broken by a fallen stone pillar or was destroyed by man.A bronze chain of this level would not be used to lock kittens and puppies, at least it would be used to lock a giant such as an elephant.If such a big thing is still alive, our small guns and cannons may not be able to do anything to it, and the old fairy is too sentimental, so there is no good thing to raise, but such a dangerous thing.

Liao Er was a little flustered: "Xiaolu, tell me, the cave was destroyed, did it come out when something on the chain broke free?" "You ask me, who should I ask?" I asked with a headache, "After so many years, I hope that thing is dead." The second brother Liao said in a threatening way: "I think it's still alive. You didn't see the night watchman. You didn't see the night watchman. You got stuck in front of the tea tree and passed out. The Lin family took great pains to isolate the tea plantation. It really isn't easy. What are they trying to hide!"

I breathed out and said, "You don't care, as long as we find Lin Hongyan, it doesn't matter what they think." Liao Er was very concerned about the use of the bronze chain. I thought he was afraid, but I told him to wait outside first but refused.The cave was in a mess, except for the thick bronze chain, I searched for it for a long time without finding anything.I found a passage in the corner, and Lao Er Liao walked in anxiously with me, for fear of being thrown off.The passage has not been damaged, and remains in its original state, just like a city gate passage, which can accommodate a truck in and out.

In a dark environment, I am most afraid that the power of the flashlight will run out and it will suddenly go dark.Liao Lao Er had encountered a similar situation. As soon as he walked into the passage, he turned off his own flashlight and saved it for emergency use.The passage is a square tunnel, and someone must have processed and carved it. This kind of technology was considered a big project in ancient times. It is difficult for ordinary merchants to have such strong manpower and material resources.Wuyi Mountain is not a military fortress, and there is no army entrenched here. Most of the caves are related to those religions. In ancient times, their financial resources were even higher than that of the imperial court.

Wuyi Mountain is a famous cultural mountain with the prosperity of the three religions. In Taoism, it is the sixteenth hole in the blessed land; Caoxi Dingzhi is also one of the three holy places of Zen Buddhism in China.Such as Lu Dongbin, Koubing Ancient Buddha, Zhu Xi, Peng Zu, Emperor Grandma, etc., all left their footprints in Wuyi Mountain.If there are still undiscovered fairy caves in Wuyi Mountain, it is by no means impossible, after all, there are still many undeveloped areas. After walking for more than ten meters, the tunnel is straight and there is no turning.I walked in with confidence, since it's not a maze, I'm not afraid that I won't find Lin Hongyan.I was looking forward to seeing a more magnificent cave hall, but after walking to the end, what I saw was a natural cave.

In the cave, there are seven orifices in the stone, eight tones in the spring, steep bamboo shoots and colorful milk flowers.In the light of the flashlight, small clear water columns fell from above, reflecting the light like crystals.The cave is so big that we couldn't see the edge for a while, and we didn't find out where the edge was.I waited and watched in admiration, thinking to myself that it is a pity that such a strange cave has been forgotten here.This kind of strange and wonderful cave is like the place where the immortal family lives. No wonder there is no repair, because it is no longer needed.

Liao Laoer had long forgotten the purpose of this trip, and he never forgot that there are rare treasures in the land of the fairy family, so he looked around and searched for them as soon as he came in.Although it is unlikely to set up traps in such a fairy cave-like place, I still told Liao Lao Er to be more careful and not to step on landmines or anything.Before I finished speaking, Liao's second child exclaimed, thinking that something had happened to him, but he heard him yelling that he had made a big discovery. On the left side of the cave, there are more than a dozen white pillars hanging upside down on the top of the cave, like sharp swords.Liao Lao Er bowed his back and told me to go over quickly, more urgent than going to the toilet.I walked over suspiciously, guessing what Liao Er Er had found again, it couldn't be the old fairy taking a nap there.When I walked there, I really saw an old man with white hair, but his eyes were sunken, and his skin was like tangerine peel.If the gods have this kind of virtue, it will not frighten the children, and the monsters are more beautiful than this.

Seeing my unrestrained speech, Liao Er Er immediately said, "Shut up, what monster, do you know who he is?" "No way, do you want to say that this is the old fairy, just beat me to death." I said. "You ignorant brat, don't talk nonsense, and be careful to slip your tongue." Liao Er Er said solemnly, "Of course he is not an old fairy, he is a Taoist Wangqiao!" "Who is the Taoist Wangqiao? Is it some god?" I felt nervous, fearing that the Taoist Wangqiao would be angry and punish me. Liao Lao Er let out a long sigh, and said that I, as a tea king, didn't deserve the name. I only knew the content of the Canon, but I knew very little about other things.I humbly asked Taoist Wangqiao what he was doing, and then looked at this senior again, feeling a strange feeling in my heart.This Wangqiao Taoist was wearing a gray Taoist robe, his snow-white hair was at the waist level, and he looked like a fairy who had melted away. Even though he had been dead for many years, his demeanor was still calm.The water vapor in the cave is very heavy, and if it is not a miracle that the golden body can still be preserved after sitting down, then it cannot be justified.

The second brother Liao took a step back. I thought he was going to brag again, exaggerating that Taoist Wangqiao was a Taoist priest from Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, but I heard him say that he once had a relationship with Taoist Wangqiao.It turned out that Taoist Wangqiao lived very close to us, and was about the same age as Liao's second son.What is Taoist Wangqiao's real name, Liao Lao Er doesn't know, only that everyone calls him by that.There is a Taoist temple in Wuyi Mountain, which was handed down from the Song Dynasty, and Taoist Wangqiao is a Taoist priest there.

Before the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, Liao's second son came to Wuyi Mountain and met Taoist Wangqiao to drink tea together.The Buddhist temples and Taoist temples on Wuyi Mountain are all tea resorts, and many rock tea techniques have been handed down from those places. Even Lu Yu praised the monks and Taoists for their understanding of tea.It's a pity that the good times are too long and have come to an end. During the Cultural Revolution, when the Four Olds were broken, these Buddhist temples and Taoist temples were the first to be criticized. It’s hard to say much about those days. The fate of other monks and Taoists is put aside for the time being, but Taoist Wangqiao had a premonition of disaster, so he fled to Wuyi Mountain early.At that time, Wuyi Mountain was still very quiet and had not yet been developed on a large scale.Many places are inaccessible to people, and Taoist Wangqiao became a savage, living a difficult life in the mountains.It is not so easy to be a savage. They need to be fed and warm, and they must be careful not to become food for wild animals, and they must not be caught and criticized.

There are not many other things in the mountains, but the wild tea is the most. Wangqiao loves tea like life on weekdays. After entering the mountains, he eats tea every day to satisfy his hunger, directly crushing and swallowing tea leaves.After staying in the mountains for a long time, the human flavor of Taoist Wangqiao gradually faded, and he became one with Wuyi Mountain.After ten years of catastrophe, no one except the tea man remembered Taoist Wangqiao who fled into the mountains.But the tea masters at that time were dragged to other provinces to train their hearts, and there were even fewer insiders left. Taoist Wangqiao was forgotten in this way. There are many versions circulated among the tea people. Some people say that he saw a white fairy shadow and ascended to the heaven, and some people said that he was dead and swallowed by wild animals.Elder Liao concluded that this Taoist priest was Taoist Wangqiao, because there were no savages in Wuyi Mountain, only Taoist Wangqiao hid in the mountain and disappeared. I looked at the disfigured golden body, and felt that although Liao Er Er was exaggerating, this person should be Taoist Wangqiao.Now the golden body is not broken, it may be related to the fact that Taoist Wangqiao has been eating raw wild tea leaves, and Mu Qingxiang said that the current tea leaves have problems that are difficult to detect.However, there are many thousand-year-old tea trees in Wuyi Mountain, and the tea eaten by Taoists in Wangqiao must have a history of more than one hundred years.In history, there are many monks who have passed away and their golden bodies are immortal. The world has deified them. In fact, apart from environmental factors, most of them are related to the eating habits of those people before their lives. "Look at Taoist Wangqiao sitting here, he is upright, maybe he has seen fairy shadows before." Liao Laoer said fascinated. "What fairy shadow, Taoist Wangqiao may have starved to death here." I said casually. Liao Laoer said angrily, "Hey, you juniors, you have no manners at all. At least he is your senior." I just said it inadvertently, I didn't mean to offend, so I apologized and said: "Taoist Wangqiao, you are an immortal, so don't compare yourself to me, a mortal." "I didn't expect him to sit here alone in the end. I think it's better not to touch his golden body, just leave it like this." Liao Er said sadly. I didn't intend to move Taoist Wangqiao at all, so I nodded immediately, and I didn't care what Liao Er Er did.Looking at the golden body, I felt a very desolate feeling in my heart. Is it despair or relief when a person dies in the cave?Elder Liao bowed sincerely. Although this old man is tactful and sophisticated, he actually values ​​friendship and is reliable at critical times.Taoist Wangqiao found this cave, he may have come in from other places. With his skill, without a ladder, it is impossible to climb in from the rock wall. There was always a putrid smell in the cave, which made people sick, and this smell did not come from Taoist Wangqiao.The golden body didn't have the slightest strange smell, and the position of the water drop was far away from the golden body, as if all the calculations were in the hands of Taoist Wangqiao.The cave was very quiet, except for Liao Lao Er who was chattering away. I stood there for a while, feeling that there were other people in the cave.For a moment, the jagged and strange rocks seemed to have turned into living people. I dangled my flashlight to scare myself. At this moment, I heard a slight movement in the cave, and then I saw a white figure passing by the dark corner.I yelled in surprise, thinking that I had seen it wrong, after all, I had seen shadows in the mountains before.But it was indeed a white shadow, it just appeared in the dark place very quickly, and then disappeared very quickly. "Fuck, I saw the fairy shadow you mentioned!" I shouted excitedly. Liao Er was even more excited. He turned on the switched off flashlight and asked me loudly, "Where, where!" The white shadow soon disappeared, and I chased it suspiciously. There were many towering and upside-down strange rocks, almost all of which were white, and I might have misread it.But the white shadow just now was floating, and these stones were dead, so it was impossible to move.I thought it was strange, the tea people were right, there must be white shadows often appearing in the mountains, otherwise there would not be so many tea people with the same caliber.Liao Laoer was determined and searched everywhere. I really wanted to catch Bai Ying and see what the immortal looks like. The holes are intertwined here, and when we walked to the side, we saw another passage, and we were about to go further in, but Liao Laoer said that there seemed to be movement behind.We walked back anxiously, and Liao Laoer said that he still wanted to pay homage to Taoist Wangqiao again, and that he might not have the chance to come back after we left.I suppressed my beating heart and walked back slowly with Liao Laoer, but when I got there, I was dumbfounded.Taoist Wangqiao who was sitting there just now was gone, the stone platform was empty, and the immortal golden body just evaporated.