Chapter 23 Going to Liushen Mountain
After the temple of the mountain god was built, more and more people went there to worship.
Naturally, we would follow suit and go to worship, but the strange thing is that I had asked my uncle to take me up the mountain to worship the mountain god before, but he never agreed once.
He also told us why there is something to worship the mountain god.
This actually strikes me as a bit odd.
Now listening to my father talking about these things, I suddenly feel that my uncle seems a little weird, and even gives people a somewhat unusual feeling.
My father then told the Taoist priest all these things, during which the Taoist priest frowned.
My dad spoke slowly for a long time and then finished.
The Taoist priest said calmly: "I understand. You must keep these things secret from outsiders."
When my father heard this, he immediately assured the Taoist priest, "Don't worry about this matter. I will never tell anyone else about it."
I absolutely believe my father on this point. After all, he has never told me this for all these years.
My cousin was listening nearby and looked confused and shocked.
The Taoist priest seemed to be worried that my uncle would go out and tell lies, so he reminded him. When my uncle heard the reminder, he immediately patted his chest and promised that he would not say a word.
I listened to my parents talking about the story from morning till morning.
The Taoist priest stood up and started walking out.
Seeing this, I followed him. It rained heavily last night, but the weather was good today. Although there was not much sunshine, there was a breeze after I went out.
The weather was generally good. I saw the Taoist priest walking forward, so I stopped him and asked, "Master, where are you going?"
The Taoist priest said to me calmly, "Let's go to Liushen Mountain."
"Do you know where Liushen Mountain is?"
I caught up with the Taoist priest and said.
The Taoist priest looked at me as if I were an idiot. I quickly understood what he meant and started to lead the way without any delay.
Liushen Mountain is not too close to our village, and it takes about half an hour to walk there.
Liushen Mountain is one of the relatively high mountains in our area, so after walking for a while, we saw the mountain. The mountain looked quite high, and in the distance we saw some figures approaching that direction.
Until now, there are still many incense sticks in the mountain temple.
We arrived at the mountain god temple and found that it was not very big. It could only accommodate four or five people at the same time. There was an incense burner outside the mountain god temple. Because the incense was too strong, the incense burner was burning hot.
I can feel the heat released by the incense burner when I stand one meter away from it.
Many people were burning incense and praying outside. When they entered the mountain god temple, they found a statue inside. The statue's facial features were carved a bit crudely. Because no one had ever seen the mountain god, his appearance was also a legend.
As soon as my uncle entered the temple, he took out three incense sticks and began to worship. His words were also very simple. He said directly: "Mountain God, please bless me to make a fortune next year."
I looked at the mountain god and suddenly felt that the statue was vaguely familiar.
Although the carving is a bit rough, you can still vaguely see the outline.
Why does this look so familiar?
The more I look at it, the more familiar , but I just can’t remember who it is?
However, when I faced the mountain god, I still felt pious in my heart. I stared at him, then began to kneel on the ground, praying sincerely, hoping that the mountain god would protect my parents from any harm.
After staying here for a while, the Taoist priest did not worship or do anything else. Instead, he looked here and there, as if he was looking for something.
But looking at the Taoist priest like this, it seems that he has not found it.
After my cousin and I finished paying homage, I suddenly heard some tiny voices in my ears saying that my old man seemed to be possessed by evil spirits in the past few days and his health was getting worse. After I came to pay homage to the mountain god, my old man's health suddenly became much better.
Sounds like these continued to ring out.
Anyway, everyone praises the mountain god.
I thought to myself that this mountain god was really nice. There were a lot of people coming and going, constantly going up and down the mountain.
Around two or three in the afternoon, my cousin began to feel hungry and wanted to go down the mountain to eat something. He called out to the Taoist priest, but the Taoist priest had no intention of going down the mountain at all.
My cousin's stomach was rumbling with hunger.
The Taoist priest glanced at his uncle and said, "Go down first and bring me something to eat after you finish eating."
After hearing this, my cousin didn't delay any longer and ran down the mountain directly. I looked at his back and couldn't help but be distracted for a few seconds.
In fact, I began to feel a little curious. Could it be that my uncle was related to the mountain god?
But when I heard my parents talk about those things, I also felt that my uncle's identity was not ordinary.
I walked up to the Taoist priest and asked him about some of the questions in my mind, but the Taoist priest didn't have much energy to explain these things to me.
The Taoist priest started to sit cross-legged on the spot. Time passed by. The Taoist priest sat cross-legged for about an hour. I watched him for an hour. I was so bored that I also followed the Taoist priest and started to look for something here.
But I searched for a while and found nothing.
After waiting for about two hours, my uncle ran all the way up the mountain and brought us some food.
There were both meat and vegetables. The Taoist priest also started to open his eyes. We had a simple meal in front of the mountain temple. It was around five o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, people on the mountain started to go down the mountain.
Soon there were only a few people left. At 6:30 there were no people on the mountain and the temperature began to drop.
We felt a chill spreading, and we didn't bring any flashlights, so we could only rely on a bonfire to keep warm. But the Taoist priest still stood there like a piece of wood.
He didn't say what he was doing here, he just stood there.
My cousin was really bored, so he asked, "Master, what should we do now?"
"wait."
Waiting for someone on the mountain so late?
"Waiting for whom?" I asked.
"Of course I'm waiting for your uncle." The Taoist priest said calmly.
Will my uncle come here?
If my uncle is really not dead and has not appeared in the village, then it is possible that he lives in this mountain.
Time passed by second by second, from eight o'clock in the evening to nine o'clock in the evening.
But there was no sign of my uncle going up the mountain. In fact, on the mountain I could only feel gusts of cold wind blowing, and the chill I felt was deep in my bones.
But at this moment, I suddenly received a call. I looked at the caller ID and found that it was from my parents.
I was stunned for a few seconds, and quickly pressed the answer button. But what I didn't expect was that as soon as I pressed the answer button, my father's voice came from the other end of the phone, and his voice was even a little frightened. He said, "Xiaoyang, I, I think I saw your uncle..."
