I opened up Taoism in ancient times

Upon hearing the news of his father's death, Liu Yichi simply packed some luggage and bought the nearest flight home.He got off the plane, transferred to a bus, transferred to a tricycle, and then walked. Finally, at sunset, he returned to the home he had been away for a year.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on his home. The quaint house with a sense of history is a familiar look in his memory.

He slowly opened the door, and first he saw a familiar golden statue, which he had seen for 20 years. At this moment, it was still sitting in front of the main hall. Go up, looking at him with those eyes that are neither sad nor happy.

There is still the familiar smell of incense candles and paper money in the temple. The smell that repulsed him before made him feel so at ease at this moment.

The house behind the Taoist temple is his and his father's home.

He dared not go back.

Father passed away.He couldn't believe the news anyway.

Did the tall and mighty father in his memory, who let him climb on his shoulders to play around when he was a child, and who often taught him with a straight face when he grew up, passed away?

After a long time, he walked forward and then stopped.The distance of a door, as long as the door is opened, it is his home.

"Yichi, you're back!"

Hearing the shout behind him, Liu Yichi hurriedly turned his head, but the smile on his face froze the moment he turned his head.

It's the neighbor Uncle Zhang.

Not father.

No.

Disappointment was hard to hide on his face.

"Yi Chi," Uncle Zhang sighed deeply, and walked over slowly, "Your life is miserable, it's getting dark, why don't you go to Uncle's house for dinner?"

He shook his head, "Thank you Uncle Zhang, I want to visit my father."

A trace of fear appeared on Uncle Zhang's face, he hesitated to persuade Liu Yichi, "Yichi, your father...he..." Hesitating words, after all, did not come out, turned into a few sighs of regret, "Your father is keeping it in the back hall, you, you have to be mentally prepared..."

It wasn't until Liu Yichi saw his father that he understood Uncle Zhang's words.There were several big cuts on the father's body that were deep enough to see the bones. The forearm was missing from the left arm. It was as if the huge force was forcibly torn apart.

"Father... how could it be like this..." Liu Yichi's mouth was already crying, his eyes were red, and he raised his head to prevent the tears from rushing out uncontrollably.

Uncle Zhang gave him a sympathetic and strange look, "You usually follow Tongzhi to learn skills, but you really don't know where this injury came from?" He continued to look at Liu Yichi with a look of hatred, " It's something on the mountain over there, it's evil! If the second aunt who lives in the mouth of the dam went to the mountain to pick up mushrooms and lost her way, she went to the mountain over there and found your father's body, otherwise, your father would be exposed to the wilderness Already!"

The mountain over there is what the villagers call a big mountain in the east of the Taoist temple.There is no proper name for this mountain. As long as words like "over there", "on the mountain over there" and "that mountain" are mentioned, the villagers of Fenghuang Village will know what they are referring to.

As for the name given by the government to the mountain over there, the name that appeared on the national map and navigation, the villagers of Fenghuang Village did not recognize it.

It's called "Over there on the mountain".

Seeing Liu Yichi's still dazed expression, Uncle Zhang understood that he was a brat, put away the accusatory expression on his face, replaced it with deep pity, and spoke in a tone of natural fear, Said: "You know, people in the village never dare to go to that mountain."

Yes, no one from Fenghuang Village has ever been to the mountain over there.Except Liu Yichi and his father.

But what Liu Yichi couldn't figure out was that it was winter now, why would his father go to that mountain for no reason?After all, they used to go to the mountains over there only during the dog days.

"Uncle Zhang, do you know why my father went to the mountain over there?"

Uncle Zhang was even more terrified. He covered Liu Yichi's mouth and shook his head quickly, "How did I know this, but please don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense!"

People in Fenghuang Village are quite afraid of "the mountain over there", and "the mountain over there" is a topic that they don't even talk about on weekdays.Enough has been said today, Uncle Zhang had no intention of persuading Liu Yichi to go to his house for dinner, so he hurried home.

In order to rush home as soon as possible, all Liu Yichi's money was used to buy air tickets, and there was not much money left in his pocket.The funeral of his father Liu Tongzhi was held with the help of the villagers.People in the village who are rich and powerful contribute money, and all villagers respect the Liu family.

But after all, Liu Tongzhi's body was found "on the mountain over there". During the funeral, no one dared to speak casually, and they were all worried that they would get into trouble with something they shouldn't.

After the funeral, another ten days passed.Liu Yichi has nothing to do every day, looking at the empty Taoist temple and home, he feels that his whole body has also become empty.

That night, Liu Yichi went back to bed to sleep as usual.On a whim, he put his hand under the pillow, only to find a letter.The familiar handwriting made Liu Yichi's eyes red. This is a letter from his father.

The content of the letter is as follows:

"A slack:

Since molecules and atoms are true, cells are true, elements are true, Tao, why can’t it be true?If you cover your eyes with two leaves, you cannot see Mount Tai; if you plug your ears with beans, you cannot hear thunder;

Atoms make molecules, molecules make matter, and cells make living things.Fools regard this as the truth of the world.It's like looking at the sky from a well, but the sky is so small.People know their gods and are gods, and they don't know whether they are gods or not, so they are gods.

What is Tao?What is the truth of Tao?

The living is the root of death, the dead is the root of life.Those who make a living must first die and then live.Those who learn to die must live before they die.If you don't die or live, you can't continue.

Remember!Remember! "

The letter ended here, and there were some intermittent words, which were illegible and illegible. Liu Yichi read it for a long time, but he didn't understand what his father wrote, but he saw some insignificant words.

He was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

Father, do you know that when I study biology, I just want to understand the truth of this world.

But this thought will never be known to Liu Tongzhi.

Liu Yichi closed his eyes, but the image of him arguing with his father appeared in his mind.regret!That quarrel actually became his last memory of being with his father.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed a handful in the empty night, that's it, that's the feeling, everything is nothingness.

The days at home pass quickly, there is no internet here, and the mobile phone signal is also intermittent.

Liu Yichi got up every day when he heard the crowing of the rooster, and went to bed when it was dark.Even with such a regular schedule, he always thinks about it every day.I miss my father and the letter my father wrote to him, so that I can't sleep at night.

One night when he couldn't sleep again, he made a decision that he would take the postgraduate entrance examination in World War II.Instead of continuing to think about it, it is better to find something to do for myself, so I asked my roommate to send back the books for the postgraduate entrance examination.

As usual, one night when he couldn't sleep, Liu Yichi decided to light the lamp and read a book to prepare for the exam.In the dead of night, Liu Yichi, who had finally managed to get rid of distracting thoughts and read a book seriously, heard some unusual voices.

click - click -

"What's the sound?"

Boom—crash—

The Taoist temple collapsed together with the house behind it.

Liu Yichi's voice, together with him and his postgraduate entrance examination books, were all buried in the loess, only a cloud of yellow dust was raised.