By the time Zhu Laosan took his son to see the Taigu Daode Monument from afar, the time had reached the afternoon of April 17th, and the sun rising from the east had hung in the middle of the sky, smoking Ma Laosan's head, and because he had walked too much today and stood for a long time, Zhu Laosan's own soles of his feet had become hot, standing there was like stepping on a red-hot iron plate, and the soles of his feet were like being pricked by needles.
The little face of Zhu Laosan, who was just eleven years old, was already pale, and if Zhu Laosan hadn't supported it with one hand, his son would have been unable to stand.
Zhu Laosan also felt sorry for his son in his heart, but at this time, he couldn't let his son sit on the ground, which would be considered pious and undignified, in this case, his ten years of hard work would be all wasted.
But at this time, even if you can't stand, you have to stand, because the long line, like a curved snake, has caught their father and son in it, and Zhu Laosan can only follow the team and slowly move forward.
"Son, hold on, wait until you go back, Dad will let you eat rock sugar gourd for half a month" Zhu Laosan could only comfort his son like this, and at the same time quietly took out a piece of ginseng that had been prepared long ago from his body, quietly stuffed it into his son's mouth, and took a piece himself, so that he could let his son support him with him, and he kept turning the ridge and seeing the Taigu Daode Monument.
At the moment when he saw the Taigu Daode Monument, even if Zhu Laosan was a person who did not believe in ghosts and gods, at that moment, the whole person's mind could not help but be taken away by the Taigu Daode Monument.
The Taigu Daode Monument is 210 meters high, more than 50 meters wide, the whole body is pitch black, the surface is incomparably bright, like a mirror, like a huge tombstone standing in a basin in Hongyu Mountain, solemn, cold, revealing a mysterious and inexplicable atmosphere, the noon sun shines on the tall Taigu Daode Monument, the glorious stele body, still pitch black, without any reflection, seems to be able to swallow the sunlight completely.
Just glanced at the ancient moral monument, Zhu Laosan felt that this thing was by no means man-made, and his heart was suddenly full of indescribable awe for the huge black monument, and even a trace of fear, the exhaustion of the body just now disappeared in an instant.
When the Taigu Daode Monument first appeared, of course, it was not like this, there were some ridges and mountain walls around it, and the Taigu Daode Monument itself was also embedded in a collapsing mountain wall, but for more than two hundred years, after the continuous transformation of the Tuntang, the terrain and landform within a radius of ten kilometers with the Taigu Daode Monument as the center of the circle have all changed, and it has become a huge open square, which can accommodate millions of people almost at the same time.
When the Taigu Moral Monument was first born, it was completely open, and whoever wanted to see it could see it, and now, this is already the holy land of the Swallowing Party, and only some of the backbone of the Swallowing Party can come in.
In the queue waiting for the "touch the monument" ceremony of the team is not only Zhu Laosan, but a total of four, from the southeast, northwest and four directions, each team is crowded, and the Taigu Daode Monument below, around the Taigu Daode Monument, there are four layers of passage corridors like overpasses, people who come in from each direction can enter the passage corridors of different layers without disturbing each other, carry out the "touch the monument" ceremony, and then flow to different directions of the square.
From seeing the Taigu Daode Monument to slowly coming to the bottom of the Taigu Daode Monument, Zhu Laosan took almost an hour, and the people who came in from their direction all entered the passage corridor on the second floor, and the surging crowd bit their fingers one by one, stretched out their hands from the passage while walking, and smeared their blood on the glorious stele of the Taigu Daode Monument, walked around the Taigu Daode Monument counterclockwise, and then left from the exit of the passage, which is the "touch the stele" ceremony.
Some fanatical believers and backbones of the party swallowing even cut their palms with knives and pressed bloody handprints on the body of the monument to show their piety.
I heard that when the earliest Taoist master realized the Tao under the Taigu Daode Monument, he bit his finger every day and smeared it on the Taigu Daode Monument with his own blood, and finally had a sense with the Taigu Daode Monument, and this legend slowly spread, and it became today's "touch the tablet" ceremony.
In the perspective of the passage corridor on the second floor, the Taigu Daode Monument turned into a black wall, just walked into the passage of the second layer, looking at the blood and bloody handprints on the wall, Zhu Laosan did not have any pious feeling in his heart, but there was a chill rising, and he couldn't help but shiver.
Zhu Laosan was confused and followed others to break his fingers, and asked his son Zhu Guangsi to follow him, and then stretched out his trembling fingers and smeared his blood on the Taigu Moral Monument, because he was a little nervous, Zhu Laosan even forgot what he felt about this expensive touch that he had exchanged for half of his income from selling tofu for ten years Surrounded by the surging crowd, after touching the Taigu Daode Monument in a gullible manner, Zhu Laosan and his son left the Taigu Daode Monument along the exit of the passage, and then were guided to the outer side of the Taigu Daode Monument Square, and finally sat on the ground.
The surging crowd is like four streams of water injected into the square, is constantly surging, in the evening, the entire square around the Taigu Daode Monument has been full of people, the number of people has definitely exceeded one million, as far as the eye can see, there is a black pressure of a crowd, and after the completion of the "touch the stele" ceremony, the closer the position to the Taigu Daode Monument, the higher the status of the party in the swallowing.
The climax of the opening monument festival has not really arrived, the climax of the annual opening monument festival is after the last ray of the sun leaves the Taigu Daode Monument, at that time, the Taoist master Meng Shidao will come to the scene in person, for everyone to talk about the scriptures of the last hour, and then accept disciples.
After advancing to the firmament, Meng Shidao will appear publicly here almost every year on the day of the opening of the stele festival, even if it is the great Situ of the three dukes of Taixia who was noble a few years ago, on this day, he will come here from Xuanyuan Hill and spend the stele opening festival with everyone.
Countless backbones of the Tuntang, the president and head of the Daode Society, and the members of the club come here every year, in order to meet Meng Shidao here, listen to the scriptures spoken by Meng Shidao, and those who are most valued by Meng Shidao in the Tun Party will even get the empowerment of Meng Shidao and be taught the secrets of the True Sutra.
Zhu Laosan sat on the edge of the square to rest, but also nervously and nervously waiting, to be honest, if he can meet Meng Shidao here, even if it is far away, after going back, he can also boast to the people of Zhu Jiaji for many years, and if his son can be selected by Meng Shidao here and become one in ten thousand lucky people, then their Zhu family will completely turn over.
Meng Shidao's disciples are not all selected from those wealthy families or disciples from the backbone families of the party, but every year, there will be a few children from ordinary families who are favored by Meng Shidao, so as to ascend to the sky one step by one, and become the legends of their respective hometowns one by one, it is under the inspiration of these examples that Zhu Laosan also has the courage to take his children to give it a try.
Before the sun was about to set, thousands of people dressed in white came, those people were disciples of Hongyu Academy, and after completing the "touch the stele" ceremony, those people all sat in the area closest to the Taigu Daode Monument.
By this time, every position in the square around the Taigu Daode Monument was already crowded with people.
"Benevolence is the heart of the Tao, virtue is the body of the Tao, etiquette is the use of the Tao, righteousness is the movement of the Tao, the Tao is the object, and only the trance is the only one.
In a trance, there is an elephant in it; In a trance.
There's something in it.
Slim and dark, there is essence in it; Its essence is very true, among which there is faith, the avenue is nameless, and only the way is from" After coming to the square, the disciples of Hongyu Academy began to recite loudly, and slowly, millions of people began to recite together, and the sound shook the mountains, as long as it was a person who swallowed the party, almost everyone would recite this text.
As the last rays of the sun left the highest point of the Taigu Daode Monument, the chanting in the entire square slowly stopped.
"Everyone get up and greet the Taoist" A loud and majestic voice sounded in the sky above the square, and all the people sitting on the ground, after hearing this voice, all stood up at the same time, one by one stood respectfully and solemnly.
"Dad, I can't see it" Zhu Guangsi whispered and shook Zhu Laosan's hand.
Because he was young and stood on the outskirts of the square, after everyone stood up, Zhu Laosan's son was drowned in a group of adults, and all he could see was the waist and legs of the people in front of him, but the things in the distance were invisible.
Zhu Laosan hurriedly made a no-talk gesture for his son to quiet his son, and his eyes widened and he looked at the Taigu Daode Monument in the distance.
Zhu Laosan didn't see how Meng Shidao came at all, but after everyone stood up and the whole square was quiet all of a sudden, a figure in a black robe, like a trick, suddenly stood at the top of the Taigu Daode Monument, looking down on the eyes of the common people, looking at the millions of fanatical disciples standing below.
"Greetings to the Taoist, I wish the Taoist Chakra will turn forever, and the avenue will be forever" Millions of people congratulated loudly at the same time, saluting the figure standing on the ancient moral monument At this time in previous years, after everyone saluted and greeted, the figure would generally say, "The Great Avenue is not the Avenue of One Man, but the Avenue of Many, please take a seat, and I will preach for you next", and then everyone will sit down, and the figure will begin to sit cross-legged on the highest part of the Taigu Daode Monument and begin to preach for everyone.
It's just that today, the figure was a little unusually silent, after everyone saluted, he didn't speak, the person didn't speak, and the millions of party swallowers in the square could only stand, looking at the figure standing on the ancient moral monument with dry eyes, not knowing what to say next, and the atmosphere at the scene was inexplicably weird.
Finally, the man standing on the ancient moral monument spoke, and the man sighed and said, "It's finally today" The faint sigh and voice clearly reached everyone's ears, and millions of people were at a loss in their hearts at this moment, and finally it was today, what does this mean: