寿灵志

建元二十三年秋，八公山岚气骤聚如龙。九位玄衣方士奉淮南王秘诏，于紫金峰筑七星丹台。他们以云母为鼎，取淝水为引，夜观天象见帝车星明灭不定，知是炼化太乙金丹的吉时将至。

霜降子夜，丹炉中紫烟蒸腾，主炉道人正欲掐诀收丹，忽有山风挟裹月华破窗而入。青玉案上盛着丹母的豆浆陶瓮应声而倾，石膏碎末恰如星子坠入琼浆。但见瓮中云雾翻涌，竟凝作霜雪般的凝脂——此乃天地间第一方豆腐现世。

众术士未曾料到，这白玉似的灵物暗藏造化玄机。丹炉熄火之际，豆浆中未散的灵气与八公山千年地脉悄然相融。每当城头谯楼更鼓响起，那些渗入青砖的浆液便化作萤火，在四门之间流转不息。至大中祥符三年上元夜，万千灵光聚于报恩寺古银杏下，城砖缝中萌发的灵气终凝成灵体，与寿县古城同息共脉。

此灵生于丹术却成于人间烟火，能调四时风雨，可感苍生悲喜。每逢战祸将临，城垣便渗出琼浆般的灵气，在敌军眼中幻作十万旌旗；若遇洪灾肆虐，城壕间自成无形堤坝，将滔滔浊浪化作绕城柔波。春采芍药清露，冬取淝水冰晶，它把楚风汉韵酿作护城灵气，将二十代人的祈愿织进城墙肌理。

千年间，它见证过淝水之战的箭雨化作护城河青荇，抚摸过宋代墙砖里糯米与瓷土的缠绵，将春申君车马扬起的尘埃点染成城头晚霞。每至暮色四合，六百三十七处城垛便响起若有若无的埙声，曲调里沉浮着渔樵耕读的市井炊烟。而今它依然栖身于古城的晨钟暮鼓之间，时而化作檐角惊鸿一瞥的流光，时而隐入市集豆腐坊的氤氲热气——亘古守护着这座城池的魂与魄。

In the autumn of the 23rd year of Jianyuan, the misty air of Bagong Mountain suddenly gathered like a dragon. Nine Xuanyi Fangshi, following the secret decree of the King of Huainan, built the Seven Star Dan Platform on Zijin Peak. They used mica as a cauldron, took Fei River as a guide, and observed the celestial phenomena at night. They saw that the Emperor's chariot star was constantly changing, and knew that the auspicious time for refining the Taiyi Golden Pill was approaching.

At midnight when the frost falls, purple smoke evaporates in the alchemy furnace. The master of the furnace is about to pick a trick to collect the pills when suddenly a mountain wind carrying moonlight breaks through the window. The soybean milk earthenware jar containing the mother of Dan on the blue jade table poured in response to the sound, and the broken plaster was just like a star falling into the nectar. But seeing the clouds and mist surging in the jar, they turned into frost like condensed fat - this is the first tofu in the world.