Chapter 112: The Wind Rises from Wutong Courtyard

The Taoist temple is the place where the Tao is observed. The monk is the person who is out of the world. The Taoist temple honestly view Tao, monk Ben Ben points out of the world, should not be involved in the world too deep.

Don’t forget, here is the northern Liang, that once made the jianghu people into a street rat culprit, these years either in the border patrol, or in the northern Liang that Qingliang mountain, cold eyes looking at the northern Liang.

Huangnan County Qing Rong Guan to ancient trees in the north of Liang famous, to go to the Taoist temple to burn incense road green shade over the ground, is the county officials and dignitaries summer summer perfect place, because of the north of Liang Wang Fu built in the Qingliang Mountain, Qing Rong Guan also has a small Qingliang’s reputation. Qing Rong Guan has always had a deep relationship with the officials of Huangnan County, like the worship of Huanglao Gongcao Lord Wang Xihua, although there is no master, but worshiped the supervisor of the Guanyuan green acacia Taoist as a “Mr.”, and this old and rare Taoist and Wang Xihua’s political rivals, the governor of the Song Yan is also a friend for many years, Song Yan is not because of Wang Xihua worshiped the Taoist priest as a Mr., with the Qing Rong Guan The relationship is estranged, I think Qinghuai real people have their own less than others immortal legacy. Now away from the Yang extinction of the Buddha, only the Northern Liang Road, three states pro-Buddha, many monks and monks scrambling into the Northern Liang refuge, Qing Rong Guan is also open “summer” door, more than those who come to the good in the Qing Rong Guan incense flourishing, otherwise I’m afraid that we have to give so much mouth to eat hard to collapse, living on loan to the Qing Rong Guan of the monks to the South Road, the famous monks of the Yellow Lantern Zen Master is the most famous, this small half a year a monk together with each other, and the most famous, and the most famous. This small half a year to a monk and a mutual sparring, the two sides of the Buddha and the defense of the road, and not closed, so that the Huangnan County scholars tend to rush, regardless of whether they understand, as if not to go to listen to a listen on the vulgar.

Into the night, the Taoist temple of the night, green near ink, only one hung up lanterns, lights vaguely, there are two do not avoid vulgar unfamiliar tune alternately ringing, at first listen to the absurdity of the cavity, leaning ears and then listen to maybe you can smack out some unique flavor.

Old Taoist crane hair, holding a duster, sitting on the ground with his back against the porch columns, it is fine fasting reef rituals of the green acacia Taoist. Beside an old monk hands gently clap, is humming to a “take swallow mouth mud, scraping Buddha face gold makeup, cut mosquito leg meat …… “, he is the Buddha in the disaster from the South Road exiled to the northern Liang of the Yellow Lantern Zen Master.

The two old men looked at each other and smiled.

Yellow lamp Zen master asked softly: “green acacia old friend, poor monks in the Jiangnan Road has heard of the Qing Rong Guan has a West Sichuan Lei’s ancient qin, when Lei’s follow the deceased monarch to die together, before the family collection of more than a hundred zither hacking, are all broken, can be said to have become extinct, I do not know that this qin can still manipulate the song or not?”

The old Taoist regretted: “poor Taoist into the hands of that frame ‘around the temple thunder’ has been burned to most of the strings of the piano, not a single one left, every time there is the Western Sichuan people look at the tears.”

Zen Master Yellow Lantern sighed, “Karma begins and ends.”

The old Taoist looked up at the high hanging lanterns and suddenly laughed, “How is it that Buddhism and Taoism are not green flies competing for blood and termites fighting for holes.”

The old monk nodded, and after a moment of silence, asked, “What do think of the Lord of Northern Liang?”

Taoist also talk without fear, said: “Since the merit and honor flaring. This dynasty canonical system, on merit there are six, founding the country, the war, captured the rebels, holding the clan, imperial barbarians, conquering the barbarians. North Liang King Xu Snapdragon accounted for five, not only the high merit of the Lord. Just for the human minister, the king wants the minister to die, the minister does not die, that is disloyal.”

The old monk’s smile is quiet and cloudy, the Taoist is looking at the big red lantern, and the monk is tilting his head to look at a string of windless and mute iron horse wind chimes.

There was a buzzing vibration.

Though it definitely sounded like just one sound, as many as forty crossbow arrows shot upwards towards the eaves of the house.

The old Taoist frowned, did not take back his sight, only a duster flick, will be in front of a few crossbow arrows wrapped in the white silk of the duster, and then shaking his wrist and threw it, pretending to be a crossbow to knock the crossbow arrows, but actually will be a big splash of this rain of arrows as much as possible in the eaves outside.

Two armored soldiers one in front of the other, from the shadows in stride, they are still ten steps away from the outer corridor, will be replaced by a set of arrows with an arc over the top of the head of the armored soldiers, the old Taoist stood up, a hand holding the duster, a hand grabbed the white silk, pulled out most of it, thrown into the air.

The old Taoist who is good at qi gazing has his sight more on the armored man behind him, the eagle warrior with iron armor on his face, his body is graceful like a woman’s, and he looks extraordinarily maverick.

Already have two peak strength of the green acacia Taoist in the desire to get out of the realm may not be out of the stay for many years, cultivation of people, as long as into the small master, once again after the ascension of the realm, most of the one into a product that refers to the Xuan, which is why the small master of the Taoism known as the small real person. Just green acacia Taoist never show strength to the outside world, occasional show of sharpness, also pressed in the third grade or so, so in the Huangnan County only to research Taoist art is known in the world. Green acacia old Taoist stepping astral step bucket, in the hidden runic array is about to open when, a Buddha sings, immortal style of green acacia Taoist face a cold, from the third grade climbed to the second grade, light drink, iron horse wind chimes clanking ring, red lanterns shake more than the old monk and then Buddha sings, runic array is still unable to successfully into the trend.

Here and now, the road is one foot high Buddha one foot high.

Qinghuai Taoist finally no longer have to hide to hide, the whole robe drum gas such as a ball, just the old monk has closed his eyes, the old monk into the fixed, listening to the bells light heavenly music.

The leader of the armor step on the outer corridor, a knife to break the astral, the cost is huge, the whole body is dripping blood, regardless of the face, a knife to cut open the abdomen of the Taoist, the other hand holding the hilt of the knife, aggravate the force, forward, will be the enemy in the head of the old man who insisted on two minds of the green acacia slammed into the wall, the tip of the knife is not only penetrate the old Taoist body, and even has been out of the wall for a few inches.

The neighboring Vajra Physique armorer spat out a mouthful of blood, raised his arm, and wiped away the blood stains on his face.

The face-covered armorer in the back opened his mouth to speak, his voice was clear and crisp, he should be a woman of a young age, “The Wutong Academy’s secret order permits you to convert Qing Rong Guan into a temple.”

The old Zen master clasped his hands together and silently recited the Buddha’s name, “Amitabha Buddha.”

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Huangnan County, there is a sect is said to be “strange”, strange in the other sects to name all to shock the world to tears, fear that the name is not loud enough to scare people, but the name of this gang is called Lotus Pond, and strange is strange in the gang advocate register is known as the first hand of Lingzhou, alias the monkey, lean figure, agile as thunder, rumored to have been in the jianghu before becoming famous, had bumped into a stagecoach on the road, the first hand of Lingzhou. Once on the stagecoach road hit a general’s cavalry, the general galloped against the wind, sable hat was blown away by the wind, the general has urgent military affairs in the body, can not care about the hat, still steering the horse galloped wildly, did not think a thin monkey young man is the first to go to catch the top of the sable hat floating in the air at a height of two floors, and then blink of an eye after that, it has been fast to catch up with the general, the two surprisingly, both shoulder to shoulder, the general intends to test young people’s internal power! The general intended to test the young man’s internal strength, still running horse thirty miles, and this ranger child also followed all the way thirty miles, do not show the slightest fatigue, the general regarded him as a foreigner, allowed him to open a sect in his jurisdiction, Liantang vaguely became the top three sects in Fengzhou at that time, only with the death of the general, the gang leader of the temperament of a good boy, recognized that martial arts quality is not high, and the people fighting, non-death or injury, only to be relocated to the neighboring Huangnan County, the years almost rely on him to support, to the age of puberty, the gang leader of the gang is not good. Support, to the age of confusion, temperament change, only gradually began to gain a firm foothold, but Lotus Pond is still not back in the heyday, good in these years received a few bones are not bad named disciples, these young juniors probably have the master of this previous experience, good with the county officials to deal with large and small to climb the friendships, and only reluctantly help Lotus Pond in the Huangnan County to open up the leaves. The idle Dou Yang Guan is in this kind of time into the lotus pond, he is also considered a good family, young will like to fight, just want to become a real master, as a matter of fact, don’t think of dumping your family’s money, once the lotus pond gang master’s direct disciple went out to travel, was the county several big gangs of more than thirty people blocking the siege, was full of blood Dou Yang Guan desperately to save, in the border of the Huangnan County all the way to escort to the lotus pond, Zhang book was originally The gift of five hundred taels of silver, Dou Yang Guan kneeled for a day and a night, pleading to let him start, Zhang Book not allowed, coldly dropped a talent flat, which is the same as a death sentence for the children of the jianghu, but Dou Yang Guan is also a bull’s-eye temperament, would rather not have that sum of the envy of the common people can not be gifted silver, but only asked to let him squat for a month in the Liantang outside the disciples of the martial arts field, a month after Dou Yang Guan was unceremoniously Sweep out the door, was Dou Yang Guan saved Zhang book disciple is also righteous, in order to repay the favor, not hesitate to violate the rules of the private teaching of martial arts, was Zhang book in a fit of rage expelled from the Lotus Pond, Dou Yang Guan kneeling outside the door kowtow nearly a hundred times, and ultimately was a visit to the Lotus Pond and the Zhang book of the martial arts master to help the Huangnan County to help lobby for the Zhang book was reluctantly accepted as an external disciple, but that direct disciple is still not free from the doom, only to do a gang The first disciple was still not spared the fate, and only became a handyman to do the hard work in the sect, not recorded in the name of the Liantang Sect.

The jianghu is like this, there are no rules. This is why so many no-name pawns also want to worship in the gang’s root cause, with or without a famous teacher to lead the way is crucial, the same qualifications, a few years after the realm of high and low, will be a world of difference.

On the roof of a remote house, there are two young men drinking wine and enjoying the moon, one wearing shabby, sitting and drinking slowly, a brightly dressed, handsome, sharp sword eyebrows, the size of the objects on the body, are now the most “fashionable” expensive items in Huangnan County County, he was lying on the roof, shaking a small red porcelain wine pot, the wine is the green ants, can be replaced with this gourd-shaped wine pot, the wine pot can be changed to a gourd shape. After replacing this gourd-shaped wine pot, the price is not even too much compared to the White Dragon Roast. When the handsome man didn’t smile, he still had some worldly manners, but when he smiled, he revealed himself, hehehe, “Brother Yan, I really didn’t expect to drink six taels of silver a pot of wine one day.”

The man surnamed Yan turned his head and laughed softly, “In the future, it will be sixty taels a pot, you can afford to drink. Listen to Brother Yan’s words, it will be hard for you to find another woman as good as Miss Song in your life, so don’t take it seriously.”

The handsome man who could soon become an inner disciple of Liantang laughed: “Brother Yan, practicing martial arts is not as good as you in this life, but when it comes to dealing with women, especially those thousand-dollar ladies, you are far worse than me.”

Sitting down to drink wine of the downtrodden man shook his head and laughed: “Yang Guan, you practice martial arts talent than I have to be not bad, although you missed the best time to refine the body, but the master of the internal and external cultivation, the internal force is unfathomable, as long as you by the inner disciple up to the direct lineage, the future of the future is not limitless. Even if that Miss Song is the daughter of the governor, you are worthy of her. Yang Guan, you don’t mind Yan rigid, meet a good woman, no matter how you she can’t let go of you, as a man with a bearing, ultimately to let her be proud of you, you can’t always feel that she’s so high and mighty a girl, only to you obediently, just focusing on people as a cow or a horse to make people, you in front of all the brothers and sisters is a face, can be after you and her into a family ……”

Dou Yang Guan suddenly face bleak said, “Yan brother, if it is not me, you will not be master ……”

The shabby man said expansively, “It’s all fate, and Yan Shijun has no regrets. I was adopted by my master since I was a child, and after so many years of following my master all the way down from Fengyang County to Huangnan County, I have only learned my master’s obstinacy, and I am a one-track mind in everything I do. Eldest brother perseverance toughness is the best, with the master learned martial arts, the second brother talent is the best, even if not diligently practicing martial arts, martial arts also did not fall, and to the side of the official master also exquisite, in all aspects thanks to the second brother to play the relationship, we can Liantang in the Huangnan County road wider and wider. Only a lot of things, love and righteousness is difficult to both, no matter how to take the trade-offs are not living pain, I also do not know you into the Lotus Pond is to help you or harm you. Later you may know …… but I hope you still don t know the good, when when the son-in-law of the Taishou adults, don t mix what jianghu, mix not out of the head. Mix officialdom mix military, you mix anything than mix us this line of interest.”

Dou Yang Guan speechless, sit up, see the fish pond a few take charge of the sentry stakes of the outer disciples in the school martial arts field near the night patrol, some can not raise interest.

Dou Yang Guan snapped his eyes wide open, and his drunkenness was gone.

A set of black-armored people in good order over the wall, landed on the ground and bent forward to run, lifting the short crossbow strong shot, the autumn wind sweeping leaves generally killed the sentry stakes in front of wherever they went, Lotus Pond night patrol disciples are almost always more than two crossbow arrows through the head to ensure that they die without a sound and can not make any struggles before death, removing the north, the black-armored killers by the east, west, and south directions gradually approaching to the northern part of the school martial arts field of the residence, followed by It was a more sinister night attack. When Yan Shijun and Dou Yangguan stood up to see the general vein, Yan Shijun immediately roared, “There is a killer infestation!”

Dou Yang Guan was a bit confused, was about to turn his head to ask Yan Shi Jun what enemies Liantang had gotten into, surprisingly, such a harsh means, when he turned his head, whoosh whoosh a few arrows broke the air of the slight sound, and then saw a bloody scene, only to raise the voice of the warning of the Yan only to avoid the attack of a featherless arrows, to the second around a large arc of the featherless arrows from the side of the diagonal piercing the abdomen, Yan Shi Jun staggered back, and then to an arrow in the face! Yan Shijun staggered back, another arrow came to his face, except for the second arrow which was particularly domineering, the rest of the two arrows were no problem, Yan Shijun turned his head sideways, held the arrow with one hand, lifted it upside down, and said with all his might, “It’s a Beiliang crossbow armorer!”

Just finished, a majestic black armored killer on a cross easily climbed the stairs, face a few annoyed roof Yan Shijun’s nuisance, a handheld crossbow, one hand draws a knife to Yan Shijun, Dou Yangguan where experienced this life and death only in a moment of killing, the past several gangs of the fight, although there are also killing each other, there is also a blood splattering of the spicy scene, but even the raw hands of Dou Yangguan have the power to fight in the end is far worse than tonight! This sneak attack to the horror of cruelty, not to mention his Dou Yangguan became a show of people, even in his eyes first-class masters of the Yan Shi Jun, that is, under the knife was even the arm with the whole piece of the shoulder, are given to clatter a split, clad in black armor of the stout man a knife only under a knife and then swiftly lifted up the knife, and Yan Shi Jun’s head picked off, while lifting the arm of a crossbow to Dou Yangguan, probably Dou Yangguan life should not end, the moment actually Blessed to the heart, jack fall, can avoid that crossbow, step through the roof tiles, fell into the martial arts room, casually copied a knife on the retreat, Dou Yang Guan familiar with the terrain, desperately wandering, every time you move, there are from the roof splashed down crossbow arrows like a shadow, the black armor killer gently eeked out, apparently did not think that this kid is so flexible, is trying to jump to the house in pursuit of the kill, a man in the same armor leaped onto the roof, holding a large bow with ox horns. Holding a large bow with a bullhorn in his hand, towards a mansion that was suddenly lit up, an arrow went and broke the window, the owner of that mansion only lit up the lights, and was nailed by an arrow hanging on the wall. This man with amazing archery skills said in a cold voice: “Tonight only catch big fish. I’ll guard here, you go downstairs, if you lose to the gang of fledglings from Sycamore Court that have only just emerged from the nest this time, you know the consequences.”

The stout armorer’s eyes revealed a touch of fear, hurriedly promised, ran forward, like a mountain forest spirit ape lightly jumped off the roof, joined with other armorers, quickly pushed forward, straight to a main house, that is the courtyard where the Liantang gang master is located.

The armor all the way to attack, like a crackerjack, skill is not refined outside the disciples are only be cut rice like slaughter of the end, some of the inner disciples are not all without the power of a battle, just this gang of armor to kill the God has no jianghu lecture, a small area of the short-armed combat, are instantaneous after the achievement of the superiority of the situation of more than fewer, two or three handles of the cool knife to break through, supplemented by a short crossbow to see a needle in the insidious sneak attack, but also have a solid soft armor cloak, jianghu Gangs within the blades and equipment is not how sharp, as long as it is not fatal injuries, these armor simply do not care, let you stab and chop a sword two knives, they can take the opportunity to stab and seriously injure or even kill the enemy across the Lotus Pond disciples. To know that the falcons are from the Liyang rivers and lakes a variety of experts, one-on-one killing is a veteran expert, these years in the immersion proficient in many military battles, it became a group of jackals, compared with a separate assassination, resulting in the lethality of nature is not the same thing.

The archer on the roof who was giving orders had a stern look in his eyes, and took out a refined arrow from his back pouch.

Huangnan County’s first hand, “Monkey” Zhang Zhuan, was considered to be a tricky character that could compete with the king’s retinue, Lv Qiantang and the others. The Peregrine Falcon and the Eagle Warrior will undoubtedly make a great achievement if they can remove this person’s head this time.

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Ren Shanyu’s figure drifted down, his life and death uncertain.

Xu Fengnian’s eyes were calm, “Peregrine Falcon?”

Then said, “That guy should be the big fish that caught a match with Han Shang.”

Xu Yan Bing nodded, and then Grasshopper and Snow Clothes realized that the only one left in the house was that gray-haired male.

In the courtyard of Chai Cai, the “rich old man” who had scored a hit was about to leave quietly, and then he died quietly, not even knowing how he died or in whose hands he died.