[Comprehensive martial arts] Holy Monk

Fang Tianzhi always sees Wuhua once a year.

Whenever the apricot blossoms were about to turn red, he would quietly climb up the mountain and have an afternoon tea with Fang Tianzhi.

No flowers did not come this year.

Fang Tianzhi originally thought that he might be delayed because of something, but he didn't expect that what he was waiting for was the news of his death.

Wuhua died in an unseemly way.

On the way out of Tiansheng Mountain, Fang Tianzhi met many people he knew or didn't recognize. It was different from the unknown people he used to be. And in the process of chatting about gossip, he talked about the life of Miao Seng Wuhua with great interest.

Wuhua's father turned out to be Fusang Ronin.

But he himself was brought up by Tianfeng since he was a child, but when he arrived, he turned his face ruthlessly and intended to kill his mentor. Fortunately, the plot was revealed and Chu Xiangshuai rushed to stop it in time.

These people from all walks of life described the battle between Chu Liuxiang and Wuhua vividly and frothyly, as if they had seen with their own eyes which trick Wuhua was defeated by and how she committed suicide. There was a look of satisfaction on his face.

For mediocre people, it will probably always be a very enjoyable thing to watch the anonymous people rise against the trend, and the accomplished people fall into ruin.

However, Fang Tianzhi didn't enjoy it.

He had few friends, and now that he lost one, it was already heavy enough.

So when he left Taiping Town, he bought a horse, brought enough dry food, and prepared to go to Putian Shaolin Temple on a starry night, trying not to talk to passers-by.

His friend died discredited, and there was nothing he could do about it.

But at least he can choose not to listen to gossip about him.

Calculated according to the footsteps, it will take less than three to five days to arrive at Putian Shaolin Temple on horseback.But at noon on the first day Fang Tian went to the official road, he met a poor old woman who was crippled and fell down in the grass pavilion at the intersection of the road.

The granny was dressed in rags and was carrying a bamboo stick. She was indeed an ordinary person who didn't know martial arts, but her face was frightened. When she saw him, she waved her hand tremblingly and said inarticulately: "Good-hearted master, the old lady sprained her foot, let's go." I'm not going home, Master Lao will give me a ride!"

There was no one around, so Fang Tianzhi naturally wouldn't leave her alone here, so he helped the mother-in-law to the horse, took the reins and asked, "Where is the old benefactor's house going?"

The mother-in-law looked around and pointed to the right.

Fang Tianzhi led the way and walked for two cups of tea. Seeing that the surroundings were deserted, he couldn't help saying, "How long will it take?"

It was fine if he didn't ask, but when he asked, it seemed that the mother-in-law was panicked.After hesitating for a while, she said: "I'm getting old, and my memory is poor. It seems to go back half a mile, and then go west along the fork."

Fang Tianzhi didn't feel suspicious for a while.But after two miles to the west on the return trip, the granny reverted to her old ways and changed her mind to go southeast. Thinking about it for a moment, he smiled kindly and said: "The poor monk is from the southeast. Could it be that the old benefactor is from Taiping Town?"

The mother-in-law said, "Well...not really."

Fang Tianzhi said: "Then you can't go southeast. Where should you go?"

The mother-in-law said: "Yes..." After finishing speaking, she came back to her senses and said, "Why don't we go back to the official road and let me rest in the grass pavilion and think about it carefully?"

Fang Tianzhi smiled slightly, and said slowly: "If the benefactor doesn't remember where his home is, the poor monk will send the benefactor back to Taiping Town first. Many people in the town are familiar with the poor monk, so the old benefactor will stay safe first." Next, when you think of the way, that person can escort the almsgiver home for the poor monk. I don’t know what to do next?”

The mother-in-law had a strange look on her face, she seemed to be pondering for a while, but she didn't know what she was thinking.Finally, looking at the sky, he let go and said, "That's fine. Let's go back."

Fang Tianzhi had a lawsuit in his head, so he had to send the Buddha to the west, and then went back to Taiping Town.After the matter was properly explained, he got on his horse and ran out of town again.

Unexpectedly, a few miles past the Caoting, another accident happened.

This time there was no mother-in-law, and there was a row of people lying upright in Asakusa on the left side of the road.This row of seven people lay neatly, motionless, at first glance it almost looked like the corpses of seven young men!

Fang Tianzhi reined in his horse and approached slowly, only to see that the seven young men were not dead, and there were no injuries on their bodies, they just had their acupuncture points tapped, and they were looking at Fang Tianzhi in horror. Gululu turned around.

At this time dusk was approaching, Fang Tianzhi raised his head to look at the sky, and suddenly had a little intuition in his heart.After thinking for a while, he got off the horse and was about to untie the acupoints for the first time, but suddenly he saw that the man's head was bald in the shallow grass, with black and green stubble, and his hair had been shaved off somehow. .

As soon as the acupoints were released, the man jumped up from the ground, threw himself at Fang Tianzhi's legs and knelt down, crying, "Mage, help me. I'm poisoned!"

Fang Tianzhi grabbed one of his arms and felt his pulse. After a few breaths, he knew that this person had indeed been poisoned, but the poison was not strong, and it was very common. : "Eat one, you can use your skills to detoxify overnight, and take another one tomorrow morning, and you will naturally confess the poison." Then he slapped the last six acupuncture points one by one, and asked, "How many of you know each other?"

With their newly shaved bald heads, these seven people got together to take the detoxification pill first, and then said like a mourning concubine: "Yes, we are all members of the Qingsha Gang on the nearby sea."

Fang Tianzhi nodded, and asked: "Who are you enemies with, and you are thrown here to be teased by him?"

The expressions of surprise and fear appeared on the faces of the seven people, and the leader said for a long time: "It's a young master, I don't recognize him at all. Look at his style and martial arts, hey... how can we be worthy of him?" What about his revenge?"

Fang Tianzhi said: "Is that an enmity with your gang?"

The leading man looked at Fang Tianzhi suspiciously, and asked, "Can the mage come from Taiping Town? Could it be that the dharma name is Xue Jing?"

Fang Tianzhi said: "The benefactor is right."

The man's face turned blue, as if he didn't dare to vent his anger, he finally swallowed his anger and said: "The mage came just in time. The man just wanted me to lie here and wait for you."

Fang Tian thought to himself that it was so.

Not only these seven people, but the mother-in-law just now must have been arranged to wait for him in the grass pavilion.

The man was hiding in the dark and was always making trouble for him, but only small troubles.

These troubles are indifferent to him, as if they are just to drag him here and refuse to let him leave.

Does he know where he is going?

Could it be that he doesn't want to rush himself to Putian Shaolin Temple?

But why?

Fang Tianzhi thought for a while, but he didn't know who the young master Pianpian among these people would be, so he finally asked: "He asked you to wait for me, just waiting for me to rescue you?"

He was puzzled again.

If it was to delay time, since that person poisoned people, why didn't he use some difficult poisons?

Hearing the sound, the leader of the Qingsha Gang's disciples showed a strange expression after being frightened, and said, "He really wants us to bring you a word." After finishing speaking, he subconsciously touched his bald head, feeling sad from it, Inevitably, there was some hatred in the words.

"He said that the monk lying in the mud has already been seen, please don't go to the South Shaolin Temple."

South Shaolin Temple is of course still a must.

After rescuing the seven poisoned people that day, Fang Tianzhi continued on his horse as if nothing had happened, preparing to rush to Putian as soon as possible.I thought the road would not be peaceful, but unexpectedly, the figure just let it go, until he was introduced to the abbot's meditation room by a guest monk in front of the Southern Shaolin Mountain Gate, there was no trace of him showing.

Compared with more than ten years ago, Tianfeng's eyebrows are whiter.

He sat on the futon peacefully, as if he had watched everything in the world lightly, and then lightly forgot about it.

Seeing Fang Tianzhi, he smiled: "Little monk, are you all right?"

Fang Tian joined his hands together and said, "Master, please stay safe."

Tianfeng nodded: "Are you Wuhua's friend?"

Fang Tianzhi said: "Yes." He sighed softly, "I don't have many friends."

Tianfeng said: "Before he died, he asked me to tell you that unfortunately he missed the appointment, and I'm afraid he won't be able to drink tea again."

Fang Tianzhi remained silent for a while, and said: "The words have been brought, the poor monk will remember."

Tianfeng nodded again: "This place is far away from your place, and the temple is unwilling to stop the coffin for him, so there is only one tomb right now. Do you want to go and see it?"

Fang Tianzhi had come to express his condolences.

Tianfeng summoned a young novice, "Take him to see Wuhua." Then he said to Fang Tianzhi, "You can stay in the temple anyway."

Fang Tianzhi said slowly: "I'm bothering you."

Wuhua's tomb is hidden among the tombs of monks without characters, and there is a gray stone stele, but the soil on the tomb is newly dug.

The seven wonderful monks are amazing and beautiful when they are alive, and how are they different from others after death?

Fang Tianzhi stood quietly in front of the tomb for a long time, waited for the wind to blow and the clouds to pass by, and the rain fell in the willows all around, and then he followed the monk to live in the guest courtyard of the temple.It's just that when the lights were on at the second watch, he was still thinking about the words that the young man who was hiding his head and showing his tail left him——

Did he leave this sentence specifically to ridicule Wuhua's death?

In the midst of doubts, there was a light knock on the door in the silent night.

Fang Tianzhi came back to his senses and asked, "Who is outside?"

The man outside didn't speak, seeing that he didn't open the door, he just knocked lightly again——

The monks in the temple will never knock on the door of the guest, but they will not answer the guest's words.

In the middle of the night, who was outside the door?

When his thoughts flashed, Fang Tianzhi pressed his hand on the side of the table, and he rushed to the door like a hawk in an instant. The wind in his palm was everywhere, and the two doors in front of him slammed open. The monk was so frightened that he took two steps back and was stunned.

Fang Tianzhi glanced at his face, and the person suddenly flew three feet into the air, flying to the eaves like a feathered wing, but looking around, except for the bean lights sent by the monk knocking from afar, there is nothing to see. Got a half-figure?

Seeing that there was nothing else to gain, he immediately jumped into the courtyard, went to the side of the novice and asked, "Where is that person?"

Sha Mi's face was pale, he only opened his mouth and stared at him with two eyes, his expression was indescribably panicked.But this panic, at this moment, looks so weird and strange, almost chills down the back, because above his eyes, two eyebrows have been shaved off——

Fang Tianzhi realized that someone had tapped his Ya point, and after helping him, he asked, "Where is that person?"

The monk opened his clenched right hand, revealing a white wax pill in his palm, and said in a trembling voice, "He asked me to give this to you."

Fang Tianzhi squeezed the wax pill, but saw that it was actually empty after breaking in two halves!

An empty wax pill.

What does this mean?

The events of the past few days flashed before his eyes. Suddenly, Fang Tianzhi had an almost unbelievable thought in his heart. He stood in a daze for a moment, and slowly said to the novice: "Go and tell Master Tianfeng."

The novice ran away in a hurry, while Fang Tianzhi went straight to Wuhua's cemetery with a heavy heart.When he walked to the stele through the wet mud after the rain, he saw that the mound behind the stele had been dug away at some point.

The moonlight shone through the cold mist and shone dimly into the grave pit. The coffin lid was wide open in the pit, but there was no corpse, only a piece of green as phosphorous paper lying quietly.

What about the dead body without flowers?

Or maybe...he didn't die at all?

Fang Tianzhi jumped into the grave, picked up the green note, but saw that it said——

"Xue Jing Zen Master met,

Chu Xiangshuai died in the desert,

With this empty coffin, the Zen master can go to collect the corpse.

The thrush stays. "