[Comprehensive martial arts] Holy Monk

Wan'an Temple is located in the west of Dadu City, with deep and wide forests and scattered gardens. Its scale is as large as Shaolin Temple.There is a thirteen-story pagoda behind the hall, with vermilion railings and crystal clear glass, which is really eye-catching.As soon as Fang Tianzhi entered the city, he saw the body of the pagoda behind many houses from afar.

When he passed by the city gate to announce, he looked up with his bamboo hat in his hand, and saw his wanted picture from above.In the painting, there is a monk with a full face, cross-eyed and big mouth, and there are two small words on the side describing the bounty.Fang Tianzhi looked at it strangely, and really didn't know how long he would be able to catch him with this portrait that did not resemble him at all.Zhao Minming had met him several times, why did the court issue such a different wanted portrait?

The metropolis is located at the foot of the emperor, so it is naturally quite prosperous, and there are not many beggars.There are row upon row of houses in the city, pedestrians jostling shoulder to shoulder, hawkers can be heard endlessly, and from time to time there are a few Mongolian men wearing round hats and brocade robes riding horses through the streets.If he hadn't seen the horrific scenes of smoldering wars and people's deprivation, Fang Tianzhi might still think that the Yuan Dynasty was in peace and happiness.Walking around the street for a while, he saw a nearby restaurant with bright flags, and there were many diners in it, so he went in and settled down for dinner.

The store clerk took a look, first welcomed him to sit at the empty table with a smile on his face, and then clearly articulated the names of the vegetarian dishes in the store one by one, asking him to refer to them, his expression and tone were very clever.Fang Tianzhi ordered different kinds of plain noodles and vegetarian dishes, and after he sang the names of the dishes, he asked kindly: "Ask the shopkeeper, where is Wan'an Temple?"

The man laughed and said, "Wan'an Temple is just to the west of the city. Has the Lord Buddha seen the pagoda far away? That's the pagoda of Wan'an Temple." Seeing Fang Tianzhi's handsome and striking appearance, he felt a little fond of Fang Tianzhi, so he couldn't help but say a few more words, " Wan'an Temple used to be good, and the incense was very strong, but recently many monks lived there, all of them were vicious and vicious, and one of them was unhappy, and casually killed passers-by. Not only that, this group of people also often abducted women into the temple for fun. If you have enough, you will let people back. If the master wants to pay homage to the Buddha, you should not go there in the near future, so as not to run into them and lose your life."

When Fang Tianzhi heard this, he thought to himself that these monks were probably sent by the imperial court to guard the martial arts people in the Central Plains.However, we still need to go to Wan'an Temple to find out what it is.Thinking of this, he thanked the waiter first, and after a hasty meal, he headed west of the city.

The western part of the city is full of decent residential buildings, but the denser houses become rarer as you go towards Wan'an Temple. The vermilion walls in the wide alleys are criss-crossed, and the green trees in the middle are like smoke, covering the eaves and corners of the many houses, making it hard to know the depth.Fang Tianzhi walked all the way, and saw only one or two solemn doors in some alleys, obviously the residences of high-ranking officials and nobles.Wan'an Temple is located in the city, its scale is grand, and there are many relatives of the emperor around, so its status in this metropolis is quite high.

Fang Tianzhi was walking on the road, dressed very low-key, wearing a bamboo hat, wearing sandals, and the indigo monk robe on his body was also worn out.This appearance is not conspicuous in the noisy place, but now that he is gradually approaching the place where the Mongolian nobles live, and he sees a lot of aliens, it is a bit dazzling, so he uses light skills along the way, avoiding people, After a while, I came to the outside of Wan'an Temple.He looked in front of the door from a distance, and sure enough, he rarely saw pilgrims entering the temple to offer incense. In such a large jungle temple, it looked a little sparsely populated.

Just at this time, a group of chariots and horses came running not far away. Fang Tianzhi turned sideways and took a step to avoid the corner. He saw a total of seventeen or eight people who came, and the first were two red-robed monks. Steady, vigorous and evenly paced, it is obvious that the internal strength is not shallow.Five or six carriages followed behind them, and beside the carriages were guards on horseback with knives, as if some important person was sitting on them.

Fang Tianzhi saw the deep mud prints on the ruts, and the people who came here were all travel-stained, so he guessed that the team of horses and chariots came from outside the city.Looking at its direction, they seemed to be entering the city from the south gate, and he happened to miss it.The chariots and horses stopped at the main gate of Wan'an Temple, and four monks immediately came out from inside to lead the way.The knight next to the carriage turned over, opened the door immediately, and kept waving to urge people to get out of the carriage.Not long after, dozens of Han women got off the carriage one after another, half of them were dressed as nuns.Fang Tianzhi looked at them one by one, and unexpectedly saw Ding Minjun and Bei Jinyi among them, but they were just like the others with vain steps and an angry look on their faces.

Those who wanted to come to the Emei School were also poisoned and arrested.Fang Tianzhi thought of this, and suddenly saw a graceful snow-green figure coming out of the last carriage.He froze for a moment, then fixed his eyes again, but saw that the person was a young girl, with a graceful and elegant appearance, soft and charming, but it was not Ji Xiaofu.He couldn't help but relax, but the girl didn't notice it, she turned around on her own, and respectfully helped out a grey-robed old nun with a gloomy expression from the car, it was undoubtedly Miejue Shitai.

The four foreign monks who came to meet them saw the girl's extraordinary color, and their faces immediately showed interest. They gathered their heads together and said something, then shook their heads, showing that they were not interested, and escorted everyone from the Emei Sect into the room with a cold face. Go to the temple gate.Fang Tianzhi ran silently along the wall for a while, and when he could no longer hear anyone's voice, he stepped lightly on his feet, and immediately flew over the wall and landed in a green shade.

Under the cover of the tree shadow, he quietly shuttled through the forest, and after a while, he bypassed a four-story hall, and saw from a distance that the people of the Emei Sect, led by the fan monk, passed through the Zhumen on a horizontal wall in the distance, and headed for the backyard. up.

Fang Tianzhi saw that there was no one around, so he flew to the wall and leaped over it.After entering the backyard of Wan'an Temple, besides the monks' meditation rooms, there are many Buddhist houses built around. The white stone path is planted with fragrant flowers and green grass, which is very elegant and quiet.There were few people here, he was worried about being noticed, so he followed for a while, then got into a green bamboo grove beside the road to cover himself, and the crowd got farther and farther away, gradually approaching the thirteen-storey tower.

Fang Tianzhi was hiding in the bamboo grove far away, only to see one of the monks walking to the front of the pagoda and calling for the door.As soon as the pagoda door was opened, several foreign monks came out immediately.The two sides negotiated, and counted the number of Emei sect members, and escorted them into the tower one by one.When it was Miejue Shitai's turn, a monk thought she was walking very slowly, so he pushed her shoulder impatiently, Juejue was furious, and slapped him on the hand.That monk's martial arts are considered high-strength, but unexpectedly, he was shot by this old nun who had no inner strength. He wanted to fight back immediately, and Juejue stood in front of the tower without fear, as if he would see death as his home. meaning.

The monk raised his palm and was about to drop it, but he heard the companion beside him utter nonsense loudly, his expression hesitated again, and after a while, his face was cloudy, and he pushed Miejue into the tower gate, but he didn't make a move Harmful.

When Fang Tianzhi saw this, he felt relieved.If other people are here, if the monk intends to kill someone, he will always come to his rescue, but in this way, his whereabouts will inevitably be exposed, and the guards at Wan'an Temple will become stricter by then, making it even more difficult to save people.

After the few red-robed monks left together, Fang Tianzhi looked at the tower, and saw countless railings on it, and there were faint people walking around in the shadow of the window.He was unfamiliar with the environment in the pagoda, if he went in rashly to investigate, he would definitely alarm the guards, so he refrained from acting rashly and prepared to leave the temple first before making any plans.Just at this time, a flute sound suddenly came from the depths of the bamboo grove.

Fang Tianzhi was curious for a while, he really didn't know how there was a woman playing the flute in this temple.After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly recalled the shop assistant's words, thinking that maybe it was the poor woman trapped here by the monk.Although it is temporarily impossible to save the martial arts colleagues, it is not difficult to rescue a woman from the sea of ​​suffering.With this in mind, he went looking for the sound of the flute.

Not long after, the sound of the flute became clearer, Fang Tianzhi quietly approached, and suddenly saw a delicate bamboo pavilion with octagonal cornices among the green jade bushes.Several layers of green gauze like cicada's wings were hung on the pavilion, and a man was sitting in it playing the flute.The shadow of the gauze is hazy, although the flute player does not have a face, but his figure is extremely clear and slim, no doubt she is a woman.

Fang Tianzhi looked around, and couldn't help frowning, because there were two rows of well-behaved monks standing in the distance of the bamboo pavilion, and there were three or four attendants standing by the nearby side.With his level of martial arts, one can tell at a glance that these people are all rare martial arts masters in the Jianghu.At that moment, a red-haired and black-robed Toutuo on the left side of the gazebo turned his head slightly. Fang Tianzhi saw him at a glance and recognized that he was the Toutuo who besieged Shaolin Temple that day.Since he is here, it is self-evident who the person in the pavilion is.

Fang Tianzhi was slightly vigilant in his heart, and his eyes swept across the bamboo shadows in the distance, but he didn't see the figure of Xuan Ming.At this time, two middle-aged men walked quickly from the direction Na Toutuo looked at.The two walked to the side of the pavilion, bowed down respectfully and slightly, their expressions were very nervous.The flute sounded endlessly, so they just waited quietly, not daring to make a sound.

Fang Tian looked away when he didn't see anyone.His martial arts are profound, even if he can't beat these many people, he can come and go freely without any hindrance, so he wants to hide and stay still, to see what Zhao Min's arrangement is here.As soon as he calmed down, he listened to the sound of the flute again, and he felt more and more tender in it, and he was hesitant to speak. He couldn't help but feel that standing here listening to Zhao Min's children's thoughts was really a bit weird.I only hope that she will finish playing a piece as soon as possible, so that the two subordinates can listen to the performance.

After a while, the sound of the flute quietly stopped.The breeze blew by, and the yellow leaves were rustling, like a whisper. Zhao Min listened to the flute in the pavilion, and sighed softly.No one dared to make a sound, which made the sigh more like resentment or admiration.She sat quietly for a while, and a man in green shirt outside the pavilion said with a smile: "The princess has all six skills, and she can easily sing a song, which makes people feel heartbroken."

Zhao Min's voice seemed to be smiling, but he said casually, "Does Mr. Zhu know how to play the flute?"

The man surnamed Zhu had a fair face and was bookish. He heard the words and said humbly: "I'm a rough man in the Jianghu, and I don't understand half of it. But listening to the flute of the princess, I can think of some memories of the past, and I feel very emotional. It can be seen that the flute of the princess is already It's almost seven or eight points."

Zhao Min didn't want to have a deep talk with his subordinates, and didn't want to ask him about the past, he just said: "The sound of the flute is perfect, even if I have devoted myself to this way for many years, how can it be compared to the sound of bamboo coming from the wind at Shicai?"

The man surnamed Zhu said: "The princess is elegant."

Zhao Min paused, then smiled slightly: "Speaking of the sound of bamboo, I have seen a plaque inscribed on it, saying that it is like rain like a tide. Looking at characters and thinking about people, the owner of the characters must have a romantic spirit. It's a pity that later generations are mediocre. It's unbearable."

Mr. Zhu replied with a smile: "What a noble person the princess is, I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who can see it."

Zhao Min sighed lightly, and said mockingly, "I recognized someone like that at the right time." She paused, and said softly, "It's just that in his eyes, I'm afraid that people like me are nothing. When she said this, she fell silent again, not knowing what she was thinking.The man surnamed Zhu suddenly heard her vaguely reveal a little bit of worry, so he didn't dare to say more, so he stopped talking.

When Fang Tianzhi heard this, he couldn't help being stunned.

This... the person she mentioned, why does it sound like a poor monk?

She is playing the flute here, is she also thinking about the poor monk? !

This is awkward!

During the moment when Master Fang was in a daze, Zhao Min suddenly asked the two people outside the pavilion coldly: "What happened on the road?" Hearing her voice, he seemed to see the expressions of the two people, and he knew the matter half or six.

The two men knelt down tremblingly, and said: "The princess is aware, there is no news from Shaolin Temple so far."

Zhao Min suddenly stood up from the pavilion: "What did you say?" She took two steps in the shadow of the green gauze, suddenly threw the teacup on the table towards the two of them, and asked in a cold voice, "What is a little tea?" Any news? Can't you even look down on a few monks who have lost their internal strength?!"

One of the men didn't dare to hide, he was drenched in tea, and said cautiously: "It's true...it's true that there is no news so far, I'm afraid the three of Bubulsi have already..."

Zhao Min said disgustedly: "It's fine to die outside, even if I come back, I will kill him!" She was silent for a long time, then suddenly shouted angrily, "Trash!" Because of her panic, these words seemed a bit girlish So squeamish.But her subordinates didn't dare to think like this, they were still very scared in their hearts, they knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move.

Zhao Min glanced at them from the corner of his eye, calmed down, and asked: "Have you sent someone to Shaolin Temple to investigate? Have you sent someone to look for traces along the planned route?"

The man immediately agreed: "This subordinate will send someone to investigate."

Zhao Min said: "Roll." After finishing speaking, she reached out to touch the teacup on the table, but found nothing, and became upset, she simply threw the teapot to the ground.Porcelain shattered all over the ground, and she stepped out of the pavilion in a huff.

The green gauze brushed over her ivory gauze shirt, and the hem fluttered until her slender waist was about to break, and her bones were graceful.I saw half of her beautiful face and snowy face, pearls shining in her sandalwood hair, and a string of white jade bell orchids tied on her back in braids, and her movements were jingling, which was really melodious.She regained her girlish appearance, as if compared to a man's dress, she was more splendid, beautiful and domineering.

The two subordinates who came to report the letter did not dare to stare at her, they all lowered their heads to get out of the way, Zhao Min didn't even look at them, holding the green flute in his hand, he said coldly: "Go back to the palace."

Fang Tianzhi waited for the crowd to disperse for a while before leaving Wan'an Temple in secret.It was still early at this time, and he deliberately followed Zhao Min to explore the layout of the Ruyang Palace. He was meditating, when someone not far away suddenly shouted in surprise: "Master!"

Fang Tianzhi followed the sound, but saw a young man in a tea robe and tied hair staring at him. He had thick eyebrows and handsome eyes, his appearance was very handsome, and his facial features were vaguely familiar.He thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Is it Zhang's little benefactor?"

Zhang Wuji caught up with him in two steps, and said with a smile, "That's right, it's me!"