The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 229
At sunset, the mountains are far away, and the cold white houses are poor.

Chaimen smelled the bark of the dog, and the snowy night returned to others.

- Liu Changqing (Tang Dynasty)

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Taifu Xu lived in Shaolin Temple for more than ten days, drinking tea and discussing Taoism with Abbot Kongjian and other elders every day, it was very pleasant.

Bai Fu followed Taifu Xu and listened to eminent monks preaching scriptures, which benefited a lot.

In terms of martial arts, the elders of Bodhidharma Academy and Luohan Hall also made an exception to select some classic moves from the 72 stunts such as Vajra Subduing Demon Fist, One-finger Zen and Vimalakirti Body Technique, and taught them to Bai Fu to make up for Bai Fu's fists and feet. Lack of skill.

However, due to the strong opposition of the Kongka elders, these elders only passed on the fist moves to Bai Fu, and did not pass on the heart of these moves to Bai Fu.

And the treasures in Shaolin martial arts - Tripitaka, Yijinjing, Xisuijing and other classics are kept silent.

Elder Kongka’s reasons are: First, without the control of Buddhism, these martial arts are beneficial and harmless, and the Japanese pirates are a lesson from the past.

Second, passing Shaolin 72 stunts to disciples outside Shaolin violates the precepts of the ancestors.

Elder Kongka's opinion has also been supported by the majority of elders.

Bai Fu knew that killing Hojo Katsuki by mistake was the real reason for Elder Kongka's move.But if you give yourself another chance, you won't be soft.

Bai Fu hated the Japanese because Hojo Emon hijacked Tang Li and Emei stole books.

Bai Fu neither regretted nor bowed his head to admit his mistake to Elder Kongjia.Heart said: "Uncle Jiang has repeatedly warned Datang that the Japanese are wolves with ambition. If you don't believe it, you will suffer in the future."

Elder Kongka and Elder Kongjian have always been friends and respected the head of the sect, but this time they insisted on going their own way.Seeing the elders sigh secretly, Kong didn't try to persuade the elders any more.

He faced Master Xu in private, and sighed: "I hoped that after the Great Era, I could leave something more for Shaolin. However, most of the elders have deep views on the sect, and the secret of Bodhidharma Patriarch's shadow wall printing can be restored, and cannot be made public.

Anyway, everything is fate.

I have taught Buddhism all my life, and advised everyone to separate themselves and realize themselves, so that countless people can be saved.Unexpectedly, in the end, I couldn't let go of it and fell into a trap.

In fact, there is no such thing as "Shaolin", it's just an obsession of mine.In this life, I am bound by the word "head of the door" and cannot be freed. "

When my master passed away, he said: "Silly boy, what is Shaolin?"Destroy it with a stick, destroy the ruins, and the world will be peaceful. '

If you can't break it, you can't stand it, such a great wisdom, I just understand it today.

I will never be able to catch up with him in my life, and I hope that I can continue to practice with my master when I arrive in the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss..."

Xu Taifu heard it, put his hands together, and said: "The words of the master are thought-provoking. Like white clouds in the sky, they will last forever."

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On this day, the imperial court came to report quickly.Seeing Taifu Xu, the meteor scout got off his horse.In the quiet room, Xiang Taifu played secretly alone.

After Xu Taifu heard this, his face turned pale and he kept silent.

After a stick of incense, Xu Taifu looked as usual.He ordered Zi Che Li and others to quickly pack their luggage and set off immediately.Xu Taifu reluctantly bid farewell to Abbot Kong Jian, and rushed to Xiangzhou with Bai Fu and others.

Something happened to Xiangzhou!
Previously, the reason why Taifu Xu arrived at Shaolin Temple a few days later than Abbot Lekong was because of a witchcraft and supernatural incident in Xiangzhou before leaving.The people of Xiangzhou were in panic, and rumors spread everywhere, and the prefect of Xiangzhou reported the matter to the court.The holy emperor ordered Xu Taifu to go to Xiangzhou to investigate and deal with it.

It turned out that the local people discovered a lot of tortoise shell and animal bones recently during farming. What's more strange is that these tortoise shell and animal bones are also engraved with strange and mysterious symbols.

Rumors spread among the people that these carved tortoise shells and animal bones are ghost charms used by King Yama to claim his life!There are visions on the ground, and a catastrophe is approaching.The people in Xiangzhou fled one after another together with the old and the young.The prefect of Xiangzhou beheaded several monsters who confuse the people and incite troubles in the name of deceiving the public.However, the rumors have been repeatedly banned, and have been quietly spread from Xiangzhou to the point of shaking the country.

The Holy One was furious, dismissed the prefect of Xiangzhou for investigation, and sent him to prison for questioning.Order Xu Taifu and the new prefect to go to Xiangzhou to investigate and deal with it.

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After Xu Taifu arrived in Xiangzhou, he asked the guards to present the tortoise shell and animal bones engraved with mysterious symbols.The guards dared not touch the tortoise shell and animal bones with their hands, put them into a copper plate, covered it with a red cloth, and brought the copper plate up with fear.

Taifu Xu looked at these nail pieces carefully, and he could probably tell that they were tortoise shells and cow's shoulder blades.On the hard tortoise shell or animal bone, the symbol of sincerity is engraved with a knife.

How could there be inscribed marks on the ancient bones? Taifu Xu was quite curious. When he looked carefully, the more he looked, the more he felt that these were unusual inscribed marks.

Xu Taifu wrote several letters in handwriting, and invited a great Confucianist in Luoyang who has a long history of research on inscriptions on inscriptions.During the waiting period, Xu Taifu ordered people to clean all the tortoise shell and animal bones that could be collected, and put them in the sun to dry.

The Great Confucianists received the Taifu's handwriting and immediately set out on the road, non-stop, and came to Xiangzhou one after another.According to the research and textual research of this batch of tortoise shell and animal bones, its shape is neither seal nor seal, and it should be an ancient script that has never been seen in the world.

The lines of the text are mostly straight lines, straight down and straight up, slightly thicker in the middle, and slightly thinner at both ends, making it look thin and straight.

The glyphs are mainly rectangular, combining square and circle, opening and closing, more or less traces of pictographic pictures, simple and vivid, and lifelike, it should be the early Yin and Shang writing.Individual characters are similar to big and small seal scripts, so they should be guessable.

Judging from the arrangement of the characters on the tortoise shell, although there are changes in the density between the characters, the entire tortoise shell is lined with characters, the size is dependent, the left and right are corresponding, and they are patchwork.The structure of the handwriting, echoed in circles, and well-organized, should be the chapters that record the content.

Several great Confucian scholars were very excited. After several days and nights of non-stop textual research and review of literature and classics, they read out the names and posthumous names of several Yin kings. The area around Xiaotun in Xiangzhou is exactly the ruins of Yin Ruins recorded in ancient documents.

Xu Taifu hurriedly reported the matter to the court, and at the same time organized great Confucian scholars to translate oracle bone inscriptions.

After the arrangements were made, Taifu Xu rushed to Shaolin without stopping to deal with the Japanese Book of Humanity.

I thought this matter was over for the time being, waiting for the great Confucians to translate all the oracle bone inscriptions before reporting to the court, but I didn't expect that something strange happened halfway.

When we arrived in Xiangzhou, the sky was dark and it was almost dusk.Xu Taifu didn't care about rest, and after entering the city, he went straight to the Confucian Temple.Great Confucianists lived here, translating oracle bone inscriptions.

In front of the temple gate, hundreds of soldiers in bright armor, armed with knives and halberds, stood guard at the gate.

Xu Taifu snorted coldly, his gaze swept over the generals like lightning.The generals were silent like cicadas, not daring to raise their heads.

Xu Taifu ignored the generals and walked into the hall quickly.

As soon as Taifu Xu entered the temple gate, the bloody smell wafted into his nostrils, frightened groups of crows rose up on the ground, thumping and flying towards the eaves of the temple, making disturbing noises.

On the Confucian Temple Square, there were bloodstains and a horrible stench.It is conceivable that not long ago, there were heinous killing scenes here.

Xu Taifu stood alone in the middle of the square.At first, his face sank like water, and then, a line of clear tears slowly fell from his cheeks.

Bai Fu has known Tai Tuo for a long time, but he has never seen Tai Tuo like this.Just as Bai Fu was about to go forward to comfort him, Zi Che cracked his arms and shook his head lightly, signaling Bai Fu not to disturb the Tai Tuo, but to leave him alone.

After a while, Master Xu walked out of the temple gate slowly, boarding the carriage without looking at the generals.

The coachman let out a long cry, swung his whip and reined the horse, and the Taifu drove away at a gallop.

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(End of this chapter)