Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 230
The long night is still young, and the conversation in the cabin is not over yet.

Seeing the muskmelon touching the old memories, Kong Ru patted the top of her head lightly. "The unreal dharma arises from conditions. The real dharma does not arise from conditions. Without conditions, there will be no harmony, without harmony, there will be no birth, and without birth, there will be no extinction..."

Xianggua raised her head, "Fourth Master... what are you talking about? I don't understand..."

Master Kongru smiled and said: "When you grow up a bit, you will gradually understand the true meaning of those Zen verses. Well, you don't want to know why the third brother and I can become your masters?" Are you from the same sect? Then sit down quickly and listen to what your master continues to say."

Taoist Xianguan continued: "When I brought the two of them back to the teacher's school, I also thought about taking them as disciples in the future, but your grand master refused. If you are greedy for more, you will only grant me "Chexu" and the second junior brother "Glancing at the Bone", and plan to save the remaining two volumes of "Jue Wen" and "Strategy Array" for the future, when the two of them grow up. Since then, the two of them have become my younger brothers and younger sisters. Wu Sheng likes to read books, so he considers himself a Confucian scholar; Kong Ru likes to study Buddhism since he was a child, so he practiced Zen as a Buddhist monk."

"Amitabha." Kongru Master said, "Senior Sect Master's kindness to us two is re-created by kindness."

"That's right!" Hua said silently, "Shortly after we got started, the master passed away. In those years, it was the senior elder brother who taught us skills while raising us as adults. So for the two of us, although senior elder brother sect master They are from the same sect, but in fact they are both master and father!"

Xianggua asked again: "Didn't I, Uncle Feng, teach you?"

Master Kong Ru said: "At that time, Second Senior Brother was not in the door."

"Not in the door?" Xianggua wondered, "Where did Uncle Feng go?"

Tao Xianguan said humanely: "Not long after your grand master passed away, the second younger brother left the sect to protect the 'Xuanyuan Tianshu' in the scripture tube. There is a saying that 'the great hermit lives in the city', so he went straight to the capital. "

Feng Shendao: "Master, how did the scripture tube return to the sect at the end?"

Taoist Xianguan's eyes flashed brightly, "Your father and I sneaked into the Heavenly King's Palace and snatched it back. And I lost my left eye at that time."

Taoist Xianguan had scars all over his face, Feng Shen knew that he must have encountered great danger, so he didn't dare to ask, but just stayed silent.

Taoist Xianguan was stunned for a while, and then said: "The greatest hatred in your grand master's life is that the 'Xuanyuan Tianshu' was cheated by Hong Renkun. The treasure of this sect must be taken, not to mention that it is the skin of Master Yanhui's dharma body. The second junior brother and I made up our minds to fulfill our long-cherished wish for your grand master, so we studied martial arts day and night, cold and hot. In the third year of Tongzhi, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s luck was exhausted, and the Qing army besieged Tianjing heavily. The second junior brother and I felt that When the opportunity came, I told your Grand Master to take advantage of the chaos and go to the royal palace that day to look for the Buddhist scriptures. At that time, the two armies were attacking and defending, and it was a fierce confrontation. Outside Tianjing, there was continuous artillery fire and arrows. It took a lot of trouble to get to the bottom of the city. At that time, the Taiping army guarding the city was so jealous that anyone who didn't have long hair would rush to kill them. The two of us just wanted to find I don’t want to be involved in the battle between the two sides. The second junior brother has braids in the back of his head, and I have long hair because of Taoism. So I asked the second junior brother to stay outside the city to help, and I let the second junior brother loose my hair in a bun. After dressing up as the Taiping Army, they sneaked into the city secretly."

Xianggua asked: "Master, what happened next?"

Taoist Xianguan said: "Later, I found the Tianwang Palace. At that time, most of the guards in the palace were transferred to guard the city, so it was not too troublesome to sneak into the palace. However, the palace was huge that day, and I didn't know it. I didn't find Hong Renkun's bedroom until late at night. At that time, Hong Renkun was dying of illness, and I was about to rush in to ask him about the whereabouts of the 'Xuanyuan Tianshu', but unexpectedly a thin man came, with a fifteen-year-old man beside him. Six-year-old child."

Xianggua wondered, "Who are those two?"

Taoist Xianguan said: "I found out later that the man is the loyal king Li Xiucheng, and that child is Hong Tianguifu, the eldest son of Hong Renkun."

Feng Shen said: "Presumably that night, the master just caught up with Hong Renkun Tuogu."

"That's right," Taoist Xianguan said again, "Seeing that Hong Renkun wanted to take care of his orphans, I thought that after all, the survival of thousands of Taiping troops is at stake, and there is no need to be in a hurry to get back the 'Xuanyuan Tianshu'. So I hid in the Outside the hall, look inside through the crack of the window. I saw that Hong Renkun was lying on the bed with an empty wine glass at the foot of the bed. Seeing the two people come in, Hong Renkun took out a few things from the quilt."

Feng Shen said: "Then the scripture tube is also in it?"

Taoist Xianguan nodded and said, "Besides the Buddhist scripture tube, there is also a gold medal and a booklet."

Feng Shen frowned, "Booklet? Could it be... Master, didn't you say that Hong Renkun didn't have time to transcribe "Strategy Array"?"

Taoist Xianguan said: "It is indeed not a copy of "Strategy Array", but the "Secret Technique Treasure Book" recorded by Hong Renkun to deceive the eyes. After handing those three things to Hong Tianguifu, Hong Renkun said that the scriptures contained in the tube , is the sacred object 'Xuanyuanjue', as long as it is there, the kingdom of heaven will have a comeback day, but without the key, it must not be opened by force. Hong Tianguifu asked him how to open the scripture cylinder, but because Li Xiucheng was by his side , Hong Renkun refused to say it for a long time. Later Li Xiucheng understood and hurriedly avoided it, but after such a delay, Hong Renkun suddenly bled from the corner of his mouth and could no longer speak. Li Xiucheng was shocked, and hurriedly picked up the wine glass at the foot of the bed and sniffed it. Only then did I realize that Hong Renkun had already drank the poisoned wine for fear of the city being destroyed and being captured. Before he died, Hong Renkun pointed to the gold medal, opened his mouth a few times, and died."

Xianggua said angrily: "It's really time for him to die, neither sooner nor later, but he died when he was talking about how to open the tube!"

Taoist Xianguan sighed: "Perhaps the opportunity has not come yet. But when I saw him pointing at the gold medal, I thought it must be related to the key of the scripture cylinder. I didn't care about it, so I broke into the hall. I found me When they came in, Li Xiucheng and Hong Tianguifu turned pale with shock. I went straight to the point and said bluntly that Hong Renkun tricked Hong Renkun into taking away the contents of the scriptures, and asked them to return them. Li Xiucheng started to fight. Li Xiucheng is a person who marches and fights, but he is far from my opponent when it comes to fists and kicks. I subdued Li Xiucheng a few times, and then snatched the scripture tube and the gold medal from Hong Tianguifu The book "Secret Art Treasure Book" was Hong Renkun's painstaking effort, so I left it to Hong Tianguifu. I covered the scripture tube and gold medal on my body and planned to leave, but at that time, God There was a loud noise outside the palace."

Xianggua said: "Master, what's the matter with that loud noise?"

Taoist Xianguan said: "That's the sound of the Qing army blasting the city wall with gunpowder. Li Xiucheng has been in the battlefield for a long time, and as soon as he heard that sound, he knew that the Qing army had broken the city. He didn't care about entanglement with me, and immediately betrayed Hong Tiangui Fu wanted to run away. Seeing his loyal guardian, I felt pity for him, and thought that even though Hong Renkun was wrong in every possible way, he was still fighting against the Qing Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, so I followed, intending to save the two of them. Leaving the city. After Li Xiucheng learned about it, he was very grateful to me. He asked me to send Hong Tianguifu to Guangde, Anhui, but he returned to the city himself and picked up the remnants to fight the Qing army to the death. Not long after I left the city, I was surrounded by a large group of Qing soldiers. During the melee, a row of feathered arrows came from the Qing soldiers. In order to protect Hong Tiangui, I blocked him with my body. As a result, I was hit by several arrows in the face, and one of them was shot. It got into the left eye. Seeing that he was about to lose, the second junior brother suddenly came over, and the two of us worked together to kill the Qing soldiers, and finally brought that Hong Tian Guifu out of Tianjing."

Xianggua asked: "Then what happened to Hong Tianguifu?"

Xian Guandao said humanely: "He was just frightened at that time, but he was safe and sound. In response to the entrustment of others, I dare not break my promise, so I made an agreement with Li Xiucheng with my second junior brother, and asked him to fulfill the promise on my behalf. The second junior brother was worried about me, so he bandaged my wound first, then carried me all the way, and escorted Hong Tianguifu to Guangde. When we got there, we handed Hong Tianguifu to the Taiping Army in the city, and then we took the scripture tube and Gold medal, return to the teacher's door and report."

Xianggua was full of respect, "Master, you and Uncle Feng are really good! It is also thanks to you who kept your word that Hong Renkun has a future..."

Taoist Xianguan shook his head and sighed: "Although Hong Tianguifu arrived in Guangde, he died not long after."

"Ah?" Xianggua wondered, "Didn't he not be injured at the time? How did he die?"

Taoist Xianguan said: "It's like this. After arriving in Guangde, Hong Tianguifu traveled to many places under the protection of the Taiping Army. But at that time, the Taiping Army everywhere was defeated and could not resist the attack of the Qing soldiers. So several A month later, Hong Tianguifu was captured in Guangchang, Jiangxi, and then taken to the city of Cao Lingchi for execution."

Xianggua shivered, "Ah, isn't Ling Chi a thousand blows? He died so badly...By the way, Master, how is that Li Xiucheng?"

(End of this chapter)