Suzaku

: A Small Bet

Mountain Gate Guardian

As soon as these four words came out, not only Zhu Yingsou turned pale with shock, but even the monks in the Guiyuan Temple who had never been aware of the inside story in the hall showed shock and joy, and even the young master who had been calm all the time also had a slight shock on his shoulder.

Zhu Yingsou pondered for a long time, seeming to let go of the surprise in his heart, and then said after consideration: “The Buddhist sect has not had a Dharma protector for sixty years. I don’t know which time this Dharma protector Yi made meritorious deeds in the dojo.”

Only then did Yi Tianxing know that he wanted to be a Dharma protector at the mountain gate, and he even wanted to open a Daochang. He couldn’t help but twitched his lips and thought to himself: “Opening a Daochang, is it that the Dharma protectors of the Daoist Temple are all destined to die, so the Buddhist eminent monks simply opened the Daochang in advance Transcendence”

Master Bin Ku naturally didn’t know what he was thinking, and replied to Zhu Yingsou indifferently: “It’s a secret that Yi Jushi protects the Dharma of my Buddhist sect. If it wasn’t for some misunderstanding with the noble sect, I wouldn’t dare to tell it easily. ” After pondering for a while, he said: “After two months, the brothers and sisters from the Meiling Cottage in the Southern Lingyin of the North Famen will come to Guiyuan Temple to preside over this matter. .”

Yi Tianxing shook his head in admiration, thinking that what the old monk said was beautiful, if it weren’t for you Ji Xiangtian being aggressive, this is a major event among us monks, why should I let you know that since I let you know, it is already a great favor, Don’t you know how to advance or retreat in auspicious days? I have Famen Temple in the north, Lingyin Temple in the south, and the Meiling Cottage, a secular branch handed down by the sixth patriarch Huineng. Even if you go there for three days, you can count them Count how many bald heads there are in the world besides prisons, each of these bald heads spits on you Amitabha, see if you can bear it

At this moment, the young master put his hands behind his back again, clasped his slender and clean fingers lightly, and said softly: “It turns out that Mr. Yi is actually a Dharma protector of the Buddhist sect, and he has a lot of background. He has offended me a lot earlier.

This is the first time he spoke to Yi Tianxing in Guiyuan Temple today.

Yi Tianxing felt a little flattered for no reason, and immediately felt that he was a bit cheap, so he couldn’t help but replied with a wry smile: “Your Majesty, what are your orders?”

The young master said quietly: “Since Mr. Yi is the protector of the Buddhist sect, he is naturally not a monster. However, the whereabouts of my disciple Zong Si will always fall on you. I don’t know how you plan to deal with it.”

Yi Tianxing is also a smart person, knowing that the young master saw Guiyuan Temple in his early days at this time, so he directly confronted himself. He touched his nose and said quietly: “I don’t know whether Zong Si is dead or alive. Even if he passed away unfortunately, I can only express my condolences. After all, it was his fault. Although I’ve been in the world for a long time, boy, I don’t know the supernatural powers of the noble family, but I also heard that the noble family’s rules are strict and it is strictly forbidden to hurt the worldly people, since Zong Si has already violated the rules of the family, he can’t blame me for punishing him.”

The young master sighed faintly and said: “Zong Si is a man with a proud heart. After seeing you that day,” he suddenly stopped talking, and instead said, “Where is the Kunlun goblin fire now? This fire is the fire in the heart of the earth. Yin, has the ability to gather fire, and it is what I lean on in my auspicious repair tool. Three days ago, Mr. Yi returned the bronze oil lamp to our family, but there is nothing in the lamp. Please also give it to Mr. Yi.

Yi Tianxing frowned, and found that the young master’s speech was much more polite than when he first entered the temple, but he thought that the fire of the Kunlun goblin had already been swallowed by his own fire bird son, and he seemed to have indigestion. Now that I want to hand it over by myself, do I have to cut Huo Niao’s son’s round belly in two? I couldn’t help but smile wryly: “There was a fight in the forest that day, after Zong Si was defeated, the goblin’s fire suddenly burned above the forest, I don’t know where to go.”

He thought to himself that the woods outside the fish pond had indeed been burned by himself once, so he could lie like this, and he could hide it from the other party.

Unexpectedly, when the young master heard this, he sighed again. The black Chinese tunic suit was pressed tightly against his body, and he looked even colder at this moment.

Yi Tianxing didn’t know where he got the wrong answer, and said with a smile: “This matter is reckless, please forgive me.”

The young master turned sideways suddenly, and said softly: “Guardian Yi, this matter will eventually come to an end.”

Yi Tianxing heard him call himself a Dharma protector, knew that something was coming, and said with a smile: “Please tell me.”

“Let’s make another bet.” The little boy said softly.

At this time, the sun had already reached the atrium, the branches all over the yard combed the sunlight slightly, and the light spots on the slate shone lightly. The young master turned to one side, his white and jade-like chin was illuminated by the faint light, and he was extremely beautiful. Clear the word re in the middle of “Let’s make another bet”.

If he could hear clearly at this time, perhaps he would be able to guess who this young master is. Perhaps, the story in the future will not be so interesting, and it may not be so thrilling.

“Have you ever been to Wudang Mountain?” the young master asked softly.

“No.” Yi Tianxing replied, but he didn’t know what this handsome young man was thinking.

The little boy’s hat covered most of his face, only showing his pale lips, which seemed to be smiling: “What a coincidence, I have never been there either. Mr. Yi, would you be interested in visiting Wudang with me?”

Yi Tianxing frowned and waited for the next word.

“Our bet is that whoever goes to Wudang Mountain first to light the dragon head incense in front of the Golden Palace will win.”

The emerald peaks of Wudang Mountain are like the undulating waves of the sea, mixed with movement and stillness. There are many streams in the green trees and dense forests, and the scenery is empty amidst the towering peaks and rocks. It is a famous Taoist mountain in China and a tourist attraction.

The original name of Wudang Mountain was Taihe Mountain, but the reason for changing its name to Wudang came from a sentence: “It is not enough to be worthy of real martial arts.” Wudang Taoism is the original dojo of Emperor Zhenwu, so it is very different from other famous Taoist mountains in China. Among the many Taoist immortals enshrined in Laojunshi and even in the Golden Temple, the “Three Qings” and “Four Royals” are not so important, but the most prominent position is the God of Xuantian and Zhenwu.

According to folklore, when Emperor Zhenwu ascended to the sky, he was embraced by five dragons, and the ceiling scattered like rain filling the valley, and the grand scene of the fairyland suddenly appeared in the Wudang Mountains. Li Bai, who loved to drink in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in his poem: Ni is the clothes and the wind For horses, the kings of clouds come down one after another; the tigers and drums come back to the carriage, and the immortals line up like hemp

In ancient Chinese mythology, there are gods guarding the east, west, north, south and four directions. Zhenwu is the god who guards the north. The ancients imagined the northern stars as the image of turtles and snakes intertwined, which is called Xuanwu. The land of true martial arts in Wudang Mountain is this man.

The Dragon Head Incense mentioned by the young master is next to the cliff outside the Wanshou Palace in Nanyan, Wudang Mountain. There is a stone beam on which a dragon is carved. The dragon is the mount of Emperor Xuanwu in legend, and it is said that Emperor Xuanwu often rode it around before ascending to heaven.

And a censer is carved on the top of the dragon head stone beam, which is the “leader incense”.

Since ancient times, when pilgrims came to Wudang, some people risked their lives to burn dragon head incense in order to show their piety. This thin stone beam grew out of the cliff, hanging in the air without bottom, and the surrounding mountain wind howled, and it was enough to stand alone. It is extremely impossible, not to mention burning a long stick of incense, so countless pilgrims fell to their deaths from the rock.

It was not until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty that a filial son forcibly climbed on the dragon head beam to light incense in order to pray for his long-sick old mother, but unfortunately fell to his death. Monument warning. According to the inscription, the gods are merciful, and the sincerity is the spirit. Pilgrims don’t have to climb the cliffs to burn incense to worship the gods; so don’t repeat the same mistakes and destroy precious lives.

Only fools are happy to light the dragon head incense. :