In the Shaolin Temple, Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu, and Duan Yu got up and shouted after eight bows: "Beggars help the disciples listen to the order!" From today onwards, Jiang Changyun will be the 19th generation of the leader of my beggar gang, and you should strictly abide by the gang rules and serve the country loyally! Today, it is the grudge between Xiao and the heroes of the world, you should step back quickly! ”

"No retreat!" Before his words fell, Jiang Changyun shouted loudly. "The beggars swear not to retreat! I helped the Qiao gang leader to unjustly accuse people of murder and murder for no reason, if the beggar gang disciples stand by and watch, how can they still gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future? We will not give up! ”

"That's right! Swear not to give up! Swear not to give up! The beggar disciples around Xiao Feng all looked firm and shouted in unison, and everyone looked sideways.

Xiao Feng cared about the inheritance of the beggar gang, and asked the beggar disciples to stay out of the matter several times, but the beggar gang disciples were righteous and would rather die. Xiao Feng was not a person who twisted it, but when he saw that the beggar helped his disciples treat him sincerely, he was grateful and inexplicably arrogant, and immediately laughed out loud: "Good brother! Today, we are under siege and will inevitably die, and we can advance and retreat together with our brothers, and Xiao will die without regrets! ”

Seeing that the senior monks of the Shaolin faction, the eighteen stick monks, and the thousands of martial arts heroes in the square gradually surrounded them, a tragic battle was about to break out. The Shaolin monk Huilun suddenly squeezed out of the crowd, pulling the sleeves of the apprentice Xuzhu and complaining bitterly. "Xuzhu, you have violated the precepts, how can you worship this Khitan thief again? Come back with me! "Although Huilun's martial arts are low, he finally cares about the master-apprentice relationship with Xuzhu and wants to save his life.

However, when Xu Zhu saw that Xiao Feng's heroic spirit forced the crowd to be gloomy, he was already very heartbroken; Seeing Duan Yu's feelings of righteousness and willingness to die together, he was even more excited. He admired such generosity and heroism in his heart, and immediately put life and death, safety and discipline, all behind him. At this time, seeing that the teacher who raised him was blaming, although he felt guilty, he did not regret what he had done, so he only said: "Master, when the apprentice bowed to the third brother on the Ethereal Peak that day, he also bowed to the eldest brother. The husband has a word, and the horse is difficult to chase......"

"Xuzhu, you are young and lack of experience. This Xiao Feng is a Khitan, cruel and vicious. Since you are a Shaolin disciple, how can you worship him? Don't come back soon! Before Xuzhu finished speaking, Xuan Nan couldn't help but interrupt him.

How do you know that Xu Zhu, who has always been extremely respectful to his master, said with a straight face at this time: "Master Xuan, the disciple has been walking down the mountain for several months, and I have never heard of my eldest brother's evil deeds!" ”

Xuzhu was originally a low-level disciple of Shaolin, and there was a difference of several generations with Xuan Nan, and over the years, Xuan Nan had long been accustomed to the situation that his disciples would enshrine what he said as Guigao, where could Xu Zhu be allowed to refute it? Hearing what Xuzhu said, he immediately raised his eyes and said angrily: "Your Xuanku Master Ancestor died at the hands of Xiao Feng......"

"Fang Cai beggar helped the disciple and said that the eldest brother was still at the border when Master Xuanku was killed. Master Bozu, the disciple thinks that there is something strange in it, it is better to let Qingsong confront the disciples of the beggar gang, don't misunderstand the good people! Xuzhu replied sincerely.

Xuzhu is pure and good by nature and does not know power and strategy, and everything he says is based on right and wrong, good and evil, and he has no heart, but he doesn't know that his words really made Xuan difficult to look upside down. The Shaolin faction is the leader of the Central Plains martial arts, and he has always been highly respected and respected, if he confronts him and confirms that Xiao Feng has nothing to do with Xuan Ku's death, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? I saw that Xuan Nan's face sank, and he said with a scheming measure: "Xuzhu, you are conceited martial arts, and you want to disobey the temple rules?" ”

Buddhism has always had the saying of "good drink" and "epiphany". When encountering some stupid disciples, under normal circumstances, the Shaolin sect only needs to "drink a lot" to that disciple, and he will have an "epiphany". If it is true that his qualifications are dull and unbearable, thinking that "two good drinks" should be able to make him change his mind. Occasionally, he meets a few disciples who are determined and unwilling to "have an epiphany", so after "three great drinks", he no longer has to worry about whether he can "have an epiphany". If it weren't for the strange but very clever martial arts of Xuzhu, the Shaolin law enforcement monk would have dragged him down to "drink", how could he fight with him here?

However, Xuzhu was really pedantic and couldn't understand the painstaking efforts of the Shaolin faction, so he only recited the Buddha in a low voice, and said stubbornly with his hands folded: "The disciple doesn't dare to disobey the temple rules, but ...... But...... That's not right......"

As soon as Xuzhu's voice fell, a long laugh suddenly came from the square, and a low and hoarse male voice sounded in the square.

"The Shaolin faction has gained a great reputation in the Central Plains martial arts, and it has never been based on reason, but on martial arts! Little monk, when will you understand this, when will you become an abbot! ”

Everyone on the field followed the prestige, only to see a masked gray-clothed old monk descending from the sky like a big peng, stepping on the heads and shoulders of many martial arts heroes, and landing in the center of the square, and the person who came was Xiao Yuanshan.

Xiao Feng was shocked when he saw Xiao Yuanshan, and was about to speak, but saw Xiao Yuanshan turn his head to look at Huilun, and sneered: "You monk don't know anything!" You are born a mediocre person, but you are destined to be a hero, what are you stopping him from doing? As he spoke, he slashed at Huilun with one palm.

Xuzhu knew the power of this understatement, and hurriedly pushed the master away. Listening to the sound of "snorting", the monk's robe behind Xuzhu was immediately split into a large slit by that palm, revealing the nine incense scars behind him.

Everyone was shocked by the one-armed old monk's martial arts, when they suddenly heard a woman's sharp voice shouting, "Slow! What's on your back? Everyone followed the prestige, but saw that Ye Erniang, who was known as the second among the "Four Evildoers" in the rivers and lakes, was crazy and rushed towards Xuzhu, screaming in a trembling voice. "My son...... O my son! ”

Seeing that the highly respected abbot Xuanci admitted in front of the heroes that he had killed Xiao Yuanshan's whole family by mistake, and committed adultery with Ye Erniang to give birth to a child, the heroes of the Central Plains felt that their faces were gloomy.

But it was Abbot Xuanci who reached the point where the mountains and rivers were exhausted, and finally showed the foundation of his ascetic Buddhism, and he no longer lingered in the honor and disgrace of life and death. Everyone saw that his face was as usual, and he said loudly with a frank heart: "Xuan Ci committed adultery, and as an abbot, the punishment is doubled. The law enforcement monk severely punished Xuan Ci with 200 sticks. Shaolin Temple's reputation is at stake, and it is not allowed to engage in malpractice. As he spoke, he knelt on the ground, facing the Buddha statue in the Daxiong Hall of Shaolin Temple, and lifted his monk's robe by himself, exposing his back.

The abbot of Shaolin Temple was punished in public, which was really appalling. The group of heroes looked at each other at a loss, and at this moment, gongs and drums suddenly sounded outside the mountain gate of Shaolin Temple, and a high voice shouted: "Give the matter and the five roads around Tokyo to observe that Lord Murong arrives, and the Shaolin monks quickly greet each other!" ”

Everyone saw thousands of armor-clad Great Song soldiers forming a phalanx and advancing neatly towards the temple. As soon as they entered the temple, they quickly divided into ten groups and divided the heroes on the field to guard them separately. Seeing these Song soldiers holding a black hole long/spear, the faces of the Song army were condensed and murderous, and they didn't dare to speak for a while, but only looked out of the mountain gate curiously.

After a while, several officials, large and small, walked in outside the mountain gate. The person at the head was wearing a purple regular robe, with a curved collar and big sleeves, a hood on his head, and leather shoes on his feet, and the person who came was Murong Fu. The Song Dynasty was an era of official positions. Seeing that Murong Fu was not only young and in a high position, but also looked like a jade, and the bundle around his waist seemed to be unsuffocating, they couldn't help but marvel at it. It can be said that just with Murong Fu's eyebrows and eyes, he has been shocked and admired, and his intuition is that Murong Fu is an "official" recognized by the world. However, looking at his cold temperament and eyes, everyone couldn't help but drums secretly in their hearts, and vaguely felt that this person Mo Yue was not easy to get along with.

In just a few breaths, Murong Fu came to the front of the square without squinting, surrounded by a group of red-robed and green-robed officials. There, there were already soldiers who entered the temple first to set up official chairs, and on both sides of the official case, two stacks of case files were piled high; In the middle of the official case, there is a pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and Murong Fu's official seal. Murong Fu sat down silently, wrinkled his eyebrows and glanced coldly at everyone on the field.

Seeing this, Xu Yue, the commander of Dengfeng County, who arrived with Murong Fu, hurriedly stood up and said in a loud voice: "Lord Murong in person, why don't you hurry up and see the courtesy?" ”

As soon as Xu Yue's words came out, there was an immediate uproar on the field. Although these martial arts heroes have no official positions and are considered commoners, they have heads and faces in the rivers and lakes, where are they willing to kneel a court official who is powerless?

However, before they could protest, Deng Baichuan, who led the troops, was already pale, and he scolded angrily: "Presumptuous! With a wave of his hand, ten soldiers with spears opened fire at the same time. Everyone could only hear a series of earth-shattering noises on the field, and another tower furnace on one side of the square was riddled with holes by the spear. "How dare you disobey?" Deng Baichuan said coldly.

Seeing that the long/spears in the hands of the thousands of soldiers pointed at him, the heroes of the Central Plains finally understood the truth that people had to bow their heads under the low eaves. After a while, whether it was a monk or a secular hero, a martial arts master or a rookie in the rivers and lakes, he reluctantly knelt down and shouted: "The grass people have seen adults!" ”

Even in this scene of kneeling, there were still several people standing upright. They are Dali Duan Zhengchun, Duan Yu father and son, Tubo national teacher Jiu Mozhi, Khitan Xiao Yuanshan and Xiao Feng.

Murong Fu glanced at them with a condensed expression, and finally spoke. "Why don't you kneel when you see this official?"

Gu Mozhi loves to be in the limelight, and he was the first to jump out and said proudly: "The poor monk is the lord of the Tubo country, who is the king of the Great Wheel Ming Dynasty, and is not under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"I see." Murong Fu arched his hand to Gu Mozhi and asked. "Since he is a national teacher of Tubo, can he have an identity seal? The master is in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, can he have a certificate of national credentials? ”

"This ......" Gu Mozhi came to the Great Song Dynasty to compete with the Central Plains martial arts and make a name for himself, not for state affairs. Since it is not for state affairs, there is naturally no national document. And with his martial arts, who would dare to check his identity seal? "Amitabha, the poor monk came in a hurry and never ......"

Before he finished speaking, Murong Fu already sneered and said coldly: "Interesting! Interesting! This person who pretends to be a monk and cheats people out of money has seen a lot of officials, and you are still the first one who dares to pretend to be the national teacher of Tubo! Without waiting for Gu Mozhi to react, he suddenly shouted. Someone, take down this madman for me! ”

With Murong Fu's order, Zhuge Zheng, who was standing beside him, immediately launched and pounced on Gu Mozhi. The Central Plains group of heroes were shocked to see that Murong Fu was actually a high-ranking official wearing a red robe next to him, and before they could react, the fifth-grade senior official had already tied up Gu Mozhi with the assistance of several soldiers and pressed it in front of Murong Fu.

Gu Mozhi was conceited of his martial arts and did not want to be defeated in the hands of an unknown Great Song official. He felt that he had lost face, and couldn't help but struggle and yell: "I am indeed the national teacher of Tubo, are you not afraid of offending me Tubo if you treat me like this?" ”

Murong Fu's eyebrows did not move, and said casually: "Your identity, this official will verify it with the Tubo Lord." Press it down! ”

"Yes!" Deng Baichuan immediately responded, blocked Gu Mozhi's mouth and took him down.

The so-called killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys, Murong Fu solved Gu Mozhi in a few words, and the atmosphere on the field was immediately much more respectful.

As soon as Duan Zhengchun touched Murong Fu's gaze at him, he immediately reported to his home. "This king is Duan Zhengchun, the king of Dali Zhennan, this is my child Duan Yu, and these four people are my guards." As he spoke, the four guards behind him took out Duan Zhengchun's seal and handed it to Murong Fu's entourage.

After confirming the identity of Duan Zhengchun and his party, Murong Fu immediately stood up and said loudly: "It turned out to be the king of Dali Zhennan in person, rude!" Faux pas! Look! As he spoke, a soldier moved a chair for Duan Zhengchun at the bottom left of Murong Fu.

In ancient times, the right was respected, and the identity of Duan Zhengchun as the prince should not have been under Murong Fu. But Duan Zhengchun saw that Murong was very powerful and had a lot of means, so he didn't dare to deal with him for a while, so he hurriedly thanked him and sat down in that position.

Xiao Yuanshan saw that Murong Fu had interrupted his revenge on Xuan Ci as soon as he arrived, and couldn't help but be full of anger, and said with an extremely unruly attitude: "My Xiao father and son are both Khitans, so you don't have to kneel down to you, the Great Song Dog Official!" ”

Although the heroes of the Central Plains were forced to kneel to see Murong Fu, they were also concerned about the Great Song Dynasty after all. At this time, when they heard that Xiao Yuanshan scolded Murong Fu as a "dog official" without scruples, everyone was immediately furious, just hoping that Murong Fu would order him to be taken down.

Who knows, Murong Fu didn't care, and only said meaningfully: "Since you are a Khitan, you have never been nurtured by the Great Song Dynasty, so you really don't have to kneel to me." But Ling Lang ......" he shook his head and said. "That's it! Serious matters! Where is Shaolin abbot Xuan Ci? ”

Abbot Xuanci was originally waiting to be tortured naked, but now that he was interrupted by Murong Fu, this punishment could only be suspended. He knew that the person who came was not good, and when he heard that Murong Fu had summoned him, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. "Amitabha! Poor monk Xuanci, I've seen adults! ”

Murong Fu nodded with a cold face and asked, "Monk Xuanci, you had an affair with the Ye family, the thief in the rivers and lakes, and gave birth to a son, is this true?" ”

As soon as Xuan Ci touched Murong Fu's cold eyes, his heart trembled. Thinking that a few months ago, he was still sitting on an equal footing with Murong Fu to discuss Buddhism, but now he has to repeatedly admit his sins in front of court officials and heroes of the world, he is even more discouraged and ashamed in his heart, and only leans down and whispers: "Xuan Ci violated the precepts of Buddhism, and his sins cannot be forgiven, so he only wants to die quickly!" ”

Murong Fu was unmoved, only to see that his eyes were like torches, and he said coldly: "Abbot Xuanci, this official asks again, you have an affair with the thief Ye and gave birth to a son, is this true?" ”

Xuan Ci propped his hands on the ground, although he was old and cultivated, he was already invincible to the cold and heat. However, at this moment, the heroes saw the beads of sweat on Abbot Xuanci's forehead rolling down, and drop by drop fell to the ground. After a long time, he kowtowed heavily and said in a loud voice: "I just want to die quickly!" ”

"Good! Good! Murong Fu sighed twice, his eyes becoming more and more condensed. Monk Xuanci, in March this year, the official came to Shaolin to worship the Buddha, do you remember what the official said to you at that time? ”

Xuan Ci's heart jumped, and he hurriedly raised his head to look at Murong Fu.

I saw Murong Fu say slowly: "The people worship Buddha because the Dharma guides people to be good, but if the Sangha ** and beetles consume the world, then it is the monks who swagger and deceive and defile the floating slaughter." Xuan Ci, the official's words, can you take a word and a half to heart? I saw him pointing to the two stacks of case files on the table and said angrily, "What are you saying?" These are all evidence of your Shaolin monks' crimes of encroaching on land, stealing people's money, and forcing people to die! With a wave of his hand, he immediately swept the two stacks of case files towards Xuan Ci. See for yourself! Xuanci, Shaolin Temple, you are supported by the people and trusted by the court, what you do can be worthy of the people and the court? ”

As soon as Murong Fu said this, all the Shaolin monks changed color. There are also many high-ranking monks of the Xuanzi generation who rushed forward at the same time, kneeling at the foot of the stairs and being wronged.

"Wronged? One bitter master has wronged you, ten bitter masters have wronged you, there are thousands of bitter masters here! Has everyone wronged you? Shaolin Temple, if you are really hated like this, how dare you call yourself the first temple in the world? Murong Fu casually opened a case file that had not been swept down and read it aloud. In August of the first year of Yuan You, Shaolin monks forced the Lu family, a merchant in Dengfeng County, to pay off his debts. Lu's loan principal is 1,000 yuan, but the interest is 3,000 yuan! The Lu family sold all the land and shops and could not repay it, and the whole family hung on August 17! Twenty lives in a family, is this wronged? He slammed the file shut and slammed it down.

"In the third year of Yuanyou, the Shaolin monk lured the son of the landlord Wang of Xinzheng County to gamble money. However, in one year, the Wang family's 100 acres of fertile land entered the Shaolin Gate. The Wang couple died of a serious illness, and the Wang son fell into the water drunk. Is this also wronged? He smashed down the case file again.

Murong Fu read seven or eight case files in a row, all of which were major cases of Shaolin embezzling money and forcing people to die. The senior monks of the Shaolin Xuanzi generation were all smashed by him, but no one dared to speak. As for those martial arts heroes, they were already shocked when they heard about Shaolin's evil deeds. Seeing that the case file that was thrown by Murong Fu was full of blood-red fingerprints, like the blood and tears of many bitter masters, everyone was even more silent and did not dare to speak. For a while, there was a dead silence on the field, like a grave.

"Shaolin really has 2,366 sheets, and more than 5,000 Shaolin monks are raised. Shaolin monks practice martial arts to strengthen their bodies, called to protect their families and defend the country, but they don't pay taxes and don't go into battle! Shaolin Temple, in vain you are known as a famous ancient temple, full of Buddhism and compassion, it turns out that what you are doing is rampant in the countryside, fish and meat people, it is really the giant beetle of the country! "Speaking of which, Murong Fu couldn't help but start shooting." Xuan Ci, you even raised your son, so unscrupulous, what you want to fight is the idea of holding the temple to respect itself as a soil emperor? is so rebellious, aren't you afraid that the Son of Heaven will be angry at you Nine Clans? Destroy you Shaolin? ”

Murong Fu's words were so terrible that the Shaolin monks knelt down without falling to the ground and shouted in unison: "Amitabha! Shaolin would never dare to have such evil thoughts! Grace to you! ”

But at this moment, Ye Erniang pounced out of the crowd and cried on the ground: "My lord is wronged!" Treat unjustly! It was I who seduced him, it was I who ...... He's a good guy...... Sir, kill me, don't blame him! ”

"Erniang......" Xuan Ci immediately glanced sideways at Ye Erniang when he heard this, and his mood was extremely complicated.

Seeing that Ye Erniang was really affectionate to Xuanci's maintenance in every way, the heroes couldn't help but sigh secretly. How do you know that Murong Fu has no mercy, and said contemptuously: "Ye Erniang? You woman, you are so stupid and poisonous! Come on, take it! ”