When the Heavenly Master Dao was anxious to restore the status of Yangzhou, Ben Wuzong was not idle. Because of Du Mingyu's bloody methods, the good situation created by Zhu Fayan at the beginning was all ruined, and it was worse than the Heavenly Master Dao, and it also fell harder.

Zhu Fayan died, Zhu Wuxian was crippled, and was humiliated and traveled all over half of Yangzhou, and the blow to Ben Wuzong was far beyond imagination.

Therefore, after Sun Guan sent a Heming Mountain sacrificial wine out of Yangzhou, Zhu Daorong also asked his fellow disciple, Zhu Daoan, who had not asked about the world for almost 20 years, to come to Yangzhou to serve as the seat of Mingfa Temple in Wu County.

The emperor's attitude is very clear, he will no longer suppress the Heavenly Master Dao, and he will no longer support Ben Wuzong openly, let the two families start a proper competition in Yangzhou, and it is strictly forbidden to fight, and the rest will depend on their ability, and the victory or defeat will be up to the sky.

To put it in layman's terms, you want to fight in literature and not in martial arts!

Therefore, Zhu Daoan adopted a completely different strategy from Zhu Fayan, he was not in a hurry to expand the territory, build Buddhist temples, carve caves, and compete with the Heavenly Master Dao, but preached Buddhism in the Mingfa Temple every day, and then invited all the famous people to talk and debate. It is said that in twenty-three debates in a row, Xuanjia, Confucianism, and Taoism all had famous people come to meet them, and the result is that Zhu Dao won safely!

Hence the fame!

Zhu Daoan is even more in the Mingfa Temple to put down the lotus platform, no matter who, no matter when, as long as the heart is in doubt, to verify the Tao, you can take the stage to argue.

Clear-eyed people can see that Zhu Daoan wants to use his unparalleled argument talent to tie Ben Wuzong into the blood of Yangzhou. This is also equivalent to saying that he wants to use the power of one person to fight against the huge Heavenly Master Dao Yangzhou to govern hundreds of thousands of Dao people!

What arrogance!

But in front of Zhu Daoan, no one felt abnormal, as if it should have been like this, and it should have been. Twenty-four wins, twenty-five wins, thirty wins...... When many pretentious celebrities were defeated one by one, and the name of Yuan Qingqi's left god Yuanjun became louder and louder, under the impetus of some well-intentioned people, the call for a head-to-head duel between Yuan Qingqi and Zhu Daoan became higher and higher. Some people even publicly claimed for Yuan Qingqi that after Zuoshen Yuanjun completed the inspection of the twelve counties of Yangzhou, he would come to the Mingfa Temple and compete with Zhu Dao on the Lianhua platform. This gossip instantly ignited the enthusiasm and curiosity of the onlookers, and began to form a wave of discussion among the people and the scholars. The focus of everyone's attention is no longer whether Yuan Qingqi will fight, but when to fight, in He Wei's words, this trick of moving mountains and reclaiming the sea, stealing beams and changing pillars must be from the hands of powerful people in Buddhism.

No one dared to say who the final winner would be, but almost no one was optimistic about Yuan Qingqi. One is that she is not well-known, although she is Sun Guan's apprentice, the big sacrificial wine of Heming Mountain, but she suddenly appeared without roots and ping, which is very different from Zhu Dao'an's fame for many years; Second, Zhu Daoan has been invincible in Yangzhou in the past few months, it is by virtue of his profound knowledge and exquisite Buddhism to play a prestige, compared to Yuan Qingqi's so-called miracles that fooled the people, in the hearts of the scholars and gates, who is better, there is no doubt at all.

Yuan Qingqi encountered a crisis that he had to make a choice for the first time on the road to hope!

"All the ships are built?"

The five big bream purchased by Xu You were finally delivered on time from the Zhaojia shipyard in Qiantang, and the simple arrangement was made, and through the introduction of Du Sansheng, experienced shipwrights were hired, and Li Mu took Ji Qinghe to Guangzhou to sell Yuhe paper and Yuanbai paper. Of course, the first trip, followed by Luo Baiheng's fleet, Guangzhou said before that it was handed over to Luo Baiheng for exclusive consignment, but this time Xu You also made it clear that it was only sold with the ship this time, and he would bring more precious utensils such as pearls, jade, ivory, agate, and gems when he came back from Guangzhou.

After the departure of the fleet, engraving printing was also officially introduced under the supervision and improvement of Zu Hu, and thirty calligraphers and thirty carvers worked together to finally succeed in creating the first printing in this time and space: a volume of the Diamond Sutra written by He Wei, the handwriting is clear and transparent, which is not as good as handcopying, but it is better than the high yield and efficiency when the volume is large.

Since it has passed the initial inspection, it shows that it has the conditions for large-scale printing. Xu You's "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing" was also basically compiled. The saying about Lao Tzu turning Hu has a long history, and the reason is naturally the record in the "Historical Records": Lao Tzu sent a letter to Guguan in the west, and left 5,000 words of "Tao Te Ching" at the invitation of Yin Xi, the guard, and then happily went out of the customs, not knowing what happened to him.

I don't know what it ended up in five words, giving the infinite imagination of future generations, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty Xiangkai mentioned in the book: "Or Lao Tzu into Yi Di for the floating slaughter, floating slaughter does not stay under the mulberry for three nights, do not want to live for a long time, the essence is also." In the period of the Three Kingdoms, "Wei Luo" also said: "Futu contained in the Chinese "Lao Tzu Jing" is different from each other, and the cover is thought that Lao Tzu went out of the west, passed through the Tianzhu of the Western Regions, and taught Hu. ”

The implication is that Lao Tzu may have gone west to Guguan and went to the land of Yidi called Tianzhu to create another Hujiao. Tianzhu's Hu Sect, isn't it Buddhism?

But this kind of gossip is just a rumor, similar to gossip and gossip, and it is not in the Taoist classics of the Heavenly Master Dao. What Xu You has to do is to prepare to incorporate the "Laozi Huahu Sutra" into the Taoist Collection, so as to occupy the commanding heights of orthodoxy and smash the core and origin of Buddhism.

The sunrise of the sprinkled gold workshop was made, as if it was falling, but no one knew that in the area where the sprinkled gold workshop was isolated, there were 60 people who worked day and night to print the earth-shattering "Lao Tzu Hua Hu Jing"!

Yuan Qingqi finally ended her inspection of the twelve counties of Yangzhou, and in just a few months, her prestige also rose to the peak in the god-making movement of the Heavenly Master Dao at all costs. However, when the moon is full, it will be lost, and if you don't advance, you will retreat, Yuan Qingqi is like a carp that has swam through thousands of mountains and rivers to the front of the dragon gate, or she will struggle to cross it and turn into a dragon. or wander in place, even if it is for thousands of generations, after all, it is still just a fish that cannot be separated from the rivers and seas.

The dragon gate in front of Yuan Qingqi is Zhu Daoan's Lianhuatai!

So, Zhu Dao'an momentum, Yuan Qingqi homeopathy, both of them urgently need a big victory to seek the greatest benefits for the side they represent, June 22, Tianshi Dao and Ben Wuzong at the same time out of the news, three days later, that is, at noon on June 25, Zuo Shen Yuan Jun Ning Changyi will personally go to the Mingfa Temple, Denglian Huatai and Zhu Daoan to discuss the balance.

This is six years ago after the Taiji Hall of Balance, the top figures in the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism fought again, the last time the Daomen failed miserably, this time the deer died in the hand, but it is not known.

"Master Du, are you going to Wu County to participate in the debate?"

Ma Yiming stroked his beard and smiled: "I am so slight, where am I qualified to be on the stage to argue?" It's just to go and shout for the sacrificial wine and cheer for the prestige, otherwise those bald donkey monks really deceive my Heavenly Master and no one! ”

Xu You smiled and said, "The disciple has just entered the Dao Gate, and he has never seen such a scene, can Master Du take the disciple with him?" ”

"This ......"

Ma Yiming really didn't have this plan, now the incense is vigorous, there are not a few people who come and go every day, there are only Kuquan and Xu You in the Taoist temple, two helpers to do things, if you go to one, stay one, I'm afraid you can't be busy, and said: "Or there will be a chance to ...... next time."

"Master Kaig!" Xu You hurriedly knelt down and said, "The disciple is still young when he entered the Dao, and he can't comprehend many Taoist essences, so he is looking forward to going to Wu County this time to open his ears." Besides, there can't be no one around the master......"

Seeing the sincerity he said, Ma Yiming couldn't refuse, and said, "Okay, you clean up, let's leave immediately!" Hey, what's wrong with your voice? ”

"It's nothing, I occasionally felt a cold last night, my throat was a little dry and sore, I have taken medicine, I want to come tomorrow."

Xu You got the secret method of changing his voice from Qingming, and gradually gathered his voice with secret medicine, and then trained and deliberately lowered it, which was enough to confuse the ears of his loved ones. There is nothing else to clean up, Qingming will naturally follow and protect secretly, and Ma Yiming's cultivation can't be found anyway.

The two of them were leaving Qiantang by boat, and arrived in Wu County in the early morning of the third day.

Regardless of asking, it is known that there is the Mingfa Temple in Yangzhou, which is now the most famous in Yangzhou!

The scale of the Mingfa Temple is huge, the palace is like a cloud, and it can accommodate thousands of monks. There are five miles away from the mountain gate to the main hall, and the flowers are full of flowers along the way, the winding path is deep and deep, and the beautiful scenery is moving. In front of the main hall, four hundred-year-old pine trees are separated, and it takes 20 people to hug them, and the momentum is magnificent. This is the so-called mountain gate just after passing leisurely, ten miles of deep pine on the green sky. After the main hall, it is the Tibetan scripture pavilion, the Dharma hall and the monk's house, and then there is a five-layer pagoda by the stream again, hang the glazed ball, it is the relics pagoda of the Buddhist sages and monks, the bluestone under the tower seat somehow, go up and faintly listen to the pipa language, so it is called the pipa tower again.

Zhu Dao'an's Lianhua Terrace is set up under the Pipa Tower, and it is formed by Ruoye Creek!

When Xu You and Ma Yiming arrived, they were already crowded, shoulder to shoulder. Finally squeezed to the front row, and saw a black-clothed monk sitting alone in the middle of Lianhuatai, not as old as Zhu Fayan, but not as good as Zhu Wuyan's abundant god like jade, with an ordinary face, but sitting upright, straight as a mountain, a divine light and restrained posture, which should not be underestimated.

On the stage, there are still officials from Yangzhou Assassin's Mansion and Wu County, as well as the heads of families and celebrities with surnames, Gu Yun, Zhang Zihua and others are impressively listed. And the audience is a group of sages, black and white watching and listening, and there are groups of ladies. In addition to Qiantang Temple, Taoist temples in other counties and counties also sent many people to watch the ceremony, and there were many Taoist officials who wanted to come to pat Yuan Qingqi's ass like Ma Yiming. These people can't wait to enter the temple, take this opportunity to come in and open their eyes, there are those who have a heart to jump, taking advantage of the monks' unpreparedness, quietly go to the secluded place of the Buddha hall, untie their belts and pour water, but it can be regarded as helping Lao Jun out of breath.

Ma Yiming has been in Linwu Mountain for a long time, and there are many acquaintances in the Heavenly Master Dao, so he greets him from time to time, and then introduces Xu You, and the time passes quickly. Seeing the end of the hour, everyone looked forward to it, but there was still no news of Yuan Qingqi's imminent arrival outside the mountain gate, and the people who were waiting could no longer hold back, first whispering, not daring to raise their voices, but at noon, there was still no one, and those who were bold began to shout:

"It's good noon, is this considered unbelievable?"

"It's not just faithless, I think it's cowardice and I don't dare to come......"

"Zuo Shen Yuanjun's Taoism is profound, it's not something we can speculate on, maybe there is a deep meaning in it!"

"Meaning? I think it's a cowardice......"

"About noon, and I didn't say noon, or the end of noon, just wait, and rest to talk nonsense!"

"I was present to listen to Zhu's debate five days ago. Everyone knows Dai Cheng, right? That's a Taoist master who lives in seclusion in the Qionglong Mountain, and the Lord has resigned several times, but this will be out of the mountain and Zhu Theravada on talent four books, what is the result? The fiasco is unspeakable! ”

"Really? Ha, why is there so much knowledge in the belly of the upper seat? ”

"You don't know this, there are rumors that there is a small hole in the left chest of this Zhu Shangzao, which leads directly to the abdomen, usually plugged with cotton wool, and when you want to read, you will remove the cotton wool, and the light emitted by the hole can make the room bright."

"Huh? And such strange things? ”

"Yes, I have a brother who works as a fireworker in the temple, and I have seen it with my own eyes, can I still have a fake? Besides, this is not an unusual thing, the real miracle is that on the eighth and nineteenth days of the first month of the month, Zhu Shangza will take out the intestines from the hole, put them in this Ruoye stream, wash them, and then stuff them back......"

"No wonder, no wonder, the knowledge in the abdomen is as new as it is every day, how can I compare with such a wine bag and rice bag?"

Listening to all kinds of words around him, Xu You also felt quite strange, Yuan Qingqi's eloquence he had understood, not to mention that he would win Zhu Dao'an, but it was impossible not to fight. Besides, with Yuan Qingqi's current status and status, what he said represents the face of the entire Heavenly Master Dao, how can he lose his trust in others?

But I saw that in the middle of noon, not to mention the sacrificial wine driving, there was no news even in the forest house mountain. As Yangzhou Dazhongzheng, the host of this discussion, Zhang Zihua couldn't sit still, this Buddhist debate, although it is a doctrinal dispute, can also be regarded as a grand event in the literary world, if the beginning is the end, it is too boring.

"Send someone to Linwu Mountain to investigate, can Zuo Shen Yuanjun go down the mountain?"

Zhang's troops have not yet set off, Gu Yun has already received news from Wang Fu's Crouching Tiger Division, it turns out that Zuoshen Yuanjun has just come down the mountain, and the boat has been intercepted and killed by the remnants of the six days, and he is now trapped in the small Xie Tangyan in the east of Zhenze Lake, and has not yet escaped.

However, this news cannot be released, and compared with the absence of Zuo Shen Yuanjun, the news that the remaining sins of the six days are still alive is more likely to cause very serious consequences. You must know that these ordinary people have just recovered a little vitality from the White Thieves Rebellion, and if they are frightened again, even Gu Yun does not dare to guarantee whether it will provoke a strong backlash from public opinion.

Noon is coming to an end.

Gu Yun bowed his head and discussed with Zhang Zihua, preparing to end this anticlimactic debate on the grounds that Zuo Shenyuan Junning Changyi was in poor health and chose another good time.

At this moment, one person separated the crowd of black oppression, under the attention of everyone, wearing a magic robe and carrying a magic sword, facing the reflection under the Pipa Tower, stepping on the coolness of the Ruoye River, Shi Shiran walked on the high lotus platform.