Early the next morning, Abbot Huiguang took a group of disciples, plus Xiao Yao, a fake monk, to leave Shaolin Temple and set off for Luoyang.

At this time, a special force sent by Gao Changgong to pursue Xiao Yao followed the horseshoe prints all the way, and had also rushed to the woods near Songshan.

"Captain, we have all chased to Songshan, but we still haven't found any trace of Xiao Yao, this Xiao Yao can't run so far overnight, and why did he run north? Isn't Chen Jun in Shouyang in the south now? I think he might have fled south! We are now chasing all the way north, and if we can't catch Xiao Yao, we won't get the reward of the prince! One of the pursuers complained to the captain.

"Less verbose! Normally, Xiao Yao does want to escape back to the south, but can he go back? At that time, he was fleeing north in Linying County, so the prince immediately ordered all roads back to the south to be blocked and cut off! Moreover, the news that the Chen army was defeated by our Qi army and Xiao Yao was killed by the prince and fled in the wilderness will spread throughout the whole Xia in these few miles! At that time, all the cities in the territory of Qi will be plastered with Xiao Yao's wanted portraits, and all Xiao Yao wants to go back to the south, so he can only go back from Jiangling via Zhou State! And if you want to detour through Zhouguo, you can only enter Luoyang, and from Linying County to Luoyang, you must pass through the Songshan area! The captain, who has rich experience in hunting, analyzed.

"Sure enough, Xiao Yao really fled here, so will you Xiao Yao run away to Songshan Shaolin Temple to become a monk? The first few times were still famous, and Xiao Yao, who was so beaten that our Qi army didn't dare to fight against him, actually wanted to pretend to be a bald monk and escape! Ha ha! After listening to the captain's analysis, the vice captain couldn't help but laugh at Xiao Yao loudly.

"It's hard! This Xiao Yao is scheming, and his style and ideas are not something that ordinary people can guess! So the more you think it's impossible to deal with this kind of person, the more likely he is to do it! The captain nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, the hounds they brought with them barked and sniffed at a dirt bag in the woods, and when they saw this, the captain immediately became very excited, and shouted loudly: "All attention, there is a discovery!" Come and check it out! ”

Everyone dug open the soil bag and found that there was a dead horse buried here, and the corpse had not yet stinked, so they immediately concluded that this was Xiao Yao's war horse! The captain couldn't hold back his excitement for a long time, and excitedly ordered: "I guessed correctly! Xiao Yao must have fled in the direction of Songshan! Hurry, everyone search the neighborhood carefully and see what else they find! ”

After a while, Xiao Yao's paper armor and bloody clothes buried under the tree were also found by the hounds with a keen sense of smell, and the captain immediately sent someone to send these clothes to Gao Changgong, so that Gao Changgong could rush here as soon as possible, and then led the pursuit team to Shaolin Temple, because there were no people in a radius of several miles, and Xiao Yao was already injured, so he had to go to Songshan Shaolin Temple for help!

When he saw a group of soldiers-like men, all of them fierce and vicious, rushing up the mountain with a fierce attitude, the Guanghai monk who was guarding the mountain gate was so frightened that he immediately sounded the alarm bell! After a while, a group of monks with long sticks in their hands, led by the senior brother Guangneng, also rushed to the mountain gate and stopped the group of pursuit teams who were about to rush up the mountain.

"Who are you who dare to trespass on our Shaolin Temple!" Guangneng shouted.

"Get out of the way, we are the soldiers under the command of Gao Taiwei, the king of Lanling, on the orders of the prince, who came to hunt down the defeated and fleeing general of the Chen army, Xiao Yao! Let's go in and hunt down the culprits! The captain who made meritorious contributions was also unkindly authentic.

"This is the Shaolin Temple, it is a pure place for Buddhism, not that you can go in and search if you want to! The temple has strict precepts, idle and hot, and it is forbidden to enter! And there is no defeated Chen Jun in it at all, and we don't know who Xiao Yao is! Please leave quickly, don't disturb our practice!" "Guangneng is straightforward.

During this period, the Shaolin Temple was strongly supported by Gao Wei, the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, who believed in Buddhism, so they didn't have to be afraid of this group of soldiers who claimed to be under the command of Gao Changgong and looked like hooligans.

"We have found out that this Xiao Yao has fled to the woods below the mountain yesterday, and he is seriously injured, this is the territory of your Shaolin Temple, and he can only hide in your Shaolin Temple! You didn't let us go in and search, it proves that Xiao Yao is inside! Xiao Yao is the key criminal of our Daqi, and harboring the key criminal is a felony, so get out of the way quickly, let us go and search! Otherwise, don't blame us for being unkind to you monks! The captain pulled out his broadsword and pointed at Guangneng and threatened.

The other chasing team members also drew their knives and pointed at the monks, and the monks did not show weakness, set up wooden sticks, and put up a stick formation, and the confrontation between the two sides suddenly became very tense!

At this time, the more clever vice captain said to the captain: "Captain, Shaolin Temple is so arrogant because of the emperor's strong support for them, and now the prince is not here, so we should not fall out with them now!" Let me follow them! ”

The vice captain asked everyone to put away their knives, and then saluted Guangneng and smiled: "This master, it's all a misunderstanding!" We were just anxious to catch Xiao Yao, so we offended the masters for a while, please forgive me! However, we did find this Xiao Yao's war horse and buried clothes in the woods at the foot of the mountain, and there are only people here in your Shaolin Temple within a radius of several miles, so it is very likely that he hid in your Shaolin Temple! Then may I ask the master, did any strangers come to your Shaolin Temple yesterday? ”

Seeing that this person was relieved, Guangneng's anger also disappeared a lot, and his tone softened and said: "Our Shaolin Temple is famous, and there are many donors who come here every day to worship Buddha and worship incense!" We haven't seen what Xiao Yao looks like, how do we know if there is him among these pilgrims! ”

The deputy captain immediately took out a portrait of Xiao Yao, although Gao Changgong had only seen Xiao Yao once, but he asked the painter to draw Xiao Yao's portrait according to his description, and it was also six or seven points similar!

"Master, please see, this is Xiao Yao's portrait, he is eight feet tall, and he is only sixteen years old, he is a young man! I don't know if the master has an impression of this person! The team member asked expectantly.

"Hey, why does this portrait look a bit like a Sanzang monk?" Guangneng said suspiciously.

"Sanzang monk? Who is Sanzang? As soon as the captain heard Youguangneng's words, he immediately asked nervously.

"Monk Sanzang is a wandering monk who visited our Shaolin Temple yesterday! Although his appearance and figure are similar to yours, I don't think he is the defeated general of the Chen army named Xiao Yao in your mouth! Because there are many monks in Sanzang who have not even heard of the Buddhas of those of us who have been monks for more than ten years, these Buddhas are not understood by any person, and without years of practice and the accumulation of knowledge, it is impossible to produce these mysterious Buddhas! So Sanzang is definitely not your Xiao Yao! "Monk Guangneng is definitely authentic.

"That's easy, you call him out and let us identify him!" Although Guanghai firmly denied it, the captain was 100% sure in his heart that this Sanzang monk was Xiao Yao! There is such a coincidence, the appearance and figure are almost the same, and he only came here yesterday, Xiao Yao must have sneaked into the Shaolin Temple by pretending to be a monk!

"Hehe, that's really unfortunate, Monk Sanzang followed our abbot to Luoyang early this morning! I believe that now he is about to arrive in Luoyang City! Guangneng sneered.

"What! He went to Luoyang! It seems that he really wants to pass through Luoyang and then flee to Zhou and make a detour back to Chen! Quick, let's hurry to Luoyang, we must get there before Xiao Yao escapes from Luoyang, this time we must not let him escape again! The captain immediately led the pursuit team down the mountain and chased in the direction of Luoyang!

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"Sanzang, don't you really go to the White Horse Temple with Lao Gao, the abbot there is also a monk who is proficient in Buddhism, I believe he also hopes to discuss Buddhism with Sanzang!" Monk Huiguang persuaded.

"Thank you Abbot for bringing me to Luoyang, but now Sanzang still has the master's last wish to go to the city to handle it, if it is done, the master has not left Luoyang, Sanzang must visit the White Horse Temple in person!" Xiao Yao rejected Huiguang's suggestion.

In fact, the current Xiao Yao did not prepare to make a detour to Zhou and then return to Chen from Jiangling as the pursuit captain did, he just thought that Luoyang was a famous ancient city, and there should be a branch of the General Commercial Bank in it, as long as he contacted Zu Yuan and them, he could return to Chen directly through their assistance.

"In this case, the old man will not force it, I hope that Sanzang can fulfill the last wish of the respected teacher as soon as possible, and then come to the White Horse Temple to talk about the scriptures and the Buddha with us!" Huiguang smiled.

"There is a master who once said: things are not forced, but it is empty to ask for and beg; People don't force people to stay, stay and stay to become enemies! We are monks, and we pay attention to the word fate in doing things, and if we have fate, we will naturally meet again! Xiao Yao also saluted and smiled.

"Haha, Sanzang is really powerful, and there is such an incisive Buddhist principle when he partes! Right! Monks do everything with their fate! Huiguang also smiled back.

"There will be a period after the abbot!" After that, Xiao Yao turned around and entered Luoyang City.