After a beating, Shi Quanxin was completely convinced, shrunk into a ball, and asked what to answer.

"How many people are there in Ergui Mountain?" Guo Hong asked.

"My master has subdued the leaders of the seventy-two water villages in Dongting Lake, and built a grotto in Ergui Mountain, to cultivate supernatural powers, and then Pudu will become a Buddha together. The mountain behind the Ergui cottage is the grotto, there is Lan Ruo left by the monks in the past, it was destroyed when the previous dynasty was martyred, and now it is renovated, and more than 30 people of the master and brothers live in it now. ”

Lanruo is Sanskrit, meaning forest, generally refers to the retreat houses of Buddhist cultivators in the forest, and in the Tang Dynasty, it refers to the private practice places and the places where the wandering monks from all over the world settle.

Wuzong destroyed the Buddha and closed most of the Buddhist temples, and demolished more than 40,000 Zhaoti and Lanruo.

After Emperor Dazhong succeeded to the throne, Buddhism gradually recovered, but it was only in the city to rebuild the official temple, like Ergui Mountain, which was not recognized by the government, Lan Ruoye Temple was not taken into account.

Yizhen and others just took a fancy to the remoteness of this place, so they asked the Dongting villages to come out and repair Lan Ruo for a temporary residence.

Since ancient times, there is no temple named Lanruo, but there is a temple like that, Lanruo is the mountain wild temple, and later developed to refer to the temple in general, if the people call it Lanruo Temple, it is actually a nameless temple, in fact, the Lanruo Temple in Nie Xiaoqian's story also means this.

Guo Hong also raised a bit from the bandit.

When Shi Zong heard this, he asked, "Is there a thief in Ergui Mountain now?" ”

"Yes, yes, it's Ergui Village. There is a cottage on the mountain, more than 1,200 people old and young, there is a water village by the lake, there are more than 800 people, since the four heroes of Dongting and Guo Jiajun left, Ergui Mountain is also one of the best villages in Dongting Lake. The owner of the big village, the golden eye Tai Sui Yang Hu, the second village master Bai Fan Wang Yi is in charge of the Lu Village, and the third village master is in charge of the water village......"

Shi Quanxin poured beans in the bamboo tube and generally explained what the situation was, the mountain people of the two turtle mountains formed a village to protect themselves, and the lake was connected to a piece, and the people were out of the bandits, and they did not dare to rebel, but they often worked part-time to rob the house and rob the passing ships.

They came from poor backgrounds, were encouraged by the government to cultivate land by the lake, and also paid taxes on time, so although the officials and soldiers knew about the situation, they also turned a blind eye.

Dongting Lake is known as the seventy-two villages, and most of them are in this situation.

Only in the middle of the lake where it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, will there be habitual bandits who rob houses all day long.

"If you don't get married, you will be robbed by others." Lu Zhizhen knew the situation in this area and sighed.

Shi Zong asked again: "What else is the situation?" We will escort you back to Yuezhou, if there is any concealment, once it is found out, we will not spare it! ”

Shi Quanxin hurriedly smiled and said: "The little one doesn't dare, I'll say whatever the official wants to know!" He has already seen that Shi Zong is from an official family.

"Okay, you tell all the important people around Yizhen!"

"The second senior brother Shi Quanyi has the highest martial arts, and the others are the leaders of the various water villages in Dongting, all of whom have brought their men down to worship, today is the uncovered conference, I am afraid that there are four or five thousand people, and the lord of Yang Zhai said that he would set up a banquet to entertain him if he was not drunk and did not return."

The crowd exchanged glances.

"And the brothers are very, there is a stone prison in the village, which has been closed and robbed several times, all of them are beautiful ladies who have entered the incense, and recently the family members have been publicized, and the abbot of Sheng'an Temple is said to have a headache."

When Shi Zong learned of Yizhen's momentum, he suggested that he return to Yuezhou to report to Li Yuanyu and mobilize officials and troops to encircle and suppress him.

Guo Hong whispered a few words in Lu Yu's ear, and Lu Yu nodded and said, "Then please trouble Shi to go back in person, and send the two monks he caught to his uncle for interrogation, and take these people under your command with him." ”

Shi Zong hugged his fists and said, "Lu Sanlang, do you want to stay?" ”

Lu Yu said: "We are all proficient in martial arts, and we are going to monitor the vicinity, and if there is any change in the village, we can also send someone to send a message to you." ”

Shi Zong glanced at Yun Xuansu's five fierce entourage, nodded and said, "So hard for everyone, Shi said goodbye." ”

He led his men to escort Shi Quanxin back to Yuezhou.

Lu Yu saw that the people had already walked away, and said, "Senior brother wants me to take the people from the official mansion away, what does it mean?" ”

Guo Hong said with a smile: "Naturally, they are afraid of long nights and dreams, they set up a banquet tonight and said that they will not get drunk and will not return, and their defense will be lax, and we will go in in the middle of the night to capture Yizhen alive!" ”

"Okay, capture the thief and capture the king first!" He Qiong clapped his hands and praised.

Yun Xuansu hesitated: "Since the bandit caught just now said that the leaders of the various families in Dongting Lake gathered here, and many of them are strong in martial arts, and Yizhen himself is also very difficult, wouldn't it be too reckless to rush in like this?" ”

Lu Yu said: "My generation of light chivalry is good and righteous, what I want is to be happy in my heart, and what I want is to be angry, if I look forward and backward, it is better to go home and rest." ”

Yun Xuansu said with a blank face: "I'm just afraid that there is a shortage of manpower, and if you accidentally lose all the plates!" ”

Guo Hong smiled: "Senior Sister Yun, of course it's not hard, we can wait for this ......."

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Night falls.

A large cottage is built against the back of a mountain ridge, and the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There are people patrolling the walled wall with bows and arrows, and they are heavily guarded.

The cottage is brightly lit.

There are more than 300 houses in the village, all of which are built on the mountain, the highlands are scattered, there are stone roads or wooden ladders to connect, and the largest piece of flat land is the teaching ground in front of the Juyi Hall, which is generally a place for military training, and today it is used as a meeting place.

A bonfire is lit in the center, everyone is sitting around, there are torches stuck in the high place behind them, there are two big men in the corner of the fire to play, there are guessing boxing orders everywhere, and there are many people cheering and cheering, the scene is very lively.

Yizhen and the leaders of the cottages pushed cups and changed lamps, and his disciples also ate meat and drank wine below.

Hu Dayong, the leader of Jizi Mountain, laughed and said: "Master, I heard that the Buddhists are all vegetarians, why are you not taboo at all?" ”

Yizhen is silent.

Shi Quanyi, who was beside him, replied with a smile: "Buddhism only abstains from meat, and there is a way that the Buddha is not allowed to eat Wuxin, that is, garlic, shallots (shallots), green onions (green onions), orchid onions (small garlic), Xingqu (Indian cuisine, China does not have them). As for meat, it is advocated by Emperor Wu of Liang, and only some monks in Middle-earth uphold it, and my master's faction can eat meat and drink wine. ”

This monk has culture.

Wang Yi, the owner of the Ergui cottage next to him, hurriedly complimented: "The master is the Buddha of the Northern Duobao, so naturally he doesn't have to care about Emperor Wu of Liang." ”

The body is also known as the incarnation, that is, the Buddha for the degree of sentient beings, the various incarnations that appear in the world, the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni is the Buddha of the body, to the Tang Dynasty China's most famous body is the queen Xiao Guanyin of the queen of the Lord Chen, the image of the South China Sea Guanyin is based on her.

Later, there was a cloth bag monk in the five generations when Maitreya Buddha should be the body, more famous, that is, the Maitreya Buddha statue of the later generations with a big belly and a smile often open, the original Maitreya Buddha is the future Buddha in the three generations of the vertical Buddha, the treasure is solemn, and can be seen in the Daxiong Treasure Hall of many temples.

Although the lord of the Wang village complimented Yizhen, in fact, he didn't know that the other party's self-proclaimed Northern Duobao Buddha was the Buddha.

Yang Hu, the owner of the village, didn't understand, he was straightforward, and immediately asked: "Northern Duobao Buddha?" ”

Shi Quanyi clasped his palms together and replied, "You have all seen the statue in the temple of this Buddha, and the statue of the king of Bishamen in the grotto we are building today is the incarnation of the Buddha. ”

"It turned out to be the King of Heaven, and the little master said so, I'll understand it later." Yang Hu laughed.

The banquet continued, and a monk outside the gate arrived with a cloth bag on his back.

The gatekeeper couldn't really see it, and asked, "But Master Shi Quanxin?" ”

The monk replied, "Hurry up and open the door, if it's too late, the master will blame." ”

The cottage door opens.

The monk walked in, and a monk greeted him and asked, "Third Senior Brother, why did you come back so late?" ”

"I met a leopard on the road and got a little injured."

"Ah, my brother's neck was scratched, no wonder I heard a strange voice."

The monk said, "You go and report to the master, I will go directly to Lanruo Temple to prepare a cave room for the master, and it will be fine in an hour." ”

The monk answered.

The people from the cottage next to him wanted to help with the cloth bag, but the monk shook his head and said, "The people inside are not heavy, you just have to lead the way." ”

The man walked in front with torches, and they walked all the way around the hall to the back hill.

There are also many courtyards lined with torches.

These families are poor and can't afford candles.

Today is a cottage festival, and if it is normal, it will be dark all around at night.

There were also some children peeking through the wooden door, and the women dragged them away, as if they were a little afraid of the monks.

Passing through this residential area is the back mountain canyon, and the grotto Buddha can already be seen in front of you, which looks quiet and mysterious in the moonlight.

Not far away is Lanruo Temple, white walls and green tiles, although not as spectacular as the big temple, but also very pleasing to the eye, compared with those simple earthen houses in the cottage, it is really heaven and earth.

"What's your name?"

"In the stone of the lower king. Master, why don't you leave? Your face! Your face! ”

The monk's face was changing, slowly resembling Wang Shishi, he looked at no one on the left and right, raised his palm, and the thief fell down in response.

He led the man behind a tree, and after a while, the king stone came out.

Of course, he is Guo Hong.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour with a torch, a few people came from the woods in the mountains, but the leader was Shi Quanxin's appearance.

They nodded slightly to each other, and Guo Hong handed the bag to Cao Shouzhen, who was pretending to be Shi Quanxin.

The two walked inside, and Yun Xuansu, Lu Yu and others secretly followed.

There were four monks on duty in Lanruo Temple, and everyone else went to the banquet.

The martial arts of these monks are not weak, and they are similar to Shaolin monk Huiding.

But it's a pity that they met Yun Xuansu and others who were one level higher than them, and they were sneak attacks from behind, and the result can be imagined.

"This old thief really asked people to prepare a cave room, Senior Brother Guo, why don't you be wronged and make up a white peony and come by surprise?" Yun Xuansu quipped.

Guo Hong smiled: "That's okay, but I still need to go out and find someone." ”

Cao Shouzhen asked, "Is it necessary to take risks?" ”

Guo Hong said: "Yizhen is strong in martial arts, if we can't surround him, at least we can't let the bandits here help!" ”

"Just set it on fire." He Qiong said.

Guo Hong shook his head: "They are all poor people, and they have to be thieves, but they are not bad people, if they are burned over, I am afraid that they will die a lot." ”

Yun Xuansu also nodded and said: "The mountain fire is ruthless, I'm afraid that we ourselves will be trapped at that time, so we still have to think of other ways." ”

Guo Hong pretended to be Wang Shishi, and returned to the house he had just passed by with a torch.

He had already asked about the place just now, stopped directly in front of a courtyard, and knocked on the door: "Is the second uncle here?" ”

"What's wrong with your voice? It can't be that you have encountered some fierce beast, why is your body so dirty and your clothes are torn? The voice seemed to be that of an old man.

Due to the rush of time, Guo Hong's accent was not very similar, so he pretended to be injured.

Disguise is relatively simple, but the voice and habits of speech need to be studied for a long time to reach the point of being fake and real.

"Yes, I met a blind bear and hurt my throat."

"What's the matter with me?"

Out of the darkness came an old man, dressed like an old fisherman, with a hunched back and a hat on his head, and his face could not be seen clearly.

"Can you go in and talk?"

The old man nodded, and walked inside with his hands behind his back.

Entering the house, Guo Hong closed the door with his backhand.

His face began to change, returning to its original form, revealing white spots.

It is possible to hide white spots without phase work.

The old man was on guard and shouted in a low voice, "Who are you?" Why did you get here? ”

Guo Hong arched his hand and said, "The predecessor is the king of the mountain, Zhongmeng? The younger generation is Guo Shangzao, a disciple of Liu Zhenren of the Hengshan faction, because Yizhen designed to murder the daughter of the Yuezhou Assassin History, he tracked it down here, and I have a message here. ”

"But Liu Tai asked you to come?"

"Yes, Uncle Tai is a master in disguise, ventriloquism, water-based, bow and arrow, traps, fists and feet, pigeon breeding, hunting, knife skills, and Taoism."

The old man was a little dizzy when he heard it, and he felt as if there was a repetition?

He nodded and said: "Lao Yu and Ah Tai were called two heroes on Dongting Lake back then, and no one has always been convinced, so it's strange to not see each other for so many years." ”

Guo Hong heard Liu Tai mention that this was also a hero in the Dongting water thieves twenty years ago, and Liu Tai was a Jiao and a Ao, and the people in the rivers and lakes called "the two generals of the eight-hundred-mile Dongting turtle and snake", the two have been fighting each other, and they also have a bit of sympathy.

"Old loaches remember me?"

"Uncle Tai once instructed the juniors to pass by Dongting, if you see the seniors, you must ask if you are still fighting?"

Wang Zhongmeng laughed, then coughed, shook his head and said, "I'm old, I'm old, I can't accept it, how is Atai now?" ”

"Uncle Tai was injured once, and his health is not very good."

"Hey, I think the two of us were high-spirited back then, and then he went to Hengshan with Liu Zhenren, leaving me alone to endure here...... Are you trying to catch righteousness? This guy has a very high level of martial arts, how many of you came? ”

Guo Hong hesitated slightly, but still replied: "In addition to the juniors, there are a few good players, it should be no problem to deal with Yizhen alone, I want to catch Yizhen before the official army comes." ”

Wang Zhongmeng asked: "Is it possible that if the monks of Yizhen are destroyed, the officials and soldiers will not come?" ”

Guo Hong nodded and said: "We have Li Taishou's nephew, if we catch Yizhen, we don't have to attack the cottage." We were going to wait for Yizhen to return to Lanruo Temple and concentrate all our strength on the storm, and set a trap behind the cottage to block the reinforcements, if the seniors could help, it would be much easier. ”

Wang Zhong shook his head violently and said, "Yizhen and his disciples have more than thirty people, all of them are strong in martial arts, but I am afraid that you will be surrounded instead." ”

"Please also ask the seniors for advice!"

Wang Zhong said fiercely: "He is lustful by nature, tonight he said that he wants to spend candles in the cave room, and after a while, the wine banquet will be dispersed, and this guy will inevitably return to Lanruo Temple, and then the old man will design to stop his disciples, you must fight quickly and take it in one fell swoop!"

"This old bald donkey came to my Dongting and did nonsense, robbed a lot of officials and eunuchs for his lewd pleasure, and in the future he patted his ass and returned to Chang'an, these black cauldrons will be on the back of our two turtles! The old man wanted to kill him for a long time, but this guy is the four righteousness of Tantra, and his martial arts are really good, and he deceived him soon after he arrived in Dongting, and injured the old man Liwei, if it wasn't for my nephew Wang Yi to intercede, it is estimated that he would have killed me at that time. The vengeance of this palm is unforgettable, and it is just right to be avenged today! ”

Guo Hong thanked him, took out a pill and handed it to Wang Zhongmeng, and said, "Please also ask the seniors to find a way to let Yizhen take this pill." ”

"What's the effect?"

"It can make people hallucinate, but the weight is very light and difficult to detect, so it will be easier for us to catch it when the time comes!"

He didn't think about drugs like cartilage powder in wine, the people who attended the meeting were all people in the rivers and lakes, and there were many old thieves, and this kind of trick was easy to see through.

The two men had agreed and went their separate ways.

Guo Hong joined Cao Shouzhen, who was waiting in the distance, and the two trotted back to the back mountain.

Guo Hong said: "Senior brother, you find a high place nearby to watch, if Yizhen comes back alone, you don't have to care, if he brings more than two disciples, he will use the code to report the news." ”

He didn't fully believe Wang Zhongmeng, so he left a hand and let the senior brother investigate here, and if the situation was not right, he could also give up the ambush and evacuate immediately.

Cao Shouzhen nodded, sneaked into the shadows and disappeared.

Guo Hong himself returned to look for Lu Yu and others, and waited in Lanruo Temple.

……

The party in the cottage was lively, and Yizhen quietly got up.

He wasn't drunk yet, but he walked into the shadows a little drunk.

A monk got up and followed, and when Yizhen heard footsteps, he looked back and saw that it was his disciple Shi Quanyi.

Shi Quanyi said: "Master, don't be so anxious, all the leaders are here, let people see that they have lost the demeanor of a high monk!" ”

Yizhen nodded and said, "It makes sense, for the teacher is to go to the toilet." ”

At this time, Wang Yi, the second leader of the Turtle Cottage, came over, saw Shi Quanyi and smiled: "Why is you here alone, go, go, go back and drink!" ”

Yizhen soon returned to his seat, Wang Yi raised his glass and said: "Today's event is full of three joys, one is the completion of the Buddha statue, the second is the completion of the uncovered conference, and the third is the master's cave room with candles and candles, and marries a beautiful little lady." Come, come, come, let's have this toast together! ”

Yizhen picked up his wine glass, feeling that the wine was slightly cloudy, and didn't care.

This is the interior of the cottage, there are many children of his own, no one should dare to poison it, but he still touched it with the silver ring on his ring finger, and found that it did not change color, so he drank it all.

"Master, I have a treasure for you here!" Jizishan Hu Dayong leaned over and offered a pill.

"What is this?" Shi Quanyi next to him asked with a cold face.

"Hehe, it's the kind of elixir that makes people feel strong, last time I robbed a passenger ship in the south of the Yangtze River, and the merchants in it came to buy their lives as treasures, I was old~ Hu Yiyi saw that it was also a rare object, and today I just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha."

Yizhen smiled, raised his hand to take it and sniffed it, then peeled off the sealing wax to test the poison, and swallowed it after a while.

"The master is old and strong, what is that tonight......" Hu Dayong shouted.

"Dragons and tigers!" Next to him, his military advisor Lu Jing added.

Hahahaha!

Yoshijin laughed.