Wang Jufang listened to Yun Xuansu's words, let out a shrill laugh, and said: "The predecessor Han Taishou hung up the crown and disappeared, Hengzhou has now changed Xiao Ye as a assassin history, naturally it is a bit chaotic, he has no ability, the corpse is just a vegetarian meal, I heard that there was a conflict with the group training." However, it does not hinder the tour, if the refiner wants to go to Hengshan, he can go, Wang's selection of the Shence Army is for the country, and what kind of attack on Hengshan is a folk rumor, and it can't be true! ”

Yun Xuansu smiled slightly when he heard this, and said no more.

Wang Jufang saw that the other party looked cold and seemed uncertain, so he changed his tone and said: "Tomorrow will be selected in front of the temple, and the refiner can go to watch the ceremony if he is willing." ”

Yun Xuansu nodded, and the two of them gossiped a few more words, and she took her leave.

On the way back, Wang Dudu asked, "Is this Wang Jian Jun really from our Taiyuan Wang clan?" ”

Yun Xuansu looked left and right and found that there was no one else, so he replied: "The Wang family in the palace is indeed from my Taiyuan family, but he is only an adopted son, originally from Wuyang County, Xuzhou, and he can't go to my family tree." ”

Wang Dudu pursed his lips and said, "I hate this kind of indiscriminate recognition of relatives the most." ”

Yun Xuansu waved his hand and said, "Be quiet, don't be heard." These eunuchs are cautious, and if it reaches the ears of this prisoner, it will attract an enemy to your father and uncle. ”

The eunuchs were passed down from one to the other as adopted sons, and after a few generations, they did not have a deep relationship with the original clan, and some of them were strangers.

When she returned to the house, Guo Hong, who was dressed as Li Cangtou, came and asked, "Have you heard of the history of Xiao Thorn in Hengzhou?" ”

Guo Hong said: "This naturally knows, all the big and small things in Hengzhou have spread all over Tanzhou. ”

"Then do you know what the festival between Wang Jianjun and Xiao Tingshi is?"

"Refiner, how can this kind of thing be known to ordinary people like us......

Yun Xuansu smiled self-deprecatingly, and asked in a different way: "What great things has Xiao Tingshi done since he took office?" ”

"I haven't heard of this, it just seems that I always run to Hengshan, and I have a good relationship with Mr. Guangcheng."

"That's right, you go down first."

Yun Xuansu sent Guo Hong away, and said to Wang Dudu: "Wang Jufang is hiding his head and tail when he speaks, and he is even more secretive about why he wants to arrest Guo Shangzao, there must be a reason for this, but the clues he got for the teacher are not enough, it is really difficult to guess." However, this Xiao Thorn History seems to be on the side of Uncle Liu of the Hengshan faction, and I am afraid that the regimental training envoy was also instructed by Wang Jianjun to dare to go against the Thorn History. ”

Wang Dudu had little stars in his eyes and said, "Master is amazing! You can guess it! ”

Yun Xuansu got up and carried his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth in the room, behaving like a man.

She walked for a while, suddenly sat down on the bed, picked up the Persian cat and said, "I still can't learn the appearance of my husband, I can't think hard when I walk around." ”

The hair on the cat's head was rubbed by the owner's jade hand, and it protested with a meow.

Wang Dudu didn't care about the ravaged cat at all, nodded his little head and said: "That's it, dad and uncle like to walk back and forth, don't men like to step on ants?" ”

Yun Xuansu pinched the apprentice's round face and twisted it slightly, and said, "You have a lot of strange words!" ”

She let go of the cat, folded her legs and sat cross-legged on the couch, one arm on her knee, and her chin in her hand closed in thought.

Wang Dudu counted Master's eyelashes in boredom, and suddenly said, "Master, you are so good-looking." ”

Yun Xuansu was slightly embarrassed and said, "Don't speak." ”

The king lay down and yawned after a while.

Yun Xuansu began to say to himself: "Wang Jianjun wants to arrest Guo Shangzao, what is the origin of this Guo Shangzao?"

"I asked Liu Yanniang in Chang'an, and said that the boy in Xuanyuan was hanging a jade pendant with the word 'Li' engraved on it......

"When I was in Chang'an, I heard that the two sons of Guo Zhongwen, the former head of the Fujiao, were rescued, and the eldest son Guo Xingzhang went to Jiangxi.

"The second son is said to have been taken away by Xuanyuan Ji, and was later snatched back by Uncle Liu of the Hengshan faction, I originally thought it was this Guo Shangzao.

"But if it's Guo Zhongwen's second son, why didn't Wang Jianjun directly send someone to kill him, but instead wanted to arrest him back? Isn't that redundant?

"If the Empress Dowager Guo who died in June last year had any secrets and sent someone to send a letter to Guo Shangzao, then the time is not right, Wang Jianjun has been working since two years ago, so it can't be that he can predict the prophet, right?"

Yun Xuansu shook his head when he said this, and laughed out loud.

Wang Dudu was confused and asked, "Is there a piece of jade?" Could it be that this Guo Shangzao is actually surnamed Li? ”

"Surname Li? So who would he be? ”

Wang Dudu scratched his head and said, "Li Shangzao? Uh, that's a good name......"

Yun Xuansu touched the top of his apprentice's head, but he still couldn't figure it out, and in the end he could only smile.

The next day, they were invited to the outside of the Zen Temple, and the open space in front of the lake was already full of people, and Wang Zitai led Yun Xuansu to the front of the royal residence.

Today, Yun Xuansu was still wearing a common costume and a hat veil, and after saluting Wang Jufang, he led the royal capital to sit aside.

Guo Hong was called forward and whispered to Yun Xuansu.

"Those two Zen masters are Hui Lin and Hong Xu, the canon of Miyin Temple, and next to them are Ren Wuji and Qiu Yanqing."

Yun Xuansu asked, "Last time you said that there was a Taoist named Qi Yuanyi who was the mastermind of Wang Jianjun, did you come today?" ”

"I didn't come, I heard that Master Qi Lian stayed in Tanzhou because of his status as a Taoist priest."

In fact, this Qi refiner originally wanted to come, but he was bumped into by Cao Shouzhen, who was mixed with the people in the rivers and lakes, and secretly ambushed him once, so frightened that he hid home and didn't dare to go out.

After a while, the competition officially began.

The people who ended up were all Jianghu people, they didn't like the martial arts exam to test equestrianism, spears, bows and arrows, but divided into one-on-one pairs, you come and I fight.

In order to avoid casualties, wooden weapons were used, which were covered in wet mud, and in a moment most of the people here were gray and covered in mud.

The monks of the Secret Seal Temple maintained order while acting as referees, and threw those who refused to admit defeat after being defeated from the field.

There are constantly people who are judged to be eliminated by loss.

In the end, 300 people were left to pass the selection, but the competition will continue, and the winner will be a low-ranking general.

Soon the last two remained.

One is a monk in his forties, of medium height and ordinary appearance, holding a long stick, calling himself a Shaolin monk Huiding.

His opponent was a burly man with a beard and sideburns, a leopard's head and eyes, and a huge wooden stake named Deng Pei.

The two of them were very hot as soon as they started, Hui Ding's moves were exquisite, and he played a heavy stick shadow, but Deng Pei was a force to drop ten times, his wooden stake was as thick as a person, and he tied two gripping handles with hemp rope, waving it like a big wooden mallet for a siege!

Wang Dudu asked in a low voice, "Master, who do you think is the best?" ”

Yun Xuansu looked at it for a while, and said softly to Wang Dudu: "This Huiding has been injured and can't last long. ”

Sure enough, after fighting for a while, Huiding's face became more and more red, and the corners of his mouth were oozing blood.

He didn't dare to touch the other party, so he was naturally restrained, and at this time, the old injury attacked, and he was no longer able to continue, so he quickly took two steps back and jumped out of the battle circle, shouting: "I admit defeat!" ”

Then Deng Pei sent away his temperament and refused to stop there, and chased after him with a wooden stake and smashed it!

Hui Ding was not as fast as the other party, so he didn't have time to dodge, and the horizontal stick was unloaded to the side, and his body was trying to move to the other side.

The moment the long stick and the stake intersected, he felt a strong surge, and his chest was smashed, and blood sprayed wildly.

Deng Pei was unforgiving, and the stake rotated with his body, making a whining wind, and slammed the other end at the opponent again.

"Stop!"

Hui Lin and Hong Yu both screamed and rushed over at the same time.

Deng Pei didn't care about this, and he didn't mean to stop at all.

Ren Wuji is Huiding's apprentice, at this time, his eyes were red, he took out a steel knife and slashed at Deng Pei's back, although Qiu Yanqing and Wuji have friction on weekdays, at this time, they are also consistent with the outside world, he feels that this Deng Pei is a savage, and his strength is so great, if he stays, no one can please him.

"Come along!" Deng Pei roared sullenly, he seemed to have eyes behind him, the front end of the stake smashed towards Huiding, and the back end was slightly raised, knocking the sneak attack steel knife away!

Ren Wuji's mouth was bleeding, and he turned his head backwards to dodge.

Hui Ding threw a long stick and rolled on the ground to avoid Deng Pei's attack.

The stakes smashed into the grass one by one, creating a row of deep pits, and sending the grass and mud flying around.

Hui Lin and Hong Yan had already arrived, pulled out their swords and attacked Deng Pei.

At this time, six or seven people came up to rescue, all of whom were Huiding's disciples, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.

Deng Pei was surrounded in the middle, playing with a big wooden stake so much that no one could attack him within three feet.

"This reckless man's moves are a bit of a doorway, and they don't all rely on strength!" Yun Xuansu nodded slightly and said.

Wang Dudu asked, "Can Master restrain him?" ”

Yun Xuansu nodded slightly and said, "Ten moves!" ”

Wang Dudu sighed: "It's still the master!" ”

Guo Hong listened to it, and had a more intuitive understanding of Yun Xuansu's strength, if he dealt with this reckless man, it would take about ten to fifteen moves without thunder and lightning.

Yun Xuansu's martial arts may be a little higher than his own, and he is worthy of being an elder of the Wangwu faction, but he has other hole cards.

In the Daomen, the north is honored by Wangwu and Zhongnan, and there are Shangqing, Qingcheng, Hengshan, Tiantai, Luofu and Longhu Mountain in the south.

Wang Jufang also saw that something was wrong at this time, and called a tall eunuch and said: "Yanzhen, go and order them to stop, and call the man who played with the big stump over, because my father has something to ask!" ”

Wang Yanzhi, who had blue spots on his forehead, went in response, came to the field, and shouted loudly: "The prison army has an order, stop it quickly, otherwise military law will be engaged!" ”

He is Hu Yanzhen, who fled back then, and now his surname has been changed to Wang.

Everyone stopped when they heard this, and Deng Pei also paused the big wooden stake on the ground and made a loud noise.

Wang Yanzhi said to Deng Pei: "The prison army is invited, and the strong man comes with me!" ”

Deng Pei picked up the stake and looked at it, looking a little complacent, and Wuji and a few other people surrounded Huiding and were looking at the injury.

Deng Pei walked to the front of the royal residence, threw the stake, and knelt down to salute.

Wang Jufang saw that Deng Pei was covered in mud and exuded a stench, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to cover his nose, and said in a shrill voice: "Strong man, please get up!" ”

He frowned and endured the unpleasant smell, and continued to ask, "Dare to ask who is under your feet?" Name? ”

"Xiaomin Hengshan County Deng Pei!"

"Hengshan people......" Wang Jufang hesitated slightly, and then asked: "Who did you learn martial arts from?" He was afraid that this person had something to do with the Hengshan faction.

"Xiaomin is a family heirloom martial arts, his ancestor Deng Wei was the governor of Yingzhou."

Wang Jufang didn't know the origin of this Deng Wei, so he asked Yun Xuansu in a loud voice: "Does Yun Niangzi know Deng Wei?" ”

Yun Xuansu said: "Deng Wei was originally the assassin of the Chen Dynasty, and after the Sui Dynasty, he was the governor of Yingzhou, and at the beginning of this dynasty, he made the history of Jizhou Assassin, and he was mostly an official in Liaoxi, two or three hundred years ago. ”

Wang Jufang laughed and said: "It turned out that after being a famous general, today's selection can be ranked as a winner, the monk who lost to you can be ranked first, and the others are ranked second, third, and fourth." The special class is the town general, the first class is the town deputy, the second class is the Rong master, the third class is the deputy of the army, and the fourth class is the soldier. As for the official grade, you have to wait for the meritorious service in the future before being rewarded, can you hear it clearly? ”

The people in the surrounding rivers and lakes cheered after listening to Wang Jufang's words.

Wang Jufang said again: "Today's banquet is held at noon, and the official has prepared a thousand jars of good wine, and all the heroes can drink happily!" ”

Those people cheered again, and praised Wang Jianjun's heroic hospitality.

At that moment, those people went to the lake to wash off the mud on their bodies, went back to the houses of the believers who were temporarily staying to change their dirty clothes, and waited until noon to come back to eat and drink.

Wang Jufang, Yun Xuansu and others climbed Weishan Mountain under the guidance of the receiving monks and took a tour.

Guo Hong followed Yun Xuansu and the others, and when he saw that the hour was almost there, he turned around and slipped away, Senior Brother Cao had been preparing for two days, and the big drama was about to start in a while.

When Yun Xuansu and the others went down the mountain, they turned around a bamboo forest and met another group of tourists on the mountain road, led by Lingyou and Pei Shi.

The two sides saluted each other, and when Lingyou saw Yun Xuansu, he saluted and asked, "I don't know what Yun Lian Master is doing when he comes to my Weishan?" ”

He was reminded by Pei Zhi to know the identity of the other party, and suspected that he had something to do with Guo Shangzao, and at this time, his eyes searched behind Yun Xuansu, but he did not find the figure who was fighting with him.

Yun Xuansu said: "Monks don't have to be suspicious, my Wangwu faction has never joined the Fujiao, and Buddhism has always been in harmony, the poor road is just a tour of the mountains and rivers passing by here, I heard that there is a conference to come and see the excitement." ”

"That's very good." Lingyou nodded and said no more, he had been in the south all his life, and he had heard of the reputation of the Wangwu faction, but he had never met the person in charge.

Pei Zhi said on the side: "I heard that since Xie Wangji's predecessor immortal left, your sect has been taught by a little immortal, but is it true? ”

Yun Xuansu said: "What Gong Pei said is right, now that my sect has moved to Taiyuan, Xie Ling'er's nephew will take over as the teacher, and my senior sister Xie Xuanying and Poor Dao have become elders, and their momentum is not weaker than when the master was alive." ”

Pei Shi asked again: "How is Brother Xiaonian and Wang Hedong (Wang Zai) doing?" ”

Yun Xuansu said: "The husband arrived in Jinzhou not long ago, has been busy concentrating on the management of state affairs, Wang Jiedu (Wang Zai) entered Chang'an in February, seeking to serve as an envoy, and wanted to move the town of Xuanwu, the criminal department Shangshu, Tongping Zhangshi Zhou Qi wrote against it, and Wang Jiedu had already returned to Taiyuan when the slave family left. ”

The seat of the Xuanwu Army is in Bianzhou, Henan, which is a large town in the Central Plains.

Led the title of "Tongping Zhangshi" (Prime Minister), went out to serve as the envoy of the festival, known as the "envoy", the status is higher than the general envoy of the festival, Wang Zai entered Beijing this time to settle the eunuch of the government with wealth and goods, and wanted to transfer to the Xuanwu Army Jie Du envoy, and added the honorary title of the envoy, but was made yellow by the prime minister Zhou Qi.

Pei Zhi laughed and said: "Wang Junzhi (Wang Zaizi Junzhi) is good with Cui Taishuo (Cui Xuan), it was Cui Gong who recommended him to serve as the envoy of Hedong Jiedu, and the court newspaper just sent yesterday said that Zhou Desheng (Zhou Qi) dismissed the prime minister, and the saint was replaced by Cui Gong, and the two ministers of Zhou and Cui can be said to have fought happily in the past few months, and finally Cui Gong made a move to ...... higher than chess."

Pei Zhi is more intimate with Wang Zai and Cui Xuan, Cui Xuan is a genuine bull party boss, and he has directly confronted Li Deyu, and because of this, he was driven out of the court and out of the town to observe the envoy.

Zhou Qi is also an important figure in the Niu Party, but he has a good temper and offends many people.

Moreover, he was born in the Shogunate of Li Zongmin.

In fact, the Niu Party is not monolithic, it is divided into two factions, Niu Seng and Li Zongmin, and now that the Li Party has fallen, the Niu Party has also begun to fight each other and compete for power and profit, Pei Zhi and Wang Zai, Cui Xuan and Niu Seng are closer to Niu Seng and Ru.

Although they are all big players, Wang Zai's status is far above Pei Zhi.

Hedong Town is located in Taiyuan, known as Bingzhou in ancient times, and Bianzhou Xuanwu Army is called "Merge, Bian", which are the world's first-class towns.

There are 50,000 soldiers in Hedong, while there are only 10,000 soldiers in Tanzhou.

Xuanwu had 100,000 soldiers, so Wang Zai wanted to move the town there.

Yun Xuansu smiled slightly at this time, and said to Pei Zhi: "Hedong is broken, and the military food depends on the imperial court. ”

As they talked, they walked down the mountain path and soon approached the Miyin Temple.

At this time, I saw several white-clothed monks carrying a flat pole to fetch water at the bottom of the mountain.

"Isn't that Pei Saburo, who became a monk yesterday?" Wang Dudu screamed softly.

Yun Xuansu hurriedly waved his hand at her.

Lingyou had already heard it, and said with a smile: "The monks who have just entered the temple have to carry water and cultivate the land, and my Zen Buddhism is like this, the so-called one day does not work (farming), one day does not eat." ”

Wang Dudu was a little surprised when he heard this, and blurted out the question in his heart: "Then don't you worship the Buddha?" ”

"The Buddha is in my heart, why should I worship?" Lingyou saw that the kings were all little girls, and she took the trouble to answer: "Zen does not worship wood carving clay sculptures, the Buddha is Sanskrit, translated into the Chinese language is a wise man, Shakyamuni and his disciples are not gods, but wise men, why make statues and worship every day?" ”

"Do you have a scripture?"

"Of course, there are scriptures."

"Old monk, will the ones you said at yesterday's festival also be compiled into scriptures?" Wang Dudu asked.

"Don't pass it on outside the church, don't write it."

Outside the teaching, it is the heart seal, that is to say, the learning of the heart seal transmitted by the Dharma is not written down, but can only be taught orally.

Wang Dudu bit his fingers and asked hesitantly: "If you want to farm your own land, and you don't worship Buddha or write books, isn't that the same as a farmer in the countryside?" ”

Lingyou said with a smile: "That's true, my Zen sect is self-reliant, even if the son of heaven of Wuzong is reincarnated, he will not destroy such a Buddha!" ”

Ps：

Historical figure: Deng Pei.