Because the Great Xiangguo Temple is a royal temple, it is the place where the successive emperors of the Great Song Dynasty are respected, every year during the Buddha Festival, the Great Song Emperor will personally come to the Great Xiangguo Temple to incense and pray for blessings, the ceremony is very grand, even Song Gaozong can not avoid vulgarity.

It can be said that the Great Xiangguo Temple is a cultural symbol of the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty, with the support of the imperial court, the area of the Xiangguo Temple continues to expand, and the current abbot of the Xiangguo Temple is even more benevolent to the Song Gaozong, so Zhao Gou often comes to have a long talk with the previous host, to discuss Buddhism.

The current presiding abbot is called Yuqing, and the world is known as Master Yuqing, whether it is Buddhism, medicine, or even martial arts. When Zhao Qingcang, Zhao Qingyu, and Zhao Hengyu came to Xiangguo Temple, they saw the magnificent red building from a distance, and they were also amazed for a while, and the whole person was stunned.

Xiangguo Temple is a famous temple in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou moved the capital to Youzhou, and Xiangguo Temple is still in the territory of Kaifeng Mansion, standing tall, the incense is becoming more and more prosperous, every year come to pray for the blessing of the people, even the emperor and grandson, the merchant Jia is very rich, etc. will come.

Zhao Qingcang and the other three walked through the steps, went up the mountain to the gate of the mountain, and greeted several warrior monks on the opposite side, they were wearing monk robes and holding ring sticks, waiting for the battle, and the three of them came just to take a look and did not stop them. Although Zhao Qingcang and the others were outsiders, they did not carry any weapons on them, and they were very respectful, which made them let down their guard.

When Zhao Qingcang and the three arrived at the mountain gate and were about to enter the temple, an old monk wearing an old robe with a string of Buddhist beads hanging on his chest, and a string of beads in his right hand, saw that he was kind and kind, his eyebrows and beard were silver-white, and he hurriedly shouted: "I have seen the master, I came from afar with two brothers, because of the name of Xiangguo Temple, I came to visit, disturb the master, and look at Haihan!" ”

"It is an honor for you to come to our temple!" This person is the master of Xiangguo Temple, Zhao Qingcang raised his head, just saw Zhao Qingcang's face, a little stunned, and looked at their age in their hearts, he personally invited Zhao Qingcang and the three to enter the temple.

Master Yuqing personally led Zhao Qingcang and the three of them on a tour, he had already guessed Zhao Qingcang's identity, and he didn't dare to slack off. Since Zhao Qingcang didn't want to reveal his identity, he also pretended not to know. Under the guidance of Master Yuqing, Zhao Qingcang traveled around the temple, and introduced each building in detail, including the origin, and the stories in it, without the slightest concealment.

Zhao Qingcang and the other three were still unsatisfied, and then they came to Xiangguo Temple, first, to see it, and secondly, to find out what they had heard under the mountain. Master Yuqing seemed to understand the thoughts of Zhao Qingcang and others, and when he saw that it was getting late, he asked the monks in the temple to disturb the guest room and let them stay for one night, and then instructed the kitchen to prepare food for them to eat.

The next day, Zhao Qingcang and others still stayed in the temple and played again, and Master Yuqing personally entertained him again. Zhao Qingyu and Zhao Hengyu didn't find anything, but Zhao Qingcang carefully observed and found that Master Yuqing was very respectful when he saw Master Yuqing in the temple, and the abbot was nowhere to be seen these days, which had to make Zhao Qingcang suspect that the person in front of him was the host of Xiangguo Temple.

"Dare to ask the master's number!"

"The poor monk's law is called 'Yuqing'!"

Zhao Qingcang asked Master Yuqing's name straight to the point, which coincided with what he had guessed in his heart, and after Master Yuqing said his name, he hurriedly knelt down and shouted respectfully: "Poor monk Yuqing, I have seen the emperor!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

"Does the abbot know who I am?" Zhao Qingcang was a little surprised.

Master Yuqing replied: "Back to the emperor, although the poor monk has never seen the saint, he has seen the emperor. Although the Emperor Taishang has left the capital and traveled everywhere, he is no longer in the world. However, the poor monk was a close friend with him, and he was very familiar with the emperor. ”

"The appearance of the saint is seven or eight points similar to the emperor, and your body shape is not much different from the emperor, the poor monk guessed the identity of the emperor, and asked the emperor to forgive the poor monk for the crime of concealment!"

"What a crime the abbot has, it's all about me!" Zhao Qingcang knew that Master Yuqing guessed that it was the emperor at first sight, and then asked: "I left the capital and paid a private visit, so I don't need the courtesy of the monarch and the minister here, these etiquettes are all waived!" ”

"The poor monk obeys the order!"

"Abbot, Xiangguo Temple is a royal temple, and it is no longer in the world, why would people outside the square have a grudge against such a Jianghu sect as Manichaeism?" Zhao Qingcang expressed the doubts in his heart, and he also told the news he had heard in the city.

Master Yuqing sighed: "This matter is a long story! ”

So, Master Yuqing told Zhao Qingcang about the matter, and Zhao Qingcang knew that this matter was a misunderstanding after hearing about it. It's just that this misunderstanding is getting bigger and bigger, and now it's really difficult to ride a tiger, and Master Yuqing also said the reason why there are warrior monks on the mountain gate, this is to prevent Manichaeism from coming and strengthen vigilance.

"So that's a misunderstanding!"

"Back to the emperor, it was originally just a misunderstanding, but then something like that happened, I'm afraid that the Manichaean sect leader will not give up!" Master Yuqing sighed.

"Why does the abbot sigh? Isn't the Manichaean leader the kind of arrogant and unreasonable person, or does he kill innocent people indiscriminately? ”

"Actually, I have some friendship with the current leader of Manichaeism!" Master Yuqing shook his head and continued: "I don't know how old the Manichaean Sect Master is, what his appearance is, etc., the only thing I know is that his martial arts are extremely high. More than ten years ago, he single-handedly challenged the heads of various major sects, and successively defeated more than a dozen famous and decent leaders, who were all first-class masters of the rivers and lakes, and they couldn't take more than 100 moves in his hands. ”

"It is conceivable that his martial arts have reached the pinnacle, the real teenager became famous, at that time he also had a war post to fight with me, I didn't want to agree, in the end he hit the mountain gate directly, and was forced to shoot helplessly, if it wasn't for the king at that time to stop him, I'm afraid that no one on the rivers and lakes can really stop his pace."

Zhao Qingcang was surprised: "Uncle Wang appeared? So how is the battle going? ”

Of course, the result was that the king won side by side, but before he left, he said that the account would be collected from the prince, and then he left. Since then, there has been no news of him on the rivers and lakes, and it has not suddenly appeared until the last few years, and his martial arts are much higher, even the poor monks are not his opponents. ”

Master Yuqing smiled bitterly and said: "The battle between the prince and him, I knew that his martial arts were much stronger than mine, and a few years ago he came to Xiangguo Temple again to find me, but it was not a martial arts competition, but to discuss Buddhism, which made me very surprised, and finally had a long talk with him, and finally he made a move in front of me, and I knew that his martial arts realm was deeper." ”

Zhao Qingcang was a little surprised when he heard that the Manichaean sect leader could actually be on an equal footing with Uncle Wang. Although Master Yuqing did not directly say that the battle, Uncle Wang won by tricks, but he knew it, because after Uncle Wang returned to Beijing at that time, he also told them about this matter, and finally told them that there is a truth outside the heavens and there are people outside the sky, and let them practice hard.

"Since it can be appreciated by Uncle Wang, it can be seen that he has some skills, I really want to meet it for a while!"

Master Yuqing continued: "The emperor is a golden body, the pride of the sky, I am afraid it is not safe to stay in Xiangguo Temple at this time. If the emperor really wants to visit the Buddha and come back on the Buddha's birthday, it is better to leave as soon as possible at this time. If there really is any case, then the poor monk is a great sin. ”

Zhao Qingcang smiled and said, "Abbot, don't worry, I have my own plans for this matter!" If the man comes, I will meet him; If he doesn't come, so much the better! In addition, the abbot, you have to keep it a secret for me, and you must not tell the local government that I am coming! ”

"The poor monk obeys the order!" Master Yuqing reluctantly agreed, he was really a little worried that something would happen to Zhao Qingcang, if there were really three longs and two shortcomings, not only him, but even Xiangguo Temple would suffer a catastrophe, and even the entire Buddhism would be implicated.

Zhao Qingcang returned to the courtyard, and when Zhao Qingyu and Zhao Hengyu saw him come back, they were a little strange where he went. Zhao Qingcang told the two of them what Master Yuqing had just said, which made Zhao Qingyu very excited, and he felt that the opportunity to show his skills had arrived.

He was originally a martial arts addict, and he didn't have much opportunity to walk the rivers and lakes, basically all of them were trained in the court, if it wasn't for the guards to fight, it would be difficult for him to show his skills, and he couldn't go to Gao Chong, or Zhao Yougong, you must know that Gao Chong is his master, Zhao Yougong is his uncle, even if he does it, it's not fun.

Now that Zhao Qingyu heard that there was such a master, where could he still sleep, he couldn't wait to meet the Manichaean leader.

Zhao Qingcang and Zhao Hengyu saw that Zhao Qingyu was excited, and they didn't bother to pay attention to him, if they took care of it, then they wouldn't have to sleep all night.

"Big brother, are you thinking about Manichaeism?"

Zhao Qingcang nodded and said, "Hengyu, you once followed Uncle Wang in the mountain villa, and the affairs of the rivers and lakes should be very clear, so do you know the organization of Manichaeism?" ”

"According to the deeds recorded in the villa, there was a Manichaean leader named Fang La, who once led a large army to rebel, and was finally suppressed by the army led by the Emperor Taishang, and the generals of that battle suffered heavy casualties. In addition, it is recorded in the rivers and lakes that Fang La's martial arts are extremely high, and the Ouchi guards are not his opponents. ”

Zhao Hengyu thought for a while and said: "Emperor Taishang was still a generalissimo at that time, and he was in charge of the military as a young man, and he led the army with Fang La. ”

"However, the strange thing is that there are so many records, and there are not too many records later, and even the names of the previous and current sect leaders are not clear."

Zhao Qingcang was puzzled: "How could I not know?" ”

"At the beginning, I was also very puzzled, the record of Manichaeism was limited to Fang La's rebellion, and all the records after his death seemed to have been deliberately concealed, and I didn't know what the reason was, and even I asked my father, but my father just smiled and said nothing, saying that this matter was naturally clear, and he didn't understand what that sentence meant."

"Isn't it Manichaeism, what else is hidden?" Zhao Qingcang muttered and asked, "Then did you send someone to investigate later?" ”

"I sent someone to investigate, but I still found nothing!" Zhao Hengyu didn't investigate, he really investigated secretly, and he really found nothing, and in the end, he was beaten up by Zhao Yougong because of this matter, and even he didn't know what the reason was.

Zhao Qingcang and Zhao Hengyu were silent, they really couldn't figure out what was going on in Manichaeism, and there were not too many records of Manichaeism even in Amber Villa, as if someone deliberately concealed it, and the only person who could influence the decision of the Villa was Song Gaozong Zhao Gou.

"Could it be that the Emperor has something to do with Manichaeism?" Zhao Qingcang secretly thought, "If there is really anything involved, why have I never heard my father mention it, even the queen mother has never said it, it seems that this matter can only be known by meeting the current sect leader in person." ”

(End of chapter)