Chapter 1357: Protector of the Nation
readx; Hearing that they were surrounded by at least hundreds of White Lotus Sect members, Huang Degong and Weng Yu and the other four were shocked, and their first reaction was that their whereabouts had been exposed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Huang Degong was just about to rush out and fight hard, but was pulled by Shu Yuejing and said: "The enemy is outnumbered, and it will be difficult for the general to fight out of the encirclement even if he is Wu Mu reincarnated." It's better to wait and see, maybe they may not be looking for you. ā
A few people thought about it, especially Huang Degong's injuries have not healed, and there is no difference between going out to fight and sending him to death. I had to mingle with all the students, nervously waiting for the White Lotus Sect to come in.
Although Shu Yuejing is very old, as the cave master of the White Deer Cave Academy, he showed a calm and unhurried bearing at this moment, slowly opened the door alone, and asked with his hand: "This place is a place for students to read the scriptures and discuss the Tao, what is the matter with you coming here?" ā
The leader looked Shu Yuejing up and down, and said disdainfully: "You bad old man, blind dogs?" This Dharma Protector came here to play the front station on the order of the National ** Division, why don't you open the middle door and prepare to meet the Dharma driver? ā
"What is the protector of the country?" Shu Yuejing said coldly.
"Oh, you don't even know the ** protector?" The leader said angrily, "Long live the Lord has just issued a holy decree to appoint our White Lotus Holy Sect Venerable as the ** Protector of the Country, and also given the surname of the country, and the people know it, how dare you say that you don't know?" I think you're clearly trying to rebel! Come on! ā¦ā
This guy was just about to order his subordinates to arrest Shu Yuejing, and another person next to him hurriedly whispered a few words to him. Only then did the leader suppress his anger and said: "Count yourself lucky, the ** Protector will come to the White Deer Cave Academy tomorrow morning, and the law will specially order the cave master to greet you." You hurry back and clean the courtyard of the house, and you must be careful tomorrow. No one is allowed to leave the College without the consent of this Dharma Protector! ā
After returning to the courtyard, Shu Yuejing introduced the experience to Huang Degong and Weng Yu, and Huang Degong immediately said with great joy: "What, the White Lotus Sect is coming on that dog day?" This is a godsend, Lao Tzu will take the opportunity to kill him tomorrow and eliminate a big harm for the court! ā
"Don't be reckless!" Weng Yu hurriedly stopped, "The White Lotus Sect Master must have a lot of guards, and it is said that he is a martial arts master himself, no matter whether the assassination is successful or not, not only you and I will definitely die, but also the cave master and dozens of students will be affected." ā
Shu Yuejing also persuaded: "The old man does not hesitate to die, but it is difficult to succeed with a few people assassinating, and the treasure ship blueprint will fall into the hands of the rebels again." ā
"So what to do, just watch?" Huang Degong said angrily, "Besides, what if a few of us are discovered, won't we still die at that time?" Just rush out now. ā
Shu Yuejing tried his best to persuade them, and led a few of them into the main hall of the academy with Shen Lang, moved the offering table in front of the portrait of Confucius, lifted the floor tiles, and there was a small secret room below. It turned out that more than 100 years ago, during the Zhengde period, Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, launched a rebellion in Nanchang, and in order to avoid the rebels, the then cave master built such a small secret room. However, King Ning's rebellion quickly subsided, and this secret room did not come in handy, but I didn't expect that more than a hundred years later, Huang Degong and a few of them would use it.
The chamber was cold and damp, and there were no lights, except for a few very hidden vents. Shu Yuejing told a few people not to come out no matter what happened outside, and then sealed the stone slab from the outside and moved the offering table back to its original position.
The night seemed extraordinarily long. Finally, in the early morning, I only heard the sound of silk and bamboo at the foot of the mountain, and the White Lotus Sect Leader outside shouted one after another: "The Protector of the Country's ** Master has arrived!" ā
Soon, a long procession of more than a thousand people emerged from the winter mist. In front of the procession were more than 100 ironclad warriors opening the way, followed by the White Lotus followers, some holding high-colored flags, some carrying Maitreya Buddha statues, some beating gongs and drums, and more chanting in unison like monks chanting sutras. However, what is sung is not Buddhist scriptures, but praises to the "Holy Master", which is so flattering that people can get goosebumps when they listen to it.
In the middle of the team, the eight White Lotus disciples jointly held high a large flag, and on the flag with red edges and blue background, the words "Qin Feng Protector ** Division" were embroidered with gold thread. Behind the banner is a super sedan chair carried by 32 people, and even if you walk on a rugged mountain road, the sedan chair is still carried very steadily. On a horse on the left side of the palanquin, there was a man wearing an iron mask, which was cold and expressionless, making people shudder.
When the sedan chair arrived at the gate of the academy, the White Lotus disciples had already called for the gate to open and forced Shu Yuejing and the students to greet him in the courtyard. The sedan chair fell to the ground, the sedan curtain opened lightly, and to Shu Yuejing's surprise, the person who walked out of the sedan chair was not a god who pretended to be a ghost, but a white-faced middle-aged scribe, with elegant manners, and a folding fan in the cold weather, which looked personable.
"The Holy Venerable Divine Skill is world-shattering, Dedai Heaven and Earth, long live long live!" All the White Lotus disciples knelt down and shouted together, but Shu Yuejing and dozens of students did not kneel, let alone shout slogans. Shu Yuejing was also taken aback in his heart, he had heard that this White Lotus Sect Master was accustomed to demagoguery and had a very high status among the rebels, but he never imagined that this person would dare to let his subordinates shout "Long live", you must know that this is something that only the emperor can enjoy!
This "** teacher" didn't seem to care about Shu Yuejing and the others' gifts, but just shook the folding fan for a long time, staring at them with a smile. At this time, some White Lotus disciples reprimanded Shu Yuejing and others, asking them to kneel and worship, and Shu Yuejing immediately said without humility or arrogance: "The old man only knows the White Lotus Sect in his life, and does not know the White Lotus Sect; Only kneel to the heavens and the earth, not to the gods, Buddhas and ghosts. ā
The last sentence was said quite harshly, and immediately the White Lotus Sect was furious and wanted to step forward and scold Shu Yuejing. The White Lotus Sect Master raised his hand to stop it, and said with an indifferent smile: "Don't be rude." Since the old Shu cave master didn't know the deity, the deity would introduce himself first. The original surname of the deity was Yun Zijian, and now he has been given the surname Zhu by the saint. The White Lotus Sect was also canonized as the state religion by the Holy Lord..."
Shu Yuejing immediately interrupted coldly: "As far as the old man knows, the current saint has never given anyone a surname since he ascended the throne last year. ā
Zhu Zijian was not annoyed at all, and said patiently: "The cave master is talking about Zhu Youzhen, right?" He died more than two months ago, and now the saint is now Yueyang, and the year name is Hongguang. ā
"Hiromitsu? Isn't that the 'era name' used by Zhu Changxun? Shu said with a sarcastic tone, "I heard that Zhu Changxun drowned in the Yangtze River, why do you still use 'Hongguang', isn't it unlucky?" Hahahaha..."
"Holy Venerable, this dead old man is extremely arrogant, what good is it to talk to him more? Kill it directly with a knife to save trouble! The White Lotus Sect next to him was murderous and eager to try the authentic language.
Zhu Zijian also stared at Shu Yuejing with a sharp gaze, and Shu Yuejing looked at each other without showing weakness. For a long time, Zhu Zijian laughed and said: "Sure enough, it is a master's bones!" Don't misunderstand the cave master, the deity came to the White Deer Cave Academy to visit the cave master, how can he do harm. This is not a place to speak, how about you and I go in and talk about it in detail? ā
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