Chapter 49. People from Shaolin
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been six years of time in a hurry, and among the rivers and lakes, the form is becoming more and more treacherous, but on this Wudang Mountain, it is still as clean and peaceful as ever.
"Report! Qiyu taught the real person, and Shaolin sent an envoy to worship the mountain to ask for a meeting. ”
On this day, I suddenly heard that the disciples of Shoushan reported that some Shaolin people came to Wudang to worship the mountain.
Song Yuanqiao was also puzzled by this, those Shaolin monks, why did they come to Wudang Mountain if they had nothing to do?
But after all, everyone was here, and Song Yuanqiao naturally couldn't see it, so he sent the disciples who guarded the mountain to welcome people into the Zhenwu Hall.
"Song Daxia, the little monk Shaolin Huizhen, on the order of Master Kongzhi of our temple, I came to Wudang to report something important to Song Daxia... This is a handwritten letter from Master Kongzhi, and I also asked Song Daxia to look at it. ”
Song Yuanqiao took the letter handed by the Shaolin monk, tore open the envelope and looked at it, and the look on his face suddenly became strange.
There is not much content in this letter, except for those unnutritious polite words, and the core of it is only a little.
- Shaolin Temple didn't know what to think, but it was a whim to attack Mingjiao, and the purpose of sending this letter was also to invite them to join the gang and encircle and suppress Mingjiao together.
If it was a few years ago, Song Yuanqiao might not have thought there was anything strange about this matter, after all, there are a lot of grudges between the major factions and the Ming Sect, and it is the righteous way to encircle and suppress the evil way...
But now... But he was going to think a few layers deeper.
Ever since Lu Zhi brought back to Wudang the news of the Yuan Court's conspiracy against their Central Plains Wulin six years ago, they Wudang already knew where this deep hatred between the various factions in the rivers and lakes came from.
Especially for an open anti-Yuan force like Mingjiao, I don't know how many hats were secretly put on him by the imperial court.
Although there are indeed few people in the Ming Sect who can be called good people, if there is no calculation of the imperial court, they will not end up in the situation where everyone shouts and beats in the rivers and lakes.
So in recent years, they have not been idle in Wudang.
The first is to completely clear out the spies in their Wudang Mountain Gate, and then they have been secretly investigating the various movements of the Jianghu and the Yuan Court over the years.
In addition, Lu Zhi released a few 'talks' from time to time, and put forward a few inferences, and they already knew the general plan of the imperial court for their martial arts.
And this time, Shaolin tried to contact the major factions of Wulin to encircle and suppress the Mingjiao Guangming Ding, but I am afraid that there is also the Yuan Court behind the scenes.
After all, if there is smoke everywhere today, anti-Yuan forces are emerging one after another, and the biggest anti-Yuan force among them is the righteous army of this Mingjiao.
I also heard that during this time, the Yuan army had many defeats in the war on the front line... It seems that Yuan Ting can't sit still, and is ready to use the hand of Shaolin to contact them, the Central Plains martial arts people, to deal with those high-level people on the top of the Ming Sect.
I just don't know if this Shaolin was used by the Yuan Court this time, or if he had already noticed something, but he was willing to cooperate with the Yuan Court...
After all, when the people of Shaolin took the lead and invited people from all factions to go up to his Wudang Mountain to make trouble, Song Yuanqiao now feels that something is wrong the more he thinks about it, and this time it is Shaolin who came forward and invited the major factions to encircle and suppress the Mingjiao Guangming Peak, no matter how you look at it, it is not normal.
Although Song Yuanqiao had already learned from Lu Zhi's mouth about the existence of Cheng Kun, the Yuan court who had entered Shaolin, how could the dignified Shaolin Temple be so easily played with by a small Cheng Kun in applause?
Or twice! Based on his understanding of those Shaolin monks, those monks are not such stupid and stupid people, on the contrary, no one can be more shrewd than those monks!
Song Yuanqiao raised his hand and lightly tapped the letter in his hand, and only after a little silence did he say that he said: "I already know about this matter, but this matter is a big matter, and I have to discuss it internally in Wudang before I can make a decision." ”
"After that, I will write a special book and reply to your temple."
"The little monk won't stay for long, so he will leave, and I hope that Song Daxia can respond as soon as possible."
Song Yuanqiao nodded, and instructed the disciples on duty outside the main hall: "Come here, send this master down the mountain." ”
After sending off the monks of Shaolin Temple, Song Yuanqiao soon found Zhang Songxi, Mo Shenggu and others to find Zhang Sanfeng to discuss the matter.
It's true that Lu Zhi is not in the mountains at the moment, and he doesn't know about it yet, otherwise, he is too familiar with the matter of the 'six major factions besieging Guangming Peak'.
Song Yuanqiao and others found Zhang Sanfeng and discussed the matter of Shaolin uniting various factions to encircle and suppress Mingjiao.
Zhang Songxi said: "According to me, we in Wudang shouldn't pay attention to this matter. ”
"This matter is obviously the imperial court's plan to kill people with a knife, the imperial army's army is now fighting with the righteous army of Mingjiao, and the imperial court cannot defeat Mingjiao in military affairs, so I have the idea of letting people from the rivers and lakes fight against Mingjiao."
"And our Central Plains martial arts people, once we start a war with the Ming Sect, then we will inevitably end up in a scene of defeat and defeat, even if our various factions can destroy the Guangming Peak, but afterwards our Central Plains martial arts will definitely suffer heavy losses and lose their vitality."
"At that time, the imperial court will not only be able to hit the Ming Sect hard, but maybe there will be a drama of praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches in the back, and we will deal a blow to our Central Plains martial arts."
Zhang Songxi has always been known for his resourcefulness among the Seven Heroes of Wudang, and he can be said to be the most resourceful person among the seven.
Fanning the flames in the martial arts, framing them, and maliciously provoking martial arts disputes is one of the favorite methods used by the Yuan Court, and even their Wudang have been calculated before.
Yu Lianzhou also nodded and said: "What the fourth brother said is good, this time it is obviously a plan to kill two birds with one stone in the imperial court, we really shouldn't be fooled." ”
Song Yuanqiao saw that Zhang Sanfeng never spoke, so he asked him for instructions: "Master, how should we Wudang respond to this matter?" Otherwise, they would simply disclose the conspiracy of the imperial court directly to the major factions of the martial arts, so that no matter what the imperial court calculated, it would not be able to achieve it. ”
Zhang Sanfeng shook his head and said: "It's not the time yet, although the imperial court is now in a difficult situation, it is still not something that we martial arts people can contend with." ”
"And it is still unknown whether there are other hidden backhands in the court's calculations, and rashly revealing its conspiracy will only make the situation completely out of control."
Yin Liting asked: "Then are we really as the court wishes, and fight with the Ming Sect to lose both?" ”
Zhang Sanfeng shook his head and said: "No, this time to besiege Mingjiao, we Wudang only need to agree on the surface and send a small number of people to help the fist, while the others are hiding behind the scenes, secretly investigating what the imperial court side is planning." ”
"When necessary, we can also come forward to expose the conspiracy of the imperial court, stop the struggle between the major factions and the Ming Sect, and turn the tide."
Everyone nodded, and Song Yuanqiao said again: "Master, do you need the disciple to send someone to call Qingzhi back?" ”
A month ago, Lu Zhi was ordered to go down the mountain to kill a flower thief who was ravaging the south of the Yangtze River, and I don't know if the flower thief's whereabouts are difficult to find, or if he encountered something on the road, and he has not returned to the mountain until now.
Zhang Sanfeng nodded: "This matter really needs to be informed of Qingzhi, he has been investigating the actions of the imperial court and the Ruyang Royal Mansion in the rivers and lakes for several years, and he knows the situation of the imperial court very well, and it is most appropriate for him to do this matter." ”
A few days later, a young man in a cyan suit came to an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River and found Lu Zhi.
"Mowgli, why are you here? Is there something looking for me on Wudang Mountain? ”
The young man who was in strong service was Zhang Wuji as an adult, and he was ordered by Song Yuanqiao to go down the mountain to find Lu Zhi.
"Senior Brother Qingzhi, Wuji is on the orders of the master, and I am here to look for you, and the master asks the senior brother to return to the mountain immediately, and there are important things to explain to you."
Lu Zhi subconsciously asked, "Wuji, do you know what is going on?" Isn't there a new conspiracy on the side of the imperial court? ”
In recent years, Lu Zhi has been acting on the rivers and lakes, and he has also taken action to sabotage many conspiracies of the imperial court.
During this time, the wars between the Yuan soldiers and the peasant rebels in various places on the front line became more and more stalemate, so Lu Zhi guessed whether there was any new action on the side of the imperial court.
Zhang Wuji shook his head: "I don't know, Uncle Master just asked me to come to you and let you go back to the mountain as soon as possible." ”
Lu Zhi nodded: "In that case, then I will go back to the mountain with you." ”