On the ninth day of September, Shaolin Temple, Zen room. Abbot Xuanci got up early in the morning, and after last night's morning class, he had breakfast with several monks of the Xuanzi generation. Monks eat, even if it is the Shaolin abbot, except for the chanting at the beginning, he will not say a word again. Therefore, in this small monk's room, only the sound of the collision of dishes and chopsticks remains.

But today, it seems that some are not like this. The master of Shaolin Temple, Xuan Lone, always looked like he wanted to say something, and looked up at Xuan Ci several times, but lowered his head again.

The monks of Shaolin Temple are divided into monks and monks, and among the monks, since the first master of Xuan Bei of the Discipline Academy was unfortunately killed by thieves, now under Xuan Ci, it is the first Xuan Lonely martial arts of the Dharma Academy, and the status is respected.

His strange behavior naturally attracted the attention of many people. Finally, Xuan Ci put down the chopsticks in his hand, folded his hands, and said, "Amitabha." The abbot put down his chopsticks, and the rest of the monks naturally stopped their movements, raised their heads, and looked at Xuan Ci.

"Senior Brother Xuan Lone, the old man saw that you wanted to speak and stopped, but what do you have to say? If you have anything to say, you might as well say it bluntly. "There are thousands of monks in Shaolin, so naturally it is impossible for them all to sit and eat together. And those who can sit with the abbot are all high-ranking monks of the Xuanzi generation, and the absolute high-level of Shaolin.

Xuan Xiao hesitated for a moment, and said: "Senior Brother, the matter of Senior Brother Xuan Bei and Senior Brother Xuan Ku has not yet been decided, and Duan Rui is going to hold a martial arts conference in my Shaolin Temple, is it inappropriate?"

Xuan Ci didn't answer immediately when he heard this, but sighed lightly, and then said: "Today's Shaolin is really eventful, that Duan Rui is the current head of the Xiaoyao faction. 35xs

At this point, that Rui came to my Shaolin as a guest, and should also have a relationship with my peers, he proposed to open a martial arts conference in Shaolin, and there are Tianshan Tong Grandma These predecessors are in charge, and we have to agree. ”

"Then, if Senior Uncle Lingyan comes forward, can you change it?" Xuan Sheng also tried to ask.

"No, this matter has always been arranged by Duan Rui, and Uncle Lingyan intervened, so he inevitably fell into the pretext of bullying the small, and Uncle Lingyan taught Xuzhu all day long, how could he have the leisure to care about this!" Xuan Ci said helplessly.

"The abbot of Qiyu, the master of the sacred mountain of Qingliang Temple of Wutai Mountain, the master of Guanxin of Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng Prefecture, the master of Daoqing of Jiangnan Pudu Temple, the master of Juexian of Lushan Donglin Temple, the master of Rongzhi of Chang'an Jingying Temple and the master of Shenyin of Qingliang Temple of Wutai Mountain, and a master from Tianzhu Dharma name Zheluo Xing came to visit here." The janitor came to report that a monk had come.

Xuan Ci listened to the gatekeeper and let the gatekeeper lead them into the main hall, and then looked at the junior brothers and asked, "Senior brothers, what are you doing watching a few senior brothers and junior brothers come to my Shaolin?" ”

"I'm not here anyway!" Xuan Xuan muttered, and then stopped interjecting.

The first seat of the Bodhi Academy, Xuan Nan, glanced at Xuan Xuan and said, "Although today is the period of the martial arts conference agreed by Duan Rui, they came too early, and they must not have come for the martial arts conference. Today, Shaolin is constantly wrong, and it is not a guest to come. It's all monks, and the people on the mountain also wanted to worship my Shaolin, but they weren't included, thinking they were here to make trouble. 35xs”

Xuan Lin answered: "Tianzhu's guest Zheluo Xing wanted to come for Naboluo Xing, and others wanted to come to help. ”

"Well, let's go and have a look first, lest others say that I am Shaolin snubbing distinguished guests!" Xuan Ci listened to the analysis of the two, and had some numbers in his heart, and he was not very worried to speak. As for what Xuan Xuan said, is that an analysis?

"By the way, gather all the monks of the temple to come to the main hall to meet guests, don't lose your manners."

"Yes, Senior Brother (Abbot)"

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The sound of the bell is loud and continuous, which is the signal to convene the monks of the whole monastery. Except for the birthday of the Buddha and the birthday of Patriarch Bodhidharma every year, the temple has rarely gathered all the monks.

Hui Lun was a little strange and said, "The abbot rings the bell to gather the crowd, let's all go to the Daxiong Treasure Hall." Xuzhu said: "Exactly." The dozen or so monks who accompanied the meal hurried to the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

I saw that more than 200 people had gathered in the hall, and the rest of the monks kept coming in. In a moment, more than 1,000 monks of the whole temple have gathered in the hall, and each branch is lined up, although the number of people is large, but it is silent.

Although Xuzhu was accepted as a disciple by Lingyan, he was still ranked among the "virtual" characters, only listening to the bell ringing three times, and all the monks proclaimed the Buddha's name: "Nan Wu Shakya Buddha!" Abbot Xuanci and the three senior monks of the Xuanzi generation, accompanied by seven monks, walked out of the apse slowly. The monks in the hall bowed and saluted together. Xuan Ci and the seven monks first visited the Buddha statue in the hall, and then sat down separately.

Xuzhu raised his head, and saw that the seven monks were not young, and the color of their clothes was different from that of this temple, and they were guest monks from other temples, one of them had a high nose and blue eyes, his hair was curly, and his body was very tall, and he was a monk. The one sitting at the top was about seventy years old, short in stature, with piercing eyes, and very majestic in anticipation.

Xuan Ci said loudly to the monks of this temple: "This is the abbot of Qingliang Temple in Wutai Mountain, everyone see." ”

Most of the monks know that the people on the sacred mountain are extremely famous in the martial arts, and Master Xuanci is called "descending the dragon" and "Fuhu" two arhats, in terms of martial arts, it is said that the people on the sacred mountain are still above the abbot of Xuanci.

It's just that Qingliang Temple is smaller in scale, and its status in the martial arts is far less than that of Shaolin, but its reputation is not as good as Xuanci. At that moment, they all bowed down and saluted to the people on the sacred mountain.

Xuan Ci stretched out his hand to the other six monks, introduced them one by one, and said: "This is the master of Guanxin of Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng Prefecture, this is the Daoqing master of Jiangnan Pudu Temple, this is the master of Juexian of Lushan Donglin Temple, this is the master of Rongzhi of Chang'an Jingying Temple, this is the master of Shenyin of Qingliang Temple of Wutai Mountain, and the junior disciple of the Shenshang Mountain people. ”

The monks of Shaolin Temple bowed and saluted, and the master of Guanxin stood up to return the salute. Abbot Xuanci stretched out his hand to the monk and said, "This master is from my Buddha Tianzhu Kingdom, and his legal name is Zheluo Xing. And all the monks bowed.

After returning the salute, Na Zheluo Xing said: "Shaolin Temple is so big, so many old ...... Old monks, middle monks, and small monks. The tone of the Chinese voice is not correct, and what "middle monk, little monk" is also a bit nondescript.

Xuan Ci didn't care what he said, after all, he was the abbot of Shaolin and had to have his own generosity, and then saw that none of the seven people planned to say the purpose of coming here first, so he said politely: "The seven masters are all great virtues of Buddhism. Today at the same time, it is really a great favor of the temple, so I called everyone out to meet. I hope that the seven masters will open the altar to say the Dharma, promote the Buddha's righteousness, and join the monks of the temple to receive the same lessons. ”

Since you don't say it, then I say, when the time comes, it will be too late for you to say it, although your purpose is not to prevent them from saying this purpose, but to gag them so as not to cause trouble for Shaolin.

The man on the sacred mountain: "Don't dare to be!" He was short, but he didn't expect his voice to be so loud, he didn't use his internal force, and he was born to say it so loudly.

He continued: "The Shaolin solemn treasure temple, the little monk has been in love for a long time, and he came to worship and ask for precepts sixty years ago, but he was turned away from the mountain gate. Sixty years later, the ruins are still the same, and the personnel are no longer the same, which is a sigh and a sigh. ”

"I heard that the high monk of the Shaolin Lingzi generation was born, and accepted a little novice of the imaginary character generation as an apprentice, and it was rumored that the title of 'Southern Monk' was rumored, I don't know if there is such a thing"

Xuan Ci said: "It turns out that my senior brother came to Shaolin Temple to become a monk in the past. The temples in the world are all family, and the senior brother is presiding over the cool today, and all my Buddhist disciples are admired. At that time, Shaolin Temple did not dare to accept it, offended the senior brother, and the little monk respectfully thanked him" said with his hands folded and bowed deeply.

"As for the senior brother said that the senior monk is the uncle of the junior monk Lingyan, as for his empty bamboo walking in the rivers and lakes, there are many people in the rivers and lakes who carry love, and the 'Southern Monk' is just the love of the younger generation in the rivers and lakes."

You said that you came to Shaolin to apprentice, but Shaolin refused, and now you come here to ask for sin, and the poor monk apologizes to you; You ask Uncle Shi, I tell you that there is indeed someone, but I am afraid that you will not dare to ask more; You asked the name of the southern monk again, and I told you that it was the title of the junior's opinion, if you don't want to be cheeky, you might as well fight for it.