After a long time, the sound of the wooden fish stopped, and the brocade man slowly opened his eyes.

After staring at Huo Yuanzhen for a long time, the brocade-clothed man let out a long sigh and saluted Huo Yuanzhen again: "If one day, I will resign from official business, I will definitely come to Shaolin and accompany the Buddha for a long time."

Huo Yuanzhen smiled silently, took out a bracelet of Buddhist beads, and handed it to the Jinyi man: "This Buddha bead was consecrated by the poor monk himself, so give it to the donor as a souvenir."

The brocade man saluted again: "Under Shangguan Xiong, thank the abbot."

"Shangguan Xiong".

Huo Yuan's heart moved slightly, this name seems to have been heard.

Now not only are the rivers and lakes chaotic, but even the imperial court is not stable.

Huo Yuanzhen doesn't know anything about this world, and he has heard it in recent days, this country similar to ancient China is called Sheng Tang, which was founded by the Zhao family, although the country name is Sheng, but in fact it is not very peaceful, the three major warlords are divided, and the court is unable to pacify, so it can only be appeased.

At present, Henan Province has a Jiedu Embassy, and the Jiedu Envoy is called Guan Tianzhao, with an army of 300,000 under his command, and many places are not subject to the control of the imperial court.

And it is rumored in the market that Guan Tianzhao has the intention of rebelling, but now the emperor's sister, the eldest princess, is marrying him, and due to kinship, he can't have a seizure for a while.

It is rumored in the market that Huo Yuan really doesn't believe it, if he really wants to rebel, he will definitely not be restrained by a woman, Guan Tianzhao can be in the position of the envoy of the temperance, how can he be such a stupid person.

But I don't care about why I don't oppose Huo Yuanzhen, who is the emperor has nothing to do with me, what I care about is the affairs of the rivers and lakes.

If you live in a temple, you are worried about the people, which is the emperor's business.

Being far away from the rivers and lakes is worrying about him, Huo Yuanzhen does not have that awareness.

It's just that sometimes, there is also a close connection between the rivers and lakes and the temples, and some Jianghu sects have been attached to a certain force, which is also a resistance to Huo Yuanzhen's great cause of becoming the leader of the martial arts alliance in the future.

At present, this Shangguan Xiong is said to be the first fierce general under the command of the Jiedu Envoy, who can fight well, and he also has a not weak ability, as if he has learned martial arts from some master of the rivers and lakes for many years.

In Henan, Shangguan Xiong is very famous.

Shangguan Xiong originally thought that reporting his name would make Huo Yuanzhen shake, but Huo Yuanzhen didn't react, which made him a little disappointed and couldn't help but secretly admire Huo Yuanzhen's determination, it seems that this person who can be the abbot is really not ordinary.

In fact, how did he know that Huo Yuanzhen was thinking carefully about who Shangguan Xiong was just now.

"Shangguan donor, go back, and ask the old man to come to my Shaolin."

"Abbot, that Shangguan Xiong has said goodbye, and when I see the abbot today, I feel that this trip is worthwhile."

After Shangguan Xiong finished speaking, he took the Buddha beads in his hand, turned around and strode away.

Seeing Shangguan Xiong leave, Huo Yuanzhen sighed slightly.

To be honest, Huo Yuan really doesn't want to deal with people in the government, especially this kind of army, it's okay to get along with them, if you don't get along well, you will turn your face in the future, and it will be too unappetizing if you set yourself on fire to burn the Shaolin Temple.

I'm used to watching movies in my previous life, basically the final destruction of Shaolin was destroyed by war, and there are really few forces in the rivers and lakes that can really threaten Shaolin.

Of course, there is no comparison between Shaolin in the previous life and his current small temple, but Huo Yuanzhen can't help but guard against this.

Shangguan Xiong came here today, and Huo Yuanzhen was also out of helplessness.

If you don't agree to his request, I'm afraid the other party won't give up, since you are powerless to resist for the time being, it's better to make friends first.

However, for the time being, I don't need to worry about this issue, generally speaking, people in the government are not willing to offend the Jianghu sect, especially those who have the strength of the Jianghu sect.

Those high-ranking Jianghu people may not be able to fight against the army, but it is definitely an expert who engages in assassination or something, these years, countless officials have died at the hands of Jianghu people, especially those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, I can't guarantee that one day a hero will pop out of something, touch your house in the middle of the night and click you.

When I met those who were in the limelight, they would write on the wall or write in blood, writing on the murderer so-and-so.

When you meet those who are timid, you simply don't have any clues, and you can't find anyone for revenge.

In the final analysis, Shaolin still has no strength, and neither can it be by force.

If you want to improve your strength, lottery is the only way, and with his fingers wrenched there, Huo Yuanzhen began to calculate the time.

I have been wearing it for more than a month, and I have experienced a total of three lotteries, a lottery in April, a lottery added to the Dragon Boat Festival, and a lottery in May.

It's June now, but the lottery is at the end of the month, and there are no festivals in June, so there is no prize to draw for nearly a month.

What I can do now is to be diligent in cultivating Tongzigong.

In addition to themselves, it is also imperative to develop Shaolin, now Shaolin has a certain reputation, and it is estimated that in the future, there will be admirers to visit the pagoda.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, I can consider recruiting disciples.

In terms of recruiting disciples, Huo Yuan really would rather lack than overuse, and recruit those with good qualifications and conduct, so as not to have traitors or something in the future.

If you want to do it, Huo Yuanzhen simply took out a blank piece of paper, thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate, and found another piece of red paper when he rummaged through the cabinet.

Spread out the red paper, picked up the brush and wrote twice on the white paper next to it, and frowned when he looked at the crooked words.

Huo Yuanzhen's pen writing is good, this brush has really not been practiced, so he simply went outside and called it in.

Yikong also copied Buddhist scriptures, and the handwriting was good, Huo Yuanzhen said, he wrote.

A day passed, and even some people planned to stay overnight on the edge of the pagoda, but they were invited out by Huo Yuanzhen and others.

Early the next morning, there were thousands of people who came to the Shaolin Temple and came to the gate of the temple that had just been built, but they saw a list of texts.

Some literate people began to read.

"Shaolin Temple, located in the Shaolin mountain forest, hence the name, fortunately blessed by the Buddha, the heavenly merit of ten thousand pagodas, bless one side of the people, the abbot of the temple a ring master to listen to the Buddha's will, follow the wishes of heaven, in line with the will of all living beings, willing to carry forward Shaolin, now recruit Shaolin lay disciples."

"Wow! Shaolin is recruiting disciples!".

"Can anyone sign up? I'm a woman, can I?"

"I'm not yet sixty years old, but I don't think there's much chance of it?"

The crowd was in a chaotic situation, and the one who read the list for a long time got the opportunity to continue reading: "The enrollment rules are as follows, under the age of twenty-five, men over ten years old, with or without family members, it is required to be in good health, good conduct, and the abbot personally examines it, after entering Shaolin, there is a master to teach the Dharma "Myoho-renge-kyo", and a master teaches the martial arts "Fuhu Fist", every three days must participate in a morning class, every five days must come to the Shaolin martial arts field to practice martial arts, those who perform well can become Shaolin official disciples, learn advanced martial arts."

"Shaolin also teaches martial arts? Do they know martial arts?".

"Why not, didn't you see that day the abbot didn't even leave a mark with a hard knife on his head, if I knew how to do this, my brother-in-law would see me like a mouse and a cat."

"I just don't know if Shaolin is for food?"

"Don't be too greedy, Shaolin is a treasure blessed by the Buddha, you can go in and burn high incense, if I can go in, don't say I don't offer food, even if I offer these masters' food."

When people got the news and felt that they were qualified, most of them came to the monastery to sign up.

Huo Yuanzhen and others in the temple have already set up the table, and the Journey to the West is almost finished, and it is time to get down to business.

On the first day, the number of applicants reached more than 130.

Yijing is responsible for checking the body, Huizhen and Huiming are responsible for asking for family information, and Yikong is a test of patience, that is, to explain the Dharma to the person who passes for a while, to see if the other party can calm down and whether it is suitable for Shaolin.

And Huo Yuanzhen is in charge of the last pass, which is to inspect the other party's conduct.

Huo Yuanzhen had already prepared the way to inspect his conduct, and adopted some of the small tricks of recruitment in his previous life, such as throwing two copper plates on the ground first, and putting some garbage in a clean place that the interviewer must pass through, so as to test the other party's temperament.

But it's a pity that although the number of applicants has reached more than 100, there are not many people who can really pass the first few levels, especially when it comes to the test of patience in the air, these young people yearn for learning martial arts, although they believe in the existence of the Buddha, but their patience has yet to be honed.

After a day of tossing, there was no one who had the patience to pass the test, which made Huo Yuanzhen very disappointed.

In the evening, several people with backaches and legs gathered together to close the temple gates.

At this moment, suddenly there was a loud roar outside!

When Huo Yuanzhen heard this voice, the first thing that came to mind was his current housekeeping skills, the lion's roar!

And this sound is more penetrating and shocking than the roar of a lion, which is clearly a real beast roar!

But this Shaomu Mountain is the Central Plains, not to mention that there are no lions here, even in the entire Tang Dynasty.

If it's not a lion, then it's just another beast, a tiger!

Hearing this voice, several monks changed color on their faces and hurriedly wanted to close the door.

In the crack of the door, Huo Yuanzhen saw that a huge colorful tiger rushed out from the mountain road, less than twenty meters away from the gate of Shaolin Temple, and it was too late to close the door.

Huo Yuanzhen gasped and secretly exercised his internal force, not knowing if his lion's roaring kung fu was effective against the king of mountains and forests.

It's okay if it's effective, if it's invalid, I'm afraid that the five of us will die in the tiger's mouth today!