Chapter Seventy-Two: The Mouth Stops Suddenly
The yellow-clothed monk looked puzzled when he heard this, and stood in place embarrassed, unable to decide where to stay.
"It's okay to make a normal fire to keep warm." Zuo Dengfeng frowned again in desperation, and the yellow-clothed monk turned around and went back, carrying the stake-like sky to the fire.
Zuo Dengfeng sat on the right side of the bluestone and quietly pinched the qi gathering trick to restore the aura, and at the same time looked at the red-clothed monks next to the fire, these eight monks have no martial arts cultivation, just ordinary elderly monks, but their status is very respectful, and those monks in gray and yellow clothes respect them very much.
"The Shaolin Temple suffered a military disaster ten years ago, and the losses were very serious, there were more than a thousand monks before, and now there are less than five hundred left." Jade Whisk walked up to his side and spoke. She guessed from Zuo Dengfeng's eyes that he was looking at the monks.
"What are these eight old monks doing?" Zuo Dengfeng asked casually.
"There are many halls under the Shaolin Temple, and there are ten of the larger ones, and the Luohan Hall, the Prajna Hall, and the Dharma Academy are the places where martial arts are practiced. Bodhi Temple, Shindoji Temple, is a place to meditate on the Dharma. The precept house and the confessional hall are places where monks who have made mistakes repent of their mistakes. The people living in the Yaowang Courtyard are all monks who understand medical skills. The relics are dedicated to the relics and the stupas of the high monks of the past dynasties, and the scriptures are all scriptures. These red-clothed monks are the first of these halls, and the old monk in the middle is the abbot of Shaolin Temple, surnamed Master Mu, and he is the only one left with the surname. "Yufu walks on the rivers and lakes all year round and naturally understands the Shaolin Temple. At this time, the three who practiced martial arts were all put down by the two, and there were only eight left who didn't know martial arts.
"Who is the abbot of Shaolin Temple?" Zuo Dengfeng asked.
"The abbot is the abbot's room, and the room is one zhang in length, width and height, square in shape, called the abbot's room, so people outside also call the abbot the abbot, in fact, the abbot is not a formal name." Jade Fu kept looking sideways at Mingkong next to the fire, although Mingkong's position was close to the fire, the frost on his body was not baked away by the heat.
"It doesn't seem to work." Zuo Dengfeng also saw that the cold qi in Mingkong's body was not dispelled by the fire.
"Think about it again, is there any way to do it?" Yu Fu'e frowned slightly, only by saving Mingkong can he fulfill his promise, and if he dies, he will be in trouble, not only can he not solve the problem, but he will also form a bond.
"There's one last way." Zuo Dengfeng pondered for a moment and spoke.
"What?" Yufu asked.
"He is frozen by my Xuanyin True Qi, and must be resolved with violent Yang Qi, as long as I take off the Xuanyin gauntlet, the aura in my body is Yang's." Left to climb the peak of the positive color opening.
"Does taking off the gauntlet affect you?" Jade Fu asked with concern. Zuo Dengfeng had told her before that this Xuanyin gauntlet was related to his surname.
"There is definitely an impact. But there's no way, your aura is not surnamed Yang, so I can only come. Zuo Dengfeng shook his head and spoke, the bell must be tied to the bell, if he wants to save Mingkong, he can only do it.
"What happens if you take off your handguards?" Jade Whisk asked again.
Zuo Dengfeng blushed and didn't speak, without the yang energy in the Xuanyin protector and in his body, his first reaction was a pillar of optimism, followed by a burst of skin, Zuo Dengfeng naturally wouldn't say these words to Yufu.
"Thank you." Jade Whisk thanked softly. She knew very well that Zuo Dengfeng did all this for her, she didn't expect that the golden bean that she occasionally gave away with kindness back then would be rewarded by Zuo Dengfeng so heavily, not only took care of her carefully for three days, but also helped her at a critical moment.
Zuo Dengfeng shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this, he did have the element of repaying the favor by helping Yufu, but the main thing was to be entrusted by others, but he couldn't tell Yufu that he was sent by the Golden Needle to protect her, if he told the truth, Yufu would not only hate him, but also blame the Golden Needle for being troublesome. But if you don't say it, Yufu will think that he is very righteous, and she will definitely thank him from the bottom of her heart.
"Yu Zhenren, where did that monkey of yours go missing?" Zuo Dengfeng felt that the time was ripe, so he began to ask questions.
"Nanjing, some time ago, the gold needle and silver crown have been in Nanjing, and I rushed there later." Jade Fu replied. She definitely wouldn't have said this to Zuo Dengfeng before.
"I admire you." Zuo Dengfeng nodded and said. During that time, it was said that the devil was carrying out a tragic massacre in Nanjing, and almost all men, whether they were old or young, and most of the women were killed regardless of their age.
"If it weren't for those irrelevant people, I wouldn't have gone to Nanjing, if I didn't go to Nanjing, I wouldn't have met that crazy monk, and Jiu'er wouldn't have been stolen by him, and I blamed Du Qiuting for having nothing to do." Jade Fu snorted coldly and spoke.
Yufu stopped when he said this, Du Qiuting is the name of the golden needle, and the implication of the jade whisk is that Du Qiuting sent a letter to invite her to Nanjing, and the jade whisk was invited, but the monkey was stolen by the iron shoes in Nanjing, so the jade whisk blamed the head of the golden needle.
"Is that well-behaved monkey your pet?" The left summit advanced slowly.
"Jiu'er is not my pet, it is my friend, and it saved my life when I was little. Forget it, you don't understand this. Jade Fu sighed and shook her head.
"It's so small, how can it save your life?" How could Zuo Dengfeng give up halfway. Yufu said that he didn't understand, but in fact, he not only understood, but also empathized. The difference is that Jade Whisk's small monkey has been stolen by the Iron Shoes, and his fat cat is now lying on the branch of the tree basking in the sun.
"Twenty years ago, Hunan was flooded, my family and I went north to flee the famine, my parents and sister starved to death on the road, I was only seven years old at the time, I couldn't stand on my own at all, if I hadn't met Jiu'er, I'm afraid I would have starved to death." As she spoke, she glanced at the bright sky that was roasting by the fire.
"It gives you fruit to eat?" Zuo Dengfeng asked again. Jade Whisk inadvertently said her age, Jin Needle was right, although Jade Whisk looked like a twenty-eight girl, in fact, she was twenty-seven years old.
"It can get anything to eat, as long as it can hold it." Jade Whisk said casually. The digression was that the monkey might steal as well.
"Where did you meet that monkey?" Zuo Dengfeng asked a crucial question.
"A forest three hundred miles northeast of our Chenzhou faction." Yufu's attention was not concentrated, she was concerned about the life and death of Mingkong next to the fire, and she only responded casually to Zuo Dengfeng's question. And Zuo Dengfeng is not in a hurry to save Mingkong at the moment, let him bake it for a while, anyway, it can't be baked.
"It is rumored outside that your monkey is one of the earliest twelve earthly branches, and finding all six yang animals can make a man immortal, is it related to this that Iron Shoes stole your monkey?" Zuo Dengfeng pondered for a moment and asked.
"The six yin and yin are immortal, the six yang and yang immortality is just an ancient legend, Ming Jing is crazy, how can he ask for immortality. He just liked Jiu'er so he stole it, and I chased him very quickly along the way, and he would find food for Jiu'er if he didn't care about eating. Jade Fu replied.
"I believe in this legend, I want to find six Yin animals in the twelve earthly branches to save my wife, do you have any clues to provide me?" Zuo Dengfeng pondered for a long time and asked. Sometimes it's better to explain the intention directly, and in addition, the monkey of the jade whisk is surnamed Yang, which does not conflict with the purpose of Zuo Dengfeng.
Hearing this, Yu Fu immediately took his eyes back from the fire and looked at Zuo Dengfeng squarely, with a little surprise and sincere admiration in his expression.
"I do know the origin of the twelve earthly branches, but I don't believe that they can make people immortal." Jade Fu sighed and shook her head.
"I believe it." Zuo Dengfeng nodded solemnly.
"This is not the place to talk." The implication of Yu Fu's words is to let Zuo Dengfeng save Mingkong first.
"It's important to me." Zuo Dengfeng asked in a low voice.
"At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou led his troops to attack Shang with Jiang Ziya, and there were many vassal states with them, but in the sacrificial text "Pastoral Oath" on their expedition, only the eight princes of Yong, Shu, Qiang, Ji, Wei, Lu, Peng, and Pu were mentioned. These eight vassal states are not the largest in area, and they do not send the most troops, but they are mentioned by name, the reason is that each of these countries has an animal that can affect the number of qi and the qi of the earth, and the remaining four animals are all in the territory of the Zhou State, and they are all territorial. All things are born in the earth, so the Zhou State is the leader, the Yongshu and other eight kingdoms are the main force, and the other vassal states are the retinue, if you want to find the six Yin animals in the twelve earthly branches, you can find clues from the previous location of these vassal states. Jade Fu lowered her voice and said quickly.
Yufu's words made Zuo Dengfeng suddenly, although the small country at that time was not called a vassal state, but the deeds that Yufu said were quite consistent with historical events, and the credibility was extremely high. In addition, the place where Yufu found the monkey was also within the scope of the ancient Yong Kingdom, so Zuo Dengfeng had a general search range, that is, the northwest, west, and southwest areas where the eight vassal states and the Zhou Kingdom were previously located.
Not only did he determine the general range, but Zuo Dengfeng also obtained another piece of information, that is, if those animals were not taken away, they would always be fixed in a certain range and would not go far.
Just when Zuo Dengfeng was secretly rejoicing, he suddenly heard the sound of breaking wind in the distance, the sound came from three miles away, it was the sound of the wind driven by the rapid movement of a person with advanced cultivation, although he was injured at the moment, his hearing and vision were still keen.
"There's a master from the back mountain." Zuo Dengfeng retracted his thoughts, stood up and warned Yufu.
Hearing this, Yufu immediately frowned and listened carefully, but her aura cultivation was lower than Zuo Dengfeng, and she didn't hear anything abnormal.
"Great, it's over." Zuo Dengfeng listened attentively again, and couldn't help but be happy and surprised.
"What's wrong?" Seeing that he looked strange and contradictory in his words, Yufu hurriedly asked questions.
"I hear your monkey barking." Zuo Dengfeng frowned and smiled bitterly.
The monkey's cry indicates that the person is the Iron Shoes, which is good news for Jade Whisk. But it's big bad news for him Zuo Dengfeng, the senior brother of the family is still roasting by the fire, can you give up when the iron shoes come?