Chapter 185: Mistakes in the chaos
In the Luoyang Governor's Mansion, the veteran Qu Tutong called his two sons, Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan, and told with a heavy face: "Bring the three hundred private guards of the Qu Tu family, and immediately go to the Shaolin Temple to help King Qin and King Zhao, no matter what happens, you must protect the safety of His Royal Highness King Qin." ”
Brother Qu Tu asked puzzledly, "Father, what happened?" Is there an order from the imperial court? ”
Qu Tutong shook his head and said, "No, it is precisely because the imperial court has no order that it is a more dangerous time." King Qin and King Zhao went to Shaolin Temple to ask for someone, only brought a hundred Xuanjia guards around them, others don't know, how can we live in Luoyang for a long time not know, that Shaolin Temple Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Master is a lot, only more than 100 people went, in case there is a mistake, King Qin is not skilled in martial arts, the consequences are unimaginable. ”
"What? In this case, why didn't the imperial court send a large army over and directly set foot on the bullshit Buddhist temple? Qu Tuquan said angrily.
The calm Qu Tushou patted the second brother's shoulder and sighed: "It is rumored that the thirteen stick monks of Shaolin saved King Qin, that is, His Majesty the Emperor today, it is impossible for the imperial court to move Shaolin openly, so this time His Royal Highness the King of Qin will not move any soldiers and horses." ”
Seeing that his son had already clarified the situation, Qu Tutong nodded with great relief: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin has a great favor to my Qu Tu family, and his business is our family's business, now, you know what to do, right?" ”
The two brothers glanced at each other, and Qi Qi gave a military salute to his father and said, "Swear to protect His Royal Highness King Qin to the death." ”
Watching the two sons lead the troops and set off quickly, Qu Tutong's old eyes were full of worry, and he muttered in his mouth: "Your Highness, I thought that you would be wise and wise, and you would come to Luoyang first to discuss, but I didn't expect to go straight to the thief's nest, I hope these two boys can catch up and delay, don't have an accident, I have already sent a letter to Chang'an, and the reinforcements will come soon......"
When the Qu Tu brothers arrived, the time had already passed all night, and Li Yuanying was very moved by the affection of the old general Qu Tutong. Old acquaintance Qu Tushou asked about the situation of Shaolin Temple, Li Yuanying looked at the temple on the mountainside in the distance, "The ultimatum has been given to them, it depends on how these monks choose, if they don't know whether they live or die and resist stubbornly, then three days later, it will be the time when this century-old temple will fall." ”
At the same time, in the Daxiong Hall on the mountain, a kind of high-level Shaolin Temple is there, in the face of the questioning of the elder Tan Zong, the old abbot Zhiguang told the cause and effect of the matter, but deliberately concealed the facts, only said that we have been avoiding and retreating, but the other party bit us to death, and we have to hand over people, which is clearly to take our Shaolin knife to establish authority.
Seeing the abbot and the first seat of the Luohan Hall and others repeating the words, the old monk of Tanzong closed his eyes slightly, and recited the Buddha's name: "Amitabha, Shaolin century-old Buddha, sudden catastrophe, Buddha bless!" We will definitely use the skills passed down by Patriarch Bodhidharma to protect the temple with our bodies, and never let the inheritance of Patriarch Bodhidharma be broken in our hands. ”
After speaking, he walked out of the Mahavira Hall with the thirteen stick monks and returned to the Dharma Monastery where he had been retreating.
"Senior brother, what now? That Laoshzi King Qin seems to be a bastard, and he has determined our Shaolin, he said three days, what should we do then? "Master Zhiguang, the first seat of the Luohan Hall, is a little worried.
Xiong Kuohai, the purple-faced king who shaved his hair as a monk and called Zhihai, scolded: "I'm afraid of a ball, I can't fight a battle, just rely on them as a hundred and ten people?" We are sure of victory. ”
"One hundred and ten? He gave us three days, and it was hard to make sure that we were not delaying the time to move the rescuers. Ding Yanping, who is known as Zhiping, reminded that in the end, he is a famous veteran, and his vision is different.
Master Zhiguang, the first seat of the Luohan Hall, said: "It's unlikely, our Shaolin Temple helped him get through the world, and now he is dealing with the life-saving benefactor?" As long as he, Li Er, is not afraid of being scolded by the world, he will not dare to transfer a large army to tear his face with us, at best, this time Li Yuanying and Li Yuanba are here for personal grudges. ”
Ding Yanping asked, "Abbot, did we really take their people?" Otherwise, how could they bite us? After all, if we keep giving in on the Wanhua Fengyalou incident, then we haven't offended them, and they are nameless. ”
The old abbot Zhiguang Shi kept his mouth shut and didn't say anything, first, this is the time when the enemy is coming, and everyone needs to unite to strengthen their morale, if they admit their mistakes at this time, I am afraid that not only will it be useless, but it will also drain their morale and break themselves, and secondly, Zhiguang What is wrong with them? Don't know the price of firewood and rice, although the Shaolin Temple has countless fields, but to feed the monks of the temple, and most of them are martial artists, the cost is huge, relying on the field alone is too stretched, Wanhua Fengyalou has always been the largest owner of Shaolin Temple, and it is also a good source of information, so it was destroyed, how can you not be sad?
"Oh no, abbot, abbot, there is a group of officers and soldiers coming down the mountain, it seems that the enemy has come to reinforcements!" The little monk Yifu rushed in in a panic, last time because the enemy came to attack, Yifu was spared the disaster of being expelled from the temple, this time it was he who reported the news, because he was responsible for cleaning the mountain road, and he could see it most clearly.
"Reinforcements? Could it be that Li Er disregarded the righteousness and really dared to do it? The first seat of the Luohan Hall exclaimed, and for a while, the atmosphere of the entire Daxiong Hall was tense.
"Senior Brother Abbot, what now? The enemy has reinforcements, and we have no numerical superiority......" Ding Yanping is also a little empty.
Master Zhi's eyes opened, and he said hatefully: "At the time of life and death, I can't care about anything else, there is a way to add to the crime, since they deliberately came to commit it, then we will not do two endlessly, come to capture the thief and capture the king first, I heard that Li Yuanying, the king of Qin, is not skilled in martial arts, so we simply took Li Yuanying as a hostage at night and forced them to sit down and negotiate the withdrawal of the army." ”
"This ...... That Li Yuanying is protected by Li Yuanba, and it is not easy to arrest him. Master Zhiguang of the Luohan Hall said worriedly.
Xiong Kuohai patted his chest and said: "I'll go to Lao Hai, I'll drag Li Yuanba, and you will arrest people." If Lao Hai dies in this unfortunate battle, it will also be regarded as a life-saving grace of Shaolin. ”
"Senior Brother Zhihai, don't panic, my Shaolin Bodhi Academy specializes in pills, let them do some high-grade smoke to help, you and Senior Brother Zhiping, and the eighteen stick monks work together to contain Li Yuanba, and it is not difficult to bring Li Yuanying. But don't do it, Li Yuanying has an excellent reputation and high prestige, you must not hurt his life, and we still have to rely on him to negotiate. The old monk was in the middle and deployed.
At this time, Li Yuanying under the mountain did not know that a catastrophe was coming, there is a way of blessing and misfortune, when you calculate the enemy, the enemy is also calculating you, you want to delay the opponent for three days to mobilize troops for help, but in the same way, the opponent is also given three days to study the counterattack plan.
At the same time, Qin Qiong's mansion in Chang'an City received a letter from Qu Tutong from Kuaima, and in time to report to the emperor, Qin Qiong immediately made a decision and sent his son Qin Huaidao to lead five hundred guards, and galloped to the aid of the guards. At the same time, there were also Wei Chigong's family, the old demon king Cheng Biting Jin's family, Li Xiaogong's family, Li Daozong's family, and there were no less than a dozen families, all of which were dispatched personal guards, and they were not ordinary private soldiers, all of them were veterans of a hundred battles, and they would guard the dead guards beside these generals in every battle.
But when these people walked to the east gate of Chang'an City under the leadership of a group of young generals, they were stopped by a veteran, and it was none other than Li Jing, the old secretary of the military department.
What's going on? Won't Your Majesty let him go to support His Royal Highness King Qin?