Han Ye and the three of them bypassed the square and came to the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

The Daxiong Treasure Hall of Shenwu Temple is six zhang high, the red brick of the palace wall is piled up, the top of the hall is covered with glaze, the four corners are carved with four different forms of ancient beasts, each mouth contains a priceless pearl, it is brilliant and dazzling in the sun, intimidating the Quartet.

A layer of red carpet extends from the eighteen steps to the temple gate, and the eight warrior monks holding the demon pestle in front of the steps are all extraordinary, and the three of them who saw Han Ye wanted to enter the main hall, stopped them with their hands, and said: "The three donors, are they invited by our temple?" If so, the name and identity of the employee will be announced; If not, please get out of here as soon as possible. ”

Han Ye replied: "This master, under the surname Han Ye Zi Weiyang, these two are my companions, although we have not been invited by the abbot of your temple, but also by a friend to come here, if you have any doubts, you can make a decision to the abbot after making a decision." ”

"Senior brother." The warrior monk on the left whispered to the leading warrior monk: "I heard the abbot say that there have been several groups of distinguished guests in the east recently, and one of them has a benefactor named Han Ye. ”

The leader of the warrior monk nodded, and gave Han Ye a palm: "Amitabha, Master Han, I didn't know my identity before, I was offended, please!" After finishing speaking, the eight warrior monks respectfully gave way and let Han Ye and the three of them enter the hall.

The hall can really be said to contain Qiankun, sixteen coiled dragon golden pillars stand on the ground, eighteen golden body Arhats cross eyebrows and angry eyes, and to the innermost, three zhang six golden body Buddha impressively into the eye, that kind and harmonious posture makes people calm and calm, the inner wall, the top of the hall, the floor, the caisson (1), are depicted with many Buddha figures, the form is different, dazzling.

The incense in front of the Buddha of the third world is vigorous, thousands of futons are arranged vertically and horizontally, extending to the front of the gate, there are monks of the temple on the futon, there are also pilgrims who enter the temple, almost full of futons.

In front of everyone, under the big Buddha, there was an old monk for a year, wearing a robe, with white hair and beard, and a peaceful face, he lowered his eyes slightly to lecture to everyone, and when he saw Han Ye and the three of them coming, he just smiled at them kindly and continued to explain.

Night and Dream found a seat to sit down very well, and by the way, Xue Yan was also pulled down to sit, time passed slowly, except for Xue Yan looking around a little, the three of them also suffered until noon.

The old monk took a sip of tea, and when he saw that it was not early, he said: "Good, the old man of the Buddhist scriptures in the morning will talk about it first, please fast first, and then continue after three o'clock in the afternoon." ”

Everyone dispersed, but Han Ye and the three of them were still sitting in the main hall.

The old monk smiled, walked towards the three of them with staggering steps, and said kindly: "Three donors, please get up." ”

Xue Yan took the lead in standing up, rubbed her sore calves, and said to the old monk with a depressed face: "Old monk, I can't understand a word of what you say, I'm about to fall asleep~!" ”

"Huh." The old monk was highly respected, and he didn't care about Xue Yan's rudeness at all, and said with a kind smile with his palms folded: "This female benefactor, the Buddhist scriptures taught by the old man, people who are destined to hear them in their ears and know them in their hearts, and the female donor is not destined to be a person, so it doesn't matter if you don't understand it." ”

Han Ye also hurriedly replied and asked, "Excuse me, are you Master Juekong?" ”

"It's the old man." Juekong turned around and asked, "Three donors from the east?" ”

Han Ye nodded.

Juekong looked at it for a moment, touched his white beard and smiled, and said: "Hehehe, Lin Shizhu's martial arts are world-renowned, and the Six Realms are vertical and horizontal, and the old man expected that the friends he made were not idle people, but when I saw it today, it was indeed ...... Rest assured, when you come to our temple, you will be a guest, and you will arrange a place for the three of you to eat when you are young......"

At this moment, I suddenly heard a commotion outside the door.

"Uncle Chen, the abbot said that the disciples of this temple cannot enter the hall without permission, please don't embarrass the teachers and nephews!" This is the voice of the leading warrior monk outside the door.

"Get out of here!" A rough voice said, "Let's see who can stop me today!" ”

After saying that, there was a sound of fighting outside the door, and the sound of fighting got closer and closer, until the door.

Han Ye and the others looked along this voice, there was already one more person at the door, that person looked to be in his forties, with one hundred and eight prayer beads hanging around his neck, red hair and beard, thick eyebrows and angry eyes, he angrily waved his hand back, and several entangled warrior monks behind him flew out of the stairs far away, and then he shouted towards the palace: "Who is the apprentice of the King of Destiny!" ”

Han Ye was taken aback for some reason, and replied, "It's down." ”

The bearded monk turned his head to look at the man with clear eyebrows, and couldn't help but be angry, and strode towards him, saying angrily as he walked: "Good boy, I didn't look for you, you ran by yourself!" ”

Yun Meng and Xue Yan were confused, Han Ye more or less understood, but Juekong was silent, as if he had expected it.

The bearded monk rushed in with an arrow, grabbed Han Ye's shirt and said, "Return my junior brother's life!" ”

"Amitabha~" Juekong saw the bearded monk move, and said with a raised palm: "Dust, everything in the world has cause and effect, and it should be put down, and this matter has nothing to do with Han Shizhu, don't be angry." ”

"Uncle Shi!" Lichen was so anxious that his face turned red, and he said, "I get angry when I look at this kid!" The king of Hades is full of evil, and this kid still worships him as a teacher, and he is clearly not a good person! You used to tell me, don't go out and make trouble, I'll listen to you! But now that he's on his own, how can I contain it? ”

"The dust, the smoke and clouds of the past, everything is gone." Jue Qi said calmly: "No matter how much the king of Yama is, it has already returned to dust, but you are too angry, and you still need to practice more, dust." ”

"If that's the case, I'd rather not be this monk!" Situ Yunmeng was taken aback by the anger and raised Han Ye high, and hurriedly urged the magic trick in private, ready to protect Han Ye at any time.

Seeing that Han Ye had no intention of resisting, it didn't take long for Lichen to put him down again, clenched his fists and said to Juekong: "Uncle Shi! Are you so ruthless? Huiming is my junior brother, but he is also your favorite disciple! ”

Han Ye frowned when he heard this, looked at Juekong, then looked at the dust, and said in his heart: "I see, my master did hurt the life of Zen Master Huiming, but Abbot Juekong lost his beloved disciple, and when he saw that the enemy was still so calm, if he was not a master, it would be a very deep city." ”

Thinking like this, Han Ye and the others all looked at Juekong, who remained silent, holding the Buddha beads in one hand and chanting softly with the other, and only after a long time did he look at everyone expressionlessly: "That's right, Huiming is my beloved apprentice, who died tragically at the hands of King Yama back then, and Lao Wei shed tears for seven days and seven nights. As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes.

"Do you hear that?" Lichen glared at Han Ye angrily, his fiery gaze was unbearable, and he said: "Senior Brother Huiming is a great benevolent person who is rare in a hundred years, with profound Buddhism and countless people!" Your master actually crushed his head alive, so that he has not been able to die so far, such a dehumanizing act is outrageous! As he spoke, Lichen grabbed Han Ye again, raised his other palm high, and said angrily: "You dare to recognize this kind of beast as a master, I will ...... today!" ”

"Then beat him to death in front of the Buddha with one palm!" Juekong suddenly scolded angrily, calmed down and slowly withdrew his palm, and was silent for a long time, and then Juekong said sharply: "Huiming hopes that you will adopt your heart and nourish your nature, if you are angry now and kill this innocent person, when you go to the Western Bliss, what face do you have to face Huiming?" What face do you have to face the Buddha? ”

"Uncle Shi......" The hand that grabbed Han Ye gradually let go.

Juekong sighed: "Lichen, you are in the picture, Huiming's death may not be worth it in the eyes of the world, but when he passed away, even if his body was damaged, he always sat upright in front of the stage, holding a wooden fish in his hand, which shows that he has already let go of everything and died in bliss." Juekong said and turned around, and raised his palm towards the third Buddha and said: "Amitabha, my Buddha is merciful, good at crossing the world, Huiming did not forget to explain the Dharma to the king of Yama even when he died, it can be said that the merit is complete, the nephew of the dust master, why haven't you seen through it yet?" ”

"Senior brother ......" Lichen was full of guilt, staggered to the third Buddha, knelt down again and again, and finally reverently picked up the rosary on his chest, looked at the Buddha statue and said: "Amitabha, the Buddha is above, the disciple was too angry before, and he was rude to Han Shizhu, so don't embarrass him at this moment." It's just that the king of Hades has done a lot of evil, and although he has been put into the ground, he still hopes that Lord Han Shi will break away from the master-apprentice relationship with him as soon as possible, so as not to be hated by others. ”

"I understand the pain in your heart, but I will not disown him." Han Ye said resolutely: "Back then, he was instigated by Chen Yaohai and harmed countless people, which really shouldn't be, but he taught me martial arts and died for me......" Saying that, Han Ye knelt in front of Chen and Juekong, kowtowed sincerely and said: "No matter what, please forgive him, I will continue until I ask for the forgiveness of my predecessors and atone for him!" ”

Lichen sighed and said, "In this way, you are also a good person, but after all, good people do bad things, and atone for the sins of a heinous person will only attract more misunderstanding." ”

Han Ye frowned and said, "I have known for a long time, but even so, I have to persevere, because everyone can see it, and the master can also see it under the spring, I hope he will be a good person in the next life and no longer be evil!" Han Ye said, pious to the third Buddha three times.

"Amitabha! Good, good, good. Juekong was touched by Han Ye's sincerity, and his face returned to peace.

"Ah Ye......" Yun Meng looked at Han Ye who was kneeling on the ground, his heart was mixed, and he grabbed his cuffs and thought: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to think like this, I still said bad things about your master that night...... Well, from now on, please let me accompany you to atone for Master's sins, okay? ”

After the dust finally stopped, he only said: "Having said that, Chen Yaohai is not a good person, when the junior brother said that he was too angry, he was afraid of a bloody disaster, and persuaded him to accumulate more virtue and do good. But this matter is unfounded, and the ruthlessness of the king of Hades is obvious to all, and he advises Han Shizhu to meet with the poor monks less in the future, so as not to get rid of the poor monks' bad roots and cause dust again. ”

Han Ye's eyes looked straight at the dust, and he seemed to be pretending to have a lot on his mind.

Seeing that Han Ye was distressed, Juekong hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a raised palm: "Amitabha, Master Han, my master and nephew have a perverse temperament, but if he says to let go, he can really let go, and it is useless for you to kneel now, and ignore these old grievances, and stay in our temple temporarily." ”

"But......" Han Ye hesitated, "Master Lichen hasn't forgiven my master yet, should I ......?" ”

Xue Yan tugged at the corner of Han Yeyi's clothes and whispered: "Hey, stupid melon, don't pay attention to that rough monk now, this matter has to be done slowly, how can you say forgiveness and forgiveness?" What's more, there are not many families within a radius of 70 miles, and we have to stay here to rest for a few days, what are we afraid of? It would be nice to find a chance to do something for him. ”

Han Ye looked at Yun Meng again, Yun Meng lowered his head slightly, and said with guilt: "Ah Ye, you have the final say, I will listen to you." ”

Han Ye had two confidants to encourage, and then respectfully said to Juekong: "Master Juekong, I am going to Shushan in the future, but the road is far away, so I plan to live in your temple for a few days. ”

"Our temple is simple, and I am content to be able to greet Han Shi with thoughtfulness, how can I talk about great kindness?" Juekong touched his white beard and said, "Wait a while, the old man will ask someone to arrange a room for you." ”

Juekong said, called a warrior monk at the door and asked him to go out to find someone, and after a while, a little monk who looked about ten years old walked into the hall, and before he saw everyone, he said: "Abbot Grandpa, is there another distinguished guest?" ”

Xue Yan looked at the person carefully, and said in surprise: "Little bald head? It's you! ”

"Pretty sister?" The little monk was startled at first, then saluted everyone one by one, and then shouted to the dust: "Master." ”

"Clarify your heart, the six roots of the teacher are not clean, don't bother." After saying that, he lowered his head and closed his eyes to recite the scriptures, and the previous anger seemed to have long since dissipated.

"Yes, Master." Chengxin obediently went to the abbot.

Juekong said: "Chengxin, these donors are rare guests, arrange for them to go to the east wing room to put their luggage, and then take them to fast." ”

"Yes, Abbot." Chengxin nodded, and then said to Xue Yan and the others: "Everyone, please come with me." ”

So, Chengxin led Han Ye and the three out of the palace gate.

Juekong watched everyone leave, his eyes were full of worry, and he said in his heart: "There is still a distinguished guest waiting for them over there in the east wing, what will happen next?" ”

Han Ye and the three of them came to the East Chamber, which covers an extremely wide area, with hundreds of rooms, and all the guests from the East are basically placed here.

Bypassing the shadow wall, the room is divided into eight columns and neatly arranged inward, an ancient tree is placed in five rooms, a green scene is placed in ten rooms, and a small garden is set up in the middle of thirty rooms, and there are flowers, trees, stone paths, rockeries and stone bridges in the garden, all available.

Xue Yan looked at it with interest and asked, "Hey, little bald head, where do we live?" ”

The little monk said: "Uncle Huizhen said, starting from the T-shaped 87th room, there are three connected empty rooms, and I am about to take you there now." ”

"Huh?" Xue Yan exclaimed: "Listen to this room number, you know that you have to go far away!" ”

Han Ye drank sullen wine on the side, as if he was still thinking about what had just happened.

Yun Meng looked at Han Ye quietly and said in his heart: "Ah Ye, don't worry, everything will be fine." ”

However, when the four of them reached the stone bridge of the second small garden, Night and Dream stopped, and they saw a person standing on the bridge.

The man was dressed in purple brocade, looking like he was in his forties, with a beard and a little pale in his black hair, and at this moment he was leaning on the railing with his left hand, quietly watching the fish in the pool.

Yun Meng was really surprised, and said softly nervously and carefully: "Dad~~!" ”

After many years, although Han Ye thought that Situ Sheng was most likely not the enemy who killed his father, as soon as this person heard about the relationship between Han Ye and the King of Yama, he immediately ignored it, and until today, such a cold temperament makes Han Ye really have no good impression of him.

Situ Sheng also seemed to sense the comings of everyone, he turned to look at everyone, put his hands behind his back, stared at Han Ye for a long time, and finally sighed: "Okay, nephew, I haven't seen you for eight years, I didn't expect you to be so handsome, better than your father back then, it's really blue." ”

"Uncle has won an award." Han Ye smiled lightly: "Although my father was famous for his beauty back then, how could he be as beautiful as my uncle? ”

When Yun Meng heard that Han Ye seemed to be sarcastic about Situ Sheng, she couldn't help frowning, and thought worriedly: "Ah Ye, why do you say that about my father?" ”

Situ Sheng temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart, and said to Han Ye in a deep voice: "Nephew, don't mention this first, Uncle will take you and your daughter back today." ”

"Why should I go back?" Han Ye sneered: "It's been eight years, uncle, you didn't even think to come to see my nephew, why did you suddenly think of me today?" ”

"Ah Ye, don't talk about it......" Yun Meng hurriedly pulled Han Ye's sleeve.

Situ Sheng was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't seem surprised, and only said: "Nephew, I naturally didn't do anything wrong with this, but you should also understand my uncle's difficulties." Saying that, he sighed and said: "Your father and I are friends of eight worships, but the king of Hades is a murderer and a public enemy of martial arts, you worship him as a teacher, I can still say to outsiders that you are forced, but you are still rumored everywhere to help him atone for his sins, which makes people hateful, what do those sect people say?" Saying that you recognize the thief as a teacher, and pretending to be grateful to Dade, is actually ill-intentioned! ”

As if thinking of something again, Situ Sheng added: "Yes, speaking of the king of Hades, is he really dead, or has he returned to the mountains and forests?" Uncle won't trouble him, you can rest assured and boldly say. ”

When Han Ye heard this, he was cold from head to toe, and thought to himself: "Master has been dead for eight years, and you are still speculating like this, it is really terrifying." Thinking of this, Han Ye spoke: "Uncle doesn't have to speculate, there are still many people in the martial arts like you, who always think that he retired to the rivers and lakes in order to avoid pursuit, but death is death, and he died to save me, he is still so ...... a demon" Saying, Han Ye asked Situ Sheng coldly: "What about you?" ”

Situ Sheng was chilled by Han Ye's words, and after a moment of silence, he raised his head and closed his eyes and sighed: "Second brother, what you did in the past is now repaid, it's time to take this child home." Thinking like this, Situ Sheng said to Han Ye: "Okay, don't talk about it, don't care about the past grievances, you can go home with me, child." ”

Situ Yunmeng put his hand on his chest, his flowing jade eyes stared at Han Ye tightly, not to mention how much he hoped that he would agree.

"I'm not going back." Han Ye said flatly.

"Why?" Situ Yunmeng thought so, and looked at Han Ye with big jade eyes.

"Why!" Situ Sheng said the words directly, he was already a little annoyed in his heart, no matter how bad Han Ye was, he was also a member of the Ming Sword Hall, and now he couldn't get off the stage, so where could he put his old face?

Han Ye explained indifferently: "There are few good people in Mingjian Hall, I am just a sheep in the mouth of a tiger when I go back now, so who will avenge my father's revenge?" ”

"Oh?" Situ Sheng's tone became strange, and he asked, "You mean, my uncle is not a good person anymore?" ”

Han Ye said coldly: "I don't dare to say anything." ”

"Good! Very good, hahaha! Situ Sheng smiled angrily: "It is worthy of being the son of the second brother, and he is so stubborn." As he spoke, he touched the hilt of the sword on his waist with his right hand, and said to Han Ye with a murderous face: "Nephew, I haven't seen you for eight years, and I don't know how far your martial arts have progressed, so it's better to be an uncle and come to learn your tricks!" ”

Seeing that Situ Sheng was tense against Han Ye, the most anxious was naturally Situ Yunmeng. On the one hand, she was a father who was as kind as a mountain, and on the other hand, she beat her childhood sweetheart who she liked to urinate, and Yun Meng was not comfortable if she hurt anyone, so she had to beg Situ Sheng bitterly and begged: "Dad, don't fight!" ”

Situ Sheng couldn't swallow this breath, he pulled out the purple electric sword, the sword emitted a faint glow in the sunlight, he pointed at Han Ye and said, "Han Ye, give you a chance one last time, do you want to go back with me?" ”

Han Ye seemed to be worried, so he only lowered his head and said, "I have my own reasons for not going back, uncle, since I am a member of the Ming Sword Hall, I have to tell you something, be careful of the villains around you." ”

"Hahaha! Who do I need to worry about? Is your third uncle or the other brothers in the door? Situ Sheng said angrily: "To tell you honestly, it was your third uncle who asked me to take you back because of the love of the family, you disobedient erector still dare to slander indiscriminately, it's just presumptuous!" Today I will teach you a good lesson on your father's behalf! ”

After that, Situ Sheng didn't give Han Ye a chance to defend himself, and stepped forward with his sword.

Han Ye came to take into account Situ Yunmeng's feelings, and secondly, Situ Sheng was his own relative after all, how could he really face each other with swords? So he didn't draw his sword, but quietly met Situ Sheng's attack, and when Situ Sheng stabbed with a sword, he dodged sideways.

But Situ Sheng's body attack speed is not in vain after all, he can catch up with the swift shadow step in the battle with the Desurgent Hades that day, while Han Ye will only attack strongly and will not defend steadily, dodging a lightning ray, and the next move can only be hard connected.

Situ Sheng's purple electric swordsmanship is faster than one move, the front move has just passed, and the back move comes again, endlessly dazzling, he waited for Han Ye's figure to pause, and when he saw the opportunity, the purple electric sword slapped directly on his right shoulder.

Han Ye dodged for more than a dozen rounds in a row, his breath was already disordered, this purple electric sword was terrifyingly fast, Han Ye was hit by a sword coldly, and suddenly felt paralyzed all over his body, and his mind was in a trance, but his will was still resolute, and he gritted his teeth and retreated.

Situ Sheng didn't give Han Ye this opportunity, he forced forward like a bamboo, and stabbed Han Ye at the root of his leg, Han Ye broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and used the wind trick to bypass the sword, but Situ Sheng was just a move, the purple electric sword just came out, and his right foot flew up and kicked, Han Ye was caught off guard, and he kicked him in the chest, fell to the ground, and spit out a mouthful of black blood.

"Ah Ye!" Situ Yunmeng hurriedly ran to Han Ye's side, stroked his chest, turned his head and said to Situ Sheng: "Dad, that's enough!" Are you really going to shoot him? ”

Situ Sheng put the sword back into the sheath, his anger disappeared by half, and said: "Okay, my nephew's martial arts have improved a lot, and I can see that you have no intention of hurting me, just now, since you can't move now, then go back with me, I must take you back today, otherwise how can I explain to the dead second brother?" ”

Han Ye was out of breath, and resolutely looked at Situ Sheng and said, "I understand your kindness, but if I am allowed to go back now, I would rather die here." ”

Situ Sheng's anger was still gone, and new anger came, and he drew his sword and shouted: "Good! Then you're going to die here! ”

Situ Yunmeng was afraid that her father would hurt Han Ye again, so she hurriedly protected Han Ye with her body, and said hurriedly: "Dad! He's in trouble! Saying that, she persuaded Han Ye again: "Ah Ye, you said that you want to resolve your master's grievances, if my father helps, wouldn't it be a big help?" ”

Han Ye shook his head at Situ Yunmeng and said, "Yunmeng, I really can't go back now, if you don't understand it now, you will understand sooner or later." ”

……

"The two of them are together, you don't have to think about things you don't understand, just support him directly."

……

Suddenly, Situ Yunmeng remembered what Xue Wei had warned her, grabbed Han Ye's hand tightly, and asked again: "Ah Ye, are you really not going back to Ming Sword Hall?" ”

Han Ye shook his head solemnly at Yun Meng.

Situ Yunmeng closed his beautiful eyes and sighed bitterly, made up his mind, and only said, "Okay." ”

At this time, Situ Sheng had slowly walked up to Han Ye and said, "Han Ye, in the first eight years outside, your temperament has become much wilder, go, go back with your uncle!" ”

Seeing that Situ Sheng was about to take Han Ye away, Situ Yunmeng suddenly stood up, grabbed her father's hand, and walked straight forward, without looking back: "Daddy, such a shameless person, I don't want to see him in the future!" Let's go! ”

Exegesis:

(1) "Caojing" - a unique decorative part of the interior roof in traditional Chinese architecture. It is generally made in the shape of a well, with a square, polygonal or circular concave surface, and is decorated with various flower algae patterns, carvings and paintings. It is mostly used in palaces, temples, thrones, and the most important parts above Buddhist altars.