Volume 2, Temple and Rivers Chapter 51, The Gathering of Heroes

The white mist covers the sky and the sun, and everyone has different realms; The speed of catching up was different, Zhao Zhengli and the two sisters of the Bi family fell behind, and the monk Jueyan saw that he had a burden and took the opportunity to attack a Buddha palm in the rear.

The sudden attack caught Zhao Zhengli off guard. He had the ability to avoid it, but the two sisters of the Bi family would definitely be injured, so he didn't hesitate to raise his leg and kick it.

"Bang"

One palm and one kick, two strands of true qi collided and sent out a powerful impact, and the monk Jueyan quickly fled away with the help of thrust, and Zhao Zhengli, who had stabilized his figure, let go of Jasper's wrist and shouted angrily, "Despicable!" Drawing his sword sharply, he slashed in the direction where he disappeared, and dozens of meters of sword qi were swallowed in an instant in the white mist.

Zhao Zhengli knew that this sword had not hurt the other party, and looked at the white mist jungle and said gloomily: "How many times has this palm been used!" ”

The strong collision made the Bi family sisters panic, but they couldn't see it in this fog, and they couldn't help, not to mention, and it became a burden.

Bellano whispered, "Dao Chief, why don't you let me go out with my sister." ”

Biyu also said sadly: "Yes, my sister and I can't help anything!" ”

Zhao Zhengli looked at the two graceful beauties who were worried and thought for a moment: "There must be a lot of people gathered outside, whether it is the Changle Pavilion who killed me for money, or the old guys in the temple who regard me as a thorn in their side, or offended other forces in the rivers and lakes earlier, it is not safe for the two of you to go out alone." ”

Zhao Zhengli breathed a sigh of relief: "With the current situation, let's just go directly to the Egret Temple, and chase after Song Maoling, the sixth prince of the Khitan commander, and Yang Zhi's fate, and there are a few more bald donkeys." ”

The two sisters didn't say anything more, they all listened to Daoist Zhao's orders, but their faces were full of smiles, and their hearts were inexplicably sweet, because the bad Daoist was concerned about their safety.

Zhao Zhengli looked at the confusing cliff palace from afar, like a mirage, he held Birou Yu's hand, Birou held Jasper, the three of them interlocked forward, Zhao Zhengli dictated the surrounding environment while walking, so that the two women had a general impression in their minds.

The road is very steep, the weeds are very vigorous, Zhao Zhengli and the two sisters did not reach the cliff for an hour, and they didn't even hear the sound of the gurgling stream earlier, and the temple at the end of the misty vision was still illusory, the road was still steep, and the grass was also luxuriant.

This scene is like a ghost hitting the wall of folk gossip, no matter how you go, you can't get closer, and after trying for half an hour to no avail, Zhao Zhengli and the two sisters began to retreat, and decided to go out to re-correct the direction.

Retreating for half an hour, I met several waves of people, all of whom were in groups of three or five, all of them were like headless flies in the vast white fog, not distinguishing between north and south, Zhao Zhengli was too lazy to provoke, relying on the high realm; The advantage of eye distance avoids everyone.

Miles back on the winding mountain road; The two sisters' eyes slowly cleared, and the thick fog faded away, and the three of them had come to the edge.

This place is very noisy, there are hundreds of people, different costumes, Zhao Zhengli swept his eyes, and immediately judged that there are Khitan, Tubo, Dali and other foreign people, although most of them wear Qingguo costumes, but in their bones they are different from Qingguo, the Khitan people are fat and strong, rough and barbaric, and it is best to identify.

The Tibetan people have a wide plateau, and the sun is either red or black, of course, it is not excluded that the Tubo people who are close to Qingguo Shu put on Qingguo costumes, and in general, their living habits are different, resulting in differences in words and deeds.

Dali is relatively difficult to identify in addition to clothing, not as tall and burly as the Khitan, nor as red and black as Tubo, and the people of Jiangnan in Qingguo are as white and tender as they are, which all depends on the geographical advantages of the country; As mentioned in the palace of the Tang Dynasty, the north is the son of God to collect debts, and the south is the daughter of God to repay debts. The south is still warm like spring, and it is precisely this Dali country that is in the area of God's daughter.

Zhao Zhengli and the three of them who came out of the fog attracted hundreds of eyes in an instant, where had the Bi family sisters seen this lineup, and instinctively leaned towards Zhao Daochang, wanting to find a sense of security from this man who was a few years younger than his two sisters.

Zhao Zhengli also lived up to expectations, staring directly at hundreds of eyes without stage fright, some were indifferent, some were sharp, some were gentle, and more were still curious and puzzled, all thinking about whether they had entered the Egret Temple in the depths of the mist?

Zhao Zhengli saw many familiar figures among hundreds of unfamiliar faces, Fang Na, Pang Haowei, and Cai Xun of the Confucian Academy, the three masters of the Jiangnan literary world, stood behind an elegant and wide-sleeved old man, not the temple Mufuzi, this old man Zhao Zhengli didn't know, but the other party smiled at him with a kind face.

The many bald monks of the National Teacher's Mansion also separated from the east and west, each standing behind the elders of the monastic temple and Buddhist monastery.

The Heavenly Master's Mansion is also next to its own mountain sect.

After all, the three saints of the temple are only temporary partners, and more of them are the attitudes of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism towards the imperial court.

The six princes who had chased the Khitan in the fog earlier and commanded Harasa were standing at the farthest point at this moment, his white robe was stained with a lot of dirt and mud, thinking that it was a big battle, and there was an armored knight beside him, all of them were murderous, and eighty percent of them were temporarily dispatched by the Qingzhou border guards.

What surprised Zhao Zhengli was Yu Shangshu's nephew Yu Bo, this Confucian scholar Tianjiao actually stood with the six princes, but according to the situation faction, the two of them belonged to the court, and it was not surprising that they could stand together.

Although the Khitan leader Harasa who was like a humanoid monster had complete animal skin clothes, his long unkempt hair and strong body left signs of embarrassment, and he must have fought with the sixth prince Song Maoling, and there were two equally burly men beside him, one with a mustache with a hook and upturned, and the other with a smooth and hairless face; Muscle Constant.

Among the three strong men, only the muscular man has a handsome face, he has long hair, a bronze face without a beard, and looks inexplicably handsome and young. Wearing a sleeveless beast jacket, his two thick shoulders exposed pimple muscles like coiling dragons.

The man with the hooked mustache is decent, not as fat and strong as Harasha, nor has the pimple muscles of a bronzed man, but his aura is better than that of the two, and the distance between them gives people a sense of invisible oppression.

There were also several Khitans behind the three of them, all of whom were burly and conspicuous in the crowd.

Zhao Zhengli didn't see any emotional fluctuations in the eyes of the three of them, except for the innate sense of oppression and savage appearance of the Khitan, his demeanor and expression were very flat.

He swept the unfriendly gaze again, and in the crowd he found a rickety old woman with a cane, the old woman was smiling at him, her face was wrinkled like a maggot wriggling, Zhao Zheng immediately showed murderous intent, he was ruthless to this old woman who had been carved into the bone marrow, it was the old witch of Nanzhao who almost killed him in Shudi.

Along with her were several Tubo people, among them the Tubo national teacher with a big beard and wearing animal skins and robes, and one of the four protectors who had fought with Zhao Zhengli several times, Lafu Bo, his eyes were so angry that he almost burst into flames, because Zhao Zhengli confiscated his Dharma Gong!

Among the two, there is a Tibetan monk holding a prayer wheel, this person is the head of the four protectors of the Dharma "Ba Guo Evil", and there is a Tibetan woman with a bell on her waist beside him, which is the third protector Qi Likun.

Except for the fourth protector Gulan, who was killed by Zhao Zhengli in Shu, the remaining three were all in place.

The eyes of the three Dharma protectors were eager to eat Zhao Zhengli, and the hatred they showed was more obvious than that of the Tubo National Teacher.

In the middle of the Tubo and Khitan people, there is also a man in a monk robe with a bald head, two temples and a long hair around the back of his head, the Mediterranean style is very unique, and the dress is very gorgeous, you don't have to think about it to know that it is a Xixia person, because this unique hairstyle is unique to Xixia, but I don't know which rank he is in the Xixia monk and Buddha, the highest is the emperor, the second national teacher, the master, and the mage, looking at his dress, it is estimated that his status is quite high.

He smiled indifferently at Zhao Zhengli, looking like he was in his forties, his smile was surprisingly arrogant, the Tubo national teacher whispered a few words to him, the original arrogant smile suddenly became serious, and then he looked at Zhao Zhengli seriously, and his eyes could not hide the fiery fighting intent.

Today, Chenzhuang Town, which is 100 miles away from Qingzhou, can be described as a gathering of heroes, Khitan, Tubo, Qingguo, Dali, Xixia countries gather in the rivers and lakes, and even the remnants of the dead Nanzhao have ventured to appear here, just for the legendary heron temple that can change the fortunes of the country and can mess up the rivers and lakes, once missed will wait for the next 60 years.

Of the two mansions and one garden of the three saints of the temple, only the old monk Yuan and a national teacher were present, and the other two did not know where to go. The wide-sleeved monk's robe wrapped around the body of the old Long Zhong, and there were several monks standing behind him, except for the bitter monk Mingwu of the Great Buddha Temple, the rest of the people Zhao Zhengli did not know any of them, but they were all extraordinary, and their heads were shiny and shiny, with scars ranging from 369 to 369.

The old monk smiled and beckoned to Zhao Zhengli, signaling him to go over, Zhao Zhengli hesitated for a moment, and he didn't know which faction this monk belonged to in the north and south of Shaolin, but from the south Shaolin Yuantong, Yuanfa, North Shaolin Enlightenment, Jueyan and others stood in each of the Buddhist temples, but this old monk was isolated by the north and south factions, and did not seem to belong to the two factions.

Zhao Zhengli didn't forget to smile at the monk Jueyan in the distance of North Shaolin before he took a step, and he didn't know that the relationship between the two was good, but the person concerned knew the true meaning of this smile.

The two sisters of the Bi family naturally followed closely like a shy little daughter-in-law, and their graceful figures attracted a lot of attention, but it was just attention, even if there were any ideas that were not easy to reveal for the time being.

Yuanyi National Master was ordered to drive the Khitan commander Harasa out of the country, but he didn't expect that in just one day, all the people from all countries appeared in Qingguo, and accurately found the location of the Egret Temple.

The more worried; The old monk looked at Zhao Zhengli and a group of Qingguo youths more and more pleasing to the eye, because they were the hope of Qingguo's future, after this incident, the old monk understood that the old heavenly master in Shu did not hesitate to feed him a dragon and tiger pill, and he exchanged a dragon and tiger pill for the chance of Qingguo's future land immortals.

How many young people in the world dare to look directly at the scene of hundreds of people in the rivers and lakes of various countries without stage fright? Not to mention the grandmaster, there are nearly ten great grandmasters present, and they are all top-notch figures in the rivers and lakes of various countries, just with Zhao Zhengli's courage; The old monk was also pleased, not to mention that he still had the capital to be proud, and no one below the great master could match him, so there was a follow-up to the old monk's kind beckoning.

If Zhao Lao Tianshi knew the old monk's thoughts at the moment, he would definitely laugh proudly, because he was the only one in the world who knew Zhao Zhengli's true identity, maybe the head of Qingcheng Mountain was aware of it, but he didn't know everything, Zhao Zhengli could come to the capital within the budget of the old heavenly master, and it was reasonable for the old emperor to suspect him, and it was also within his estimate that he was secretly manipulated by the Taifu Taishi of the three masters and three dukes.

After all, Zhao Zhengli is too similar, if he is not suspected, there is a problem, the old heavenly master wants to be an insider, he is setting up a big chess game for Qingguo, this method is better than the old emperor who is strategizing, because he conceals the whole world, but he makes everything public, and the overall situation is hidden in the chess, which is a high rank.

Yuan Yi's move is undoubtedly a demonstration to Zhao Zhengli's hostile forces, and he said in public that he Zhao Zhengli not only has the support of the old heavenly master, but also me, an old monk, to take care of him.

The hostile forces of other countries are okay, but the Qingguo Temple is depressed. The party was a little passive with Taishi Taifu and other cadres, because they had just had a deep understanding of Zhao Zhengli's true identity, and now two of the three great masters of the temple favored him, which was naturally not a good thing.

Fortunately, they left a back hand and decided to use the people from other countries who gathered in the Egret Temple to secretly cooperate with the outside world to get rid of Zhao Zhengli, as the saying goes, the enemy of the enemy is a friend.

The crown prince Song Chaoyan didn't think about doing things, but the group of bureaucrats and strategists in the court didn't think so, since Zhao Zhengli won the first place in the three holy exchanges in the temples and temples in the capital, so that the court's ministers who can only study and seek power are not calm, and the prince is still expected to win over before he offends, and now he has repeatedly opposed it three times, this is a clear gift to King Cheng, and his participation will definitely break the balance of civil and military party struggles, so the ministers feel that they will get rid of it first and then quickly.

There are also Qi Taishi, Xiao Taifu and others who have this idea, but they are all selfish, after all, no one wants to be a traitor and a rebel, even if there is not enough evidence to prove Zhao Zhengli's identity now, just because he is eight or nine points similar to his appearance, the older generation can't sleep, not to mention that the other party's Taoism is still very against the sky, in order to seek peace of mind, I feel that it is most appropriate to erase, so there is a sky-high reward of thousands of dollars into millions.

At that time, the situation here was very chaotic, but no one acted rashly, and they watched the direction of the foggy Egret Temple while watching each other.

This Egret Temple is no longer as capable of the Khitan national teacher who was a shepherd boy sixty years ago, and it is destined to have an unprecedented struggle in the rivers and lakes, and even alarmed the participation of several countries, because this Egret Temple of luck can not only change the rivers and lakes, but also contain national fortunes, which is enough to make countries crazy.

You must know that the first national teacher of the Khitan, who was still a shepherd boy sixty years ago, only moved one son, which made the Khitan rise in just over ten years, and he was also affected by luck to achieve the great grandmaster realm from a mortal body, who is not moved by such an opportunity? What country doesn't have extravagant expectations?