November 11, Zhongyue Songshan. A mountain range in Dengfeng County, Henan Province, stretching from east to west ~~ more than 120 miles.

On the mountain road, the third prince Ye Wuwu was walking across the horse. ～～～～～～

He looked at the lofty mountains and winding and rugged mountain roads, and naturally remembered the world-famous "Shaolin Ancient Temple" and "First Ancestor Dharma Cave". Although these two fascinating places had not yet appeared in front of him, he knew that they must be lurking behind this mountain mountain, and he would definitely see them. Because, in his mind, these two places of interest are like the eyes of this "long mountain and sleeping dragon"; It is like an intricate ancestral lineage in the "overlapping family tree", which spreads its sad, moving and little-known story across time and space. ——

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the famous martial artist "Shen Leg Zhang" resisted violence and helped righteousness, and was framed and killed by Wang Renze, and his son Xiaohu was rescued by the Shaolin monk Tanzong. Xiaohu avenged his father, worshiped Tanzong as his teacher, practiced martial arts Shaolin, and fell into Shami, and his law name was Jueyuan.

One day, Li Shimin was besieged by Wang Renze's soldiers and horses, and Jueyuan and others rescued him. Wang falsely collaborated with the enemy and rebelled, preparing to destroy Shaolin. The monks fought bloodily, and Tanzong died in battle. Li Shimin led his troops back, Wang Bing mutinied, and Wang Ren was stabbed by Jueyuan. In order to inherit the legacy of Tanzong, Jueyuan was ordained as a monk and concurrently served as the commander of martial arts. Tang Dazong set up monks and soldiers, and set up a monument to commend the monks for their bravery. Since then, Shaolin has flourished in martial arts and has spread all over the world.

"Shaolin! Shaolin! How many beautiful stories are told everywhere. Exquisite martial arts, unparalleled in the world, Shaolin Temple has a brilliant reputation. A thousand-year-old temple, a mysterious place, well-known all over the world, everyone yearns for it. The hero's story is unusual, earth-shattering, and eternal. Shaolin! …… Shaolin! ......", the long-standing lyrics, is indeed a true portrayal of Shaolin Temple. It is precisely because it is backed by the "Five Milk Peaks" of Song Mountain and faces the mountains and forests of Shaomur Mountain, that it is called "Shaolin", which actually means "Shaomur Mountain Forest".

And the cave where the first Shaolin ancestor Bodhidharma died after nine years of meditation and facing the wall is also on the "Five Milk Peak" behind this "Shaolin Temple". From 527 to 536 A.D., the whole wall was faced for nine years (or ten years of clouds), which became a beautiful talk in the history of Buddhism. Bodhidharma Patriarch has been on the inner wall of the stone cave for nine years, when he left the stone in the stone where he sat in meditation, he left an image of Bodhidharma facing the wall, with folds of clothes, faintly visible, like a pale ink portrait. Later generations called this stone "Dharma face wall shadow stone", and called the natural stone cave "Dharma face wall cave", until today, the site still exists.

Coincidentally, not only in Henan Songshan Shaolin Temple there are Bodhidharma deeds, but also located in Yunnan Province, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Weixi County, Tacheng Township, Qizong Village, Ahero Cave of Bodhidharma, in Yunnan Province, was a Buddhist holy place with an endless stream of pilgrims a long time ago. Qizong Village, Tacheng Township, Weixi County, is a village inhabited by Tibetans, and its environment can be described as beautiful mountains and rivers, with pastoral cottages leaning on the mountains and facing the river, and being shaded by various fruit trees. The high mountain about 6 kilometers east of the village is called Ahailuo Mountain, and it is also called Bodhidharma Mountain because of the Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave. This mountain is lush with trees, there is a huge rock cliff on the top of the mountain, and the Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave is located on the cliff wall. This cave is originally a natural cave, after Tibetan Buddhism was introduced into Diqing, folklore says that Bodhidharma Patriarch faced the wall in this cave for ten years to become a Buddha, left the image of the face wall on the cave wall, left a holy trace of the puddle into a depression, this cave was named Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave. About the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, people who believe in Buddhism stack wood along the cliff wall as the base, build several Zen rooms according to the hole, and the Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave has become the holy place of worship and the place of cultivation for Buddhists.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, began to build the scripture hall and monk's house outside the Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave, its style is to stack trees along the cliff, it is said that the construction process lasted 30 years, which shows its difficult state and pious heart. This kind of building built on a cliff is a sight to behold. From a distance, it looks like a kind of decoration hanging on the cliff wall, which can be described as ingenious. With the Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave and the monk's house outside the cave as the center, the Laiyuan Temple and the Bodhidharma Temple under the mountain are just on its left and right, forming a three-legged tripod and leaning on each other.

Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave has been destroyed and rebuilt several times in history, and people have always regarded it as a Buddhist pilgrimage holy place. Pilgrims often go around the mountain, starting from the entrance of the cave and circumnavigating the summit for a distance of about 3 kilometers. Because the mountain-turning activity has been going on for a long time, a trail has been formed to turn the mountain. Legend has it that the first day of the fourth lunar month is the Buddhahood day of the Bodhidharma Patriarch every year, when the pilgrims from Shangri-La, Deqin, Weixi and Lijiang gather to travel long distances and even sleep in the open air, in order to complete the mountain turning activities as their own wish.

Today's Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave was rebuilt after 1980 by the provincial, state and county people's governments and donations from believers. In August 1984, the Laiyuan Temple, which was rebuilt on the top of the mountain on the left side of the Patriarch Cave, was completed, and the incense of the Bodhidharma Patriarch Cave was vigorous again. There are statues of Shakyamuni, Padmasambhava, Tsongkhapa and the statues of the two patriarchs of the Zhigong Kagyu school and the Karma Kagyu school in the great scripture hall of the Patriarch Cave, and also treasure the holy relics of the Bodhidharma Patriarch and the relics of the Bodhidharma Patriarch Spiritual Pagoda, and the relics of the disciples of the Bodhidharma Patriarch.

After talking about the Dharma Patriarch Cave in Weixi County, Yunnan, we have to go back and talk about the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan, compared to the Shaolin Temple in Putian, Fujian, Songshan Shaolin Temple is known as the North Shaolin. Since the Bodhidharma Patriarch pioneered Zen Buddhism in Songshan Shaolin Temple, and later in 620 A.D., the Shaolin monk "Tanzong" and other thirteen stick monks rescued Tang Taizong Li Shimin for meritorious service, Zen Buddhism and Shaolin boxing are even more famous in the world, powerful Quartet. "Since ancient times, heroes have come out of Shaolin", "the world has kung fu out of Shaolin", and similar praises have long attracted the strong enthusiasm of samurai all over the world.

However, Ye Wuwu knew in his heart that in today's chaos in the rivers and lakes, "Buddhism is not quiet", and Shaolin Temple also suffered unbearable trauma. Not only the "Eighteen Arhats of the Dragon Descending Dragon" of the Dragon Descending Temple on Taibai Mountain, but also the "Shaolin Thirteen Sticks" preserved from generation to generation in this Shaolin Temple, none of them survived in such an unprecedented martial arts massacre! It's terrifying! One can imagine how unfathomable the martial arts of those killers were! The black-clothed masked killer who appeared many times, he had a confrontation with him in the Evil Tiger Forest on the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5 this year, and then the two of them were both defeated and went their separate ways, this killer should be the Khitan killer Aliyekur; If you want to talk about the hideous and terrifying "Yanshan Wave Demon", he did see it close at hand. However, he was very fortunate to be able to get out safely once in person and behind his back. This can really be described as nine deaths and a tiger's mouth, which is just like the saying "cats have nine lives"! If there is the slightest mistake, then he will be destined to return to Huangquan. Although he has suffered numerous major blows and disasters, judging from these two times of "escaping death", he is really harmless and worthy of being "harmless", as the so-called "great calamity will have a blessing after not dying!" However, this is only a superficial phenomenon, and perhaps the mastermind behind the scenes who did not see his true face is even more terrifying! Because, "open guns are easy to dodge, hidden arrows are difficult to defend", invisible enemies and even hidden enemies around you are the most terrible and difficult to deal with!

Besides, the Khitan No. 1 killer, Ali Yekur, in Ye Wuwu's impression, maybe they had fought each other. However, he was not yet very sure that the black-clothed masked assassin who fought him in the Tiger Forest of the Eastern Bashu Road must be Aliyekul; What's more, it is not impossible for this assassin to be the "King of Xizhuang" Gu Xitian or the "Emei Flying Man" or the "Northern God Leg" Liu Zhentian.

However, Ye Wuwu knew very well in his heart that the killer Ali Yekul was not only strong in martial arts, but also carried a blood-sucking poisonous snake with him, and countless heroes and knights had been buried under his poisonous snake! On the bank of Luoshui, he witnessed the tragic scene of Huang Jinzhen, one of the "Three Swords of the Yellow River", being sucked alive by the poisonous snake and killed. Now, if you can deal with the poisonous snake in the hands of Ali Yekul, I am afraid that the only one in the world is the big gun in the hands of the "invincible golden gun" Jin Rilai↑! It's a pity that his brother-in-law, Qiu Tianting, the "Southern Spear King", is no longer alive, if he is still alive, how many "demons" and "poisonous snakes" will be killed by his treasure gun. However, now the "devil" is still there, and the "poisonous snake" is rampant; What's even more terrifying is that the Buddha-faced beast-hearted Fashen Master is particularly treacherous. At a young age, he didn't know the sinister rivers and lakes, and he even privately "recognized the thief as his father"; Who knows, this Fashen old Buddha is actually a vicious wolf dressed in a benevolent Buddha's clothes! If it weren't for the earnest admonition of his Taoist teacher and his unique knowledge of what he had seen and heard, how would he have known that the "Yanshan Lang Demon" who "kills people like hemp" would actually be the disciple of the old Buddha of Fashen? How did he know that this "evil wolf" was still Alijekul's master? He was now able to confirm that three of the "four wicked men" he had heard and seen on the top floor of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda were the three of them. As for who the other one is? This may be a "big mystery!" "An incident that has been haunting him for many days, that is. One day, he will uncover this secret himself!

Ye Wuwu thought like this, and before he knew it, he had walked to the Shaolin Temple courtyard. He looked up at the sun, and knew that it was just past noon, and that his mouth was dry, so he intended to go into the temple to rest. So, he fastened his mount and walked into the temple gate.

"Donor, please stay!" A monk flashed out of the door, and suddenly called out to Ye harmless, "I don't know what the donor is doing?" ”

"Oh!" Ye Wuwu hurriedly said respectfully, "Mage! The younger generations pass by here, one to pay homage to the ancient Shaolin Temple, and the other to find some water to drink! ”

"What a joke! Is today's Shaolin Ancient Temple a place for you to enter at will? Moreover, I see that there is a fierce light in your eyes, and it must be ominous. Since you are here today, I, as a Shaolin guard, must find out your ins and outs. Otherwise, you don't want to get out of Shaolin. ”

After the monk finished speaking, he waved his palm, and suddenly saw a swarm of monks in the courtyard~~~~~~Heh! That scene, that situation, it was really like a tiger descending from a mountain, unstoppable →. In the blink of an eye, these big monks with tigers and bears and big shoulders and round waists have been dotted all over the place, each with a solid foothold, a bright open frame style, and a steady "stone forest" trend!

At this time, the head of the temple monk said to Ye harmlessly: "If the donor is not willing to suffer in the Shaolin Eighteen Arhat Array, please tell your true intention!" What's the intention? ”

Hearing this, Ye Wuwu couldn't help but smile and said, "Mage! Why bother? I have made it clear what I mean, how can I guess that I have other intentions here? ”

When the monk heard this, he immediately retorted: "People, there are true and false; Naturally, there are false and true. Who knows if you're lying? Now that the rivers and lakes are chaotic, it is not too much to say that you are suspected of being a killer in the rivers and lakes! ”

Hearing this, Ye Wuwu still said calmly: "My words are true. Since the mage doesn't believe it, I can't help it. However, I am very interested in this Arhat Formation, and I am willing to learn and understand it! ”

"Good! The donor is interested in it – please show your true skills. Let's see if your fists and feet are powerful, or if our formation is powerful! Please—"

"Good! Got it! As he spoke, Ye harmless jumped into the formation, and with his light and agile body and footwork, he flew through the Arhat group→ ↑←↘↓↖→→↗↘↗↑↙← ↗↙↗ →

As the saying goes, "As soon as the connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one." Therefore, people in the industry can't see that the boxing techniques used by Ye harmless are not Shaolin, the second is not Wudang, and it is not the southern fist and the northern leg, but the body, footwork and palm of the Nine Palaces Bagua Chain. Looking at his vigorous and powerful momentum, you know that his gossip palm technique has been honed to perfection and swallows mountains and rivers.