Hankou in the north of the Henan River is a large commercial town, and the vehicles and ships from the south to the north turn here. The splendid scenery of Suzhou and Hangzhou, the fish and salt trace the river upstream, the rich merchants of Sichuan and Shu open a port here, the people and goods from the south exchange and exchange, and the dart master from the north gathers here. The Huguang area itself is a land of abundant fish and rice, and the Han River flows into the river here, which can be described as a thoroughfare in all directions, and is blessed with unique resources.

A restaurant built by the river is full. Building name: "Jiangshan Yue", not far away is the world-famous Yellow Crane Tower.

"Good building, good name, the building leans on the country and is famous all over the world." An elderly man in Tsing Yi who had just gone upstairs and sat down praised, and the serenity in his eyes was incompatible with this lively scene.

He was accompanied upstairs by a man and a woman, men in their thirties, with deep eyes and a sturdy body. The woman is in her twenties, with bright eyes and bright teeth, and her demeanor is generous, and a few strands of black silk hang down from her forehead, wiping her eyes from time to time, and there is a faint sadness.

The stool is still hot, obviously it is better to come early than to come by chance, and I am afraid that the one who comes up next will have to stand.

"Fine wine, beautiful scenery, wine invites yellow cranes, and sings to Jingsheng." The beautiful woman said, she had already picked up the wine bowl in her hand, and when she was about to pass it to her mouth, she remembered that the bartender hadn't come to greet her, and where was the wine in the bowl. Then he smiled in disappointment, and was about to open his mouth to call the shopkeeper, but was shouted by the man sitting on his right hand. She stopped, and caught a glimpse of the old man's ears in green clothes moving a few times, and his ears were facing the river.

What's on the riverside? Piano. The faintly wafting sound of the piano is not "Plum Blossom Introduction"? It was my father-in-law's favorite song, so it was no wonder that he pricked up his ears to listen to it as soon as he sat down.

"It's coming," the bartender quickly came over and poured his wine.

"Haha...... Yan'er is right! Come on, let's do it. The old man in Tsing Yi seemed to be uninterested in the sound of the piano for a moment, and was still reminiscing about the "perfect match" of "good building, good name, building leaning on the country and mountains, famous all over the world" and "fine wine, beautiful scenery, wine inviting yellow cranes, and singing to Jing Sheng".

"Father-in-law, come!" The woman named Yan'er replied, raising her bowl and drinking it all. With her ice and snow intelligence, of course she knows that this kind of music art will not be able to enter her father-in-law's "law", not to mention, with the attainments of the senior brother next to her, although she can't look at the master's back, but her piano skills are enough to compete with the riverside piano player.

The father-in-law and the two senior brothers at the same table seemed to be accustomed to Yan'er's behavior of drinking in a big bowl and talking loudly, and they didn't care at all, but attracted the sideways glances of the people around them. In particular, the crisp voice of this woman named Yan'er is like a lark singing, which makes people want to take a few more looks.

I saw that he was dressed in white clothes, with red lips and white teeth, a face like a peach, black hair and a pan head, and there was a noble and elegant air in his bright eyes and kind eyes, and he was a very beautiful girl. Although his demeanor is free and easy, he is not as beautiful as everyone's ladies, but it matches his appearance, but it makes people feel a little disgusted, and his name "Fang Lingyan" is even more like him.

"Look, Yellow Crane Tower", someone exclaimed. Then they looked at it together.

Fang Lingyan looked at the Yellow Crane Tower, her eyes were a little dim, and she said faintly: "The Yellow Crane is gone, and the white clouds are empty for thousands of years!" ”。

Her father-in-law was stunned for a moment, knowing that she was in a sad place, more than ten years ago, they passed by, so he put aside the topic and said: "Yan'er, you haven't been to Wudang yet, when we get to Wudang, we will know how fun it is." ”

"Wudang? It turns out that this gentleman is also going to Wudang, then we are the same people", the people in the neighborhood, seeing the color, have been coveting this side for a long time, thinking that it is worth the trip to walk with such a beauty, so they took the initiative to come up and talk.

Fang Lingyan came back to her senses, snorted at the man, and ignored it.

"Why do you want to be famous, why do so many people go to Wudang?" Next to him, a big man was standing and drinking. A strong local accent suddenly added a bit of liveliness to the building.

"You don't know this, today's saint supports Taoism, no, it is already a new capital in the north, Wudang in the south, and now in Wudang held the World Scripture Conference, presided over by the King of Han in person, saying that all schools in the world can participate in the scriptures, and the sect that the winner believes in will be respected as the state religion, and the person in charge of the religion can also be appointed to take charge of the world's religious affairs." The other said triumphantly.

"Hmph...... I'm afraid it's not that simple, how can anyone be the state religion. It was an old man sitting in the corner, an old man who didn't look sharp, as if he didn't say it, but he didn't want him to say it enough.

"Oh? This is something to ask! The one who had just boasted was not angry, and hugged his fists.

"According to the old man...... the old man saw that it was a gift for the elders and the young, so he was ready to share it with everyone. He took a sip of tea and continued: "According to the old man, the result of this debate has been decided, you should only go and see the excitement, and you must not have any intention of winning.

"What do you mean by that?" The crowd was intrigued by him.

"Huh...... I Middle Earth sect, the most prosperous is nothing more than three religions, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism has no teaching, since the Song Dynasty Zhuzi, there are those who argue the reason, then there are two major sects of the reason, and now the Wuyue factions are in Xunzi's thought to accommodate the two sects of the Mo Law, which is disdained by Confucianism in the court, and will not be tolerated by the current dynasty, and this Confucianism in the field, the rise has only been nearly 20 years, although there are

The "Five Sons" are extremely popular, and it is difficult to be the accumulation of Buddhism for thousands of years, so the Sutra Conference is very likely to be a meeting of Buddhism and Taoism. I'm sure you've all heard of the Great Debate on Buddhism and Taoism in the previous dynasty! At that time, 17 eminent monks in the world such as Master Shaolin Fuyu debated with 17 high monks such as Li Zhichang of the Quanzhen Sect, and finally ended in the failure of Taoism, and since then, Buddhism has flourished. Extended to this dynasty, Emperor Taizu Longxing also hibernated the Buddhist temple before. And today's saint ascends to the pole and also has the great monk Dao Yantai half of the merit. From this point of view, we should vigorously support Buddhism today. ”

Before I knew it, it was quiet upstairs, and everyone listened to the old man's high talk. "Yes, yes, this old gentleman is right!"

"Does that make sense? What's the reason, it's just nonsense, don't you see that today's martial arts factions seem to be contending with a hundred schools, but in fact, Wudang is the only one? The Shaolin faction is no longer as good as it used to be. I also heard that in the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, many temples have been searched, monks have been persecuted, and they have also helped Buddhism and fart. Some people objected loudly, but it turned out to be a head, and it seemed that he had neither the compassion of a monk, nor the humility of a monk, but only a belly of resentment.

When the people listened to this man's words, although they were offended, they were basically true, and they could not help but believe the old man's words.

"Well said, that's actually what I'm going to say. In fact, the current emperor suspects that Emperor Jianwen did not self-immolate and died, but escaped into Buddhism. ”

Everyone looked at each other.

"This is only one of them, and more importantly, today's saints think that there is only one person like Dao Yan who has a lot of pearls in his chest and can turn things upside down...... I won't say much later. When the old man finished speaking, he was quite complacent, and took another sip of tea.

"So, the purpose of holding this sutra discussion meeting is to uphold the Taoists and crack down on the Buddhas?" Brainy melon seed flexible has thought of this step, so asked.

"Not necessarily! Then how did the emperor know that these bull noses could win against those bald donkeys? The man's rude remarks drew laughter.

"Don't say that it is rumored that Zhang Zhenren is still alive, and several of his high-ranking disciples are not idle people, even if there is no them, the imperial court still has a way." The old man smiled, not feeling that he had any misrepresentation in discussing the government here.

Everyone then talked about it word by word, thinking that if you can get a real immortal in Wudang, it will be worth dying.

"Father-in-law, is it really like what he said?" Here, Fang Lingyan's thinking was obviously adjusted by the old man's lofty arguments.

"This is not good, this Jinglun conference is different from the martial arts hegemony, compared to the text and ink rather than bravery, if it is not for the accumulation of years, it is indeed not elegant, therefore, the dispute between Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism is not unreasonable. As for who is strong and who is weak in Buddhism, as far as I know, several senior monks in Tiantai Mountain and Wutai Mountain are unable to attend the meeting due to the chaos in the temple.

"However, with Shaolin here, Shaolin more than a hundred years ago could lead the monks to defeat the truth, but can't it be today? Moreover, are we Confucians really as difficult to argue as he said? ”

At that time, in addition to the various sects in Middle-earth, Buddhism also had Tantric monks in Mongolia, Wusizang and other places, and they traveled extensively, and the Taoists at that time were only true and unique, and there was no victory today. As for my Confucianism, it is true that I have co-founded it with your four uncles in the past 20 years, and the accumulation is still shallow, so I have to admit it. ”

"Shall we go then?" Fang Lingyan stared at her stepfather, for fear that he wouldn't be able to go.

"Of course you have to go, if you don't go, you girl will definitely find a place to fight again. Besides, I haven't seen your five uncles for more than ten years, so I just take this opportunity to catch up. ”

It turned out that the elder in Tsing Yi was the head of the Hengshan faction, "Jade Huizi" - Wang Zhaoren, who took his eldest disciple Li Rufeng and the righteous woman Fang Lingyan all the way from the Xiangjiang River north to Dongting and Wuchang, preparing to trace the Han River and go to the Wudang Sutra Conference.

"Hehe...... Fang Lingyan grinned, "I heard that my grandfather's house is in Xiangyang, should we stop by to visit!" ”

"Senior sister, I don't even know this, how do you know?" Li Rufeng's eyes widened, staring at Fang Lingyan intently.

"The master won't tell you! Hmph...... "Fang Lingyan deliberately made fun of him, in fact, this was what his righteous brother Wang Wenxuan said to himself before, but later Wenxuan contracted the disease, and he couldn't afford to get sick, and he died, and his father-in-law sent a black-haired person, so it was naturally inconvenient to mention it at this time."

Wang Zhaoren said: "When we return, we will go to visit." ”

Seeing these two apprentices amused, Wang Zhaoren smiled and shook his head slightly. How could he not understand the minds of these two young people, the two of them are naturally the leaders of the younger generation of the Hengshan School, and from the perspective of outsiders, they can be regarded as a match made in heaven, but as a master, he doesn't know that the falling flowers are intentional and the flowing water is ruthless, but Yan'er's mind is not on this.