Chapter 102: The End of the Void
Master Likai looked at the senior brother in front of him, sighed and said: "So far, you still think that you are not wrong? Whether Cao Dong Zhengzong can enter the Shaolin Temple and can glorify the world is really more important than the lives of others?"
"If Soto Masamune needs to rely on these conspiracies and poisonous tricks one day, and needs to rely on ruthless killing to shine in the world, then Lao Gu is willing to stop it in this world. You keep saying that you want to fulfill your master's wishes, and if your master is still there, he will agree with what you have done?"
The Master of the Void lowered his head and was silent.
Master Ligai continued: "I think my Caodong faction is an authentic Zen sect, and it has always been said that all people have Buddha nature, seeing the heart is the Buddha, seeing the nature is the Buddha, and emphasizing an enlightenment word. It's a pity that you have been empty in the mountain gate for decades, but you don't have the slightest Buddha heart, no comprehension, and you are confused by the emptiness in front of you for a while, and you are addicted to martial arts, but you don't know how to use Buddhism to resolve the anger in your chest, and finally go astray and make a big mistake. ”
Master Likong's expression was a little dazed: "What is enlightenment, what is Buddha?"
Master Zhengse said: "In the Tang Dynasty, Master Matsu Daoyi sat in Hengyue and met Master Huairang to seek advice. Huairang Zen Master asked, what is the picture of sitting meditation? Matsu said, the picture of becoming a Buddha. So Huai asked the Zen master to pick up a brick on the ground and grind it repeatedly in front of the door. ”
Matsu asked, what is the grinding of this work? Huai let the Zen master cloud, grinding to make a mirror. Matsu was amazed and asked, "How can grinding bricks become a mirror?" Huairang replied, "If grinding bricks does not become a mirror, how can you become a Buddha in zazen?" Matsu asked, "How can you get it?" Huairang Zen Master said, "If an ox drives a car, the car will not work, and if you take a taxi or hit a cow?" Matsu was silent. ”
"Zen Master Huairang finally asked, "Do you want to learn to sit in meditation, do you want to learn to sit in Buddha?" If you are learning to sit in meditation, Zen is not sitting and lying. If you learn to sit on the Buddha, the Buddha is not fixed. If you sit on the Buddha, you will kill the Buddha, and if you sit on the throne, how can you achieve it?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng seemed to understand or not, and it was in the clouds, but Master Kong's face gradually became heavy, and he seemed to understand a little.
Master Ligai said: "Senior brother, do you remember that when you first started, the master asked you to clean the fallen leaves in the courtyard every day? No matter how hard you tried to clean carefully, in the end, the master always said that the cleaning was not clean, and asked you to clean it again. But no matter how clean you sweep, when you turn your head, new fallen leaves have fallen, how can you clean them?"
Master Likong looked at the roof with his eyes, and his thoughts flew back to the past: "Naturally, I remember that at that time, I invited my senior brother, and my senior brother once said that what my master asked me to clean was not the fallen leaves in the courtyard, but my own heart. ”
Master Chang bowed his head and said: "Yes, junior brother, you still remember, but it's a pity that you haven't really understood it at all for so many years." What is the point of you being confused about the things of the world, but you have forgotten your original heart, and you have only thought about how the Caodong sect will shine in the world, but you have forgotten the original intention of my Zen Buddhism?"
Master Likong was silent, his hands folded and his head lowered.
Master Likai sighed: "Since the death of the master, the old man is both a senior brother and a teacher, but he is too indulged in the interpretation of the Elder Scrolls, and neglects the responsibility of teaching the senior brother. ”
Master Likong sat with his head down, folded his hands, and was silent for a long time before he spoke, his voice was already trembling slightly: "Thank you Senior Brother for enlightening, Senior Brother, I am guilty of a lot of sin, I am ashamed of my master, I am ashamed of Caodong Yizong, I implore Senior Brother to punish." ”
Master Change's words that made people seem to understand or not really made Master Kong wake up and bow his head and confess his guilt, which was really a bit beyond Ye Feng's expectations, and made him very surprised.
Master Likai sighed: "What the junior brother has made is not a small mistake, and the old man has no right to deal with it, now it seems that the only way to abolish your martial arts is to abolish your martial arts first, and then hand it over."
The master shall deal with it in accordance with the rules of the temple. Are you convinced?"
When Master Likong heard this, his whole body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
He closed his eyes tightly, bowed his head and pronounced a Buddha horn: "Amitabha, since you have planted bad karma, you should bear the evil consequences, your body is empty, and your martial arts are empty, but you can deal with it by your senior brother, and your junior brother will be convinced. ”
Ye Feng looked at Master Kong with some sadness, although he made a big mistake, his hands were covered with blood, and he was full of evil deeds, but in the final analysis, he was all for the sake of the master and for the sake of Cao Dong Zhengzong.
For a person who practices martial arts, to abolish a martial arts that he has practiced hard for decades, so that he is not even as good as an ordinary person who is physically fit and healthy, such a punishment is really more cruel than killing him, let alone a person like Master Kong.
Ye Feng turned around silently, he didn't want to see such a cruel scene, even if he thought in his heart that Master Kong deserved it.
There were a few muffled grunts behind him, followed by a pop of falling to the ground.
Ye Feng slowly turned around and saw that the bloody Master of the Void had collapsed to the ground in a state of weakness, and the Master of Reform had broken several of his big points in a row, abolishing all of his martial arts.
Monk Qi Bin, who was standing by the door, hurriedly stepped forward and helped Master Kong to stand up with difficulty.
Master Likong's figure was shaky, but he still stood up straight with difficulty, folded his hands and bowed to the senior brother: "Thank you, senior brother, junior brother is going." ”
Master Changer lowered his head, sighed and waved his hand: "Go!"
So Master Likong, with the support of Monk Qibin, walked out of the bamboo nunnery step by step with difficulty, and went to meet the abbot master to ask for sin.
Looking at the staggering figure of Master Kong's departure, Ye Feng had a faint feeling of loss in his heart.
I didn't expect this matter to end so soon, I thought there would be an earth-shattering battle, but I didn't expect it to end so lightly, and with a few words from Master Chang, I made the real murderer obediently bow his head and confess.
This may be the best ending, but is this the ending that Ye Feng really wants?
Is this a good guy or a bad guy?
Ye Feng's heart also seemed to be a little blurred.
After such a thing, Master Likai also seemed to feel uneasy, and the two of them sat silently opposite each other in the bamboo hermitage for a long time.
Master Likai seemed to be the first to come out of the chaotic thoughts, and asked first: "Regarding the secret about Jiuding that the old man told Ye Gongzi before, Ye Gongzi has remembered everything?"
Ye Feng nodded, and said with a straight face: "I have memorized them all one by one, but will this Jiuding really be in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum?"
Master Ligai nodded and said: "If what is recorded in the historical records is true, Jiuding fell into the hands of the Qin people when the Qin State ruled the world, but there was no news of Qin Shi Huang after he ascended the throne, then it is very likely that Qin Shi Huang was brought into his mausoleum." ”
According to the record of "Water Jing Note", when Qin Shi Huang built the mausoleum, because there was a hot spring water flowing on the east side of the mausoleum, in order to correspond, he dug a deep ditch in the northwest of the mausoleum, called Yuchi Shui, so that the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum became the best place in the world for feng shui, and some people said that this was the lifeblood of the Great Qin Empire. ”
"Qin Shi Huang was very greedy, and his mausoleum was not only built to be extremely grand, but also full of all kinds of treasures that he had collected from all over the world, and he had to possess them even if he died. And Jiuding, which represents the supreme power to rule the world, is naturally a symbol of his great achievement of dominating the world, how can such a treasure be missing?"
"As for the legend that Jiuding was sunk in Surabaya by the Qin people before dominating the world, Lao Gao
But I thought it was not very credible, with the power and financial resources of the Qin State at that time, it was not too difficult to transport Jiuding into Qin. What's more, if you want to be disposed of so hastily by such a heavy treasure that the princes of the world think about it, isn't it a tyrannical thing?"
Ye Feng felt that it made sense when he heard it, and nodded again and again.
Master Liao Gai continued: "It's just that this Qin Emperor's Mausoleum has suffered many tomb robberies and excavations over the ages, and disasters have continued, but I have never heard of any rare treasures in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum flowing out of the world. ”
"Therefore, Lao Wei has already written a letter a few days ago, sent someone to deliver it to the old grandson family in Guanzhong, and asked them to help you enter the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum to find out. The old Sun family in Guanzhong is also one of the four great strange doors in the world, and is the most famous Tufuzi in the world, who has been doing this for generations, and has rich experience, I believe that with their help, coupled with the mechanism of the Tang Gate and Tang University in Shuzhong, the chances of success will inevitably increase greatly. ”
Ye Feng nodded, he suddenly remembered one more thing, so he asked: "When I was caught in the trick of thunderstorm clouds in Huashan Mountain, I was trapped in the secret cave, and it was only thanks to the help of the old Sun family that I was able to survive." But at that time, I heard that they were entrusted by a mysterious person named Mr. Dongguo, I wonder if the master knows about this person?"
Master Likai frowned and thought for a moment before he said, "Mr. Dongguo, the old man has never heard of this person. In fact, Lao Gao and the old Sun family in Guanzhong are not familiar with each other, but one of Lao G's friends once had a favor to the old Sun family, so he was able to ask them for help. ”
Ye Feng sighed slightly, it seems that this Mr. Dongguo is really very mysterious, and he has not even heard of the master of reform, who is famous all over the world for his erudition.
Master Ligai's face showed a little tiredness: "Ye Gongzi, if you don't have anything else to do, please go back first, take a good rest, and you can leave Shaolin Temple tomorrow." The people of the old Sun family in Guanzhong will be waiting for you in Xi'an City, and the old man is here waiting for Ye Gongzi's good news. ”
After experiencing the turmoil just now, it is natural for the master of reform to feel tired, after all, he is also old now, and he can't withstand so many tosses.
Since Master Reform had already said this, it was inconvenient for Ye Feng to stay longer, so he got up and said goodbye.
Just as he turned around to walk out of the bamboo hermitage, the master behind him suddenly stopped him: "Ye Gongzi......"
Ye Feng turned his head, but the master of the change showed a look of wanting to say something, and it took a long time before he said: "The Qin Emperor's Mausoleum is extremely dangerous, no matter what situation you encounter, Ye Gongzi, please remember that the most important thing is to return safely!"
Ye Feng was silent for a moment, Shi Li said "Thank you, master", then turned around and strode out of the bamboo hermitage.
When Ye Feng walked away, Master Likai was still stunned as he looked at the dark night outside the door of the bamboo nunnery.
After a long time, he let out a faint sigh and said, "You also heard, he asked about Mr. Dongguo just now." ”
He didn't say it like he was talking to himself.
At this moment, a cyan figure suddenly appeared from the window on the side of the bamboo hermitage, silent, and I don't know how long it had been standing there.
The man covered his face with a green scarf, and in the faint mist of the woods at night, it was completely impossible to see who he was.
Hearing Master Gai's words, he said: "It's okay, he can't find out anyway, as long as you can keep your promise and cooperate well, everything will be under our control." ”
Master Change's face was gloomy, and he bowed his head and was silent.
A breeze blew through the window, and the cyan figure was gone, leaving only a faint mist drifting by, as if no one had ever been there.