In Baisha Lake, Lao Zhouzi sat on the bow of the boat, shirtless, twisting his freshly taken off shirt.

The sound of water was heard.

Even if he knew that the guest officer was a woman, Lao Zhouzi didn't feel that there was anything to avoid, he was an old man, bare-chested, and he didn't take off his pants.

Lu Guanju was in the cabin, looking at the scenery on the other side.

Yuan Xi looked at Lao Zhouzi's thin back, rubbed his neck and said, "Uncle, I was abrupt, and I was so tired that I went into the water to save me." ”

Throwing off his clothes, Lao Zhouzi dried them on the side of the boat, grabbed a towel, wiped his side and said: "No wonder you dare to mess around like this, it turns out that you have the ability to go back and forth." You said it earlier, knowing that you have such a skill, I wouldn't have agreed? With me watching from the sidelines, it won't be like just now!"

Yuan Xi smiled awkwardly.

It was he who underestimated his own strength, a teenager who could slash an adult giant bear to death with one palm, how weak could this strength be?

When he held the rod hard, the rod did not move, and he did not move with the long rod in his hand, but the boat moved, and it moved very quickly.

His body involuntarily leaned, and the harder he strained his arms, the deeper the pole sinked.

In fact, with Yuan Xi's kung fu, he could have relied on the strength of his waist and legs to hook the boat back.

Yuan Xi, who had never seen a lake before, rarely showed a trace of panic, so that he didn't expect it to be like this.

Growing up in the mountains, his body was unable to respond effectively to it.

His instinctive reaction was to hold on to the bamboo pole and exert his feet.

The boat drifted farther and farther away.

The panicked Lu Guanju had already gotten out of the cabin and grabbed Yuan Xi's thigh.

Yuan Xi was almost on the lake, if it weren't for the penny being deeply inserted into the bottom of the lake by him, he would have fallen into the water at this moment.

Previously, he could have let go earlier, tapped the bamboo pole, and turned back to the boat with the force of the anti-shock, but the long pole would have been left here.

Yuan Xi didn't let go, he couldn't let go, he wasn't sure to help Lao Zhouzi get this penny back.

The boat was so pressed by Lu Guanju that it was a little tilted, and if it continued like this, I was afraid that it would capsize.

The old boatman who jumped into the water originally wanted to swim over to save Yuan Xi quickly, but when he saw that he could still hold on for a while, he swam to the back of the boat, grabbed the other side of the boat with both hands, tried to put the boat right, swam his legs in the water, and pushed the boat towards Yuan Xi, shouting while pushing: "That little brother, you hold on for a while, don't kick around, that girl, you press the boat lightly, press again, the boat will capsize, you have to pay attention, don't fall into the water, you have to fall into the water again, but it will kill the little old man." ”

Lu Guanju turned his head to look at Lao Zhouzi, no longer lying on the side of the boat, moved back, and grabbed Yuan Xi's ankle with a pair of jade hands.

Lao Zhouzi breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Xi saw that this was not a solution, so he shouted to Lu Guanju: "Guan Guan, you let go, I'll try to see if I can jump back." ”

With Lao Zhouzi pushing on the other side, the boat finally stopped drifting away from Yuan Xi, Lu Guanju felt a little at ease, and when she heard Yuan Xi say this, she thought that Yuan Xi's light skills were quite good, so she let go of her hand and shouted to Yuan Xi: "Brother Yuan, you have to be careful!"

Yuan Xi took a breath, slapped the water with one hand, stirred up a wave of water, and pulled out the penny with the other hand, and the person had already risen into the air.

The water rushed by, and the boat drifted backwards again, and the old boat, which was struggling to push the boat, was shaken by the waves, and had to kick the boat to the side and his legs hard.

After pulling out the penny, Yuan Xi casually threw it to the side of the boat, and the penny was placed diagonally on the side of the boat.

Seeing this, Lu Guanju hurriedly reached out to hold the penny to prevent it from slipping into the water.

The figure flipped in the air, and when his true qi was exhausted, Yuan Xi fell towards the lake.

After the waves passed, the head of the old boat poked out from the side of the boat, and he just saw Yuan Xi churning in the air.

The half-open mouth of the old Zhouzi saw that the young man who seemed to be flying fell into the lake again, and hurriedly plunged into the water, ready to swim over to rescue Yuan Xi.

A thought flashed through my mind.

Just fly upwards in a daze, what's the use of flying higher? If you have the ability not to fall, you really think of yourself as a bird?

Winding around to the other side of the boat in one breath, the old boat emerged from the water, changed his breath, wiped his face, but found that there was no trace of the young man in front of him.

Lao Zhouzi was a little nervous,

Where is this man?

At this time, a voice came from the boat: "Uncle, come up quickly, I'm back on the boat." ”

After Yuan Xi fell, his toes lightly rested on the penny on the boat, and the two ups and downs had returned to the boat steadily.

Lao Zhouzi, who has been by the lake for many years, has long been accustomed to the appearance of being wet, and his pants are wet, he doesn't care.

As long as the guest is okay, whatever the reason, if something happens on his ship, it's his business.

Pulling the leg of his trousers and twisting it, Lao Zhouzi turned his head and looked at Yuan Xi with a guilty face, "Little brother, it's okay if you have nothing to do, Lao Er, I deal with water all day long, and going into the water is commonplace for me, so it doesn't matter." ”

Speaking of this, he poked his head out and asked in a low voice, "I said, little brother, are you an immortal?

Yuan Xi was amused by Lao Zhouzi, and grinned: "Uncle, I have practiced martial arts, this is a kind of light skill, just now I stepped on this long penny, if you only tread water, it may not be." ”

After speaking, Yuan Xi patted the penny lying on the boat.

Lao Zhouzi was a little regretful, he didn't see how Yuan Xi got on the boat, and when he heard him say this, he gasped and said, "This can also work?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said nothing.

Lao Zhouzi was puzzled: "If you want to say that I have also seen the person who practices martial arts, there are now two martial arts halls in our Pingnan City, but I haven't seen anyone with the ability to fly around like you?"

Yuan Xi crossed his arms, squatted beside Lao Zhouzi and whispered: "Don't hide it from the old man, with my ability, I can open a martial arts hall!"

Lao Zhouzi's eyes lit up, and he said suspiciously: "You mean, you have caught up with the old pavilion owner?"

Yuan Xi blinked.

Lao Zhouzi was a little unconvinced, but he saw it with his own eyes when Yuan Xi jumped so high, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he remembered the gossip that his mother-in-law had told him at night, and asked with his eyes: "I heard that a young and good-looking teacher came to the Yunde Martial Arts Hall, could it be you!"

Yuan Xi scratched his head, "Uncle you know a lot!"

Seeing Yuan Xi's appearance, Lao Zhouzi was eighty percent true, and glanced at the cabin, he hesitated a little and said, "That shouldn't be Miss Lu, right?"

Yuan Xi Yile, "Uncle, aren't you an old fairy?"

Lao Zhouzi hurriedly got up and was about to go to greet Lu Guanju, but Yuan Xi grabbed his arm and said, "Uncle doesn't need to be so polite!"

Lao Zhouzi shook his head and sighed: "It's not the first time that Miss Lu has boarded Lao'er's boat, it's because Lao Er's eyes are clumsy and she can't recognize it, and only the eldest lady is like this, and she gives Xiao Lao'er more silver taels every time." ”

Yuan Xi was curious: "Does she come often?"

Lao Zhouzi shook his head and whispered: "It's not that the little old man has a good memory, but it's rare for a woman to dress up as a man, and the eldest lady is generous." The eldest lady had been here twice before, and she didn't swim in the lake, so she let Lao Er moor the boat in the lake. ”

Hearing Lao Zhouzi say this, Yuan Xiden understood that it was those two times.

Somehow, his heart suddenly felt a little better.

Lao Zhouzi picked up the fishing rod that he hadn't had time to collect before, and said to Yuan Xi while reeling the line: "Little brother, although you are not big, your ability is not small. Generally, characters like you are also not small. Little brother, don't blame Lao Er for being too talkative, even if you have that fairy-like ability, you can't be so nonsense, you see that Miss Lu was scared, her face turned white, in case she made another mistake, what do you say? If it weren't for Lao Er's presence, this ship would have almost overturned you, and then you said you were in a hurry?"

Yuan Xi said humbly: "Uncle is right, I also wonder, the same pole, why can't I?"

Lao Zhouzi glanced at Yuan Xi and said with a smile: "Looking at the little brother like this, he is a smart person when he fights a child, you listen to what Lao Er says." ”

Yuan Xi nodded and said, "Please also ask the old man for advice!"

Lao Zhouzi waved his hand and said: "Little brother is ashamed of Lao Er, I don't dare to say it, for Lao Er, this boat is a doorman's work, you have to let Lao Er say what tricks there are, Lao Er can't say it, but as soon as Lao Er holds this penny, this boat is ho, and he can go wherever he wants." ”

Yuan Xi reached out and touched the penny beside him.

Lao Zhouzi continued: "Little brother, you can't go straight just now, you have to come diagonally, and you don't need to use so much strength, slowly fall, this boat is going to move, this rod is easy to hold, this lake is so big, if you go around, you don't need to pay attention to which way the boat goes, it's very simple." ”

Yuan Xi smiled embarrassedly: "Uncle, just now I originally wanted to try the feeling of this penny, but I didn't want to let the boat go, but before I used much force, the boat drifted farther and farther." ”

Lao Zhouzi stood up and said with a smile: "Why don't you try again?" You are in front, Lao Er and I are behind, and we will hold it up together. ”

Lu Guanju, who was sitting in the cabin, looked at the old man and the young man at the bow of the boat, smiling like a flower.

The smile on Brother Yuan's face was the reason for her flowering.

The boat continued to float in the lake, but the boat holder became Yuan Xi, Lu Guanju also walked out of the cabin and squatted next to Yuan Xi, and Lao Zhouzi had already gone to the other end of the boat with great interest.

Lao Zhouzi, who put on his clothes again, shook his head and sighed, in this world, there are really smart people.

When he learned to support boats, he learned for several months.

No wonder people have a stunt!

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Shi Yuan was locked in the meditation room, saying that it was closed, but in fact, there was no one guarding the door.

After the failure of the operation that day, except for Izugong, Shi Yuan never left his meditation room.

Chanting sutras and reciting Buddha here all day long.

His three meals a day were all personally delivered by the new head of the Discipline Hall.

Even if it is the first seat of the Discipline Hall, he is also his unheard disciple.

But Shi Yuan never said a word to Kong Wen again.

After Huo Qiji left the Shikong Gate, the head abbot Shi Huai came to Shi Yuan's meditation room.

Shi Huai only said one word to Shi Yuan, if you want to go, you can go at any time.

Shi Yuan did not answer, nor did he leave.

What if you leave the Liberation Gate? Do you go to Tubo to find his senior brother?

Shi Yuan knew that his senior brother Shi Hong would definitely come to the door, and he was waiting, waiting for his senior brother's arrival.

Squeak,

The door of the meditation room was pushed open, and the sound of wooden fish in the room paused for a moment, and then resounded.

At this hour, no one should come.

The sound of the wooden fish is a little scattered.

The person who came is the master of relief.

"If the heart is not here, why should the junior brother be so persistent? Chanting the sutra thousands of times, there is no Buddha in the heart, it is just in vain!"

The sound of the wooden fish stopped abruptly.

Putting down the gavel, Shi Yuan stood up, turned to meet Shi Huai, and sneered: "Senior brother is profound in Buddhism, then junior brother, I want to ask senior brother, what is Buddha?"

He put his hands together and sang the Buddha's name, "Amitabha, there is no Buddha in the heart of the junior brother, so why ask the Buddha." ”

Shi Yuan looked at Shi Huai coldly, and snorted lightly: "Why bother asking the Buddha, senior brother thinks of himself as a Buddha." ”

Shi Huai shook his head slightly, looked at Shi Yuan and said calmly: "As long as there is a Buddha in the heart, everyone in the world can become a Buddha!"

Shi Yuan flicked his sleeves and said fiercely: "I'm too lazy to fight with you, what's the matter?

Shi Huai shook his head and said: "I can't imagine that my junior brother has fallen to such a point, what you think about others, it's all what you think in your heart, senior brother treats you as a junior brother, but you treat senior brother as a villain." ”

Shi Yuan sneered: "Where is the senior brother, this wicked person is my Shi Yuan." ”

Shi Huai shook his head and no longer argued with Shi Yuan, "It's the person that the junior brother is looking forward to is here, and he is waiting for the junior brother outside the mountain gate." ”

Shi Yuan raised his eyes and asked, "Is Senior Brother Shi Hong here?"

Relieved nodded.

Shi Yuan walked straight out the door.

Shi Hong just sat on the stone steps and meditated, and the two disciples who came with him also sat there with him.

Shi Yuan walked out of the mountain gate, just in time to see the senior brother meditating in the distance, and hurriedly stepped forward.

After approaching, Shi Yuan saluted and said, "Senior brother came from afar, who made Senior Brother wait here? Why are you so rude!"

The two disciples sitting next to Shi Hong hurriedly stood up, made a Buddhist salute to Shi Yuan, and called out, "Uncle Shi!"

Shi Yuan returned the gift.

Shi Hong had already stood up, and seeing that Shi Yuan was fine, he nodded and said: "Seeing that you are fine, senior brother is relieved, I heard a little monk named Wu Neng say that the first seat of the Discipline Hall has been replaced by a nephew of the empty master, what is going on?"

Shi Yuan shook his head and said, "Senior brother, things have changed, and now he is relieved and stands on the side of King Xiliang again!"

Shi Hong frowned and said: "I know what Senior Brother Shi Hong thinks, my Zen sect is deeply trusted by the King of Tubo, and he is afraid that after the Tubo people invade Xiliang, this Shikong Gate will lose its status, and this is also what I came to discuss with Senior Brother this time." Senior brother, you said that things have changed, what is going on?"

Shi Yuan sighed and said, "Xuanyimen suddenly intervened, Huo Xingwei's son Huo Qiji came to Liangzhou and ruined our plan. ”

Shi Hong was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Xuanyimen, how could they meddle in the affairs of Liangzhou?"

Shi Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't know why Huo Qiji appeared in Liangzhou, wait for me to tell you about this matter in detail." ”

After listening to Shi Yuan's words, Shi Hong was silent for a moment and said, "Senior brother, then why don't you go to Tubo to find me?"

Shi Yuan shook his head and sighed: "I am unwilling to leave like this, besides, I have never been to Tubo, but I don't know where to find my senior brother." ”

Shi Hong said with a smile: "With the current reputation of our Zen Buddhism, as long as you go to Tibet, you will naturally find the location of my Zen Buddhism." ”

Shi Yuan nodded and said, "Now that the senior brother is here, the junior brother can go with the senior brother." ”

Shi Hong pondered for a moment and asked, "Uncle Huiming is inside the mountain gate?"

Shi Yuan shook his head and said: "He went to Xiliang City, as for why he went, I don't know." ”

Shi Hongfu asked, "These days, has Shi Huai ever embarrassed you?"

Shi Yuan said: "There is food and drink, and I have never been embarrassed!"

Shi Hong looked at the mountain gate from afar and said to Shi Yuan: "Senior brother, since I have come back, how can there be any reason not to go in and take a look?" After all, I Shi Hong also grew up here, go, Shi Yuan, follow me to meet Shi Huai, a good junior brother. ”

A few people walked towards the mountain gate.

The group walked to the front of the mountain gate, but stopped, Shi Yuanyuan saw someone coming, and shouted: "Kongwen, what do you mean by this? What? When you become the first seat of the Discipline Hall, don't you even recognize the master and the master?"

It turned out that Kongwen stopped in front of the mountain gate with a precept hall and all the warrior monks.

Kongwen bowed to Shi Hong and said: "Amitabha, disciple Kongwen, I have seen Shi Hong's uncle." ”

After speaking, he looked at Shi Yuan and said, "Master, the disciple is on the order of the head of the sect to welcome Shi Hong. ”

Shi Hong nodded and said: "I didn't expect that I haven't seen you for many years, and the nephew of the empty master has become the head of the precept hall, I think this empty door is really an empty door!

Kongwen was expressionless, and bowed to Shi Hong again: "Uncle Shi, the head of the master has no time to see guests, let me give a message to Uncle Shi, the Tao is different and does not conspire with each other, your Buddha is not my Buddha, the words have been brought, and Kongwen will not invite Uncle Shi to come in to drink tea." ”

Shi Hong's face was a little gloomy, he couldn't imagine that he had traveled thousands of miles, and this relief didn't even let him enter the mountain gate, so could he really think that this Shikong Gate was his family?

Shi Yuan shouted sharply: "Kongwen, why don't you get out of the way quickly?" don't you know the identity of Senior Brother Shi Hong?"

Kongwen saluted Shi Hong again and said, "Send the Zen Buddha Buddha Hong!"

Shi Yuan was angry, pointed at Kongwen and scolded: "Okay, you are empty, this seat has taught a good disciple, from today on, I don't have you as a disciple!"

Kongwen's face twitched, his face was ashamed, and then he saluted Shi Yuan and said: "The teacher's teachings, Kongwen has no teeth and never forgets." ”

Shi Yuan flicked his sleeves and said coldly: "This seat can't stand it!"

Kongwen's expression returned to calm, and he said lightly: "Master has a Buddha in his heart, so he can naturally bear it!"

"You!"

Shi Yuan didn't expect Kong Wen to speak to himself like this, and in front of his senior brother.

Shi Hong looked at Shi Yuan and shook his head slightly, turned his head to look at Kong Wen and said, "So, are you going to forcibly send off guests?"

Kong Wen looked at Shi Hong quietly and did not speak.

Shi Hong smiled slightly and laughed: "What a release door, good, good, good!"

Not far away, the warrior monks stopped their movements and looked at the mountain gate.

Kong Wen frowned, secretly exercised his skills, stepped forward half a step, and after a while of shaking the martial monks behind him, he put the martial arts stick in his hand to the ground, shouted in unison, and glared angrily at Shi Hong.

The three "good" words that Shi Hong said just now are a sonic skill that he spurred out with the Ming Wangjue, called Mastiff Roar Gong.

This skill is the martial arts created by Shi Hong after seeing Tubo and seeing the unique mastiff of Tubo.

It was also the first time for Kong Wen to see such an exercise, and Shi Hong suddenly yelled, and he was also shocked, and the warrior monk behind him was even more dizzy.

Kongwen asked in a cold voice: "Is the Holy Monk Shihong going to forcibly enter my mountain gate?"

Shi Hong glanced at Kongwen and said lightly: "You are not worth my shot, since he is relieved and does not want to see me, then he will not see." ”

After saying that, he turned and left.

After the figures of several people disappeared, he walked out from behind the mountain gate, shook his head and sighed: "One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a demon, senior brother, senior brother, your path has gone astray!"

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Jingzhou, Xiangyang City.

The palace set up a banquet to entertain the envoys of Yangzhou.

Xie Liangchen, King of Jiangling, sat on the throne.

The chief on the left is Wei Fan Gu, the commander of Jingzhou's soldiers and horses, and the chief on the right is Sheng Luhao, the deputy commander of the soldiers and horses.

Bu Jian is second on the right.

There is no one in the second seat on the left.

Seeing that everyone was seated, King Jiangling said lightly: "Please invite that Mr. He into the palace!"

He Xiangfeng stepped into the hall, bowed and saluted: "Yangzhou He Xiangfeng, I have seen the king of Jiangling!"

King Jiangling looked at He Xiangfeng, who was standing with his head held high, put his hands on the table, leaned over slightly, and asked softly, "When you see this king, why don't you kneel?"

Inside the hall, there was silence.