Li Chengcheng asked, "What hands and feet?"

The sweeping monk hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe the poor monk is too worried." It's not early, it's getting late, so Mr. Li and his wife should rest early. ”

Li Chengcheng folded his hands, saluted the sweeping monk, and left the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

After he left, the sweeping monk slowly came to the back mountain courtyard.

In the courtyard, Master Xuanyin, the abbot of Shaolin, was standing in the courtyard at the moment, as if he was deducing something. This master of Xuanyin, with a burly figure, a face like rosewood, and a pair of eyes, was also a fiery temper back then, and once broke out of a nickname on the rivers and lakes: Thunderbolt Bodhisattva. After taking charge of Shaolin, he practiced zazen all the year round, and his face was full of heart, but now he has less sternness and more wisdom in his eyes.

Seeing the sweeping monk, Master Xuanyin even lowered the rank to greet him, "Uncle Shi, are you sure?"

The sweeping monk nodded, "Nine times out of ten." ”

"Then why do you want to pass on her Jiuyang Secret?"

The sweeping monk sighed, "Let her suffer less in the world, and in the future, how can she not accumulate merit in the world?

Xuanyin Zhengse said, "If there is no accident, tomorrow will be fine." ”

He glanced back.

Four pillars of heaven, respectively standing in the four corners of Shaolin Mountain, ordinary people, just a scenic spot of Shaolin Temple, if you know some feng shui, you will find the wonder, these four pillars of heaven, seem to be different, the top of the pillar is aimed at the four stars in the sky, but the pedestal has pointed to the mountain in the south of the mainland.

With the Dharma relics as the guide, the four stars of the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Xuanwu as the soup, and the heroes of the world's rivers and lakes as the material, a bowl of Dharma soup was cooked for the Supreme Heavenly Dao.

This is the Dharma Sherry Array.

The Buddha had prophesied five hundred years after the end of the world, five hundred years ago, Shaolin Temple made preparations, when I heard that the Supreme Heavenly Road stepped into the world, Shaolin Temple sent countless monks, travel the world, looking for the whereabouts of the Heavenly Dao, since Xuan Miao came from the south of the Yangtze River news, Li Jinhua is very likely to be that one, he asked Xuan Miao to find a way to send her to Shaolin Temple, and began to prepare for the Dharma Relic Array.

This big array, once launched, will be above the rivers and lakes, overnight, there will be dozens of more great grandmasters from outside the three countries.

Heavenly Dao is sick and feeds on the Great Grandmaster.

Then prepare a great master for him, and serve the way of heaven with his body, so as to save the people in the world.

This is the Dharma Project.

Xuanyin said again, "It's just that the heroes of the various sects have suffered." ”

The sweeping monk said, "Back then, the Buddha cut meat to feed the eagle and fed the tiger with his body, and now we serve the heavens with our bodies, which is the cause and effect." Sacrificing dozens of people to save the people of the world, the Buddha will accept them to Elysium. ”

Shaolin Temple is the head of the world's martial arts, once had an incomparably glorious history, a thought of three days later, this thousand-year-old treasure temple will disappear from the world with the advent of the Supreme Heavenly Dao, the heart is a little reluctant. The sweeping monk sensed his emotions and said, "Idiot, you have an infatuation, and you still refuse to wake up?"

Xuanyin smiled bitterly.

The sweeping monk said, "Perform thunderbolt means to show the heart of the Bodhisattva." This was the ability of your thunderbolt bodhisattva back then. ”

Xuanyin clasped his hands together, "Uncle Shi, I have been taught." ”

With that, he returned to the formation and continued to prepare the formation.

The sweeping monk glanced at Shaomu Mountain, the mountains were continuous, sitting on the futon,

Chanted: "If I live in this world, and all the voices hear the people, and if I have sufficient precepts, sufficient renunciation, sufficient hearing, sufficient concentration, sufficient wisdom, sufficient liberation, and sufficient knowledge and understanding, then my Dharma will be in the world...... It is as strong as my liberation. In the next 500 years, my Dharma, meditation, and samadhi were strengthened. For the next five hundred years, reading and reciting can smell and be strong. In the next five hundred years, in my law, many pagodas and temples can be strong. In the next five hundred years, in our law, the white law is hidden, and the damage is strong. From now on, in my Dharma, although I have shaved my hair and put on a robe, I have broken the forbidden vows, and I have not done as well as the Dharma, and I have assumed the name of a bhikshu. ”

Xuanyin listened to him recite the "Great Collection Sutra" in the Fen Yan Fu Ti, which is the catastrophe of the last days described when the Buddha was nirvana. The demon king Bo Xun said to the Buddha that in the last days, he taught his disciples and grandchildren to mix into the Sangha treasure, wear robes, recite the Dharma, distort the teachings of the Buddhist family, and destroy the precepts. ”

......

On the ninth day of October, it rained lightly in the capital.

The autumn of the twelfth year of Tiantong came lightly, cleanly, and sadly, but it could not stop the enthusiasm of the people in the capital at all.

His Majesty's birthday is imminent, and the imperial court decrees that from the tenth to the fifteenth day of the first month, the whole world will celebrate and pray for His Majesty. Not only that, but His Majesty's birthday will also give amnesty to the world, except for the most heinous, all crimes will be exempted.

When people meet, they will clasp their hands into fists and say "blessings from the saints". At the same time, temple fairs were held in the city, and vendors in the city and suburbs rushed to the capital one after another, and the merchants also walked along the streets and alleys to sell, taking advantage of the birthday of the Son of Heaven to make some money. The Shuntian government also issued a decree to lift the curfew within these five days, although the curfew system was not strictly enforced in the Ming Dynasty.

Chang'an Avenue is even more full of flowers, in addition to the vendors, on the night of the birthday banquet, there are also floats from the 18th Road Prefecture to parade the street, which will surely attract hundreds of people.

In addition to this, there is another thing that stimulates the nerves of the people.

That is, on the night of His Majesty's birthday banquet, outside the noon gate, Ling Chi will execute the traitor Li Chuntie. The former president of the Dengwen Academy, a powerful figure in the past, betrayed the Ming Dynasty after his perverse actions and tyrannical conquest, leaked military secrets to the Northern Zhou and Western Chu, and also intended to raise troops to rebel. When Li Chuntie raided his house, it is said that he also turned out forbidden things such as yellow robes and dragon chairs, and it was rumored in the capital that there was an arsenal under Li Chuntie's mansion, in which 100,000 ironclad soldiers were hidden, which became evidence of Li Chuntie's rebellion. Of course, having an improper relationship with multiple women is also one of his sins.

Li Chuntie is His Majesty's private minister, responsible for supervising the city's hundreds of officials, almost offended the people in the officialdom of the capital, and now the trees are scattered, the wall is down and everyone pushes, since Li Chuntie was arrested, his sewage action can be described as outrageous, difficult to write, the people do not care about loyalty, good and evil, the court said that he is a traitor, and naturally followed the condemnation.

Therefore, the people of Shuntianfu and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division were also busy, and the number of people entering the city increased, and they had to borrow soldiers and horses from the Red Cavalry Army to maintain order. Three days ago, Song Renqi, the son of the soldier and the commander of the Red Cavalry, was transferred to Yongdingmen and was jointly responsible for the defense of the city with the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses. Although the war between the Ming Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the Western Chu Kingdom came to an end temporarily, the open and secret battles in private did not stop, and some spies of the two countries who were mixed in with the people also took the opportunity to infiltrate the capital to engage in intelligence espionage work, which was a tacit secret between the three kingdoms.

Song Renqi was naturally very interested in getting this errand, among the gentlemen in the capital, Song Renqi was an outlier, he never dealt with people like Zhang Shubao, and went to recruit at a young age

The Western Army joined the army, and now he has been transferred back to the capital as a partial general of the Red Cavalry Army, the official position is not high, but it is one of the three main forces of the Gongwei Beijing Division, in the palace bloody night, the Red Cavalry Army died many people, and Song Renqi, who was originally just the commander, was naturally added to the partial general.

By midday, the light rain had stopped.

More than a dozen monks wearing hats and sackcloth lined up to enter the capital. According to the paperwork, these monks from Qiongzhou got up a few months ago and were invited to Fahua Temple to do a water and land dojo to pray for His Majesty the Emperor. Road guides, degrees and customs clearance documents are readily available. These monks were thin and thin, with expressionless faces, and the lieutenant inspected the salute, and found a dozen or so swords from the salute.

It's not so much a sword as two pieces of iron interspersed between two planks.

The lieutenant thought it was strange, "You are a monk, why do you have a murder weapon hidden in your body?"

A monk in linen said, "Lord Hui, we came from the south, and there were many robbers along the way, and these dozen or so iron swords were used for self-defense, so I didn't dare to hide them." ”

Song Renqi looked these monks up and down, there were no true yuan fluctuations in their bodies, however, their appearance was too thin, like the bark of a tree, which made people feel a little crazy, so he noticed them and stood not far away, staring at them vigilantly.

The lieutenant said, "In the capital, it is strictly forbidden to fight, and now it is a sensitive period, so I will accept these iron pieces first." I'll give you a bill, and when you're out of town, I'll pick it up here. ”

Song Renqi suddenly said, "A few broken swords, it's not in the way, Captain Zhang, let them clear the customs." ”

The lieutenant had to say more, but Song Renyu signaled him not to talk too much, so he had to mutter, stamped a seal on the customs clearance documents, and said to them, "During your stay in the capital, abide by the law, if there is any violation of rules and disciplines, even if you are a monk, we will take care of it." ”

The sackcloth monk folded his hands and bowed, and led the rest of the people into the capital.

When they left, the captain said, "My lord, it's not in accordance with the rules to do this. ”

Song Renqi said to the captain, "Have you noticed anything special about them?"

"They have a very strange accent, and they don't walk with a sound. ”

Song Renqi nodded and added, "You have overlooked a more important point. With such a heavy rain just now, the other people who entered the city were either drenched in their bodies and had a lot of mud under their feet, but not only did they not have a little rain on them, but they wore new bast shoes under their feet, and there was no mud, so there must be something strange about them. ”

After being reminded by Song Renqi, Captain Zhang said, "My lord's reminder is very true, and I will send someone to chase them back." ”

Song Renqi stopped, "No need, I'll just follow." ”

With that, he carried a waist knife in his hand and fell far behind the Mai monk's door.

These monks didn't seem to be in a hurry to walk, but generals like Song Renqi had a hard time following them. After walking for half an hour, the monks went straight to Hokke Temple, and after entering a separate courtyard, they did not come out again. Song Renqi remembered their location in his heart and left here. He did not return to Yongdingmen, but went to the Zongren Mansion, the host department of His Majesty's birthday, and after consulting the archives, he found that there were indeed monks from the east, west, north and south poles to enter Beijing, and the monks of Lengyan Temple in Qiongzhou were also invited, and there was no problem with the procedures.

However, years of military experience told him that these monks from the south were full of mystery, and it was not so simple.

Song Renqi decided to send someone to spy on them.