Chapter Eighty-Seven: Bloody Shaolin

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, and Pang Xun led more than a dozen hall masters from the spear gate to ambush in the pine and bamboo forest outside the Shaolin Temple early. When the time came, Fang saw Yun Feiyang, Jiang Chengfeng, Jiang Chao, Ye Luchun and others riding a high-headed horse, calling to open the temple gate, and the prancing horse broke into the Shaolin Temple.

Xu Zhi asked Pang Xun and the others to hide first, and without the orders of him and Zhou Yuanzhi, they could not act rashly. Xu Zhi pulled Zhou Yuanzhi to jump onto a towering tree outside the temple, hiding in the dense branches and leaves, overlooking the movement in the temple.

Xu Zhi saw that Yun Feiyang led thousands of officers and soldiers armed with blades, bows and arrows, escorted the monks of the whole temple to the martial arts field of Shaolin Temple. Along the way, the monks continued to struggle with the ropes, especially the four of them, such as Likong, Wangwang, Xue Atan, and An Jingsi, who scolded the officials and soldiers: despicable and shameless, and they are not heroes and heroes in sneak attacks.

Yun Feiyang didn't expect that Li Xiuyun, Zhou Chen and others would rush back from Songzhou, which was thousands of miles away, and hurriedly led the soldiers to salute Li Xiuyun. Li Xiuyun saw that Yun Feiyang was mixed with Jiang Chengfeng, Jiang Chao, Ye Luchun and other people in the rivers and lakes, and did not return all night, his face was full of wine, and he was unhappy in his heart, and said lightly: "General Yun has worked hard, who are these heroes?"

Yun Feiyang hurriedly introduced the people behind him to Li Xiuyun one by one. Jiang Chao and Ye Luchun are both young heroes, and seeing that Li Xiuyun is not only beautiful as a flower, but also has a noble status, they both stared at her and were speechless for a long time.

Li Xiuyun saw that the good hands around Yun Feiyang were very boring, turned around, and said: "General Yun, this Shaolin is a Zen temple given by the emperor of the past, how can it suffer from the disaster of soldiers? The abbot and the eminent monks are all old, how can they be tied up? Someone is coming, quickly untie a few eminent monks!"

Li Xiuyun's order surprised all the soldiers, and they hesitated for a while, then turned their heads to look at Yun Feiyang. Yun Feiyang shouted: "Why don't you listen to the princess's orders, the princess asked you to loosen the bonds of the monks, why don't you loosen them quickly?"

Liu Jingren said worriedly: "Princess, Lord Yun has gone through a lot of hardships to capture the Shaolin monks, if you loosen the ties and let them escape, won't your previous efforts be wasted?"

Yun Feiyang said with a smile: "Lord Liu, you don't know that the princess is kind-hearted, she asked us to loosen the ties of a few old monks, and the other monks are imprisoned on the spot, and the archers are waiting in the distance, even if these monks put on their wings, it is difficult to fly out of the Shaolin Temple!"

Yun Feiyang saw that Li Xiuyun returned to Dengfeng thousands of miles away, and personally came to Shaolin Temple to supervise the battle, he was a little proud, he bowed to Li Xiuyun and said: "The subordinates learned that the Shaolin rebel party colluded with the hungry people under the mountain, robbed the military rations, and held the princess hostage, and was furious in his heart, so without waiting for the princess's orders, he led the troops to surround the Shaolin Temple first, and waited for the princess to come back and fall, how to deal with these Shaolin rebel monks, and ask the princess to make it clear!"

Li Xiuyun thought to herself: This Yun Feiyang is too reckless, and she doesn't know the princess's intentions for besieging the Shaolin Temple without attacking it, and she is selfish, which has ruined the major affairs of the imperial court, but the matter has come to this point, and she can't blame Yun Feiyang for doing something wrong, and said with a smile: "General Yun has found out the culprit of robbing the imperial court's military rations this time, and he has done a good job!"

Yun Feiyang said again: "Princess, but these traitorous monks refuse to explain who is the mastermind behind the scenes, who is the mastermind, who is the mastermind, and how many people participated in this grain robbery!"

Guo Sheng, who was beside Yun Feiyang, also said: "Princess Yu, as General Yun said, this group of rebel monks is very stubborn, they not only refuse to explain the process of robbing the grain, but also refuse to explain the location of the grain storage. The subordinates searched all corners of Shaolin, but they didn't find a single grain of surplus grain except for a load of grain left in the kitchen. These bald donkeys, they think that the court law does not blame the public, as long as they keep their mouths shut, they will be safe. According to what his subordinates have seen, it is better to kill a few of them first, and the following things can naturally be solved!"

Li Xiuyun saw that the generals were deeply ashamed of the loss of food in the thousands of troops last time, and now that he had found the culprit, he couldn't wait to kill the rebel party and destroy the Shaolin Temple immediately. Li Xiuyun looked at Zhou Chen beside him, hoping that he would have an idea, Zhou Chen naturally understood the princess's intentions, but he also knew that the public was angry, so he had to reply: "Princess, Shaolin Temple has always kept to itself, and now General Yun said that they robbed the military rations, but they couldn't find any evidence of guilt in the temple, so they were naturally dissatisfied in their hearts! Princess, according to the foolish opinion of his subordinates, it is better to give a little leniency, let the sergeants search the back mountain of Shaolin Temple, and wait until they get evidence to punish them?"

Li Xiuyun also said, "General Zhou's idea is good, we must punish the traitors, but we can't give the world a mouthful! Besides, Princess Ben is in a hurry overnight, and she needs to rest for a day or two. What does General Yun think?"

Li Xiuyun's original intention was to hope that Yun Feiyang would stop first, and then explain to him his intention to besiege and not attack Shaolin Temple after he returned. How do you know that Yun Feiyang will be wrong, he is already resentful because Xu Zhi robbed the princess and robbed the military rations in front of the generals, and the princess has an extraneous meaning, asking him to come up with evidence of the Shaolin Temple robbing the grain in a day or two, which is obviously a distrust of him!

The more Yun Feiyang thought about it, the more angry he became, and he even said without thinking: "Princess, what's so difficult to get evidence? Don't we have eyeliner in the Shaolin Temple? Now that our army has broken through the mountain gate of the Shaolin Temple, Shaolin will be bulldozed in a few days, what's the use of leaving eyeliner? Why don't you let them come out and tell the soldiers what evidence we have?"

I was so frightened that I almost screamed.

Li Xiuyun hurriedly stopped: "This princess still believes in General Yun, otherwise she wouldn't have traveled thousands of miles to discuss with the general!"

Yun Feiyang said with a smile: "Since the princess believes in her subordinates so much, then the subordinates implore the princess to deal with a few bandit leaders of the Shaolin Temple to set an example, so that they will inevitably confess truthfully!"

Li Xiuyun saw that Yun Feiyang was going to go her own way, and knew that if she obstructed it, otherwise it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction and mutiny among the soldiers, so she had no choice but to sigh: "Just deal with it according to the general's method!"

Yun Feiyang got the approval of the princess, held the Nine Dragons Whip, walked straight to the abbot of Zhicheng, and said with a smile: "Abbot! You don't think about reciting Buddha wholeheartedly, but you connive at your disciples to be traitors or thieves, greedy for wealth in the world, and rob the imperial court military rations, how did you become this abbot?"

The sincere abbot smiled slightly: "Amitabha, my Shaolin disciples have always followed the rules and recited the Buddha, why did they attract the siege of the imperial army? I have a Buddha: there must be a demon, and now the devil is rampant, and if I want to add to the crime, why is there no excuse? If the cloud and my Shaolin are guilty, then the court will not be guilty of abusing the people? Lao Qu is the abbot of Shaolin, I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? And ask the general to spare the innocent monks of Shaolin?"

Yun Feiyang sneered: "Since the abbot knows that he is guilty of a great sin, and he wants to go to hell! Then let General Ben fulfill you, come, light a fire, and send the old abbot to heaven!" After speaking, several soldiers set up a tall haystack in the center of the martial field.

Zhide and Zhixin both said: "Senior Brother Abbot, don't be emotional, it's better to let the disciples fight with them!"

The sincere abbot said with a smile: "The two junior brothers don't need to persuade each other, the old man is willing to serve the righteousness of Shaolin, and let everyone in the world know: I, the Shaolin monks, are not evil people who covet wealth and wealth, disturb the world, and compete with the people!"

Yun Feiyang smiled and said: "Abbot, as long as you name the person who grabbed the grain, you can avoid the pain of flesh and skin, why sacrifice your life for others?"

The abbot stubbornly shook his head, Yun Feiyang couldn't hold it anymore, and ordered the soldiers to carry the abbot up the pyre and light the fire.

Xu Zhi saw that the abbot jumped into the temple from the tree in order to protect the Shaolin Temple, and shouted: "The clouds are flying, and slow down, the abbot doesn't know about the grain robbery, and the mastermind of the grain robbery is me Xu Zhi, and it has nothing to do with anyone else!", and jumped over the heads of the soldiers after speaking. Zhou Yuanzhi saw Xu Zhi entering the temple, and also killed the officers and soldiers on the periphery with Pang Xun and others, and rushed to the front of the monks.

Yun Feiyang saw Xu Zhi descending from the sky and wanted to save the abbot in the fire, so he hurriedly shouted: "Shoot the arrow, if there is resistance, don't worry!", after speaking, he raised the Nine Dragons Whip in his hand and swept towards Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi wanted to jump over Yun Feiyang's head and rescue the abbot who was besieged by fire, but when he saw that Yun Feiyang's Nine Dragon Whip was coming quickly, he had to give up his original thoughts, turned around and took a few steps back, turned his hand and shook a sword towards Yun Feiyang with the Fengming Sword, hoping that Yun Feiyang would retreat. Yun Feiyang was not fooled, he didn't let Xu Zhi approach the burning fire.

At this time, the soldiers on the periphery bent their bows and arrows, and a burst of arrows came, and most of the Shaolin monks who did not know martial arts struggled and wanted to stand up and dodge, but they were suffering from being tied up and not moving forward, and they were killed by arrows.

Although Liyin, Lichen, An Jingsi, Xue Atan and others were tied hand and foot, they rolled on the ground and rolled to the side of Zhide, Zhixin, Zhimei, Zhiqing, Xu Zhi, Zhou Yuanzhi, Pang Xun and others who were not bound. Xu Zhi and the others took advantage of the situation to swing their swords and break the ropes of the hands and feet of the warrior monks and rescued them one by one.

Zhide saw that all the warrior monks were not unharmed except for some minor injuries, and shouted: "All the disciples listen to the order, set up the arhat stick array, and subdue the dragon and subdue the demon!" After hearing this, Lichen led Xue Atan and other senior brothers to set up a Shaolin stick formation, and used a high human wall to block the thousands of arrows of the official army, so that other monks who could not do martial arts went to the backyard to hide and win time.

An Jingsi, Lixu, Zhou Yuanzhi, Pang Xun and others guarded both sides of the monks, dodging hidden arrows while using hidden weapons and long swords to kill the officers and soldiers who kept coming forward.

In order to save the abbot, Zhide, Zhixin, and Xu Zhi tried their best to break through the encirclement of Jiang Chengfeng, Yun Feiyang, Jiang Chao, Liu Jingren, and Guo Sheng, regardless of the sneak attack of the dark arrow, but the three of them were afraid of the white rainbow sword in Jiang Chao's hand, and secondly, Jiang Chengfeng's sharp and fast palm power was not under Zhide, so the three of them could only deal with each other, and could not win quickly.

Xu Zhi saw Abbot Zhicheng sitting quietly in the raging flames, and the flames began to slowly burn the robe and beard on his body. Although the abbot was close at hand, he couldn't save him, Xu Zhi was in pain in his heart, and he wanted to risk death to rush into the fire several times, but he was stopped by the Zhide and Zhixin Zen masters around him.

The sincere abbot originally wanted to rely on his compassion to arouse the good thoughts of Yun Feiyang, so that the Shaolin Temple would not be destroyed. How do you know that the jackal of the court is in charge, and the devil's heart does not change, but he openly kills in the land of Buddhism, he smiled bitterly and shouted hard: "The disciples take up arms, eliminate the demons and defend the way, and overtake them to the Elysium!" After speaking, he died of anger.

When the monks saw the sincere abbot sacrifice his life for Shaolin, they were full of tears and shouted: "Eliminate the demon and defend the way, avenge the abbot!"

Jiang Chao has always been afraid of fire, he saw that the abbot was dead, and shouted, "General Yun, Jiang Gang Master, we don't have to circle around the fire, in case we are burned by the fire and ruin, how can we marry a daughter-in-law in the future!"

Yun Feiyang said with a smile: "I didn't expect Brother Jiang to be the first sword in the world, I am not afraid of heaven and earth, I am afraid of this Zhu Rong clan!"

Jiang Chao smiled faintly, a "knife splitting Huashan", slashed at Xu Zhi, Xu Zhi was afraid of the sharpness of the Baihong sword, and did not dare to use the sword to meet it, so he had to dodge sideways. Jiang Chao turned around and walked away from the fire from the gap between Xu Zhi and Zhixin. Xu Zhi turned to the fire where the abbot rested.

Jiang Chao saw Xu Zhi attacking him like crazy, and said with a smile: "Xu Zhi, the old abbot is dead." You don't want to be so angry! Xu Zhi, I didn't expect your little life to be so hard! Gang Leader Jiang and I have been looking for you at the foot of Taimur Mountain Waterfall for a few days, but we haven't seen your corpse. But today you are openly against the imperial court, and you will never be able to escape again!", after speaking, he took out the white rainbow sword and slammed it towards Xu Zhi's chest.

Xu Zhi sneered: "You Jiang Shenmiao are willing to be the eagle dog of the imperial court, the imperial court forced my relatives to death, forced the abbot to death, and I Xu Zhi swore that I would not be able to stand with the imperial court." The surname Jiang, today is either you die or I die!", after speaking, he bent over and picked up a flaming red charcoal from the ground with a phoenix sword, and flew towards Jiang Chao's front door.

Jiang Chao was afraid that the sparks on the charcoal would splash and ruin his handsome face, so he didn't dare to use his sword to take the move, but flew and kicked it away with his feet.

Xu Zhi knew that Jiang Chao was afraid of fire, he deliberately circled around the burning wooden frame, although Jiang Chao relied on the sharpness of the Baihong Sword, he didn't dare to get too close to him.

Jiang Chengfeng saw that Zhide was entangled by the flying Nine Dragons Whip, but Zhixin was fighting with Zhou Chen and Liu Jingren, and he saw that Xu Zhi was entangled with Jiang Chao, and was ready to surprise and attack Xu Zhi from behind. Jiang Chengfeng was just about to make a move, but was blocked by two beautiful girls, one was Zhou Yuanzhi who was holding a long sword, and the other was his disciple He Mengjiao.

Jiang Chengfeng scolded: "He Mengjiao, if you don't think about avenging your brother, forget it, and help outsiders to deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, alas, today I will abolish your martial arts and expel you from the Changjiao Gang!"

Only then did Zhou Yuanzhi know that He Mengjiao beside her turned out to be a member of the Jianghu gang, and she saw that Jiang Chengfeng was disrespectful to the elderly, and said sarcastically: "You are the leader of the Changjiao Gang?

Jiang Chengfeng saw that Zhou Yuanzhi had a temperament like an orchid, beautiful appearance, and very elegant speech, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of school the girl is?

Zhou Yuanzhi sneered: "I have been sisters with Miss He for many years, I didn't expect him to have such a brazen gang leader, he didn't let a gang leader do it, but he was willing to be a lackey of the court!

He Mengjiao also said indifferently: "Miss Zhou is right, although I am also working for the imperial court now, I must not do something with my conscience and steal chickens and dogs, since the Jiang Gang Master does not recognize me as a disciple, I, He Mengjiao, will break off with the Changjiao Gang from today onwards!"

Jiang Chengfeng sneered: "Okay, have ambition! Then ask the two girls to take over the next few moves!", after speaking, he shouted, it was a move "Storm", and the sword qi shone, like a peacock opening the screen. He Mengjiao knew that this was a lore from the Changjiao Gang, and hurriedly shouted to Zhou Yuanzhi: "Sister Zhou, be careful of his sword qi!", after speaking, she blocked in front of Zhou Yuanzhi, and returned a move to "ride the wind and waves", swinging her sword to protect the surroundings. Although He Mengjiao was skilled in sword moves, her internal strength was far from enough, and she was still penetrated by Jiang Chengfeng's profound sword qi and fell to the ground injured.

Jiang Chengfeng raised his long sword and forced Zhou Yuanzhi back, wanting to take a step forward and abolish He Mengjiao's martial arts.

Zhixin saw that Jiang Chengfeng was a gang leader, and he actually started with two young girls, he was angry, gave up the attack on Yun Feiyang, raised the wooden stick in his hand, braved the rain of arrows, blocked in front of Zhou Yuanzhi and He Mengjiao, and fought with Jiang Chengfeng. Jiang Chengfeng's internal strength is equivalent to Zhixin's, but Jiang Chengfeng is good at close combat, and the wooden stick in Zhixin's hand is like a swimming dragon, Jiang Chengfeng had no choice but to use the dragon sword to guard the door, and shouted to Jiang Chao beside him: "Young Master Jiang, borrow your Baihong sword to use!"

Jiang Chao saw that Xu Zhi used the flowing sword to confuse his vision, and he didn't dare to hand over the Baihong sword to Jiang Chengfeng, and said with a smile: "Let the juniors help the leader to relieve the siege!", he and Jiang Chengfeng swapped places, picked up a sword, and cut off one end of the wooden stick in Zhixin's hand. Seeing that the wooden stick in his hand was as solid as steel, it was cut off by Jiang Chao with a sword, and his heart was shocked, so he had to put away the wooden stick and defend the door, and he no longer dared to attack sharply.

Jiang Chengfeng replaced Jiang Chao and Xu Zhi to fight, and he saw the Fengming Sword in Xu Zhi's hand, flickering left and right, up and down, as fast as lightning, soft and like a dancing girl's ribbon. Jiang Chengfeng didn't know the truth and didn't know how to deal with it. He had no choice but to cover his whole body with the dragon sword, but Xu Zhi was a dragon and a phoenix, and stabbed him in the eyes with his sword. Na Jiang Chengfeng didn't know that there was a deception, and hurriedly picked it up with a sword to protect his head and neck.

Xu Zhi saw that Jiang Chengfeng was empty, bent down, turned his wrist, and made a move of "Diao Chan Worship the Moon", and stabbed the Fengming Sword from bottom to top, through the Dragon Sword in Jiang Chengfeng's hand, and stabbed him in the jaw. Jiang Chengfeng was shocked, relying on his deep internal strength, he forcibly retreated more than a dozen steps, but the shirt on his chest was still cut by Xu Zhi A big gap.

Jiang Chengfeng was shocked and said: "Xu Zhi, I didn't expect your swordsmanship to progress so quickly, what kind of ghost swordsmanship are you, erratic, even the old man has deceived you!"

Before Xu Zhi could answer, An Jingsi saw that Xu Zhi defeated Jiang Chengfeng with Grandpa Wang's flowing sword, and replied proudly: "Ghost sword, Jiang Chengfeng, you are rare and strange, let your grandfather An tell you that this is the first sword in the world that is not spread in our Coniferous Valley!"

When Jiang Chengfeng and Jiang Chao heard this, they both muttered, "Coniferous Valley, the first sword in the world?"