Xu Zhi watched from right to left, word by word, and saw that the second stone carving read:

Bodhidharma stayed in Jiankang City in the Southern Dynasty for nearly a month, and saw Emperor Wu of Liang come to Tongtai Temple twice, each time he was surrounded by a number of court ministers, and under the worship of the people along the way, he took off his dragon robe, changed into monk's clothes, and talked about Buddhist scriptures with the monks in the temple all night. Several honest and honest ministers in the court saw that the emperor lived in the temple for a few days, and there was no one to lead the major affairs in the court, so they were very anxious, so they had to gather all the money and go to Tongtai Temple to redeem Emperor Wu of Liang.

Emperor Wu of Liang pretended to be reluctant to return to the court every time, but under the bitter pleading of the ministers and hundreds of millions of people in the capital, he was greatly satisfied, and returned to the palace in a beautiful manner surrounded by everyone.

Bodhidharma saw that Emperor Wu of Liang respected Buddhism on the surface, but in fact did not comprehend the true meaning of the four emptiness of Buddhism, he only used Buddhist principles to satisfy his vanity and show his brilliant views on Buddhism.

Bodhidharma felt that Emperor Wu of Liang had the demons of greed, competitiveness, and vanity, which determined that he could not start and finish well. So he decided to cross the Yangtze River north as soon as possible and leave this place of right and wrong.

The next day, Bodhidharma only took a tin rod and a scoop for turning into a fate, discarded all the things outside his body, and left Jiankang City early in the morning. The officials in the post house were very panicked when they saw that the monk Bodhidharma was saying goodbye and hurriedly reported to the emperor.

When Xiao Yan heard this, he was very disapproving, and said to the ministers: "Although this Bodhidharma was born in the hometown of Tianzhu Buddhism, I see that this person is talking crazy, acting perversely, and out of place, let him go if he wants to leave!"

Many of His Royal Highness's important ministers chanted "Long live the Holy Ming", but only one young minister dissuaded: "Your Majesty, this Dharma cannot be let go, if he boldly leaves, he will take refuge in Suo Lu Tuoba Xianbei in the north." In this way, it will seem that His Majesty has no tolerance for people, and secondly, my dynasty is completely controlled by the Northern Dynasty, if His Majesty does not like this Dharma, the minister suggests that he would rather kill him than let him wander to the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”

Emperor Wu of Liang suddenly repented and sent more than 100 forbidden troops to the Yangtze River to block Bodhidharma, and he must be captured alive.

At this time, Patriarch Bodhidharma had already walked to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and when he saw the dust behind him, he knew that there were chasing soldiers coming. He looked around and saw an old woman with gray hair in the reeds, bent over to bundle the reeds.

Bodhidharma was in a hurry, asked the old woman for a bundle of reeds, hugged the reeds himself, jumped into the river, and drifted across the river with the south wind, this is the story of Bodhidharma's patriarch "crossing the river with a reed".

Besides, after the Bodhidharma patriarch crossed the river, holding the Zen battle, walking and walking, seeing the mountain to worship, meeting the temple sitting meditation, one day to the Songshan Shaolin Temple, he saw that the mountains here are surrounded, the forest is dense, the mountains are beautiful, the environment is quiet, the Buddha industry is thriving, talking and kissing, sighing in his heart, this is really a rare pure land of Buddhism. So Patriarch Bodhidharma decided to become a monk here.

Although Bodhidharma is a Buddhist monk with empty eyes, he is kind-hearted and compassionate, and he sees that the land of China is full of wars, ordinary people are suffering and suffering, and their wives are separated; while those executioners are all worry-free about food and clothing, and high-ranking officials are generous, and they are very resentful in their hearts; and they also see that Buddhism has repeatedly taught the world to be good and abstain from killing, to escape into the empty door, and to leave the world to avoid disaster, and these cannot really relieve the suffering of the world.

Bodhidharma was depressed in his heart, puzzled, and often went to a cave in the cliff behind the Shaolin Temple to think about it, thinking about a good way to save the suffering. He has been facing the wall for nine years, and he has stood still for many years, not moving around. After a long time, the sunlight in the sky reflected his figure and face on a stone in the cave, which was the shadow stone enshrined in the Bodhidharma cave.

Xu Zhi continued to look down, and saw that the stone walls behind were all engraved with a set of Shaolin boxing techniques created by Patriarch Bodhidharma during the period of facing the wall. It turned out that the Bodhidharma Patriarch was alone in the stone cave facing the wall to think, every day not only to think about the Buddhist scriptures, but also to fight with wild beasts, over time, he suddenly realized: there is good in the world there is evil, there are Buddhas and demons, the disciples of Buddhism should not only understand the world, promote the truth and goodness, but also practice martial arts to save people, punish evil spirits.

Xu Zhi took a few steps closer, picked up the lamp and took a closer look, and saw that the moves burned on the stone wall were similar to the boxing techniques practiced by Shaolin monks, but the method of defeating the enemy was often to simplify the complex and give the enemy a fatal blow by surprise. It turned out that when the Bodhidharma Patriarch encountered the attack of fierce beasts and poisonous insects, he found that the cumbersome moves were useless to deal with powerful and murderous enemies, but would delay time, and only by surprise, a move hit its vital point, in order to survive from the tiger's mouth.

Xu Zhi saw that the moves in the mural were very shocking and unreasonable. One of the tricks is "tooth extraction", that is, when the tiger bites the villain in the picture, it hits the tiger's jaw with its fists and breaks its jaw. And the next trick "swimming dragon and phoenix", seems elegant, but it is also thrilling, the villain's legs are entangled by pythons, but he is not afraid of danger, slammed the python seven inches, and shattered its heart. Xu Zhi from the beginning to the end, a total of 18 moves, Bodhidharma Patriarch called it "the dragon and the tiger fist", the essence of these boxing methods is to "simplify the complex, win in danger".

Xu Zhi silently pondered these moves, and compared them with the Shaolin and Wudang boxing techniques he had seen, at first he felt that they were incompatible with each other, but slowly pondered, and found that these boxing swordsmanship, whether it was "the first or the last, the strength and speed or the softness to overcome the rigid", are all the same in terms of enemy control strategy, that is, first of all, there must be a basic skill of being entangled with the opponent and being undefeated, and then only then looking for the opponent's flaws in the battle and winning with one move.

Xu Zhi practiced the "Dragon and Tiger Fist" several times. Xu Zhi saw that the candle in his hand was about to burn out, so he quickly withdrew from the inner cave, and when he arrived at the outer cave, he saw that the heavy rain outside the cave gradually stopped. He suddenly heard Xue Atan and An Jingsi shouting his name, he quickly agreed, and asked them to go back to Shaolin Temple first, he went to the outside of the cave to cut some branches, picked some grass, carried a heavy bamboo basket, along a big tree at the entrance of the cave, and slowly slid down the mountain.

As soon as Xu Zhi landed, he saw that not far behind the mountain, a group of officers and soldiers and several monks were confronting each other with weapons. Xu Zhi listened carefully, only to see a familiar voice asking: "You bald donkeys are not cultivating in the Shaolin Temple, holding murder weapons in your hands, and you are aggressive, do you want to rebel?"

An old voice replied: "Donor, monks are also human beings, and you also have to eat and sleep, as officers and soldiers of the imperial court, you should protect the territory and the people, instead of besieging our monks everywhere!"

Xu Zhi heard that this was a conversation between Yun Feiyang and Zhixin, he hurriedly turned the hill and ran over quickly.

Xu Zhi saw that Li Xiuyun was headed by the official army, and there were two girls beside her, on the left was the red leaves, on the right was He Mengjiao, on both sides were Yun Feiyang, Zhou Chen, Huifeng and Guo Sheng, and behind them were hundreds of soldiers armed with spears and big swords;

Yun Feiyang was very surprised to see that Xu Zhi was still alive, and asked Zhou Chen and Hui Feng beside him: "General Hui, General Zhou, didn't you report to the princess that Xu Zhi had been poisoned by you?

Li Xiuyun didn't answer, but looked at Xu Zhi in a daze, until Hongye coughed heavily, Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao woke up like a dream, and said "oh" at the same time in a panic.

It turned out that Li Xiuyun and He Mengjiao were very happy when they saw that Xu Zhi was still alive. Li Xiuyun thought to herself: "This Xu Zhi is really a great blessing, it is not loved, nor is it hated? I regretted killing him by mistake last time!", and He Mengjiao also secretly said: "Thank God, Brother Xu is still alive in the world, this can't be a dream!"

Li Xiuyun replied absentmindedly: "Then let General Hui give us an explanation, right?"

Hui Feng defended: "Princess Yu, General Yun, you don't know, it was the villain who was greedy for wine and mistook things that night, which affected General Zhou. Xu Zhi and the three took advantage of our unpreparedness and took the opportunity to injure the jailer and escape. The villain was afraid of being punished by the princess, so he made this decision, killed three similar death row prisoners, and risked his credit to the princess! This matter was done by a subordinate person, and General Zhou did not know about it, so he was guilty of humiliation, and asked the princess to punish him heavily!"

Zhou Chen is relatively close to Huifeng on weekdays, he obviously knows that Xu Zhi was let go by Huifeng, but seeing that Huifeng does things alone, he takes all the responsibility on himself, and admires his heroism in sticking a knife in the ribs for his friend, and defends him: "Princess, General Yun, Huifeng is young and ignorant, greedy for a while, let Xu Zhi and the three escape, dereliction of duty, and should bear the corresponding responsibility!", After speaking, he pulled Huifeng and knelt on the ground to ask Li Xiuyun for his guilt.

Li Xiuyun looked around, and saw that the Shaolin monks were all filled with righteous indignation, rubbing their fists and grinding their palms, and the situation on both sides was tense, knowing that it was inconvenient to investigate the mistakes of Huifeng and Zhou Chen too much at this time, otherwise they would be in chaos and chill the hearts of the soldiers, she helped Zhou Chen and Huifeng with both hands, and comforted: "The two generals hurry up, now that the strong enemy is in front, you still defeat these Shaolin monks first, make meritorious contributions, and then ask the court for guilt, General Yun, do you think this is good?"

Seeing the meaning of Li Xiuyun's words, Yun Feiyang had already forgiven Zhou Chen and Huifeng, and he was willing to be a favor, and said with a smile: "The princess is extremely fair to deal with it like this, and the two generals have not thanked the princess?"

Hui Feng and Zhou Chen hurriedly got up and thanked Li Xiuyun and Yun Feiyang.

At this time, Xu Zhi understood the course of the dispute: it turned out that the wild vegetables, leaves, and bark outside the Shaolin Temple were about to be eaten up, and he thought that if he continued like this, he was afraid that the whole temple would be burned, so he suggested to Master Zhixin that he lead the Shaolin monks to break through the blockade of the imperial court and go to the bottom of the mountain to find something to eat. Zhixin was still a little hesitant at first, but seeing that the temple was going to starve and faint a few monks every day, he was also very unbearable, so he hid it from the abbot, privately gathered a few warrior monks, and fought several sieges, and saw that he was about to successfully go down the mountain, but Li Xiuyun and Yun Feiyang led the reinforcements to arrive in time, and forced Zhixin and others back to the bottom of Wuru Peak, and happened to be bumped into by Xu Zhi who came down the mountain.

Yun Feiyang shouted loudly: "The soldiers listen to the order, the monks of Shaolin Temple want to rebel, you catch a few people who take the lead in making trouble for me, if you encounter resistance, you will be killed!"

At this time, Zhixin also said loudly: "The disciples of Shaolin Temple listen to the order, although the monks can't kill on a large scale, but they can't let the demons run rampant, we must use the sticks in our hands to punish the evil!"

As soon as Zhixin finished speaking, Lichen saw that Xu Zhi was still carrying a bamboo basket, and sneered: "Xu Zhi, you are not my Shaolin disciple, you honestly stay on the side and watch the battle, be careful that others will take your life!"

Xu Zhi ignored Chen's words, and saw that there were two people in the opponent's array, Hui Feng and He Mengjiao, and thought to himself that if he participated in the fight at this moment, he would kill each other with them, so it was better to stand aside and watch the reality first.

Because he didn't know the dilemma in Xu Zhi's heart, he was very unhappy when he saw him cowering, and scolded: "Xu Zhi, I really misjudged you, I didn't expect you to be so timid and afraid of death, Lichen's words are right, you better rest on the side!"

Yun Feiyang took out the Nine Dragons Whip from his waist, shook his right hand, and let the soft whip fly towards Zhixin, Zhixin shook the stick in his hand, and the flying Nine Dragons were deflected, but Yun Feiyang's right hand pressed the mechanism, and the whip was wrapped around Zhixin's long stick and locked it, Zhixin had never seen such a weapon, and after a little slowness, Yun Feiyang used the elasticity of the soft whip to open the soft whip again, turning the soft whip into a spear, pointing directly at Zhixin's feet. Zhixin hurriedly dodged, a little hurried, but he stabilized his body and stabbed the long stick in his hand with all his might, bypassing the Nine Dragons Whip and hitting the cloudy chest.

When the monks around Zhixin saw it, they all applauded loudly, who knew that Yun Feiyang did not dodge, and he was forced to receive a stick from Zhixin. Zhixin only felt that the stick in his hand had pierced the steel, and his hand was numb, so the stick almost came off, and Yun Feiyang only took a few steps back and was not injured. Zhixin lost a move, and he was very puzzled.

Zhou Chen stared at the cause and said with a smile: "Master Zhixin, our General Yun has a golden silk armor to protect himself, no matter how much strength you use, it is in vain, this treasure armor is invulnerable, as hard as steel, and it is a treasure that the Persian envoy paid tribute to the imperial court." ”

Seeing that Yun Feiyang won with the treasure armor, Li Yin and the others were resentful, and they picked up sticks to join the battle, Zhou Chen glanced at Hui Feng, and saw that he picked up the long sword and fought with Ming, so he was relieved.

Zhou Chen and Zhiran did not use weapons, the two fought together with their bare hands, although Zhou Chen's Tiger Broken Heart Fist came from Shaolin's Luohan Boxing, but there were more changes in reality and fiction. Xu Zhi watched carefully, Zhou Chen's Tiger Boxing not only pays attention to the strength and strength of boxing, but also emphasizes winning by skill, while the Luohan Boxing is simple and unpretentious, but one move and one style, both offensive and defensive, and solid basic skills, the two of them do not win or lose within 100 moves.

Xu Zhi saw that what Hui Feng was holding in his hand was the Fengming Sword that he had lost in Dengfeng Prison, and Hui Feng's Tai Chi swordsmanship had made rapid progress since the separation of the Bai Pavilion, only to see that the Tai Chi Sword was shining with white light, endlessly, and it actually trapped Ming's Shaolin Dharma Sword firmly in it, but although Ming's Dharma Sword seemed clumsy, it was rigorous and preemptive. The two of them were sword opponents, and the two long swords made a banging sound from time to time, and after the two attacked, they kept jumping and bounced away, causing everyone to cheer.

Seeing that he couldn't win for a while, Zhou Chen deliberately made a cowardly move and hurriedly took a few steps back. Knowing that Zhou Chen turned his body violently and went around behind Ran, it was a move to "turn the tiger away from the mountain", followed by a move "Hungry Tiger Pounce", and pounced on Ran's heart, Xu Zhi saw that he was defenseless, and shouted: "Not good, Senior Brother Ran be careful", and after speaking, he used the "Tiger Mouth Tooth Extraction" carved on the Dharma stone A dangerous move, a dive, both knees on the ground, with an elbow across Zhou Chen's jaw, Zhou Chen saw Xu Zhi kneeling for no reason, very surprised, Xu Zhi was agile, a blow hit, Zhou Chen screamed, covered his mouth, and collapsed to the ground.

Seeing that Xu Zhi saved Ran's life when he was in danger, he knew that he was to blame, and smiled faintly at him.

At this time, Huifeng was also gradually at a disadvantage, and the Dharma sword of the Ming Dynasty was used very skillfully, and the longer the fight, the more powerful it was, and the more difficult it was to restrain it. Hui Feng was able to gain some upper hand at first, but then gradually did not need to restrain the Dharma Sword, but the continuous edge of the Wudang Sword was suppressed by the steady attack of the Dharma Sword, and Hui Feng gradually felt that his every sword move would be predicted, so he couldn't use it, so he had to use the sword to guard the door and keep struggling.

Xu Zhi saw that Hui Feng's figure had been shrouded in the shadow of Ming's sword, and knew that his situation was very thrilling. Xu Zhi took into account the brotherhood, didn't have time to think about it, threw down the back basket, and flew between Ming and Huifeng.

Hui Feng saw that Xu Zhi was going to block a sword from Ming Thorn with his chest, regardless of his own safety, he was very moved, took a few steps back, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Xu, be careful, quickly take the sword!", and handed the Fengming Sword in his hand to Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi took the Fengming sword with his right hand, and dodged Ming's sword sideways, which was a move to "transfer flowers and trees", replaced Huifeng, and continued to compete with Ming's sword.

Seeing that Xu Zhi was not able to compete with himself with the sword, he was very disdainful at first, but seeing that Xu Zhi's sword was dexterous and changeable, virtual and real, he knew that his swordsmanship could not be underestimated;

Xu Zhi saw that Ming made a sword "Danfeng Chaoyang", and returned a move "Phoenix Dance Nine Days" without thinking, Ming had never seen such a strange swordsmanship, Xu Zhi waved the phoenix sword, like a phoenix flying in the air, making a humming chirping. After Ming landed, Xu Zhi spun around in the air for half a circle, landed behind Ming, and gently patted him on the shoulder with his hand.

Seeing that he was defeated, his face was flushed, he stepped aside, looked at the disappointed face of the senior brother Lichen, and scolded heavily: "This Xu Zhi is really not a thing, he eats inside and outside, and there is no distinction between friend and foe." ”