Chapter 30: Master and Apprentice Meet
He lay straight on the inn bed until the hour. Raising his eyes and looking out of the window, he saw a full moon hanging high in the night sky, and said in his heart: "The hour is almost up, and at this time tomorrow, the master should also rush to the Great Xiangguo Temple." It suddenly occurred to me that it seemed too easy for me to escape from prison this time, and there was always something wrong. But when I think about it, I can't figure it out if I want to break my head.
He turned over and changed a black cloth shirt that he had bought with silver during the day, wrapped a turban around his bald head, and covered his face with a black cloth. Because his black python whip had been confiscated by the people of Baofu, he bought a rotten silver nine-section whip in a martial arts shop, although it was not very convenient, it could be useful. Packed up, went to the stable in the backyard of the inn, led the horse, and quietly went to the Great Xiangguo Temple.
After walking for a short time, I saw a majestic and open temple beside the road ahead. He dismounted and tied his horse to a large locust tree in front of the temple. Go in, under the bright moon, you can vaguely see the words "Daxiangguo Temple" written on the plaque.
The Great Xiangguo Temple was built in the sixth year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it is said that this place is the former residence of the fourth prince of the Warring States Period, Xinlingjun. The original name was Jianguo Temple, until the first year of Yanhe in the Tang Dynasty, Tang Ruizong ascended the throne by King Xiang, and gave the name of Xiangguo Temple to commemorate. The whole temple has the mountain gate, the Tianwang Palace, the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the Octagonal Glazed Palace, the Tibetan Scripture Building, the Bell and Drum Tower, the Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Buddha, the layout is rigorous, majestic and magnificent.
Tuoba Hongfei looked around, and there was no one to follow around, immediately exerted light skills, gently vertically to one side of the wall, first crouched on the wall and looked around, and saw that the candles had been extinguished in the major halls, only a few places in the back meditation room were lit with candlelight, and I thought it was the monk on duty.
He jumped into the temple lightly, familiar with the door, went to the southwest corner, bypassed the Tianwang Palace, the Daxiong Treasure Palace, folded to the Eight Interpretation Glass Palace, and arrived at the Tibetan Scripture Building in a short time.
The roof of the main building of the Tibetan scripture building is covered with colorful glazed tiles, the center of the back of the house is erected with the purple copper gilt canopy, the beams, columns, foreheads, fangs are all decorated with colorful paintings, the carved beams are painted, the gold is brilliant, the momentum is majestic, extremely magnificent, this night is more mysterious under the moonlight.
The Tibetan scripture building of the Great Xiangguo Temple has three floors in total, the ground floor is the lecture hall, the top of the hall is decorated with the gilded octagonal lotus caisson well, extremely luxurious and magnificent, and there is also a mezzanine listening seat; the second floor is the place where the scriptures are collected and read; the third floor is the scripture room, there are countless scriptures in the collection, and there are thousands of scriptures in the Tripitaka, including 600 volumes of the Great Prajna Sutra and 80 volumes of the Huayan Sutra...... The scale is so huge that it is extremely rare.
On that day, the party leader Mitaka attacked Kou Yun, and after snatching the scriptures, he sneaked into the Daxiangguo Temple overnight and hid the twelve volumes of "The General Essentials of the Martial Scriptures" in a secret place in the three-story scripture room.
The three of them had agreed with their master Song Zanpu to hand over here on April 15, and now he is the only one of the three eagles in the party who has escaped, and whether the other two junior disciples have confessed is not yet known, tomorrow is the fifteenth, this "Wujing General Essentials" is placed here for a while longer, it will be a little more risky, in case Pan Tianluo and Ma Qing really confess, the people of Kaifeng Mansion will rush to the temple at any time to search for the twelve volumes of "Wujing General Essentials", how is this good?
Tuoba Hongfei crouched in the shadows, thinking about it for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this book could not be left here for a long time. With a little light from the top of the pavilion, he touched the southwest corner, counted five rows of scripture bookshelves up to the top of the pavilion next to the wall, and reached under the innermost shelf, and sure enough, under the bottom shelf, there was a bag of books next to the ground.
He was overjoyed in his heart, and said in his heart: "Second brother, third brother really did not confess where the scriptures were. Pulling out the burden, thinking that he had a flint paper medium on his body, he immediately lit it up, untied the burden with one hand, and held the paper medium high with the other. I felt very relieved in my heart, and after a while, the paper medium burned out, and the fire suddenly went out, and he had wrapped the burden again, put it on his back, and said secretly: "For the sake of insurance, I still have it with me, and when I see the master tomorrow, I will give it to him with my own hands!"
As he got up, there was a sound of wind in the darkness in the ground, and a strong wind came from behind, he secretly screamed that it was not good, and he didn't turn back, his right hand became a claw, and his backhand went to catch the opponent's attacking fist. The other party did not wait for the trick to make the old, and suddenly changed his trick to attack the door in front of him, Tuoba Hongfei was facing a row of bookshelves in front of him, and there was no way to avoid it, so he had to shrink down, kick out with his back, and a move "Flying Eagle Kick Leg", the other party avoided it lightly, and the two sides instantly dismantled seven or eight moves in the dark.
Tuoba Hongfei took a closer look through the faint light spilling in from the small window on the roof, although the face of the attacker could not be seen really, but the body shape was on par with himself, although he was not as strong as himself, but his martial arts were far above him, and he faintly felt that this person's move seemed to have reservations, and he couldn't think about it at the moment, so he just tried his best to ensure that the scriptures were not lost.
Although he knew that the opponent's martial arts were above his own, between the rows of bookshelves in the scripture building, the aisle space was extremely cramped, and the nine-section whip could not be used, so he could only use his fists and feet to deal with the attackers. The person who attacked was obviously not from the temple, and he refused to alarm the monks in the temple, and he made an understatement, very calmly, as if he was testing his skills.
Tuoba Hongfei knew that the other party must be coming to the scriptures in his baggage, how could he easily comply, and said: "If you can't beat it, you can run!"
The opponent said "Huh", and also used the big mudra technique to make a palm, Tuoba Hongfei smiled secretly: "You should die!" Suddenly, the body shook, the other party's palm was connected with him, and it was the same internal force to him, the two internal forces intersected, and it stands to reason that the two sides would be shocked away, but there seemed to be a suction force in the opponent's palm, which slowly held his internal force, and then sent to the Tiantu acupoint of Ren Mai through the "Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian", and then sent to the Jizhong acupoint, not only did not hurt himself, but transported the output of true qi back to the source of qi.
"Who are you?" Tuoba Hongfei was extremely surprised, and he felt that the other party was familiar and unfathomable.
"Hmph, Hongfei, you can't even recognize you as a teacher?" As soon as the visitor spoke, Tuoba Hongfei suddenly felt a sense of surprise.
"Master, is it really your old man?" he never imagined that at this moment, his master, Song Zanpu, the number one master in Tibet, would appear here.
"Why did you come here alone, and why did you dress up like this, when you lit the paper media to check the scriptures, and returned the Tao to someone else? Songtsan Puqi said, "What about your two junior brothers?"
Tuoba Hongfei sighed: "Master, it's hard to put into words, the three of us were captured by a cadre of Bao Zheng's men in Kaifeng Mansion, and the two junior brothers, they are still being imprisoned in the Kaifeng Mansion Prison, and I escaped from prison alone. ”
"You are the only one who escaped, as a senior brother, why do you only care about getting out by yourself, and don't care about the feelings of your fellow brothers and sisters?" Song Zanpu suddenly said in a fierce tone, and there was obviously a bit of doubt in his tone.
"Master, your old man doesn't know, this matter is a long story, Kaifeng Nafu Yin Bao Heizi divided the three of me into custody, and interrogated them in turns every day, and the three of us refused to tell the whereabouts of the "Wujing General Essentials", seeing that the time was approaching the handover date that we agreed with the master, I managed to escape, and wanted to come here first to see if the scriptures were still there. The apprentice has just checked it, and the scriptures are in good condition. ”
After a pause, he said, "But, didn't we say to Master that day that we would hand over here on April 15?"
Song Zanpu suddenly snorted and said, "If I hadn't come here in advance, how would I have known that you ignored your two junior brothers, only cared about your own escape, and wanted to take this book away alone, and go to Li Yuanhao to dedicate it to Li Yuanhao by yourself, and seek other benefits!"
Tuoba Hongfei was shocked: "Why did Master say this, how could Hongfei dare to frame the two junior brothers, and be greedy for merit, that is a thing that is absolutely impossible!" It turned out that Li Yuanhao, who Song Zanpu was talking about, was the current monarch of the Western Xia Kingdom.
Song Tsangpu shouted in a low voice: "Do you remember how the teacher explained to the three of you, and what is the purpose of this scripture as a teacher?"
Tuoba Hongfei lowered his head and said: "Master's order, how dare you forget, Master said that day, I want my brothers to try to obtain this book, and then hand it over to Master, Master wants to hand over this scripture to the Tubo monarch as a dowry for the Tubo prince to marry the princess of Western Xia." ”
Song Zanpu sneered and said, "Finally, you still remember, but why did you bypass the master and take the scriptures away alone?
Tuoba Hongfei hurriedly said: "Master, there is no such thing, the disciple wants to complete the task assigned by the master, how can he be, how can he ......?"
Before he finished speaking, Song Zanpu stretched out his left hand, and the joints seemed to suddenly grow a few feet, taking off the burden of Tuoba Hongfei, which was as fast as lightning and unusual.
Tuoba Hongfei couldn't help but want to be separated by palms, but fortunately he reacted very quickly, and suddenly woke up to the person standing in front of him was his master, and immediately stopped his hand, letting Song Zanpu take the burden away. If he wants to stop him from making a move, not only will he not be able to snatch back the burden, but he will definitely be restrained by the master's move.
Song Zanpu asked again: "Have you read the burden of Shicai, is it true that this twelve-volume "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" is true?"
Tuoba Hongfei said: "Yes, Master, the appropriate apprentice can see clearly, it is this twelve-volume "General Essentials of the Martial Arts". ”
Songtsampu smiled: "Very good, very good. He put the book on his back, turned and walked.
Tuoba Hongfei hurriedly said: "Master, the second and third brothers are still in Kaifeng Mansion, and I also ask Master and I to try to save the two of them." ”
Songzan Pu stopped slightly, and said without replying: "There are still important things to do for the teacher, the situation is urgent, and the matter of saving your two junior brothers will be handled by yourself." ”
Tuoba Hongfei said urgently: "Master, by all means, it is difficult for me to succeed alone, if there is no help from your old man, the two junior brothers will not be able to escape prison." ”
Song Zanpu said coldly: "Since you have the ability to escape from the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, you must have the ability to go in to save people, and as a teacher, you have to rush to Tubo to hand over the scriptures to the prince, and it won't help you much, you can do it yourself." With that, he went straight down to the second floor.
Tuoba Hongfei never thought that the master he was looking forward to seeing day and night would be so ruthless. The grievances and anger he had suffered in Kaifeng Mansion in the past few days could no longer bear it, and he chased after him a few steps, and said behind him: "Master, is this how you treat your apprentices? Could this be what the Han people say about the birds hiding their bows, crossing the river and demolishing the bridges, and the bones will not be able to dry up in one go?
There were a few soft sounds in the ground, and Tuoba Hongfei only felt a chill on his head, the turban wrapped around his head had been knocked off by a hidden weapon, and the black cloth covering his face was nowhere to be found. It turned out that Nasong Tsangpu casually sent him a few bodhi seeds in the dark, and knocked off his turban and masking cloth respectively. It is rare in the world to be able to fire a hidden weapon in the dark with such precision and ingenuity.
Tuoba Hongfei was secretly frightened, he knew that the master was merciful this time, just as a warning. Rao was like this, and he still felt indignant in his heart.
I only heard that Song Zanpu came without looking back: "Next time you don't obey the teacher, this Bodhi son will not fall into the current position." ”