Shaolin is the head of the northern martial arts.

In my mind, it should be tall and majestic, towering, not splendid, but must be magnificent.

However, when we actually stood in front of the gate of the Shaolin Temple, surprise overwhelmed all imagination and expectations.

The dilapidated façade not only bears the imprint of history, but also traces of being burned by fire. In front of our eyes, none of the courtyard walls are intact, they are more or less defective, and because of this, the closed temple gate has become the most indifferent ornament. Because, we can just find a gap to get into.

But we didn't.

Li Xiaoqian said: "When we come openly, we must walk in with dignity!"

Lu You clapped his hands on the side.

However, when Li Xiaoqian reached out to push the temple door, the locked temple door shattered his pride in entering in a dignified manner.

"Didn't you say reconstruction?" Li Xiaoqian scolded, "Why are you still fucking locking the door?"

Bai Jingxing believes that everything lies in the heart, not in the form. As long as your heart is open, no matter how you get in, you will be upright.

He jumped up, floated up, and flew into the Shaolin Temple.

Lu You thought that Bai Jingxing was also very reasonable, he said: "Let's go over the wall and go in." He pointed to the half-collapsed courtyard wall a few paces away.

Li Xiaoqian said: "The inside is in the heart, the outside is in the form, no matter which one is very important." He refused to climb over the wall to get in.

I don't understand. When did Li Xiaoqian's personality begin to change? In the past, these morals had no restraint on him. What was he thinking about at this time?

Li Xiaoqian said: "Dan Bing, you go over the wall and go in, and after you go in, open the door latch!"

I asked, "Why me again?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "You are not a disciple of the Shaolin faction, you don't have to abide by the rules of the Shaolin faction. I can't!"

I asked, "Does the Shaolin sect have a rule that you are not allowed to climb over the wall?"

Li Xiaoqian suddenly said very seriously: "Is the wall of Shaolin Temple a wall? This is a wall of the heart that separates Buddhism from the world, and it is a rule in the hearts of my Buddhist disciples! Do you understand?"

I took two steps back, my eyes full of ruins, and I pointed to a hole not far away, and said, "Your rules are missing!"

While we were arguing about who was going to climb over the wall, there was a "squeak" sound, and the closed door of the Shaolin Temple was opened.

The snow-white Bai Jingxing stood in the old door frame, like a brand new painting framed on a broken scroll, very incongruous.

He leaned lazily against the door, shaking the gilded wine gourd, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, come in quickly!"

At a critical time, the heroic posture of his martial arts alliance leader disappeared, which only made me feel that this was this old drunkard who was dissolute by nature, like my eight-spear master who was not serious at all.

Walking into the Shaolin Temple, there was still no surprise, but even more disappointment.

Weeds waiting to be reborn everywhere, several dilapidated cisterns filled with sewage, two rows of towering prayer towers full of gaps, and the plaques of the Daxiong Hall hung crookedly under the eaves, crumbling.

I looked at the incredible and asked, "This, this is the Shaolin Temple, how can this be?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "It's good to have a mobile phone, take a picture and show it to YTO." Let him stop worrying about this place!"

Lu You said: "As far as I know, after the first battle of Yangzhou, the masters of the Shaolin faction were slaughtered, and the remaining disciples scattered and fled for fear of the revenge of the Jin. A few years ago, there was another fire here, so this thousand-year-old temple was destroyed. ”

Li Xiaoqian shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's no time to play, let's go!"

Lu You said angrily: "Aren't you a Shaolin disciple?, how can you watch the Shaolin faction suffer so much and be indifferent?!"

Li Xiaoqian sighed and said with some seriousness: "Hey...... Brother Lu You, you don't know, Shaolin has his own way to go, and this is not a disaster, but a catastrophe. Hundreds of years later, Shaolin is quite glorious. As the saying goes, the edge of the sword comes from the sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold!"

Lu You's eyes suddenly lit up, and he clapped his hands and shouted: "Good sentence! His expression was excited, and he read the words without listening, and finally hugged his fist at Li Xiaoqian and said, "Brother Li is talented, and the little brother admires it so much!"

"You two sour Xiucai don't want to be here Rory!" Bai Jingxing interrupted them impatiently and said, "There are still people in this courtyard, hurry up and find out!"

Someone?!

Bai Jingxing is really a master, such a large temple, we didn't notice it at all, but he was able to find the abnormal movement in it, so as to judge that someone was there.

But how did he find out? I was a little curious, so I asked, "How do you know?"

Bai Jingxing rubbed his nose and said, "The old man smelled the aroma of barbecue, and it came from not far away. And ......" He pointed to the dead grass on the side of the Daxiong Treasure Hall and said, "There is still a pile of dung, which looks like it has just been pulled and is quite fresh!"

What the fuck is this!

I couldn't help but curse in my heart, how could the Chaohu Martial Arts Conference choose such an unobtrusive martial arts alliance leader! I am a little worried about the future of this river and lake, and this is the first time I am worried about this river and lake.

Stepping on the weeds, we walked around the tall but dilapidated Daxiong Treasure Hall. As soon as I entered the backyard, I smelled the smell of burnt meat.

A bald-headed monk, dressed in a dark yellow monk's robe full of patches, fanned tightly with a broken fan in his hand, and a fire swayed in the wind, roasting a piece of meat that was about to burst into oil.

The monk couldn't help swallowing his saliva, his bald head was no longer as bright as Yuantong, and a layer of gray hair had emerged, and the folds on his face like orange peel told me that this was an old monk.

When the monk found us, he was stunned, then threw the fan in his hand, stood up and put on a posture, looking like a great enemy, and shouted: "Who dares to break into Shaolin?!"

This broken temple wall is full of holes, do you still need us to break in?!

Bai Jingxing coincided with my thoughts, and he opened his mouth to respond: "Is there anything else in your Shaolin Temple that is worth breaking into the old man?"

The monk obviously couldn't accept such a statement, and he immediately replied to Bai Jingxing: "Shaolin thousand-year-old temple, no matter who you are, you can't go out at will!"

Bai Jingxing looked disdainful and drank the wine without care. I took over the conversation and said, "YTO asked us to come!"

"Yuantong?!" The monk suddenly became excited, and he searched around, "Where is Yuantong?!"

I said, "Yuantong didn't come, his apprentice came!" I pushed Li Xiaoqian, who looked reluctant, forward, and he rolled his eyes at me resentfully.

"Are you Yuantong's apprentice?" the monk looked at Li Xiaoqian, a little puzzled.

Li Xiaoqian said: "Yes, what's the matter?" The attitude was very arrogant.

The monk asked, "Since you are a disciple of Yuantong, why don't you shave your degree?"

Li Xiaoqian said: "The rule of our Zenhui Temple is that you don't need to shave your degree when you get started!"

This is complete nonsense! I remembered that day Li Xiaoqian knelt in front of Yuantong with tears in his eyes, saying that he could not shave his face. Unexpectedly, leaving YTO's sight, he put the responsibility on YTO!

I decided to debunk Li Xiaoqian!

"Ridiculous!"

That's not what I said. It was the old monk, his muscles burst out, and he shouted: "Shaving is the etiquette of Buddhism, if you don't shave, what kind of home will you have, and what precepts will you keep!"

I couldn't listen to him anymore! He shaved his head, didn't keep the rules, didn't he also barbecue meat in the backyard of the temple?

I pointed to the barbecue and said, "You didn't keep the vows even if you shaved your head!"

"Well said!" Li Xiaoqian whispered, giving me a thumbs up.

"I, I am!" The old monk was a little panicked, he stammered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "Ah~! ”

I am reminded of Yuantong, who was also expelled from Shaolin after cremating the abbot's dog.

I said, "Isn't Yuantong expelled from Shaolin because he overtook the abbot's dog?!"

The old monk was silent.

All of them were silent.