Chapter 130: Into the Red Dust with a Sword
Yu Tianlai followed the little novice to the abbot's meditation room, and after greeting Wuchen, he asked, "The abbot called the poor monk to come, I don't know what?"
"Amitabha!" Wuchen recited a Dharma horn and sighed again, "Although there have been minor disputes between the Song and Mongolia in recent years, they have generally maintained the peace agreement that was originally made. It's a pity that now the war is about to rise again, and the living beings are about to suffer another catastrophe, sin, sin!"
Yu Tianlai said with a smile: "This matter was also expected, but it was only because of Meng Ge's death, Kublai Khan was busy competing with his brother for the throne of Khan, so he had no time to look south, and signed a peace agreement with the Great Song Dynasty to avoid worries." But all the peace talks, the purpose of signing is to tear up in the future, but it is ridiculous that a group of monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty do not understand or do not want to understand, and still live the drunken dream of Hangzhou as Bianzhou, and miss a great opportunity to accumulate strength in vain. ”
Wuchen said: "Having said that, but you and I are outsiders, and after all, we can't sit back and watch thousands of creatures in the south die under the iron hooves of the Mongolian army, we must always do our part." ”
Yu Tianlai looked at him with some surprise and said: "Abbot, you have to think clearly, this temple is now under the rule of the Mongols, and if you are not careful, it is very likely that this temple will be destroyed early." ”
Wuchen's compassionate and kind face suddenly showed a little sly smile, and he saluted Yu Tianlai with his palms together and said: "It is precisely because of the lives of the monks in the temple that it is really inconvenient for the old man to act rashly. But there is one thing that is imminent, so the old man has to come to you with the trouble of the day. ”
Yu Tianlai shook his head and smiled: "I have long guessed that your slippery old monk is not good-natured, it turns out that you want to teach me to top the cylinder." Anyway, I can't just read the books in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion for the past five years, what is the matter, you can tell it!"
Wuchen Zhengse said: "A few days ago, Lao Qu got a news from Dadu that the Mongols were going to attack the 'Island of No Return' in the South China Sea, the reason was that the 'Island of No Return' contained a secret of using troops left by Prince Yue back then, and the contemporary island owner Yan Chongtian had been moved by the Jiangnan Martial Arts Alliance's master 'Jiuxian Yunlong' Yan Daxia, ready to break the oath of the ancestors and re-enter Middle-earth to help the Great Song Dynasty resist the enemy. This time, Kublai Khan sent a group of his cults and foreign masters, as well as 3,000 elite Mongolian warriors, to prepare to sail south along the coast on an expedition to the 'island of no return'. The commander-in-chief of this operation was Boyan, a disciple of the Mongolian national teacher Paspa. ”
"Boyan?" Yu Tianlai remembered the record of this person in the history books he had read in his previous life, and remembered that he was a genius commander among the Mongols, and the later Mongol battle to destroy the Song Dynasty was presided over by this person.
Wuchen thought that he was guessing who Boyan was, so he explained in detail: "Boyan's great-grandfather and grandfather both followed Genghis Khan, was born in the Ilkhanate under the jurisdiction of Kublai Khan's brother Hulegu, and later entered Mongolia with the envoy, and was accepted as a disciple by Ba Sipa, who personally taught martial arts and knowledge. Although he is young, he is already a congenital perfection of the top master, good at making a pair of dark iron cast Qimen weapons 'heavenly spear and earth shield', and at the same time intensive study of Sinology, all the sons of the hundred schools of thought know, especially good at the art of war, is an extremely difficult character. ”
Yu Tianlai couldn't help but look at this old monk who was usually inconspicuous, and said dumbly: "This should be top-secret news, and you are waiting to hear it?"
Wuchen smiled and said: "Shaolin has been inherited for thousands of years, and it is not just a Buddhist school or a martial arts sect, so you can naturally know some things that others don't know." ”
Yu Tianlai spread his hands and said: "I already know the matter, so what do you need me to do, abbot?"
Wuchen said: "The old man wants to invite you to come down the mountain from the sky, rush to the Jiangnan Martial Arts League as soon as possible, and report this matter to Yan Daxia." And then, no matter how Yan Daxia handles the arrangement, you will first go to the 'Island of No Return' to help in the battle. There is only one thing you need to keep in mind, after leaving the temple, you must not divulge your relationship with Shaolin. Fortunately, your martial arts have become a family of their own, and you are not afraid of being seen as flawed. ”
Yu Tianlai knew that Wuchen had a very subtle and far-reaching plan to arrange himself to do this.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Shaolin practiced martial arts for many years, and has always been known as the first school of martial arts. But since the Song family moved south, Shaolin's identity has been really embarrassing. According to the duty of the righteous path of Wulin, the original leader Qunlun helped the imperial court to resist foreign humiliation, but the location of the Shaolin Temple originally belonged to the Jin State, and now belongs to Mongolia.
Therefore, on the one hand, Shaolin had to make a sign of obedience to the rulers of the north, and on the other hand, he secretly provided assistance to the Great Song Dynasty to fulfill his righteous duty. If you think about it a little deeper, this approach will inevitably have the suspicion of betting on both ends.
Now that his cultivation has returned to the peak of his previous life, it is not possible to further break through the realm of Qi refining and becoming a gang, and the two boys of Tianbao and Zhang Junbao should also be released to practice.
Thinking of this, Yu Tianlai smiled and said: "Since it is the abbot's arrangement, the poor monk should obey his fate." It's just that the abbot knows that the poor monk is accustomed to using a sword, and the Shaolin family has a great cause, can he help the poor monk get a suitable long sword? ”
Wuchen said: "This matter is easy, you can wait for a while." ”
With that, he got up and went to the back room, and after a while he walked out again, with a tin staff in his hand.
Yu Tianlai saw that the head and tail of this staff were more than four feet long, the body of the staff was pitch black, and the head of the staff was dark gold. The head of the cane, which is shaped like a hexagonal stupa, is carved with many tiny but lifelike Buddha statues. Outside the stupa is a large ring in the shape of a treasure vase. The large ring, which is divided into two halves by the tower body, wears three smaller rings on the right side, and it jingles with a slight vibration.
Wuchen sent the sword to Yu Tianlai and said solemnly: "This battle is called 'Virtue Staff'. There is a sword hidden in the staff, and it is called 'Wisdom Sword'. The rod of virtue crosses the world, the sword of wisdom subdues the devil, and the heavens should make good use of it. ”
Yu Tianlai took the cane in his hand, played a little bit and knew its structure, immediately held the cane body in his left hand, and held the pagoda in the big ring of the cane head with his right hand.
The sword is three feet six inches long and only two fingers wide, and the blade is as dark gold as the hilt, with a faint glimmer of light circulating on the slender blade.
After playing for a while, he put the sword into the sheath, holding a tin staff in one hand and holding it on his chest with the other, and said after bowing: "The poor monk will live up to the abbot's trust." ”
Early the next morning, Yu Tianlai took Tianbao and Zhang Junbao out of Shaolin, and came to the main road after going down the mountain.
At this moment, the faces of the two boys showed some complicated expressions of yearning and fear. Tianbao asked, "Senior brother, will we take the water route or the land route this time?"
Yu Tianlai smiled: "It's not 'us' but 'you'." We will go our separate ways here and meet again in Xiangyang, the headquarters of the Jiangnan Wulin League. As for which path to choose, and how to take it, it's up to you to decide?"
Zhang Junbao was taken aback and said, "Why did Senior Brother part ways with us?"
Yu Tianlai said: "You are out of the mountain this time to enter the world for training, so naturally you need to go on your own." Last night, I already taught you the core tips of the 'Eight Strikes of Interception', and you can continue to improve this set of martial arts by carefully observing and figuring out the various martial arts you have seen. Finally, I would like to tell you a proverb that goes through the rivers and lakes - 'You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to prevent others'. That's it, we'll see you in Xiangyang!"
After saying that, he waved his hand in a chic manner, and walked away leisurely with a tin staff in his hand. When he walked, he hid the kung fu of "Yu step", and his feet seemed to be slow, and in the blink of an eye, he had walked out of the sight of the two boys who were dumbfounded.
Tianbao came back to his senses first, and suddenly remembered a very important matter, and hurriedly asked Zhang Junbao: "Junbao, senior brother, did he leave you to entangle?"
Zhang Junbao's face changed sharply, and he asked in despair, "Didn't Senior Brother give it to you?"
The two were relatively speechless, wanting to cry without tears.