The black clouds swallowed up the blue sky, leaving the dark scene in the sky, and in such a late autumn season, the next terrible rainstorm was really unpredictable.

Two hundred miles south of Luoyang City, there is a lotus mountain, the top of the mountain is surrounded by five peaks, the shape is like a lotus, the mountain path is serpentine staggered, stretches endlessly, after the rainstorm, pieces of fallen leaves compete to go down, people can't help but sigh this sad autumn sad season, in a trance, only to see a few black shadows rushing out in a small road, rushing to the wind and rain, going to the top of the mountain, looking at it from a distance, those people's legs seem to be soft, as if they are about to fall.

They seemed to be unable to walk anymore and stopped halfway through.

Suddenly, I heard a burst of shouts from the dark jungle behind me. Those people didn't seem to care, but the leader looked up at the boundless night, shook his head and laughed miserably: "It seems that God is really going to kill my Han family." ”

Before he could say a word, thirty or forty people suddenly came out of the woods, led by a gray-robed man. Seeing the leader, he smiled and said, "Brother Kuangji, it's been a day and a night, don't you come here unharmed?"

Zhao Kuangji looked at the man, and there was a hint of despair in his eyes: "Don't leave one?"

The big man smiled and said, "We can't do the thing of cutting the grass without eradicating the roots, but Master Sang is very merciful, as long as General Zhao nods, he can save these three brothers who have been faithfully following you." Zhao Kuangji said: "What kind of nodding method?" Dahan said: "Lord Sang has an order, as long as you hand over the "Mountain Residence Map" of the former Prince Chaoyin, we will not pursue them, Lord Sang worships Zaifu, it must count!" Zhao Kuangji listened to it and laughed unconsciously: "Count? Haha, when Sang Weihan and I respected heaven and earth, we made an alliance with blood, and what he said when we became friends of eight worships, did all that count?" Dahan was speechless for a while, and was about to say something. Suddenly, a voice came: "Don't you know what to do when you are a person?"

As he spoke, a horse jumped up from the hillside, and his four hooves fell to the ground, standing right behind Zhao Kuangji. He stepped down from his side and said to Zhao Kuangji: "Second brother, as a general of the Duwei, but you don't know the way of today's court, Emperor Tianfu has already sat in the Central Plains, and it is a matter of time before he pacifies the small feudal domains in the south, Your Majesty values you and invites you many times to conspire with great things, but you have been rejected by you, so bent on going your own way, can you take care of the well-being of our brothers?"

Zhao Kuangji sneered: "Conspiracy to do great things? ”

Sang Weihan held the horsewhip in his hand, knocked on the palm of his left hand, and nodded: "Yes, there are some things, we really didn't expect that, if we hadn't followed you all the way to this Zhao family's old mansion, we really wouldn't have imagined that the 'Mountain Residence Map' that had been lost for more than 300 years would be in your hands, and it would not be false to say that it was for that 'Mountain Residence Map', but Your Majesty values your military talent more than the second brother, otherwise how could you have become a general in the year of your establishment." ”

Zhao Kuangji knew that he would not be able to escape today, but he had to involve these brothers to be buried with him, and he couldn't bear it very much, but if he wanted to hand over the "Mountain Dwelling Map" to Shi Jingjiao, who sold his land for glory, how could the Central Plains have another prosperous day! For a while, he hesitated and made a choice.

Behind Zhao Kuangji, a young man who looked like a scholar who was only fifteen or sixteen years old seemed to see what was on his mind, and stepped in front of Zhao Kuangji in two steps, and shouted at the rest of the people behind him: "Big brother, don't worry, we will die on this mountain today, and we will never agree with you to hand over the 'Mountain Residence Map' to this group of traitors, do you say yes!" The voice was so loud that it seemed that it took all his strength to express his determination to die with everyone.

"But..."Zhao Kuangji was still hesitating.

At this moment, the gray-robed man stretched out his hand into a claw, and suddenly attacked the young man, this moment came too fast, Zhao Kuangji didn't have time to react at all, how could the young man's thin body withstand the big man's hard blow, seeing that he was about to hold it on the young man's neck, Zhao Kuangji hissed and shouted: "Yuen Long!"

But when I heard a "click", the blow actually hit the trunk of the tree, and the thick trunk of the two people who hugged them was broken by the force of this claw, and everyone was shocked, the young man who was still standing there just now disappeared in the blink of an eye!

Dahan was stunned for a moment, and looked up in the northwest direction, I don't know when there were a few more people under the dead tree, and the little scholar was also among them! Dahan couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, the distance between the two places was only two hundred steps, he thought that such a distance was a mosquito flying over and could hear clearly, Mo said that no one heard the sound when it came, and this instant act of saving people alone was that few people in the world could do it.

Sang Weihan looked for prestige, but there were three monks, and a white-clothed student of the same age as the scholar.

"It turned out that it was a few masters who saved the younger brother, Amitabha, thank you master, thank you master!" Zhao Kuangji clasped his hands together and saluted again and again.

"Hey, bald donkeys, don't be nosy. Seeing that the credit of his hand was blocked like this, Dahan was extremely depressed, relying on Sang Weihan's face, and a few monks couldn't help themselves.

"Amitabha," the long-haired old monk in the middle said slowly, "The old man is discussing the scriptures with Master Shen in the room today, but he doesn't want his disciples to come to report, a group of people of unknown origin came to the mountains, and the old man and his disciples came here to check, but they didn't know that Master Sang was here, Amitabha." ”

Sang Weihan didn't want him to recognize him, so he asked, "Dare to ask the name of the mage?"

"Lord Sang, the nobles forget things, six years ago, on the top of Songshan Mountain, His Majesty Tianfu held a ceremony to worship the heavens, and you and I can be regarded as having a relationship. ”

Sang Weihan gasped and carefully recalled the situation back then: "Isn't it a master of Miaosi?"

The old monk nodded.

Sang Weihan was obviously taken aback: "Master Miaosi, you are the first seat of the Bodhi Academy, how can you appear here?" Shaolin Bodhi Academy is the highest place to study martial arts, and it is also the place where the world's kung fu and Mahayana Buddhism are collected.

Who didn't know the name of Shaolin Bodhi Academy, and for a while, they were all stunned.

Miao Si said: "I'm ashamed to say that the old man has been participating in Zen for decades, his cultivation is light, and the Buddha's heart is still shallow.

"Master, since you have come here to practice, I hope that the master will accumulate good virtues, don't worry about this idle matter, it will ruin the master's practice. ”

"This adult's words are wrong," it was indeed the Xiaosheng surnamed Shen who spoke, "Since Guangqing Temple is standing on this lotus mountain, and Master Miaosi is the presiding officer of the temple, how can this mountain unite the lives of the people, how can it be ignored, don't say that today is a human life, that is, the flowers, birds, fish and insects on the mountain have their own destiny of life and death, why bother others to collect it, it is really Amitabha Buddha, good and good." The words came out of his mouth, Fang Zhi interrupted Miaosi's words, and his face was shy for a while, and he was embarrassed.

Miao Si nodded and smiled: "Master Shen's words are reasonable, and this is exactly what the old man meant. ”

"If the master insists on taking care of it, then we will be offended. As soon as the words fell, Sang Weihan glanced at the people behind him. Thirty or forty people were ordered to go up in a circle, and for a time the dense forest seemed crowded.

The gray-robed man bore the brunt of the attack, and went straight to Miaosi, even though he knew that he was not an opponent, but the lord had to speak, not to mention that he expected that the monk would not kill, and he was very afraid, so he came to the front of him, shouted, and swung a fist at Miaosi, but the monk was motionless, and the fist came to him, and in an instant, Miaosi's left hand was buckled upward, and he held the wrist of the big man.

The big man was shocked and angry, he couldn't break free, and in a fit of rage, he flew up with his right foot and kicked it at Miaosizu Sanli, and when the monk saw this, he shook out his left hand and threw him back behind him.

Sang Weihan looked at this kung fu one by one, thinking that he was not the opponent of the old monk, otherwise he would let Zhao Kuangji go today, go to the bottom of the mountain to wait, not worried that he would not go down the mountain in his life, made up his mind, and said to Miaosi: "I will give the master a face today, but the surname is Zhao, let's not finish, wait and see, go!" With an order, those minions hurriedly retreated back and followed Sang Weihan down the mountain.

Miao Si looked at the people who were far away, chanted: "Amitabha", and then looked at Zhao Kuangji and said: "General Zhao, if it is late today, seeing that the heavy rain is coming, if you don't dislike it, you can go back to the temple with the old man to rest for the night." ”

Zhao Kuangji has been running for a day and a night, and it is when he is exhausted, he wants to find a place to stay and rest well, but his party is the wanted object of Emperor Tianfu, not to mention that he was chased by Sang Weihan just now, how can he cause trouble for others again, he clenched his fists with both hands and was about to say politely, but he heard the young man of the Shen family wave his hand and said: " Hey, General Zhao showed a look of embarrassment between his eyebrows, don't be busy prevaricating the kindness of Master Miaosi, and listen to me first, although Sang Weihan retreated, I asserted that he would definitely hold the foot of the mountain, and wait for a few people to go down the mountain, and when you wait out of the territory of this Lotus Mountain, he can wipe out your group of five people, so it is not easy to move, and besides, I see that several heroes seem to be exhausted, and they need to recuperate to wait for the enemy, and in this deep mountain, the jungle is all over the place, and there is a miasma after the rain, and you have no other choice in the mountains except this Guangqing Temple, General Zhao's abandonment of the secret is really a wise move, otherwise Master Miaosi will ignore this worldly grievance, and you don't have to be afraid of getting into trouble for the master, the Shaolin faction, a hundred years of fame, how can you be afraid of him a traitor! Master, do you say yes? The more the boy spoke, the happier he became, and at the end of the words, he still didn't forget to look at the wonderful idea, and laughed out loud.

Miao Si's eyes closed slightly: "Amitabha." ”

Zhao Kuangji was pierced into the bottom of his heart by the young man's remarks, and said with a wry smile: "Since Brother Shen has said so, I don't know what to do if I want to excuse myself, so Zhao is disturbed." As he spoke, he clasped his hands into fists and saluted Miaosi.

In the middle of the night, the candle flame in the main hall of Guangqing Temple was still "suddenly" shining.

I only heard Master Miaosi say: "Amitabha! I heard that in the early years, General Zhao followed Emperor Tianfu to fight in the south and the north, and won his trust, and now he is even more young and has been listed as a famous general of the dynasty, but I don't know why he was hunted down and killed this time?"

The young man of the Shen family was very anxious, and as soon as Miaosi's voice fell, he quickly took over the conversation: "That is, what did Sang Weihan say about 'Mountain Residence Map' during the day, what is it?"

Zhao Kuangji said: "This matter is a long story. During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin and his brother Li Jiancheng competed for the throne, and launched the Xuanwumen Incident to shoot Li Jiancheng to death, but Li Jiancheng had a premonition before his death, fearing that he would encounter an accident, and specially ordered someone to draw a 'mountain residence map', according to legend, this picture is a treasure map, which is the capital that Li Jiancheng left to future generations to make a comeback. The mountain dwelling map was taken away by Xue Wanche, and then somehow spread to the ancestors of my Zhao family, and since then it has been collected in my Zhao family's old house, but then I don't know who leaked the news, Shi Jingjiao heard that I have this map hidden in my home, so he sent someone to ask me for it, he ceded the sixteen states of Youyun in order to ask for Khitan to help, and later called Yelu Deguang, who was ten years younger than him, as his father emperor. The reputation of being famous because of the clean government is far away, how could I hand this picture into his hands, but the dog thief turned his face despite his friendship for many years, and sent someone to raid my hometown in Luoyang, my father and my brothers escaped, and then in order to protect everything, I went south with my father separately," Speaking of this, Zhao Kuangji couldn't help but sigh, "Later, I took my second brother Yuen Long and fled to this Lotus Mountain, and I met a few. ”

"Where's the treasure map now?" said the young man.

Zhao Kuangji reached out and took out a cloth bag from his arms: "It's here." ”

"Oh?" several people looked shocked, they didn't expect him to carry it with him. But after Zhao Kuangji opened it, several people were shocked again, why was there only half a picture!

A few people look at it, it is indeed a splashed ink landscape, only to see the nine peaks in the painting are endless, the three and four peaks are particularly high, straight into the cloud surface, there is an arch bridge coiled on the rippling blue waves on the lower side, there is a bank by the bridge, rows of pine trees on the shore, the branches are vigorous, lush, the pine forest spreads away, there seems to be something hidden in it, but because half of it is missing, people have no way to know, and they are more confused about what kind of secret is hidden in such a landscape map.

"Dare to ask, where is the other half?"

Zhao Kuangji said: "I can't hide it, when I was parting with my father, I was afraid that I would be obtained by the villain, so I divided this picture into two, and the other half was in the hands of my father." ”

The young man nodded and said: "The general's foresight, in this way, even if one party is captured, the 'Mountain Residence Map' can only get half of it, and it is really wonderful, but the general frankly said that he went all the way south, doesn't he have a direction?"

"Not bad," Zhao Kuangji said, putting away the "Mountain Dwelling Map", "If there is a big chaos today, the ten kingdoms rise together, throughout the universe, there is only the stability of Shu, since ancient times Sichuan and Shu is the country of abundance, and it is also the current Emperor Guangzheng of Shu who has made great efforts to govern the country, and has a good reputation, this time he went to Shu and went, but it is a pity that ......"

The young man raised his eyebrows: "What is a pity?"

"It's a pity that I was a traitor, and I didn't have the opportunity to get acquainted with famous people in Shu, so how can Meng Chang believe me?"

When Master Miaosi heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Amitabha, the general is not worried, if he really has the intention of returning to Shu, it is not difficult. ”

Zhao Kuangji's eyes lit up: "Oh, what does the master think, and I hope to give you some advice." ”

Miao Si pointed at the young man of the Shen clan and said, "Does the general know who this Shen Shi Master is?"

Zhao Kuangji turned his head to look at the young man, he came and went in a hurry during the day, he didn't look at this young man, just thought he was a pilgrim in the temple, and now he listened to the words of Master Miaosi, and looked at it carefully, he really had an elegant and handsome appearance, but there was no martial arts foundation between breathing and talking, and I really didn't know which school this was.

Zhao Kuangji said: "Please forgive Zhao for being clumsy and having no chance to know Jing." ”

Miao Si said: "Shen Shizhu is not a person in the rivers and lakes, and it is not surprising that the general does not know it, this Shen Yong Shen Shizhu is the son of Shen Baoshan, a great family in Shu, and Shen Baoshan is the sworn brother of Meng Zhixiang, the Ming Xiao Emperor of Shu State. ”

Zhao Kuangji was shocked when he heard this: "What about Meng Chang?"

Shen Yong smiled: "It's my eldest brother." ”

"Oh, it's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it, it's really a blessing to see Shen Gongzi, it's a blessing to have three lives!" Zhao Kuangji was excited, beyond words, and immediately hugged his fists and saluted, "I hope Shen Gongzi can help me." ”

Shen Yong hurriedly helped Zhao Kuangji up: "Oh, I will definitely help with this favor, but it's just ...... It's just ......"

Zhao Kuangji listened to his words, and seemed to be embarrassed: "Shen Gongzi, don't be embarrassed, if you have something unspeakable, I can't ask for it." ”

"No, no," Shen Yong patted the back of his head anxiously, "Oh, Brother Zhao doesn't know, I escaped from home, and it's really inconvenient to go home at the moment, in case I am caught by my father again, I can't be locked up for a year and a half, I don't want to!"

Several people burst into laughter when he said this.

Miao Si said: "Amitabha, Lord Shen, the Buddha said, 'Do not do all evil, all good is pursued', if you introduce General Zhao to the emperor of Shuzhong, it is a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, what does it matter if you are ordered to be locked up for a year and a half." ”

Shen Yong hesitated: "This is nature, but how can it ...... How do you explain it to your father?"

Suddenly, I heard a person outside the hall say in a long voice: "Master, I will take care of it, and the son can rest assured." ”