Chapter 142: The Truth Emerges
The sun was getting stronger and stronger, and a few rays of light shone on the ground through the branches and leaves of the elm trees, and the dappled light and shadow flickered slightly with the breeze.
Xianjie lay on the grass, pillowed her head on Zongzheng's lap, and was comfortable, Zongzheng leaned against the elm tree, gently stroking Xianjie's soft long hair with his hand.
The two of them rested quietly like this, without words, hoping to be so quiet, quietly enjoying such beauty, this tacit understanding and knowing each other's beauty.
The sad red face gradually receded, and he woke up slightly, and his sleepy eyes gradually became clear.
When Zong Zheng saw the sorrow and woke up, he shouted, "Master, you are awake!"
Xianjie knew that the Master of Sorrow woke up and immediately got up, and Zong Zheng came to Sorrow, helped Sorrow and leaned against the big elm tree.
"The master has sobered up, you, as a monk, but you are so drunk!" Zong Zheng reproached,
Sad disdain to scold, he didn't know how many times he had been scolded in Shaolin Temple, and after leaning on the big elm tree, after relieving himself, he habitually picked up the wine jug again, and drank again.
After only one sip, he immediately spit out, "Hey, how did it become cold water?
Xianjie smiled slightly, and Zong Zheng explained: "It's down!"
"Upside?" asked Sorrow, looking deplorable and displeased.
Zong Zheng nodded and replied, "Well, it's down!"
Sorrow immediately burst into play, slapped his hands on the ground, and pushed his legs, "You two conscienceless people, you just said that you want to be grateful to me, and now you have poured my wine, you want my life!"
Xianjie looked at the sad child's playful appearance, and felt particularly funny, and finally felt that the sad master that her brother had said before was indeed like that, sometimes serious, sometimes absurd, sometimes a serious old monk, sometimes a funny little child.
When the sorrow was almost over, Zong Zheng comforted: "Master, it's okay! As long as you answer the questions of the juniors well, I promise that when you arrive in Yin Cheng, I will definitely sell you a pot of good wine!"
Sadly hearing Zong Zheng's words, he immediately quieted down and asked solemnly: "Really, I want the best daughter Hong!"
Zong Zheng nodded, "Yes, but you have to finish answering my question first." ”
Sadness patted the dirt on his body and said cheerfully, "You ask, right?"
"The master said that I look a lot like a person you know, that person's name is Zong Wei, but does the master know him?" asked Zong Zheng bluntly,
Sadness couldn't remember what he said when he was drunk, but when he heard Zong Zheng ask about it, he really felt that Zong Zheng and Zong Wei in front of him were very similar, since Zong Zheng was able to tell Zong Wei's name, thinking that he did say this when he was drunk, he replied truthfully: "I know but I know! It was all many years ago, but why are you asking this?"
After saying sadly, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and secretly thought to himself: "Yes! Why did he ask this?" Sorrow Fu glanced at Zong Zheng carefully, "Like, too similar, isn't it impossible!" Sorrow kept muttering in his heart.
Zong Zhengzheng hesitated to confide the truth to Sorrow, but Sorrow preemptively asked, "Boy, what is the relationship between you and that Zong Wei?"
"Master, it's obvious that I'm asking you a question, why are you asking me back?" asked Zong Zhengxuan,
Sad and angry: "Okay, if you don't answer me truthfully, then I won't answer you truthfully! Look who is more anxious!" After speaking, he turned his face sideways and put on an attitude of indifference.
Zong Zheng really wanted to know the truth of the year, and looked at the Master of Sorrow pretending to be disdainful, thinking that Master Sorrow was a credible person, so he decided to tell Sorrow, so he said to Sorrow: "Okay, Master, you and I both need to answer our respective questions truthfully, but you must swear that you will never tell a third person about this. ”
After hearing this, Sadness laughed, squinted at Xian'er, and stretched out three fingers.
Zong Zheng suddenly realized his mistake, and immediately changed his words: "Never tell the fourth person about this." ”
Sadly nodded and readily agreed, "Okay, then you answer the old man's question first." ”
Zong Zheng glanced at the sadness, and thought to himself: "This old and cunning guy is so afraid of losing. ”
looked at Zongzheng sadly, although he was not serious on the surface, he was still looking forward to that result, that one that was impossible to think about.
Zong Zheng swallowed his saliva and finally spoke, "Actually, Zong Wei is my father." ”
Sadly hearing this result, the originally loose heart suddenly tightened, and the loose facial muscles gradually contracted, which was exactly the result he expected, but it was also a result that was difficult to understand for a while, he was shocked, originally he only had doubts in his heart, and when this was the truth, the touch of that moment was inevitably difficult to adapt.
"What you said is true? Zong Wei is really your father?"
Zong Zheng responded with a wink.
"No way, I saw him jump off the iron rope with his child, there is no chance of survival!"
"Regardless of whether the master believes it or not, in short, I am Zong Wei's son, and my father jumped off the cliff with my brother back then. Zong Zheng responded,
"What do you mean, brother?" looked at Zongzheng sadly and suspiciously,
"Back then, my mother gave birth to twins, and it was my twin brother who died!"
After listening to Zongzheng's explanation, it was unimaginable, and she couldn't help but think: "I didn't expect that there were two sons of dragon scales, no wonder I felt déjà vu when I saw him for the first time, he and his father looked too similar." ”
Zong Zheng advised: "Since the master knows this secret, please keep your oath and keep it secret for me." ”
Sadness knew that this matter was very important, when Zong Wei told the matter of the son of dragon scales and begged for support from the major factions, the major factions did not believe it, and found Yuan Tiandi, who was known for his Xuanhuang technique, to testify, and Yuan Tiandi truthfully told the fate of the son of dragon scales to dominate the world, which made the major factions attach great importance to this matter, and joined forces to send people to help, and set up an ambush in Lingjiao according to Zong Wei's description, and punished the Tianyi Guard.
Among the people sent to answer at that time, sorrow had its part, he clearly remembered that Zong Wei took out the son of dragon scales naked before jumping off the cliff, and the dragon scales on it were impressive, and he naturally thought that the son of dragon scales would be peerless from now on, but he never thought that there was one son of dragon scales, and it turned out to be twins.
In order to compete for this baby who has the general trend of dominating the world, the art of war of Wokotai is 100,000 straight to Chengdu, and the Southern Song Dynasty sent the elite of the forbidden army to respond, and the major factions of martial arts are even more masters, which can be said to have attracted fierce competition for a while, and no one wants to see the son of dragon scales fall into the opponent's side, even if he would rather destroy him.
At the moment when they saw the son of the dragon scales who was desperate for him falling into the cliff by Zong Wei, everyone's hearts were extremely shocked.
And now, after Zong Zheng told the truth of Sorrow, Sorrow suddenly understood Zong Wei's hard work back then, it turned out that Zong Wei had long known that his fate would be inevitable, no matter which side the son of dragon scales fell into, the other party would not stop there, and the final outcome would not escape the catastrophe of death, so he painstakingly set up a game, in order to save one of the sons of dragon scales, so that they would not both die.
Now, Sorrow knows the truth of this matter, but Zong Zheng wants him to keep it secret, and this truth is still very important, it is related to the future of the Southern Song Dynasty, about the general trend of the world, Sorrow is a little tangled, usually casual and casual, but in the face of such a big right and wrong, Sadness is extremely serious.
"Master, please keep your oath!" Zong Zheng saw that the sad master was a little in a trance, and reminded again,
Sadness came back to his senses, looked at Zongzheng, and promised hesitantly: "Okay, I, I promise you." ”
"Now that I've told the master the answer, it's the master's turn to answer my question!" Zong Zheng thought about the doubts in his heart when he saw that the master of sorrow had promised to keep it a secret.
Sorrow had already guessed the question that Zong Zheng wanted to ask, and he couldn't help but be worried and worried, but he also coped: "You ask!"
Zong Zheng asked, "How did the master know my father?"
Sadly feeling that this question was insignificant and could not hinder the overall situation, he said truthfully: "Twenty years ago, your father returned from a study tour in Persia and the Western Regions, and came to our temple to discuss the subtleties of Buddhism with my three uncles, Kuzhi, Kuzhi, and Kudu, and also had a debate on the state of mind of foreign Buddhism and Middle-earth Buddhism. My three uncles praised your father, saying that your father was extremely talented and his cultivation was also very deep. To be honest, from the bottom of my heart, I also admire your father very much!"
Zong Zheng listened to the sad master's evaluation of his father, and was slightly pleased, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion, he couldn't imagine that his father was also an outstanding character.
"Does the master know the truth about my father and my brother jumping off the cliff back then? My mother told me in the last letter that my father and my brother were killed by someone, and I want to find out the truth behind this, if the master knows, he must tell me, please!"
Sad eyebrows frowned slightly, his heart was slightly stunned, extremely entangled, he finally asked this question, how should I answer it? Could it be that he told him that his father and brother were forced to die by the martial arts factions and the Mongols, no, in this way, he will only hate the martial arts factions and the Mongols at the same time, so how to reply?
Zong Zheng looked sad and worried, as if he was worried, and pleaded earnestly again: "Master, you must know, don't you? ”
Sadly looked at Zongzheng's pleading appearance, wanting to tell the truth, but when the words came to his lips, he had to shrink back for the sake of the overall situation. Instead, he asked,
"I ask you, if you know who your enemy is, what are you prepared to do with him?"
"This" Zongzheng was asked sadly about the entanglement in his heart, and his mother warned him not to ask for revenge, and if he didn't pay attention to it, he would be hindered in his heart, after all, it was a great revenge for killing his father and brother.
Zong Zheng was entangled, he really didn't know what to do, he only shook his head slightly and said: "I don't know, but I really want to know the truth of the year, ask the master to tell me, please!"
Sadly seeing Zong Zheng's pleading, he couldn't bear it, and suddenly remembered that Zong Wei had left a scroll in Shaolin Temple before leaving, saying that it was extremely important, so he excused himself and said: "This matter, Lao Wei doesn't know, but your father left a scroll in our temple before, saying that it is extremely important, and asked us to keep it, and we will definitely get it back in the future, this scroll is still in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion of our temple, maybe you can get some clues from that scroll." ”
After hearing this, Zong Zheng immediately asked, "Can the junior take it?"
Seeing that Zongzheng's attention had shifted to the scroll, he pretended to be false and said: "Since your father is no longer alive, it is reasonable for you to take it yourself, it's just"
The sorrow stopped as if worried, and Zong Zheng said hurriedly: "Just what?"
Sadly explained: "You are now the public enemy of all factions, and you can neither expose your true relationship with Zong Wei, nor can you enter the monastery openly with me, and besides, the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion is tightly guarded, so I am afraid that it will not be easy to take it." ”
Zong Zheng thought it was a big deal, and when he heard these concerns, he said easily: "This is easy to do, please let me go to Shaolin with Xian'er and the master, I have my own way." ”
Sorrow has used the scroll to temporarily avoid Zongzheng's questioning, and if he refuses to retrieve the scroll again, he is afraid that it will be inappropriate, so he will agree.
At this point, Zong Zheng remembered another doubt in his heart, so he said again: "Master, I still have a question, I don't know"