Section 8 Five Rounds
The name of the master of the Shaolin Temple, who presided over the Fa Xin, can be described as thunderous in the rivers and lakes.
As the Taishan Beidou in the martial arts, Shaolin has been inherited for more than 300 years since Bodhidharma came to the Central Plains when the Northern and Southern Dynasties came to the Central Plains and met Emperor Wu of Liang to demonstrate Zen martial arts.
The so-called personnel have metabolism, and the exchanges have become ancient and modern. Shaolin has been able to maintain its statement for 300 years, in fact, because of the talents of the generation.
This Faxin monk was originally a farmer in Huainan, and later fled to Shaolin Temple and served as a fireworker in Shaolin Temple.
The so-called fireworkers are actually miscellaneous laborers, and fire-burning workers are called fireworkers. After staying in the temple for a long time, he can also say a few words in various ritual classics, and he is regarded as a "Taoist person", so it is customary to call him a fire worker.
Fa Xin was naturally intelligent, and soon learned arithmetic and writing with the monks in the temple, and he was born with a mysterious talent for account books, and he could spot problems in numbers at once.
Shaolin Temple has a lot of fields under its name, that is, the monks ride fast horses around the boundaries of these fields to run, and they may not be able to run in one day. With this talent, the monk Faxin soon rose to prominence among the monks and was officially included in the Shaolin door wall.
After the introduction, Faxin neither inherited Shaolin's Zen learning as the ancestral court of the world's Zen sect, nor did he cultivate any of the 72 stunts of Bodhidharma. But being able to operate and having skills is even more important for Shaolin, a great faction that has been inherited for a hundred years.
There is no shortage of force in Shaolin, and among the disciples of each generation, there are first-class masters in the rivers and lakes, and there is more than one.
Wealth, Shaolin also has, the special status of the ancestral court of Zen brought a large number of offerings and the output of the land occupied by the temple, can also support the Shaolin monks to practice martial arts and purchase a variety of medicinal materials.
Power, not to mention, Shaolin is the largest faction in the rivers and lakes, and it was even more helpful when Taizu of the Yu Dynasty opened the country, whether it is the rivers and lakes or the court, absolutely no one dares to underestimate Shaolin.
The person in charge that Shaolin really needs is a helmsman like Faxin who can flexibly use all the resources of Shaolin now to expand its influence on the rivers and lakes.
After the deliberation of several elders of the previous generation, the Fa believers expected to become the head of the Shaolin generation.
Fa Xin, who became a member of the Shaolin family, did not disappoint the previous generation of leaders.
He first established the Shaolin Commercial Bank, and used the resources of the Shaolin Temple in the rivers and lakes to get involved in the field of medicinal material sales, and became the largest supplier of gold sore medicine and antidote pills on the rivers and lakes.
Then he expanded the influence of the Shaolin Temple, recruited lay disciples, taught Shaolin martial arts, and then let lay disciples create many small gangs on the rivers and lakes to act as peripheral organizations.
Finally, it is the annexation of many ancient temples, forming a Sangha organization structure centered on the Shaolin Mountain Shaolin Temple, and there are Shaolin Temple Lower Courtyards in various places.
Master Faxin is not only the tax pacesetter of the government but also the guiding light on the rivers and lakes, Shaolin has also quickly surpassed the original Wudang faction by half a position, if it were not for the Wudang faction to be born with one more deer drinking creek, Shaolin is now in charge of martial arts.
Taigong Chong, an extravagant figure like him, saw Fa Xin, and he also bowed down to salute.
"The younger generation of Liaodong Taigong Chong has seen the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Master Fa Ren and Master Fa Hui. ”
Fa Ren and Fa Hui have been galloping in the rivers and lakes for not a year or two, and they know the character of the second master of Lianyunzhai, if it is said that the big boss Du stops the cup and acts is the reincarnation of the immortals. This second-in-command can be said to be Lu Bu's rebirth in Cao Cao's body, which makes people avoid it.
"It's too polite for the donor. Fa Xin returned the salute, and the Shaolin abbot turned his head to look at Na Luo Yan and said: "Senior brother came from the north and south of the desert to preach the Fa, which is really a great thing for the promotion of the Dharma and the benefit of life, and it is also a great event for all sentient beings in the Central Plains, and it is also a grand event for Buddhism." ”
Na Luoyan looked at the big fat monk in front of him, the fluctuations on this person's body were like the warm sun in winter, making people warm but not feeling hot, very comfortable.
Although the fluctuation sensing was good, it was just that he came south to promote the Dharma and benefit the people, which really made Naroyan feel a little guilty, and the reason why he left the Uighurs and went south to the Central Plains was actually because he had offended too many people in the Uighurs, and he really couldn't stay still, and he didn't have any thoughts of "Pudu Central Plains".
"Senior Brother Faxin is exaggerating, just going south to eat. ”
Na Luo Yan waved his hand modestly, but Fa Xin had already leaned over without a trace, he grabbed Na Luo Yan's hand without surprise, and protected it with both hands.
"Senior Brother Na Luoyan doesn't have to be too humble, Senior Brother has come south to greatly boost the style of my Buddhism sect and bring the current saint into the door. Fa Xin's face showed sincerity: "Senior brother, do you know that the first three generations of the Son of Heaven in Dayu all believed in those Taoists who burned lead and smelted mercury, and waited until they reached Senior Brother, which could be regarded as a breath of relief." ”
The emperors before the Yu Dynasty were superstitious about the magic of the gods, in addition to the martial arts biased towards the Xuanmen lineage, many people also liked to take the heavy metal lead amalgam made by the Taoist priests under the guidance of the inner servants.
In ancient times, witch doctors were not separated, and although there are elixirs that can strengthen the body and assist in practice, there are still people who believe that there is an immortal elixir that can be eaten immortal.
As for the custom of the emperors swallowing pills, it has been around for a long time, and later a vicious circle was formed in which the emperor died soon after enjoying the country, and the successors began to swallow pills in order to live for two more years. The Yu Dynasty is what it is today, in fact, it is inseparable from the superstitious magic of the rulers and the consumption of pills.
After all, with such an example as the Dao Saint, it is difficult not to make people have a trace of curiosity about the mysterious power in the underworld. Taizu of the Yu Dynasty liked to take pills back then, and Emperor Taizong was blind in his later years because of taking pills.
Taizu Taizong's martial arts cultivation is one of the best among the emperors of the Yu Dynasty, and their bodies can't pass the level of heavy metal poisoning, and the rest of those who commit suicide can be imagined.
Shaolin Temple has become the leader of the rivers and lakes, and it is already on the cusp of the storm. The shrewdness of the monk Yifaxin naturally knows that it is necessary to maintain the obscurity, as long as the prestige is maintained.
Just take the opportunity of the invasion of Tibet to show the image of Shaolin martial arts positive energy in the rivers and lakes, and then take advantage of Na Luoyan to release a signal to the emperor to express Shaolin's sincere loyalty to the court.
Fa Xin presided over chatting with Taigong Chong and Na Luoyan, saying endless kind words. It seems that there is no nutritional kind words, and Fa Xin can say that it is not the same for three hours in a row, and this practice is not the same as the other four first horses in Shaolin Temple.
After a while, a group of middle-aged and elderly people dressed in monks and laymen came over, these are the leaders of various factions who participated in the conference, and they heard that the Shaolin abbot had arrived, and they came to pay their respects.
Fa Xin met them one by one, and introduced Na Luo Yan to these people, and said with a smile.
"Actually, I don't hide it from all the leaders, the disciples of this sect have already sent back the message, the Tubo camp has moved, and the west of the Wugong County of the people and horses has crossed the river one after another, probably coming to us. ”
The corners of Fa Xin's eyes caught a hint of panic in the eyes of these masters, and the warm smile remained unchanged.
In fact, the consciousness of the heads of these big factions is not very high, the reason why they came to mix in one hand, one is forced by the public opinion in the rivers and lakes to ride a tiger, and the other is also to flatter the government, and now I hear that the Tubo people are preparing to cross the river to the south, in fact, they are all worried.
The people who came here are all masters in the door, and the masters who have spent a lot of effort and resources are really unaffordable.
Their thoughts had long been expected by Master Fa Xin.
"Actually, the old man also has a strategy for dealing with the enemy, please refer to it. ”
"Oh, Master, please. "I also ask the abbot to give a lecture. ”......
The sunlight shone on the Faxin monk wearing a brocade robe, illuminating the bald donkey as if it were a real Buddha, and he smiled slightly: "I discussed with Du Dangjia a plan to lure the enemy into the depths. If the Tibetans come, we will retreat to the Zhongnan Mountains and ambush them, lure them to come and pursue, and wait for them to cut off from the backup, and then kill them by surprise. ”
This strategy attracted the heads of various factions to nod their heads, the discipline of the Jianghu people is too poor, they are good at fighting alone and will not cooperate, facing the enemy head-on is actually suicide, luring the Tubo people to the mountains and forests of Zhongnan Mountain to cut the opponent's formation with jungle landforms, and then ambush is actually a good way.
"How many miles do you just have to retreat?" asked a bantam Taoist priest, who was none other than Yu Tanuki, the head of the Qingcheng faction.
"The ancients confronted, there was an allusion to retreating, I discussed it with Master Du, and I felt that it was more appropriate to retreat. ”
One house is thirty miles, and if you retreat to five houses, wouldn't you want to retreat to Sichuan to set up an ambush?
Such a clever plan immediately attracted the approval of the heads of various factions, and they exaggerated the clever calculation of Du Da master.