"Golden plaque collection of books!" Chen Changqing slapped his head and shouted loudly, "How did the old man forget that there is still this matter, elders, follow me to the Guanyin Palace." Glancing at Sun Fangjian, it was obvious that Chen Changqing had completely distrusted him at this time.

Li Fengyun was puzzled, and quietly asked Gongsun Wuwu what was going on.

Gongsun Wuwu said with a smile: "This is the traditional method of the Five Elements Sect to designate the next head. In the original Five Elements Sect, the previous head of the sect generally did not directly designate a certain disciple or senior brother as the head, but would write down the name of this person, put it in a box, seal it with a special seal, and put it behind the plaque of the head of the Five Elements Sect.

After the current head of the sect is no longer able to serve as the head of the house or dies for some reason, the Great Elder will go to the gold plaque and take out the box, and after the elders have checked the seal, they will open the box in public and announce the new head of the house. ”

Li Fengyun understood, and the two came to the Guanyin Hall of Wolf Mountain Temple while talking.

The Guanyin hall is not big, only two or three zhang square, and there is no statue of Guanyin in the middle, only a painting, painting the appearance of the thousand-armed Guanyin.

On the top of the painting, there is a large plaque with four big characters on it: "Pudu Cihang".

At this time, the elders present, together with Sun Fangjian, all entered the main hall of Guanyin, and more than 20 people came in the hall at one time, which was slightly crowded.

"Ask the Great Elder to take out the brocade box behind the golden plaque. Several elders who knew the rules saluted Chen Changqing together.

Sun Fangjian's face was gloomy, after Sun Shenyi's death, he had searched the Guanyin Hall to prevent Sun Shenyi from leaving any evidence against him. He destroyed some things that should have been destroyed, but it was a pity that he ignored the plaque of the Guanyin Hall at the beginning.

It's no wonder that he, he doesn't know the origin of the Wolf Mountain Sect, and naturally he doesn't know that the Five Elements Sect still has such a thing as the "Golden Plaque Collection". When he took over, no one doubted it because everything was perfectly arranged. Therefore, those elders who knew about this did not remember the tradition of "golden plaque collection".

After all, decades have passed, and if it weren't for Gongsun Wuwu mentioning it, almost everyone would have forgotten about the past.

Chen Changqing nodded, ordered someone to take a long ladder, went up the ladder, and really took out a wooden box from behind the plaque of "Pudu Cihang" in front of everyone.

The wooden box had apparently been on the plaque for some time, covered with a thin layer of dust.

Chen Changqing inspected the seal of the wooden box seal, and then handed it over to the surrounding elders in turn to inspect it.

After a circle, everyone had no doubts, and even Sun Fangjian couldn't find fault with it. There are secret marks on the seal, everyone is different, and others can't imitate it.

The wooden box returned to Chen Changqing's hands, and Chen Changqing carefully checked it again to prevent someone from stealing the wooden box, although it was impossible.

Seeing that everything was in good condition, Chen Changqing damaged the seal, opened the wooden box, and saw a black and faint token in the wooden box, and a large stack of papers was pressed under the token.

Chen Changqing's pupils shrank sharply and he took out the token.

The token is quite heavy, like iron not iron, like stone not stone, knocking has the sound of iron and stone, leisurely and pleasant. The token is densely covered with flame fine lines, with two large characters engraved in the center "White Lotus", and two lines of small characters engraved on the back: "The silt comes from the chaos of Qi, and the white lotus is a prosperous event." A sense of vicissitudes and simplicity came to the face, and it was by no means forged by today's people.

"The Holy Lotus Order, sure enough, is the Holy Lotus Order. Chen Changqing sighed. The Holy Lotus Order is the White Lotus Holy Fire Order, or another name for the Five Elements Order.

He knew that Sun Shenyi had the Holy Lotus Order in his hand, but he didn't know where Sun Shenyi hid it, more than fifty years had passed, and he had even forgotten about the Holy Lotus Order.

Seeing this Holy Lotus Order, the old things from decades ago appeared in front of Chen Changqing's eyes one by one, and with a light sigh, Chen Changqing put the Holy Lotus Order back into the wooden box and took out the stack of papers.

Most of the stack of papers had turned yellow, and it recorded the origin of the Wolf Mountain Sect, and Sun Shenyi had repented of what the White Lotus Sect had done back then. Presumably, Sun Shenyi was worried that she would die in the rivers and lakes, and no one knew about this story, so he deliberately wrote it down and hid it in a wooden box.

At the end of the article, it was written: "Yu originally wanted to destroy the Holy Lotus Order, or throw it into the Yellow River and the sea, so that it would never reappear in the world, but after all, he couldn't bear it. Water can overturn a boat, or it can carry a boat, and it is only used by the heart. Moreover, according to legend, the Holy Lotus Order contains the inheritance of the White Lotus Sect for thousands of years, and the White Lotus may be guilty, but the inheritance is not faulty, and the rest cannot be destroyed by the rest of the hands. I hope that future generations will use it properly. ”

Chen Changqing sighed, and turned out another piece of white paper, the paper was very new, and it was very conspicuous in a stack of yellowed papers. Only a few lines were written on the paper: "The second disciple Sun Xingyou is loyal and honest, and if there is an accident, the position of the head of the Wolf Mountain Sect will be passed on to Sun Xingyou." Sun Shen meaning words. "It is stamped with the seal of the master.

Chen Changqing's expression changed greatly, and he carefully identified it, and sure enough, it was Sun Shenyi's handwriting, and the seal was real.

Squinting at Sun Fangjian, Chen Changqing slowly read out the words on the paper.

"Impossible!" Sun Fangjian said loudly, "This is fake, this is all forged by Gongsun Wuwu to deceive everyone." You can't believe it. ”

Chen Changqing snorted coldly, handed over the piece of paper with Sun Shenyi's will to several elders around him for inspection, and declared that anyone who intended to destroy it was tantamount to betraying the sect.

"It's true!" all the elders unanimously agreed, even Sun Fangjian's confidants were speechless.

"Sun Fangjian, what else do you have to say?" Chen Changqing looked at Sun Fangjian.

"This, even if the contents of this wooden box are real, it does not mean that Master has not passed on the throne to me. The testament passed on to me has also been verified by all the elders, although it is recorded by Zijuan, but it also has the signature of the master, stamped with the seal of the master, and the fingerprints of the master. Perhaps, before his death, Master changed his mind and temporarily decided to pass on the position of head to me. Sun Fangjian quibbled.

Chen Changqing ignored Sun Fangjian, took out a few letters from the wooden box, and shouted: "Sun Fangjian, these letters, the handwriting on the envelopes is indeed your handwriting, hum, it is submitted to General Yelu, Sun Fangjian, do you need the old man to read the content of the letters?"

"Read, of course, I want to see how they frame me. Sun Fangjian shouted loudly, looking excited.

Chen Changqing sighed lightly, took out a few pieces of letter paper from one of the letters, glanced at them hastily, and read them aloud: "...... On the 18th, Dingzhou will have 20,000 taels of food and salary into the city, and the guards will not exceed 100 Dingzhou soldiers, and the general can consider ......"

As soon as he read this, suddenly a figure flashed, and he saw Sun Fangjian take out a dagger out of nowhere, and attack Chen Changqing while everyone was not paying attention. Obviously, he wanted to kidnap Great Elder Chen Changqing and escape from Wolf Mountain Fort.

Although Chen Changqing's prestige in the Wolf Mountain Sect is high and his qualifications are old, his martial arts are not as good as Sun Fangjian's, Sun Fangjian's strength has reached the second-rate top, and he is only one step away from stepping into the realm of a first-class grandmaster.

Of course, the premise is that Li Fengyun and Gongsun Wuwu do not help Chen Changqing.

However, how could Li Fengyun be such a rule-abiding person? He had expected that Sun Fangjian would never sit still, and he was always on guard, and as soon as Sun Fangjian moved, he also moved, only to see a flash of black light, Sun Fangjian screamed, and one of his right arms was cut off by Li Fengyun with a sword from the Night Cultivation Treasure Knife.

didn't kill Sun Fangjian, just because Li Fengyun didn't want to bear this notoriety.

Sun Fangjian was seriously injured and was unable to attack again.

Enduring the pain, Sun Fang Jianyao pointed at Li Fengyun and shouted: "You, you don't keep your promises, you said, don't interfere in the affairs of my Wolf Mountain Sect." ”

Li Fengyun shook the Xiaolian Treasure Knife in his hand, shook the remaining blood stains on the knife, put it in the knife bag, shook his fingers, and said: "Sun Fangjian, you are no longer the head of the Wolf Mountain Sect now, what you say doesn't count, what Elder Chen said is counted, if he says that my knife is not in accordance with the rules, I, Li Fengyun, am willing to ask the Wolf Mountain Sect in person." ”

Li Fengyun saved Chen Changqing, how could Chen Changqing not know how to say such things? After thanking Li Fengyun, Chen Changqing said to Xiao Yuanqing: "Elder Xiao, please go out immediately and invite the new head of the house. ”

Xiao Yuanqing knew that the stakes were high, and hurriedly went out of the palace to find Sun Xingyou.

He looked around again and said, "If there is no old man, all the elders are not allowed to leave this Guanyin Hall without permission." General Li, if you dare to act rashly, please help you. ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Li Fengyun immediately agreed.

Chen Changqing did not ask Gongsun Wuwu to help him, because he knew that Gongsun Wuwu was a person from Xuanyuan Terrace, how could he not know the rules of Xuanyuan Tai? Gongsun Wuwu came to the Wolf Mountain Sect this time to expose Sun Fangjian's true face, also in the name of returning the letter. Therefore, he simply did not let Gongsun worry-free.

With Li Fengyun in charge, which of Sun Fangjian's henchmen and elders dared to move, looking at each other and at a loss.

Sighing, Chen Changqing explained: "Elders, the old man is also doing this out of helplessness, today's matter must not be spread, otherwise, my Wolf Mountain Sect will usher in a catastrophe."

Not only that, but as soon as the new head takes over, a gag order will be issued.

The four elders of Wolf Mountain, please go and arrange it quickly, if there is no warrant from the new head and the old man, no one is allowed to enter and leave Wolf Mountain Fort, otherwise, it will not matter if you kill you. If someone has already left the Wolf Mountain Fort during this period, they will be recovered immediately, but if there is resistance, there will be no mercy. ”

The four elders of Wolf Mountain agreed, and immediately went out of the hall to make arrangements.

Sun Fangjian knew that he was finished, but he still did not give up, and encouraged: "Elder Chen, elders, are you really willing to nest in this mountain nest for the rest of your life?

The Central Plains Imperial Court is very taboo about the White Lotus Sect, but the Khitan people don't care, as long as we join forces with the Khitans, there may not be a day when they will enter the Central Plains. It's better than living under someone else's knife all the time. ”

Li Fengyun laughed out loud and teased: "Join the Central Plains? It turns out that you also want to be the emperor?"

"Why not?" Sun Fangjian shouted loudly, "The emperor and the general, would rather have a kind of? Shi Jingjiao deserves to be the emperor, why can't I, Sun Fangjian? How much glory does the Shi family have in the world? Could it be that I was born to be a human eagle dog and a human slave? I am not convinced, I am not convinced!"

Li Fengyun said with a straight face: "If you want to be the emperor, of course you can." But you shouldn't fool the thousands of disciples of the Wolf Mountain Sect into accompanying you to death for your ambitions.

If you really do this, I, Li Fengyun, will still admire you and praise you as a hero.

However, you have come up with all kinds of excuses to let others die for your glory and wealth, for your wolf ambitions, and for this reason, you will make the people miserable, which I Li Fengyun cannot tolerate. ”

Sun Fangjian laughed wildly and said: "What nonsense, from ancient times to the present, isn't this how rebellions have been done? Which founding emperor has clean hands? The winner is the king, and the loser is the villain, and now I have lost, no matter what you say." If I really succeed, who said that I am a founding monarch and an emperor through the ages?

As for the misery of the people, what is it worth? What great things have been achieved by the kindness of women? The great gifts are not resigned, and the big deeds are not careful. (Note 1) Even a butcher knows the truth, Li Fengyun, will you not understand? Long pain is better than short pain, for the sake of a prosperous generation, what is it for the people to endure a little pain?

The people may let it be done, but they cannot know it. (Note 2)

People advance when they see the benefits, and retreat when they are harmed. The people can be happy, but not worried. (Note 3)

What's wrong with using some means to make the people work for me?

Flickering, hahahaha, ridiculous, aren't all the rivers and mountains of the past dynasties flickering? It's just that my grandson Fangjian was unlucky, and he just ran into you Li Fengyun. ”

Li Fengyun was speechless, Sun Fangjian may have told a lot of lies, but this sentence is only from his heart. When a bird is dying, its song is mourning, and when a man is dying, his words are good.

There are too many things in this world, Li Fengyun can't figure it out, and he doesn't want to make such a senseless argument with Sun Fangjian.

Note 1: "The big gifts are not small, and the big ones are not careful. "Taken from "Historical Records: Xiang Yu Benji", it is what Fan Xu said at the Hongmen banquet. An excerpt from the original article is as follows:

Sitting for a while, Pei Gong got up to go to the toilet, because of the Zhao Fan out. Pei Gong has come out, and King Xiang has made Chen Ping, the commander of the capital, summon Pei Gong. Pei Gong said: "Today's person is out, and he has not resigned, what can he do about it?" Fan Xu said: "The big line does not care about the details, and the big gift does not give up." Now people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, why do you say it?"

I believe that everyone has learned this paragraph when they read the book, and they will not explain it.

Note 2: "The people may make it happen, but they cannot know it." Taken from the Analects of Tabor, there are two ways to break sentences, and the meanings are completely opposite.

First, the people can make it happen, but they can't know it. It means that for ordinary people, we only need to let them do what we want, and we don't need to let them understand why they do it.

Second, the people can make it by it, and if they cannot, they can make it known. This means that if people agree, they can be asked to do it directly, and if they don't, they should be persuaded to let them know why they are doing it.

The author thinks that the former is more credible, and the latter is too far-fetched to take.

Note 3: "The people can be happy, but not worried." This sentence was said by Shang Ying, Cao Cao also said, and it also appeared in "Historical Records: Ximen Leopard Zhiye".

"People advance when they see the benefits, and retreat when they are harmed. It was said by Cao Cao, see "The Art of War" annotated by Cao Cao.