Chapter 315: Unexpected
In a mansion covering an area of several acres in the west of the capital, a beautiful woman about thirty years old stepped into the backyard through the snow, pushed open the door of the "Medicine King Hall", and entered the house. Eight?? 1 Chinese Net = ≤≤.≤
This room is small in size, filled with the aroma of lamp oil and high incense, and several oil lamps are on and off, and the whole room is quite dim. A middle-aged man in a yellow robe was sitting cross-legged on a futon, sitting quietly with the door closed. There is a small shrine in front of him, enshrined is a statue carved from precious yellow rosewood wood, the expression of the statue is vivid and clear, it seems lifelike, you can see at a glance that this is a rather young pharmacist, and there is a small tablet next to the statue, which is engraved with six golden characters of "Zhengde Ming Doctor Zhenren".
The middle-aged woman stood beside the yellow-robed middle-aged man, and after bowing respectfully to the idol, she said softly, "Come, are you looking for me?"
The middle-aged man in the yellow robe was Zhang Guanglin, the eldest disciple of Han Taihu, the ancestor of the Hongyang Sect, he opened his eyes and slowly said, "Jun Xiang, something is wrong!"
"Something is wrong?!" The middle-aged woman was Zhang Guanglin's wife Tang Junxiang, she looked suspicious, slowly sat down beside Zhang Guanglin, and asked softly, "Could it be related to the two Guiyuan masters who just left?"
Zhang Guanglin's expression was solemn, and he nodded: "That's right! Do you know who the old nun who came with Master Guiyuan is?"
Tang Junxiang didn't answer, just frowned and looked at her husband, waiting for him to continue.
Zhang Guanglin's eyes flickered, and he took a deep breath and said, "She is Xu Hongxia, one of the top ten leaders of the White Lotus Holy Sect!"
Tang Junxiang exclaimed: "Xu Hongxia?!You said that she was Xu Hongxia, who was as famous as Sect Master Han, Luo Qing, Wang Sen, and Li Bin?"
Zhang Guanglin smiled bitterly: "That's right! With her status and seniority in the Holy Sect back then, even the first teacher Han Taihu is a little inferior!"
Tang Junxiang said: "It is said that Xu Hongxia was a chivalrous woman who was amazed on the rivers and lakes when she was young, not only strong in martial arts, but also murderous, which made people fearful. And since the White Lotus Sect fell apart, she disappeared into the rivers and lakes, but she didn't expect to become a nun?"
Zhang Guanglin sighed and said, "What I didn't expect was that when I was about to reorganize the Hongyang Sect with all my might, Gui Yuan actually led her to the door and asked me to support her in recovering the White Lotus Holy Sect!"
Tang Junxiang's eyes widened and said: "The White Lotus Holy Sect has been divided for a long time, and now that the sects are separated and each has its own government, how can it be said that it can be recovered if it is recovered? !
Zhang Guanglin said: "After two hundred years, the new leader of the White Lotus Holy Sect has not yet come out, and the top ten leaders such as Xianshi, Luo Qing, Li Bin, etc., have created their own sects, but only Xu Hongxia and other two or three people are still clinging to the obsession of reviving the Holy Sect, which makes the various sects quite unhappy when they preach and recruit disciples. It wasn't until Xu Hongxia and the others suddenly disappeared that the Luo Sect, the Huang Tian Sect, and my Hongyang Sect were in full swing. Now, she has come to the door again and brought up the matter of recovering the White Lotus Holy Sect, what do you think I should do?"
Tang Junxiang snorted lightly and said: "My Hongyang Sect has passed away since the Han Sect Master, although your juniors and disciples all want to compete for the position of the sect leader, and they are still fighting in the middle of the world, but this sect is also one of the four major sects today, and its strength is strong, how can Xu Hongxia destroy the sect with one person and one word?!
Zhang Guanglin shook his head and smiled: "Xu Hongxia is not as unbearable as you say!"
Tang Junxiang said: "Coming, how can you be so sure?"
Zhang Guanglin raised his head and stared at the statue in the shrine and said, "The ancestor once said that the heir of the leader of the White Lotus Holy Sect has never come out, all because no one can drive the holy sword and command the world. Although Xu Hongxia's martial arts are profound, she is by no means the true descendant of the White Lotus Holy Sect Master!"
Tang Junxiang said: "Since Xu Hongxia can't drive the Holy Sword, why should she persuade you to support her in recovering the Holy Sect?"
Zhang Guanglin's gaze moved to Tang Junxiang's face, blazing, and said in a deep voice: "Because, she has found someone who can really drive the holy sword!"
When Tang Junxiang heard this, his delicate body shook, and he hurriedly reached out on the ground to support his slightly trembling body, and said in a trembling voice: "The Holy Sect heir really appeared?!"
Zhang Guanglin nodded heavily and said, "Although Xu Hongxia didn't say it explicitly, I have received the news that not only the Holy Sword was born, but the Holy Sect heirs also appeared!"
Tang Junxiang's face turned a little pale, she grabbed Zhang Guanglin's arm and said, "Come, how can that be good?!" In order to seize the position of the sect leader and unify the Hongyang Sect, in the past ten years, my husband and wife have been planning for a long time, and they can be described as exhausted, so now they have to give up so easily?!"
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhang Guanglin's mouth, but his eyes were resolute in vain, he stood up, picked up three sandalwood sticks from the shrine, lit them on the incense candle, and then blew out the flame, and inserted the sandalwood into the incense burner. In Tang Junxiang's puzzled gaze, he stood with his hands in his hands, his eyes slightly closed, took a deep breath of the rising fragrance, and said lightly: "What about giving up?
Tang Junxiang got up eagerly and said, "Come, are you crazy? Let me give up this Gyeonggi foundation that has been painstakingly operated for many years, I will never agree!"
Zhang Guanglin turned around and said with a smile: "Jun Xiang, what are you anxious about?!" For my husband, I would like to ask you, which is stronger or weaker than the White Lotus Holy Sect back then?!"
Tang Junxiang frowned and said, "If the White Lotus Holy Sect is like the sun and the moon, my Hongyang Sect is only like a little star!"
Zhang Guanglin said: "That's right! If you are asked to give up this Hongyang Sect, which is like a little star, and take the White Lotus Holy Sect, which is as vast as the sun, are you willing?!"
Tang Junxiang stood stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said in surprise: "I understand, I understand! If Fujun can become the successor of the White Lotus Holy Sect, your junior disciples will be like ants, and they don't need to be taken seriously." Even Yao Wenyu of the Luo Sect, Fuxian of the Huang Tianjiao, Wang Haoxian of the Wenxiang Sect, and Guiyuan of the Western Mahayana Sect will not be able to compete with you!"
Zhang Guanglin took a deep breath and said, "So, I have already agreed to Xu Hongxia and Gui Yuan, and I will do my best to support the revival of the White Lotus Holy Sect!"
After Tang Junxiang was overjoyed, he said worriedly: "It is not easy to win the position of the successor of the Holy Sect, are you sure of coming?"
Zhang Guanglin said: "I am sure of everything, naturally I don't dare to guarantee it! However, the matter is man-made, I think, at least this matter will not be more difficult than my unification of the Hongyang Sect!"
Tang Junxiang thought about the current situation of the Hongyang Sect, nodded and said, "That's right, your juniors and disciples are like wolves and tigers, and they don't give in to each other, and they can't be settled overnight!
Zhang Guanglin said: "According to the information I have received, the descendants of the Holy Sect have now left the capital and gone to Luanzhou, Hebei Province to participate in the ten-year grand ceremony of the Wenxiang Sect.
Tang Junxiang said, "Aren't you going to deal with that Holy Sect descendant personally?"
Zhang Guanglin shook his head and said: "I have promised Xu Hongxia and Guiyuan, and I will go to Luanzhou with the two of her, and I can't do it myself." But that's fine, in case of failure, you can also clear the suspicion!"
Tang Junxiang said: "Although Hao'er and Hongmeng have good martial arts, their experience is still shallow, I'm afraid that it won't be safe, so I'll be with him!"
Zhang Guanglin waved his hand and said: "No, my Senior Brother Niu and Senior Brother Cao are not far from Beijing, and they are eyeing our base camp, how can I rest assured that there is no you here?"
Tang Junxiang hurriedly said: "In case Hao'er and they don't succeed, what if they don't succeed?"
Zhang Guanglin turned around and looked at the thick white snow in the courtyard outside the door, and said lightly: "Even so, there is still a chance to do it when the Smelling Fragrance Sect is in full swing!"
At the gate of Baoming Temple on the outskirts of Beijing, on the snow of Master Tai and Master Zhuo Li, Master Guiyuan, they looked at the several lines of horseshoe prints that had not been completely covered by the heavy snow, and were silent.
After a while, Master Guiyuan suddenly smiled and said, "My apprentice has never left me half a step since he was a child, and when he is gone at this moment, it makes me a little uncomfortable!"
The Void Master comforted: "I Guan Jiu'er is not very old, but his martial arts foundation is quite solid, he is only higher than Xiaojie, and there is no problem with self-preservation." Although she is not deeply involved in the world, she will not suffer if she has ghost-like Xiaojie and Long Feng. You can rest assured!"
Master Guiyuan sighed and said, "If I'm like my sister and take in a male apprentice, I don't have to worry so much!"
The Void Master smiled bitterly, "Yes, but you will have new troubles." Jiu'er is well-behaved and obedient, how worry-free you are! Xiaojie is the master of the Heavenly Palace, I can make a lot of trouble all day long!"
Master Guiyuan smiled and said: "Sister, I'm only afraid that I can't say it sincerely, I watch you talk about Xiaojie, and the corners of your mouth are full of smiles!"
The Void Master said: "This smile is not fake, but it is a bitter smile!"
Master Guiyuan looked up at the gradually thinning snowflakes and said: "It seems that the heavy snow will stop for a few days, and they will have a much easier way to go! We should also plan our itinerary and matters in a few days!"
The Void Master nodded and said, "Thanks to my sister's help today, we have won the strong reinforcement of Zhang Guanglin, and our plan is a little more certain!"
Master Guiyuan sighed and said: "It's a pity that Han Taihu died young, if you can get his help, then you will really be a little more sure." The Hongyang Sect is now like a plate of scattered sand, although Zhang Guanglin is the big disciple of Han Taihu, but it is only one of the more powerful disciples, and it is still unknown whether it will be of great use at that time!"
The Void Master said leisurely: "I think back then, Han Taihu was only twenty-three years old and ranked among the top leaders of the Holy Sect, he was extremely talented, he can be described as a rare talent, I didn't expect to go so early!"
When Master Guiyuan heard this, he sighed, and he was also quite sad.
Han Taihu, also known as Chunpo, left his hometown at the age of nineteen to visit his teacher to learn the Tao. He first studied the Hongyang Sect of the Mixed Yuan Gate (later became the Hongyang Old Sect) in Henan Province, but was punished for the failure of the Beizhi missionary mission and was punished for traveling to preach. And this also caused him to leave his teacher and embark on the road of joining the White Lotus Sect and then creating his own sect. When he was twenty-three years old, he became one of the top ten leaders of the White Lotus Sect because of his missionary achievements. In the twenty-second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1594), Han Taihu, who had not yet reached the age of twenty-five, founded a sect, also known as Hongyang Church (later known as Hongyang Protestantism), and in Taihu Mountain, he "gave up the Nine Lotus Treasure Terrace, and the Assembly said the Dharma", recruited disciples, and established a sect.
After Han Taihu founded his own sect, he went north to Beijing in the 23rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1595), and won the support of the powerful in the palace by taking the upper route, so that the Hongyang Sect created by Han Taihu prevailed in Kyoto. Due to the support of the powerful people in the capital, he printed scriptures in the Neijing Factory and preached and accepted disciples, so that the prestige of the Hongyang Sect grew day by day and spread rapidly. Just when the Hongyang Sect was in full swing, Han Taihu died early in the twenty-sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1598). As a result, the church used this to fabricate many legends that deified him, and his teachings flourished. Han Taihu had no heirs, and the disciples built the Han Zu Temple in their hometown, where they would worship and worship.
During his lifetime, Han Taihu wrote the "Five Books of Hongyang Teaching" based on the "Five Books and Six Volumes" written by Luo Jiao and Luo Qing, which became the Hongyang Religious Canon. And the secret martial arts Hongyang Gong method he learned in the White Lotus Sect was innovatively adapted and became the "Hongyang Divine Gong" of Hongyang Sect Town Martial Arts. The core of the Hongyang religion is that "the red sun is exhausted, and the white sun is prosperous". It is believed that the end of the Hongyang Tribulation is coming, which is the greatest and final calamity facing mankind since the creation of the world. At that time, the swords, soldiers, water, fire, and wind disasters will fall together, and the sentient beings in the eastern soil will have nowhere to hide, and only by joining the Hongyang Sect can they take refuge and enter the infinitely beautiful Baiyang world.
The Hongyang religion of Han Taihu is a polytheistic sect, and everyone who believes in the gods and earth of the world worships everything. He also created many strange idols for his followers to worship, which is incomparable to other folk religious sects. However, in the huge lineage of gods and spirits of the Hongyang Sect, it is also the same as the feudal dynasty in the earthly world, and the three gods of it, namely the mixed ancestor of the ancestors, the lifeless old mother, and the high ancestor of the floating high are the main idols.
In Hongyang Sect, known as the legend of Han Taihu as "Zhengde Ming Doctor Zhenren", and Han Taihu himself does understand the way of medicine, so its picture is also painted to resemble the image of the god medicine king, and the statue of the medicine god that Zhang Guanglin enshrined in the medicine king hall is Han Taihu. Because of this, since Han Taihu, in addition to practicing Hongyang Shengong, his descendants are all quite proficient in medical skills, starting from treating people's diseases, engaged in missionary activities, which is also one of the reasons why Hongyang Sect has become a folk religion on a par with Luojiao, Wenxiangjiao, Huangtianjiao and Western Mahayana Sect.
Han Taihu is a modest person, does not like to fight, devotes himself to healing and preaching, and is very harmonious with other branches of the White Lotus Sect, and rarely quarrels. It's just that because he died suddenly, had no children, and didn't leave a will, his top ten disciples fought endlessly for the position of the sect leader, and the Hongyang sect was crumbling, which he never imagined.
Of course, Master Tai and Master Guiyuan never imagined that Zhang Guanglin would help him in person, but he had other plans behind his back. Moreover, this calculation will not only affect their plan to restore the White Lotus Sect, but what is even more terrifying is that it will also endanger the safety of Gao Jie and Shen Jiuling, a group of young people.