Today's martial arts Buddhism is the most prosperous in Shaolin, Wutai, Putuo, Emei, Hengshan, and Jiuhuashan. And the head of all Buddhist sects, of course, should push Shaolin. For thousands of years, although other martial arts sects in the world may have emerged for a while, they are not as good as the evergreen tree of the Shaolin faction. Therefore, the Shaolin faction has always been regarded as the supreme martial arts.

There are many masters of the six major schools of Buddhism, and among the young generation, the most prestigious ones are the "Three Masters of Buddhism" and "North and South Shuangjiao". Shaolin Zhao Yanhao, Wutai Yuanzhen, and Putuo Wu Yiyun are regarded as the "Three Masters of Buddhism" by the rivers and lakes; Hengshan is cold and frosty, and Emei Lin Yanran is called "the north and the south are shuangjiao" by the people of the rivers and lakes. These five people are all the top figures in today's martial arts youth, especially Zhao Yanhao, who is said to be the best in the entire martial arts.

With the decline of Southern Shaolin, the Shaolin School referred to in the rivers and lakes refers to the Northern Shaolin located at the foot of the Songshan Shaolin Mountain. Songshan Shaolin is divided into abbot courtyard, precept courtyard, Zhike courtyard, warrior monk courtyard, and chanting academy according to functions. Each of the last four courtyards has a first monk, who assists the abbot of the abbot and manages the daily affairs of the entire Shaolin.

The Discipline Institute is mainly responsible for formulating and enforcing the rules and precepts of the monastery, and supervising and rewarding the daily behavior of monks. Zhike Yuan is mainly responsible for the reception and reception of guests and the handling of Jianghu affairs. The chanting hall includes the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and the Zen Meditation Room, which is responsible for the transcription, borrowing, returning, and storage of various Buddhist classics, and the Meditation Room is a Zen room for the monks in the temple to chant and discuss Zen. The Warrior Monastery is specifically responsible for cultivating martial arts talents for Shaolin, and the inner is to watch the temple and the outer is to subdue demons and subdue demons and support justice.

The temple is divided into three halls. The primary hall is called Luohan Hall, and the disciples who have just entered the temple have entered the Luohan Hall to practice Shaolin basic kung fu. Regardless of monks and lay disciples, as long as they can pass the Muren Lane and break through the Eighteen Arhat Formation, they are all qualified to enter the intermediate hall to continue their studies. The intermediate hall is called Da Mo Tang, where you can practice Shaolin 72 stunts. Seventy-two stunts are divided into fisting, palming, fingering, grasping, grappling, internal strength, light skills, and equipment stunts, and each type of kung fu contains several stunts. You must be proficient in at least four different types of stunts, and you must pass the examination of the monk who is most proficient in that stunt in the temple to be eligible to enter the high hall. The senior hall is called Pranya Hall, where you can practice the unique learning of the various schools of martial arts collected by Shaolin for thousands of years.

Twenty-eight-year-old Zhao Yanhao is a recognized martial arts wizard in Shaolin. At the age of eight, he entered the Arhat Hall, at the age of fifteen, he entered the Dharma Hall, and at the age of twenty-three, he entered the Prajna Hall with the results of mastering eleven stunts. This progress of practice not only broke the record of 163 years in Shaolin, but also made it impossible for lay disciples to enter the Prajna Hall.

Master Kongjing is the first monk of the Warrior Monastery, second only to the presiding over Kongwu, and the news of his death shocked the whole Shaolin. The emptiness of the first seat of the Discipline Academy and the emptiness of the Zhike Academy, I heard that the emptiness was likely to have died at the hands of two young disciples of the Kunlun Sect and the Wudang Sect, and they were all suspicious. Because, for decades, the two factions have always been friendly with Shaolin, and there is no reason to kill Kongjing. After some deliberation, it was finally decided to go to Junju on a blind date to find out the truth. If it was really the two young men's doing, and the government did not punish him according to the law, they would take him back and leave him after returning to the temple without a host. Considering that the two factions were likely to shield them and refused to let the empty phase bring people back, they appointed seven people, including Zhao Yanhao of the Prajnado Hall, Empty Void, Void, Void, Lingjue, and Dharma Hall Lingwu and Lingzhen, to go to Junzhou with the Empty Ministers to help.

When the group arrived in Dejunzhou, it was the evening of the eighth day of the first lunar month. The empty face asked where the Ming County Yamen was, and went straight to the Yamen with seven people. When he arrived at the door, he explained his intentions, and a servant hurriedly went in to reply, and after a while, he came out and replied, "Your Excellency, please." ”

As soon as the group walked into the lobby, Tang Zhixian had already greeted him and said, "All Shaolin masters have finally arrived!

Kongxiang waved his hand and said, "My lord, please let us go and see the body of Senior Brother Kongjing first!" Tang Zhixian said: "It's okay!" After speaking, he personally led everyone there.

The empty body rested in the morgue on the northwest side. Fortunately, this place is quite dark and cool, and the corpses are very well preserved, with only a slight corpse smell. In the past two days, Jingqing and other accompanying disciples have come to the morgue to guard day and night, and even Jingling has been guarded with injuries. When the four disciples saw the arrival of the empty phase and his party, it was like a lost child who had finally seen his parents, and he cried loudly. The empty phase and his party were also grief-stricken, comforting them and asking at the same time. When he was asked about the reason for the murder, he said angrily: "Where are these two people being held now? The old man is going to personally question these two femme fatales!"

Tang Zhixian shook his head and said, "Master is angry! What your disciples said just now is a one-sided statement. After a detailed investigation by the Yamen in the past two days, it was not the master of the empty purification that was killed by these two people. The murderer is someone else. Empty eyes widened and asked, "Who is the murderer?"

Tang Zhixian said embarrassedly: "It's a shame to say that the real murderer has not been found so far!" Ling Zhen sneered: "The murderers have obviously been caught, but they say that they are not the real murderers! It is clear that the Kunlun faction has a grudge, and together with the Wudang faction, they killed Uncle Kongjing." How can adults not understand such a simple case?"

Tang Zhixian smiled bitterly and said: "Hey, it's hard to put into words! Ladies and gentlemen, if it's late today, you have come from afar, and you have been tired all the way, so it is better to find a place to live tonight and have a good rest." Wait until tomorrow morning, together with He Xiancheng, who is handling this case, and learn more about this case, how about it?" Zhao Yanhao said: "May I ask my lord, then Lord He can be in the county office? We want to find out from him now." ”

Tang Zhixian shook his head and said, "Lord He has been busy for several days in a row, and he is tired, and now he has gone home to rest." Let's come back tomorrow!" Zhao Yanhao showed a slight look of disappointment and said, "It's okay, please take us to meet the two suspects, and we'll leave after we meet." Tang Zhixian Zhengse said: "It's really unfortunate, those two have been released this morning." ”

The people of Shaolin didn't know about it, and they immediately became in an uproar when they heard the rumors. Ling Zhen grabbed Tang Zhixian and said sharply: "Let it go, you dare to release the criminals privately!" Several officials who followed pulled out their waist knives one after another, and shouted: "Bold! Let go of the adults!" Kong Xiang and the others also hurriedly stepped forward to hold Ling Zhen to dissuade him, and Ling Zhen was unwilling to let go.

Tang Zhixian didn't seem to be so panicked, straightened his clothes, and said: "Let those two suspects go, this county is acting according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty." However, the county did not allow them to leave Junzhou. Tomorrow, when you come, the county will announce that they will come to the yamen and confront you in the court!

When the empty phase left Lingwu and Lingzhen guarded the empty body, he left with all the Shaolin people in a huff.

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The empty phase and his entourage went out of the yamen and walked slowly along the street, looking for an inn. Three military attaché-looking people hurriedly walked over, led by a capable man in his thirties, clasped his fists and asked, "Dare to ask all the masters, are you a Shaolin party?"

Zhao Yanhao walked in the front, clenched his fists and said suspiciously: "Exactly." What is this big brother called, and what are you looking for us?"

The man was overjoyed and said, "It's really you! In Xia Xu Jinshan, we are all subordinates of Master Miao. ”

Before the empty phase walked away, he said: "The poor monk Shaolin is empty." Dare to ask the donor, what you are talking about Master Miao, but is Lord Miao Yizhen of Beizhen Fusi?" Xu Jinshan said: "Exactly." Master Miao was on a business trip in Jiujiang a few days ago, and when he heard that Master Kongjing had been killed in Junzhou, he was furious, and he was hurrying with everyone to arrive here at midnight. We arrived first because we were on a business trip nearby. Mistress Miu has written to say that you must have also learned of the bad news and are commanding us to inform him of his arrival if we see you. ”

Empty Xiangxi said: "Okay." Which inn do you stay in?, and our group simply stayed there as well, so that we could wait for Miao-sama. Xu Jinshan said: "This is the best! We live in the Jiangcheng Inn, you can just go with us, we have already chartered the inn." ”

Jiangcheng Inn is the largest inn in Junzhou. At that moment, Xu Jinshan's seven subordinates arranged for the empty phase to live, and asked Zhang Luo, the second child, to have a large table of sumptuous dishes. The empty phase and his party had not eaten for most of the day, and they were already hungry, so they were not polite, and devoured it. Xu Jinshan smiled and accompanied him, occasionally taking a sip to taste it.

At midnight, a fierce sound of horses' hooves pierced the silent night sky, and gradually approached, and a Ti rode to the empty phase room in a hurry, and said, "Master Miao has arrived!" The empty phase hurriedly led the people downstairs.

The hall of the inn was brightly lit, and Xu Jinshan accompanied a dignified official in a unicorn suit into the hall, followed by a group of people who looked like horsemen in black pressure. The empty phase greeted him, and he said: "Amitabha, senior brother Miao! I have to be able to meet you here, great joy, great joy!" Shaolin and his entourage except for the empty phase, empty recklessness, and empty illusion, the rest of the people did not know Miao Yizhen, but I had heard that he was born in Shaolin, and they came forward to see it at the moment.

Miao Yizhen said: "Yesterday on business in Jiujiang, I heard the news of the murder of Senior Brother Kongjing, and hurried over. Senior Brother Void Phase, when did you arrive?" Void Phase said, "I arrived in the evening." I'm looking forward to your coming!"

At that moment, everyone in Shaolin accompanied Miao Yizhen to eat, and when they saw that he was also a vegetarian, they were surprised: "Senior Brother Miao, you are in the officialdom, why are you also a vegetarian?"

Miao Yizhen smiled: "In officialdom, socializing is indispensable on weekdays, and wine and meat are inevitable." However, back in the house, I have always been a vegetarian. ”

When the Shaolin people heard this, they were in awe and amazed.

After the meal, Miao Yizhen personally accompanied the Shaolin group to greet him, took Zhao Yanhao's hand and admired it, and asked about the situation after the arrival of the empty phase. The empty phase told the situation when he went to the yamen. Miao Yizhen listened quietly, sighed gloomily, and said, "Hey, we're all late!"

When everyone saw Miao Yizhen say the same, they became more and more uneasy, and they all looked at him blankly.

Miao Yizhen said: "Jing Ling and the others only know grief and indignation, and they guard the body of Senior Brother Kongjing with their eyes, but they don't keep an eye on the details of the government's investigation. Hey, they are too young, and when they encounter this kind of great sorrow and pain, it is inevitable that they will be confused, and it is no wonder that they are not in trouble. Jing Ling and the others listened to Miao Yizhen's slightly reproachful words, and Qi all lowered their heads.

The empty phase had already heard Miao Yizhen's voice slightly, and frowned: "What does senior brother mean...... Will the Junzhou Yamen shield them?"

Miao Yizhen nodded slowly and said, "I guess I'm afraid it will be like this." After all, this is Wudang's territory, and Tangzhi County in the Yamen is very close to the Wudang faction. Those two murderers were not only from their sect, one of them was also from the Wudang faction. Do you think, after the murder has happened for so long, can they have come up with evidence to cover up the truth earlier? Otherwise, how dare Tang Zhixian release the people?"

When everyone in Shaolin heard this, they were shocked and angry, and they were all angry. Ling Zhen said loudly: "I have long seen that Dog Zhixian is not a good person! After confronting him in court tomorrow, if he dares to shield the culprit, I will kill him with one punch!"

Miao Yizhen waited for everyone's emotions to stabilize, and said, "You don't have to be too excited. Wait until tomorrow to go to the yamen and see the situation before dealing with it. Don't worry, with me, Tang Zhixian will not dare to be corrupt and pervert the law!"

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Dongfang Zhen and Zishi were inexplicably arrested and taken to the yamen, and two days later they were released in a daze, both surprised and lucky. Ebony and the others were also overjoyed, and they expected that after Shaolin came, they would go to the Yamen to confront the details of the case clearly, and there would be the results of the government's investigation to testify, and Shaolin should give up. As for the culprit, you can help the government and Shaolin to find out slowly, and I believe that the truth will come out one day.

The head of Sansheng and the head of Jinzang saw that a disaster turned invisible, and after the great joy, they successively took the people to leave, Zhong Zhiling and Sang Qinghong also said goodbye to Wudang and Kunlun. But Sang Qinghong still refused to leave Junzhou, Zhong Zhiling knew her mind a little, and in desperation, he had to accompany her to find a small inn and live quietly.

He Xiancheng was slightly dissatisfied with Tang Zhixian's release of the two, saying that although the two were not the real murderers, it was difficult to guarantee that they were not the accomplices of the real murderers, and they colluded to kill the people. Tang Zhixian shook his head resolutely, and asked He Xiancheng not to investigate any further, it would not be beneficial to anyone to investigate too much. He Xiancheng was very stubborn, stood up with a bang, and strode out with his head held high. Tang Zhixian shouted: "He Dagang, stop!" He Xiancheng stopped angrily with his neck.

Tang Zhixian got up and pointed at his nose and said sharply: "If you dare to disobey, you and I will die without a place to be buried! Do you know why the higher authorities didn't let you investigate again? Because people already know the truth of this case!" After a pause, his tone calmed down: "Think about it, Shaolin on one side and Wudang on the other, which side can we afford to offend?" Since the higher authorities instructed so, isn't it the best?" He Xiancheng snorted angrily: "But if you let the suspect go, you still can't help offending Shaolin." Tang Zhixian sneered: "This official acts in accordance with the law, the evidence is conclusive, and Shaolin has nothing to say!"

The next day, Shaolin and his entourage came to the county government early. Tang Zhixian was surprised when he saw that the town envoy was there, and hurriedly knelt down to greet him. Miao Yizhen entered the yamen with his head held high, and said coldly: "Today's identity of this official is to represent Shaolin and come to deal with the murder of my senior brother Kongjing. Tang County Order, how is this case investigated now?"

Tang Zhixian immediately hurriedly instructed the officials to go to the inn to spread the news that the two factions of Wudang and Kunlun would come, and slowly explain the case to Miao Yizhen.

After a while, the head of Ebony and Jade led Dongfang Zhen and Zishi to the yamen in a hurry, and when they saw so many people coming from Shaolin and his party, they all looked unkind, and they couldn't help but be a little worried. I also saw an official in a purple unicorn robe sitting next to Tang Zhixian, with a serious expression, although he didn't know it, he could see that he was a big person, and he was busy kneeling down to pay respects.

Miao Yizhen turned sideways and was not polite, and there was some hostility in his tone: "The two heads, this official can't afford it! This official came this time to find out about the murder of my senior brother Kongjing." I heard that the apprentices of the two heads of the sect are suspicious, but I don't know if they have come?" The two heads of the sect didn't know that there were high-ranking officials in the temple in Shaolin, and they were a little surprised when they heard this.

Dongfang Zhen said: "The villain Dongfang Zhen, this one next to him is Zishi." The death of the Master of Emptiness has nothing to do with us, please find out. Tang Zhixian also turned his head and said, "My lord, the suspects are them." However, upon closer inspection, it was not their doing. He Xiancheng, please bring up the file of this case and show it to your lords. ”

Miao Yi Zhenzai looked at it carefully, his expression was gloomy, and he handed it to the empty phase and said, "Take a look!"

All the Shaolin people gathered around to look at the file, only to see that it was written: "Time of the murder: the sixth day of the fourth month, the end of the unitary month." Location of the murder: Liulinpo, Wangjiang Pavilion. Identity of the deceased: Shaolin is empty. Cause of death: palm wound to the back, sword wound to the chest, fatal wound was a sword wound, a sword pierced the heart. It was done by two people, and the deceased was defenseless. Suspects: Dongfang Zhen, Zishi. Eyewitnesses: None. Facts: After the incident, two suspects were found stranded near the scene, and after being brought back for interrogation, both suspects denied that they were the real murderers. After investigation, there was no blood stain on the sword and robe of the two suspects, and there were no footprints of the two suspects at the scene of the murder. Four mud-stained footprints were found on the ground at the scene of the murder, and it was determined that these footprints were not left by the officials, but by the two murderers. The footprints disappeared to the northern bend of the river, which is supposed to be the scene of the murder by boat. Handling method: According to the law, release the suspect, and the culprit will be verified. ”

As soon as Ling Zhen finished reading it, he said loudly: "How can we let them go! Even if they were not killed by themselves, it could be killed by their accomplices!" Dongfang Zhen retorted: "May I ask this master, since the Master of Empty Purity was not killed by us, why should we go to the scene of the murder and be suspected? Besides, do we have that great ability to kill Master Empty Pure silently?" Ling Zhen was speechless for a while, "Hmm...... Who knows what kind of heart you have? I ...... I don't have as many bad intentions as you, I can't think of it!" Dongfang Zhenyan sneered.

Zhao Yanhao also sneered: "I believe that you are definitely not the opponent of Uncle Empty Purity! However, Uncle Shi is kind-hearted and has never been guarded, but you are sneaking attack at the same time. With your martial arts, no matter how strong the martial arts in the world are, they can't escape the poisonous hands!" Zishi defended: "There is no blood on our bodies, how can we say that we killed us!" Zhao Yanhao said coldly: "If you want to kill people with all your intentions, bring more robes and more swords, and after killing people, you can just throw the bloody clothes and blood swords into the river, who can find them?" Zishi said bitterly: "If you have to accuse us of what we did, we can't help it!"

Dongfang Zhen suddenly said: "I guess everyone has forgotten that on the night of the fifth day of the fourth month, there was a dispute with Master Jingling in Xia. Just imagine, Master Empty Purity ran to the dark and dreary forest alone, and suddenly saw us, how could he not take precautions?"

Tang Zhixian said: "You don't have to argue anymore. Previously, Zhan Qizuo proposed to dissect the autopsy in order to further determine the cause of death, but several Shaolin masters were unwilling and said that they would wait for Shaolin to come before making a decision. Now that all the Shaolin masters are here, I wonder if everyone is willing to perform an autopsy?"

The Shaolin people looked sad and looked at each other, not knowing how to decide for a while.

Miao Yizhen gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Okay! In order to find out the truth and find out the real culprit, I have to desecrate the body of Senior Brother Kongjing." I think my brother knows underground and won't blame him. ”

"Amitabha, people die like grass and trees, why bother with this stinky skin!