Chapter 34: Luo Cheng, Abbot?
Luoxia Mountain is located in the northeast of Huizhou, 30 miles away from the city, although this mountain is far less than the famous mountains and rivers of Kunwu Mountain, but in this Ma Pingchuan Huiping level is also regarded as the first peak. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The top of the mountain is shrouded in clouds and mist, and the afterglow of the setting sun fills the sky, which may give the mountain its name. At this moment, the lush mountain itself is bathed in golden yellow, and there is a flat mountain in the middle of the mountainside, where many Buddhist temples are built, and the scale of the Shuiyue Temple is relatively large, and it is directly behind the mountainside, hidden in many Buddhist temples.
Luo Cheng received the Chaos Furnace near the mountainside, and the two climbed the stairs, fortunately, the Shuiyue Temple was quite famous, and the two asked people all the way, and just happened to find the gate of the temple when the night fell.
After the report, after a while, the monk led the two into the inner courtyard and introduced the abbot of the temple, Zen Master Jingye. The Silent Night Zen Master was skinny and sorrowful, and he was sitting cross-legged on the futon at the moment, he opened his eyes slightly, and said with a slight hoarseness: "Your guests are coming from afar, where are you going?"
"From where you come from, where you go!" replied Luo Cheng with a smile.
"The donor is indeed extraordinary, Master Hongye is in the guest room in the backyard, Dumin, you can take the two Tanyue there! Amitabha!" The Silent Night Zen Master closed his eyes and settled again.
The two of them didn't dare to disturb others to retreat, and followed the little master to the backyard. The mountain road is relatively rugged, and the monk may not be proficient in martial arts, and it is blind in the dark light, so it is relatively difficult to walk. Luo Cheng stepped forward to help him from time to time, but he won the favor of the other party.
The ferryman chatted: "Recently, the back mountain is not very peaceful, there may be fierce beasts, you should not run around then." ”
"The temples in this Luoxia Mountain are full of incense, there are many people coming and going, can there still be fierce beasts?" Luo Cheng couldn't help but have a trace of doubt, and asked: "Little master, I think there are some small beasts in this mountain at most, if there are fierce beasts, wouldn't they have been disposed of earlier?"
"A few nights ago, when I was delivering food to Master Momiji, I heard some movement when I passed by the dense forest on the edge of the cliff in front of me, and then I saw several black shadows flashing, and they were strangely large, not like small beasts like monkeys. But when I got closer, I was gone, maybe I was dazzled. ”
Luo Cheng and Yan Qing glanced at each other, and at the same time thought that something was wrong, it was very likely that the monk who knew the guest was seeing the characters of the rivers and lakes, but what kind of intersection would these people have with the Red Leaf Master, and they would continue to climb the cliff.
At this moment, a miserable scream of "Ah!" came not far away, Luo Cheng and the two immediately followed the source, and soon saw several fine houses in front of them.
The door of the fine house in the middle was wide open, and there seemed to be a crowd of people inside, Luo Cheng and Yan Qing immediately pulled out their weapons and rushed in.
In the faint light of the candle, Jueming's thin body lay at the door, and Elder Zhishan squatted on the ground with the dying abbot of Momiji in his arms, his face was full of sadness, and there was no blandness at that time. The Wisdom Elder sat cross-legged on the side, his palm against the Tanzhong acupoint of the red leaves, trying his best to convey the true qi, and his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat. Seeing this, Luo Cheng and the others hurriedly put away their weapons and stepped forward to help.
Master Hongye was hit by a sword in the ribs of the back, and was stabbed in half, and at this moment, the blood flowed, Yan Qing quickly took off his coat, tore it into strips of cloth, and wrapped his wounds. And Luo Cheng transported the true qi of his whole body and sent it to Master Hongye.
Master Momiji's eyes were slightly closed, his lips were purple, and he trembled slightly, and he was already dying. His throat gurgled and he spurted out a mouthful of dirty blood, sat up like a flashback, stopped everyone's busyness, and said weakly: "The time limit has come, you don't have to bother. Please bear witness that today I will pass on the position of the abbot of Beichan Temple to the ......"
Ji-sun and Zhi-ji sat upright, both of them a little nervous.
“...... passed on to Luo Cheng, I hope the two juniors can assist him well. Today, Jue Ming poisoned my tea, and then he arrived with people, and before leaving, he didn't forget to kill people, he, they ......."
Before he finished speaking, in the astonishment of everyone, this wise old man who had lived for more than a century swallowed his last breath and passed away for a long time.
"Luo Cheng is not a disciple of this sect, how can he inherit the presiding over of this temple, it is simply unreasonable!" Elder Zhishan's face had already recovered, and he said sharply.
Luo Cheng felt very embarrassed, and a little inexplicable, and pushed the boat down the river and said: "What Master Zhishan said is reasonable, or you two masters choose a capable person in the temple to be the abbot, it is really difficult to be a big responsibility when you are young and knowledgeable!"
Yan Qing stood aside thoughtfully, and then spoke: "Hongye Abbot Fuhui Double Cultivation, is a generation of grandmasters, his last words must have a deep meaning, Brother Luo should be responsible for this. ”
"Yes, since Senior Brother said so, we just do it. Zhizhi had already placed the body on the wooden bed, walked back and said: "At present, the most important thing is to transport the abbot's body back to the temple for cremation as soon as possible, and then it is the enthronement ceremony of the new abbot, the ceremony is complicated, and it can be prepared slowly after the senator's meeting, but the transportation of the body is urgent, I plan to leave tonight, and the matters of the senate will be handed over to Luo Cheng and his junior brother, Zhishan, is there any objection?"
"Hmph......" Elder Zhishan acquiesced to the facts for the time being, snorted, and strode away.
Luo Cheng was also a little at a loss at this time, and said differently: "It's a pity that Master Hongye didn't report the name of the murderer before his death, but this person must be someone known by the master, who will it be?"
Yan Qing analyzed: "Although the master was poisoned first, but the wound on the master's body was only a sword wound, which shows that the offender's swordsmanship is extremely skillful, and he will hit the opponent hard with one move, and the offender also carries manpower, which may be to prevent the target from escaping, or someone to rescue." ”
Yan Qing's analysis is methodical, and the basic restoration of the incident is not far from ten, Luo Cheng and Zhizhi couldn't help nodding after hearing this, one of the sword masters Luo Cheng met was Yan Feixue, and the other was Yang Xiaotian, but one didn't come to Huizhou, and the other had no reason to kill Master Hongye.
At this time, the host of Shuiyue Temple also arrived with a few stewards and monks, and was shocked to see the scene in front of him, and Master Jingye said: "How can this be?
Zhizhi stepped forward and told everyone the ins and outs of the matter and Hongye's last words, and finally said: "That's the thing, please let the masters testify, Luo Cheng is now the abbot of Beichan Temple, and will attend the senate meeting on behalf of the temple, please take care of it, the poor monk will rush overnight tonight to escort the abbot's body back." ”
At this moment, Luo Cheng couldn't be sloppy, he stepped forward to salute the monks one by one, and after greetings, Master Jingye said: "Congratulations to Luo Shaoxia on becoming the abbot of Beichan Temple, I don't know what to send now, this temple should try its best to cooperate!"
Luo Cheng pondered for a while, and said: "Master Hongye was attacked and killed in your temple, it was a conspiracy, and it has nothing to do with your temple, Master Jingye doesn't need to blame himself, I plan to escort the body down the mountain with Master Zhizhi first, please ask the master to inquire more about the murder, how about it?"
"This is a matter within the temple of this temple, why don't you send a few disciples to carry the body?" Jingye asked.
Luo Cheng shook his head and said: "No need, master, now it's better to send out people to search the neighborhood first, looking for some clues! I'm enough to escort Yan Qing and the intelligent master, please ask the master to inform the master of Zhishan in this temple, let him go to Fulai Building to find me in three days, and then go to the senate together!"
The matter has come to this, and the abbot of the silent night has no choice but to make a move Luo Cheng said, and immediately issue an order, and all the monks set out together to patrol the mountain vigorously with torches. And Luo Cheng and the three of them carried the body and quietly walked down the mountain.