On the road leading to Shaomuro Mountain, two horsemen marched in parallel, one riding a middle-aged man with a stick, and the other riding a young man with a knife.

These two people are naturally Xu Hu and Yang Guo.

Yang Guo asked as he rode forward, "There are many opportunities for you to escape along the way, why did you give up all of them in vain?"

Xu Hu said: "In fact, in the past few years, I have always wanted to return to Shaolin, but I don't have the courage to face a person, so I have been running away, and you just gave me a chance to face reality and helped me make a choice." ”

Yang Guo asked, "What kind of precepts did you violate back then, so that you would be expelled from the school?"

Xu Hu smiled bitterly: "There is nothing to hide about this matter, and it doesn't hurt to say that it is okay for you to listen to it." In fact, I am a halfway monk in Shaolin, and it is difficult to make a big difference on the way to martial arts, so I am often bullied by some of my peers, and I am a competitive person, and I can't bear this breath, so I often have conflicts with my classmates. In a martial arts competition, I met a normal opponent, although he was my junior brother, but my martial arts were not as good as his, and I was unsurprisingly defeated by his men in that competition. But I was not convinced, so I took advantage of him to come over to help him, and made a sneak attack. I just wanted to wound him, but I knew that there was an accident in the fight, and I accidentally blinded him in one eye. In the past few years, every time I think about this, I feel guilty in my heart, and I don't know how to face that junior brother again. But when you put the knife on my neck, little brother, I suddenly figured it out, I want to go back to Shaolin Temple to make amends to that junior brother, whether he is willing to forgive me or not, I don't want to bear this responsibility again. ”

Yang Guo said: "In this way, you have to thank me well, I don't know what you want to use as a reward?"

Xu Hu said with a smile: "Brother Yang is a cheerful person, but I am almost at the age of not being confused, and I can't write yet, what can I take as a reward? ”

Yang Guo said: "I heard that the bamboo wine produced in Shaomuro Mountain tastes good, and this time, I must try it." ”

He changed the topic and said, "I can see that you are still quite respected by your subordinates, will it be a pity to disband like this?"

Xu Hu said: "Being a thief is just my expedient measure, and there is nothing to regret, what I have been doing is a business that violates my conscience, and it may not be a good thing for them to be human again." ”

The two talked as they walked, and soon they arrived at the foot of the Shaomuro Mountain.

Yang Guo got off the horse and said: "Shaolin Temple is known as the source of martial arts, and this threshold is not low, I don't know what method you want to use to let me enter Shaolin?"

Xu Hu heard that he untied a jade Buddha from his neck, handed it to Yang Guo, and said: "I am embarrassed now, it is not appropriate to come forward directly, and when you hold this token, you will say that you want to see the Zen Master of Wuyi, presumably the monk guarding the door will not embarrass you, if the Zen Master of Wuzhi is willing to meet, you can claim to be my friend, and explain my intention to the Zen Master of Wuyi, and everything after that will be subject to the orders of the Zen Master of Wuyi." ”

Yang Guo took the Jade Buddha and looked at it, and asked, "This Zen Master of No Anger is the prison that has a lot to do with you?"

Xu Hu nodded and said, "Yes, the secular identity of the Zen Master is my uncle, and this jade Buddha is still a gift from the Zen Master of the Innocent. ”

Yang Guo said: "I hope your Jade Buddha can play a role, if things go well, I will come to look for you soon." ”

Xu Hu hugged his fists and said, "Then thank you Brother Yang." ”

Yang Guo waved his hand and said: "It's just mutual benefit, no need to thank you, let's settle it." ”

He handed the reins of the horse into Xu Hu's hands, and went up the stone steps with a large knife.

The stone steps that Yang Guo walked, wide and long, were excavated by Tang Gaozong for the Shaolin Temple, the length was eight miles, and the end of the stone steps was the famous Shaolin Temple.

Yang Guo turned all the way up, saw the majestic mountains in the distance, and the cliffs near him were like cutting, and he couldn't help but feel wide, and thought: "Since the ancient famous mountains have come out of the ancient temple, this Shaolin Temple doesn't know what it looks like?"

Although he admired the mountain scenery on both sides, his steps were not affected in the slightest, and the stone steps quickly disappeared behind him, but after two moments of effort, after turning a mountain bend, a large temple with yellow walls and blue tiles could be seen in the distance.

Yang Guo was a little excited, looking at the continuous houses and stunned for a while, before continuing to walk, but thinking in his heart: "Shaolin Temple can be said to be the first in the righteous path in the Tianlong period, only a nameless monk can sweep the martial arts, it is almost difficult to find opponents, I don't know if there is a more powerful hidden master, according to common sense, the inheritance of Shaolin Temple has not been broken, why is it that it is now in decline? Could it be that the fire foreman Tuo who betrayed more than 90 years ago can have such a big impact?"

He was pondering to himself, but he heard a broken cry in his ears: "Donor, please stop, this is a pure place in Shaolin Temple, no matter who comes, you must untie your sword!"

Yang Guo looked up, but saw that he had already come to the main gate, and two gray-clothed monks were staring at him fiercely.

He remembered this regulation of the Shaolin Temple, so he directly handed over the big knife, and then said: "The two little masters are polite, I came this time to ask to see the Zen master of your temple, and I hope that the two will speak on their behalf." ”

The round-faced monk on the left glanced at Yang Guo, and when he saw that he was dressed in tatters, he looked down on him, and said in his heart: "Another desperate person who wants to seek refuge in Shaolin Temple is called Huazi, how can my Shaolin Temple be a place that can be easily trespassed?" He said: "My Shaolin Temple has not seen outsiders for many years, this donor should please go back, and the blade will be returned at the bottom of the mountain." ”

Yang Guo took out Xu Hu's jade Buddha and said: "I do have something to ask to see the Zen Master of Wuzhi, this jade Buddha also asks the little master to hand it over, if the Wuzhi Zen Master is really missing, I will leave immediately." ”

The round-faced monk saw that his words did not seem to be fake, and said in his heart: "Maybe this young man really has something to do with the Zen Master of Wuxi, and he can't be offended before the matter is clear." Then he said, "In that case, please wait here for a while." After saying that, he took the jade Buddha in his hand and went inside.

After a while, the round-faced monk hurriedly returned and said to Yang Guo: "This donor, the Zen master has agreed to meet each other, and he also asked the donor to come with the little monk." ”

Yang Guo saw that the monk's attitude was very different, and he couldn't help but think: "It seems that this snobbish heart is the same everywhere, and Shaolin Temple is no exception, if I hadn't met Xu Hu, I must have been able to block me from this gate alone, let alone see the high-level of Shaolin Temple in a grand manner." ”

He followed the round-faced monk into the temple gate, all the way through the door and through the corridor, turning around, I don't know where he went, until he stopped in front of a large hall.

There were also two monks on duty in front of the hall, and the round-faced monk stepped forward and said, "Two senior brothers, I have brought the people that the Zen Master wants to see." ”

One of the two monks nodded and said to Yang Guo, "You can come with me." ”

Yang Guo saw the words "Dharma Academy" written on the plaque of the main hall, and he was taken aback in his heart, and said secretly: "This Dharma Academy is the most respected place in the Shaolin Temple, and all the masters are almost all out of it. ”

He straightened his clothes, stepped up the steps, and walked in with the monk on duty.

Contrary to Yang Guo's expectations, the monk on duty who led the way did not stop in the main hall, but walked directly through the main hall, and then walked towards a row of side rooms.

Yang Guo looked left and right, and saw that there was a simple and solemn everywhere, and secretly praised in his heart, Shaolin Temple has a deep accumulation, but this momentum is overpowering the Quanzhen Sect.

The monk on duty stopped in front of a side room in the middle and said respectfully to the room: "Ancestor, the disciple of the person who holds the Jade Buddha has been brought. ”

A deep voice in the room first said "um", and then said, "Let him in." ”

The monk on duty answered "yes", and then said to Yang Guo: "Donor, please go in by yourself, and the little monk will leave." He bowed.

Yang Guo returned the salute and thanked him, then stepped forward and gently pushed open the door and walked in.