Chapter 1 Revisiting the Ancient Temple, Reminiscing the Dusty Years (20)

During Xie Jingxi's time in the Hanging Temple, his uncle Xie Renlu, who was dismissed because his father was imprisoned and was dismissed, sometimes came to see Xie Jingxi quietly, and more often, Xie Jingxi was taken care of and cultivated by Master Lonely Sky, at that time, Master Lonely Sky spent a lot of effort and risked a lot of money to protect and cultivate Xie Jingxi, because the hostile forces of the Xie family in the court sent killers to the Hanging Temple more than once to find out Xie Jingxi's whereabouts and want to kill Xie Jingxi, they figured out that Guò killed Xie Renyu's son and completely defeated Xie Renyu spiritually.

Xie Jingxi was originally a wealthy son, after the famous general, but in the Hanging Temple, but lived a life of hiding and hiding, he shaved his head, and the little monks in the temple, chanted scriptures during the day, swept the floor, worshiped the Buddha, and practiced martial arts with the little monks in the temple, and at night, under the teaching of Master Lonely Sky, he studied Confucian classics, Taoist doctrine and military classics, and at the same time, Master Lonely Sky was guided to practice martial arts alone.

Master Lonely Sky can be literate and martial, is a great monk with political experience and battlefield experience and then escaped into the empty door, he is not only well versed in Buddhist classics, but also has a considerable understanding of Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism and Zonghengjia and other schools of doctrine, is a very erudite mage, at the same time, he is also the top master of martial arts, he learned martial arts in Songshan Shaolin Temple, in Wudang worshiped the master, on the battlefield, he learned martial arts in Shaolin, Wudang, showed his might, he resigned and hid in the Hanging Temple, and strive to integrate Shaolin, The characteristics of Wudang martial arts have created the "Shuangshan Crouching Tiger Flying Dragon Fist".

In the view of Master Silent Sky, Songshan and Wudang Mountain are the two high mountains of martial arts, and he focuses on integrating Shaolin's rigid and soft boxing with Wudang's sharp and changeable boxing, and combines Shaolin sticks and Wudang swords. Therefore, his "Shuangshan Crouching Tiger Flying Dragon Boxing" has both Shaolin boxing soft and rigid, internal and external skills combined with one characteristic, and Wudang boxing is sharp and changeable, offensive and defensive characteristics, at the same time, can not only make fists with bare hands, but also skillfully make the stick as a sword, the sword as a stick dance, is a very exquisite boxing skills.

While constantly perfecting the boxing method he created, Master Silent Sky taught Xie Jingxi to practice martial arts, and improved his boxing skills in the practice of martial arts. Perfecting boxing in teaching. Xie Jingxi has been in the Hanging Temple for nearly ten years, practicing the "Shuangshan Crouching Tiger Flying Dragon Fist" with Master Lonely Sky, and has obtained the true inheritance of Master Lonely Sky.

One evening, six years after Xie Jingxi entered the ancient temple, he went to the valley below the ancient temple to practice boxing. Suddenly. Three men in black came out from behind the mountain. With his sword in hand, he surrounded him and tried to take his life. Xie Jingxi danced the "Shuangshan Crouching Tiger Flying Dragon Fist", one person dealt with three uninvited guests, six rounds later, the three men in black all died under his fist, Xie Jingxi was surprised, he didn't want to take their lives, he didn't know that the set of martial arts taught him by his master was so powerful, when he punched the three men in black, he still had reservations, but he didn't expect them to be killed after the punch.

Xie Jingxi returned to the ancient temple of the mountain cliff, knelt in front of the statue of the Bodhisattva, clasped his palms and silently recited the scriptures, and did not get up for a long time, he repented to the Buddha and asked the Buddha to forgive him for being too heavy and causing the death of three people.

Later, his master, Master Shankong, came and asked him several times why he kept kneeling, but he continued to recite the scriptures silently, and after his master's repeated questioning, he told him what had just happened in the valley and asked him to punish him.

Master Lonely Sky said to him: "Good apprentice, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, you didn't mean to kill, it's the master who didn't tell you about the power of the boxing technique you learned, besides, the man in black is going to kill you first, you take action in self-defense, for the wicked, you don't have to repent for killing, 'My Buddha does good and eliminates evil, and evil is also good', you don't have to be sad anymore, if you let those three men in black go, maybe they will kill others." ”

Listening to what the master said, Xie Jingxi felt a lot more relaxed, he realized, he thought: "If you can try not to kill without killing, but when you meet evil people, killing them may be protecting the good ones, good will be rewarded, evil will be rewarded, cause and effect, cause and effect depend on each other, may the Buddha bless." ”

On the third day after Xie Jingxi punched and killed the three black-clothed people, a general of the imperial court led his troops to the Hanging Temple to search, saying that three officers and soldiers were killed when they were investigating the party, and they were going to search for the murderer.

Later, some senior monks in the ancient temple, after knowing Xie Jingxi's experience, were very concerned about him, some taught him to read the scriptures very seriously, some taught him boxing, some taught him to recite Buddhism, and some taught him to paint Buddhist paintings.

Time flies, more than nine years passed quickly, the old emperor in the court died, in exchange for a new emperor, it turned out that the arrogant and domineering traitors around the old emperor were dismissed and imprisoned, Xie Jingxi's father Xie Renyu and his uncle Xie Renlu were judged as unjust cases by the new emperor before the incident, and the two of them were reinstated, but unfortunately, Xie Renyu was tortured in prison, his body was damaged, and he died less than a year after being released from prison.

After Xie Jingxi's father died, his uncle Xie Renlu was promoted from Hubu Langzhong to Hubu Right Attendant, and his colleagues in the court remembered Xie Jingxi's father's loyalty, courage and sincerity, and asked the emperor for approval to appoint Xie Jingxi as the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, enjoying the treatment of a seven-grade official.

Xie Jingxi reluctantly bid farewell to his master, Master Shankong and his uncle, Master Jingjing, ending his nearly ten years of temple career.

Xie Jingxi is knowledgeable, upright and upright, diligent, profound, very popular, and repeatedly promoted.

At that time, Silence obeyed the instructions of his senior brother Xian before his death, and did not inform Xie Jingxi, and only two years later did he tell Xie Jingxi, asking him to go to the Hanging Temple five years after the death of his master Xian, this time Xie Jingxi took Xie Jiayao to visit the Hanging Temple again, which was to obey the call of his uncle.

Xie Jingxi revisited his hometown, and he felt that he was still so familiar with the cliffs, deep valleys, halls, pavilions, corridors, Buddha statues, mountain rocks, forests, etc. of the Hanging Temple. His master, Master Silence, had passed away, and he would never see his mentor again, and now, he just wanted to see his uncle Silence and ask him about the situation before his master's death.

Halfway up the mountain, after entering the mountain gate, walk to the backyard, where there is a monk's house, and the silence lives in a quiet meditation room in the monk's house.

Xie Jingxi knocked on the door and said, "Uncle Shi." Xiao Xizi has come to visit you!"

"Come in. Xiao Xizi, I didn't expect you to come today, I thought you would come at the end of the year. The silent monk said.

Xie Jingxi led Xie Jiayao into the silent meditation room, and he said, "Uncle Shi is on top." Let the apprentice and the apprentice's daughter salute you!" said. Xie Jingxi led his daughter to bow to Uncle Silence.

"Huh. The little monk of the year has now become a member of the imperial court, and time flies so fast. You are very much like your father's style, but you are more sensitive than your father, he is outspoken, and you know the proper words even though you are straightforward!" said the silence.

"I didn't expect that my uncle used to be so strict, but now he actually praises me as a little apprentice, which really makes the little apprentice so happy!" Xie Jingxi said.

"Today, if you take your daughter, Uncle Shi will have to give you face, how can he embarrass you in front of your daughter?" said the silent monk.

"Hehe, father, look at how good your uncle is to you and gives you a lot of face, this is the cutest uncle! This also shows that father, when you were in the Hanging Temple, how much your master and uncle liked you!" Xie Jiayao interjected.

"Of course, how good Master and Uncle are to me, you don't know, back then, although my father suffered a lot of setbacks in this Hanging Temple, but with the care of Master and Uncle Shi, I was also very happy!" Xie Jingxi said.

"Haha, Xiao Xizi, it seems that you are a good daughter, very smart, and you can say such beautiful words, which shows that you are very keen!" said the silent monk.

"Uncle, you don't know, the knowledge that you and my master taught me has been passed on to my daughter invisibly, she not only knows many classics, but also knows how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she is smart and studious, and she is considered a beautiful person among the younger generation, haha, please allow the apprentice to say a few proud words for his daughter!" Xie Jingxi said.

"To tell the truth, my senior brother has devoted his whole life to caring for and accompanying you, he he, while creating zào boxing, while teaching you boxing, he passed on all the 'Shuangshan Crouching Tiger Flying Dragon Boxing' to you, the reason why he did this is because he is optimistic that you have three advantages: first, you are a decent and famous family, you have always been very upright; second, you are the son of the eldest brother of his brother in life and death, can he not take care of it? Third, you have been smart since you were a child, very kind-hearted, very understanding, and you are very quick to learn literature and martial arts, which makes him feel that you are a rare good apprentice. The Master of Silence said.

"The apprentice is so grateful to the master and uncle, the apprentice encountered such a big setback at that time, it was the master and the uncle who took such a big risk to protect the apprentice with all their might, the apprentice had a chance to live, at that time, the entire temple was inspected by the officers and soldiers, it was the uncle who took the apprentice to the secret cave in the valley to hide, so that he could survive, and this life will never be forgotten!" Xie Jingxi said very sincerely.

"My senior brother is so good to you, in addition to the reasons mentioned above, there is a very important reason, it was not possible to say it at the time, but now it can be said, in fact, your father and your uncle, when your family suffered a setback, entrusted a very secret matter to the senior brother, your Xie family is a famous family, in the previous generations, the marquis worshiped the prime minister, and the handsome will come out in large numbers, yes, and then encountered a very big setback, after your father is a famous general, the ancestors left a very important secret, and your family's after the disaster, there are some family rules, so that your father and your uncle have to abide by it, in the situation at that time, they are worried that they are likely to be in danger of their lives after being dismissedPerhaps there was no chance to convey the secrets of the family, so your father and your uncle entrusted your master to wait for the right time to tell you the secrets of the family, but later, your master passed away and failed to tell you the secrets. ”

I heard your master say that I have to wait until the conditions are ripe to tell you, and now, Lao Qu is finally able to relax, and the things that the senior brother explained will be completed soon, this time, you have brought your daughter to visit the ancient temple, this is a very happy thing, Lao Qu invites you to stay here for a few more days, before you leave, I will tell you all the qiē, you will definitely feel very surprised!" said the silent monk. (To be continued......)