Chapter 30: Benevolence and Righteousness
The three of them came to the temple together, and a small novice offered fragrant tea, and after greeting each other, they sat down cross-legged on the futon.
Emperor Baoding explained his intention to the monk Huangmei, and the way was that Duan Yu was trapped in the Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations by the former prince Duan Yanqing, and asked the monk Huangmei to save him.
In order to show his sincerity, Emperor Baoding promised to exempt Dali from salt tax for five years, a benevolent measure, in fact, he originally wanted to leave it to Duan Zhengchun.
This is the Yellow Eyebrow monk invited many years ago, Emperor Baoding for various reasons delayed, and now the Yellow Eyebrow monk's wish has been returned.
Monk Huangmei nodded, knowing that Emperor Baoding made such a big concession, it must have come because he asked for something.
When I thought of Duan Yu I saw in the past, although he was young, he already had Buddha nature, and the Huangmei monk nodded frequently: "This son is quite Buddha nature, very rare, and today he is in trouble and has to be saved." ”
While talking and laughing, the Huangmei monk slowly pointed out and pointed at Emperor Baoding's chest, and the wind was quite fierce.
Emperor Baoding hurriedly returned a finger, and the strength of the two people collided in the air, and their bodies shook.
The yellow-eyed monk sighed: "With Lao Gao's vajra finger, it can't beat Emperor Duan Xian's Yang Finger, and it is estimated that it may not be able to beat Duan Yanqing." ”
Emperor Baoding said: "With the wisdom and scheming of the master, it is not necessary to win by force." ”
Hong Jin suddenly said, "Master Huangmei, I can stay and help you." ”
The yellow-eyed monk glanced at Hong Jin, with a strange look on his face, and did not say much, but nodded.
At the moment, they discussed with each other and decided to send troops in two ways, and Hong Jin took the Huangmei monk to go first to see if he could save Duan Yu.
Qin Hongmian took the soldiers and horses of the Duan family to respond in the back, and if necessary, he would use Hua Hegen's ability to dig graves in the past.
Emperor Baoding and Monk Huangmei, hearing that Hong Jin was calm and determined, laid out a plan to rescue Duan Yu, and couldn't help but secretly admire.
What is especially rare is that Hong Jin has a special understanding of the masters of Dali, whether it is the character or the characteristics of kung fu, and he is also quite familiar with the four evildoers.
The yellow-eyed monk showed a look of surprise on his face: "Hong Shaoxia, I didn't expect your martial arts knowledge to be so clever, may I ask where your teacher is, can you tell the old man?"
Hong Jin couldn't help but think of the thousand-year-old temple, and hurriedly said with a solemn expression: "All my skills come from Shaolin Temple." ”
The Huangmei monk nodded and said: "The world's martial arts are out of Shaolin, no wonder the young man's martial arts knowledge is so extraordinary, when the old man intended to go to Shaolin to avoid trouble, he was afraid of affecting the Shaolin Temple, so he didn't go." ”
Thinking of this, the yellow-eyed monk was in a trance, thinking that he thought of all kinds of past events.
Emperor Baoding got up to say goodbye, but the Huangmei monk did not send him, simply cleaned up, and took the two middle-aged monks to break the anger and the idiot, and went to the Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations with Hong Jin.
After some pranayama, especially in the ancient temple, Hong Jin only felt that his strength had recovered a lot.
Even if it can't return to its heyday, if it fights the crane in the clouds again, the outcome will be unpredictable.
The two monks, Po Yi and Po Idiot, are both disciples of the Huangmei monk, and they both felt very surprised to see the master treat a young man so politely.
In the hearts of the two monks, Po Anger and Po Idiot, their master is a senior master, and it is really not an easy task to get his approval.
To save people's hearts, the Huangmei monk and others all went by horse, and they hurried along the way.
After some journey, I finally came to the outside of the Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations and saw the nine big pine trees.
Monk Huangmei shook his head, he was a little dissatisfied with Zhong Wanqiu's resentment, but he forgot that many years ago, he was also so entangled in grievances and hatreds.
Instead of being reckless, Hong Jin knocked three times on the big tree with the word "Duan" inscribed on it, and then saw a servant come and open the door.
As soon as the servant opened the door and saw three monks and a young man, he couldn't help but look stunned, these people came a little unexpectedly.
Hong Jin didn't talk to him too much, and directly used his sleeve wind to fan the servant back a few steps, and swaggered in.
If Hong Jin really begged for words, the servant would definitely not allow them to enter at will, and now seeing Hong Jin's fierce and vicious appearance, he knew that he couldn't afford to provoke him, so he quickly ran in.
Hong Jin roughly remembered the location of Duan Yanqing's prisoner, probably in a black and oppressive wood, and that place was behind the valley.
The group turned around a few times, and inevitably took some detours on the way, but they never encountered anyone who intercepted them, presumably Zhong Wanqiu and others, but they didn't expect Hong Jin to come so quickly.
As expected, Zhong Wanqiu deliberately sent an invitation, but did not write down the location of the Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations, because he wanted Duan Zhengchun to look for it anxiously, and then send someone else to inform him.
Zhong Wanqiu never expected that Hong Jin and Qin Hongmian would be in Zhennan Wangfu, which made him self-defeating.
Hong Jin and his entourage of four people, the more they walked, the more remote they became, they really couldn't imagine that there would be such a desolate place in the beautiful Valley of Ten Thousand Tribulations.
Suddenly, a person came in front of him in a panic, and the footsteps were particularly light, Yan Ruochunhua was actually Zhong Ling.
Hong Jin said: "Miss Zhong, may I ask Duan Gongzi, where was he imprisoned by that green-robed monster?"
Zhong Ling raised her head, and suddenly saw Hong Jin, there was really indescribable joy in her expression, she pointed to the left front with her hand and said, "Keep moving forward, turn a corner and you'll be there." ”
After speaking, Zhong Ling walked quickly towards the valley, as if he had something urgent to do.
Hong Jin Zhilu said that Zhong Ling must be looking for the antidote to "Yin and Yang and Hesan", and it seems that the situation has reached a very serious point.
According to Zhong Ling's guidance, Hong Jin and his party of four quickly came to a stone house, and saw a green-robed monster sitting on a stone bench in front of them.
Hong Jin looked at the blue-robed monster with a long beard hanging down his chest, his eyes were dark, and his eyes were wide open, he was very attentive, naturally it was Duan Yanqing.
On the stone table in front of Duan Yanqing, there were two thin iron rods, seven or eight feet long.
Seeing Hong Jin and the others coming, Duan Yanqing remained motionless, naturally without any intention of giving way.
Hong Jin Zhilu said that it was not easy to rescue Duan Yulai, because the place where Duan Yanqing was sitting could be said to be a one-man affair, and there was no way to open it.
And what makes people even more worrying is that if Duan Yanqing is annoyed and angry, as long as he goes down with a cane, the bluestone house will collapse with a bang, and Duan Yu and Mu Wanqing will probably be stoned to death on the spot.
Now I can only outwit it, but I have to see if the Huangmei monk can beat Duan Yanqing.
The yellow-eyed monk has fluttering clothes, and he really has the appearance of a high-ranking monk, and he heard him say leisurely: "Nineteen ways and horizons, how many people are confused, and the layman has Yaxing, can you talk about a game with the old man?"
When Duan Yanqing was the crown prince in the past, he could be described as an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and he had an extremely deep interest in Go, and his chess strength was extremely high, so he nodded when he heard this.
The yellow-eyed monk was not lazy, and immediately leaned over and carved it on the bluestone slab with a wooden fish mallet made of fine iron, only to hear the sound of snorting, the stone chips flew wildly, and it was a straight line.
Hong Jin was dumbfounded, and the Yellow Eyebrow Monk had a high internal force, even if it was not as good as the Kunlun Three Sages He Zudao, but it was almost the same.
"What a deep vajra finger power, old monk, good kung fu. Suddenly, a strange voice sounded, and when he looked up at Duan Yanqing, he saw that he didn't open his mouth.
Hong Jin naturally knew that this was Duan Yanqing's ventriloquist technique, this trick was quite clever, and the two of them had never seen it, so they couldn't help but be amazed.
Duan Yanqing stretched out his hand and grabbed the thin iron staff, stretched out the head of the cane, and slowly drew a line on the ground, just like the Huangmei monk, it was not the slightest skew, and the depth was also average.
The Huangmei monk smiled on his face, feeling a little more grasped in his heart, he was still afraid that Duan Yanqing would definitely make a move, so he would throw a mouse trap and would not be able to give full play to his strengths.
In this way, two people, you and I, quickly drew a nineteen-lane chessboard on the ground.
Regardless of the length or length of the chessboard, it is of general depth, as if it was drawn by one person, which shows that the internal force of the two is very strong, and there is not much difference.
Hong Jin's heart was full of admiration, and he wanted him to draw such a chessboard on the bluestone slab, even if he could barely do it, but it would inevitably be of different depths, which was his skill, not pure enough.
Monk Huangmei and Prince Yanqing glanced at each other, secretly surprised in their hearts, and admired each other very much.
"The internal strength of the layman is amazing, and the chess strength must be as amazing, and the old man wants the layman to spare the four sons. The yellow-eyed monk said with a flat face.
Duan Yanqing was very stunned, he saw that the monk Huangmei came to challenge his chess skills, and his level was naturally extraordinary, but he didn't expect that as soon as he came on the field, he actually asked Rao Zi first.
Unexpectedly, the other party, as a high-ranking monk with status, was so almost a scoundrel in chess, which was really unexpected by Duan Yanqing.
Duan Yanqing, as the head of the four evildoers, was an extremely shrewd character, acting quite carefully, and shook his head at the moment: "The most important thing in chess is fairness, this is a spare, you must not do it." ”
Then the Huangmei monk asked to spare the third son, until the first son, but Duan Yanqing sternly refused.
Monk Huangmei suddenly changed the topic: "Since this is the case, then I will spare the fourth son of the layman, how about it?"
Such a soft and hard attitude really made Duan Yanqing unbearable, even though he was the head of the four evildoers, he had never seen such a strange monk.
Duan Yanqing refused to do such a loss, and hurriedly rejected the request of the Huangmei monk.
Monk Huangmei saw that Duan Yanqing did not eat soft and hard, and he was not impatient or impatient, such a temperament was exactly the necessary characteristic of a chess master, and he couldn't help but be secretly vigilant in his heart.
You must know that Emperor Baoding gave up five years of salt tax, which is a great merit for the Huangmei monk.
Even though Emperor Baoding did not explicitly ask the Huangmei monk to do anything, but the Huangmei monk knew that this time he was out of the horse, he must win, since he lost, then his life was gone, because he had no face to see the Baoding Emperor.
The yellow-eyed monk smiled bitterly and said: "Since you are unwilling to spare your son, then I am a guest from afar, so you must let me go first." ”
Duan Yanqing sneered: "Since this chess game is so peculiar, how can you easily give up the first move, or according to the rules of the player, the two sides guess first, right?"
The yellow-eyed monk looked helpless: "It's really yours, but it's really leaky, that's good, I'll tell you, you can guess, Lao Qu is nine out of sixty this year, and when he waits for next year, do you say Lao Ge's toes are single or double?"
Hong Jin was very moved from the sidelines, but at this time, he couldn't help much, and he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.
Even though he had only met the Huangmei monk, Hong Jin's heart was treated as if he had been a confidant for many years, because Hong Jin had always been full of admiration for this monk.
Not to mention that the monk Huangmei was chivalrous and righteous when he was young, and did a lot of vigorous things, he asked Emperor Baoding to exempt the people of Dali from salt tax for five years, so that the people of Dali can live a more stable life, it can be said that ten thousand families are born Buddhas, and the merits are immeasurable.
Such a venerable and admirable monk is now about to cut off a toe in front of Hong Jin, can he really be indifferent?