Chapter Twenty-Five: What Happened Then and Today Will
In the Zen room, Qiao Feng and Xuan Ku are opposite, both of them are open hearts, and they trust each other to choose to talk, but one is to listen more, and the other is to talk more.
Qiao Feng nodded in thanks, and he listened to Xuan's bitter recounting, "More than thirty years ago, a Khitan team came to the Central Plains, and we received a letter from a mysterious person, saying that they would come to Shaolin to steal the secrets of martial arts, and possibly storm the border of the Great Song Dynasty. At that time, we also had suspicions, thinking that the person was very likely to have bad intentions, but the news from the martial arts proved the truth of the matter. As a result, under the leadership of my senior brother Xuan Ci, Shaolin recruited the world's martial arts, and almost all the masters of the rivers and lakes formed an army to resist resistance. ”
Qiao Feng was silent, after being a Song man for so many years, he naturally knew very well the patriotic enthusiasm of the martial arts people in the Central Plains. He looked at Xuan Bitter and listened carefully, for fear of missing a single bit.
"Outside the Yanmen Pass, the two sides met and hostile, Shaolin in the spirit of compassion, do not want to kill more, and at the same time is more than less than the mentality of wanting to talk to the leader of the Khitan team, unexpectedly, the other party actually launched an attack first, completely dispelling our plans. A big war, bloody rain, heavy casualties, when the blood flowed like a river, I can't bear to see more, later, Shaolin finally and the Khitan leader Wang to the king's confrontation, only to know that this turned out that before, someone had already infiltrated the Khitan camp first, made a killing, and used an extreme way to make a war letter. "Painful and painful memories.
Qiao Feng hurriedly said, "Who is the Khitan leader, did he say what happened at that time, why did someone commit the murder first?" Xuan Ku lowered his head, his eyes showed regret and helplessness, "I guess you also have a guess, that Khitan leader is your biological father Xiao Yuanshan." As for his preemptive attack on the camp, we only learned about it after the fact, and the situation at that time was already red-eyed, and although some wise people saw that something was wrong, it was too late. ”
Qiao Feng had a premonition. He asked nervously, "What happened?" Xuan Ku said a Buddha horn, "Someone sneaked into the camp of the Khitans, killed his wife with a sword in front of Xiao Yuanshan, and left a message of a decisive battle. Therefore, Xiao Yuanshan will be crazy, and he will fight to the death without saying a word, until we knock him off the cliff, and he has never said a word. ”
Qiao Feng was silent, although he did not participate in the battle, he could feel Xiao Yuanshan's despair and his incomparable heartache at that time. It was a sad sorrow of a dead heart. The person who died was Xiao Yuanshan's wife and his biological mother, even if he heard Master Xuanku talk about it now, Qiao Feng would have a heartache and grief, not to mention the people at that time.
Xuan Ku glanced at Qiao Feng and continued, "In fact, we already had a premonition that the mistake would happen at that time, but Shaolin no longer has the ability to stop it. This was also proved by the investigation after the fact. In order to make up for our mistakes, Shaolin found you who were dying, and you brought it back and handed it over to the Qiao couple to raise carefully. ”
Qiao Feng's eyes were hazy with tears. A good man has tears and does not flick, just because he has not reached the sad place, about this he has heard his mentor Wang Jiantong enter, if it was not for the Shaolin monk to intercede. Maybe you won't survive at all. Qiao Feng nodded again, "Disciple, thank you Master and Shaolin for saving their lives back then." ”
Xuan shook his head bitterly, and he said. "Feng'er, it's not us that you want to thank more, in fact, without the arguments and strong support of your other mentor Wang Jiantong, Shaolin would not have been able to save you. During the years you were growing up, you wouldn't have grown up if he hadn't been in the dark. ”
Qiao Feng's body was shocked, Wang Jiantong hadn't told him about these, and now he realized that his love for himself was really deep, maybe people in the martial arts would not express it much, and some things had to be adjourned by himself. "I thought that my mentor was strict with me, just to make my martial arts stronger and to develop and grow the beggar gang in the future, but now it seems that he really just loves me and wants me to have the ability to protect myself. It's no wonder why it's so difficult for me to be the leader of the beggar gang, on the one hand, it's my own life experience, but on the other hand, he is also buying time for me, so that I can prove to the Central Plains Martial Arts that I am the heart of the Great Song Dynasty and the public selfless. ”
Xuan nodded bitterly, and said some things about Wang Jiantong without concealment, and told him together with Qiao Feng's life experience, the purpose is also to show a world of love, the compassion of the Buddha, so that Qiao Feng will not go to extremes.
Qiao Feng also understands the painstaking efforts of Master Xuanku, but the hatred of killing his parents is not the same as the heavens, he does not hate the martial arts people in Shaolin and the Central Plains, every one is the mysterious person and the killer who is playing ghosts. "Master, you are as kind to me Qiao Feng, and besides, you were just deceived at the beginning, but the revenge of killing your mother is not the same as the heavens, Teacher, after so many years, do you ever know who the mysterious person who passed the message is? And who is the one who infiltrated and killed people?"
Xuan Ku shook his head, "I don't know, but I think those two should have been done by the same person or the same force, otherwise they wouldn't be so deliberate." ”
Qiao Feng listened to the deep realization of the words and reasoned, and resolutely cleaned up his sadness, "No matter what, I will definitely find out the truth, not only for myself, but also for Wang Jiantong's mentor and all the people who trust me, I, Qiao Fengfeng, prove to the world that no matter whether I am a Khitan or a Song person, as long as I am righteous and awe-inspiring in my heart, I will be worthy of heaven and earth." ”
Xuan Ku was overjoyed, and watching Qiao Feng walk out of the pain, he was naturally happy. Xuan Ci outside suddenly said, "Amitabha, good, good." Of course, it is the best that Lord Qiao can think like this, this is really a blessing of martial arts. It turned out that after Xuzhu talked with him outside, he deliberately stayed with Xuzhu and Xuzhu all the time, and even used his internal skills to eavesdrop.
Qiao Feng stood up and saluted, "I've seen Master Xuanci." Xuan Ku also stood up, "Senior brother." Xuan Ci pushed open the door of the room and walked in, Shi Shiran walked up to Qiao Feng, and openly bent down to apologize, "Qiao Feng, the old Na Tian was the head of Shaolin back then, and he was also the leading brother of the masters in the martial arts, I really can't help you." Then, he said bitterly to Xuan, "Senior brother, forgive my brother for breaking the rules and eavesdropping, but senior brother and I are uneasy, I just think that something big will happen." ”
Xuan Ku shook his head and said that he would not take it to heart, after all, Xuan Ci, as the first person back then, should be concerned. But Qiao Feng was shocked and hurriedly stopped Xuan Ci's actions, "Master Xuan Ci, I can't blame you for what happened back then. I, Qiao Feng, still have a clear sense of grievances, there is no right or wrong in right and wrong, and the blame is only on the mysterious person and the killer. ”
Everyone present also admired Xuan Ci's temperament, since the matter has been known, then Master Xuan Ci has nothing to say to others. Pan Dao's guess of Xuan Ku and Xuan Ci did not tell Qiao Feng all the truth, it seems that they guessed wrong.
Xuan Ci took advantage of the situation, looked at Qiao Feng and said, "For so many years, Lao Na has been tormented by this truth all the time, thinking about whether he wants to sue you, and now that you know it by chance, then Lao Na will naturally not hide it." ”
Qiao Feng was overjoyed, he saluted respectfully, "Thank you...... Xuan Ci didn't let Qiao Feng say thank you, and he couldn't afford such a thank-you gift, after all, he didn't do anything. "That mysterious person and the killer are actually the same person, it is Lao Na's confidant and friend, Murong Bo, the former head of the Murong family. Of course, he must have been deceived by someone, otherwise he would not have fallen ill after coming back, and finally died of depression, which is really a pity. ”
Qiao Feng suddenly looked at Xuan Ci in disbelief, that mysterious person, that killer turned out to be Murong Bo. It's just why did he deliberately deal with the Khitan, provoke the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State in the Central Plains, and harm his own family. Xuan Ku instantly remembered what Pan Dao had said, and couldn't help but exclaim, "What, how could it be him?"
Qiao Feng and Xuan Ci couldn't help but look at Xuan Ku at the same time, their brows were furrowed, and Xuan Ci even said, "Senior brother, what's wrong?" Xuan Ku looked at Qiao Feng, then at Xuan Ci, and stopped talking. Xuan Ci's face was unhappy, "Senior brother, do you know something?"
Xuan Ku suddenly smiled bitterly, "Senior brother, do you know why Master Pan Shi went up the mountain to see me alone?" Xuan Ci was stunned for a moment, he said inexplicably, "Isn't it because of the Shaolin and Xingzhu faction, and he wanted to leave but was captured by Qiao Feng?" (To be continued......)