Chapter Seventy-Six: Another Secret
Early in the morning of this day, a servant came to find Suifeng, and it turned out that in order to participate in the so-called martial arts conference, it was necessary to register a day in advance to arrange the venue.
Only then did Sui Feng know that the Fujiwara family had actually reached a very critical juncture, and apart from him, there were only two people who signed up. One is Kazuo Takahashi, and the other is Butler Sasaki. Judging from the eyes of the wind, these two people may not be the best even in Fusang. This also explains that the Weishenme Fujiwara family will be so co-opted with the wind.
Fortunately, Sui Feng didn't care much about this, but for him, this so-called martial arts conference was indeed an opportunity. If he can help the Fujiwara family win the championship, then he can win the trust of Mr. Yu Boichi and them, and it will be much easier to investigate the three artifacts in the future.
The venue of the martial arts tournament was chosen at Todai-ji Temple, which is famous in Fuso. The most famous of the Todai-ji Temple is the Great Buddha Statue of Lushena, which was built by Emperor Shomu with the intention of relying on the "Mighty Spirit of the Three Jewels" to pray for peace in the world and prosperity for the country. However, in the process of building Todai-ji Temple and the huge bronze Buddha statue, it also took a huge amount of manpower and material resources, mobilized the financial resources of the whole country, and called on the people to voluntarily contribute to support before it was finally completed.
Standing in front of the majestic temple gate with the wind, the two people standing next to him were Sasaki and Kazuo Takahashi. When they saw that the wind stopped, they also stopped.
It would be too disrespectful to put such a noisy and worldly thing in a pure place of Buddhism. In this way, I thought of the Shaolin Temple in the Tang Dynasty, when the previous dynasty was in turmoil, didn't he also send thirteen monks to save the Tang King Li Shimin? Although it was to protect the temple for the sake of protecting people, how could it not be a move to destroy purity? In this way, there is no difference between Fusang and the Tang Dynasty.
"You are from the Fujiwara family?" Suddenly, a voice full of gloom came.
Sui Feng turned his head to see four people in different clothes on the opposite side, the first of them was the first one, and the saber at his waist was extremely long, half longer than the ordinary long knife. His face was gloomy, and he was looking at the three of them with triangular eyes, and the voice just now came out of his mouth.
"Who is that person?" asked Sasaki beside him in a low voice, after this month, he had dealt with the Fujiwara family's housekeeper a little, and Kazuo Takahashi still rejected him a little, although he was not obviously disgusted, but he was very lukewarm.
"On the other side are the people of the Genji, Taira, Aso, and Kada families, and the one at the head is the youngest martial arts genius of the Genji family, Heiji Langying, and legend has it that he only suffered one defeat in his life, that is, at the hands of a Middle-earth. They are all stubble, and you should not conflict with them here. Sasaki explained in a low voice for the wind.
Sui Feng knew for a while, but that Ping's Langying made him look twice, as if he had heard this name somewhere.
Before Sui Feng could speak, a person behind Lang Ying suddenly glanced at the sword hanging from Sui Feng's waist, and exclaimed: "Tiancong Cloud Sword! Oh, hehe, it turned out to be just an imitation, Fujiwara family, don't be complacent, this time is not as good as ten years ago." Obediently prepare the Tiancong Cloud Sword, we must take the ...... this time" Before he finished speaking, Lang Ying usually turned his head slightly, glanced at him coldly, and he immediately stopped talking.
The speaker has no intention of listening, and before the wind has time to think about it, he heard Kazuo Takahashi, who had never spoken, suddenly say: "You will also be able to speak your tongue, don't talk nonsense, let's see the real chapter in the ring." ”
The four people on the opposite side were obviously very dissatisfied with the few people in the wind, snorted heavily, and turned their heads to enter the temple gate.
Entering the door, it is a boulevard leading to the main hall in the center, and the camphor on both sides is towering, which looks more crisp and full of vitality under the bright sun. No matter how you look at it, it's a vibrant scene, but Sasaki sighed lightly and whispered, "I don't know how many people will be buried here these days." ”...,
Sui Feng glanced at him quietly, and vaguely felt that this person was probably not simple.
At this moment, it is still early, and there are not many people on the avenue, and they are all dressed as warriors. In addition to long swords, all kinds of strange-shaped weapons can be seen, and weapons such as meteor hammers and daggers that are not common in Datang can also be found here, and the number is not a minority.
Further on, there is a long table in front of the main hall, on which a row of clay pots is placed, and behind each clay pot sits a monk. After a rough count with the wind, there were more than 30 clay pots, and this long table was probably more than ten zhang long.
There were some people gathered in front of each crockpot, and it must have been a lottery. The rules of the martial arts conference are very strange, and the group is directly divided when registering, there are a total of thirty-two clay pots, and there are thirty-two notes in each jar, a total of one thousand and twenty-four, that is, a total of more than 1,000 people have signed up. Each slip of paper is written which group is which number, so it is divided into 32 groups, each group of 32 people for the elimination round, and then the same method of round-robin elimination until the final determination of the top few.
Of course, in many cases, when the number of participants is insufficient, there will be a bye, and it is said that there have been two times in history.
The monk behind the clay pot is in charge of recording and summarizing the work. And there are no other rules for martial arts in the game, and there are no rules even about not killing people, not using vicious hidden weapons, etc., which is too simple. Sui Feng secretly despised in his heart, in the end, it was a remote corner, and it was reasonable that it was not as comprehensive as Middle-earth.
It was really boring to look at the group of monks to record, and he chose the crockpot with the least one person and drew one at random, and he didn't care much about the whole competition, let alone the grouping. Take a look at it, group fifteen, number fifteen. casually gave the note to the monk behind him and reported the family history, Suifeng felt that it was really boring, and turned around and wanted to leave.
I happened to meet Sasaki, and they were also divided into groups, so I asked them a few words casually. Sasaki is the twenty-first group, and Takahashi is indeed more coincidentally the first group.
I was sure that I wouldn't collide with my own people in the Fujiwara family, and I had nothing to worry about casually, so I walked around the temple casually and went back to my place of residence very early.
Since I came to Fuso, most of the houses I have seen along the way are made of wood, and I have rarely seen houses made of earth and stone. However, this Todaiji Temple is an exception, and all the wings and halls are made of earth and stone. Later, I learned that the original Dongda Temple was built in imitation of the Chang'an Famen Temple of the Tang Dynasty, and all the craftsmanship jishu was inherited in one line.
Sui Feng's Tang style clothes attracted the attention of many people, and he was forcibly pulled by an old monk halfway through the journey, saying that he was a person of high merit and profound virtue, and if he wanted to take him to practice, he could achieve positive results. Sui Feng did not have much respect for the Buddha's teachings, especially after the Shaolin party discovered the secret of the monks casting spells in the relics to make people convert. The relics are all handed down by the lama to the corporal, and the corporal worships the relics every day, so how can he not be affected by the method of cultivating demons in the Dao heart? In the long run, I am afraid that the Dao heart is all the same, and although he is conscious, he has become a servant of the Buddha. Buddhists pay attention to compassion, have you ever seen a few monks slay demons and eliminate demons?
At that time, the Shaolin monk Xuan Huan had the heart to recruit him to take refuge, but in turn he received a word from the wind and had an epiphany, even the abbot of Shaolin was still like this, how could the so-called monks in the remote areas here be able to enter the eyes of the wind?
Sui Feng just wanted to refuse, but saw the so-called monk look at him, and said: "The donor is really destined for the Buddha, you might as well come with the poor monk." ”
I was stunned by the wind, but I naturally understood, and I didn't break free, and followed the monk towards the apse of Todai Temple.
During the martial arts tournament, the front hall and each side room of Todaiji Temple are used as resting accommodations and martial arts competitions for the players who come to participate, and the apse and Zen room are the resting places used by the major families and emperors of the current court and the opposition in Fuso to stop and watch the games. ...,
Fortunately, there was a chaotic crowd near the main hall, everyone was busy signing up for the lottery, where did anyone notice him?
Only after passing through the main hall met a few inquiring monks, and the so-called senior monks in front of him didn't know what to whisper to them. Several monks were silent for a while, chanted a few Buddha names, and walked away as if they didn't know anything.
The monks took the wind and walked around the lonely paths, bypassing the houses of those dignitaries for fear of being noticed. It's even more strange to follow the wind like this, what is going on?
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the jungle in the back mountain, and before they entered the forest, the monk suddenly stopped, pronounced the Buddha's name, and said, "Amitabha, donor go in, there is the answer you want to know." After speaking, the monk bowed his head and went back along the same road.
Sui Feng secretly thought it was funny, he didn't even know what he wanted to know, how could he dare to say that there was the answer I wanted in it?
I was a little uneasy in my heart, and cautiously approached the forest. For the sake of safety, he was angry and sank into the dantian, and suddenly lucked, and his three feet were covered by a layer of formless and substantial air cover, which was the Taoist iron cloth shirt magic skill that he realized from the Buddha relics at that time. As soon as I entered the forest, there was a path, and there were some small branches and leaves scattered around it, as if it had just been opened up not long ago. Walking softly inside with the wind, if you want to say that this iron cloth shirt is really magical, those sharp thorns and branches outside the body can bounce off.
After a few steps, there was a burst of openness in front of him, and a ray of heavenly light spilled down from the cracks in the trees and fell on the back of the person in front of him. The wind deliberately stepped on a few falling leaves, and when he heard the sound, he turned around.
When he saw this face, he was immediately shocked by the wind, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was reasonable. This person is the head of the Fujiwara family, the current Fuso Seki White Fujiwara Boichi.
Seeing the wind entering here, Mr. Boyi's face was full of smiles, "Mr. is from Datang, and his vision must be extraordinary." I must also think that the so-called martial arts conference is really meaningless to waste people and money like this. ”
Although Sui Feng was a little surprised in his heart, his face remained unchanged, and he responded: "Yes, that's right." ”
Seeing that he agreed, Mr. Bo Yi was not displeased, but smiled heartily: "It's natural for you to think so, it was the first time I participated in a martial arts conference when I was still so old, but I watched it as Mr. Guan Bai's eldest son, and at that time I felt that such a conference was really a waste of money and was unnecessary." On the same day my father told me a secret that changed my mind, and I will tell you this secret today. ”
Is it a secret again? Sui Feng didn't feel a trace of curiosity when he heard it, but his head was big for a while, and anything related to these two words must be extraordinary. But since he said so, he didn't give him any room to maneuver with the wind.
Sui Feng had no choice but to say: "Mr. Boyi, please speak." ”
Mr. Bo Yi smiled and said, "In fact, one of the most important functions of the Martial Arts Conference is to determine the ownership of the three artifacts!"