Songshan, Shaolin Temple.
"Prince Duan, the Sutra Pavilion in front of me is my Shaolin Scripture Pavilion!"
Master Xuanjing, the first master of Shaolin Zhike Academy, looked at the handsome young man in front of him, raised his right hand in front of him, bowed slightly and saluted.
"Thank you, Master Xuanjing, for leading the way. I am very grateful to you!"
Duan Yu's attitude was humble, he clasped his hands together and quickly returned the salute.
Master Xuanjing smiled slightly and said: "Prince Duan can read the Buddhist scriptures in this Sutra Pavilion at will, but please do not copy them down to avoid embarrassment for us."
Tianlong Temple in Dali and Shaolin have always had a close relationship. If the young man in front of him had not been the heir apparent and future prince of Zhennan King of Dali, and he was not a Buddhist, Shaolin would not have opened the door to convenience like this.
Duan Yu said: "Master, don't worry, this junior will never do anything to damage the Duan family's reputation or embarrass Shaolin."
Seeing this, Master Xuanjing said nothing and turned to leave.
Entering the Sutra Pavilion and looking at the neatly arranged cabinets filled with Buddhist classics, Duan Yu was so excited that he could not speak. He had believed in Buddhism all his life and was quite disgusted with killing and fighting. He ran away from home this time. , except for the elders in the family who forced him to learn martial arts.
Another reason is that Duan Yu wants to go to the Shaolin Temple, a Buddhist holy place in the Central Plains, to study Buddhism.
This place is the most pure. No one will force him to learn martial arts, and no one will nag him in his ears. In addition, there are countless profound Buddhist teachings for him to understand. If there is a realm of bliss in the human world, then Shaolin’s The Sutra Pavilion is Duan Yu’s pure land of bliss.
After his mood calmed down a little, Duan Yu picked up a Buddhist scripture on the bookshelf, clasped his hands together, held it in his arms, and prayed devoutly for a moment before starting to read.
Before he knew it, he had been staying in the Sutra Pavilion for a whole day. The food brought by the guest monk on the table had been changed several times. He didn't even notice when it got cold. He was so immersed in the vast Buddhist teachings that he forgot all about food and sleep. In the Zen machine.
However, what Duan Yu didn't notice was that a skinny monk in green robes was sweeping the floor in the Sutra Pavilion in obscurity with a broom. He had passed by him several times, and it was as if neither of them had seen each other. .
However, seeing that Duan Yu was so obsessed with Buddhism, to the point of burning ashes to follow the sundial, the sweeping monk shook his head and smiled, took out a book from his wide sleeves, and placed it in the place where the next one was.
Sure enough, after reading the Buddhist scriptures in his hand, Duan Yu picked up the one that the sweeping monk put down and started reading.
In a daze, when Duan Yu came back to his senses, he realized that he had fallen asleep for some reason. Just when he cheered up and prepared to continue studying Buddhist scriptures, Master Xuanjing, the first master of Zhike Academy, found him with one person.
Seeing the unattractive dark and thin man next to Master Xuanjing, Duan Yu was slightly startled and said in surprise: "Ba Sikong, why are you here?"
The person who came was none other than Batianshi, one of the three nobles in Dali.
The positions of Situ, Sima and Sikong were extremely honored in the Dali Dynasty. Batianshi was excellent in martial arts, especially light kung fu. This time, he was specially ordered by the King of Zhennan to bring Duan Yu back.
"Your Highness, King Zhennan has ordered his subordinates to take you back to Dali."
When Duan Yu heard this, he immediately shook his head and said: "I finally came out, and I won't go back even if I say anything. Besides, it's no longer safe in Shaolin Temple. Basikong, please send a message to my parents, saying that the child is in Shaolin." It's very good, don't worry about me."
He hasn't even read one thousandth of the scriptures on the first floor of the Sutra Pavilion, so how can he leave?
When Batianshi heard this, he said urgently: "Your Highness, something big has happened in the Zhennan Palace. You must go back with your subordinates this time!"
"Don't lie to me. What can happen to Zhennan Prince's Mansion if everything is fine?"
Duan Yu expressed disbelief, picked up the Buddhist scripture in his hand and read it, but soon he discovered that it was not the one he read before going to bed. He looked over and over again, but the scripture seemed to disappear out of thin air.
However, he clearly remembered the contents of the scripture in his mind. Thinking of this, he no longer persisted in looking for it.
Ba Tianshi glanced at Xuanjing who was standing aside. The latter understood, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, I will go ahead and wait for you two outside the Sutra Pavilion."
"Thank you, Master!"
Batianshi quickly bowed and returned the salute.
After Master Xuanjing left, Ba Tianshi said: "His Royal Highness, to be honest, it is King Zhennan who wants to take a concubine!"
"What?"
Duan Yu was startled and said with a look of disbelief: "This...how is this possible? What about my mother?"
Ba Tianshi said: "The princess said that she has now become a monk and abandoned the secular world. She is no longer the Princess of Zhennan, and she will not interfere with the prince marrying another virtuous concubine."
"No, let's go back quickly!"
Once the matter between Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng was involved, Duan Yu could no longer remain calm.
The relationship between the two was already at odds, and now that my father is getting married again, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire?
After bidding farewell to Master Xuanjing, Duan Yu and Ba Tianshi hurriedly left the Shaolin Temple, got on the prepared fast horses, and returned to Dali.
…
Xixia, Lingzhou City.
At night, inside the general's mansion.
Helian Tieshu was discussing military affairs with the Sixth Route Army's Weiming Amian, while Taoist Jiuyi was on the side to protect their safety.
"who!"
Suddenly, as if he noticed something, Jiuyi Taoist immediately shouted loudly, took out a few more hidden weapons in his hand, and shot them out the window.
Just a few clanging sounds were heard, and all the hidden weapons he fired were blocked by the opponent, and then three black shadows flashed out, killing Helian Tieshu and Weiming Ami.
The Nine-winged Taoist immediately protected them in front of them. He swung out the iron plate in his hand as fast as thunder, hitting the three people's weapons. The fierce force made the three of them fall back.
"kill!"
The three of them were covered with black cloth, and a trace of fear flashed in their eyes. They heard one of them shout suddenly, and then they took the lead to attack, slashing down with the shining steel knife.
The Nine-winged Taoist dodged sideways, and then used the 42-way "Shu Dao Difficult Card Technique", the reverse wave attack. The iron card hit the opponent's wrist hard, shaking his weapon out of his hands, and at the same time, it moved upwards. He slashed diagonally and knocked the opponent to the ground. The move was so swift that only two shouts were heard, and the first person fell to the ground unconscious.
This made the two people who had originally planned to fight to the death shrink their pupils in fear and hurriedly broke the window and fled.
Helian Tieshu saw that the figures of these people looked very much like the assassins who broke into his house that day and set fire to kill people. He suddenly became furious and shouted to the guards who came over: "Catch them alive for me, General!"
A group of guards immediately chased the fleeing assassin.
Helian Tieshu grabbed the unconscious assassin on the ground and checked it. After seeing that he had just fainted, he looked happy and said: "Thanks to the Taoist Master for taking action this time, he not only saved our lives, but also captured him for this general." If you are alive, this general will definitely reward you heavily!"
Jiuyi Taoist looked calm and gentle, smiled slightly and said: "Thank you, General!"
When he thought that his guards might not be a match for those assassins, Helian Tieshu said: "Taoist Master, please take action and capture the other two people who escaped."
Taoist Jiuyi hesitated and said: "If I leave, the general's safety will be in danger..."
"Don't worry, Taoist Master, the assassin has alerted the guards in the house. Even if you want to kill him, it's not that easy."
Helian Tieshu still had this bit of confidence. Even a martial arts master would not be able to kill him among a hundred people in a short period of time.
