Hulu had been gone for a long time, and Zhao Ji was still standing there with a blank look on his face.
Liang Shicheng came forward and asked cautiously: "Guan family, how should we deal with this matter?"
"Now you ask me how to deal with it?"
Zhao Ji immediately became furious like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and scolded sternly,
"Back then, you repeatedly stated the benefits of uniting with the Kingdom of Jin. Now that the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin is dead, you still have to give Dengzhou to Hulu Na Yao Dao. Why don't you come and teach me how to deal with this matter!"
Liang Shicheng naturally knew that the other party had been fearful since he heard about the power of the Jin Kingdom. Taking his suggestion was just a matter of course. However, as he was the emperor, he naturally could not bear this mistake. At that time, he could only prostrate himself on the ground, and even It is said that "a minor minister is guilty of death".
At this time, Abbot Xuji of Shaolin came forward, put his hands together and saluted Zhao Ji, and said, "The officials should calm down their anger. This matter may not be irreversible."
Zhao Ji is a true believer in Taoism and doesn't really have much favorable impressions of Buddhism. However, as the other party is a great master of martial arts, and unlike Liang Shicheng, Tong Guan, Huang Shang and others who are his subjects in the court, he has to treat him with courtesy. At that time, his expression softened a little, and he asked in a calm tone: "What is the wisdom of Zen Master Xuji?"
Xuji said calmly: "The key to this matter still lies with Taoist Hulu. As long as we can capture this person and hand him over to the Kingdom of Jin, we will not only be able to secure our stay in the state, but we should also be able to avoid the murder of the envoy."
Zhao Ji showed a hint of impatience: "I don't know that this is the best way, but with such a battle just now, we can't capture the Hulu Demon Dao, but he... If we attack him again, we may not be able to defeat the tiger." Instead, suffer the consequences!”
Xuji sighed and said: "Taoist Hu Lu has reached the realm of martial arts and Taoism. I am afraid that he is only a thin line away from the realm of Tongxuan heavenly beings and land gods. If we want to capture him, we can only ask the real Tongxuan Only with the help of heavenly beings or land gods can there be some hope of success."
There was a strange color in Zhao Ji's eyes, but he had already heard the other party's meaning. After a moment of pondering, he said: "What Zen Master said is indeed reasonable, but now Erxianshan Master Luo has always closed his door to practice and ignore worldly affairs, and Master Zhang of Longhu Mountain has Water far away cannot quench thirst that is close by. I have always heard that there is a divine monk in Shaolin. He has profound knowledge of Buddhism and martial arts. He can be called a living Arhat. I don’t know..."
Xunji was waiting for these words, and he immediately said earnestly: "It is also the duty of Buddhist disciples to surrender the evil spirits of heretics. The poor monk should return to Songshan Mountain immediately and ask the elders of our temple to come out and subdue the evil spirits!"
Although Zhao Ji was tired of this monk who was taking advantage of the situation, he had to express his gratitude. He immediately nodded in approval and forced a happy expression: "I will delay for ten days to promulgate the decree to designate Dengzhou as a 'Tai Shang Jiao' town. If Shaolin If you can capture Hu Long Demon Dao within these ten days, I will never begrudge you a reward."
With the lesson just now, he finally learned to do things to leave a way out for himself. In this way, even if Hu Long's plan failed, he would have an excuse to evade it.
Xunji didn't care about his twisted thoughts, but thought that this might be the key to reversing the situation of worshiping Taoism and suppressing Buddhism in the Song Dynasty. After solemnly thanking him, he hurried back to Songshan to invite the man who had been in Shaolin's "Sutra Collection Pavilion" for a long time. "Not to mention the nameless old monk sweeping the floor.
Someone here came to report to Zhao Ji, saying that they waited for Hu Lu to leave and surrounded Xuanqing Temple, preparing to capture all his followers, but found that there was no one inside, but all the valuables were well sealed in the warehouse. Inside.
Zhao Ji saw that Hu Lu seemed to have realized that he was going to take him. He was not surprised by the result. He just sighed and felt complicated. He didn't know whether the choice this time was right or wrong.
Besides, after Hulu flew out of the capital in the form of "Burning Sky Dragon", he flew straight east to Shuibo Liangshan. The journey of hundreds of miles only took less than half an hour.
He created quite a buzz, and countless people saw a giant dragon with red scales and fire mane flying out of the capital and heading east, finally landing on Liangshan. Many rumors spread for a while.
After Hu Lu waited for the "Burning Sky Flame Dragon" to land, he took it back into his body, then took out the jade gourd, opened the lid and turned it upside down. The three direct disciples of Murong Yan, Fang Tianding, Xu Ziyuan and dozens of Xuanqing The gatekeeper flew out of the gourd's mouth and landed on the ground.
In this short time, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen and others in the village had already received the news and hurried over.
Lin Chong and others were overjoyed to see it was Hulu and his party, and hurriedly invited them to the Juyi Hall and held a feast for them.
Lin Chong naturally asked about the reason for Hu Lu's visit at the banquet. Hu Lu recounted the previous situation, which attracted a group of Liangshan heroes to curse the emperor for being fatuous and cowardly. When they heard that Hu Lu broke through the eight martial arts masters, Siege, broke into the palace, captured the emperor like a bag, extorted money from his face and demanded the land of Dengzhou, and they all cheered in great relief.
As Liangshan's military advisor, Zhu Wu thought further. After everyone calmed down, he raised his hands to Hu Lu and asked, "Does the Taoist Master's move have a deeper meaning?"
Hu Lu smiled and said: "Master Zhu is known as the 'magic machine', why don't you guess what Pindao's intention is?"
When Zhu Wu heard what he said, his original seven-point inference immediately became very certain. He clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Although Liangshan has been expanding in recent years, it is still trapped in a small area. At most, it can only radiate several surrounding counties. If we can Only when Dengzhou is under control can the situation truly open up. Chilong ascends to heaven only at this time!"
In the past few years, Lin Chong not only broke through the shackles of his martial arts skills and was promoted to the rank of Grand Master, but also because he held the power of Liangshan, he gathered nearly a hundred heroes and tens of thousands of warriors who dared to fight under his command. He was no longer as cautious as he was in the officialdom of Tokyo in the past. appearance.
After hearing Zhu Wu's words, he immediately slapped the table with his hand, stood up and cupped his hands to Hu Yuan and said: "Uncle Master, if you have any idea about this matter, I, the tens of thousands of brothers up and down Liangshan Mountain, are willing to be the pioneers!"
Hu Long said with a smile: "Pindao is here just to ask my nephew to allocate a few leaders and a team of troops to help Pindao take over Dengzhou and truly bring it under control."
Lin Chong didn't hesitate at all and ordered the general at the banquet. Although he wanted to stay in the stronghold and not move lightly, he ordered the deputy leader Lu Zhishen and the deputy military advisor Gongsun Sheng to lead 14 leaders and 10,000 horses to prepare their own troops, food and fodder, and follow Hu Huan at his disposal.
Hu Long was overjoyed and had a hearty drink with the leaders at the banquet. Unexpectedly, he showed off his "Jiu Xian" and drank everyone under the table.
After the banquet ended happily, Lin Chong, who had known Hu Long was drunk and did not step forward to humiliate himself, was one of the few people who stayed slightly awake.
He invited him to have a drink, and Hu Long, who became more and more energetic, went to his residence behind the village and called his wife Zhang to come and see him.
Mrs. Zhang, however, carried a little girl who was only a little over one year old to the front of the hall. Together with her husband, she bowed seriously and thanked Hu Long.
It turns out that after Lin Chong obtained the secret technique of room curtain taught by Hu Long, he studied and practiced with Zhang carefully for several years, and finally gave birth to this bloodline. Even though it was a daughter, the couple, who had been weak for a long time, were extremely happy.
Hu Yuan waved his hand to Lin Chong and his wife to excuse themselves, and then took the girl and held her in his arms for a closer look. He saw that her mother's beauty was reflected in her eyebrows and her father's heroism was faintly revealed. Her muscles and bones were soft but not weak. She was obviously a man. A good young man practicing martial arts, he asked with a smile: "Has this child got a name?"
Lin Chong replied: "I have already taken it, it is the word 'Chaoying'."
"Lin Chaoying..." Hu Long was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "That's a good name, it's interesting!"
