The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 440 Songshan Martial Arts Temple
On the couch, Zhu Xiuniang looked at Zhao Tong with a blank expression.

Since returning from Jiangnan, Zhao Tong has not touched her at all. She thought that this beast would never humiliate her again for the rest of her life, but just now...

Zhao Tong closed his eyes for a long time, then opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Xiuniang beside him.

Zhu Xiuniang hurriedly hid her snow-white arms and legs under the satin quilt, refusing to show any of them even if the weather was hot at the moment.

Zhao Tong pondered slightly: "Remember what I said before, the belongings of those four people are not allowed to flow into the house, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Zhu Xiuniang said angrily.

"Hmph..." Zhao Tong sneered and did not answer.

After a moment.

"Xi'er has grown up little by little. It's time to hire a teacher for him to study in the future."

"I can teach Xi'er well, there is no need to invite outsiders." Zhu Xiuniang was a little flustered.

"You?" Zhao Tong chuckled.

"What's wrong with me? Those people outside may not be as knowledgeable as I am!" Zhu Xiuniang said angrily.

"I am not negotiating with you." Zhao Tong said calmly.

Zhu Xiuniang looked at Zhao Tao, bit her lips, and trembled slightly.

Zhao Tong sat up and got dressed, then walked to the door. When he opened the door, he turned around and took a look. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say it and walked out...

The boundary of Jeju, Shandong.

After Lin Chong left the capital with Hu Sanniang, they walked eastward aimlessly.

He didn't know where he was going, and Hu Sanniang didn't know either. Fortunately, he still had a lot of money with him, so he wouldn't be without food and accommodation.

The two finally arrived in Jeju, and came to the edge of the eight hundred miles of water. The wine shop that Zhu Gui used to gather information had long been abandoned, with birds and animals hiding inside, and it was in a dilapidated state.

When Lin Chong saw this scene, he couldn't help but said in a bleak voice: "It's like a dream, it's like a dream!"

Hu Sanniang was silent, she hated this place so much. If it weren't for the water in Liangshan, how could her family be ruined?

The two of them entered the wine shop, cleaned up briefly, and spent the night there. The wind blew through the reeds and the water rippled in their ears, making Lin Chong unable to sleep.

Early the next morning, after eating some cold cooking cakes, Lin Chong looked at Hu Sanniang and said, "Madam, after thinking about it these days, I feel that it is difficult to achieve anything by continuing to stay in the Song Dynasty. I am lucky to be able to save my life."

Hu Sanniang said: "What are your husband's plans?"

Lin Chong stood up and went to the door, followed by Hu Sanniang. He looked into the water and saw the misty waves, and sighed: "I have thought about it carefully. Over the years, I have been like a headless fly, running around here and there. There is always no ambition and purpose, but it is just the right time and bad luck, and the fate is full of misfortunes."

Hu Sanniang said sadly: "What are you talking about, husband? Many people are not like this, so there is nothing wrong with it."

Lin Chong shook his head and said: "Although that is the case, people go to higher places and water flows to lower places. I call myself a hero, how can I compare with ordinary people."

Hu Sanniang said: "What my husband said is absolutely true."

Lin Chong said with emotion: "I hate Song Jiang for being evil, but he is right in what he said. A man was born between heaven and earth, how can he live in depression for a long time? I, Lin Chong, am skilled in martial arts and a proficient spearman. I can serve as an army of thousands when I mount my horse, and I can serve as an army when I dismount." We have hundreds of enemies, but we have spent half our lives wandering and living in misery and misery. We must not continue to live like this!"

Hu Sanniang asked curiously: "What should you do, husband?"

Lin Chong said: "Since the Song Dynasty cannot tolerate me and does not give me the opportunity to make contributions, I have thought of a place to go."

Hu Sanniang asked: "Where are you going?"

Lin Chong turned slightly, looked to the north, and said, "Jin Kingdom!"

"The Kingdom of Jin?" Hu Sanniang was immediately surprised and said: "Isn't that further than the Kingdom of Liao? How could your husband think of going there?"

Lin Chong raised his thick eyebrows and said: "The Kingdom of Jin is now strong and prosperous, and it has risen. It is the time when it is short of talents. If I go to seek refuge, with the eight-foot-long snake spear in my hand and the black horse under my body, I will definitely succeed. If you are reused and have made great military exploits, it is no problem to be sealed as a wolf and a coward!"

Although Hu Sanniang knew about the Kingdom of Jin, she didn't know about the political affairs. She asked doubtfully: "If you want to achieve military success, you need to fight. Is the Kingdom of Jin currently at war?"

Lin Chong said solemnly: "We are not fighting now, but we have been fighting intermittently. Now half of the Liao Kingdom has been annexed by the Jin Kingdom. It is estimated that it will not be long before the Jin Kingdom will destroy the Liao Dynasty and replace it. Now that they have defected to the past, although it is not from He is a minister of the dragon, but he always has the ability to open up new territories."

Hu Sanniang thought: "Husband, once the Jin Kingdom destroys the Liao Dynasty, will it be detrimental to the Song Dynasty?"

Lin Chong frowned when he heard this: "Originally, I was worried about this matter. Although the Song Dynasty abandoned me like a worn-out shoe, I am a Song Dynasty person and I will not fight. However, I heard from my godfather before that the Song Dynasty wanted to form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom. Let’s destroy Liao together.”

"An alliance?" Hu Sanniang was stunned.

"It's an alliance." Lin Chong muttered: "It was revealed by my godfather when he was drunk. I heard that it probably means an alliance between the two parties. Song will take Yanyun, and the rest will go to gold. Since it is an alliance, there is no such thing as what Sanniang thought. Worried.”

Hu Sanniang was obviously relieved and said: "Husband, when will you go to the Kingdom of Jin?"

When Lin Chong heard this, his eyes widened and he looked at the clouds in the sky. Suddenly, he let out a long whistle, which seemed to express his endless frustration and grievance. The whistle continued for a long time, startling the birds to fly in the reeds, and the fish and shrimps lurking in the white ocean water.

After a long time, an inexplicable look appeared on his face, and he turned around and said, "Leave now!"

Outside Tokyo, in Green Willow Village.

Zhao Tong was half lying on the leisure chair, eating the grapes Liu Suiyun sent from Longyou.

The grapes are chilled, sweet in the mouth and cool to relieve the heat.

There were two people sitting next to him, one was Lu Junyi and the other was Yue Fei.

The two of them were also eating grapes. Lu Junyi had already eaten this fruit from the northwest, but this was the first time for Yue Fei. Before, he had only eaten the fruit grown by farmers around Tokyo.

"Brother, these grapes are different from those sold outside. They are sweeter and waterier, and the seeds inside are smaller."

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "The grapes in the northwest are naturally different from those in the Central Plains. There is a big difference in hot and cold temperatures between day and night, so they are delicious."

Yue Fei said: "Brother, what's the truth?"

Zhao Tong shook his head, too lazy to explain. Even if he explained two things, he might not be able to understand.

He said: "Junior brother Yue, if I hadn't written you a letter, wouldn't you still be willing to come visit me?"

Yue Fei heard the words and said sarcastically: "Third senior brother, that's not the case. I originally planned to come here in the autumn, but I didn't expect that senior brother actually wrote to me to urge me..."

Zhao Tong said: "I'm afraid if I write in autumn, it will be winter again."

Yue Fei immediately blushed and said, "That's not the case. I have to come here no matter what this year."

Zhao Tong smiled and looked at Lu Junyi and said, "Look, look, it's this year again."

Lu Junyi also laughed and said, "By the way, is it true that Junior Brother said he was going to Songshan Mountain to visit Master?"

Yue Fei heard this and said, "My senior brother also said so in the letter he gave me. Do you really want to go to Songshan Mountain to visit your senior brother?"

Zhao Tong nodded and said: "It's true. We are so close. It makes no sense not to pay a visit. Besides, I really want to see my master."

Lu Junyi said: "I also want to visit my master. After all, my master was truly one of the best in the world back then!"

Yue Fei's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then he hesitated: "But the teacher once told me not to disturb my master's cultivation. Even if I go to the Songshan Martial Arts Temple, I will not find my master."

Zhao Tong looked at him and smiled: "Is Songshan Temple very big?"

Yue Fei scratched his head and said: "Third senior brother, I have never been there, so I don't know how big or small it is, but even if it is small, if the master does not recognize his identity, even if we stand in front of us, we won't know who it is."

Lu Junyi said: "What Junior Brother Yue said makes sense. Everyone in the temple uses the name of Dharma. I don't know if Master has been tonsured. If he has, there is no way to find him."

Zhao Tong narrowed his eyes and said: "They must have been tonsured. As far as I know, all the people living in Songshan Temple are monks. As for the lay disciples, although they practice martial arts and work in the temple, they live in houses outside the temple. Master wants to come and join us." Won’t live outside.”

Lu Junyi nodded and said: "It turns out that my master was discouraged because his master's wife died early, so he fled to Songshan to retire. From this point of view, it is very likely that he will be ordained and become a Buddhist monk."

Yue Fei recalled: "That doesn't seem to be the case. I remember when my master told me about my master, he said that he had already shaved his head a long time ago. He was not a lay disciple of the Songshan Martial Temple, but a direct descendant of Master Hongyun. At that time... He is already a monk."

"You were already a monk at that time?" Zhao Tong couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "But he fell in love with his master when she went to Songshan Temple to challenge her martial arts. Why do I feel that my master is not abiding by the rules?"

Yue Fei lowered his head and dug his boots into the ground, and said: "I heard from my master that he actually just wanted to practice martial arts at first. However, Master Hongyun saw that he had good qualifications, so he persuaded him to be tonsured. He also said that he could return to secular life at any time in the future, so he ...just became a monk.”

"I see..." Zhao Tong thought for a while, then counted on his fingers, and said: "Master is already over a hundred years old now, and he is a disciple of Master Hongyun, who was the abbot back then. Doesn't that mean he has a high seniority?"

Lu Junyi said: "She should be very tall. I'm afraid he is the most senior person in Songshan Temple now."

Zhao Tong said: "This is easy to handle. How many hundred-year-old monks can there be in Songshan Temple with high seniority? At worst, the monks' genealogy will be stolen and they will just search according to the names on it." Lu Junyi said: "This is not the case. It's a good idea. The monk's genealogy will never be faked, and those who have passed away or not will be marked on it. I have seen some detailed ones in temples in Hebei before, and even the master-disciple relationship will be written on it."

Zhao Tong said: "If that's the case, it would be even simpler. You can find the Master's name just by looking at the living disciples of Master Hongyun. Master Hongyun passed away before Master came down the mountain. I don't believe that Master Hongyun and his other disciples can live to such an old age." age."

Yue Fei said with sweat on his forehead: "Third Senior Brother, isn't this a little disrespectful to Senior Master?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and smiled: "Of course I respect my master. This is just for the Songshan Martial Temple."

Yue Fei said nonchalantly: "But Third Senior Brother, Songshan Temple is also an ancient temple. What is this rogue monk writing..."

Zhao Tong said: "The ancient temple is true, but if you want to study scriptures, you don't go there. What's more, this temple has been damaged several times since its inception. Not to mention the small one, the big one was almost completely destroyed in the Sui Dynasty. We just stole it. Monk genealogy is not about destroying temples, so what does it mean?"

Yue Fei was confused when he heard what he said, wondering why Zhao Tong's words made no sense, but it was difficult to refute it. He couldn't help but secretly thought that the third senior brother was very good at arguing, and he couldn't explain it no matter what.

Lu Junyi said: "When does Junior Brother plan to go?"

Zhao Tong threw a grape into his mouth and said, "Stop it today and leave tomorrow."

Lu Junyi thought: "Songshan is only more than 300 miles away from Kaifeng. If you ride a fast horse, you can reach it in half a day."

Zhao Tong shook his head: "I'm afraid they can't ride so fast. Xiao Min and Fu Jin will also follow. Quan should relax and take some time to relax. Naturally, he has to take the fast horse with him, but he just sits in the car and travels around the mountains and rivers."

Lu Junyi said: "If it's a carriage, it can take three days of fast travel and five days of slow travel, and we can get there."

Zhao Tong said: "Just feel free on the road. I have to go to the official's house to take a leave later, otherwise it will be inappropriate to leave the capital without permission."

Lu Junyi said: "Then I will go back to my hometown to prepare and wait for my junior brother ten miles west of the city tomorrow?"

Zhao Tong nodded: "Senior brother, go ahead and don't forget to take along all the people who can take advantage of you. The monks from Songshan Temple are not easy to deal with."

Lu Junyi responded and left the village. In the evening, Zhao Tong went to the palace to ask for leave, saying that he would go to Songshan Mountain to pray for blessings. Emperor Daojun agreed. When he came back, he packed up and was just waiting to set off tomorrow.

Early the next morning, two carriages came out of Green Willow Village. Yue Fei drove one, Ouyang Bei drove one, and Zhao Tong rode a red horse to follow.

Xiao Min and Fu Jin shared a car, and the other car was filled with some travel belongings, including clothes, bedding, fruits and snacks. There were so many items that they filled most of the car.

The red horse has been running around and jumping around since it came out of the city. It is quite funny to shake its huge and round belly. But fortunately, it has a wide body and Zhao Tong does not feel any bumps when riding on it.

Not long after arriving at the west of the city, they met up with Lu Junyi and headed straight for Songshan Mountain.

It was deep in summer at this time, and the scenery was naturally beautiful. The few people traveling around the mountains and rivers walked very slowly, and it actually took them five or six days to reach the foot of Songshan Mountain.

Songshan Mountain is one of the Five Mountains and is the eastern extension of the Qinling Mountains. It starts from Luoyang Longmen in the west and stretches for two to three hundred miles to the east and forty to fifty miles from north to south.

Songshan Mountain has many undulating peaks from west to east, and the main veins are Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain. There are 72 peaks in Songshan Mountain, and Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain each account for 36 peaks.

On Songshan Mountain, there are many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples. The two religions coexist, and they are both called famous mountains of this religion.

There are far more temples than the Songshan Martial Arts Temple, there are also Fawang Temple, Huishan Temple, Songyue Temple, Yongtai Temple, Qingliang Temple, etc.

As for Taoist temples, the most famous one is the Zhongyue Temple, which was built in the Qin Dynasty and is known as "Flying to Reflect the Sun, Jie Pavilion Lian Yun". It is one of the Taoist holy places and is known as the "Sixth Small Cave of Taoism".

In addition to these Buddhist and Taoist temples, there are also academies on Songshan Mountain. The famous Songyang Academy is located at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain.

This academy, together with "Suiyang Academy", "Yuelu Academy" and "Bailudong Academy", is known as the four major academies in the world, and Songyang Academy is the first of the four academies. It is a holy place in the hearts of scholars.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, they saw a lively market town, so the group drove in.

The town is called Songxia, and it is much larger than an ordinary small town. There is a main street lined with shops selling everything, and there are even a few brothels.

Zhao Tong smiled and said: "This is a bit aggrieved. If we expand it a little bit, we can establish a county government."

Lu Junyi nodded and said: "There are a lot of people going up the mountain to visit Buddha and worship gods, and there are also people going down the mountain to sell wild goods. It is really lively. I am afraid that the daily transactions are huge, which is not comparable to that of an ordinary town."

The group of people walked and looked around. In addition to the things for sale in the shops, there were also many street stalls on both sides of the road. They were all wild game and wild animals from Songshan Mountain. On the name.

At this time, Xiao Min and Fu Jin also jumped out of the car, murmuring in surprise as they watched.

Xiao Min naturally has more knowledge than Fu Jin. After all, he does not live in a deep palace, and Shangjing is located in the grassland. He can usually see wild animals and recognize some of them on the stalls, but Fu Jin's eyes are completely black. I don't recognize ten things, but I barely recognize one out of twenty.

If Xiao Min didn't recognize it, she asked Zhao Tong. Zhao Tong didn't recognize it either, so she pulled Yue Fei away.

But Yue Fei's knowledge in this area is not as good as that of Xiao Min and Zhao Tan. Although they are not from the Orion Mountains, after all, Xiao Min lives in a suitable place and Zhao Tan knows more. Yue Fei's face turned red for a while, and he also I can't say Ziwu Maoyou.

In the end, Fu Jin bought a bunch of items, including birds and animals, strange flowers and plants, and even some old medicine from the mountains, which made Zhao Tong's face darken.

After wandering around for a long time, everyone was a little hungry, so they went to look for a place to eat. There were countless small shops in Songxia Town, as well as several large restaurants. Among them, the most luxurious one was the Songxia Restaurant, which had two floors, the first and second floors. Each has dozens of tables.

Ouyang Bei stayed downstairs to look at the carriage items, while the others went upstairs to eat.

At this time, there were many people eating in the restaurant, and the noise was constant. A few people found a seat by the window on the second floor and sat down. Then the waiter came over and handed over the wooden menu. Zhao Tong didn't look at it, and only let the ones who are good at good wine and meat eat. After the dishes were placed, the waiter left happily after hearing this, thinking to himself that these were the wealthy guests, unlike the tables next to them, which were all poor people. Although most of the seats were full, they didn't order a few dishes. There is not much money to be made in the building.

Zhao Tong has noticed at this moment that the business in this building is booming and it is almost full of people, but many people have different accents, from the south to the sea. At first, he thought that people from all over the mountain came to worship Buddha and worship gods, but when he looked carefully, it was not the case, because Many of them are dressed up as gangsters.

He couldn't help but look at Lu Junyi and Yue Fei, feeling a little puzzled.

Lu Junyi looked around and said: "I have seen this kind of situation twice in Daming Mansion. It was a Jianghu incident, so many people came together. Once it was heard that a sword was born, and heroes from the Jianghu came to look for it, and once... Someone is challenging the martial arts expert Wang Fengyang of Daming Mansion, and many people are watching."

Yue Fei also said: "It's all the same. On the way to the north, my teacher and I also saw it once. It was a martial arts duel. Both parties were somewhat famous in the world. Even the teacher recognized them. There were many heroes in the world that time. Watch.”

Zhao Tong nodded, but said with some doubts: "This is at the foot of Songshan Mountain, what kind of things can happen in the world?"

Yue Fei said: "Senior brother, should I go and inquire about it?"

Zhao Tong shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it after we finish eating. There's no rush."

At this time, the food and wine began to be served. He didn’t order anything specific, but just asked the good ones to be served. Suddenly, he saw plates and bowls piled on top of each other, and a table filled with all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, and delicacies, which immediately attracted everyone in the building. The attention of the people around the table.

Ordinary Jianghu people probably don't have much money. It's not what the story says. They don't work hard every day, but they still have endless money to spend. They usually do heroic things without being grateful for a single penny.

Generally speaking, when traveling in the world, one has to work hard and have some skills, otherwise it will be difficult to make a living. It can be as simple as performing arts, or selling medicine, wine, and plasters. The more difficult ones are working as a short-term bodyguard for others, or as a bounty hunter, borrowing money, etc. This earns a living.

These are considered decent people. Of course, there are also those who are rich and not short of a few dollars. They can eat and drink without doing anything. They can go out to fight for justice and fight against injustice. But those are very few. After all, the family is rich. Who would want to do that? Walk around the world.

In addition to the decent ones, there are naturally also the so-called evil ones, which are those who cheat, steal, and snatch important things. Such people generally dare not show up in public. Even if they become a big name, they will only act cautiously.

And some sects in the Jianghu are actually facing difficulties. They don't have endless money to spend, and they often don't have enough food in their warehouses. What's the use of having great martial arts?If you don't have food to eat at all, and you can't find anyone willing to spend money to use your martial arts skills, you will still go hungry.

Martial arts cannot provide for food, so there is a saying that poor literature and rich martial arts can be exchanged for food. If learning martial arts does not commit adultery and commit crimes, and the family is not well-off, then most of them can only go hungry and have a full meal. .

And whether Chai Jin or Song Jiang, why are they so famous in the world?The two of them are no better than three-legged cats in martial arts, but they are both called elder brothers and worship them when they meet, just because they have money to help these people in the world.

Therefore, there are actually many poor people in the world. They want to do chivalry and enjoy grudges, but they are short of money and travel here and there just for a few taels of silver.

So in the end, many of them couldn't bear it any longer, so they had no choice but to wander into the green forest, rob their homes and homes, and occupy the mountains as kings. Only then could they drink a big bowl of wine and eat a big mouthful of meat.

In this building right now, there aren't many tables that ask for more food. They are all three or two small plates, and they can be served with bad wine. At this moment, seeing Zhao Tong's table filled with delicious food, he secretly swallowed his saliva. Instead of talking, they started talking in low voices.

"Third brother, who is at that table? He looks so grand, do you recognize him?"

"Hey, brother, where can I meet such a young master and a young lady? Looking at the silk and satin she is wearing, I am afraid she is from some sect, right?"

"Nonsense. It's not like I've never seen disciples of the sect before. Most of them are commoners. How could they have such nobility?"

"Can't you two guess this? I think most of them are here to cheer for Young Master Yang, and only Young Master Yang can know such a person."

"It looks like this to me. This time Young Master Yang goes to the Songshan Martial Arts Temple to kick the temple, how can he not invite a few friends? The monks in the temple are all cruel. Even if Young Master Yang's star-moving martial arts is powerful, I'm afraid he won't be able to fight with two fists. Against four enemies, a good man cannot stand against a large number of people."

"You are looking down on those bald donkeys. Although they have a bad temper, I'm afraid they won't be able to carry out a siege."

"I think you have thought too well. Even if you don't besiege me, after a round of fighting, I'm afraid Young Master Yang won't be able to please you."

"You are all talking nonsense. Young Master Yang is not afraid of a wheel battle. Even a siege is no big deal!"

"Is Star Shift so powerful? Come on, tell me, I've always only heard of this name, but I don't know what's so powerful about it?"

"Then you must listen carefully. I will only say this once. This star-moving martial art was the work of the Sui Dynasty..."

Um?Zhao Tong couldn't help but touch his chin when he heard this, while Lu Junyi and Yue Fei had doubtful looks on their faces.

Mr. Yang, kicking the Songshan Martial Arts Temple, the stars move martial arts?
Zhao Tong blinked and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This was a bit interesting...

(End of this chapter)