The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 652
Since Daxiangguo Temple is a royal temple, it is also a place highly praised by successive emperors of the Song Dynasty. Every year during the Buddhist festival, the emperor of the Song Dynasty would come to Daxiangguo Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings. .

It can be said that Daxiangguo Temple is a cultural symbol of the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. With the support of the imperial court, the area of ​​Xiangguo Temple has continued to expand. Come and have a long talk with the previous host to discuss Buddhism.

The current presiding abbot is named Yuqing, and everyone in the world calls him Master Yuqing. Whether it is Buddhism, medicine, or even martial arts, he is extremely accomplished.When Zhao Qingcang, Zhao Qingyu, and Zhao Hengyu came to Xiangguo Temple and saw the magnificent red building from a distance, they were amazed for a moment, and they were all stunned.

Xiangguo Temple is a famous temple in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou moved the capital to Youzhou, but Xiangguo Temple is still standing in Kaifeng Prefecture. Merchants and rich people will come.

Zhao Qingcang and the other three walked through the steps and went up the mountain to the entrance of the mountain. Several monks greeted them in the opposite direction. They were dressed in monk's robes and held sticks in their hands.Although Zhao Qingcang and the others were outsiders, they didn't carry any weapons on them, and they respected them very much, which made them let down their guard.

When the three of Zhao Qingcang arrived at the mountain gate and were about to enter the temple, an old monk in cassock, with a string of Buddhist beads on his chest and a string of beads on his right hand, saw his benevolent eyebrows and beard, silver-white , hastily shouted: "I have seen the master, I came from afar with two brothers, because of the name of Xiangguo Temple, I came here to visit, bother the master, and look at Haihan!"

"It's an honor for this temple to have a distinguished guest come to our temple!" This person is Master Yuqing, the abbot of Xiangguo Temple. The three of Zhao Qingcang raised their heads and just saw Zhao Qingcang's face. Knowing this in his heart, he personally invited Zhao Qingcang and the others to enter the temple.

Master Yuqing personally led Zhao Qingcang and the three of them on a tour. He had already guessed Zhao Qingcang's identity, so he didn't dare to slack off.Since Zhao Qingcang didn't want to reveal his identity, he also pretended not to know.Under the guidance of Master Yuqing, Zhao Qingcang played around in the temple, and introduced each building in detail, including the origin, and the stories in it, without any concealment.

Zhao Qingcang and the other three were still full of ideas, and they said that they came to Xiangguo Temple firstly to see it, and secondly to find out what they had heard at the foot of the mountain.Master Yuqing seemed to understand the thoughts of Zhao Qingcang and others, and seeing that it was getting late, he asked the monks in the temple to disturb the guest room and let them stay overnight, and then ordered the kitchen to prepare vegetarian dishes for them to eat.

The next day, Zhao Qingcang and others still stayed in the temple, and started to play again, and Master Yuqing personally entertained them again.Zhao Qingyu and Zhao Hengyu didn't find anything, but Zhao Qingcang observed carefully that Master Yuqing was very respectful when he saw Master Yuqing in the temple, and the abbot didn't see anyone these days, which made Zhao Qingcang suspect that the person in front of him was Hosted by Xiangguo Temple.

"Dare to ask the Master's Dharma name!"

"The poor monk's dharma name is 'Yuqing'!"

Zhao Qingcang straight to the point asked about Master Yuqing's dharma name, which coincided with what he had guessed in his heart, and after Master Yuqing said his dharma name, he hurriedly knelt down and shouted respectfully: "Poor monk Yuqing , I have seen the emperor! Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

"The abbot knows my identity?" Zhao Qingcang was a little surprised.

Master Yuqing replied: "Reporting to the Emperor, although the poor monk has never seen the Holy Master, he has seen the Supreme Emperor. Although the Supreme Emperor has left the capital, wandered around, and is no longer in the mundane world. However, the poor monk and him are irresistible." I am very familiar with the Supreme Emperor."

"Your Majesty's appearance is seventy-eight percent similar to the Supreme Emperor's, and your figure is almost the same as the Supreme Emperor's. The poor monk guessed the identity of the emperor, and please forgive the poor monk's crime of concealing it!"

"What's wrong with the abbot? I'm so rude!" Zhao Qingcang knew that Venerable Master Yuqing guessed that he was the emperor at first sight when he saw him, and then asked: "I left the capital for a private visit. , all these etiquettes will be waived!"

"The poor monk obeys the order!"

"Abbot, Xiangguo Temple is a royal temple. It is no longer in the mortal world. Why do people from other places have a grudge against a sect like the Manichaeism?" The news said it again.

Master Yuqing sighed: "It's a long story!"

Therefore, Master Yuqing told Zhao Qingcang everything about it, and Zhao Qingcang realized that it was a misunderstanding after hearing about it.It's just that this misunderstanding is getting bigger and bigger, and now it's really difficult to ride a tiger, and Master Yuqing also explained the reason why there are monks on guard above the mountain gate. This is to prevent the Manichaeism from coming and strengthen the guard.

"So it's a misunderstanding!"

"Reporting to the emperor, it was originally just a misunderstanding, but something like that happened later, I'm afraid the leader of the Manichaeism will not let it go!" Master Yuqing sighed.

"Why is the abbot sighing? Could it be that the leader of the Manichaeism is the kind of arrogant and unreasonable person, or is he killing innocent people indiscriminately?"

"Actually, I still have some friendship with the current leader of the Manichaeism!" Master Yuqing shook his head and continued: "I don't know the age of the leader of the Manichaeism, his appearance, etc. The only thing I know is that his martial arts are extremely high. More than ten years ago, he single-handedly challenged the heads of various sects, and successively defeated more than a dozen famous sects, all of them were first-class masters of the rivers and lakes, and they could not do more than a hundred moves in his hands."

"It is conceivable that his martial arts has reached the pinnacle, and a real boy became famous. At that time, he also sent a battle invitation to fight me. He didn't want to agree. In the end, he directly hit the mountain gate and was forced to do so. If the King of Side-by-Shoulders hadn't appeared to stop him at that time, I'm afraid no one in the Jianghu would be able to stop him."

Zhao Qingcang was surprised and said: "Uncle Wang appeared? So how is the battle going?"

"Of course the side-by-side king won, but before he left, he said that the debt would be recovered from the prince, and then he left. Since then, there has been no news about him in the world, and it was not until the last few years that he suddenly Appeared, and his martial arts is much higher, even the poor monk is no match for him."

Master Yuqing smiled wryly, and said: "My lord fought with him, and I knew that his martial arts were much better than mine, but a few years ago he came to Xiangguo Temple to look for me again, but it was not for a martial arts competition, but to discuss Buddhist principles. This surprised me very much, and I had a long talk with him at the end, and finally he made a move in front of me, and I knew that his martial arts realm was even deeper."

Zhao Qingcang was a little surprised when he heard that the leader of the Manichaeism was able to share the same status as Uncle Wang.Although Master Yuqing didn't directly say that the battle was won by Uncle Wang, but he knew it well, because Uncle Wang had told them about this matter after he returned to Beijing at that time, and finally told them that there are people outside the world Reasonable, let them practice hard.

"Since Uncle Wang can appreciate it, it can be seen that he has some skills. I really want to meet for a while!"

Master Yuqing went on to say: "The emperor is the body of ten thousand gold, the proud son of heaven. It may not be safe to stay in Xiangguo Temple at this time. If the emperor really wants to practice Zen and worship the Buddha, he will come here on the day of the Buddha's birthday. At this time It is better to leave as soon as possible. If there is any emergency, then the poor monk will commit a heinous crime."

Zhao Qingcang said with a smile: "Don't worry, abbot, I have my own plan for this matter! If that person comes, I can meet him; if he doesn't come, that's even better! Besides, abbot, you have to keep it a secret for me, and you must not Tell the local government that I am coming!"

"The poor monk obeys the decree!" Master Yuqing agreed helplessly. He was really worried about what would happen to Zhao Qingcang. If something happened, not only him, but even Xiangguo Temple would be destroyed. Even the whole of Buddhism will be implicated.

Zhao Qingcang returned to the other courtyard. Zhao Qingyu and Zhao Hengyu were a little surprised when they saw him come back.Zhao Qingcang told the two of them what Master Yuqing said just now, which made Zhao Qingyu very excited. He felt that the opportunity to show his skills came.

He was addicted to martial arts, and he didn't have many opportunities to travel in the Jianghu. He basically practiced in the imperial court. If it wasn't for fighting with the guards, it would be difficult for him to show his talents. He also couldn't go to Gao Chong, or Zhao Yougong. One must know that Gao Chong is his master, and Zhao Yougong is his uncle Wang, even if they do it, it's not enough.

Now that Zhao Qingyu heard that there was such a master, how could he be able to sleep, and couldn't wait to meet the leader of the Manichaeism.

Seeing Zhao Qingyu's excitement, Zhao Qingcang and Zhao Hengyu didn't bother to talk to him. If they took care of it, they wouldn't have to sleep all night.

"Brother, are you thinking about Manichaeism?"

Zhao Qingcang nodded, and said: "Hengyu, you used to follow Uncle Wang in the villa, you should be very clear about Jianghu affairs, then do you know about the Manichaeism organization?"

"According to the deeds recorded in the villa, there was a leader of the Manichaeism called Fang La. He once led an army to rebel, and was finally suppressed by the army led by the Supreme Emperor. The generals were killed and injured in that battle. In addition, it is recorded in Jianghu that Fang La's martial arts is extremely high. Ouchi guards and others are no match for him."

Zhao Hengyu thought for a while, and said: "At that time, the Supreme Emperor was still the Generalissimo. He was in charge of military power with a young appearance, and fought with Fang La's army. In the end, the Taishang Emperor's martial arts were much higher than Fang La's. In the end, he was defeated and escorted to Beijing, where he was sentenced to death. .”

"However, the strange thing is that there are only so many records, and there are not too many records later. No one even knows the name of the previous and current leader."

Zhao Qingcang asked doubtfully, "How could you not know?"

"At the beginning, I was also very puzzled. The records of the Manichaeism were limited to Fang La's rebellion. After his death, all the records seemed to be deliberately concealed. I don't know why. I even asked my father, but Father just smiled and said nothing, it is natural to say that this matter is predestined, and he doesn't understand what that sentence means at all."

"Could it be that there is something hidden about the Manichaeism?" Zhao Qingcang muttered, and asked, "Then did you send someone to investigate afterwards?"

"Send someone to investigate, but the result is still nothing!" It's not that Zhao Hengyu didn't investigate, he really investigated secretly, and indeed found nothing, and in the end he was severely beaten by Zhao Yougong because of this matter, even he himself didn't know what is the reason.

Both Zhao Qingcang and Zhao Hengyu remained silent. They really couldn't figure out what was going on with the Manichaeism. They didn't even have many records of the Manichaeism recorded in the Amber Villa. It seemed that someone deliberately concealed it. There is only one person who can make decisions about the villa, and that is Song Gaozong Zhao Gou.

"Could it be that the father and the Manichaeism are involved?" Zhao Qingcang thought secretly, "If there is any connection, why has the father never mentioned it, and even the queen mother has never mentioned it. It seems that this This matter can only be known by personally meeting the current leader.”

(End of this chapter)