Chapter 15: Under the Shaoshi Mountain
The sun is rising, and the thousand-year-old temple bathed in the sun is mysterious and majestic.
Although it is only early morning, the foot of Shaolin Temple is extremely lively. There are wanderers from all walks of life, and there are tens of thousands of people from all forces and sects. Some of these people have been here for several days to admire the style of the Grand Master.
"When will Shaolin open the mountain gate?"
"With so many people, I don't think it will be open. It may be at the foot of the mountain."
"When will the Grand Master come?"
"How can we guess the dragon-like person? Wait, can the Grand Master still wrong you?"
People are talking about it.
In a corner with few people, two people are whispering.
"The Marquis has told us to find out the origin of this mysterious Grand Master. Brother Tianya, where do you think this Grand Master came from?" One of the young men asked.
"Haitang, the world is so big, and there are so many masters. It is possible that he is a master who has been in seclusion for a long time. The Marquis wants us to win over the other party on behalf of the Ming Dynasty. You must know what the Grand Master means." The man named Tianya said.
The two people were Duan Tianya, who came to the Song Dynasty from the Ming Dynasty, and Shangguan Haitang, who was dressed as a man. They were sent by Zhu Wusi, the owner of Hulong Villa, to get information.
At this moment, the crowd suddenly became chaotic. People from Shaolin Temple walked up to the high platform that had just been built yesterday at the gate of Shaolin Mountain.
"It's Master Xuanci, and Master Xuanji. All the Xuan generation of Shaolin are here." Someone said.
On the high platform, Xuanci looked at the huge crowd in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly said in his heart that it was fortunate that he withstood the pressure and didn't open the gate a few days ago, otherwise Shaolin Temple would be in chaos.
"Amitabha, Xuanci meets you all." Xuanci said.
"Thank you all for coming to Shaolin from thousands of miles away. It's just that the Shaolin Temple is small, so I can't let you go up the mountain. Xuanci apologizes to everyone here." Xuanci said.
"Master Xuanci, when will the grandmaster come?" Someone asked loudly.
"Amitabha, how can the Grand Master be what Xuanci can guess? The Grand Master and my Shaolin may have some misunderstandings. This time, Shaolin will also take this matter seriously and must give the Grand Master an explanation." Xuanci said.
At this moment, the people at the back suddenly separated to both sides, and a group of people came over here.
"Brother, it's Lu Xiaofeng and the others." Shangguan Haitang said in a low voice after seeing who was coming.
I saw Qiao Feng, Jiang Yuyan, Ah Qing, Lu Xiaofeng, Ximen Chuxue, Hua Manlou and a group of six people walking towards the Shaolin platform under the gaze of everyone.
"That's Qiao Feng."
"Who are the people around him?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, those two girls are masters." Someone who has seen Ah Qing and Jiang Yuyan said.
"Qiao Feng, it's really him, he dares to come." Someone said, belittling Qiao Feng's identity.
"You are looking for death, don't you know that the mysterious Grand Master is behind him now."
"Boss, boss." Someone in the crowd shouted.
Qiao Feng stopped and looked back. He saw some Beggars' Sect disciples in the crowd, including several elders. These people shouted excitedly.
Qiao Feng just bowed to them and turned around to continue walking. Now he has no attachment to the Beggars' Sect. More than ten years of hard work has completely repaid Wang Jiantong's kindness to him.
The Beggars' Sect disciples saw this and showed sad expressions. The Beggars' Sect has been ridiculed by the people in the world these days. The deputy leader was killed by his own people, and they drove away a pillar-like leader with their own hands, resulting in the Beggars' Sect not even having a master who can hold the scene.
Qiao Feng and his group quickly crossed the crowd and came to the bottom of the high platform.
"Amitabha, Qiao Feng, you are finally here." Xuan Ci said.
"Meet the master." Qiao Feng said.
"Cousin, that's Qiao Feng." Wang Yuyan said to Murong Fu in the crowd.
Looking at Qiao Feng, Murong Fu also showed a surprised expression. He could see the whole picture from a glimpse of Qiao Feng. He naturally saw that Qiao Feng was extraordinary.
At this time, a Shaolin disciple stood up and pointed at Qiao Feng and said.
"Qiao Feng, you killed my uncle Xuan Ku, and now you dare to come."
"Spirit, don't be rude." Xuan Nan quickly scolded the monk.
Qiao Feng heard this, sighed in his heart and looked around and said.
"Today, Qiao, in front of tens of thousands of heroes present, I, Qiao Feng, have always been upright and never disdained to do those mean things. Many masters in the martial arts world were killed before, and they had nothing to do with me, not to mention my teacher Xuan Ku. How could I, Qiao Feng, do such a thing that is outrageous to both humans and gods."
Qiao Feng paused and continued.
"As for my identity, I am a Khitan, Qiao has not concealed this, but Qiao has been raised by the Han people since I was a child, and has never done anything that harms the Han people or the Song Dynasty for many years. If you use this excuse to slander Qiao, then Qiao has nothing to say, and then it will be." Qiao Feng said very domineeringly.
"What Qiao Feng said makes sense. Even if he is a Khitan, so what? He has lived in the Song Dynasty since he was a child. To put it bluntly, he has killed many Liao dogs over the years." Someone said.
"Amitabha, there are naturally many doubts about the death of Junior Brother Xuanku. Shaolin will definitely find out the truth. If it is not you, Shaolin will definitely clear your name." Xuanci said.
Qiao Feng nodded and continued.
"Thirty years ago, Master Xuanci was also a participant in the Yanmen Pass incident. Today, Qiao came here hoping that Master can inform the identity of the big brother who took the lead and the villain who instigated discord." Qiao Feng said with a murderous look on his body. He could not pursue the others out of justice, but he could never let these two people go. Otherwise, how could he face his parents who died tragically.
When Xuanci heard this, his body shook unnoticeably, and then he clasped his hands together.
"Amitabha…"
After Xuanci recited the Buddha's name, he said nothing.
"Master Xuanci, why didn't you tell me? The whole world knows what happened back then. It was obviously them who killed innocent people by mistake."
"Oh, speaking of which, Qiao Feng is also a pitiful person."
"Is that the leading brother's status very special?"
"I don't know if Qiao Feng will take action directly."
People started talking.
Hearing this, Qiao Feng was filled with anger, but thinking of Su Yu, he suppressed his anger.
"Okay, since the master doesn't want to say it, Qiao won't force it."
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly blew at the scene, making everyone unable to open their eyes.
"Xuanci, what can't you say?" At this time, a voice came, and a figure appeared on the top of the wooden stake with the Shaolin Temple signboard standing next to the high platform of the Shaolin Temple.
When everyone looked around, they saw a young man dressed in white, holding someone whose appearance they couldn't see clearly.
"Meet the Emperor." Qiao Feng and others, including Lu Xiaofeng, saluted quickly. The person coming was none other than Su Yu.
"That's the Grand Master."
"The Grand Master is here."
"I've met the Grand Master." Everyone present saluted Su Yu.
"Amitabha, I have met the great master."
Everyone was shocked. They did not expect that the Grand Master was such a young man.
"Senior brother." Shangguan Haitang also looked shocked, and then said to Duan Tianya.
"Yes." Duan Tianya nodded, feeling extremely shocked. He did not expect that the great master would look like this.
"Xuanci, thirty years ago you listened to the villain's slander and caused great disaster. Thirty years have passed and you are still stubborn. Have your sutras gone into the dog's belly?" Su Yu scolded sharply.
Everyone present was also shocked by Su Yu's words. They all looked at Xuanci. But he still bowed his head and remained silent.
"Very good. I originally wanted to give you Shaolin a chance. Now it seems that you care more about your reputation. Do you think no one will know about what happened back then?" Su Yudao.
"Thirty years ago, when you were still the leader of the Luohan Hall, you received a message from someone saying that a master from the Daliao Palace wanted to come to Shaolin of the Song Dynasty to rob Shaolin secret books. He told you the exact time and place, so you contacted him. Eighteen of the top masters in the world at that time, including Wang Jiantong, went to Yanmen Pass to ambush."
"That day outside Yanmen Pass, a group of Khitan warriors escorted a carriage. You waited and took action indiscriminately. Not to mention your innocent mistakes, the Song and Liao countries had already ceased war for many years. Wouldn't you use your brains? Really? Come to snatch the secret book, how can such a secret thing be known to outsiders? It's a guard and a carriage. I really don't know if you are really stupid or fake." Su Yu cursed.
"That group of Khitan people were just a group of Khitan nobles who returned to Yanmen Pass to visit their relatives because their wives were Han. At that time, there had been a truce between Song and Liao for many years, and there were many intermarrying between Khitan and Han people. In addition to the fact that the Khitan noble's wife was Han, Master He is also a martial artist from the Central Plains, and as a descendant of the Liao Dynasty, he has always been a hero in promoting the armistice between the two countries. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed and attacked by idiots like you. Did you know that after this happened that year, the Liao royal family Furious, he immediately resumed the Caogu Valley war that had not been carried out for more than ten years to retaliate against the Song Dynasty. Since then, in the past thirty years, how many people have died and families have been broken up on the Song and Liao border every year during the Caogu Valley war. You should be punished for your crimes. "Su Yu said.
"What? It turns out that the reason why the Liao Kingdom resumed plowing is because of this. It's disgusting. It's so disgusting."
"Oh my God, I thought it was the Liao people who broke their promise and tore up the contract between the two countries."
"Hiss I see, that's right. You killed members of the royal family and you didn't want revenge."
When Xuanci heard this, he lowered his head and recited the Buddha's name.
"Mom and Dad..." After listening to Su Yu's words, Qiao Feng felt as if he had witnessed the fighting that year, and saw his father desperately protecting his mother and the infant himself, and tears flowed down unconsciously.
"It turns out that this is the reason for the harvesting of grass and valleys between the Song and Liao Dynasties." Duan Tianya sighed.
Everyone present was filled with indignation at this time. The matter now was no longer Qiao Feng's own business, but had risen to the level of the two countries. When they thought of the dead people of the two countries, it was actually because of such a ridiculous reason that the consequences were caused. Everyone was angry.
"Xuanci, tell me quickly, who are the big brother and the messenger?"
"Yes, tell me quickly."
People became noisy and just wanted to pull out those two people and cut them into pieces.
"Isn't it obvious what the Grand Master said?" At this time, Lu Xiaofeng beside Qiao Feng said with a slight smile.
Everyone immediately looked at him.
"The Grand Master just said that the mysterious man sent the letter to Master Xuanci, and he contacted many people in the world. This can prove that the leading brother is Master Xuanci yourself." Lu Xiaofeng pointed at Xuanci and said .
It was then that everyone suddenly realized.
"Xuan Ci." Qiao Feng was immediately furious. He had been humbled several times, even begging the other party to tell him the identity of the leader, but he never expected that the leader was actually Xuan Ci himself.