Chapter 66 Dragon Gate Conference (the third chapter, thanks for subscribing)
Author: Dr. Bei Guocha
Chapter 66 Dragon Gate Conference (the third chapter, thanks for subscribing)
For monks who are devoted to pure cultivation, time is never remembered. On this day, Zheng Guigang helped Master Qinghe, who was in charge of the vegetable garden, to pour manure water. He returned to the side room and was washing his hands. Yi Guang opened the door and came in to see.
He glanced at the young novice monks who were sitting in the corner of the wing and carried Buddhist scriptures on their backs, and took out an invitation.
"Master, this is an invitation sent by Wang Yuanba. Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. He invites you to come to Longmen Grottoes for a banquet tomorrow."
Zheng Guizhanxin looked at it for a few times, and then said with a smile: "The Wang family is indeed the local snake of Luoyang. We have lived in Baima Temple for more than ten days, and he actually knows about it."
Yiguang smiled and said: "Although White Horse Temple is not involved in martial arts affairs, there are countless pilgrims every day. We have placed orders here and have not changed our appearance. If the Wang family didn't know earlier, wouldn't it be a wasted reputation?"
"That's right."
Zheng Gui stood up with a flick of his sleeves and said, "Let's go say goodbye to Zen Master Jingneng and go to the Longmen Grottoes for a banquet early tomorrow morning."
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Early the next morning, as the sun had just risen, several carriages came creaking from the banks of the Yichuan River to the Yique Longmen in front of the Xishan Grottoes in Luoyang.
A mile further south from here is where the statues in the caves are located. Among them, the largest statue of Lushena Buddha is said to be carved based on the face of Wu Zetian. For thousands of years, many literati and poets have paid homage to this place, as well as many pilgrims.
Believers come to worship.
Although it was early in the morning, there was already a man picking up a basket of fruits and enjoying the cool under a large pine tree not far away. Apparently he was waiting for tourists to come and sell them to make money.
The carriage stopped in front of Shanyin in front of the Xishan Grottoes. Wang Yuanba, his father and his son, accompanied the two old men out of the carriage. Several carriages came down, and a dozen Golden Blade Sect disciples and a dozen male disciples in different clothes got out.
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At Wang Yuanba's order, these disciples moved the tables, chairs, benches, tea sets and wine jars from the car, and set up three large tables in the open space. On the tables were placed candied fruits, dried fruits, snacks, etc.
Like this, in the middle are two jars of wine that have not yet been opened.
Wang Yuanba accompanied the two old men and sat at the big table in the middle with his eyes closed and meditative. He was still rubbing two golden eggs in his right hand. Brothers Wang Boxen and Wang Zhongqiang started to clear the place with their disciples. Not only did they not require tourists to come, they even sold out
The melon seller also gave some money and drove him out.
After a while, Wang Zhongqiang was seen walking over accompanied by an old man with a short beard wearing coarse clothes. Behind the old man were twenty or thirty strong men. Looking at the thick joints of their hands, it was obvious that they were all masters of the outer sect.
"Dad, Senior Zhang from the Beggar Clan is here."
Wang Yuanba opened his eyes and smiled: "Brother Mo, Brother Xia, and Brother Zhang Jin'ao are the deputy leaders of the Beggar Clan and have distinguished status. Let's welcome them together, shall we?"
Sitting on either side of Wang Yuanba was his in-law, Mo Xing, the master of the Bagua Sect in Zhengzhou, and the other old man was Xia Zhengming, the master of Liuhe Quan.
These two people were either relatives or had a close relationship with Wang Yuanba. They came here to advance and retreat with the Wang family. They were considered half-masters in this conference. After hearing this, they all stood up and said: "That's how it should be."
The three of them welcomed Jin Ao, the deputy gang leader of the Beggar Clan, back. Before they could sit down, they heard a report from a disciple: "Master, the Great Yin Yang Hand Music Master of the Songshan Sect has arrived."
Since Zuo Lengchan became the head of the Songshan Sect, they first won the position of leader of the Five Sacred Mountains, and then led Songshan to do many great things. They also fought against the director of the Demon Sect, Wo Xing, and killed many Demon Sects.
A deadly elder master, Zuo Lengchan's status in the martial arts world has been getting higher and higher in recent years, and he is already on par with Master Fang Zheng and Taoist Master Chongxu.
As the tide rises, so does the status of other members of the Songshan Sect.
Lehou is Zuo Lengchan's fifth junior brother and the fourth Taibao among the Thirteen Taibao. He is short and fat, has a sickly face, and has small and fat hands, but he is known as the "Great Yin-Yang Hand", which shows that he
More than 80% of a person's ability lies in a pair of fleshy palms.
Wang Yuanba and others welcomed Lehou back, laughing and chatting with him.
It was now Chenshi, the temperature was rising, and the fog above Yichuan was gradually dissipating. Wang Yuanba saw that the Beggar Gang, Songshan, Liuhe Fist, and Bagua Dao were coming. Although not all the gang members were invited,
But expecting that Deputy Gang Leader Zhang and Le Hou were here, Monk Zhengfei had to give him some face.
Just when Wang Yuanba was secretly planning, Wang Zhongqiang ran over with joy and shouted: "Dad, Master Fang Sheng from Shaolin Temple is here!"
"What? Senior Fang Sheng has arrived unexpectedly. How about you come along with me to greet him?"
Lehou nodded and said, "That's exactly what it should be."
Master Fang Sheng is a well-known eminent monk among the disciples of the Shaolin Temple. He is the junior disciple of Master Fang Zheng, the master of Shaolin. In the past thirty or forty years, he has often traveled around the world and done many chivalrous things. He has always been respected in the martial arts community.
Le Hou and Zhang Jin'ao were reluctant to come. One reason was because it concerned the Hengshan Sect. The Songshan Sect was the leader of the Central Plains martial arts world and belonged to the same Five Mountains Sword Sect as Hengshan.
It's not easy to get a lot of money.
At this time, when they heard that the Golden Knife Sect could even invite Shaolin Master Fang Sheng, the two of them were shocked and couldn't help but look at Wang Yuanba.
Wang Yuanba's brows were filled with joy, and his steps became lighter and lighter. Suddenly, an old monk with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes came back as everyone guarded him. It was Master Fang Sheng, the eminent Shaolin monk.
Lehou, Zhang Jin'ao and Master Fang Sheng were chatting and laughing freely, while Wang Yuanba thanked him repeatedly.
Everyone returned to the banquet and sat down. Master Fang Sheng looked around and asked, "Mr. Wang, why don't you see Zen Master Dingding from Hengshan?"
Wang Yuanba smiled softly and said: "Zen Master Dingding has been practicing at Baima Temple recently, so he will definitely come as requested."
Mo Xing, the leader of the Bagua Knife, had his disciples injured a lot by the Mighty Escorts. He hated the Hengshan Sect the most in his heart. He sneered and said, "They must be looking down on us, so they are just showing off..."
Le Hou and Zhang Jin'ao frowned upon hearing this. Although they were somewhat dissatisfied with Hengshan's determination, they were even more disgusted with Mo Xing's petty arrogance.
Master Fang Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Isn't this coming?"
Everyone's hearts moved, and Lehou's face immediately changed. Then everyone heard a few sounds of knocking wooden fish, and following the sound, they saw two young monks walking slowly towards them.
The monk in front was tall and burly, and he looked to be in his thirties. Zhang Jin'ao looked very familiar. He remembered that he had seen him at Jianxing Peak of Hengshan Mountain more than ten years ago. At that time, he was still a young novice, and he was the Zen Master of Hengshan Dingding.
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The monk behind was younger and smaller. He held a wooden fish in both hands and walked a few steps and knocked it. After seven or eight sounds of the wooden fish, the two monks arrived in front of everyone.
"The poor monk is determined. This is my disciple Yi Guang. I have met Deputy Gang Leader Zhang. Is this Senior Brother Lehou from Songshan?
This must be Mr. Wang, the Invincible Golden Sword...
This is the eminent monk from Shaolin Temple..."
Zheng Gui clasped his hands together, glanced around the crowd, and called out four or five names. If anyone was unsure, he could guess their faction.
Zhang Jin'ao was much older than he was more than ten years ago. He laughed and said: "We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Zen Master Dingding has become an eminent monk. It is really gratifying. You injured my gang in Fuzhou six years ago.
Brother, today I want to ask Lao Zhang why."
Zheng Gui's heart sank and he thought: The Qinglian Messenger is said to be Jie Feng's illegitimate son. Could it be that Zhang Jin'ao came to help Wang Yuanba just to seek my bad luck and avenge the Qinglian Messenger?
Wang Yuanba took a step forward and said: "Zen Master Ding has rarely appeared in the world in recent years, but he can recognize the old man. It's really admirable. This is Master Fang Sheng of Shaolin Temple. You are all Buddhist monks. It's right to say
Speaking of Buddhism, this is Mo Xing, the leader of Zhengzhou Bagua Sword Sect, and this is Master Xia, the leader of Liuhe Fist Sect..."
Wang Yuanba introduced everyone to Zheng Gui one by one, and Zheng Gui politely put his hands together and saluted, and then asked Yi Guang to kneel down and kowtow to pay homage to the seniors. When the ceremony was over, everyone sat down politely.
Master Fang Sheng was the oldest and had the longest status. After being passed over, he still took the seat of the central table. On the left and right sides were Zhang Jin'ao, Le Hou, Wang Yuanba, Mo Xing, Xia Zhengming, Zheng Gui, and six others.
In front of the wine table were disciples from various sects, and Yi Guang was accompanied by two brothers, Wang Zhongqiang and Wang Bofen.
After everyone was seated, Wang Yuanba stood up and explained in detail the disputes between the Golden Sword Sect, the Bagua Sword Sect and the Weiwei Escort Agency from beginning to end.
Zheng Gui listened for a long time and saw that what Wang Yuanba said was fair, so he did not interrupt.
When Wang Yuanba finished speaking, Mo Xing slammed the table and said angrily: "The Mighty Escort Bureau, relying on being a disciple of the Hengshan Sect, has been rampant in our Central Plains martial arts world and injured seven or eight disciples of my Bagua Sword Sect. Wang
Big brother couldn't stand it, so he stood up for our Central Plains martial arts community.
Hey, it turns out Zen Master Dingding sent this monk Yiguang to injure the two nephews of the Wang family, Bo Fen and Zhong Qiang. Please raise your hands and show them to the seniors..."
Wang Bofen and Wang Zhongqiang lifted up their sleeves, revealing their wrists that were still wrapped. Seeing that Monk Yiguang's expression did not change, everyone knew that what Mo Xing said was true.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Yi Guang snorted: "Why, Mr. Mo, you are protecting Wang Boxen because you are Wang Bofen's father-in-law?
My five junior brothers from the Mighty Escort Agency were seriously injured by you, and I don’t know if they will become disabled. Your Wang family must give you an explanation for this matter!"
Mo Xing was furious, stood up and said: "What do you want to say!
Haven't you already hurt someone, are you going to kill someone?"
Yiguang curled his lips and said: "The Wang family has done too much, so I have to make amends to the junior brothers of the Mighty Escort Bureau. Let's draw a line here, lest the heroes of the world underestimate our Baozhu Temple and think that we, the disciples of the Five Mountains Sword Sect.
It’s not as good as the Golden Knife Sect!”
When they heard that Yiguang had brought out the Five Mountains Sword Sect, Wang Yuanba and Mo Xing's expressions changed and they both looked at Lehou.
Xia Zhengming even smiled and said: "Brother Le, your Songshan Sect is the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance. What do you think should be done at this time?"
Lehou came here this time on the order of his senior brother, and deliberately wanted to see the Hengshan Sect's attitude, so he just said with a straight face: "Right and wrong are up to the hearts of the people. Although we, the Five Mountains Sword Sect, are brothers in love, we are not the same."
Will disregard morality and use force to oppress others.
Yiguang, although the Mighty Escort Bureau injured many people, no one was killed at all. Didn't you also hurt the two young masters of the king's head? Zen Master Dingding, in my opinion, it is best to stop this matter, so as not to hurt the right way.
The harmony between the two factions..."
Zheng Gui watched Le Hou ponder for a moment and said: "Senior Brother Le has spoken out, so the monk will naturally give him face. The two young masters of the Wang family will go to the Tongguan Escort Bureau in person to apologize. How about this matter be over?"
When Lehou heard this, he was secretly angry. He felt that the monk who was determined was too quick to give up when he saw a good thing. Could it be that the senior experts here didn't have enough face?
Wang Yuanba's face turned gloomy and he said: "If our Jindao Wang family bows to the mighty escort agency founded by a few lay disciples of the Hengshan sect, how can we still gain a foothold in the world? All the senior masters are the leading figures in the orthodox sect. Fang Sheng
Master, please tell me, is Zen Master Dingxing a little aggressive?"
Master Fang Sheng looked at Zheng Gui and was about to give some words of persuasion when he saw Zheng Gui stood up and bowed first, saying: "Master Fang Sheng, you are of noble status. Since you are here, I will talk to you carefully.
If old Mr. Wang Yuanba really wanted to invite everyone to sit together and discuss a mutually satisfactory solution, the poor monk would have accepted it, but he invited his in-laws from the Mo family, as well as the old boxer Xia from Liuhe Quan, and the three disciplines
Dozens of disciples, all of them armed with swords, how can they be sincere? They are clearly planning to besiege my master and disciple..."
Master Fang Sheng twitched his eyebrows and stopped talking. Lehou and Zhang Jin'ao also sat still, as if they wanted to see how Wang Yuanba would respond.
Wang Yuanba slapped the table, embedded the golden ball in his hand on the table, and said: "To be honest, if my family offended you, Zen Master Dingding, it would be okay to send a generous gift to Hengshan to apologize, but after all, several of your disciples are new to the world.
Juniors of Jianghu, this matter is not solely the fault of my Wang family, you are pressing forward step by step, so we have no choice but to do it!"
Zheng Gui shouted: "Happy!
Mr. Wang, how do you want to deal with this?"
Wang Yuanba glanced at Zheng Gui and Yi Guang, and said in a deep voice: "This matter concerns our Golden Sword Sect and Bagua Sword Sect. Since the Zen Master has arrived in person, we two old bones will ask you for advice.
If you win, I will personally go to the Weiwei Escort Bureau to apologize. If our brothers are lucky enough to win even one and a half moves, I will just ask the Zen Master to leave it at that. Mr. Wang is willing to offer 500 taels of gold as the consultation fee for Mr. Ning and their escorts.
,how?"
Wang Yuanba and Mo Xing are both the leaders of a sect and have been famous for many years. It stands to reason that when the two of them fight against the Zen master Ding Ding, they have somewhat degraded their status. Even if they win, it will not be considered a glorious thing.
But after Wang Yuanba saw Yi Guang's martial arts, he asked himself that he might not be able to win if he took action personally. It would be more embarrassing to lose to a junior disciple of Yi Zi generation. It would be better to invite Mo Xing to fight Zen Master Ding Ding together, so as to gain a chance of victory.
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After all, the Hengshan Sect is a famous sect, while the Jindao Sect and the Bagua Sect are both small sects. Although Wang Yuanba's proposal seems spineless, it is reasonable in the eyes of Zhang Jin'ao, Lehou and others. After all, Wang Yuanba's proposal seems to be spineless.
Yuanba was already over sixty years old, but Zen Master Dingding was still in his prime, and the Hengshan School's martial arts was famous, so it was not too embarrassing for Wang Yuanba not to dare to fight alone.
Zheng Gui smiled slightly and said: "The poor monk is a junior. It is really rude to say that he is fighting against Mr. Wang and Mr. Mo alone. But since you brought it up, the poor monk should not do it.
He seemed to have lost his ambition, which also made my disciples waiting in the escort agency sad...
Well, let’s take action immediately, and you’d better leave for Tongguan early so as not to keep my disciples waiting for a long time.”
As Zheng Gui spoke, he pulled out the Hengshan sect's standard long sword that Yi Guang was carrying and jumped to the open space a few feet away. He looked at the furious Mo Xing and Wang Yuanba with firm eyes, cupped his hands and said, "Please, you two.