You pay equal attention to riding and shooting, and the young man likes to gallop.
He wears a felt belt with double quills, and wears a carved suit with an elephant arc.
The beasts are fat and the grass is short in spring, and the flying eagle flies over the flat land.
I travel to Yanmen in the morning and stay upstairs in the evening.
The stone beams are still strong, but the sparrows are frightened and have no full eyes.
There was no peace between the Han and the captives, and the border towns were repeatedly overturned.
Leave me a white feather, and I will divide the tiger bamboo.
——"Naked Ancient" Bao Zhao (Southern and Northern Dynasties)
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When Bai Fu opened his eyes, the sky outside the cave was completely dark and filled with stars.
What he heard and saw in the Vipassana meditation just now made Bai Fu amazed. Patriarch Bodhidharma left his life's memories and cultivation in the shadow.
It can be seen from the cultivation of Patriarch Bodhidharma in the shadow that the seventy-two stunts of Shaolin are just based on the Zen mental state left in the shadow. The martial arts skills transformed by the shadow are not truly remarkable skills and are far from the true supernatural powers of Zen Buddhism.
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In the shadow, Bai Fu met the Patriarch Bodhidharma and practiced with him for nine years. He walked back to Tianzhu from Luoyang, observed the local customs and customs outside the region, and saw the famous mountains and rivers. Only then did he understand that Zen does not establish words, and that it is taught separately and transmitted from heart to heart.
of profound meaning.
The scenery can only be known by seeing it. The other shore can only be seen by knowing it.
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Bai Fu slowly opened his palm, and a small Vajra Demon-Conquering Pestle appeared in his palm, shining with golden light. On it were Sanskrit scriptures carved by Patriarch Bodhidharma himself. The appearance of the Vajra Demon-Conquering Pestle proved that what just happened was not
Dreamland.
Bai Fu stroked the magic pestle with endless aftertaste.
Suddenly, a clicking sound was heard, and a Buddha statue on the right side of the cave slowly rotated. A cave entrance was exposed at the bottom of the Buddha statue, and it turned out that there was a secret passage here.
With a thought in his mind, Bai Fu floated out of the cave and hid in the grass.
Two monks walked out of the cave. One of them was the middle-aged monk who besieged him last time. The other was of medium build, burly and sturdy.
The middle-aged monk complained: "The messenger from White Horse Temple has already gone up the mountain. It is estimated that something happened at White Horse Temple. I have told you a long time ago that Yamamoto's method is not good. Stealing the chicken will not end up losing the rice, but it will expose everyone.
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The burly monk said: "What uncle is teaching me is, where should I go next?"
The middle-aged monk said: "You go to Fan Yang first. An Lushan, the governor of Fan Yang, is my good friend. You hide in his army first and wait for our orders." After that, he picked up the wine bag and poured out two bowls.
Rice wine and handed it to the burly monk.
The two drank it all in one gulp.
The burly monk bent down and bowed: "Hai, uncle, please take care of yourself. Ichiro will take his leave."
After that, he unfolded his body, put on his luggage, and took a tin stick in his hand, and fled from the direction of the back mountain.
The middle-aged monk looked at his back and remained silent. He turned around and walked back to the entrance of the cave. He pulled the small stone tower above the entrance of the cave and the Buddha statue in the cave slowly closed. The middle-aged monk jumped into the secret passage and disappeared.
Bai Fu's curiosity aroused and he put his ear to the ground. When he couldn't hear any movement underground, he followed the example of a gourd, turned the Buddha statue away, and jumped into the secret passage.
Bai Fu opened the fire seal and carefully observed the secret passage.
The secret passage was narrow at first, and then it became accessible to people. As we walked, it became wider and wider, and rows of warehouses appeared in front of us. Each warehouse had a huge red lacquered wooden door with a copper ring embedded with an animal mouth, and the copper ring was locked by a mother-in-law.
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Bai Fu twisted the lock and gently pushed open one of the wooden doors. He couldn't help but be shocked. Inside the warehouse was actually a weapons warehouse, filled with swords, guns, swords and halberds, axes, axes, hooks and forks, armor, crossbows, arrows, etc. These weapons were all from the military.
If the weapons are kept privately among the people, they will be considered as a serious crime of treason by the government. Shaolin is the leader of the seven martial arts sects. If you are like this, aren't you afraid of causing the catastrophe of annihilation?
Bai Fu randomly opened a few more warehouses, which contained either food and grass, but also military supplies such as uniforms and tents.
This was extremely unusual, and Bai Fu became vigilant. He found another set of clothes from the warehouse, put it on, covered it up, and disguised himself. Then he wrapped the black iron thick-backed sword and found a pair of clothes from the armory.
He took the long sword in his hand and tiptoed around the warehouse to search.
There is a stone door in the center of the secret passage, the top of which is several feet high. Bai Fu checked the method of opening the door and estimated that opening this door would make a lot of noise. In order not to attract the attention of the monks in the temple, Bai Fu continued to look for other exits.
In less than a cup of tea, Bai Fu discovered another more hidden exit. Bai Fu gently removed the lid of the exit and quietly poked his head out. In front of him was a curtain. On the green brick floor in front of the curtain, there were rows of
On the three futons, Bai Fu secretly speculated, could the entrance of the secret passage be opened in the Buddhist hall?
Just as Bai Fu was about to run out of the secret passage, he heard footsteps coming from a few feet away.
Bai Fu hid in the secret passage again and moved the cover back to its original position, leaving only a small gap.
A man entered the Buddhist hall. It could be seen from his leggings that he was a monk. Unfortunately, he could not see his appearance clearly. He walked repeatedly in the Buddhist hall, as if waiting for someone. After walking around for a few times, he was on the futon.
I sat down, took out my rosary beads, and chanted the scriptures.
Not long after, another person also entered the Buddhist hall, dressed as an ordinary pilgrim. The previous monk hurriedly stood up and greeted him with salutes. The two of them did not exchange too many greetings and went straight to the topic.
The pilgrim asked: "How is Shaolin's current material reserves?"
The monk said: "Reporting to the prince, weapons, tents and other military supplies are enough to equip an army of 50,000 people. The food and fodder can cover the expenses of the army for a year."
The pilgrim was surprised: "How come there are so many?"
The monk said: "The emperor has always coveted the monks and soldiers of Shaolin Temple, and wanted to turn Shaolin into his personal armed force, so he planted many cronies in Shaolin overtly and covertly, and made Abbot Kong Jian a stand-in."
The pilgrim said: "Who has the final say in Shaolin now?"
The monk said: "Now the real person who speaks about Shaolin affairs is the temple supervisor. It is said that he is from Eunuch Gao, who supervises Shaolin on behalf of the emperor. There is nothing you can do if you don't obey the abbot. If you don't obey, the emperor can wipe Shaolin off the map with just one word."
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The pilgrim said: "Do you dare, Li Longji? You must know that Shaolin monk soldiers were given by Emperor Taizong!"
The monk sighed: "As the saying goes, those who stand out will die first. Shaolin was too close to Emperor Wu Zhao during the Wu Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Xuanzong has always been worried about it, worried that there were remnants of Wu Zhao among them. If Princess Taiping hadn't rebelled,
At that time, Shaolin declined Princess Taiping's lobbying and did not participate, and was wiped out at that time. Therefore, the emperor's offer, the abbot could only try his best to convince people with virtue, and did not dare to completely refuse."
The pilgrim asked: "Can you get the temple supervisor to come over?"
The monk said: "It's hard to say. On the surface, he is absolutely loyal to Xuanzong. But he is a eunuch and is greedy for money."
The pilgrim smiled and said: "That will be easy."
The monk said: "If you can't win over the temple supervisor, you can also start with Abbot Kong Jian's first disciple. He has always been eager to inherit the abbot's mantle as soon as possible."
The pilgrim asked curiously: "Isn't he the disciple of Abbot Kongjian? How could he have such rebellious thoughts?"