There is an ancient pagoda standing deep in the woods.
In the past, except for the monks who were responsible for cleaning the temple, few people came in and out.
However, when the nest is overturned, it is difficult to complete the eggs. After the fall of the entire southern Shaolin, the ground is not quiet, and the lonely tower is not alone.
Some people fought all the way here, fighting fiercely inside and outside the tower.
There are also people who have escaped and come here to seek shelter.
Thirty feet from the inside of the tower to the outside of the tower, there were no fewer than fifty corpses lying on the ground. The dead were countless within a radius of one mile.
The plaque on the ancient pagoda is broken and hung in danger, but the three words "Buddha Pagoda" written on it are still clearly visible.
Because it is located in a quiet location and is only used to store the relics of the deceased eminent monks in the temple, it is usually unattended and has little damage value to the Red Clothes Sect.
Therefore, the pagoda is the only building within the temple that has not been burned to the ground.
After the fire in the whole temple, it inevitably became an important place to hide and avoid disasters and to pursue and fight.
It is now half way through the Xu period, and there is a dense fiery red air steaming under the ink-colored dome.
There is no darkness on the ground, with visibility of dozens of feet.
The pagoda, which had been "left out" for two hours, finally welcomed a new group of people.
There are a total of forty-two in this group of newcomers, all wearing mysterious clothes. Most of them are equipped with single swords, but nearly half of them carry another sword at their waist.
The arrivals were headed by the first five people, and as one of them gave an order, thirty people entered the tower, while the rest stood on guard.
Within a few breaths, thirty people withdrew one after another and made reports one after another.
"No survivors are hiding on the first floor."
"There are no survivors hiding on the second floor."
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"There are no survivors hiding on the seventh floor."
Among the first five people, there stood out a man with a thick neck, long face, sharp edges, thick eyebrows and big eyes.
He had a sword on his waist and a spear in his hand.
Compared to Xuan Yi, who is not easily seen to be stained with blood, blood stains can be seen on the handle of the scabbard on the man's waist and even on the spear.
Without careful identification, it can be seen that the sword is about three feet long, with a narrow blade and a long and narrow handle. The overall shape is like a horizontal eyebrow with a slightly drooping eyebrow.
It is exactly the same as the embroidered spring knife worn by the Jinyi Guards at that time.
Nearly half of the forty-two Xuanyi men were equipped with such waist knives in addition to their main weapons.
Such similarity and the coincidence of appearing in Southern Shaolin are enough to prove that these people are the Jinyiwei of Xichang.
This person is Yin Yang, the head of the Fourteen Thousand Households.
After Yin Yang inspected the situation outside the tower, he waved his hands in a slightly high-pitched voice: "If there are corpses on the first and second floors, clear them out. Five people will be stationed on the second floor. Six people will be on duty for each incense stick outside the tower.
, everyone else goes to the first floor to rest."
"yes!"
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After a while, the first floor of the pagoda, which was not broad at all, seemed to be full of life.
After running around and fighting for days, all the royal guards cherished this opportunity to rest and rest.
If someone is injured and has conditions, he will change the dressing on his hand and apply bandage. If he has nothing to do, he will not chatter and seize the time to close his eyes and rest.
In just a short while, someone fell asleep, and there were three or five snoring sounds alternately.
Fortunately, the five thousand adults didn't care about this.
The five of them stayed in the most spacious and clean corner and communicated in low voices. It seemed that no matter how noisy the surroundings were, it would be difficult to disturb their overflowing excitement at the moment.
Yin Yang took out something one to three inches square from his arms and passed it around among the five people for a closer look.
When everyone passed the hand, they couldn't help but secretly use their strength to see if they could destroy the square plate-like thing to distinguish the true from the false.
At least in their understanding, the Shaolin Golden Seal, which can be passed down for thousands of years, should never be damaged easily.
Yes, after many hard battles and the loss of twenty-three subordinates, the Jin Yiwei finally captured the seal with the character "Zhe" that had changed hands several times.
The legendary Shaolin Golden Seal is indeed made of pure gold. It is three inches long, three inches wide and three inches thick. It looks more like a square plate when held in the palm of your hand.
On one side of the gold seal is engraved the hand formula of the word "Zhe": the thumb, index finger and little finger of both hands are extended and connected, and the rest are tightly clasped.
The other side is engraved with nine rows and columns of tiny figures' movements and Sanskrit characters.
The character is a bald monk, either sitting in meditation or doing sutras, standing and stretching his body, or standing in a handstand with his hands folded.
Some of them look just like Buddhist monks chanting sutras and practicing martial arts, while others look quite weird.
Each character corresponds to a Sanskrit letter.
Yin Yang took the "Zhe" seal that returned to his hand, looked at the engraved surface, and frowned.
"None of the ninety-nine and eighty-one movements are repeated, but the Sanskrit letters have many similarities. If you want to practice the martial arts depicted on the golden seal, it seems that you must first understand what these Sanskrit letters mean and how to pronounce them.
, and what is the relationship between these actions.”
His temper was rather impatient, and the leopard-headed and tiger-eyed man said regretfully: "Oh, if I had known better, I would have kidnapped a bald donkey, and I shouldn't have killed them all."
Gao Sheng, who had a slim face and a mustache on his chin, shook his head and said, "It's useless to keep it. You've already come to someone else's house, and you still expect others to teach you how to read?"
Ling Zhong curled his lips and said, "Don't you think those bald donkeys in the south have softer mouths?"
Gao Sheng continued to shake his head and said: "We have met a lot of people. This thing has something to do with where you were born and raised, but in the end it still depends on more subtle temperament, experience and knowledge..."
Ling Zhong interrupted impatiently: "Okay, okay, stop lecturing me about acceptance. It means that now that this precious thing is in the hands of our brothers, we have no chance to get close to the water. The first one to get the moon.
Do you want to learn some benefits first? You have to submit it to the general before you can get some share of the pie?"
Gao Sheng said: "You don't know the general's temper yet. He must be able to study the secrets of the so-called secrets on the golden seal. Those who are useful to us will naturally be rewarded based on their merits. Those who can learn from it will not hide it."
Ling Zhong said: "Yes, yes, everything you said is right, so now we can only stare at this thing?"
Ding Hairen, who has long, narrow eyebrows and a large black mole on his lips, smiled and said, "Not necessarily. If you can't bear the loneliness, just follow the pattern above and practice on the spot. Maybe you will experience some miraculous effects."
Gao Sheng immediately agreed: "Good idea."
Yuchiwu, who has a square face and thin lips, has always been a man of few words. Seeing this situation, he raised his hand to agree with Ding Hairen's suggestion.
Yin Yang simply threw the golden seal to Ling Zhong and said with a smile: "Old Ling, just give it a try. Whether I can grow those two toes back depends on you!"
When the remaining four people heard this, their faces froze, and the originally cheerful atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
Yin Yang smiled stiffly and said: "What's the matter? Well, isn't it rumored that the secret method of this golden seal is extraordinary? The 'Zhe' seal we got is said to be able to repair its own injuries with the spiritual energy of all things. After we get it, we will naturally think
Let’s talk about whether it is possible to regenerate a severed limb. If the rumors are too miraculous, forget it. Anyway, I have become accustomed to it after more than a year. Why are you going, Lao Ling?"
Before Yin Yang finished speaking, he saw Ling Zhong getting up and walking away. As soon as he asked, he already knew what the other party was going to do.
"I'm going to try to see if there are any particularities in the qi movement method of these movements. Otherwise, if Shaolin wants to restore the sect to its former glory, it will print it on every monk's robe. Thousands of monks will always be able to practice three to five
Is there a great master coming?"
Ling Zhong waved his hand and started playing with himself according to the pattern carved on the seal with the word "Zhe" not far away.
Yin Yang's eyes were slightly sore when he saw this, and he forced a smile and said: "Okay, then you can think about it carefully."
After saying this, he wanted to continue chatting with the other three people, but saw that the three of them were no longer interested in talking.
Thinking of the past six or seven years ago with the four people in front of me, through wind and rain, going up mountains of swords and into seas of fire, my heart agitated. Originally, the thin voice was difficult to hear clearly when whispering, let alone pleasant to listen to.
, but he knew they wouldn't mind, so he still planned to express all his feelings.
"Unknowingly, I have spent several years with my brothers."
Gao Sheng smiled and said: "Brother, this opening is too polite and not suitable for you."
Yin Yang waved his hands and said, "It's rare to be gentle, so bear with it."
"We have known each other for nearly ten years. We have a good rapport and it happened that we were working under Feng Lao Qianhu, so we had the opportunity to play together."
"Let's go on missions together, live and die together, visit Fengyan Tower together, and be a woman together."
"We have a family, a wife, and some have children, but they are still not separated, which shows that we are all somewhat ambitious."
"The fifth general has taken complete control of the West Factory over the years and has given him the most opportunities. This is also the time when the five of us have taken advantage of the wind."
"Of course, how much you get means how much you have paid."
"When the general asked Xichang to go through the Jianghu, we were the first to take the lead."
"When the general said that he would try to bite the meat from the five famous sects, except for the farthest Kunlun, Kongtong, Emei, Wudang, and Shaolin, we were all pawns. We only went high-spirited in Kongtong, Emei, and Shaolin.
I was thrown into disgrace, and it can be said that I was kicked out of Wudang by a stinky old Taoist."
"The general plans to transform Xichang into a world of martial arts. We are the first batch to enter the Kongtong training ground to train hard."
"Later, the general decided to try to cooperate in depth with those evil sects, and we were still at the forefront."
"The closest everyone came to death was when we followed the Yinsha Sect to deal with the Daoyi Alliance. We were almost killed by those from the Feather Tribe. Fortunately, we were not seriously injured."
"To tell you the truth, I broke two toes and my feet became sore after standing for a while, so I thought about giving up."
"When I tell you this today, I just want to say that it doesn't matter whether the word 'zhe' is printed on it is useful to me or not."
"After we finish this job and take this golden seal back, we won't shed our blood like this."
"I am already the head of fourteen thousand households. If I want to climb up the ladder, I can at most ask the general for a job, and I can probably help a few brothers to get a governor. The other three can only stay at the forefront.
Thousands of households.”
"As for the rivers and lakes, the water is still too deep. Besides, we have official status and are naturally hostile to the rivers and lakes. Moreover, our Jinyiwei has always lacked cutting-edge combat power and has always been looked down upon. I don't dare to mess around anymore.
I also advise my brothers not to have such thoughts."
"What do you think?"
The first person to respond was Ling Zhong, who was standing on his hands and folding his hands: "I support Brother Yin. A thousand households will be a thousand households. My old temper is easy to offend others. It's not necessarily good if I go up. I'd better stay where I am and continue to dominate."
It is a blessing to be blessed."
Ding Hairen touched his face and said with a wry smile: "My conditions are not suitable, so I can just follow Lao Ling and continue to live in the same nest."
Gao Sheng stroked his beard and said with longing in his eyes: "The most suitable person to be the governor is Yuchi. He is not ruthless and talkative. For me, just give me a casual position. The little lovers my daughter-in-law gave me will grow longer."
The more lovely they are, I feel like I can sleep soundly holding them every day."
Yuchi Wu hummed and said slowly: "You have already made arrangements for me, so I will accept it."
Gao Sheng patted Yuchi Wu on the shoulder and said: "When the time comes that you will become our boss, don't turn your back on others and just pick on the pigtails of old acquaintances."
Yuchiwu pretended to be reserved and said: "We will do things impartially."
Gao Sheng pushed Yuchi Wu and joked: "Okay Yuchi, I didn't expect you to be quite suitable to be an actor, so I'll do it now."
Yin Yang felt relieved when he heard this and sighed: "That's good. It turns out that we all have the same temperament."
As he finished speaking, he heard a sudden sound of chiming from outside the tower.
Ling Zhong was the first to react, turned over and shouted to wake everyone up: "Alert!"
Yuchiwu rushed out of the tower with his sword, only to see that all the people guarding outside had fallen.
Looking around, I saw a man with white hair and a high crown, wearing a black cloak with a bright red inside, leading the crowd towards the pagoda!