Hua Bushi smiled and said: "We can't go back through the mountain gate. If I remember correctly, the Guiling Pavilion is located in the southwest corner of the Taoist temple, not far from the viewing wall. We only need to go around and climb over the wall to get there. When I got to that pavilion, it was already dark, so I decided to do something right."
Liu Yuanhe couldn't help but frown as he climbed over the wall and entered. He was born in the "Shaolin Sect" with extremely strict rules and regulations. He was also a famous figure in the Baidao. His behavior had always been upright. He had never done anything like climbing over a wall to enter a hospital at night. Moreover, this time he wanted to climb over a building. The walls of the temple are full of Taoist nuns
Hua Bushi knew what Liu Yuanhe was thinking and said, "If Elder Liu doesn't want to climb over the wall and go back now, he might as well explore Guiling Pavilion. I and A Tong can do it."
Liu Yuanhe had previously insisted on coming together to track the enemy, so how could he go back like this now? After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay for Liu to climb over the wall with Master Hua."
Hua Bushi said: "Okay, let's go quickly" [
He looked at Liu Yuanhe and smiled leisurely and said: "We are only going to detect the enemy's traces, not climbing over the wall to pick flowers and rob people. Elder Liu must be nervous."
After hearing this, Liu Yuanhe's old face turned even red.
Since Lingdu Temple is not too big, it is not too far from the outside of the temple wall to the back of the temple.
The three of them left their horses in the woods and walked on foot. It was already dark now, and the woods were even darker, and there was no light to illuminate the road. It was inevitable that they would go deep and shallow while walking. Only the big white dog princess was born with the gift of running through the dense forest in the dark night. Jumping is all in the way
After the tea time, three people and one dog had walked several miles and arrived at the back wall of the Taoist temple. The exterior wall was made of bluestone and was about eight feet high. Although it was not short, it would not be difficult for a master with light skills to climb over the wall. too difficult
Hua Bushi raised his head and looked at the wall for a few times and said, "According to the direction, the Guiling Pavilion should be inside this wall. Ah Tong, take me and jump over there. Elder Liu, please take the princess over the wall."
This evil dog master actually asked him to lead the dog to jump over the wall
Liu Yuanhe's heart was filled with worry again, but when he saw Ximen Tong had jumped into the wall with Hua Bushi, he had no choice but to reach out and pick up the big white dog. He kicked it up nine feet with both feet and used Qing Kung Fu to fly over the wall.
Hua Bushi's estimation of the direction was very accurate. Liu Yuanhe landed on the masonry floor inside the wall and saw that not far ahead was the Guiling Pavilion that he passed during the day. There was no other figure around.
This pavilion is located in a relatively remote corner of the Taoist temple. It is also the place where the ancestors’ spiritual tablets are stored. Those Taoist nuns will not come here.
"Let's go over there," Hua Bushi waved and whispered.
Although Guiling Pavilion is not as majestic as the other halls in Lingdu Temple, it is still two to three feet high. In the dark night, the outer wall is green and black, which makes it somewhat mysterious.
The two doors to the pavilion were closed tightly, and a half-foot-long large copper lock hung on the door knocker. The three of them had seen it before when they passed by.
Liu Yuanhe had great internal strength and strong hands, but he knew that it would not be easy to forcefully open such a thick copper lock. However, Hua Bushi took out a thin steel wire from his pocket and stuffed it into the keyhole. I poked it a few times and heard a soft "click" sound, and the big copper lock opened.
In addition to not knowing martial arts, this evil young master has a lot of other crooked skills. Even this low-level thief can actually master the skills. Liu Yuanhe secretly thought in his heart that he didn't know that Hua Bushi was the "Flower Picking Hero of Jiangnan". Of course, it would be easy for the heir to Xiao Henshui's mantle to open an ordinary copper lock.
Hua Bushi took the copper lock from the door knocker and reached out to open the door. Ximen Tong stepped forward and walked into the door. The room was dark. He didn't know if there would be an ambush. Hua Bushi didn't know martial arts, so it would be safer for Ximen Tong to go in first.
After a few breaths, Ximen Tong's voice came from inside the door: "People inside, please come in."
Liu Yuanhe, Hua Bushi and the princess entered the door one after another. Hua Bushi turned around and closed the two doors, then stretched out his hand to light the fire.
Guiling Pavilion is very spacious. Under the firelight, everything is empty. In the middle of the lobby, there is a four-foot-high bluestone platform. As expected, there are many wooden spiritual tablets on the platform, and there is a bronze incense burner table in front of the platform. In addition to the candlesticks, there are several porcelain plates, which are probably used to hold the fruits for sacrifices.[
It's just that the incense in the incense burner has been extinguished early, and there are no candles in the candlesticks. The porcelain dishes are even more empty, with nothing in them.
Nearly a thousand years have passed since the Lingdu Temple was first built in the Tang Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty. The successive abbots of the temple have presided over no less than fifty or sixty people. There are dozens of spiritual tablets of various sizes on the stone platform, all of which are written on them. The Taoist names and names of the temple masters of each generation
Before Liu Yuanhe arrived at the stone platform, he said: "The master of Jingyue Temple seems to know the etiquette very well, but he doesn't know that the ancestors' spiritual tablets in the temple are empty and deserted. There are not even people lighting incense and candles. I'm afraid this will only happen once in a few years."
Hua Bushi said: "Elder Liu's words are wrong. Although there are incense and candles here, no one is taking care of them. Look at the stone platform and wooden table, which are all dusty. The floor is also very clean. It seems that someone cleans them from time to time."
Liu Yuanhe looked at it intently and said: "This means that since she knows how to clean, why doesn't she offer some incense?"
Hua Bushi said: "The reason for this is difficult to guess."
At this time, I suddenly saw the princess lying in a corner of the hall and roaring toward the ground.
The big white dog was very excited when it passed Guiling Pavilion earlier. If Hua Bushi hadn't stopped it in time, the Jingyue Temple Master would have discovered that this was also the reason why Hua Bushi regarded this pavilion as a suspect. In the pavilion, it raised its nose and sniffed everywhere. At this time, it was lying on the ground and seemed to have discovered something.
Hua Bushi walked forward quickly and called the princess away. He knelt down and bent over the ground to carefully inspect Ximen Tong and Liu Yuanhe. They had also passed by.
Under the light of the fire, Hua Bushi looked with his cheek to the ground for a while and suddenly asked: "I wonder if Elder Liu has any research on agency ambush?"
Liu Yuanhe shook his head and said: "It's just some trivial skills."
As a decent figure in the White Way, he was a Shaolin layman and a high disciple. It was quite polite to say that he looked down upon the methods of ambushes and other sneak attacks, just like Hua Bushi's little thief's tricks of opening locks, and called them "little tricks."
Hua Bushi sighed and said: "The gaps between the bluestone floors here are slightly wider than other places. There are some slight scratches on the stone. I guess there must be a secret door passage under the ground. This young master knows very little about agency ambush. Elder Liu We are also studying how to open the mechanism. I am afraid it will not be easy to open this door."
Ximen Tong said: "Since we can't find the switch, why don't we simply break the rocks with our fists?"
Hua Bushi said: "That would make too much noise, and I don't know if there is an alarm connected under the secret door. If the stone is broken by force and the mechanism is triggered, it will definitely alert the snake."
He thought for a while and then said: "Unless we can use an inch of force to shatter this stone slab, maybe the alarm mechanism under the stone will not be triggered."
If Zhu Hong were here, his "Shaking Mountain Palm" might be able to instantly shatter the stone slabs with force. Although Ximen Tong's hand skills are not weak, his "Yan Qing Fist" is good at finger grabbing. Difficult to do this
Liu Yuanhe suddenly said: "There is a 'Xuankong Fist' in Shaolin martial arts that specializes in short strikes. Liu has also practiced it for several years. Although the fire is not deep, it may be possible to break this stone slab."
"Xuankong Fist" is one of the "Seventy-Two Special Skills of Shaolin" and is well-known in the world. Hua Bushi knew it. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and said: "It's so good. The stone slab doesn't look too thick. As long as you practice 'Xuankong Fist' to six or seven." If the heat is divided, it will surely shatter into pieces."
Hua Bushi tapped the surrounding ground with his knuckles and pointed to a stone slab and said: "This is the entrance to the secret passage. Elder Liu used his fist to shatter the stone slab. However, you must be careful after the stone is broken. It is best to retreat as soon as possible." It’s unknown whether there might be a hidden weapon “shooting” from under the stone slab.”
He took a few steps away as he spoke.
Liu Yuanhe stepped forward and took a look at the stone slab. He made a fist with his right hand and placed his fist on the stone slab. He took a deep breath but saw that the wind in the cuffs of his short shirt had obviously lifted all the energy from his body to his fist.
He paused for a moment and suddenly a light flashed in his eyes. He retracted his right fist a few inches and struck it back on the stone slab. At the same time, he made a "ugh" sound in his mouth.
Liu Yuanhe's breath was not very loud, but when he punched the stone slab, he made almost no sound, as if he had exerted all his strength, and the stone slab did not even shake.
However, after a few breaths, many small cracks suddenly appeared on the strange bluestone, and then it completely turned into fragments. Lailai fell into the hole under the stone slab, and a large hole suddenly appeared on the ground.
Liu Yuanhe punched the gravel and did not move away as Hua Bushi said. He just stood there and stared into the cave. When all the gravel fell, he saw that inside the cave entrance was a stone staircase going down.
After he had a clear look, he walked up the stone steps.
Hua Bushi originally wanted to warn Liu Yuanhe to be careful that there might be dangers in the cave, but thinking that the elder of the "Arhat Sect" was very conceited, he would definitely not see him entering the cave entrance, so he had no choice but to follow along with Ximen Tong.
This stone step went straight down for more than ten steps, and Liu Yuanhe could no longer go down because there was an iron gate blocking the front door. The iron on the door was about the thickness of a thumb, and the big iron lock hanging on it was even thicker. *The length is more than twice as thick as the previous copper lock on the Guiling Pavilion door
Even if Liu Yuanhe couldn't break such a big iron lock, it would only allow Hua Bushi to use his secret skill again.