Mysterious Martial Arts: The Record of the Swordsman

Chapter 119

The air in the small space was not very smooth, coupled with the burning candles and incense all night, and the mixed tongue, the dull and suffocating feeling became more obvious, but no one dared to push open the window lattice.

"Holy Mother of the Red Lotus Bodhisattva, it is very dangerous to get up tonight. For some reason, Guardian Huang summoned us and refused to show up. I wonder if there may be fraud..."

A pilgrim finally couldn't help but speak.

Immediately after Jiang heard the clay sculpture he was hiding in, there was a ringing sound, and it was the indistinguishable voice that answered.

"The disappearance of Guardian Huang is not terrible. The sudden disappearance of the Red Sun Saint Child is the most important thing. The congregation found out that he had appeared on the official road to Chong'an County. If it weren't for the urgent situation now, I would like to go and search for it."

The person called the Madonna of the Red Lotus said slowly.

"Although Protector Huang belongs to me, he always listens to the instructions and does not listen to the announcement. He only works closely with the Red Sun Holy Child. If these two people disappear together at a critical time, the situation will be very bad."

The incense crowd started talking again, and after whispering to each other, they reluctantly told the Holy Mother of the Red Lotus.

"Holy Mother Bodhisattva, although we have lived in Lifang for many years, we have only seen Huang Hufa a few times. His whereabouts are secretive on weekdays. If it were not for the sudden announcement that the painting of the blood Buddha had been found, we would not dare to gather in this nunnery late at night. among..."

There was an obvious information discrepancy on both sides. Whether it was the local pilgrims or the foreign Madonna of the Red Lotus, they all came because of the news of the "Huang Dharma". As a result, there was no news of the Lord, and only saw overlapping Buddha statues in the nunnery. .

Jiang Wen thought secretly, he really broke into a stronghold of the White Lotus Sect.

The degree of secrecy of such a secret association is far higher than he imagined. Under the cleansing of the butcher knives of successive courts, they can even secretly believe in the same belief for several generations, and they will never reveal their identities until the critical time.

"Don't panic, although the church doesn't have the energy to respond, but I'm not ignorant this time."

The indistinguishable voice of the Madonna of the Red Lotus was particularly abrupt, "The lackeys of the Tartars of the Geng family instigated the lamas to excavate the ancient sites of the three mountains and two pagodas everywhere, and created all kinds of strange spirit shapes, just to keep the city from fighting and chaos. Enter the city openly and aboveboard."

Xiangzhong said without worry.

"Holy Mother of the Red Lotus Bodhisattva, although the incident between the three mountains and the two pagodas in the city was done deliberately, people's hearts are already in panic at this time. Everyone said that once King Min's prophecy came true, the city would be destroyed... After all, those ghost soldiers and generals are now Day and night cruises are already known to everyone..."

Jiang Wen pricked up his ears, although he kept saying that he was not interested in the strange things in Fuzhou City, but now that the gossip was in front of him, he still didn't mind knowing a thing or two.

But what disappointed him was that the people in the secret nunnery were also very secretive about this matter, and they kept silent, leaving Jiang Wen there scratching his heart and feeling uncomfortable.

The Red Lotus Virgin was silent for a long time, and finally continued.

"It is said that among the three lanes and seven alleys, an eighth alley has appeared recently, and the ghosts in it have engraved netherworld engravings, and the black ink smears are full of hungry ghosts and rakshasas?"

Xiang Zhong said repeatedly: "Exactly! It is said that people who have seen the engravings and characters are brought into the nether world. It is precisely because of this that everyone in the city agreed to send people to Jipi Lane to guard the Geng family."

Before finishing speaking, the other party sighed again and again, "Guardian Huang used the secrets in the teaching to expel the Qing soldiers and stabilize the people's hearts, but who knew that he made a mistake and benefited the Geng family. Could it be that there is a destiny that cannot be violated?" ..."

Jiang Wen was a little confused when he heard it, and he couldn't connect the secrets in Jipi Lane with the expulsion of the Qing soldiers for the time being, but the other party quickly relieved his confusion.

I only heard the voice of the Holy Mother of the Red Lotus saying: "Don't talk nonsense, the situation in Fuzhou City seems to be in danger, but in fact, their goals are not the same, and they even conflict with each other."

Later, in order to resolve the doubts of his followers, the other party explained in detail.

"Geng Jimao already had a heart of disobedience. In Guangzhou, the monk was happy to fight and discord. That's why he was afraid of moving to the town. He was afraid that he would be as big as Wu Sangui. The exchange condition for Geng Jimao to move to Fuzhou, Fujian was to help the emperor find the what he wants."

The incense crowd was talking again, but this time they obviously gained some confidence, at least they didn't have to be at a loss in the clouds.

"I also ask the Holy Mother Bodhisattva to clarify!"

The Madonna of Red Lotus snorted lightly, appearing very disdainful.

"The emperor of the Tartars once favored the monster monk in the Western Regions, and ordered him to teach the Dharma in the palace for three days with the utmost kindness and honor, just to cure the evil disease, but the other party boasted that the poisonous vajra body that was sent to Haikou was buried in Wuyi Mountain, and the other party naturally fought dirty. The idea of ​​the Transformer Dharmakaya."

"Geng Jimao deliberately sent his son to study with him in the palace at the beginning, just to find out the truth in the secret room, but this time he has grasped the lifeline of the emperor of the Tartars. And his own trip is nothing but for the sake of Wang Shenzhi's legacy. It’s really ridiculous that so many people are harassing things for self-interest!”

As soon as he heard that the matter was related to him again, Jiang Wen felt paralyzed.

Keba, a demon monk from the Western Regions, died in his own hands, and by the way, he cut off Shunzhi's thoughts, and he had already severely offended the Qing court; and the Hongyang Shengtong they were waiting for died in Wuyi Mountain, even though the White Lotus Sect seemed to be unaware of his death In the tragic situation, it is impossible for him to get rid of the relationship.

In addition, the Geng family with evil intentions played tricks on it, and I unknowingly broke into the vortex of struggle. The three parties are all eyeing each other, and they have various reasons to be enemies with me...

must run!
"Red Lotus Holy Mother Bodhisattva, what do you mean by the Vile Shape Vajra you just mentioned? Why do they think it is in Fuzhou City?"

Xiangzhong said with a trembling voice, thinking of the Qing army's more and more crazy massacres in recent years, the crime of pregnant Bi is the greatest danger.

The indistinguishable voice of the Madonna of the Red Lotus resounded faintly, as if she was sitting on a lotus platform, pitying the sufferings of all living beings.

"I want to know the origin of the Unsullied Body Vajra, do you know the origin of the White Lotus Sect? Do you know the story of the four paths united to fight against the Northern Law?"

Everyone in the hall was shocked, saying that they never knew this story.

"It was when the former Song Dynasty was in decline and evildoers appeared frequently. Zhenzong's Yemeng Qiren disturbed Bianjing, and more than a hundred people died of madness. When Shenzong collapsed, all civil and military officials had passed the imperial court, and saw a thing as big as a mat crawling on the sleeping hall. "

"After Yiguan went south, an evil and strange lineage was introduced into the Central Plains, which was called the Northern Method. For example, in March of the 12th year of Chunxi, Zhizhou wrote a letter saying that there was a custom in the two lakes to use people to sacrifice ghosts. , and even cut off the ear and nose to bury the trap, and then use the boiling soup to rot the skin, which is said to be a god's help."

The more Jiang Wen listened to it, the more he became familiar with it. It seemed that he had also heard of this period of history, and it was Hong Mai's "Yi Jian Zhi" in the Southern Song Dynasty.

It is recorded in the book that "there are dozens of evil young sons in the capital, or three or five years. They are arrested and soaked in various oils, and cooked to sacrifice to ghosts. The ghosts are called ghosts, and every sacrifice must take a man who is beautiful."

The troubles in this evil northern law are so serious that even in the capital, such things happen. The handsome people are specially selected to kill people. It seems that they are not only killing people, but also raising ghosts and even creating gods for themselves to drive away.

When Jiang Wen read the book, it was intended to be a story, because it was hard to imagine that such a cruel and barbaric primitive custom would be widespread in the prosperous stage of the well-dressed China.

"In the Taijia period, wound temples were built all over the south of the Yangtze River. It was believed that those who killed people would become gods with boundless mana after death."

"The letter written by the minister after the visit at that time was already horrified and desperate. The famous saying is 'the temple of wounds will be built in all directions, and the wind of murder will gradually enter Wu Xing. It will be endless, and the damage will be unspeakable!'"

The voice of the Madonna of the Red Lotus was breathtaking, and it finally came to an end.

"After Song Ningzong Taijia Nian, Song Lizong dismissed the treacherous minister Shi Miyuan and the rest of the party, inspired to clarify the world, and ordered the four great religions to work together to drive out the prostitutes. It was the like-minded people of the four families that slowly caused the turmoil in the early Yuan Dynasty It formed the current White Lotus Sect."

"Among them, the four sects of red, white, blue, and purple are derived from this. The Baiyang Shimen, Qingyang Daomen, and Ziyang Confucianism, only my Hongyang sect is extremely secretive. In fact, it is the incarnation of the former Mingzun sect..."

Ming Zun teach?
Jiang Wen drew a big question mark in his mind, isn't this what Mingjiao means?It's the first time I've heard that there are such factions within the White Lotus Sect that I have been handing in for so long.

But in this way, Jiang Wen knew the origin of the nameless Buddha statue, which was disemboweled and bloody, which was pursued by Our Lady of the Red Sun—it was probably Mani, the real founder of Mingjiao who was executed in Persia.

Of course, the Mingjiao in the real history and the Mingjiao in Jin Yong's writings are two different things-this has to be mentioned in Jin Yong's novels, whether it is intentional or unintentional.

Manichaeism, also known as Mingjiao, has developed in China for thousands of years. However, Manichaeism’s mortal enemy is Persian Zoroastrianism. Even the founder Mani died at the hands of Zoroastrian priests, so it is impossible to worship any raging holy fire.

At the same time, Hawthorne, the old man in the mountains, is the founder of the Assassin sect of the Christian religion. He is an extreme fundamentalist. He can kill his own son for drinking, let alone create "The Great Shift of the Universe" and the holy fire for Mingjiao. ordered.

After hearing this, the congregation bowed their heads and chanted sutras, feeling terrified about this hidden history.

"Holy Mother of the Red Lotus Bodhisattva, our ancestors lived as a vegetarian since the Yuan Dynasty, and worshiped the Buddha day and night, but we didn't know the origin of this. Now that we welcome back the real body of the Blood Buddha, we will surely be able to honor my teaching and save the world!"

The voice in the nunnery gradually became firmer, and it seemed that hundreds of years of belief had been carried out. At this moment, it finally paid off, and this hidden alley finally glowed with its original vitality.

"Not necessarily, I came this time for this purpose."

The Holy Mother of the Red Lotus poured cold water on her, "Since the end of the Yuan Dynasty, my Mingzun taught Xiaoming King was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and at the same time slaughtered and imprisoned the congregation, the school's teachings, classics and martial arts collections have been lost, and even the real Buddha can't be found. back."

"After the tragic death of the little Ming King who became a saint in martial arts, the Holy Mother of the early Ming Dynasty who was in charge of the classics died because of the scorching sun, and it is gradually declining. Fortunately, thanks to the hard work of all the congregants, the Hongyang line has not been cut off..."

"It's ashamed to say that even the Holy Child of Hongyang is a member of the Qingyang Taoist sect, and only acted in the name of Hongyang because of his absolutely evil behavior."

But the voice of the other party also became firm, and the incense crowd gestured like lotus blossoms in front of their chests.

"Tonight, I rashly recalled this Fuzhou remnant of the Mingzun Sect, hoping to retrieve the lost classics from the Netherworld inscription. I hope you will spare no effort!"

"Follow the teachings of the Holy Mother of the Red Lotus Bodhisattva!"

Xiang Zhong answered without any hesitation.

The indistinguishable voice of the Madonna of the Red Lotus sounded again.

"In the future, if you find any traces of the Nether engravings, you must find the whereabouts of the "Precious Life Sutra", "Liangyi Ancient Classics", and a martial arts classic from the former Song Dynasty!"

(End of this chapter)