Great Swordsman

When Li Mu and two returned to Qingyou Mountain, it was snowing heavily. Under the hazy bright moon, they looked up and saw that the huge Qingyou Mountain was covered in snow.

"This snow is a bit heavy." Li Mu got off the horse with the sleeping baby in his arms, and Lin Aimin got out of the woods before taking two steps.

"Sovereign, you're back!" Lin Aimin was wearing thin green clothes, but he didn't feel the cold at all. He quickly stepped forward to lead Ma Lingma and greeted him, "Sovereign, how are you doing tonight?"

"It's okay." Li Mu asked casually, "By the way, is Zhu'er still going up the mountain?"

"Deacon Zhu also left after the suzerain left. This meeting should be in the palace." Lin Aimin said: "If the suzerain is in a hurry, I will send a message to Deacon Zhu immediately."

"No need." Li Mu waved his hand and refused. After all, it was just to settle accounts, and he was not in a hurry.

As for what to settle, it is naturally a matter of his portrait painting!

Just when he was running out of clothes, he overheard the conversation of those noble ladies. One said that he bought his portrait at the Hanlin Academy for 100 taels of silver, and the other said it cost 150 taels of silver!

It is unreasonable that someone in the Hanlin Academy makes money by selling his portraits!

And it still depends on the asking price!

Too shameless!
Li Mu thought about it, and it seemed that Zhu'er was the only one who could do such a wonderful thing!
It just so happens that Zhu'er is a painting attendant again, so the painting thief slipped away!
Li Mu decided to ask her to settle the account, no, settle the account!

……

It snowed heavily all night.

The next day, Li Mu was awakened by the cries of the children outside the house, got up and pushed the door out, the snow in the Jiange courtyard was already knee-high.

The doll was walking hard in the snow at this time, with only a big head exposed from the whole body!

She yelped and walked from one end to the other, and then ran from that end to the other end, like a bison plowing up wasteland, covered in snow all over her body and steaming from the top of her head. Although she was tired, she was very happy and smiled cheerfully. The sound, accompanied by the sound of ankle bells, spread far away.

It was still early in the day, so Li Mu decided to go to the White Horse Temple first.

Some time ago, he was the Ghost Bride and the Marquis of Nanshan again. He couldn't wait to find Master Huineng to do exercises and recite scriptures for him to get rid of bad luck.

So, he picked up the baby and said, "Baby, let's go, I will take you back to your mother's house today!"

"Where is her mother's house?" Doll looked up curiously.

"Where else could your natal family be, of course it is the White Horse Temple where you have stayed for more than 3000 years!" Li Mu said.

"Ah, I won't go, I won't go, let me go~~" The baby struggled suddenly: "I don't want to listen to the monk chanting, it's too noisy~"

Li Mu was delighted. Although the doll turned into a spirit after her aura was revived, she seemed to have memories before she became a spirit. Otherwise, how would she know that she had listened to Buddhist scriptures for thousands of years?

Li Mu smiled and carried her down Qingyou Mountain, stepped on the spirit horse, and left all the way.

The snow at the foot of the mountain is a little shallow, and someone has cleared the snow early, so the road is smooth.

Half an hour later, the White Horse Temple was in sight.

The White Horse Temple is located on the outskirts of the imperial capital, built on the hillside. At this time, the mountain is covered with silver, and it is a vast expanse of white. You can faintly see cornices covered with snow.

Arrived.

When Li Mu dismounted, two young monks came over and said, "Amitabha, the two benefactors, the temple is closed today, please come and offer incense tomorrow."

"Two young masters, I don't offer incense, I'll look for your abbot Huineng." Li Mu smiled and said, "I'm Li Mu."

"Li Mu..."

"Poetry Sword Immortal?!"

The two young monks exclaimed, clasped their hands together, and saluted respectfully: "I have met Donor Li, Donor Li, the abbot has an order, the benefactor is here, you can go directly to the meditation room to find him."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Please ask the little master to lead the way."

"Please." One of the young monks hurried forward to lead Li Mu.

Pushing open the mountain gate, you will face a staircase hundreds of meters long, leading directly to the mountainside.

At this time, more than a dozen young monks were sweeping the snow with brooms on the steps.

Li Mu asked: "Little master, why do you have to work so hard to sweep the snow?"

These hundreds of meters of steps seem long, but if you come to any one with a bunch of flowers, you can sweep away the snow in minutes. Why let these little monks sweep step by step?
"Amitabha, the abbot said that sweeping snow is also practice. What you sweep looks like snow, but it is actually an obsession in your heart." The little monk replied respectfully.

This answer is so Zen-like... Li Mu picked up the doll and said, "Did you hear that? After I go back, you will also clean the snow for me honestly."

"No~" the doll said, "I'll make a snowman when I go back~ Make a hundred big snowmen~"

After walking up the mountain steps, there is a huge square, and behind the square is the Daxiong Palace.

The little monk led Li Mu into the corridor next to the Daxiong Palace, turned left and right, passed many side halls and squares along the way, and met many monks, either patrolling, performing martial arts, or chanting scriptures.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the Zen Meditation Room arrived.

"Benefactor Li will go in on his own, and the monk will leave." The young monk put his palms together and left respectfully.

Li Mu was not polite, and went directly to knock on the door, but before he touched the door, he heard Huineng's voice from inside: "Amitabha! But Donor Li is here, please come in."

"Master Huineng, long time no see!" Li Mu pushed the door open with a smile.

"Benefactor Li is safe and well." Huineng got up from the futon and greeted him with a smile.

Seeing Huineng again, Li Mu almost didn't recognize him!
It has changed so much!

When Li Mu saw him last time, Huineng's face was full of wrinkles, his eyeballs were cloudy, and he looked old. He looked at least eighty or ninety years old, but now most of the wrinkles on his face had disappeared, and his eyes were shining brightly. If it weren't for his eyebrows, they were still white , said fifty or sixty people believe it!

"Master Huineng is rejuvenated, congratulations." Li Mu congratulated with a smile.

Hui Neng said with a smile: "Thanks to the benefactor Li, otherwise the poor monk would not be able to condense the relics, comprehend the exquisite Buddhist teachings, and comprehend life and death."

"Master Huineng is too modest." Li Mu smiled wryly. Although he did have the favor of "enlightenment" to Huineng, but the Buddhist gatha was spread, and he had never heard of any monk who could use it to condense relics. It can be seen that Huineng can condense relics, mostly The reason is that his own Dharma practice has reached the critical threshold of congealing relics, and Li Mu's Buddhist gatha is just a stepping stone!

"Benefactor Li, please sit down." Huineng led Li Mu to the futon, then looked at the doll in his hand, a golden light flashed in his eyes, and said with a smile, "This female Tanyue...could it be that ginseng plant?"

"I'm not, I'm not~" the baby straightened her neck and shouted, "I'm not the ginseng you sent~"

Li Mu didn't talk about martial arts, and sold her directly: "Master Huineng's eyes are as bright as a torch, and the doll is exactly the 3000-year-old ginseng that the master gave me that day."

"Amitabha, you are so good." Huineng put his hands together and said to the baby with a smile: "You have listened to the scriptures in Qiyun Pagoda in our temple for 3000 years, and today you have such good fortune. Don't make a killing, don't..."

"I'm so good~ If you don't believe me, ask Li Mu~" Wa Wa interrupted Huineng with a guilty conscience, and then she looked at Li Mu pitifully, hoping that he could say something nice for her.

Li Mu suppressed his smile, nodded solemnly, and said to Huineng, "Master Huineng, the doll has been really good since she took shape! She neither kills nor drinks alcohol, let alone eats meat. Her daily food is not big." Stir-fried radish with cabbage is just stewed Chinese cabbage with radish, it’s a very simple life.”

"Yeah~hmm~" the baby chick nodded like pecking at rice, patted the table and shouted: "Listen, I'm so good~"

"Amitabha." Huineng was relieved to hear that the baby performed so well outside, and said with a smile, "So, great kindness."

Waowa seemed a little afraid of Huineng. Seeing that he recognized her performance, she was relieved and looked relieved.

Li Mu said: "Master Huineng, I have something to ask for when I come to White Horse Temple this time!"

Hui Neng's expression became solemn: "Is it about Longhu Mountain?"

"No." Li Mu shook his head. Although Longhushan is hateful, he wants to solve it by himself!
"Is that about the tribute from all nations?" Huineng's expression turned serious again.

Li Mu still shook his head.

"What's that?" Huineng thought to himself, could there be more important things than the Longhu Mountain and the tribute from all nations?
"To be honest, I had bad luck in the past. First, I met a ghost bride, and then I was entangled by a thousand-year-old zombie. So this time I came to the White Horse Temple, hoping that Master Huineng could do it himself. You can also read scriptures and wash it for me. Wash away the bad luck on your body." Li Mu said solemnly.

How to do it... Huineng was stunned for a while, but didn't realize it for a long time.

"Master Huineng?" Li Mu whispered.

"Ah? Oh... Amitabha!" Huineng finally came back to his senses, looked at Li Mu dumbfounded, and said, "Benefactor Li, luck is related to one's own fortune, and it cannot be changed by manpower. Then the monk will recite the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vows Sutra" for you, hoping to help you eliminate disasters."

"Thank you, master." Li Mu quickly thanked.

"Amitabha." Huineng took out a string of beads, pinched the beads and began to chant sutras.

Li Mu didn't know what sutra he was reciting, he could hear every word clearly, but he seemed to be unable to hear anything together.

Afterwards, he saw a golden Buddha's light rising behind Huineng, like a scorching sun, hovering behind his head.

Accompanied by the sound of scriptures, the soft golden Buddha's light slowly enveloped Li Mu.

In an instant, Li Mu felt that he had soaked in the hot spring, and a wave of heat flowed from the outside to the inside, soaking his whole body, which was very comfortable.

The baby was very resistant at first, and immediately hid behind Li Mu when she heard the scriptures, covering her ears with her two fleshy hands, her whole face wrinkled into a bitter gourd.

But when the golden Buddha light enveloped her, the baby's brows gradually loosened, and then... fell asleep drooling.

Hui Neng read this thought for half an hour.

Half an hour later, Huineng called Amitabha and woke up Li Mu and Wawa who were immersed in the scriptures.

"Ah, have you finished reading?" Li Mu said as if waking up from a dream, "Thank you Master Huineng, I feel much better."

The baby also woke up, and quickly stated: "I'm much better too~"

But she was thinking in her heart: her head has grown twice as big~
"Amitabha." Huineng nodded with a smile, "That's good, that's good."

Li Mu chatted with Huineng for a while, and waited for the sun to rise before he left.

After Li Mu left, the little monk Zhizhu, who was ranked among the nine heavenly talents of the imperial capital, walked in holding a cup of fragrant tea: "Master, your tea."

Hui Neng glanced at the tea, and asked with a smile, "The tea is already cold, when did you come?"

"When the master recited the "Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Fundamental Vows Sutra"." Zhizhu lowered her head in shame.

"How much did you write down?" Hui Neng asked.

Zhizhu said: "Master, the disciple only remembers half of it."

Hui Neng sighed, "I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

……

"Li Mu, Li Mu, I know what your rock is!"

In Qingyou Mountain, Zhu'er ran over early in the morning, but when he came to Jiange, he found that Li Mu and Wawa were not there.

"Where did the person go?" Zhu'er squatted under the round door of the Jiange, resting her chin on her hands, waiting eagerly.

After a long time, when she was about to fall asleep, Li Mu and Wawa were "long overdue".

"Li Mu, baby, where did you go early in the morning? I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Zhu'er said angrily with her hands on her hips.

"I went to the White Horse Temple." Li Mu glanced at her sideways and snorted, "It's just right, I have something to look for you too!"

"What's the matter?" Zhu'er subconsciously asked.

"About my portrait!" Li Mu glared at her viciously, and asked, "Zhu'er, are you selling my portrait in the Imperial Academy for profit? And depending on the asking price, this one is 100 taels, that one is 150 taels, huh?"

"I'm not! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!" Zhu'er quickly denied Sanlian.

"I have witnesses! Don't try to fool me!" Li Mu knew from her guilty expression that she was lying.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Zhu'er quickly changed the subject: "Humph! Thanks to me bringing you good news early in the morning, you, hum! Humph! Humph!"

"Good news? What good news?" Li Mu put aside the portrait painting for now.

"Of course it's about this stone." Zhu'er took out a fist-sized cyan jade. There was a blood-like substance in the jade, which was in the shape of a dragon, winding and flowing like a living thing.

It was the piece that Li Mu handed over to Zhu'er at Lingyun Buddha!

Zhu'er said mysteriously: "I received accurate information this morning, confirming that there is a jade stone like this stone among the tribute offerings!"

Li Mu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Zhu'er, what is this stone?"

"Hmph!" Zhu'er turned her head arrogantly.

"Well, I don't care about portraiture." Li Mu had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​'dividing the spoils'.

"That's about the same, hehe." Zhu'er smiled triumphantly, and then told Li Mu.

Every time the nations pay tribute, all countries will first submit the detailed tribute list to the palace. If there is any "forbidden item", they will be told to remove it as soon as possible, and then they will collectively pay tribute on the tribute day. To demonstrate the great power of God!

Although this Tribute Day, the countries will definitely attack, but before that, they will follow the usual practice until the end!
Yesterday, the Xiongnu, the Mongolian Yuan Mission, etc. handed over the detailed tribute list to the palace. The little eunuch in charge of the palace was bought by Zhuer. After some comparisons, they finally found the same item in the detailed tribute list stone!

Zhu'er pointed to the blue jade and said: "This stone is really a bloody stone! The blood-like substance in the stone is bloody!"

"Blood evil? Doesn't sound like a serious evil spirit." Li Mu frowned.

"That's not necessarily true." Zhu'er shook his head, returned the green jade stone to Li Mu, and said, "It is recorded in the Xiongnu's detailed list that due to the different environments in which this blood evil stone was formed, the blood evil in it would also be different. Jedi formed, the blood demon in the blood demon stone must be extremely vicious, if it is in the place where dragons and tigers meet, it is dragon and tiger blood demon, if it is in... oops, I can’t remember so many, anyway, you have the heart of the sword, No matter what kind of blood fiend it is, you will be able to refine it safely."

That's what I said, but what if the blood in the stone is not clean?
However, this possibility should not be great.

After all, these blood evil stones were brought in by his crow brothers from the lairs of the five evil dragons.

If it's something unclean, with Brother Crow's personality, would he steal it?
Li Mu trusts his brother very much!

"Zhu'er, no matter what, thank you this time!" Li Mu thanked again.

"Just know I'm good, hum." Zhu'er put her hands on her hips, and walked away with a step that her relatives did not recognize.