Chapter 329: Horses trample Zhongnan?
The Arhat Hall, Xinchan Hall and Bodhidharma Hall are the three major components of the Shaolin Temple. If the leader of one of the organizations leaves, he will naturally take a lot of masters with him.
After all, the three organizations are three factions, and the departure of the head of Luohan Hall does not mean he will take the entire Luohan Hall with him, so some masters will still stay.
However, these masters left because one of their faction leaders had left, and the other because of their stance. I believe that there are also many people who do not support these temple rules.
Their choice may be to retire in Shaolin Temple and no longer deal with worldly affairs.
If this is the case, a large number of masters will leave or hide and no longer teach their disciples, and a gap will appear in Shaolin.
It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Cultivating disciples requires time and a famous teacher, although the Shaolin Temple has many martial arts secrets.
However, it is not easy to achieve anything by self-studying the textbooks. Therefore, it is understandable that Shaolin has a lack of successors.
However, Huogong Toudao should be very powerful. After all, even the head monk of Bodhidharma Hall, Kuzhi, was beaten to death by him. I believe his martial arts skills are very good.
Xin Zhen had either heard of the names of these three people or heard of their masters, and even fought with their disciples. Oh, the two Xuanming elders, disciples of Taoist Baisun, and Er and San, the disciples of Huogong Toudao, were all killed by him, so he had some estimate of the skills of these people.
However, Qiu Chuji and others had never heard of these people's names, and had no idea about their masters.
Qiu Chuji asked, "What advice do you have for me, everyone?"
Taoist Baisun said with a smile: "Does your sect have a young Taoist priest named Yang Guo? Where is he? Can I meet him?"
Qiu Chuji had some ideas in his mind, and thought to himself that this was bad, but he asked, "I wonder why fellow Taoist is looking for my disciple?"
Taoist Baisun glanced around, and when he saw Xin Zhen, he smiled and said, "Yang Guo killed Master Jinlun and his three disciples, and then killed the three Mongolian heroes. His crimes are extremely heinous, and the prince ordered us to come and capture Yang Guo.
Master Qiu, please rest assured that as long as you hand over Yang Guo, the imperial court will not do anything to the Quanzhen Sect, and everything will go on as it should."
Xin Zhen snorted in his heart. This Taoist was very insidious. He clearly brought troops to besiege Mount Zhongnan, but only proposed to capture him and asked the sect to hand him over so that he could bypass the Quanzhen Sect.
This intention is extremely sinister and is intended to divide the Quanzhen Sect.
If this Taoist priest came with the intention of destroying the Quanzhen Sect, everyone in the Quanzhen Sect would naturally work together to fight against the Mongolian army.
However, Taoist Baisun proposed that as long as they handed themselves over, they could bypass the Quanzhen Sect. This meant that those in the Quanzhen Sect who were unwilling to confront Mongolia would definitely blame him for causing trouble outside, and might even support handing himself over.
However, the Changchun lineage will naturally not agree to such an approach, and at that time, a situation will arise where the Changchun lineage will confront other lineages.
In this way, the internal rifts of Quanzhen Sect would be made public, and then they would only need to exert more pressure, and it might not be impossible for Quanzhen Sect to fall apart. As expected, when Taoist Baisun said this, Zhao Zhijing and others looked at him unkindly.
Qiu Chuji said, "We are all martial artists, so fighting is inevitable. It's possible for anyone to kill anyone, and it all depends on real kung fu. If they have disciples, they can seek revenge on their enemies. Why should the court get involved in such things?"
Taoist Baisun laughed and said, "Whether it's the Imperial Master or the wise men from the Talent Recruitment Hall, they are all part of the imperial court. This is not just an ordinary dispute among martial artists, this is a rebellion to kill officials!
Taoist Priest Qiu, if you know what's best for you, you should hand him over immediately. Otherwise, the Quanzhen Sect will rebel against the imperial court and become a traitor."
Taoist Baisun spoke with a smile, but his eyes were fixed on everyone's expressions. When he saw the expressions of Zhao Zhijing and others, his eyes suddenly lit up. Then he looked at Zhao Zhijing and others carefully and memorized their appearances in his mind.
There is only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname. People in the martial arts world gave Taoist Baisun the nickname Baisun, not because of his great martial arts skills, but to describe his style of doing things. This person has a deep personality and ruthless means. He came here on the order of Kublai Khan and wanted to do things properly.
Not only did he want to capture Xin Zhen, he also wanted to take the opportunity to break the Quanzhen Sect apart, which would be considered a real great achievement.
As for why the army did not directly rush up the mountain to destroy the Quanzhen Sect, firstly, it was difficult for the army to go up the mountain and it would be difficult to truly annihilate the Quanzhen Sect. If the Quanzhen Sect retreated from the mountain road, it would be difficult to pursue them later.
Secondly, the foundation of Quanzhen Sect is at the foot of the mountain and among the people in the north. If there is no internal division in Quanzhen, it will take a lot of energy to eradicate the influence of Quanzhen Sect in various places one by one.
Although the imperial court is now in its heyday, it is still busy with expeditions to the east and west, and uprisings are countless everywhere. How can it have enough energy to eliminate them one by one?
If we divide Quanzhen internally and make them split into branches, the threat will basically be small and we can easily suppress them when the time comes.
Taoist Baisun believed that the expressions of Zhao Zhijing and others were openings that could be exploited, and he could use them to break the Quanzhen Sect into small pieces.
Although Qiu Chuji was not as good as Xin Zhen, he naturally understood the meaning of Taoist Baisun's words. He snorted coldly and said, "The Quanzhen lineage is devoted to Taoism and does not have any messy ideas. If someone wants to make random accusations, we are not afraid. Taoist friends, please don't cause trouble for your master."
Taoist Baisun laughed and said, "I work diligently for the prince, so how could I cause any trouble? Even if I cause some trouble, I can easily suppress it. In the face of the general trend, if someone thinks he is so powerful, he will find out in the end that he is just a mantis trying to stop a chariot. It is better to surrender early, and maybe the end will be better."
Qiu Chuji was not afraid at all and said, "No one in Quanzhen is weak. If you have any tricks, just draw them and tell us. We Quanzhen will take them on."
Taoist Baisun said solemnly: "Where is Yang Guo? Hand him over, otherwise today the horses will trample Zhongnan and no one present will be spared!
Of course, if someone takes the initiative to identify him, then he will be a good friend of the prince and the court. Not only will he be rich and powerful, but he may even be entrusted with the Quanzhen lineage by the court in the future."
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a sudden silence in Chongyang Palace.
Qiu Chuji was furious and said, "Horse tramples Zhongnan... Let's see if you have the ability to do it!"
Taoist Baisun snorted and said, "So you're going to fight to the end, right?"
(End of this chapter)