The Laity of the Legend of Double Dragons in the Tang Dynasty

Endless walks back listlessly, scolding Xiao Shi for being ruthless and ungrateful, leaving him behind and running away.

Suddenly two figures rushed over like a whirlwind, and before he could react, someone grabbed his wrist: "Where's Xiao Shi? Aren't you with him?"

His eyes widened in endless displeasure: "Who are you? Why should I tell you?"

"I'm Xu Ziling, where is Xiaoshi?"

"Why didn't you come early?" He said endlessly, but he recognized his voice, stomped his feet and said, "It's late! He went to find Wang Shichong, and said that he would die with him."

Kou Zhong lost his voice: "This is bad."

Xu Ziling also stomped his feet: "Go and see first."

"Wait..." Endless faced their backs, and finished speaking sullenly: "...I'll be together."

In the main hall, the hall was full of guests, Wang Shichong was at the head seat, Wang Xuanying, Li Shimin, Lang Feng, Song Mengqiu, Rong Fengxiang, as well as officials, gentry and celebrities from Luoyang were all seated around.The center is the most outstanding entertainer of this era, the glamorous Shang Xiufang.

"The relatives on the platform lead Chongyong, cooking gold and jade to ring the bell..."

Her singing voice is gentle and ups and downs, soft and moving, every word and every sentence seems to be wrapped in her mouth for several times and then slowly spit out, which makes people have endless aftertaste.Everyone present was immersed in her singing and could not extricate themselves.

"Three thousand households in the small hall, and twelve brothels on the main road... Ah!" Halfway through the song, Shang Xiufang let out a horrified exclamation.

When everyone came to their senses, they followed her gaze and saw that a girl who looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old was stabbing Wang Shichong in the chest with a sharp knife in her hand.

Wang Shichong was too late to block, and hurriedly dodged to the side. Rong Fengxiang was the fastest reacting, and it was too late to rescue Wang Shichong. He just slapped the little girl on the vest, hoping that she would give up assassinating Wang Shichong and choose to protect herself at a critical moment.

At the same time, a footstool smashed towards the little girl like lightning, but it was Li Shimin who struck, Wang Xuanying shouted from the side: "Help me."

Following the call for help, there was a loud noise, and a large hole appeared out of thin air on the top of the hall, and two figures quickly fell down: "Salvation is here!"

At this moment, the little girl swung the footstool away, but was hit hard on the back by a palm. She groaned, but the dagger pierced deeply into Wang Shichong's right shoulder, and after all, he got out of the way of his chest.

When she wanted to make another cut, Rong Fengxiang had already pounced on him, and the little girl didn't even have the time to draw out the dagger, so she had to turn around to fight, but Rong Fengxiang's martial arts was obviously superior to hers, and she was immediately at a disadvantage, forced to retreat again and again.

At the same time, the two fell from the roof, one of them had a long sword with a yellow glow, and fell on the top of Li Shimin's head, while the other went straight to Wang Xuanying who was standing stunned at the side.

In the blink of an eye, Li Shimin picked up the mahogany table in front of him, and faced him with a knife.

The mahogany split in the middle, Li Shimin took the opportunity to roll back, and the long knife followed him mercilessly. However, Li Shimin's three generals led by Pang Yu finally arrived, and he turned from absolute disadvantage to absolute advantage.

However, at this moment, a loud shout came: "Everyone stop!"

Kou Zhong laughed and withdrew his long saber, the crowd finally saw the situation in front of them, they couldn't help being shocked, they saw Wang Xuanying pinched in Xu Ziling's hand like a little chicken, unable to move.It's not important, what's important is that the little girl who made the move first took out a fruit knife out of nowhere, and was about to wipe Wang Shichong's neck on her to restrain the acupoints. Rong Fengxiang just swooped in this direction from a distance of ten feet.It turned out that her lightness skills were amazing, and after drawing Rong Fengxiang away, she turned around and flew back. Rong Fengxiang could only eat the dust behind.

Kou Zhong was also shocked: "Hey, stop it too!"

The little girl turned around and roared angrily: "Why should I listen to you!"

Having said that, but honestly stop.

Kou Zhonghe and Xu Ziling who carried Wang Shichong came to his side, Xu Ziling worried: "Are you injured?"

Xiao Shi said angrily: "I want you to take care of it!"

Listening to his words, he was full of anger, and the two were relieved.

Kou Zhong stretched out his hand to touch his head, and said, "What are you doing here? You scared us to death, do you know? You want to court death, don't you?"

Xiao Shi slapped his hand away angrily, and shouted: "How dare you ignore me! I dare to die for you to see!"

Everyone felt dumbfounded, dare to feel such an earth-shattering assassination, it is this little girl who is angry with these two boys!

If you want to fight, seek death or something, do you want to find the palace?

Kou Zhong stretched out his hand.

Slap away!

Reach out.

Slap away!

Reach out.

alright, you win.

Xiao Shi pouted and didn't move.

Kou Zhong put the sword on Wang Shichong's neck: "Shichong boy, let's concede defeat this time! You don't need to tell me, you know what my brother wants, right?"

When Wang Shichong's face changed unpredictablely, Xiao Shi tugged at Kou Zhong's sleeve and said, "Brother Zhong, give me this to kill, and you can use the one that Brother Ling caught in exchange for something?"

Xu Ziling reprimanded: "Every child, why do you want to kill someone?"

"I don't care." Xiao Shi said: "Anyway, if he wants to kill Brother Zhong, I will kill him!"

Xu Ziling fell silent, and Kou Zhong said, "Little Shi is good, this is useful for living!"

"Then...then kill that one! Anyway, you have to let me kill one!"

Xu Ziling threw down Wang Xuanying, and pinched Xiao Shi's face: "This and that, are you picking cucumbers? Who taught you to kill other people to vent your anger?"

"But... isn't that the son of this..." Xiao Shiyue whispered, "Well, I just don't kill these two, but you are not allowed to stop me when I kill Li Shimin later."

"Why did Li Shimin provoke you again?"

"He wants to kill Brother Ling. Li Shimin is useless to live. Brother Zhong, let me kill him, okay?"

Kou Zhong looked back at the strange faces of the people in the first hall, quickly covered Xiao Shi's mouth, and said with a dry smile, "I'm just kidding! Don't take it seriously."

But he knew that Xiao Shi would never joke about human life, he really wanted to kill Li Shimin, and he wanted to do it wholeheartedly.Xiao Shi is a kind person most of the time, but in his heart besides good and evil, there is another name, what he cares about, and what he doesn't care about.The people he doesn't care about, even if there are tens of thousands of people added up, can't match a hair of the people he cares about.And he and Xu Ziling were fortunate to be the people he cared about, even the most, so he would come to the palace to kill Wang Shichong without hesitation, and was going to kill Li Shimin.

Xu Ziling patted Xiao Shi's head: "Alright, leave this matter to me, okay?"

Xiao Shi pouted reluctantly.

Xu Ziling laughed and said, "Good boy."

Xiao Shi turned his face away, and both of them knew that he had acquiesced, so they stopped talking.

Although he knew that Xiao Shi's lightness kung fu and breath-holding technique were unparalleled in the world, plus the soul-snatching technique and the disguise technique taught by Lu Miaozi, he might not be able to kill Ning Daoqi or Shi Zhixuan's top experts, but if so Wang Shichong and Li Shimin are not very skilled in martial arts, but those who are protected by a large number of masters are invincible.

But they would never want their baby brother to do such a thing.They would rather spend ten times or twenty times their energy to do the same thing than to get blood on Xiao Shi's hands.

"Just send it here, everyone." Xu Xingzhi, who was worth as much as Wang Shichong and Wang Xuanying, said goodbye to Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling: "Xingzhi is waiting for good news from the two of you at the Pegasus Ranch."

But there was no response, only two surprised faces.

"Oh my God, isn't that the legendary Concubine Shixuan?" The one who poked his head out of the boat was Wu Wuxing, who insisted on boarding the boat with a shameless face. He admired deeply: "It's so beautiful!"

Xiao Shi snorted coldly and said, "That's right, if you like it then just abandon Wanhou and go find her!"

"Little brother, you don't understand. Everyone has the so-called love of beauty, but there is always only one true love! My true love is the beautiful and elf-like 婠婠, ah 婠婠婠婠You, like mice love rice..."

"Don't call me little brother!"

"I got it, I got it, Xiao Shi!"

Seeing Kou Zhong walking away with Xu Xingzhi from the bow, leaving only Xu Ziling and Shi Feixuan strolling aside, Xiao Shi suddenly became anxious, buried his head down and grabbed him endlessly: "What are you doing, bad guy Marriage is going to hell!"

Lian Shi said anxiously: "If I don't go to Brother Ling again, I will be recruited to become a monk! When I was not in Luoyang last time, she told Brother Ling some stories about little Taoist boys. Brother Ling still looks very enlightened! Then The story clearly says that everything in this world is vain, and you can only get rid of it if you find out the situation of the world... Hey! You let me go, Brother Ling has become a monk, what will you do with me?"

"But what if they are talking about love this time?"

"I don't even look for her when I'm in love!"

"Hush, whisper!" Wu Wuji said, "Why don't we eavesdrop?"

Xiao Shi thought for a while: "Okay."

A pair of people like jasper, the man is handsome and unrestrained, and the woman is as elegant as a fairy, but Xiao Shi doesn't like anything.

"I just happened to be going south, and when I learned that Ziling passed by, I came to see him off."

The two walked and chatted, and the other two followed quietly.

Hearing Shi Feixuan's talk, Xu Ziling and the two eavesdroppers couldn't help but marvel at Shi Feixuan's erudition and wisdom.

While admiring Xiao Shi, he also jumped up anxiously. He and Xu Ziling Kou Zhong grew up on the street, and it is already an odd number to be able to recognize a few words from Old Master Bai. He also wanted to jump out and refute Shi Fei to pieces. , but he has to have this ability!It was not easy for him to understand what Shi Feixuan was saying.

Concubine Xuanzheng said leisurely: "The name of Luoyang first appeared in the Warring States document "Warring States Policy", which contained the words 'Su and Qin crossed Luoyang'. Since then, it has been selected as a county city and the center of our country's cultural economy. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was only There are 360 seven Buddhist temples.” (Original words)

"That's right." Suddenly a voice intervened, but Wu Hefei jumped out, Xiao Shi gritted his teeth angrily, this traitor!Unexpectedly, his second sentence was shocking: "It is because Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty took the act of destroying Buddha."

This sentence surprised not only Xu Ziling, but also Shi Feixuan, but Xiao Shi was thoughtful.

Endless continued: "There were 300 temples in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and 300 million monks and nuns, accounting for more than one-seventh of the total population. Monks and nuns only prayed to Amitabha, and did not engage in production. People's livelihood was already difficult, but they had to support [-] million people. There are more monks and nuns, and there are huge expenditures from the court, army and royal family, so there are more people who can’t survive. The number of monks and nuns will further expand.

Concubine Shi Xuan is like being bitten by lightning. Although she has extensive knowledge, due to the eyes of the times, it is rare in this era to analyze political events from an economic point of view. She was born in Buddhism. It's hard to say, it's due to the tyranny of the ruler, or the rampant magic, I've never heard such an argument.But the endless words are the crystallization of Chinese wisdom of thousands of years, which makes her irrefutable, and she feels faintly that this is the truth!

As a Buddhist, how does she accept this?

If Buddhism is too prosperous, it will lead to the destruction of the country?Did the ruler destroy the Buddha in order not to destroy the country?How can this be?This is absolutely impossible!How can Buddhism bring suffering to the common people? This is absolutely impossible? !

She was so confused and even terrified for a moment that she didn't even pay attention to Xu Ziling and the others leaving.

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This is for those who have not read the original text but are interested in the story of "Xiao Dao Tong". I pasted the original text here, but it doesn't matter if you read it or not! ————

Concubine Shixuan didn't seem to mind being admired by him at a close distance of less than two feet, her jade face was as calm as still water, and she said softly: "Someone asked the monk: 'Do you still work hard, monk?' The monk replied;' Work hard.” Ask again: “How to work hard?” The monk replied: “Eat when you are hungry, and sleep when you are sleepy.” So the questioner wondered; , They refuse to eat when they eat, they think about everything and care about everything, so they are different."

Then Chengming's deep eyes met his, and he said softly, "Is this story interesting?"

Xu Ziling looked at her deeply, feeling her spotless calm state of mind, nodded and said: "Miss's story contains profound truths, but the first condition is to completely separate yourself from the misery of everyone, in order to achieve this kind of infinite happiness. This is also the state of extreme liberation and freedom, similar to Zhuang Zhou’s natural inaction, the pursuit of nothing. But unless you can cut off the world like a lady, how can you be ruthless? ?”

A look of surprise flashed across the eyes of the concubine Xuanxiu, and she returned to calm again, and said softly: "Brother Xu is indeed a man of great wisdom, no wonder he can grasp the key to the "Longevity Jue", and also cracked the secret of He's Bi, which is buried deep in the ages. Brother Xu’s question just now is just that he doesn’t understand the true nature of his true knowledge, which is originally full of wisdom. Brother Xu, do you want to hear another story?”

Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "I'm not in the mood to listen to a story at all now, but Miss's story is so beautiful that it makes me unable to extricate myself, so I can't help but listen to it."

Concubine Shixuan looked away, and cast her gaze back on the flowing water below.Watching a small boat, carrying a family of men, women, old and young, gradually go away under the colorful clouds of the setting sun.

Xu Ziling also followed her gaze, and his fluctuating mood gradually calmed down.

Behind him was the frequent traffic and the flow of people gradually became thinner, and the noise decreased slightly.

Tianjin Bridge is a must-visit place for tourists in Luoyang, so it is not uncommon for two people to lean on the railing side by side, and it will not attract attention.

At this moment, Xu Ziling realized that Shi Feixuan had just seen him today, and now he suddenly appeared in the fairy trail, there must be a deep meaning that he didn't understand.

Shi Feixuan's voice came into his ears and said: "There is a Taoist fairy elder who opened a furnace to practice alchemy. Everything is ready, and he owes a Taoist boy who guards the furnace."

Xu Ziling said in surprise, "I thought that what Miss told would be a story about another Buddhist school."

Shi Feixuan smiled and said, "What's the difference between Buddhism and Taoism? Just like you and me, we're just human!"

Xu Ziling was puzzled and said, "Everyone is different, otherwise why would you call me Shi Feixuan, while I call Xu Ziling?"

Concubine Shixuan replied calmly: "The heart is the Buddha, and it is not the heart or the Buddha. It is neither the heart, nor the Buddha, nor is it a thing. A person is a person, and the self is just a barrier and obstacle, so I don't know what to eat when I eat. !"

It was Xu Ziling's first contact with a master of Zen until today. No matter what he said, Konghe or Shi Feixuan, although they were simple and easy to understand on the surface, there was always a deep and incomprehensible mystery in it, so he had to humbly say: "I have to think carefully. Think about it, Miss, please continue the story, I won't interrupt again!"

Concubine Shixuan said in an unhurried manner: "Finally someone came to apply for the Taoist boy who guards the furnace. The Taoist priest said: 'If you can not say a word from now on, you can be my Taoist boy. Willing to try Is it?" The man nodded firmly, then turned around and fell into countless reincarnations, but no matter whether rich or poor, princes, generals, traffickers or pawns, he can keep silent. speechless."

Xu Ziling frowned when he heard this. This story has a mysterious and eccentric color, but he doesn't know what it has to do with the topic just now.

Concubine Shixuan continued: "In the end, he became a married woman in a certain life, married her husband and had a son. Unexpectedly, the thief came before the son was born."

Xu Ziling's curiosity was aroused, and he said in astonishment, "Then what should we do?"

Concubine Shi Xuan said: "The thief killed her husband in front of her eyes and insulted her, but she still insisted on not making a sound. In the end, the thief wanted to kill the baby as well. She finally forgot the purpose of the reunion and screamed to stop it."

Xu Ziling's tiger's body shook violently, and he understood.

Concubine Shixuan said lightly: "So he woke up from the wheel and found that he was still standing in the alchemy room. Nothing had changed, only tears on his face. The immortal sighed: 'That's all! You still give up The bond between mother and child cannot be cut off.'”