Chapter 18 The Three Ancestors of Zen Buddhism protect their calf

It was already dark, and there were fewer and fewer people on the road. However, at this time, there was a girl wearing a light blue dress by Qingyuan Lake. Qingyuan Lake was introduced through the Yellow River and is the largest lake in Pingji City. Both sides of the river are the most prosperous streets in Pingji City. She sat alone on the fence by Qingyuan Lake, staring at the lake with a pair of light-looking eyes, and her fingers stretched out and circled towards the lake, and the lake surface also rippled with ripples along with her fingers.

Suddenly, three vulgar gangsters passed by Qingyuan Lake and found a girl by the lake, so they had evil thoughts.

The leader first approached the girl lustfully, "Oh! Why did the girl sit here alone at night?" At the same time, the other two surrounded her.

Hearing someone talking to him, the girl's originally turned finger paused, glanced at it with her eyes, but ignored it, and began to turn her fingers again.

"Why don't the girl talk? Are you shy? Is it okay for my brother to send you home?" As he said that, the person in charge reached out and wanted to touch the girl's shoulder. But before he could touch her, the three despicable gangsters opened their pupils wide in an instant, and their faces fell to the ground together with a ferocious face.

At this time, the girl slowly stood up, stepped over the body lying at her feet, and left calmly. The beautiful face had no expression on her face, and she was wearing a white jade flower on her head, which looked very dazzling against the moonlight. The fingers hanging on one side seemed to have remained the blue spell that had not yet completely dissipated.

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Before dawn the next day, Daolu sneaked back to the precepts court in the Zen Temple. He naively thought that the matter of breaking into Tianyi Villa had not made a big deal, but the result was not satisfactory. As soon as Daolu stepped into the precepts court, he felt endless pressure. So he found that his master was waiting for him in the main hall of the precepts court. He knew that he could no longer escape, so he breathed a sigh of relief and adjusted his condition and walked into the main hall.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Daolu saw his disciple kneeling in front of the third ancestor of Zen Buddhism, Sengcan and the monk Ming, the head of the precepts. In front of him were Daoxin and several disciples of the Dao generation, and many disciples of the Hong generation and Hui generation wearing toothed monk uniforms stood on both sides. He walked forward and glanced at Hongxing, who had been kneeling for a long time, put his hands together, and knelt beside Hongxing, "Gourmet to Master, uncle."

"Do you still know how to come back?" The Third Ancestor Sengcan looked serious and had an extraordinary aura.

"Disciple... I know my mistake." Daolu knew that Sengcan was already angry and dared not say a word of rebuttal.

"I think you are so hard-working! You are locked up and dare to collude with your disciples to escape! In the end, you went to Tianyi Villa in the Northern Wilderness alone! You can do it!" Sengcan was very angry. Originally, Daoqian was seriously injured and had already exhausted him physically and mentally. Now, Tianyi Villa in the Northern Wilderness alone has almost lost his life, which has made him exhausted.

"Disciple never dares to do it again, so please punish me." Daolu lowered his head and did not dare to look at Sengcan's eyes.

"If punishment can solve the problem, I will punish you long ago!" Sengcan slapped the table with a Buddhist bead, "I have issued an order long ago to not easily conflict with Beihuang City. You can't break in directly! Do you know that your behavior is pushing the Zen Temple into the fire pit? I don't know what Zhuanxu will know about this matter. If he really wants to pursue it, he will not be able to protect you!"

"One person does things and one person does it. At that time, the master will hand over the disciples." Daolu took all the responsibility on himself and did not want to make Sengcan embarrassed.

"What you said is light. Your senior brother's affairs have not been resolved yet, and you have told me about this. I really think your master is not annoying enough!" Although that's the case, I was still worried about the road in my heart. When I knew that the road was alone in Tianyi Villa, Sengcan was extremely anxious. At that time, he only had the safety of the road. He thought that once something happened to the road and fell into the hands of Beihuang City, he would save the road even if he ruined the peace with Beihuang City for many years! Someone was quick to him and rescued the road first, which made him feel relieved.

"Master, don't be angry, it's not good for disciples." For Daolu, Sengcan is like a father. He knew that Sengcan was so angry because he was worried that he was, so he wanted to comfort him and ease the atmosphere.

"Okay, let's stop here. My teacher has personally studied a book to explain the reason with the Black Emperor Zhuanxu, and sent your senior brother to find Ling Guang. There is no big problem with you for the time being." Everyone understood that Sengcan's seemingly blamed was actually due to inner doting. This time, this road caused such a big disaster, but Sengcan still solved the trouble for him one by one.

"Thank you Master!" Daolu kowtowed to Sengcan and thanked him.

"But you, both masters and apprentices, will still be punished if you violate the rules of Zen temples." Seng Can closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief. "Hongxing released the road without authorization and left the confinement room, and was punished to stand for three hours!"

"Yes." Hongxing kowtowed silently.

"Master, this matter is something I forced Hongxing, it's not his business. The disciple is willing to be punished for him!" Daolu heard that he wanted to punish Hongxing for three hours, which was really a bit heavy, so he wanted to be punished for him.

"Master." Hongxing was so relieved after hearing this.

"I know you favor your apprentice! But don't rush to bear it for him. I will first take your own. Daolu leaves the confinement room without any worries, and gets punished... copy the entire "Yijin Jing" five times." Just as everyone thought Sengcan was going to punish Daolu for multiple punishments, he actually copied the book?! He also said that Daolu favored his apprentice, the third ancestor of Zen Buddhism is the real favorite apprentice!

"What?" Daolu looked surprised, really suspected that he had heard it wrong.

"Don't doubt it, go back to your confinement room and copy it carefully. Every word must be neat. If you can copy it within three hours, then you will be responsible for the remaining hours of Hongxing!" Although such punishment has made many people dissatisfied, it was released by the Third Ancestor himself, and no one dared to refute it.

Just as everyone left the main hall of the Precepts Academy, Daoxin folded his hands together and leaned over to the Third Patriarch Sengcan, "Master, are you too biased just now?"

"You mean I punished Hongxing for standing in a stance, but I punished Road to copy books?" Sengcan disagreed.

"Yes. You are so obvious that you may make the disciples dissatisfied." Although Daoxin didn't think it was particularly inappropriate. After all, who is the disciple who is favored, he still felt that he should consider other disciples.

"You have also grown up watching the road since childhood. According to his personality, what do you think is better to copy books or stand in a stance to make him feel more painful?" Sengcan looked up at Daoxin.

"Ha." Daoxin couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "It's still the master's profoundness!"

"By the way, what's going on in Beihuang City recently? Can you find out the purpose of Ling Guang coming to Pingji City?" Sengcan suddenly turned to the main business again.

"I have not found it yet. However, a murder occurred by Qingyuan Lake last night. I don't know if it is related to it. This morning, the Siko Institute had already investigated. There were three people who died, and the death was very strange and different." Daoxin leaned over to report to Sengcan.

"Who are the dead?" Sengcan asked.

"It is understood that the three of the deceased are just idle gangsters on the street who have been idle all day long, and the three of them have been silenced. It is estimated that they ran into some master last night and were silenced."

"What is the cause of death?"

"Because of the strange death, the disciple specially went to Sikoo's place. One was drowned, but none of his body was wet; the other was cut by his throat, but no external trauma was seen in his throat, as if he had been cut from the air; the last death was a bit terrifying, and the essence and blood in his body were dried up, like a fresh mummy, but there was no wound on his body, as if the essence and blood evaporated in an instant." Daoxin reported to Sengcan all his inquiries.

"Such a strange technique is probably related to Beihuang City." Sengcan stroked his beard.

"But these three people are just unknown soldiers. What's the point of killing them? It would be too far-fetched to say that they were framed and silenced by them?" Daoxin didn't understand the reason.

"Or maybe we are suspicious. This matter may have nothing to do with Daoqian's affairs." Sengcan thought for a while, and felt that this matter might have nothing to do with what happened before, "But what I can't figure out is the person who killed them. If it were people from Beihuang City, this person might not be that simple."

"Forgive your disciples to be stupid, I can't think of anyone who killed people in Beihuang City like this." Faced with the strange way of killing, Daoxin really couldn't think of who it would be. I remember that there was no such person in Beihuang City either.

"No, no, no, I must have missed something?" Seng Can shook his head, "Wait, Qingyuan Lake? Drowning? Water? Water-type spell - Water Shadow Xuanfuli?"

"What the master means is the Lord of the Xuanwu Palace in Northern Wilderness - Zhiming?"

"Unsure, it is rumored that the current Master of Xuanwu Palace in Beihuang is the youngest of the four masters. He is a once-in-a-century genius of spells. He sat in the position of the master at the age of sixteen and is only eighteen this year. Moreover, the Master of the Four Elephant Palace never leaves the city easily, so we have no evidence. After Daoqian's affairs, we also know that we can't determine whether it is the real Water Shadow Xuanfuliu." Sengcan wanted to know the situation of the Master of Xuanwu Palace Zhiming, but he had no too much basis.

"Disciple thinks that the possibility is not very high. If he is really wise, it means that the Black Emperor Zhuanxu sent two Sixiang Temple Masters to Pingji City. What is he trying to do? Is there anything that can make him send two Sixiang Temple Masters in a row? We already think that the matter is not simple. If another one is done, does he really want to make a Buddhist relics?" Daoxin analyzed the ideas.

"I don't know. Daoxin, please send some disciples to Tianyi Villa for inquiries." Sengcan couldn't believe that there was anything that could have Zhuanxu sent two Sixiang Palace masters in a row. If there was really, this would be a big deal.

"yes."

(End of this chapter)
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