Mount Emei was in early autumn, and the sixteen Sichuan lotus trees planted by Huikong Shitai outside the Fuxian Temple also bore fruit for the first time. In his life, Master Huikong was responsible for spreading Buddhism, traveled to Sichuan, and at the same time led the Emei School for more than 20 years; Two years ago, Huikong Shitai's childhood friend Cao Shu and his apprentice Yang Feng came to defect, the two sisters are already old, but they still go out of the temple to visit the mountains together, collect medicinal fruits, as if back to the girlhood, Cao Shu and Emei sent the Huizi sisters and sisters to practice martial arts by the elephant washing pool, the sisters secretly taught Cao Shu one or two tricks Emei swordsmanship, Cao Shu picked mint, Sichuan wood lotus fruit, honey and other fruit tea to relieve everyone's heat. In June, the sisters of the Emei faction have never seen such a cool tea, and they drink it to clear their eyes and hearts, and their breathing is indescribably smooth. Cao Shu is smart by nature, generous and kind, and the sisters do not like Cao Shu ordinarily. It's just that the years are deceiving, and later Cao Shu traveled throughout China, and also accepted a grandchild's apprentice, and the Emei sisters are also more than a year old, most of them also shaved their hair and recited Buddha, and the apprentices don't know how much they received, but the fruit tea in the girlhood is difficult to reproduce.
Only a year and a half after Cao Shu defected to Huikong Shitai, he passed away peacefully in Mount Emei. Master Huikong was sad for a long time, so she planted sixteen Sichuan lotus plants outside Fuxian Temple, and sixteen was the age when she and Cao Shu met. The last thing Cao Shu did before she passed away was to let her apprentice Yang Feng worship Huikong Shitai as a teacher, Yang Feng was sixteen years old at the time, which was the age when the two girls first met. After two more years of growth, the Kawaki lotus tree has grown a fruit the size of a red bean in the early autumn of this year, but it can't stand the old age, and Master Huikong also passed away in this season.
The autumn breeze is coming, the leaves on Mount Emei are still tender and green like summer, Xu Xiao heard the news of the master's death, a single fast horse galloped from Ya'an for a day and a night, rested the horse under the Baoguo Temple, unfolded the light work, and ran quickly to the mountain. Xu Xiao is the first apprentice of Huikong Shitai, the only son of Xu Yuanwai, who was very rich in Ya'an Road, Xu Yuanwai was difficult to ask for bribes by Mongolian officers and soldiers in Huayang County in his early years, it was the Emei woman who helped him, Xu Yuanwai in order to repay this kindness, he sent his only son Xu Xiao to Mount Emei as a lay disciple, and later worshiped the head of the Emei faction to practice martial arts as a teacher, so far it has been fifteen or sixteen years. Xu Xiao has been down the mountain for more than half a year, and he has never forgotten his junior sister Feng Xiangyue, and now he is taking advantage of the teacher's death to say goodbye to his father, and galloped to Mount Emei to visit the little junior sister, so anxious that he forgot to make the mourning clothes.
Outside the Fuxian Temple, Fan Yin curled, Xu Xiao performed light skills and stepped on the stone ladder to go up the mountain, hurriedly stepped into the temple, only to see the teachers in the courtyard lined up to meditate and chant, and the lay disciples knelt in the temple, all wearing filial piety clothes, or crying, or silent. Xu Xiao realized that he was wearing an embroidered robe, and this situation was inconvenient, and he was about to turn around and leave the temple, when a person behind him got up and pulled him away, Xu Xiao turned his head and saw that it was his sister Feng Xiangyue. Feng Xiangyue just glanced at Xu Xiao, then let go of her hand and said coldly, "Let's go and change into plain clothes first." Xu Xiao also suddenly understood, the senior sister has taken over as the head of the Emei faction, the head of the Emei faction has been passed on to women and not men since ancient times, male disciples can only be used as lay disciples, not to enter the church, and men in the faction can not hold the first position and above, it is rumored that the head of the Emei faction has a poor character, and has repeatedly fallen into injustice, and the head of the sect is discouraged, so she hates every man equally in the second half of her life, and the male disciples of the Emei faction are not allowed to learn martial arts, they can only do some labor and agriculture, and they can also not hold positions, Later, the Emei sect took Buddhist teachings as the foundation of its teachings, suffering and reincarnation, and all kinds of emotions, and the inhuman discrimination suffered by the men of the Emei sect gradually faded, and gradually they began to learn the martial arts of the Emei sect, but they are still not allowed to serve in the sect.
"Uncle Shi, is there any news of Yang Feng?" Feng Xiangyue turned the rosary in her hand and silently chanted in front of Master Huikong's coffin. "In Emei, there is no news of this person." Master Hui Lin lowered her head and leaned close to Feng Xiangyue's ear and replied in a low voice. Feng Xiangyue lowered her head and sobbed, "How can God give birth to such a person...
"Uncle Shi, Shitai will be buried after tonight, please gather all the disciples of this sect to gather in Fuxian Temple."
"Hui Lin obeys the orders of the master."
Feng Xiangyue got up and took out the jade ring left by Master Huikong, and put it on her ring finger, but found that her hand was too small and the ring was not secure, so she changed to a thumb. Feng Xiangyue took off the sword of the Emei faction town faction from the seat of the head of the house, when the head ring and the scabbard made of cold jade touched together, Feng Xiangyue hurriedly used the internal force, at this time the jade scabbard seemed to melt into snow water, Feng Xiangyu's internal force was transmitted to the scabbard through the head ring, and the scabbard enchanted this internal force to the sword body, when the internal force of the sword body of the light sword was sufficient, the sword body jumped out of the scabbard, representing the sword recognized the new head of the Emei faction.
"The red path follows the sun and the moon, repaying the fragrance and light." The cold jade scabbard faintly showed this line of poetry due to the injection of Feng Xiangyue's internal force. Before his death, Master Huikong passed the ring to Feng Xiangyue, and then left Feng Xiangyue alone to tell her the meaning of this poem. "The Emei faction opened the sect Dong Shizu had a dream, the Emei faction was established to serve the country and protect the people, but Emei is lonely after all, and needs to follow a real master, my Emei head must be in order to achieve his great cause to give it all, I have been the head of the past generations to hold this sword, guard for life, but unfortunately every year is the age of peace, the dream of the ancestor has not been realized, and now the Mongolian iron horse foot in the Central Plains, there will be heroes among my Han people, Yue'er, you have to find a good home for my Emei disciples, and you yourself." Master Huikong said that, he used the last remaining bit of internal force to show this poem to Feng Xiangyue.
After a short time, Master Hui Lin gathered all the disciples on the mountain, and there were about 2,000 people, so many that more than half of them could not enter the temple. Master Hui Lin nodded to Feng Xiangyue, Feng Xiangyue was a little nervous in the face of many disciples, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said: "Mrs. Hui has a spirit in the sky, thanks to Mrs. Shi's love, she taught me martial arts day and night, taught me benevolence, righteousness, etiquette and wisdom, and entrusted me with the affairs of Emei before she died." Feng Xiangyue said, her immature face revealed a trace of unease, and a pair of eyes quickly swept over Xu Xiao, Huiding, Huilin, and Huimin, who were standing in the front row, as well as the senior sisters and sisters of the Jingzi generation and the lay family. Such a thousand pounds of burden, the little girl is only afraid that it will be difficult to bear, my Emei faction has no shortage of people with strong martial arts and outstanding virtues, if anyone wants to be the head, I can let him be virtuous. "
As soon as the words fell, I saw Xu Xiao kneeling on one knee, clasping his hands into fists, "Huikong disciple Xu Xiao congratulates the head of the family, and the disciple is willing to be the head of the house!" "
"Stop, stop! Who's fart in such a hurry, didn't Yue'er say that she was willing to give way? "The voice is from Mrs. Hui Min." Hui Min is not talented, but she is also unwilling to go against the last wish of the senior sister, if I say that this head of the family let me be the one who is taken, wouldn't it be forcible to take it? Xiangyue, I will have a competition with you, if I win, how about you give up the position of head to me? "
Xu Xiao suddenly became nervous, "Are you rebelling?" "How did the junior talk to Uncle Shi?" There was a sudden uproar inside and outside the temple. "Don't argue, everyone, I'll compete with you." Feng Xiangyue had expected that at this moment, she was a girl in her early twenties, and all her uncles were already half a hundred years old, how could they be convinced? "Good! But I also have the courage to take my Zen staff! "Master Hui Min rounded the Zen staff, used the Emei swordsmanship all the way to the deep dyed light skirt, and directly attacked Feng Xiangyue's lower plate, Feng Xiangyue was obviously too nervous, his hands trembled slightly, and hurriedly used his internal force to pull out the light sword, and used a move to drop the pear blossom of the Emei twelve swords, two steps turned around, the sword flower was pulled up, the footsteps were light and beautiful, and a sword was directly attacked by Hui Min's throat, and the sword qi of the light sword tore Hui Min's robe together." Okay, great trick! Eat me again! Hui Min used the Zen staff as a sword and stabbed straight at Feng Xiangyue's door, Feng Xiangyue suddenly realized at this time, how could the Zen staff be stabbed? Uncle Shi must have a back move, sure enough, when Feng Xiangyue took the sword to block, Hui Min flipped his wrist and slapped it, Feng Xiangyue abandoned the sword, the harrier rolled over and rolled behind Hui Min, and used enough internal force in Hui Min's sandalwood, the second acupoint of the Purple Palace clicked twice, and Hui Min suddenly unloaded his hands. "Good, good! A good apprentice trained by my sister, my uncle is willing to bow down. "Don't dare, don't dare, Yue'er knows that Uncle Ming intends to give in, and she has been stained with Master's light." "In this case, I have nothing to disagree with Huimin, and the head of the house will be worshiped by me!" Feng Xiangyue hurriedly helped Huimin up, but all the disciples inside and outside the temple had already knelt down and saluted.
After Feng Xiangyue became the head, the senior brother Xu Xiao mentioned many times that the current Mongols are emperors, and the Han people suffer deeply. The common people had complicated taxes, the local officials levied excessively, and the Han gentry colluded with the Mongolian bureaucracy to oppress the good. Feng Xiangyue and Xu Xiao led the disciples of Emei to go down the mountain many times, and when they came forward, they came forward, and the people applauded, and the government had a headache. Back and forth in the cold and summer, Feng Xiangyue has been in charge for four spring and autumn periods, and the burden of strengthening Emei often makes her lose sleep at night, recruiting troops and horses, and expanding the number of disciples has also become her top priority.
Feng Xiangyue was reading the letters sent by the disciples from various places on the first day, one of which was from Xunhua, which wrote: "Jing Zhangmen, there is a suspected Emei traitor Yang Feng, who clashed with several disciples of the Huashan faction, and hacked two people to death with two-handed swords, and a white python long whip was tied around his waist. The disciple thought, this person is Yang Feng, there is no second person in the world who can use a two-handed male and female sword and a white python whip. The disciple has witnessed this person's disgusting eyes, please clean up the portal! Feng Xiangyue was startled, got up suddenly, and walked outside the Qingyin Palace, at this time, Feng Xiangyue's disciples were practicing swordsmanship outside the hall. Yihan, Xin'er, you two sisters are not bad among many disciples, this seat will give you a chance to experience this time, quickly pack your luggage, and go north with me tonight. "Call me Uncle Huilin again." "Obey orders!" Feng Xiangyue hurriedly found her senior brother Xu Xiao at this moment and reported the letter to him. "Senior sister. Although Yang Feng is a traitor, he has not done anything insulting to his master, let him do whatever he wants, don't bother looking for him. All right? Sister. Xu Xiao tentatively raised his head and glanced at Feng Xiangyue. Actually, I'm really, uh... I still can't bear to let you go, I don't want to be without you. Feng Xiangyue's little sword was slightly red, "I didn't show you this to ask for your opinion, I have decided to go to him, I want to ask why I was so determined to betray the sect in the first place, and why there has been no news for seven or eight years." Before she finished speaking, Feng Xiangyue's eyes were already rosy. Don't persuade me, you are in charge of the affairs of the Emei faction during the time I am away, and I will ask the two uncles to assist you. "Senior sister, I'm ..." Xu Xiao wanted to say something, but Feng Xiangyue left without looking back. Xu Xiao also slammed the table and punched him, he hated himself for practicing martial arts for half his life, and he was a hero who was not afraid of heaven and earth, why did he look so cowardly and timid in front of his junior sister.
That night, Feng Xiangyue, Mrs. Huilin, and Feng Xiangyue's two apprentices, Liu Yihan, and Helan Xin rode down the mountain on horseback, traveling lightly. Come and go for hundreds of miles, the difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky, four people sleep in the open for seven or eight days, there are few inns in the mountains and wilderness, a few people are already unkempt when they are on the road, and the two cardamom girls are also no longer faceless. The four of them stayed in Miangu County, and Feng Xiangyue only needed one room, which was paved with hay and paved on the floor, and the display was still very simple. "Yihan, Xin'er, the two of you go to the stove room and ask the cook if there is anything to eat, and bring some for Master Wei and Mrs. Huilin." The two agreed and walked out the door. Helan looked at Liu Yihan's face very unpleasantly, pouted, and didn't know what was on her mind. "Senior Sister Yihan, what's wrong with you, where are you unhappy?" "I'm not going to come out again! It turns out that the experience is to sleep behind a big rock, and the food is so bad that you can't eat meat if you want to! Master also detained and searched for the four of us, and let the four of us live in one room. That night, there was an inn in front of us, but the master said that it was in the wilderness and the wild shops were not safe, and urged us to hurry up. I see, she just feels sorry for that bit of silver! Helan hurriedly covered Liu Yihan's mouth. Senior sister! Master, Master and Ancestor have deep internal strength, I'm afraid you heard all of their nagging two old people! Liu Yihan pursed his lips, ignored his junior sister, and walked to the back kitchen alone. The two begged for a few sticks of bread and hot water, and were about to go back to the room, when they heard someone say: "Little sister, you have asked for so many cakes, and the two little girls can't eat them all, I am hungry, how about giving me two to eat, I will give you half a jar of wine, and it will be a good deal for you to fill the two of you." "
"You stinky and beg for food, Miss Ben rewarded you with food today, and you will come again tomorrow, endlessly, I have seen a lot of people like you." Liu Yihan shouted at the man twice, but Helan Xin saw a big sword and a short sword beside the man, this man is not tall, if this sword stands up, it will be as tall as his shoulders. Helan Xin was stunned on the spot, the man approached the two of them, dipped a handful of wine in his hand, and wiped it on Helan Xin's face, only to see a crystal round little face with two big eyes, looking at this man cute and ignorant. The man was also stunned for a moment, then laughed twice, and left the inn at night with two swords on his back.