After defeating Shaolin for the second time, Di Fan slowly walked out of the crowd and entered the Shaolin Temple under the guidance of Zen Master Tianming and other monks.
In the quiet room, Tianming only left four or five senior monks, including the abbot Juezhi of the Dharma Academy, the abbot Juekong of the Arhat Hall, and the abbot Jueli of the Prajna Hall, to entertain the guests with him.
"Leader Dragon, Mr. Di."
Tianming offered tea and spoke, "To be honest, the reputation and military strength of my Shaolin Temple are not strong enough for you to personally conquer us. Why did you come here to debate this time, and why did you have to do it in public? Could you please tell me?"
Di Fan looked at the Zen master strangely. Shaolin Temple was worthy of being the former leader in the martial arts world. Its sensitivity was much better than that of Quanzhen Sect!
[Zen Master Tianming, I'm afraid you've already guessed our purpose?]
[Hmm... Should I try to bluff him first? Act mysterious and unfathomable? If he can truly guess my intentions, then I might as well give Shaolin a high position in the rebel army, or even in the imperial court...]
"Master Tianming, I think you should have guessed the purpose of our visit, right?"
Di Fan tapped the table lightly, trying to be mysterious.
The other chief monks also looked at the abbot. Could it be that the abbot really knew about it?
Tianming clasped his hands together, chanted a Buddhist name, and was about to speak... Xiaolongnu suddenly interrupted him.
"No need to guess, I'll tell you straight away! I want to be the empress, and I'm preparing for an uprising to overthrow the Song Dynasty!"
“Bang!”
"puff!"
The other monks either dropped the tea bowls in their hands out of shock, or spat out the tea in their mouths out of fear, all of them were extremely terrified!
Di Fan and Tian Ming looked at Xiao Longnu at the same time, wondering why she interrupted their cooperation?
Xiao Longnu stared at Tianming with a half-smile in her eyes. The meaning in her eyes was as if to say, "Don't pretend, I see through everything!"
[Junior Sister, you don't want to reuse the Shaolin Temple?]
[Hey, could it be because of that conversation she and I had a while ago about the differences between Buddhism and Taoism? It's just that in these early days, Shaolin Temple is actually quite important. Although collecting salaries and granting land to support oneself is a bit excessive...]
[Never mind, Junior Sister is the Empress, her decision is more important!]
Hearing Di Fan's inner voice, and recalling his poem evaluating Buddhism: "In troubled times, the Bodhisattva remains aloof; the Laojun carries his sword to save the common people. In peaceful times, Buddhism welcomes pilgrims; the Taoist retreats to the mountains and forests..." Xiao Longnu's opinion of Buddhism, and indeed of Shaolin Temple as a whole, suddenly plummeted by more than half!
"I have already told you my purpose, Shaolin Abbot. Now it's your turn."
Xiaolongnu curled the corners of her mouth slightly and looked quietly at the Zen masters in the room... Juezhi, Juekong, Jueli and many other abbots all showed anxious eyes and wanted to remind their abbot.
After all, the occupation of the Jin and Song regions has reached a stalemate, and the Mongols are rising on the grasslands, and the future situation is still unknown... Even if you want to participate in the rebellion, you should choose one side to join, not an emerging force, right?
The most crucial thing is that your faction's greatest advantage is that its leader is a Xiantian! Although there are no Xiantian masters in the Central Plains martial arts world, the Mongolian and Song Dynasty royal families are not short of masters of the same level!
"Alliance leader, what do you need us to do?"
However, to the surprise of all the Zen masters, Tianming seemed to have guessed Xiaolongnu's question and asked directly about his mission.
Xiao Longnu was a little surprised. It was really beyond her expectation that Tian Ming could become the abbot of Shaolin Temple!
[As expected of the Shaolin abbot, this move uses advance as a retreat, and it's a beautiful performance.]
Reminded by her inner voice, Xiao Longnu smiled and said, "The abbot can contact the Beggars' Sect and inform the current leader, Huang Rong. Leader Huang will contact you regarding the specific matters... For Shaolin Temple, it would just mean contributing some warrior monks or money, right? I don't think Shaolin Temple would refuse such a request, would it?"
"Of course! Shaolin Temple should do its utmost to help!"
Tianming directly agreed on behalf of Shaolin Temple. After receiving the affirmative answer, Xiaolongnu and Difan did not stay any longer and stood up to say goodbye and left Shaolin.
After the two left, Juezhi, Juekong and the others couldn't wait to pull the abbot back to the quiet room...
"Abbot, you are confused!"
"That's right. Even if we want to get involved in government affairs, we shouldn't choose this so-called leader! How can we succeed without any power?"
"I think Mongolia is pretty good. They also have innate masters, and they almost destroyed the Jin Dynasty!"
"Yes, yes..."
The various leaders kept trying to persuade Tianming to find someone else to support him...
Tianming was extremely annoyed and roared, "Enough, be quiet!"
When the Buddhist lion roared, not only did the meditation room become quiet, but even the little monk who was cleaning outside the door was so scared that his body trembled, for fear of disturbing everyone in the meditation room.
"Are you all calm now? Are you ready to listen to me?"
Tianming glanced at everyone indifferently... Everyone was silent, staring at Tianming, waiting for him to speak.
"Hmph!" Tian Ming pointed at everyone and started cursing, "Do you think I don't know what you are talking about? But you also need to understand one thing, that is, Alliance Leader Long is a master of the Xiantian realm, and he was the one standing in front of us just now!
Have you ever thought about what the consequences would be if you don't agree?"
"What consequences could there be? Could they possibly massacre the Shaolin?"
A Zen master started to complain... But as soon as he said this, Tianming was stunned without even needing to refute him.
The other monks looked at each other with extremely ugly expressions.
"It seems you all understand." Tian Ming sighed. "How much mercy do you think she can have for someone who is about to rebel? Kindness is not enough to command an army, and the same is true for generals and marshals, let alone someone who is determined to become the founding emperor?
Not to mention, the other party is a woman! Do I need to remind you to read the book "Legend of Wu Zetian"?
"When women become ruthless, men have no chance..."
The head monk of Dharma Academy, Juezhi, suddenly spoke, feeling quite touched.
The others exchanged glances, understanding the abbot's meaning. Without further ado, as long as Xiaolongnu wasn't injured or killed, Shaolin had no other choice!
"Well, this matter is settled. To prevent any accidents, the transportation of money and food resources will be kept a little secret, and the monks sent out to join the army will be removed from the Shaolin Temple's roster."
After arranging the final instructions, Tianming waved his hand tiredly: "That's it, let's go."
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Outside the Shaolin Temple, after leaving Songshan, Di Fan looked at his junior sister in front of him...
【Junior sister, you have really grown up.】
[During the battle at Shaolin Temple, we used both kindness and force... Once the outcome of this battle spreads, the other smaller sects will probably surrender without my Junior Sister even having to personally visit them.]
[The trend has already begun to take shape! ]
"Junior sister, where are we going to debate next?"
"Dali, Tianlong Temple!"
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