The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 154 Take Something

Going to Shaolin Temple? Zhao Ti took a breath and asked, "Why did the emperor ask me to go to Shaolin?"

Zhao Xu was silent again, and after a moment he said, "My dear, go to Shaolin Temple to get something for me. I am worried about sending someone else."

Zhao Ti raised his eyebrows slightly. Was he worried about sending someone else? Zhao Xu had the Red Dragon Guards of the Wude Division in his hands. The Red Dragon Guards were only loyal to him. It was no exaggeration to say that they were death warriors. Was he not worried about sending such a person?

"Please speak, sir." Zhao Ti said.

Zhao Xu stood up from behind the desk, took a few steps, turned to look at Zhao Ti and said, "Go to Shaolin Temple and get a scripture."

"What scripture?" Zhao Ti asked.

Zhao Xu said slowly: "Yi Jin Jing."

"Yi Jin Jing?" Zhao Ti touched his chin. It was this book? Yi Jin Jing was a treasure that all martial artists dreamed of. Legend has it that it was a martial arts book left behind by Bodhidharma, who went from Liang to Wei and faced the wall in Shaolin for nine years.

The Yi Jin Jing is the top-notch Shaolin Kung Fu. In addition to being able to lay the most stable martial arts foundation and cultivate profound, powerful and unshakable internal strength, it can also cleanse the body and marrow, strengthen the tendons and bones, and change the hidden injuries and diseases in the body caused by various mistakes and omissions in martial arts training.

It can be said that if one practices the Yi Jin Jing, then there will basically be no problems of going astray in the study of martial arts. The Yi Jin Jing can not only correct and repair the damage to the body caused by practicing incorrect martial arts, but also enhance a stable state of mind.

But it is not so easy to practice this martial art, otherwise everyone in Shaolin Temple would be a top master and would have been invincible long ago.

To practice Yi Jin Jing, one must be able to break through the "self-image and other-image" and not have the thought of practicing martial arts in one's mind. But who among all students does not want to make great efforts in order to achieve success? It is extremely difficult to achieve the state of having no desire in one's mind.

Over the past hundreds and thousands of years, there have been many Shaolin monks who practiced the Yi Jin Jing, but after years of hard work, they often gained nothing. At most, only one monk would succeed after a hundred years. In the end, many people gave up and turned to learn other skills.

According to Shaolin records, the person who achieved the greatest success in the practice of Yi Jin Jing in history was Huike, the second patriarch of Zen Buddhism. Huike discussed Buddhism with the Brahma monk Balamitra from Mount Emei. After 49 days of discussion, he finally understood the Buddhist principles in Yi Jin Jing, but in the end he confirmed that they were not martial arts.

Twelve years later, on the road to Chang'an, Huike met a young man with superb martial arts skills. The two discussed martial arts for three days and three nights, and Huike finally understood all the martial arts secrets in the Yi Jin Jing. The young man with superb martial arts skills was Li Jing, a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, who was later named Duke of Wei.

"It is the Yi Jin Jing." Zhao Xu nodded at this moment: "My dear, go see the Shaolin abbot Xuan Ci and copy a copy of the scripture and bring it back to the palace."

At this time, Zhao Ti already understood in his heart why Zhao Xu did not even trust the Red Dragon Guards of the Wude Division, but asked him to fetch the scriptures.

Although the Red Dragon Guards are death warriors who are willing to sacrifice their lives for every generation of emperors and are not swayed by external things, the only thing that is not included in these external things is martial arts, top-notch martial arts.

Every Red Dragon Guard is a master. Apart from being loyal to the royal family, the only thing they pursue is probably the ultimate skills.

When faced with a peerless martial art like the Yi Jin Jing, secretly memorizing and copying a copy is not a big deal. The only thing to worry about is that seeing the book will immediately sway your mind, and you might never come back, and take the book away to practice somewhere with all your heart.

But this kind of thing would never happen to the royal family. They would just watch it and it would be like meat rotting in the pot. Even if they really wanted to practice, they would come back to the palace and practice secretly. They would not just take the scriptures and run away.

Zhao Ti asked, "I wonder when your Majesty intends to let me set off?"

Zhao Xu said: "Of course the sooner the better. If you have nothing else to do, how about we set off tomorrow?"

Zhao Ti nodded, thinking to himself that Zhao Xu must have suffered serious internal injuries when he performed the 33rd posture of Taizu Changquan, which was difficult to reverse, so he decided to try to comprehend the Yi Jin Jing to correct the damage in his body.

He really wanted to persuade them, but he couldn't bring himself to talk about the Taizu Changquan, and he couldn't even reveal that he knew this style of boxing was special.

This is the Imperial Fist, which can only be practiced by the emperors of the Song Dynasty. If he reveals that he has learned this fist, even just a move, the two of them will be doomed to no longer live in harmony.

Even if he could speak up, it would be impossible to persuade them against this matter. Since all the emperors of the Song Dynasty were determined to implement the Thirty-Three Forces, there must be some secrets that he didn't know. So what reason could he have to persuade them?

Moreover, if you put yourself in their shoes, if you have practiced all 32 postures, you will inevitably want to try to derive the last posture, let alone the emperors of all dynasties who know the secret.

Zhao Ti said: "I will also ask for the emperor's decree to set off for Shaolin Temple to obtain the scriptures tomorrow."

Zhao Xu was delighted when he heard this, and returned to his desk: "I have already drafted the imperial edict. Although Shaolin did not inform us in advance, I think there should be no problem."

Zhao Ti stepped forward to take the imperial edict, and Zhao Xu continued, "Shaolin is also considered a royal temple. The abbots of all generations were conferred by the imperial court. The current master Xuanci was conferred by the previous emperor. He once came to Tokyo to see the emperor. Unfortunately, I was too young at that time and did not see him. But this time I am just copying a scripture, so I will not refuse."

Zhao Ti said that Shaolin was indeed a royal temple, not to mention the previous dynasties. In this dynasty, the temple was given a title since the Jiayou period. Not only was the temple named, but the abbot was also granted titles by imperial decree. Master Zhihao, the abbot of Shaolin Temple during the Jiayou period, was awarded a "purple" cassock. This was basically the case in the following dynasties. The abbot was appointed like an official, and the "Qinyi" official document was issued.

Shaolin would not refuse to copy a copy of the scriptures. In fact, even if the emperor wanted to copy all the scriptures, Shaolin could not directly refuse.

"I accept your order." Zhao Ti said, "Then I will go back and prepare now, and set out for Songshan tomorrow."

Zhao Xu nodded: "My dear, you have worked hard this time."

Zhao Ti said: "Since this is a private matter of the government, I should go there and I cannot refuse."

After saying that, he turned and left the imperial study. Zhao Xu looked at his back, and the expression on his face became slightly relaxed.

When Zhao Ti returned to the palace, he saw Huang Shang's son Xiao Huang Mo standing with Su Da. Su Da was practicing boxing and he was learning from him.

Huang Shang originally rented a house in Beijing, but later Zhao Xu gave him a house not far from the palace. Zhao Ti went there twice and asked little Huang Mo to come and play when he had nothing to do.

"Undefeated..." Zhao Ti called out.

Little Huang Mo turned around when he heard the voice, showing a look of joy, and bowed with his small body, saying, "Your Highness is back? Greetings, Your Highness."

Zhao Ti laughed and asked, "Why are you learning boxing?"

Little Huang Mo glanced at Su Da next to him and said, "This uncle said that if I learn boxing, I won't be afraid of being beaten by my father. If my father wants to beat me, I can use boxing to fight him back."

"Your Majesty, I am just playing with a child." Su Da scratched the back of his head, thinking, why is this kid so careless with his words? I just told him to keep this in his heart and not to tell anyone, so why did he turn around and sell himself out?
"Your Highness, Sister Azhu said she had something good to show me, so she went to the study to get it." Xiao Huangmo said.

Zhao Ti smiled. He thought that Ah Zhu must have gone to get the ice silkworm. Ever since he brought the ice silkworm back, Ah Zhu had been enjoying this thing and had asked Ruyi and other maids to watch it from time to time.

Sure enough, a dozen breaths later Ah Zhu came back holding the crystal pot. After seeing Zhao Ti, she bowed and said to Xiao Huang Mo, "Bubai, look at what this is?"

Little Huang Mo came closer and immediately widened his eyes: "Sister Ah Zhu, what is this? Is it a silkworm? Why are the silkworms I have seen different from this one? This one... seems to glow?"

The ice silkworm has absorbed a lot of cold air in the past few days, and a faint white cold light is emitted from its body. It is especially obvious under the sun, shining brightly like metal.

"This is an ice silkworm, which Your Highness caught from outside. Is it fun?" Ah Zhu blinked proudly.

"Sister Azhu, can you take it out and let me see it?" Little Huang Mo showed a greedy look.

Ah Zhu said, "I'll show you, but be careful, the ice silkworms are very cold." Xiao Huang Mo said, "I know, Sister Ah Zhu, but how can silkworms be cold?"

Ah Zhu carefully opened the lid of the pot and took out the ice silkworm. At the moment, the ice silkworm had no special abilities. Apart from being a little cold, it could not hurt anyone. Moreover, unless the floor in the house was smooth, it would not slide fast on the ground outside and was easy to catch.

Xiao Huang Mo took the ice silkworm, held it in his palm, and said, "It's really cold."

The little silkworm twisted a few times in his hand, as if it didn't like the warmth of his palm, and tried to escape to the side.

Xiao Huang Mo hurriedly stretched out his finger to press, but unexpectedly the little silkworm suddenly flicked its tail and jumped out of his hand, leaping straight towards Zhao Ti, then jumped onto Zhao Ti's shoulder, struggled hard, and hid in the collar of his robe, not moving or coming out.

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "You know how to find a backer. You know it's safe here."

He didn't care about the ice silkworm and said to Xiao Huang Mo, "Bubai, I'll take you to see another good thing."

Xiao Huang Mo asked in confusion: "Your Highness, do you have any other fun things?"

Zhao Ti said, "You'll know when you come." After that, he walked towards the stable.

There were more than a dozen horses in the stable of the palace, and a new kennel was built next to the stable. The eagle was standing in front of the kennel, staring at a red horse at the edge of the stable.

This eagle Zhao Ti did not have its wings or legs tied, but its injuries seemed to have almost healed and it should be able to fly, but it did not seem willing to go to the sky.

These days, it has become somewhat aware of its unusual status in the mansion. No one shouts at it, but instead serves it very carefully. It has become bolder and feels that bipeds are not all that scary.

However, he still didn't dare to leave the stable too far. He just jumped around and played, and called to the horses in the stable when he had nothing to do. The horses were annoyed by him and neighed at him. Neither of them could understand each other's language.

It originally only recognized Zhao Ti, but later became somewhat familiar with Ah Zhu. When it saw both of them coming over, it couldn't help but jump forward.

When Xiao Huang Mo saw the eagle, he was stunned: "What, what is this?"

The eagle stood upright and was a little taller than him. Its beak was bigger than his fist, and its pair of large golden claws were grasping the ground, which was very scary.

Zhao Ti said, "This is an eagle I brought back from the grassland. Your father has seen it. Isn't it majestic?"

Xiao Huang Mo's eyes almost popped out of their sockets. He leaned forward involuntarily. The small wooden sword behind him fell to the ground with a "clack". He didn't care and stretched out a hand to touch the eagle.

The eagle screamed, and he was so scared that he immediately retracted his arms and hid beside Zhao Ti, revealing half of his face. He stammered, "This, this eagle is so scary."

Zhao Ti took two steps forward, stroked the eagle's head a few times, and said with a smile: "It's good for you to get familiar with it. It's actually a lazy guy, but it's just bluffing."

Xiao Huang Mo nodded, and Su Da brought over the raw meat. Zhao Ti asked Xiao Huang Mo to feed the eagle. After a while, they seemed a little familiar with each other, but he still didn't allow him to touch it.

At this moment, the steward reported that Huang Shang had come to the mansion. Zhao Ti asked him to come over. After a moment, he saw the other party in a green robe approaching and bowing.

Zhao Ti asked him what was the matter, Huang Shang said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I have just taken my son back to school. He has not finished his homework yesterday, and I came to bother you."

Zhao Ti nodded: "Since I went to Fujian, I can't even memorize 30% of a thousand-character essay. This is really unacceptable. Let's go back."

Huang Shang looked at his son awkwardly: "Huang Mo, come home and study with your father."

Little Huang Mo whispered: "Daddy, my name is Huang Bubai..."

Huang Shang glanced at Zhao Ti after hearing this, took a deep breath, looked at little Huang Mo, and said, "Huang Bubai, come home with your father to study."

Little Huang Mo nodded happily, and the father and son saluted again, then walked towards the gate of the mansion.

Ah Zhu said, "Little Bubai will be beaten when he returns."

Su Dadao: "I'm afraid he's going to be beaten to death."

Zhao Ti glanced at him and said, "Didn't you teach me boxing?"

Su Da lowered his head and said, "My subordinate, I feel that it is useless to teach you. With your weak arms and legs, how can you be a match for Master Huang..."

Hearing this, Zhao Ti narrowed his eyes and thought for a while, then seemed to have thought of something and smiled faintly.

The next day, Zhao Ti brought Tong Guanbai and the others from the mansion, called Jiumozhi, and asked Azhu to carry the crystal pot and go to the military headquarters.

He also selected dozens of former gangsters including Zhou Tong, Wei Hanchen, Wang Chengzong, Zhu Chuyi, etc. from the office to go outside the city to fetch 500 soldiers and horses, and head straight for Songshan.

Because the journey was not too far, he deliberately went around the northern foot of Mount Song to see the black donkey.

He had seen the black donkey twice, once when he came back from Jiangnan to pay homage to the imperial tomb, and once with Helian Tieshu.

He then went to Mount Hua, where he saw a scroll of ancestor Chen Tuan at the Chen family. He discovered that the little donkey following behind ancestor Chen Tuan was extremely similar to the black donkey in the imperial mausoleum. After asking Jing Yangzi, a descendant of the Chen family, he learned that the little donkey was actually the donkey that pulled the cart in Gaoliang River. He then suspected that the black donkey in the imperial mausoleum was either this donkey or its descendant.

When Helian Tieshu sprinkled agarwood powder in front of the tomb, he was startled and destroyed by the black donkey. Later, on his way back to the capital from Leigushan, he specifically asked someone to inquire about it. Those things were indeed agarwood powder and posed no harm. They had all been cleared away. He didn't know why Li Qiushui asked Helian Tieshu to sprinkle this stuff.

When they arrived in front of the imperial mausoleum, the mausoleum keeper received the news and hurried over to greet them. Zhao Ti chatted with him for a few words and then asked about the black donkey.

The mausoleum keeper said, "Your Highness, since someone broke into the imperial mausoleum last time, this donkey has been active at night and has been hiding during the day. It goes down the mountain to lie down in the mausoleum at night and goes back to rest during the day. It is not here now and will not come out until mid-afternoon at the earliest."

Zhao Ti asked, "Where does he lie?"

The tomb guard said: "Most of them are near Taizong's Yongxi Mausoleum, and rarely go to the tombs of other former emperors."

Zhao Ti nodded, knowing well that if they were the descendants of the donkey from Gaoliang River, they would at most live here and would not deliberately choose to stay in a certain place. This donkey was only near the Yongxi Mausoleum, so it must be the donkey from Gaoliang River.

It was still early and it was impossible to wait until the afternoon to see the donkey. He thought for a moment and decided to return from Shaolin first. Then he turned the team around and headed south along the foot of the northern slope of Songshan Mountain to Shaoshi Mountain.

When they arrived at the foot of Mount Shaoshi, because the horses could not go up the mountain, he asked the soldiers to stay and watch the horses, and then led Zhou Tong, Wei Hanchen and dozens of others up and headed straight for Shaolin Temple.

These people all had martial arts skills and were very fast on their feet. Soon they reached the top of Shaoshi Mountain and saw the gate of Shaolin Temple.

But at this moment, the gate of Shaolin Temple was closed, and there were more than a hundred people gathered outside, all dressed in martial arts clothes. Leading the way were two women, one wearing light red clothes and the other wearing moon-white clothes. They both had oval faces, eyes like lacquer, and were very beautiful.

Zhao Ti was puzzled when he saw this. Just when he was about to ask someone to come forward to ask, he heard a voice from these people: "We are the masters of the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands of Lingjiu Palace in Piaomiao Peak of Tianshan Mountain. Where are you from? What are you doing in Shaolin Temple?"

(End of this chapter)