The Monkey King

   The setting sun slanted and dyed everything in a dim red color.

  A leaf fell slowly.

  Outside the gate of the Chanyuan, Lu Liuguai knelt motionless with his forehead pressed against the ground, trembling slightly.

   The demon generals behind him also lowered their heads, looking forward.

   He stepped over a black boot on the high threshold and stepped firmly in front of Lu Liuguai.

   Lu Liuguai raised his eyes trembling slightly and saw the pair of black boots.

   In an instant, his eyes were already wet.

   "Get up."

   A voice fell into Lu Liuguai's ears, plain and familiar, but seemed too far away to touch.

  The demon generals behind him were still bowing to the ground, daring not to move, but Lu Liuguai slowly raised his head.

   The ordinary-looking uniform, the dark golden fluff, and the facial features deep in memory.

   "Master, old minister... old minister..."

   He opened his mouth slightly, and the tears rolled down his wrinkled face like a dam, staring blankly at the monkey, his face bursting with indescribable joy.

   "Old minister...Old minister waited so hard. After six hundred and fifty years, I knew...I knew that the great sage would definitely come back. I was always ready... always ready to welcome the great saint..."

He slowly straightened up and stretched out his hand tremblingly, as if an old man wanted to touch his child's face for the last time before he died, but he seemed to be surprised that his identity was different and quickly retracted it, but his gaze could not be taken from him no matter what. The monkey's face moved away.

  Monkey lowered his head and watched him silently.

   One six hundred and fifty years. Perhaps it was because of the difficulty in improving his cultivation, Lu Liuguai looked old, as if he had changed his personality, but under the skin, he faced Huaguo Mountain. A loyalty to the monkey remains unchanged.

  The sour and rotten scholar who hurriedly came to take refuge in the city outside the Evil Dragon City, who said a mouthful of "It's the one," is now on the verge of death.

   In the past six hundred and fifty years, even the nine-headed worm has two hearts. The whole world has undergone earth-shaking changes, but there is still such a person who still sticks to his beliefs.

   Short-mouthed and Dajiao have ridiculed Lu Liuguai for being stereotyped countless times. stubborn.

Can. Perhaps, only such a rigid, stubborn, unrepentant person can maintain the same belief after 650 years, and stick to a dream that is out of reach and has no certainty.

   At that moment, he stared at Lu Liuguai who was tearful. The monkey's eyes were also red.

   "Get up quickly, you're getting old, don't kneel."

   said, the monkey reached out to help.

I saw Lu Liujiao crouching down and shouting loudly: "Master, the demons in the three realms are all looking forward to your return, waiting for you to lead us again and raise the banner of the demon clan. I didn't expect... no Thinking that the old minister can still wait until he is alive, if the heaven is merciful and give the old minister some time, the old minister will definitely do his best to assist the great sage to rule the three realms. Minister - Lu Qing. I respectfully invite the great sage to return to the dynasty and take charge of the overall situation!"

   "Chen, wait, I respectfully invite the Great Sage to return to the court and preside over the overall situation! I respectfully invite the Great Sage to return to the court and preside over the overall situation!"

  In the monastery, all the monks shuddered when they heard the roar.

"what on earth is it?"

   "Will they rush in and kill us all?"

   said. They all looked at Xuanzang who was sitting alone not far away.

   Just a moment ago, the four words "Monkey King" were just a long-standing legend for these monks, a monster who caused a catastrophe hundreds of years ago and was finally subdued by the Buddha. Only at this point did they really realize the true meaning of these four words to the demon clan.

  Jin Chi timidly crawled to Xuanzang's side, and said in a low voice, "Master Xuanzang, your friend... that great sage, shouldn't he attack us?"

   "No." Xuanzang replied lightly.

   After getting an accurate answer, Jin Chi breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still sitting beside Xuanzang a little nervously, wishing he could hug him.

  …

  Outside the Zen courtyard, on the top of the hill in the distance, a hidden monster released his hand that pushed away the leaves, turned and disappeared without a trace.

  …

  Monkey's hand that was going to support Lu Liuguai paused slightly, slowly retracted it, and said softly, "Let them go back first, shall we talk?"

   "Let's talk?" Lu Liuguai raised his head and looked at the monkey in a daze. The surrounding monsters looked at the monkey with a bit of astonishment.

  The touching meeting of the ruler and ministers as expected, followed by the happy monkeys being welcomed back by them did not happen.

   "Yes." The monkey said softly: "Let them go back first, the two of us, have a good talk."

  Lu Liuguai closed his eyes and turned his face slowly.

   The snake spirit, who was kneeling not far behind, hurriedly bowed and came to Lu Liuguai's side.

   "The Great Sage ordered that the others go back first and stay for the father."

   "No."

  The snake spirit maintained a posture of bowing his hands and retreated among the generals: "The Great Sage has an order, everyone will retreat with me first."

   said, the snake spirit bowed to the monkey again and said, "Great Sage, Changxin will retire first."

  Monkey nodded silently.

  The snake spirit raised its head and turned into a white light into the sky. The rest of the demon generals hesitated for a while, and they all gave the last salute to the monkey, and soared into the air.

   In a blink of an eye, there were only Monkey and Lu Liuguai left outside the entire temple.

  The afterglow of the setting sun has passed away, the moon and stars are sparse, and the night wind is blowing slowly.

  Monkey reached out to help Lu Liuguai.

   "Great Sage... Don't. Lu Qing will come by himself." After speaking, Lu Liuguai got up quickly, bowed his head and stood in front of the monkey.

  Monkey reached out and patted his shoulder and said, "Come with me."

   "The minister follows the order."

   Hearing this, the monkey couldn't help laughing, but he didn't argue.

   The two walked slowly towards the mountain road, and the monkey asked casually, "Have you got a family?"

Lu Liuguai quickly and respectfully replied: "The great cause has not yet been completed. The minister does not dare to start a family. Over the years, the old minister has always remembered the defeat of my demon clan in Huaguo Mountain, but unfortunately, he was too weak and could not make a difference... Now the great sage is back. The demon clan is saved."

   "I just heard who, to whom you called yourself 'Father'?"

"That's the adopted son of the old minister... Over the years, the old minister has felt that he is getting older, and it is already a dying year. I am afraid that I will not be able to welcome the great sage back in my lifetime. I am afraid that when the great sage returns, no one will welcome... So. I adopted a son and a daughter. I want them to take over the old minister's mantle and fulfill the unfinished loyalty of the old minister."

   "It turned out to be an adopted son... If there is a suitable one, let's get married quickly." The monkey sighed lightly and asked softly, "Is there nothing to prolong life?"

   "Heavenly Court controls Pantao very strictly. The old minister got one hundreds of years ago. If not, the old minister would not be able to wait for the Great Sage. Now. I don't dare to think about it."

   "The control is very strict? How can the black bear spirit still get it?"

   "Black Bear Spirit... What did you say, Great Sage?"

   "Black Hair, the original subordinate of the Macaque King."

   "This old minister will never know."

  Monkey couldn't help but froze for a moment.

   Come to think of it, everyone has their own luck. If Pantao was really that easy to handle, Xiao Bailong wouldn't be looking for Xuanzang.

   The current world is indeed different from the original one.

   pursed his lips, and the monkey said softly: "It's okay, I have two here, and one more, and I will give it to you later."

   said, the monkey reached out and patted Lu Liuguai on the shoulder. Ha ha laughed.

   Lu Liuguai did not smile.

   He hesitated for a while, then said in a low voice, "Great Sage...Aren't you going to go back with the old minister?"

  Monkey said hesitantly: "It's not that I won't go back with you, but, for the time being... I'm afraid it won't work."

  Lu Liuguai walked cautiously without saying a word.

   "It's alright, just ask if you want to ask anything. In the past, any opinions you had were directly raised."

   "Old minister dare not." Lu Liuguai said quickly.

   sighed lightly. The monkey had to open his mouth and said: "I want to protect Xuanzang from going west to Daleiyin Temple to learn scriptures and to prove Taoism. I have to go on foot. Otherwise, the problem of the Tathagata will never be solved. Buddhism has the rules of Buddhism, I will go back with you now, Either don’t take any action, once you take action, the nature will change, the Tathagata can find an excuse to openly attack you, and at that time, it will just be a repeat of the scene six hundred and fifty years ago.”

   "The old minister understands."

   "Really understand?"

   "Really...I really understand." Lu Liuguai replied hesitantly.

   "But I haven't said anything yet, so you understand? Then Xuanzang told me about it for a day and a night before I agreed to help him."

  Lu Liuguai whispered: "The old minister believes in the great sage, and I believe that the great sage will not leave us ministers alone. Therefore, what the great sage thinks should be done, the old minister should obey the order."

   Hearing this, the monkey laughed helplessly again, stretched out his hand to pat Lu Liuguai's shoulder, slightly opened his mouth to say something, but finally swallowed all the words.

  …

At this moment, thousands of miles away, a monster leaned over and stood on a tree, took out a jade note to his lips, and said, "Hurry up and report to the concubine, Lu Qing has already seen the great sage, and they are in the southern Zhanbu Continent. Guanyin Temple."

  …

  Under the moonlight, Monkey and Lu Liuguai were walking slowly on the mountain road.

   "That's probably the case. I remember you're not cultivating the Way of Enlightenment. It sounds a bit complicated. In short, I can't get involved too much right now. Everything will have to wait until Xuanzang travels west to prove the Way."

   After being silent for a long time, Lu Liuguai whispered: "Master, the old minister has only one thing to ask for."

"Say."

   "The Great Sage, please allow the old minister to follow the Great Sage."

"why?"

Lu Liuguai said softly: "Nowadays Buddhism has widely spread about Master Xuanzang's westward journey. On this journey, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, and it must be difficult and dangerous. The great sage...the great sage has just returned, and many things in the three worlds , It’s not clear yet, if there is an old minister by your side, you will be able to arrange everything properly and inform all parties. From this, the westward journey will be smooth and smooth. There is no need to trouble the great sage to do it yourself.”

  Monkey couldn't help laughing: "It's better if it's not smooth."

   "It's better if it's not smooth?"

   "Although the enemy is in the clear and I am in the dark, but I am there, if Xuanzang is still recruited, what if he arrives at Daleiyin Temple?"

"This…"

"I said that it is to prove the Dao. Then go to prove it. There is nothing to do along the way, and if you can prove the Dao just by walking 108,000 miles, didn't I also walk? It's not that simple, in fact, I don't know much about it. I understand, but I think. Xuanzang wouldn't want to bring too many people around."

After saying that, the monkey reached out and patted Lu Liuguai's shoulder lightly: "I see your loyalty, and I am very grateful. But don't think too much, I will take the peach for a while, and I will let the black bear essence send you back. Have a good life. Wait until I return from the westbound trip."

   "This..." Lu Liuguai couldn't help but stop and fell to the back.

   "What?" The monkey also stopped and looked back at him.

   I saw Lu Liuguai kneeling on his knees with a "thump", kowtow and said, "Please bring the old minister no matter what, you have already brought the black bear spirit, why not bring another old minister?"

"This…"

Taking a deep breath, Lu Liuguai gritted his teeth and said loudly: "These years, the old minister often thinks that when he parted with Dajiao that day, he hated that it was not him who stayed loyal to Huaguoshan. I have to see the Great Sage again today. It is the greatest favor from heaven to the old minister. This time, please let the old minister stay with the great sage no matter what. I ask the great sage to promise the old minister!"

   Looking at Lu Liuguai, who was crawling on the ground, the monkey couldn't help being stunned.

  …

   An hour later, in the Zen courtyard.

   Lu Liuguai was settled, the monkey pushed open the door, and under the moonlight, he saw Xuanzang sitting quietly on the stone chair in the courtyard, sipping tea.

  The monkey coughed a little dryly.

   Xuanzang slowly raised his head and glanced at him, then reached out to lift the teapot and filled it with a cup of tea. Push to the corner of the table.

   "I have no choice but to agree. I can't open my mouth." Walking to the stone table step by step, the monkey bowed and sat down.

   "The poor monk knows."

   "It can't go on like this. I knew earlier that I wouldn't force Ao Lie to join the army. If we go on like this, we must become an army when we reach Daleiyin Temple."

   "The poor monk knows."

   "Do you have anything to say?"

   Xuanzang smiled lightly. He said softly: "Taoism pays attention to 'doing nothing' and let it go. Buddhism emphasizes the word 'predestined', and don't force everything."

The monkey laughed suddenly, looked at Xuanzang meaningfully, and said, "You see it very well, so what should we do, we will have a bunch of monsters to accompany you to show off the market? Humans should all run away when they see it, right? , even if you see the monster, you are afraid, how can you Purdue?"

   raised his head, Xuanzang looked at the monkey and said, "It's the same sentence, let it be, don't force everything."

   said, Xuanzang reached out and poured another cup of tea for the monkey.

   "What about that golden pond?"

   Xuanzang put his hands together and said, "Do your best, but be worthy of your heart."

  Monkey couldn't help being a little speechless, but he just laughed dryly and said nothing.

  …

   At this time, Jin Chi and two other elders in the temple were gathered in a small meditation room.

One of the elders said in a low voice, "That monster monkey is extremely dangerous, and it's really hard to provoke it. Let's let them go west as soon as possible. Don't hold back. If you wait any longer, I'm afraid this Guanyin Temple will be filled with monsters. !"

   "What can't you provoke?" Jin Chi said casually: "With Venerable Manjushri, he will make the decision for me, so what are you afraid of him doing?"

"That's a bad statement." Another elder said, "My disciple, Xuanzang, is not a madman like I thought at the beginning. The scriptures explained today can be seen. Although he is young, according to Buddhism, I waited for the three of them, and the opinion is that they add up, and they are not as good as him. Is it the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi? I wait, don't mix it up. "

   "Korean Venerable Manjushri..."

   "I told Venerable Manjushri, I can't do anything about it. If you want to come to Venerable Manjushri, you won't be forced to be."

   "How can this be the case? If you say it, the old man can't open this mouth!"

  The three quarreled for a while, but in the end they couldn't reach a result, so they had to disperse.

   After the other two left and closed the door, Jin Chi couldn't help but hesitate again.

  "'The three people's opinions combined are not as good as him?'" Thinking, he couldn't help frowning slightly.

   He remembered Manjusri's indifferent expression in the past few days, and the more he thought about it, the more strange he felt.

"If Xuanzang is so good, how could Venerable Manjusri let the poor monk go... Could it be..." Turning around, he hurriedly ran to the bookshelf beside him, lit the oil lamp, and turned out the sutras that Xuanzang taught today. I read it word by word, carefully recalling every word Xuanzang said today.

   At this time, outside the Zen room, Manjushri was looking at Jinchi from a distance through the window lattice, thoughtfully.

   After a long time, he let out a long sigh and smiled: "Inadvertently planting willows and willows for shade."

   said, he soared into the air, turned and flew towards the west. (To be continued~^~)

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