The Monkey King

  In the simple-sized study room, everything is illuminated by candlelight.

   Lacquered gold objects shimmer in the light.

  The king of Wuji Kingdom with a big beard and a black robe paced back and forth in the middle, and threw the memorial to the ground viciously.

  The ministers on both sides quietly glanced at the memorial that was thrown on the ground. Except for the general who was kneeling in front of the king of the Wuji Kingdom, the rest were all indifferent, as if it was no surprise.

   After walking back and forth a few times, the king of Wuji Kingdom smashed the dragon case with one punch.

   With a loud bang, everyone in the study room was slightly refreshed, and the general who was kneeling on the ground looked up cautiously.

  The king clenched his fists, closed his eyes, gasped heavily, and did not speak for a long time.

  The entire study was silent.

   After a long time, the king loosened his clenched fists, suppressed his emotions a little, and said softly, "What do you guys say?"

   At this question, the ministers in the study all cheered up one by one and looked at each other, but still no one spoke.

   The general who was kneeling on the ground raised his head, saw the king staring at him, and hurriedly said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the chaotic people should be destroyed."

   "How many soldiers and horses do you need?"

   "Five... five thousand." The general stretched out five fingers.

   "How long?"

   "Three...months."

The king    looked at the general and asked softly, "Are you sure?"

   "This..." The general said hesitantly, "If Your Majesty can give it up to half a year. Naturally, it will be better."

  The king stepped over and was already at the side of the general.

   The general shrank in fright.

   Bowed down, the king grabbed the collar of the general, pulled him over, widened his eyes and asked each word, "This king will give you a year. Can you do it?"

   At this question, the general was completely dumb, so he could only turn his face and bow his head silently.

  The civil servants present also bowed their heads one by one, with an attitude of avoiding it.

  The study was so quiet that only the "crack" of the candles exploded.

   After a long time, the king let go of his generals and sighed softly, "Go down."

   All the ministers present hurriedly raised their heads one by one. looking at him.

  The king repeated it again: "All go down."

   "That. Your Majesty, this matter..."

  The king looked around the crowd and asked softly, "Who can solve it?"

  Everyone fell silent.

   "If you can't solve it, leave it all to Lao Tzu!"

With a loud shout, the ministers hurriedly knelt down one by one, hurriedly exited the study, and dispersed.

   all at once. In Nuoda's study, only the king was left.

   turned around, he swept the large number of memorials stacked on his desk case to the ground, supported the desk case with one hand, covered his face with the other, sighed, unable to be himself for a long time.

   The fist was clenched tightly, and a strand of hair fell from his forehead.

   Outside the window, the canopy turned into moths watched quietly.

   The king in front of him is the roller blind.

   Although his figure and appearance. Even the voice has undergone a great change, it seems that the person has changed, but the canopy can still be determined by the breath, the king in front of him is the rolling shutter.

  However, how could the roller shutter become the king of the black chicken country?

   And, before coming. He already knew that the king of Wuji Kingdom had done many absurd things. Could it be that these things were actually done by roller blinds?

   After hesitating for a while, the moth transformed from the canopy fluttered its wings and entered the study, taking a human shape and taking a step towards the rolling shutter.

  The soles of the shoes rustled as they landed.

  The roller blind turned back suddenly and was stunned.

   In the dim red light, the two looked at each other quietly.

   "You are... Marshal?" Roller blinds eyes widened in disbelief. Immediately afterwards, he rubbed his eyes sharply with his hands, as if in disbelief.

   Canopy didn't answer, just stared at him silently.

   "Are you really a marshal? No...Impossible, I've been looking for so many years...How come the marshal is here?" Roller blind reached out and patted his head several times.

   Canopy still didn't answer, and still just looked at him quietly.

   After a while, the roller blinds calmed down a little.

   He stared blankly at the canopy, blinked his eyes, and asked in a low voice, "You...are you a marshal?"

   "It's me." Tian Peng slowly raised his head and said, "Why are you here and become the king of Wuji Kingdom?"

  The roller blind was first happy, and then seemed to suddenly think of something, slowly lowered his head, and stood blankly, at a loss.

   At first, he defected to the lower realm in a fit of rage, just to find the canopy, but now... I really saw it, but I felt ashamed.

   He never dreamed that he would encounter a canopy in such a predicament.

   There is no joy at all, there is only shame.

   stood like this for a long time, the roller blind took a deep breath, shook his head vigorously, and said: "It's hard to say... At first... I just avoided the pursuit of heaven, and I came here... I didn't expect..."

   stretched out his hands and gestured with the roller blinds, but he couldn't go on, he could only sigh. The whole body slumped on the ground as if it had been pulled away from the power, and smiled helplessly.

  Outside the door, the guards patrolling at midnight were slowly passing by holding a torch, and the light of the fire shone in through the window lattice.

  The entire palace has been under martial law. This is a scene that has never been seen by many generations of monarchs since the founding of the Wuji Kingdom.

  Tianpeng walked to the window step by step, glanced out the window, and said softly: "They said you gave a lot of strange orders, is that true?"

   Roller blind nodded.

   "Why did you give those orders?"

  Roller shutter closed his eyes, snorted twice, and said, "Because...because they elected me as king, I think, I want to make this country better."

   caressing the window lattice, paying attention to every move of the outside world, the canopy asked in a low voice, "What's going on, tell me about it."

  The roller blind swallowed dryly. Staring at the empty ground, he pursed his lips and said, "At the beginning... the country was in trouble, and I was just passing by, so... I helped them solve it. That's why I was elected prime minister... Originally I didn't want to be an official, but when I think about it, it's better to do something practical than to stay in the forest every day."

"and then?"

"Then I became prime minister. You know, I was in the private mortal world, and my cultivation was still there. With cultivation, they couldn't hide anything from me, of course. This prime minister was just fine. Later. They made me king."

   "So you're right?"

The roller blind nodded slightly, and then gritted his teeth and sighed: "I am very serious. Although I am a king, I have no concubines, and I have three meals a day, no different from ordinary people, and I never use a sedan chair or carriage. I don’t build palaces, let alone mausoleums. Even many of the original etiquettes have been abolished by me, and everything is simplified. Occasionally, when I go into battle, I will solve it by myself, and I will use force to solve it quietly. I will never use military force. Cut taxes and punish corrupt officials. ...Am I doing something wrong?"

   He stared blankly at the canopy.

  Tianpeng glanced back, walked to his side step by step, squatted down, and reached out to touch his plain black robe. He sighed softly, "Tell me about your decrees."

"Decree..." The roller blind stretched out his hand and rubbed his face fiercely, and then said in a dazed way: "Famine... disaster relief, but no matter how you rescue, someone will always die. A person, even if he has the mana to the sky, will not be able to. There are all kinds of methods. After the disaster, I thought, why do people starve to death when there is a famine?”

"why?"

   "Because there is no surplus of grain. The people are all living on a tight land. There is no surplus of grain. Even if I lower the tax, there is still no surplus of grain. So when there is a famine, you will starve to death."

   "So you put your thoughts on the big family?"

"Yes." Roller blind spread his hands and replied: "There is enough land, and there is actually enough food. If...if I can cut a piece of meat from some people and give it to others, then the matter will not be solved. Is it? A family of ten acres is more than enough to feed a family, right? Marshal, do you think I am doing it right?"

   raised his head, the roller blind looked at the canopy.

   Canopy didn't answer, just looked at him quietly.

   This plan sounds good, but the end... is already in sight.

"But the matter has not been resolved, because the part of the people who was cut by me turned the other way. Of course, the first ones were suppressed by me, and then there were serious loan sharks. They couldn't collect rent, so they took loan sharks. Of course, I also banned it. Afterwards... things just rolled after wave after wave, like a snowball."

Roller blinds stroked his messy hair, and shook his head helplessly: "I'm most afraid of uprisings now, it's terrible. It's everywhere, alone, and it can never be solved. I can't come clearly, come out clearly, Heaven should send troops. As a result, the more the fire is extinguished, the more and more... I try my best to find a solution to every problem, but... it becomes more and more chaotic, no matter what decree is issued, it will be deformed in the end. They lead my salary, in fact They don't listen to me... Five hundred peasants' uprising, 10,000 troops were sent to suppress it, and after half a year, the result was 80,000... They just told me... Forget it, don't say it. I really don't understand, So... such a good decree, why did it become like this. I don't understand, what did I do wrong?"

  The roller blind covered his head, wanting to cry without tears.

The voice gradually turned to muttering, and he said: "I really want to run...but I can't. I want to create a country of equality and abundance, and I ended up like this... Marshal, you have the best solution. , I have been here all the time. The one I admire most is you. You help me think of a way, help me, help me... We can be here together and create a more fair country than heaven. Qingming court, no persecution, everything It's all clean. Okay?"

  The canopy wanted to stand up, but was grabbed by the roller blind.

   After a while, the canopy looked down at the roller blind, and the roller blind looked at the canopy eagerly. For a moment, both of them froze.

   After a long time, Tianpeng said softly: "I can't help you with this matter... I think someone can help you, but I think you may not want to see him very much." (To be continued~^~)