The Monkey King

  In the middle of the night, a ray of golden light swept across the sky under the cover of clouds, and quietly touched the capital of France.

   In the dark of night, the black bear spirit walked into the house with a pot of hot water, not noticing the vision in the sky at all.

   Walking all the way to the door of the room, he lifted his leg to open the hidden door, and stepped in.

   In the room, Xuanzang, who was arranging the couch, saw it and said quickly, "It's fine for the poor monk to come by himself, why bother."

   said, put down the quilt in his hand, and came over to take the hot tub.

  The Black Bear Spirit squeezed Xuanzang away involuntarily, walked to the couch step by step, bowed and put it down, saying, "Master Xuanzang has worked hard all the way, so I'll be fine with these things."

   "The poor monk is tired, isn't everyone tired too? How can..."

"It's not the same, it's not the same." The black bear spirit waved his hand and said, "The few of us have a cultivation base. Not to mention walking for one day, even if you walk for ten days and a half months without sleep, it doesn't matter. How can Master Xuanzang compare?"

   said, the black bear spirit bowed his head and walked out the door. Going out, he closed the door again. Only Xuanzang in the room sighed lightly.

  In another room around the corner, the canopy looked at the black bear spirit from a distance through the window lattice, and sighed softly: "Do you think that the black hair has been a little too active recently?"

"Are you active?" The monkey stepped on the bench and nibbled melon seeds, and said leisurely: "He has always been so active and hard-working. In fact, he was unplanned and forced in, and the result... Hey, I have a little bit of it. I'm sorry. If I succeed in proving the Dao and return to Huaguo Mountain someday, I have to give him the title of a general. This honest man should also make him prestige and prestige, right?"

"I used to be active, but now I'm more active, especially when it comes to Master Xuanzang, he is always rushing to do it." Tian Peng folded his hands and slowly turned around, saying, "Speaking of which, I didn't expect this section of the road. It went so smoothly. This person who begged France... Hei Mao showed his true colors directly. They were not afraid. Not only were they not afraid, but they even let us live in this mansion. If it was an ordinary city-state, let alone Hei Mao, it was you. Seeing each other with this face, there is bound to be trouble."

   "Perhaps we have come here after all the hard work?" Said, the monkey spat out the shell of the melon seeds in his mouth, and reached out and poured a whole plate of melon seeds into his pocket.

   The canopy on the other side frowned.

   looked up, and the monkey smiled at the canopy and said, "I remember you don't eat melon seeds, right? Since you don't eat them, it's all mine. I'll take the melon seeds from the other rooms with me."

  Tian Peng pursed his lips and looked back outside.

   "As long as you like it, are you going to be vigil tonight?"

   "I'm not guarding, are you guarding? I'm not at ease. The calmer you are, the more you have to be careful. Maybe, the whole thing is a game."

   said, the monkey had already left the door and jumped onto the roof. In a blink of an eye, he was already posing on the roof and started nibbling on melon seeds.

   Not long after, an old man with grey hair and all his teeth was leaning on crutches and came to Xuanzang's door, surrounded by his family and servants.

  The monkey on the roof stretched his neck unconsciously and looked down at the crowded people in the courtyard.

   in each room. The roller blinds, the black bear spirit, the canopy, and the little white dragon also watched in surprise.

  A servant reached out and knocked on the door, shouting, "Master Xuanzang, my master is here, please open the door."

   Soon, the door opened.

   Seeing so many people, men and women, old and young, Xuanzang was stunned for a while, and he quickly folded his hands and saluted silently.

  The people outside the door hurriedly folded their hands in return when they saw it, and even the old man who couldn't stand still did the ritual tremblingly with the support of his family.

   "Everyone, this is..."

   "Master Xuanzang." A middle-aged man stood up. He bowed to Xuanzang again, and introduced himself sideways: "This is my father. My father has always loved Buddhism and Taoism. When he was young, he even wandered far and near temples and visited eminent monks. Although he is old now, he does not dare to slack off. Buddhist practitioners must recite sutras every morning and evening. I heard that the Dharma Master came from a long way to the west, and is staying at home, and will leave tomorrow, so... my father wants to see Master Xuanzang tonight no matter what."

   After hearing this sentence with some surprise, Xuanzang slowly looked at the old man beside him.

   It was an old man who looked at least eighty years old. Thin as a skeleton, his hands on crutches were trembling almost constantly. A pair of dim eyes kept blinking on his wrinkled face, and he managed to squeeze out a smile.

   "Master Xuanzang is polite." He bowed slightly towards Xuanzang, and said in a hoarse voice: "The old man is inconvenient to move and can't meet him from afar. I also... ask Master Xuanzang to forgive me."

   Seeing that appearance, Xuanzang was so frightened that he hurriedly folded his hands and bowed back: "The old donor has done a lot of courtesy, what kind of virtue can Xuanzang be?"

"Master Xuanzang is too modest. I don't know tens of thousands of miles from the Eastern Land Tang Dynasty to ask for France. If the Master can be safe and sound, he must be someone who is blessed by the Buddha, an extraordinary monk." He turned his face and glanced not far away. In the room arranged for the black bear spirit, the old man leaned on a cane and reluctantly took a step forward and said, "Look at the monkey and black bear with you...they were originally man-eating monsters. Such a monster can also be tamed by a wizard, and then In addition to traveling 108,000 li to the west with the aspiration to seek Buddhahood, the Master must be a Buddha who has realized the Dao.”

   "Don't dare, don't dare." Xuanzang hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand.

   stretched his neck, and the old man whispered: "The old man has a few unkind requests, and I want to ask the master to solve the old man's confusion. This confusion has plagued the poor monk for many years, I wonder if it is okay?"

   Hearing the words, Xuanzang said quickly: "Thanks to the old donor who will not give up, give me a place to live. If the old donor has any questions, Xuanzang knows that he can't say anything, and he can't say anything."

   After saying that, he took a step back and stretched out his hand: "Old benefactor, please."

   "The old man is here, thank you Master Xuanzang first." After speaking, the old man gave a trembling salute again.

  As the old man swayed across the threshold, all the family and servants also filed into Xuanzang's room.

  The canopy hurriedly opened the door and walked out, looking up at the monkeys on the roof.

   "Would you like to go in and have a look?"

   "No, they're all mortals. I've identified them. It might not be enough for him to fight... You probably don't know, he still has some self-defense skills."

   After saying this, Tianpeng felt a little relieved and sighed: "This person who asks for France really admires Buddhism. On the way, I have never seen such a country."

"Probably because it's getting closer and closer to Lingshan." Monkey lay on the roof, holding his head and said leisurely: "Xiniu Hezhou was originally a Buddhist site. Although they have no territorial concept, they don't want to be like Heaven. To govern the mortal world, but...some things will always spread, right? Especially for mortals."

far away. The black bear spirit also pushed open the door and walked out, standing at Xuanzang's door, carefully observing every move in the room.

   Seeing this, Tianpeng couldn't help but look up and glance at the monkey.

  …

   At this time, King Chiguo and Nezha had already arrived at the town where the accident happened.

at the very beginning. They did not dare to disperse, and all twelve of them gathered beside Nezha and began to carefully investigate the entire town.

  The corpses in one place, the tragic scene, as expected by the two heavenly generals who reported the news earlier. Seeing Nezha, he couldn't help frowning.

   However, they were not ambushed like the previous sky surveyors.

   Soon, they discovered that there were no living creatures in the town at all, not only in the town, but also in the surrounding mountains and forests, and there were only mummified corpses left.

   for a while. All the heavenly generals gathered in the open space in the town.

   Nezha said softly, "Have you found anything?"

   "No, nothing was found. All dead, not one alive."

   "Have you found... monkey hair?"

   "No. There are no monkey groups in the mountains and forests in this area, and there is not a single monkey hair found in the town or around."

   After hearing this, Nezha couldn't help but take a deep breath.

   The Heavenly King Chiguo said softly: "The third prince has played against that Sun Wukong, can you tell anything?"

"I can't tell." Nezha shook his head and said, "He has never used the method of inhaling essence to kill people... Isn't this usually something that only the remnants of the unjust souls do? Let alone him, even the macaque king and the prison tamarin king can't do it. Doing such a thing. Even if you are hostile to Heaven. What do you do with killing mortals? It's okay for mortals, and even other creatures will not be spared. Besides, I don't understand the use of blood-sucking. "

   "Then what do we do next?" a heavenly general asked.

   "What should I do?" Heavenly King Chiguo reached out and touched his chin, and said, "I can't find anything anyway. Let's go back first."

  …

  A small town on the French border.

   In the house, Xuanzang sent the old man and all the family and servants who came with the old man out of the door.

The old man held Xuanzang's hand tightly, with tears streaming down his face, and said, "The Master is really a god, and he has been begging for Buddha for many years. The Master must ascend to the throne of Buddha!"

   Xuanzang smiled helplessly.

   turned his face to the side, and the old man said to his son, "Have you transcribed what Master Fang Cai said?"

   "I wrote it all down." The middle-aged man said softly.

Turning to look at Xuanzang, the old man folded his hands together, and bowed and saluted again with the support of his family, and said, "It is late at night, so the old man can no longer disturb the mage. I only hope that when the mage returns from studying the scriptures, he will be able to stay in the old house. Stay for a few days. At that time, even if the old man has gone west, please ask the mage to enlighten the old man's family and help him escape from the sea of ​​misery."

   Xuanzang silently put his hands together and returned the salute.

  The old man led the crowd to say goodbye and left. Before leaving, he turned back three times, as if he was extremely helpless and regretful that Xuanzang would set off tomorrow.

   After the old man left, the monkey immediately jumped off the roof: "What did you say?"

   "Some...Buddhism is just talking about Taoism. At such a close distance, can the Great Sage not hear you?"

   "If you listen, you can hear it. It's just that when you open your mouth, it's Buddhism. I'm too lazy to listen. I'll just wait and ask you."

   Xuanzang looked at the direction the old man was leaving, and sighed leisurely: "The old man is devoted to Buddha, it's a pity..."

   "What a pity?"

   "Unfortunately, the poor monk's Dharma may not be what he wants."

   After saying that, Xuanzang sighed lightly, turned and entered the room.

   "Not what he wanted?"

   This is probably the difference between Mahayana and Hinayana...

   shook his head, and the monkey jumped onto the roof again.

  …

   In the early morning of the next day, the old man brought a group of family and servants to see him off. Many neighbors also came to hear the news. There were hundreds of people in the count. This mighty see-off procession was five miles away, until they could no longer walk, and they had no choice but to stop. At the end, the old man repeatedly told Xuanzang that when he returned, he must be a guest in his mansion.

   Xuanzang could only nod his head in agreement.

  For some reason, facing such enthusiastic believers, Xuanzang frowned.

   said goodbye to the old man's family, and the group set off again.

   Leaving the town and walking slowly and leisurely for more than ten miles, at dusk, the group finally came to the capital of this country that advocates Buddhism.

   When he saw the plaque at the gate of the city, Xuanzang couldn't help being stunned.

  Because the words "Destroy France" were written on it.

   A group of soldiers hurried out of the city gate, and the people at the city gate fled in all directions.

   "Hurry up, hurry up!" One of the generals in the team rode on a high-headed horse and shouted: "All temples will be closed down!

   Before he finished speaking, the general's gaze had already fallen on Xuanzang.

  Monkey's eyes twitched slightly.

  This change...isn't it too fast? It was just "seeking France", but in a blink of an eye, it became "destroying France"? And it was completely turned over from the inside out! (~^~)