Chapter 100: Offerings
The queen said: "In the past two or three years, I have been in charge of your father and emperor in the front hall, and I can't see each other, so I think about it very much. ”
"Why are you free to see me today? I am so happy! My son, why do you have a miserable voice?"
"Your father is very old, and one day he will ride the crane away, and you will pass on the throne, what else is there to be unhappy about?"
The prince kowtowed and said, "Mother, let me ask you, who is in power?
When the empress heard this, she was shocked and said, "My son, are you crazy? It is your father who is the emperor, what do you want to ask?"
The prince kowtowed and said, "Please also ask my mother to forgive me for my innocence, otherwise, I dare not ask." ”
The queen said, "What other crime can a mother and son have when they speak?" ”
The prince said, "Mother, let me ask you, what was the relationship between husband and wife three years ago, and what about the next three years?"
When the queen heard him mention this, her soul was scattered, and she hurriedly rushed over, hugged the prince tightly in her arms, tears fell from her eyes, and said: "My son! I haven't seen you for a long time, why did I suddenly ask about this today?"
The prince hurriedly said: "Mother has something to say, don't miss the big thing." ”
The queen retreated and said in a low voice: "If you don't ask about this matter, my son, I won't say anything when I go to Jiuquan." ”
"Three years ago, husband and wife were in love, but three years later, it was as cold as ice. ”
When the prince heard this, he let go and left the palace.
The queen grabbed him and asked, "My son, what do you have to say, why don't you leave without making it clear?"
This morning, when I went out of the city to hunt, I met a holy monk who came from the east to learn scriptures, and he said that my father had died in the octagonal glazed well in the imperial garden. ”
"The Taoist priest pretended to become his father and occupied the dragon throne. The father asked him to go to the city to catch monsters. The child didn't dare to believe it, so he came to his mother, and if the mother said such a thing, it must be a monster!"
The queen said, "My son, why do you believe what outsiders say?"
The prince replied, "I don't dare to believe it all, but he has a token of his father's emperor in his hand. ”
The queen asked what the token was, and the prince took out the white jade gui from his sleeve and handed it to the queen.
The queen recognized it as the king's beloved treasure, and burst into tears, crying: "Why did you die for three years and not come to see me, but you saw the holy monk first, and then saw me?"
The prince was puzzled, "Mother, what do you mean by this?"
The queen said, "My son, at the fourth watch, I also had a dream, and I dreamed that your father, the king, was drenched in water, and stood before me, saying that he was dead. ”
"I invited Tang Seng to surrender to the false emperor and save his predecessor. It's just that I don't know if it's true or not, I'm suspicious, how do you know that today you said this again, and you took out this treasure. ”
"I'll take it first, you go and ask the holy monk to come and subdue the demon. ”
The prince hurriedly walked out of the city gate and went straight to the gate of Baolin Temple and dismounted.
The soldiers followed the prince, and the prince gave an order not to let the soldiers move, and he entered the mountain gate alone, tidied up his clothes, and met the holy monk.
Seeing Tang Xuanzang coming, the prince knelt down on his knees and said, "Elder, I'm here." ”
Tang Xuanzang stepped forward to help him and said, "When you went to the city, who did you ask?"
The prince said, "I have asked my mother." ”
told Tang Xuanzang everything they said.
Tang Xuanzang smiled and said: "Don't worry! Don't worry! It's all a trivial matter!"
He knew that the bottom of this monster was a gelding, and it couldn't do anything if it wanted to.
On the contrary, he will expose his identity, so he can only snub the beauties in the inner courtyard of the harem.
The prince knelt down and bowed, "Elder, I will wait here and enter the city together tomorrow." ”
Tang Xuanzang said: "No, if you and I enter the city together, it must be suspicious." ”
The prince said, "If I go into the city now, he will blame me." ”
"What do you blame?"
The prince explained: "I led my men out of the city to hunt in the morning, but I didn't catch a single prey. ”
Tang Xuanzang smiled: "This is simple!"
So he used a spell to detain some of the wild things around him and gave them to him.
The monks of this temple saw that the prince was so respectful to Tang Xuanzang and served more attentively.
After dinner, Tang Xuanzang thought that there was still one thing missing in this matter, that is, the corpse of the king of the Wuji Kingdom, otherwise it would be difficult to say if the monster showed its prototype.
What's more, this monster is not easy to kill, it is Manjushri's mount.
Thinking about it, Tang Xuanzang called Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing over.
"Wukong, Wujing, there is one more thing for you to do. Tang Xuanzang said.
"The body of the king of the black chicken country is still in the well, and Wukong uses a golden hoop stick to lead Wujing down and scoop up his body, which is useful for himself. ”
Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing received the master's order, went to the imperial garden, removed the tree above, and opened the well slab, Sun Wukong tried to test the depth of the well, and put Sha Wujing in.
After Sha Wujing entered, he saw a crystal palace at the bottom of the well.
There was a Yaksha who was patrolling the water, opened the door, saw his appearance, and hurriedly went in to report: "Great King! There is a monk with a black face!
When the King of Jinglong heard this, he was shocked in his heart and said, "This is the future of the Rolling Blind! Last night, the wandering god took away the soul of the king of the Wuji Kingdom and asked him to go to the holy monk. ”
"This should be the Monkey King and the Great Blind, you can't snub him, go pick him up. ”
The dragon king tidied up his clothes, led the water tribes, and shouted loudly when he went out: "General Rolling Blinds, please sit inside." ”
Sha Wujing sat on it, with no intention of greeting him, and said directly: "Where is the king of Wuji Kingdom? Where is his body now? Is it with you?"
The Jing Dragon King nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes!"
led him to the rear, there was a crystal coffin, in the coffin was a dead emperor, wearing a crown to the sky, wearing a bright yellow robe, stepping on carefree shoes, tying a blue field belt, lying there upright.
Sha Wujing carried the king's body and walked out of the Crystal Palace, and when he looked back, the door of the Crystal Palace was gone.
He cried out, "Senior brother, are you up there, if you are on it, drop the iron rod and pull me forward, I have found his body." ”
Seeing that the iron rod was stretched out, he carried the corpse with one hand and pulled the iron rod with the other, and was gently lifted out by Sun Wukong.
Sha Wujing took the clothes and put them on, Sun Wukong saw that the king's body was not damaged, and asked: "Senior Brother Sha, this person has been dead for three years, why is his face still not bad?"
Sha Wujing said: "Senior brother, King Jinglong told me that he put a face fixing bead. ”
Sun Wukong smiled: "Okay, good!"
Back at the temple, Tang Xuanzang saw that his body was not damaged, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Wukong, you go to Tushi Palace to find Lao Jun to ask for a Nine Turns Soul Restoration Pill to save his life!"
Sun Wukong got the word, and a somersault came to the Thirty-three Days of Tushi Palace.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Taishang Laojun sitting in the Dan room, asking all the fairy children to fan the fire alchemy with banana fans.
He saw Sun Wukong coming over and instructed the boy who watched Dan: "Be careful, the thief who stole Dan is here again." ”
Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Old man, why do you guard against me like this? I don't do that now." ”
Taishang Laojun said: "You monkey, five hundred years ago, you made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, stole countless elixirs from me, and refined in my Dan furnace for forty-nine days, and I don't know how much charcoal spent. ”
"Now follow Tang Xuanzang, don't go to learn the scriptures, and what are you doing here after running here?"
Since the last goodbye, Taishang Laojun's attitude towards Tang Xuanzang has changed, but I didn't expect the golden cicada of the tenth generation to be like this, Sun Wukong followed him and the two of them must not come to the Heavenly Palace again?
Thinking about it makes him feel a toothache.
Sun Wukong said: "Since the last goodbye, we have arrived in the country of black chickens. The king was pretended to be a Taoist priest by a monster, calling for wind and rain, and harming the king. The monster took the form of a king and now sat on the Golden Luan Palace. ”
"The king's ghost visited my master and asked my master to help him subdue demons. My grandson and Sha Wujing, breaking the imperial garden, found the burial place, is an octagonal glazed well. ”
"Scoop up his corpse, and his face will not change. I went to the temple to see my master, and my master asked me to come to you and borrow a thousand Nine Turns Soul Restoration Pill to save him. ”
Taishang Laojun said: "You monkey head, what nonsense are you talking about! How easy are you to be an alchemist?
Sun Wukong smiled: "One hundred and ten are fine." ”
"No, there isn't. ”
"A dozen or so will do. ”
Taishang Laojun said angrily: "No! No! Get out, get out!"
Sun Wukong smiled: "If you really don't want it, I'll go and ask elsewhere." ”
Taishang Laojun shouted: "Go!"
Sun Wukong turned around and was about to leave.
Taishang Laojun asked the fairy child to call him back again, and said, "You monkey, your hands and feet are unstable, I'll give you this Soul Rejuvenation Pill." ”
Taishang Laojun took the gourd, poured out a golden pill, handed it to Sun Wukong, and said, "Just this one, take it!"
Sun Wukong took it and said, "Don't be busy! I'll try it first! What if it's fake?"
As he spoke, he threw it into his mouth, Taishang Laojun stepped forward and grabbed it, grabbed the skin on the top of his head, clenched his fists and scolded: "If you dare to swallow it, I will kill you directly!"
Sun Wukong smiled: "Little family, how much can this Dan be worth?"
Taishang Laojun took it out, threw it to him, and said, "Go! Go! If you want to entangle again, you will not be spared!"
Sun Wukong got off the Nantian Gate, returned to the monastery, met the master, and presented the Baodan.
"Feed him. Tang Xuanzang looked at the Soul Rejuvenation Pill that seemed to be still stained with saliva in disgust, and his face twitched.
Sun Wukong took the Soul Rejuvenation Pill, stuffed it into the emperor's lips, opened his teeth with both hands, and poured the golden pill into his stomach with a mouthful of water.
For half an hour, I only heard the sound in his stomach, but his body could not move.
Tang Xuanzang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Wukong, you can give him another breath!"
Sun Wukong pouted a thunder mouth at the emperor's mouth and sent a breath in.
In a moment, the emperor flipped his body, got up and shouted, "Elder!"
Kneeling on the ground, he said, "I didn't expect to worship yesterday, and I returned the sun today." ”
Tang Xuanzang picked up the emperor and said with a smile: "This is also your creation." ”
The monks of this temple had made a morning fast and wanted to come over to invite the master and apprentice to dinner, but suddenly saw a water-clothed emperor, and they were all panicked.
Sun Wukong jumped out and said, "Don't panic! This is the king of the black chicken, who was killed by a monster three years ago, and it was my master who saved his life, and now I want to send him into the city, eat early and leave!"
The monks immediately washed their faces, let the emperor wash up, and then changed into monk's clothes and shoes, and then set off into the city.
Tang Xuanzang asked Sha Wujing to share the luggage and a burden, and gave it to the emperor and let him carry it.
The four masters and apprentices left the monastery, and in less than half a day, they entered the city.
I saw that the market was full of people coming and going, and it was very lively.
Several people had their own thoughts, and they had no intention of watching, so they came directly to the palace gate and said to the ambassador of the pavilion: "We are the people who came to the west to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures under the Tang Dynasty of the Eastern Soil, and we came here to exchange Guan Wen." ”
The Yellow Gate official went in to report, and the monster passed a few people in.
Tang Xuanzang and others walked in front, and the king in the back couldn't help crying when he saw that this great country was occupied.
Sun Wukong said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be sad, you are afraid of leaking the news, and when we kill the monster, this country will soon be returned to you." ”
The king of the black chicken country could only wipe his tears and hold back his tears.
When I came to the palace, I saw two classes of civil and military, all of them majestic and dignified, and their appearance was magnificent.
Tang Xuanzang and the others stood in front of the steps, and they didn't salute.
Hundreds of officials turned their heads and ears, where did this arrogant monk come from, and he didn't salute when he saw the king?
The monster sat on the throne and asked, "Where did you come from?"
Tang Xuanzang said: "I am the Tang Kingdom in the east of the Southern Ganbu Continent, and I was sent to the Great Leiyin Temple in the Western Regions to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures. When I got here, I came to change the customs clearance documents. ”
When the monster heard this, he said angrily: "What about you Dongtu? I don't have any tribute with you, why don't you pay homage?"
Tang Xuanzang smiled and said: "I am the Eastern Earth Heavenly Dynasty, and I have been called the Shangguo for a long time, and you are the Lower Earth Border State. Since ancient times, the emperor of Shangbang has been a father and a king. The emperor of the lower state is a minister and a son. If you don't greet me, you dare to tell me what to worship or not?"
The Demon King was furious and shouted, "Take down this madman!"
None of the civil and military officials moved, and they had already been frozen by Sun Wukong's immobilization technique.
Seeing that he had fixed the civil and military officials, the monster jumped off the jade steps, and was about to come to get Tang Xuanzang.
When you get to the front, you can't get close to the left and right!
The monster was frightened, and he summoned the auspicious clouds and was about to run!
Sun Wukong untied the golden rope on his waist and recited the "Tight Rope Mantra", and the monster was tied with a strong rope!
Sun Wukong raised the golden hoop stick and was about to hit the monster's head.
Someone in the air shouted: "Sun Wukong, don't do it yet!"
Sun Wukong looked up and saw that it was Manjushri Bodhisattva, hurriedly put away the stick, and said, "Bodhisattva, why do you tell me to stop?"
This time, Tang Xuanzang didn't tell them the details of the monster first, and Sun Wukong was a little dazed when he saw Manjushri Bodhisattva appear.
Manjushri said, "I'm here to collect the monsters for you." ”
As he spoke, Manjushri took out the demon mirror from his sleeve and shone on the original body of the monster.
When everyone looked at it, it turned out to be the blue-haired lion sitting on Manjushri Bodhisattva.
Manjushri will tell you about the antecedents one by one.
Tang Xuanzang didn't feel emotional, he had long known that this monster couldn't be killed, but he didn't expect Manjushri to come so quickly.
Sun Wukong was the most anxious, and said: "Although you have avenged a drink and a peck, he doesn't know how many people he has harmed!"
Manjushri said: "There is no harm to people, since he came, in the past three years, the wind and rain have been smooth, the country and the people are safe, where is it harmful?"
Sun Wukong retorted: "Even so, the concubines of the three palaces eat and sleep with him, I don't know how much chaos there is, isn't this harmful?"
Before Manjushri could speak, Tang Xuanzang smiled and said: "Wukong, it is a gelding lion, even if it has a heart, it is powerless." Can't be defiled!"
Manjushri glanced at him, nodded, and acknowledged.
Zhu Bajie listened, walked closer, touched it, and said with a smile: "This monster is really a bad nose and doesn't eat alcohol, and his name is in vain!"
Tang Xuanzang smiled slightly and said, "Take it away." ”
Manjushri shouted, "Beast, if you haven't taken refuge yet, when will you wait!"
This is when the monster appeared in its original form.
Manjushri put a lotus flower on it and sat down and went back to the ashram.
After this trouble, the king appeared again, and the officials knew that they had been the subordinate officials of the monster for three years!
When they heard the monster Fufa, they were all happy, and they heard the Yellow Gate official play: "Your Majesty, there are four more monks outside!"
Zhu Bajie panicked and said, "Master, it won't be a monster who has become a bodhisattva and came to deceive us, right?"
Tang Xuanzang smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's the real Manjushri Bodhisattva." ”
Let the four monks come in again.
Subsequently, the four monks of Baolin Temple, holding a crown to the sky, a jasper belt, a bright yellow robe, and a worry-free walk.
Tang Xuanzang smiled: "It's just the right time!"
asked the king of Wuji to take off his monk's robe, change into a dragon robe, and ask him to sit on the throne again.
The king of the Wuji Kingdom knelt down the steps with tears and said, "I have been dead for three years, and thanks to the elders who brought me back to life, how dare I claim to be respectful?"
"Which elder is invited to be the king, I am willing to lead my wife outside the city to serve the people. ”
Where are the four masters and apprentices willing to accept it.
The king could only go to the treasure hall, amnesty the world, and give the monks of Baolin Temple to go back.
He also feasted Tang Xuanzang's master and apprentice, passed on the painter, painted the faces of Tang Xuanzang's master and apprentice, and offered them to the Jinluan Palace.
The four masters and apprentices refused to stay long, and the next day they went up the road again and ran to the western sky.