Chapter Ninety-Nine: Meeting

Sent away the ghost of the king of the black chicken country, Tang Xuanzang called Sun Wukong and told him about it, and the two discussed a way to deal with it, and waited for the prince of the black chicken country to come in the temple.

After a while, the east turned white, the cannon sounded loudly, and a road of men and horses flashed out of the east gate of the city, all carrying crossbow arrows and carving bows.

The men went out of the city and walked through the eastern suburbs, and in a short time they had walked twenty miles.

In the Chinese military camp, there is a small general, wearing a helmet and armor, holding a Qingfeng sword, sitting on a yellow horse, and his waist is full of bows.

Sun Wukong had already received the master's order, and secretly rejoiced in the air: "Needless to say, that is the emperor's crown prince." ”

Sun Wukong pressed the head of the clouds, broke into the army, in front of the prince's horse, turned into a white rabbit, and ran around in front of the prince's horse.

When the prince saw it, he picked up his arrow, pulled his bow full, and hit the white rabbit with one arrow!

Sun Wukong's eyes were quick, he caught the arrow, pretended to be an arrow, and then ran away.

When the prince saw that the arrow had hit the white rabbit, he rode his horse after him.

Sun Wukong has been fishing not far in front of him, and led the prince to the mountain gate of Baolin Temple step by step.

Sun Wukong appeared himself, stuck the arrow on the threshold, went in to see Tang Xuanzang, and said, "Master!

The prince rushed to the gate of the mountain, but the white rabbit was gone, and he saw a carved arrow stuck in the threshold.

The prince was shocked and said, "Strange! Strange! Obviously, I hit the white rabbit with an arrow, why is the white rabbit gone, and only the arrow is left here?

The prince stepped forward and pulled out the arrow, and when he looked up, there were five big characters on the mountain gate: Ejian Baolin Temple.

The prince said secretly: "I know this, I remember that my father once sent someone to reward this monk with some gold silk to repair the temple in the Golden Palace." I didn't expect to be here today. ”

"I'll go in and have a look. ”

The prince jumped off his horse and was about to enter, when the guards caught up with the men and horses, and they all entered the mountain gate in clusters.

Frightened, all the monks of the temple came to greet him.

In the middle of the main hall, you can worship the Buddha statue.

The prince raised his eyes to watch, wanting to play in the verandah, and suddenly saw a monk sitting in the middle.

The prince said angrily: "This monk is also rude! I entered the mountain today, although I did not have the will to inform me, and I should not be far away, but now that the army is coming to the door, it is time to get up, why are you still sitting still?"

Shouted: "Take it!"

said "take", and the captains on both sides worked together to catch Tang Xuanzang and tie him up.

But he couldn't touch it, as if there was a wall blocking it, and he couldn't get close to him.

The prince said, "Where are you a monk from, dare to use stealth to deceive me?"

Tang Xuanzang said: "I am a Tang monk in Dongtu, a monk who worships the Buddha and asks for scriptures in Leiyin Temple. ”

The prince said: "Although your eastern soil is the Central Plains, it is very poor, if you have any treasures, I will listen to you." ”

Tang Xuanzang said: "The robe I am wearing is a treasure. ”

The prince said: "How much can your clothes, half of your arms be worth, dare to call them treasures?"

Tang Xuanzang clasped his palms together and said: "Although this robe is not complete, there are a few lines of poetry. ”

"There is no need to talk about the partiality of the Buddha's clothes, and the implicit is really like getting rid of the world. Thousands of threads and thousands of needles become positive fruits, and nine beads and eight treasures are combined with the original god. The holy daughter of Xian'e cultivated and bequeathed the Zen monk to calm the body. Seeing that you don't welcome it, your father has not been wronged!"

When the prince heard this, he was furious and said, "You monk is talking nonsense! But what grievances has my father not reported? ”

Tang Xuanzang didn't answer him directly, and asked, "Your Highness, how much grace can you have between heaven and earth?"

The prince replied, "There are four graces." ”

"Which four?"

The prince said: "The grace of heaven and earth, the grace of the sun and the moon, the grace of the king of water and soil, and the grace of parenting. ”

Tang Xuanzang said with a smile: "Your Highness is wrong, people only have heaven and earth, the sun and the moon shine, and the king water and soil, where are there any parents to raise?"

The prince said angrily: "You monk, people have no parents to raise you, where does your body come from?"

Tang Xuanzang said: "Your Highness, don't worry, let me speak slowly." You are the crown prince of the king of Wuji, five years ago, there was a great drought in the country, there was no harvest, and all the people suffered, your emperor and courtiers, sincerely pray. ”

"At this time, a Taoist priest came to Zhongnan Mountain, who could call the wind and rain and turn stones into gold. The emperor became a brother to him. But is there such a thing?"

The prince nodded and said, "Yes, yes, yes!" ”

Tang Xuanzang said: "In the next three years, the Taoist priest disappeared, who was the one who called the lonely Taoist?"

The prince said: "There is indeed a Taoist priest, and his father and the emperor are brothers, and they eat together, and sleep together. ”

"Three years ago, my father was watching the scenery in the imperial garden, and he brought Bai Yugui in his father's hand back to Zhongnan Mountain with a gust of divine wind, and my father still misses him. ”

After he left, his father closed the imperial garden for three years. Could it be that it is not my father who is the emperor?"

Tang Xuanzang couldn't stop laughing when he heard this.

The prince asked him again, but he didn't answer, he just laughed.

The prince said angrily: "You guy, you don't answer what I ask you, why are you laughing?"

Tang Xuanzang said: "There are many people, and it is difficult to say. ”

When the prince saw that his words were vague, he asked all the soldiers to retreat to camp outside the temple.

At this time, there was no one in the palace, the prince sat on it, and Tang Xuanzang said with a straight face: "Your Highness, the one who turned the wind and walked away was your father, and the one who is now on the throne is the Taoist priest who begged for rain back then." ”

The prince retorted: "Nonsense! Nonsense! Since that Taoist priest left, the wind and rain in our country have been smooth, and the country and the people have been safe. That is, I am young, if my father hears this, he will have to break you into ten thousand pieces!"

Tang Xuanzang told the story of last night and took out Bai Yugui again.

When the prince heard this, he secretly hurt himself and said, "If I believe him, how should I deal with myself? If I don't believe it, what if it's true?"

Tang Xuanzang looked at him hesitantly and said, "Your Highness, you go back to the palace and ask your mother to see what is the difference between their husband and wife and three years ago." If you ask it like this, you will know whether it is true or false. ”

The prince said secretly: "It's really good! I'll go back and ask first!"

Just about to leave, but was stopped, Tang Xuanzang said again: "Your Highness, you have to go back, you can't make a big show, that monster has great powers, and you will definitely not let your mother and son meet." ”

"If you want to leave, you can't take people back!"

The prince thought about it, and this was indeed the truth, so he ordered the soldiers to be stationed outside the temple and said, "I have something to do, and I will come back in a while!"

With that, he rode back to the city and went straight to the inner courtyard of the palace.

I didn't walk from the main gate, and I didn't let people pass on the gifts, and when I arrived, I saw the queen leaning on the carved railing and crying.

The prince saluted and shouted, "Mother!"

The queen smiled and said, "Son!"