Chapter 024: Raising Rats for Trouble
In fact, it is not difficult to be invisible, as long as you concentrate your thoughts, use colors, and practice the basic knowledge of transformation.
With Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng's experience in transfiguration, it is relatively simple to go back and learn invisibility, but I am not skilled enough to completely conceal it, but it is still no problem to deceive people who pass by. Unfortunately, my technique can only deal with "passing by at a glance".
Our next stop is the country of rats, the name of which is said to have only been changed for a few years. Tang Seng took out the latest published map he brought out from the Tang Dynasty, which was marked as "Zirat Country".
When I arrived at the pass, I looked at the dirty words of "Zirat Country", and the name of the country had only been changed for a few years, and those words seemed to have a long history.
In the city, there is a dark and sloppy color, and there is a bowl at the door of every house, and it is surprising that groups of rats compete for food by the bowl, and the owners bring the bowl into the house to eat after the rats have eaten. -- The people here are eating with rats.
Walking and walking, only to find that there are a lot of rats, running around the street, the so-called "rats crossing the street everyone shouting and fighting", here is the rats crossing the street everyone gives way, a little careless may step on one, people seem to be accustomed to the rampant rats.
Zhu Bajie's belly was big, and he couldn't see his footsteps clearly, so he stepped on the tail of the mouse, and the pain made the mouse squeak and bite him.
The master can't bear to kill, so he only teaches a few disciples to avoid it as much as possible.
In desperation, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Monk had to fly instead of walking, this kind of flight is very slow, it seems to be walking, but in fact, the feet do not touch the ground, commonly known as "slow flight", slow flight is nothing for a few of them who are always flying in the sky, but it is a test for people like me who are not familiar with flying skills, because it is more difficult than flying wantonly, and it is difficult to master speed skills.
Of course, I didn't want to step on that damn mouse, and I learned to fly slowly, although it was crooked, but there was no danger, and it turned out to be very good at flying, and I gradually became able to control the wind speed. Oh, that's how genius is forced out!
The most bitter thing is the white dragon horse, because the master is riding on a horse, and the gods can't fly with mortals, so they can only walk honestly, but fortunately, his pace is flexible, and he is safe.
As soon as they stayed at an inn, a group of people came over with a big grin and said that they wanted to arrest a few monks who had just entered the city.
In the whole inn, except for a few masters, I'm afraid we can't find any other monks, and we don't know what we've done wrong.
Several people in official uniforms stepped forward and asked, "How many of you were the ones who injured this mouse just now?" The officers and soldiers held a plate in their hands, and in the middle of the plate lay a mouse, which was carefully covered with a piece of cloth like a sick person.
Zhu Bajie grinned when he saw the mouse, "What should I be, isn't it just a mouse?"
Sun Wukong glanced at it, "I don't think this mouse is dirty for my grandson to lift his shoes." ”
"Bold, I hurt Grandpa Rat and dare to speak like this, come on, arrest them all. The officers and soldiers who took the lead shouted.
"Good grandson, your ancestors are here. Sun Wukong jumped up.
"Wukong," the master hurriedly stopped, "Amitabha, I came to the treasure land for the first time, I was really careless, and I hope to forgive my sins." "
"Forgive the sin, forgive what kind of sin? It is a crime to hurt Grandpa Rat here, come on, take it away!"
Sun Wuqi was gearing up, "Then let me ask you, what is the crime of injuring your grandson - this mouse?"
The officers and soldiers said, "Grandpa rats are gods, why did you come here for the first time, you don't understand the rules, you will be locked up for one day first, and if you dare to commit another offense, it will be ten days." "
When the master heard that he was only locked up for one day, he pulled Sun Wukong and lowered his temper, which was considered to be an agreement.
When the officers and soldiers saw that I was wearing a small hat in a green coat, not like a monk, but like a showman, they hesitated for a moment, and finally took them away together on the principle of preferring to make a mistake rather than letting go.
In their opinion, the white dragon horse was not human, and it was not considered an accomplice, so they let it go, and they did not have a place to keep the horses.
We saved money for the inn that day, but we ended up in a prison cell.
The cells were overcrowded, and all inquiries were for the crime of harming rats, and most of them were accidental injuries.
"What kind of bullshit is this, a man is not as good as a mouse. Sun Wukong gritted his teeth.
In the evening, the little white dragon transformed into a human form and came to visit us in the cell.
"Little Bailong, hurry up and get some food, I'm really hungry, the master didn't eat, and he didn't let us go out, saying that it was just such a day, and we should abide by the law." Zhu Bajie muttered.
Xiao Bailong said, "I have tried, the food and water here are all used by rats, and I can't find clean food and water sources at all." You want, I'll get you some?"
"No, no," the pig's head swayed.
The little white dragon took out a package and a water bag, "I don't want you to starve to death, this is bought from a nearby city, give it to the master to eat first, and then you can share some." "I didn't expect the little white dragon to be a little humorous sometimes.
"Okay, you little white dragon, look at you handsome, you don't even blink your eyes when you deceive people. Zhu Bajie scolded.
Everyone was making fun of themselves, when they heard a person in the same cell next to them whisper: "This master, if you want to eat, eat quietly, don't let the officers and soldiers know, otherwise the crime will be added to the first degree." "
"Why is that?" we were all shocked.
"You don't know, rats are our gods here, and they can't be offended, but they offer some food in front of every house, and only when they have eaten can people eat them. "
"Haha, what are you offering badly, offering rats. Sun Wukong laughed, and Zhu Bajie grinned non-stop after solving the problem of eating.
"You don't know, we didn't originally call it Zirat Country, we called Purple Potato Country, but the homonym is not those two words. In the past, it was also a blessed land of birds and flowers, the four seasons were like spring, I don't know when a group of rats came, only to begin the miasma, we wiped out a group, and a group, and spread the plague, and then came a fairy girl, saying that we are disrespectful to the disease brought by the mouse, disrespectful are all damned, and the one who respects the mouse can ask the doctor to get medicine to relieve the disease in her. That's why it was renamed the Rat Country, and these laws were established. "
"Whoa, I'm going to sweep these rats away today. Sun Wukong said angrily.
Tang Seng pondered for a moment and said to me: "Lingzhu, you go out, this cell is full of people and the air is dirty, and it is not suitable for you." ”
"But it's not much better outside, it's full of rats. "There doesn't seem to be a place to stay in this country, and although the cells are not good, at least there are more people than rats.
"I just think there must be some reason why the Rat Kingdom admires rats so much, you and Xiao Bailong go out to investigate, don't delay tomorrow's trip. ”
"The master is eccentric, why didn't you call me and the monkey to go?" Zhu Bajie muttered again.
"You go, one can't help it, I don't know how many rats to kill, although the rats are evil, they also have lives, so stay here. ”
Sun Wukong said: "Yes, you go to investigate first, if there is anything weird, come back and tell Lao Sun, it's not too late to go again." ”
Little White Dragon and I are not familiar with the terrain of the Rat Country, and we are at a loss for a while after coming out, and we don't know where to start.
It was already night, but I noticed a strange phenomenon, people walked in groups in one direction, holding tributes, incense and lamps in their hands, as if going to the temple to worship.