Chapter 386: The King's Dream
The yellow lion spirit was invited into the back garden, and a moment later, a middle-aged woman appeared, the woman was graceful and elegant, and she was the queen of the king of the current kingdom.
"Is it a benefactor...... What a benefactor. ”
When the queen saw the yellow lion spirit dressed in white, she walked up quickly, and her expression was very excited.
"I've seen the queen...... Benshi traveled all over the world, passing through this place, and came to meet the queen, who still has the same demeanor. ”
The yellow lion dressed in white and dressed in snow is gentle and elegant, and he is handsome.
"Don't be polite to the benefactor, if it wasn't for the benefactor to help, the concubine would have been buried in the mouth of the monster."
The queen owes herself, and does not regard herself as a queen, but talks to the yellow lion spirit as an ordinary woman.
A few years ago, the queen hunted in the suburbs, encountered a snake demon on the way, and almost died, it happened that the yellow lion spirit incarnated as a man in white, traveled in the mortal world, and saved the queen casually, since then, became the queen's savior, the queen asked the king to hire the yellow lion spirit as an official to enter the court, but the yellow lion spirit politely declined, and then drifted away.
I didn't expect to meet again after many years, the queen is a person who values love and righteousness, and the life-saver of the yellow lion spirit takes it very seriously, and I am very happy to see my benefactor again.
"Come on, pass the order, the palace will set up a banquet to entertain the benefactor." The queen sent an edict to entertain the yellow lion spirit, and ordered that there was a special person to be busy, and the banquet was completed in a short time.
After the guest of honor sat down, the banquet began, and there were singers and dancers in the banquet, and the whole banquet was very enjoyable.
That night, the yellow lion spirit was settled in the palace to sleep, at night, the yellow lion spirit took out a piece of jade talisman, to the jade talisman to recite the formula, a mysterious aura spread, silently drifting into the dream of the king and queen.
When the feast was over, the palace was quiet, and the king and queen were at rest, and that night they had the same dream, dreaming that auspiciousness fell from heaven and turned into four figures, one of whom had a hairy face, one with a pig's head, and the other with a full beard, and only one of them looked slightly like a person, and all four of them were dressed as monks.
Four monks appeared, and did not say much, just holding four magic weapons, reciting the true scriptures, where they passed, there was a flash of light on the magic weapons, hooking the aura of heaven and earth, and then, lightning and thunder, dark clouds were thick, and the sky was pouring rain.
"The Tang Dynasty monk is now, and the rain will be effective!"
An ethereal voice slowly drifted from the sky, like the sound of Brahma, and the king and queen were immediately awakened when they heard the words.
At first, the two of them thought it was just an ordinary dream and didn't pay much attention to it, but after falling asleep again, the dream reappeared, and they had the same dream for three nights, so that the two had to pay attention to it, and they invited the presiding officer of the royal temple to seek an explanation for this dream.
When the monk heard this, he was overjoyed and said, "Congratulations to the king and queen, this is a good omen, and the kingdom has been saved from the drought." ”
The king did not answer, and asked, "What did the monk say?" ”
"This dream will be auspicious, and then turned into four monks, and there are more verses: Tang monks, ask for rain and spirit."
The monk straightened his clothes, bowed eleven times to the west of the heavens, recited a sentence of Amitabha Buddha, and then said: "Buddha bless, the latter sentence has been said very clearly, the drought of the kingdom, only need to find these four people, it will be solved." ”
"I see, come here, send an order to go down and look for the four Tang monks."
The king was overjoyed and then ordered.
"Why should the king be so aggressive?" The monk smiled and said: "At this time, the king begged for rain, and had already sent someone to find the monk to chant for rain, if the Tang monk has entered the kingdom, I believe that they have been invited to chant, but all the monks invited have made a record, just order someone to check the book, you can get the result." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, or the host is right, come on, go to the prayer department to check, there are monks from the Tang Dynasty...... Check it again, and there can be a monk with a hairy face, or a pig's face...... Oh, strange-looking monk ......"
The king gave orders, and one after another holy decrees were issued.
"Report to the king, the monk with the face of Mao Gong has been found."
It didn't take long for the information to come back, and then, the four Tang monks and apprentices were invited to the palace.
The king and queen looked at the four people who came slowly, and the appearance of these four people was exactly the same as what they saw in their dreams, and the two of them were first amazed, and then secretly rejoiced in their hearts, it seems that it is really the Buddha who has appeared and sent people to save the country from the drought.
King: "Excuse me, are the four monks from the Tang Dynasty?" ”
"Amitabha, we are here from the Eastern Tang Dynasty." Tang Seng brushed his coat and hat and replied dignifiedly.
"The drought has been saved, Amitabha, the drought has been saved." The king looked surprised.
The four Tang monks were puzzled, especially Sun Wukong, this drought was strange, and its spells had already attracted wind and rain, but they were all dissipated by the power of the sky.
Tang Seng asked with an ignorant expression: "Your Majesty, I don't know where to say this?" ”
"It's the king who is abrupt." The king smiled and said: "A few nights ago, the king and the queen had the same dream, in the dream told the king, the Tang Dynasty monks are now, asking for rain will be effective, and the appearance of the four monks is in the dream of the experience of reproduction, now, see the four monks, and the dream is no difference, this is not the Buddha appeared, blessed the country drought rescue?" ”
"This ......" Tang Seng and Sun Wukong glanced at each other and said: "Your Majesty, I can't hide it, these days the four poor monks have been chanting on the prayer platform, if it really works, it should have rained at this time." ”
At this end, Tang Seng closed his mouth slightly, his eyes drooped slightly, his eyes looked at his nose, his nose looked at his heart, his meaning was already clear, I am a monk from the Tang Dynasty, I will also chant and pray for blessings, and I have been chanting and praying for blessings these days, if it is really as good as you said in your dream, it has already rained.
"This ......"
Tang Seng's words, how could the king and queen not understand, they were also in their hearts, Tang Seng said well, if it is really as said in the dream, "The Tang monk is now, and the rain will work." ”
At this moment, it is already raining and dew, so why do they need to do it again.
The king was a little unwilling, so he called the officials who were responsible for managing the chanting and praying for rain, and asked about the situation of praying for rain during this time, mainly to ask Tang Seng and others whether they participated in chanting and praying for rain, and after the official understood the reason for the matter, he knelt on the ground and swore to the sky, these days Tang Seng was chanting on the chanting platform and never left half a step.
"Miyun hosts ......"
The king and queen were a little confused, and looked at the presiding monk Miyun of the royal temple standing on the side, who had been observing the four Tang monks, and his eyes had not taken off the four of them since they entered.
"Amitabha!" Miyun presided over the recitation of a Buddha name, and said with a smile: "The king and queen must not be in a hurry, Rong Bensheng asked the Tang monk a few words." ”
King: "Miyun presides over but may I ask." ”
The host of Miyun took two steps towards the four Tang monks and said: "Amitabha, the Tang monk is reasonable, this monk Miyun, I don't know the monk's number?" ”
Tang Seng: "Amitabha, Miyun is powerful, and the poor monk Tang Xuanzang." ”
Miyun: "Tang Xuanzang, this monk wants to ask a few words from the monk." ”
Tang Seng nodded slightly: "Miyun hosts, please ask, the poor monk should know everything." ”
Miyun nodded slightly: "The mountains of Datang Dao are far away, why did the monks come here and where are they going?" ”
Tang Seng faced the direction of the western sky: "The poor monk was entrusted by the Tang Emperor to get the guidance of Guanyin Bodhisattva, came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty and went to the western sky, just to obtain the true scriptures from the Buddha and purify all sentient beings." ”
"Amitabha, the high monk has a grand will." Miyun bowed slightly, and then asked: "These days, the monks are chanting at the prayer platform to pray for rain, I wonder if you can tell me what happened at that time?" ”
Tang Seng: "These days, the four poor monks and apprentices have been chanting and praying for rain on the prayer platform, and they have never left half a step, and everyone present has witnessed it at this time. ”
Miyun: "What scripture are you reciting?" ”
Tang Seng: "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra, Amitabha Sutra, Hinayana Maharaja Heart Sutra......"
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The two exchanged answers for a moment, and Mi Yun said a Buddha name and faced the king: "Your Majesty, the poor monk has finished asking." ”
King: "Host Miyun has finished asking, I don't know if you have any ideas?" ”
Miyun nodded slightly: "It is true that the Tang monks chanted and begged for rain on the prayer platform, but it was not the same as what the king saw in his dream. ”
The king anxiously asked, "What is the difference?" ”
Miyun: "What I saw in the dream, the four monks of the Tang Dynasty held magic weapons, recited scriptures, and triggered the vision of heaven and earth, and only then did thunderstorms fall from the sky, however, these days, the Tang monks only chanted, but did not see the treasures in their hands, and in the dream, the four people chanted at the same time, not just Tang Xuanzang. ”
"This ...... Hosted by Miyun, it is really so, so how is it good? The king and queen glanced at each other and turned to the Miyun host.
"Since it has been shown in the dream, it is better to invite the four monks of the Tang Dynasty to hold the magic weapon and chant and pray for rain as said in the dream." Mi Yun turned to Tang Seng with a smile and said, "It's just that in this way, there is Elder Lao Datang." ”
The king also looked at the four Tang monks, who glanced at each other and communicated secretly, all of them thought that if they did not decide to solve the drought in this place, it would be difficult to leave, so it was better to seek rain first, and it was better to leave this country as soon as possible and go west to learn scriptures.
"Amitabha, Guanyin Bodhisattva has a saying, praying for rain is a good thing for all sentient beings, and the poor monks will do their best." Tang Seng said.
"It's so good, I don't know what the needs of the monks are, this king will do his best to meet them." The king's face beamed.
"Amitabha, the poor monk has no need ......"
Tang Seng wanted to say that there was no need, but the last four words were not spoken, but he was stopped by Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong looked at the king and said: "Your Majesty the King, my master and apprentice four people are from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and went to the west to learn scriptures. ”
The king groaned slightly, and then quickly clapped: "Okay, this time to ask for rain, as long as you wait for it with all your might, regardless of whether it rains or not, this king will let you wait for the west to learn the scriptures." ”
After a pause, the king's eyes were like torches, staring at the four people, and said word by word: "However, please go all out, if this king finds that the four monks have reservations, this king will retract his promise and change his words at any time." ”
The latter sentence is a threat, but it can also be understood that the king is begging for rain, and his tone is heavier.
But, in any case, this time it was a verbal agreement.
That night, Tang Seng was a little worried: "Do you think we will succeed in asking for rain this time?" ”
Sha Seng: "Naturally, it will succeed, the king has a sign in his dream." ”
"Senior Brother Sha is right, it should be successful, there is an omen in the dream, it is obviously a pre-revelation from a great immortal or a strong Buddhist person to the king. As long as there are strong people involved, it is estimated that they will succeed, and we are just pawns for their participation. ”
Zhu Bajie thought for a while and said, "I see, nine times out of ten, this drought is the handiwork of which immortal, the gods fight, let's participate less." ”
"Goku, what do you think?" Tang Seng turned to Sun Wukong and asked.
Sun Wukong shook his head and said indifferently: "Whether the gods fight, natural disasters or man-made disasters, these are not important, we just need to go all out tomorrow to complete this prayer for rain, as long as we do our best, no matter what the result is, we will leave this ghost place." ”