Part 4 Maritime Silk Road 16, Journey to the West

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When Xuande Zhenren arrived in Fuzhou, he began to wait in the gatehouse of the governor's yamen in the morning, and waited until sunset, and there was no news from Pang Shangpeng, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart: Lao Pang is no longer the old shopkeeper of Xingji Money Village in Jinling City, and now he is the governor of Rili Wanji, and it is not easy to see him!

Considering the safety of Shen Qi and others in Yuegang, when the lantern was in hand, Xuande Zhenren came out of the governor's yamen, and hurried to Pang Shangpeng's mansion and handed over the famous thorn, and Pang Fu's family did not slack off, and invited the real person into the flower hall in the mansion.

After chatting with the servants of the Pang Mansion, I learned that after the members of the Lin Feng pirate gang returned from Luzon Island in two batches, some people did not obey the government's placement and were making trouble everywhere.

Hearing this, Xuande Zhenren was a little disappointed, but he was unwilling to come in vain, so he had the heart to meet Pang Shangpeng's favorite concubine Liu for a while.

When a maid came to serve tea, Xuande Zhenren asked: "Poor Dao and Mrs. Liu's order in your mansion are old friends, I don't know if Mrs. Liu is in the mansion now?" ”

When the maid heard this, she hurriedly gave the real man a blessing, and replied: "Please sit down carefully with the old fairy, and the slave and maid will quickly tell the young grandmother." ”

After the maid withdrew, Xuande Zhenren was in a panicked mood, prepared various words in his heart, and silently waited for this Mrs. Liu.

After half an hour, Xuande Zhenren heard an old man's cough outside, it should be Pang Shangpeng coming back, listening to the footsteps, just when they were about to arrive at the door, someone said angrily: "Master, these troublesome things, just hand them over to the chief soldier Hu Shouren and they will go down to suppress it, you don't have to talk to those thieves anymore." ”

"You know what!" Pang Shangpeng said and coughed a few more times.

At this time, the maid pushed open the door of the flower hall, and a young and beautiful young woman supported Pang Shangpeng with one hand and beat him on the back with the other hand and came in.

I originally planned to meet this Mrs. Liu for a while, but I didn't expect Pang Shangpeng and Mrs. Liu to come together, Xuande Zhenren got up and greeted the Pang couple, politely greeted each other, sat down the guests, and the maid came to serve fragrant tea again.

As early as Nanjing, Pang Shangpeng had many contacts with Hai Rui, Tang Jing and others, and was no stranger to Xuande Zhenren, and also knew his details: this old way turned out to be a charlatan, in general, Pang Shangpeng did not have a good impression of him, but he also knew that Xuande Zhenren since he got acquainted with Elder Yuekong, abandoned evil and followed good, and his disciples took care of the family and nursing home for Tang Ji Weaving Workshop, and he himself helped Elder Yuekong do a lot of good things, and saved Hai Rui's life under Shenlie Mountain, and Huang Bingwen also helped when he framed himself and raided Xingji Qianzhuang. Therefore, the Ponzi couple still treated Xuande Zhenren with courtesy.

Xuande Zhenren praised Pang Shangpeng a few words, and wanted to sue Liu Qian first, because he didn't know Pang Shangpeng's attitude towards Liu Qian, and now Liu Qian's daughter was present, so he couldn't say a lot of words in his heart, and he hesitated for a long time.

Pang Shangpeng actually knew the situation of Xuande Zhenren and Elder Yuekong and others from Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er, and now after chatting for a long time, he saw that Xuande Zhenren didn't say a word to those people trapped in Japan, and he looked sad and wanted to speak, guessing that they were still in business, and they might have encountered some trouble in Fujian, so he didn't ask more, and hurriedly arranged for his subordinates to prepare a guest room for Xuande Zhenren, saying that Xuande Zhenren could live here for as long as he wanted, and he didn't have to worry about eating, drinking, and pestering.

Xuande Zhenren first expressed his gratitude to Pang Shangpeng, and could see that Pang Shangpeng was very tired and wanted to rest early, because he was afraid that he would leave early tomorrow morning, so he hurriedly asked: "Huge people, you and I have reached the year of the sixtieth year, I see it today, maybe it is the last face of this life, tomorrow morning the poor road will also travel far away, I don't know if the adult can appreciate the face tonight, there are some things in the poor road that I want to ask the adult?" ”

Pang Shangpeng knew that Xuande Zhenren must have something to do, so he changed a cup of tea, so he sent Mrs. Liu and the maid away, and sat down to chat with him for a while.

I was going to let Xuande Zhenren live here for a few days, but when I heard that he was going to leave tomorrow, Pang Shangpeng asked curiously: "I heard that Zhenren followed Elder Yuekong and started the Oriental business for the Tang family, and after the Tang Mansion accident, you were all trapped in the East. So, is the real person from the East? ”

"It's hard to put into words!" Xuande Zhenren sighed, "Elder Yuekong's merchant ship was trapped in Akimeura on Kyushu Island, Japan, and it has been more than a year since I pinched my fingers, plus the good people who were rescued from Japan and were plundered by pirates, hundreds of people are sitting on the mountain and eating empty ......."

"Needless to say, the old man already knows." Pang Shangpeng replied.

Xuande Zhenren was a little strange and asked, "How did the huge person know?" ”

"Hehe, Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er have both been to Fuzhou." Pang Shangpeng replied.

Xuande Zhenren stood up tremblingly, and hurriedly asked, "May I ask the huge man, where are these two girls now?" ”

Pang Shangpeng smiled bitterly, waved his hand to Xuande Zhenren, motioned for him to sit down, and replied: "After they left Fuzhou, they borrowed a Dafu ship from the Beigang garrison from Taiwan Island and went to Luzon to persuade the pirate Lin Feng to surrender, after all, the two of them are still too young!" As a result, the pirate leader Lin Feng took the lead of the pirate leader, Lin Feng, who handed over more than 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled to them and brought them back, and all the people who stayed were elite soldiers. What's even more troublesome is that although the old man forgave the group of people who returned to China, they still did not obey the government's placement and scattered in the area from Fuzhou to Chaozhou, causing trouble, alas! ”

Listening to Pang Shangpeng's bitter stomach, he didn't tell where Guo Yi and Xu Ling'er had gone now, staring at Pang Shangpeng for a while, Xuande Zhenren said: "Huge people, Guo and Xu are still little dolls, and they have wasted their hard work!" ”

Pang Shangpeng showed a helpless expression and asked, "Yes!" The old man didn't complain about them, after learning about the current situation of the Elder of the Moon Sky and others, the old man asked the Fuzhou City Boss to send the elder two citation tickets for the merchant ship, maybe the two of them went to Japan to find the Elder of the Moon Sky, may I ask the real person, where did you come from? ”

Xuande Zhenren thanked Pang Shangpeng again, looked at his old and tired face, and knew that he had every opportunity every day, so he felt pity, and he didn't want to use Liu Qian's topic to stimulate him immediately, and talked to him about Hai Rui again......

Speaking of Hai Rui, Pang Shangpeng's face twitched, and he immediately became angry, and scolded Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the dynasty......

Xuande Zhenren also understood that Zhang Juzheng abandoned the honest and honest and upright Hai Rui instead of using it, and reused the officials to govern the country for the sake of autocracy, Pang Shangpeng was quite disgusted, even to the point of hatred.

After Lao Pang's mood stabilized, Xuande Zhenren had a bottom in his heart, and after praising Hai Rui with Lao Pang, he asked: "I heard that Hai Daren has a seven-year-old daughter, because she stole a piece of pastry, and later framed the servant at home, Hai Daren knew about it, and starved her beloved daughter to death at home. ”

Pang Shangpeng slapped the table, and the tea was scattered on the ground, Xuande Zhenren knew that it was not coming at him, so he hurriedly picked up the tea bowl.

"That's nonsense! If you make up such a ridiculous thing to slander Lord Hai, you will be punished! Real person, do you know who made up such a lie? Pang Shangpeng asked.

"Could it be Songjiang Huating ......" Xuande Zhenren means Xu Jie, a former first-auxiliary university scholar who accused the old man who returned to his hometown.

Pang Shangpeng shook his head and sighed: "Xu Ge has rescued Lord Hai many times, and Lord Hai is not different from each other, they are all old and seeking the country, and they have a heart-to-heart relationship with each other, and the Xu family is not suspected of making up lies to slander Lord Hai, if you don't believe it, you can ask that little brocade guard Zhu Hui." ”

"So, who made up lies to slander Lord Hai?" Xuande Zhenren asked.

"As long as those shameless people who are afraid that the sea lord will prevent them from being promoted and making a fortune, they will do such a thing." Pang Shangpeng replied.

I wanted to use this incident as an analogy with Liu Qian, and when I told Liu Qian's evil deeds, I saw what Pang Shangpeng's attitude was, but the rumors about this Hai Rui were immediately denied by Pang Shangpeng.

Xuande Zhenren pondered for a moment and said: "From the case of Hai Daren's handling of the text prison of "Journey to the West" and "Golden Vase Plum", it can be seen that Poor Dao firmly believes that Hai Daren is by no means a person who is unfamiliar with the world, and thanks to the huge man for solving the doubts in his heart for Poor Dao today. ”

Pang Shangpeng smiled slightly and replied: "When it comes to this matter, the old man is still full of emotion!" Although it was said that Wu Xiang had carried it all down at that time, the old man didn't believe it until he died, and those two strange books would have been written by Wu Xiang. ”

"May I ask why the huge man said this?" Xuande Zhenren asked.

"The old man has read the manuscripts of these two books, if Wu Xiang has the experience of the Ximen official in "The Golden Vase Plum", the old man thinks it is not an exaggeration, as for "Journey to the West", what does this kid say to thank Shen Lao for his great kindness, so he entrusted it to Wu Chengen's name, hehe, the old man dares to say that he can't write it categorically." Pang Shangpeng replied.

Xuande Zhenren's eyes rolled a few times, and he hurriedly said: "That's, that's, Wu Xiang followed Poor Dao to live in Qixia Mountain for a period of time, at that time, Poor Dao also read the manuscript of "Journey to the West", it was that Journey to the West that touched Poor Dao to change his evil and return to righteousness, and he is willing to follow Elder Yuekong in this life, no matter how many hardships and dangers he encounters in the future, he must insist on obtaining the true scriptures and achieving positive results. ”

"Actually, the old man knows a little about this Mr. Wu Chengen, and his tribulations in this life and his insight into the world are comparable to Wu Xiang's generation! Presumably real people feel this way, right? Pang Shangpeng asked.

Xuande Zhenren nodded seriously and said: "The Journey to the West is broad and profound, and it is still difficult to read it with the experience of poor Taoism, and it will definitely not be made by Wu Xiang." To give an example, I wonder if the huge people still remember the catastrophe of 'the demon hypothesized the small thunder sound, and all the people met with great calamity'? ”

"Of course I do." Pang Shangpeng replied, "The Yellow Eyebrow Monster was originally a boy who laughed at the monk from the East to knock on the chime, and made a short soft mace from the hammer, and when the Maitreya Buddha was not at home, he stole two treasures of the golden cymbals and the human seed bag, and became a fine in the lower realm; This monster is bold, suppose Leiyin Temple lured Tang monks and apprentices to be fooled, and deducted Sun Wukong into the golden cymbals, cast a human seed bag, several times the heavenly soldiers and generals into the bag, at the critical juncture, the Buddha from the east smiled and stepped on the clouds, taught Wukong to lure the monster out of the hole, Maitreya Buddha became a melon, let the demon Wukong become a watermelon into the stomach, a moment of pain, begging for mercy, and finally subdued the Yellow Eyebrow Monster, Maitreya Buddha also took the opportunity to take back the treasure. ”

Xuande Zhenren smiled and immediately asked, "I don't know what truth the huge people have learned from this?" ”

Pang Shangpeng was stunned for a moment, frowned, and asked, "Is there anything wrong with my Pang family?" ”

"Hehe, the journey to the west is nine hundred and eleven difficult, and there are countless goblins encountered, most of them have backgrounds, and they have very tough backers, and those monsters can't even do anything about Wukong. However, the bell must be tied to the bell, and only their master can submit them! Xuande Zhenren replied.

Pang Shangpeng heard the meaning of Xuande Zhenren's words, was silent for a while, sighed softly, and asked: "May I ask the real person, did you take the two ship guides issued by the old man to Zhangzhou Yuegang to do business?" ”

Hearing this, Xuande Zhenren judged that Pang Shangpeng knew a little about Liu Qian, so he replied: "Huge people, we haven't seen Guo and Xu yet, and those two boat guides are naturally not in our hands. Poor Dao and Elder Yuekong went to Liaodong from Japan via Korea to rescue Tang Jing, and when they arrived in Liaodong, they learned that Tang Jing had been rescued back to Nanjing, chased them all the way, and held a happy event for Wu Xiang and the daughter of the Shen family in Nanjing, so they followed Shen Qi to Yuegang, to be honest, we encountered trouble in Yuegang. ”

Pang Shangpeng immediately covered his face with his hands, unable to hide the painful expression, and gasped for breath with a snort.

Xuande Zhenren naturally understood his thoughts, so he calmed down for a while, noticed that Pang Shangpeng gritted his teeth, and asked: "May I ask the huge man, do you remember the three rhinoceros spirits in Jinping Mansion in Journey to the West?" ”

Seeing Pang Shangpeng's trembling spirit, Xuande Zhenren continued: "The three rhinoceros spirits in Jinping Mansion pretended to be Bodhisattvas, and they were skinned, cramped, sawed horns, and even the meat was eaten, setting the most miserable record of monsters on the way to the west......

Pang Shangpeng still covered his face, did not raise his head, and continued in a low voice: "The Yellow Eyebrow Monster pretended to be Maitreya Buddha, and its sin is a hundred times more hateful than that of a rhinoceros essence!" ”

Xuande Zhenren smiled slightly, and said: "Yes, Maitreya Buddha never beat or scolded the Yellow Eyebrow Monster, and put him in a bag......

Pang Shangpeng put his hand down from his face and said, "Real person, let's rest early today." Early tomorrow morning, the old man will accompany you to the Moon Harbor to subdue demons and eliminate monsters! ”

After arranging for Xuande Zhenren to stay, Pang Shangpeng wrote a short letter, found a reliable guard beside him, and ordered him to carry the letter to Zhangzhou overnight......

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