At the right time, the sun was late, and the frost could not cover it, and the surrounding mountains and forests swayed in the cold wind, making bursts of rattling sounds.

Tang Sanzang saw that it was getting late, and it was not suitable for hurrying, so he stopped his horse and looked into the distance, and suddenly found that at the end of the path not far away, there was a temple in the shape of a village, and he was happy in his heart, and said: "Wukong, there is a family in front, you can go there tonight to spend the night, and set off again tomorrow morning." ”

Hu Rong had already seen the majestic temple, and knew that it was the "benefit of learning scriptures" arranged by Guanyin Bodhisattva, so he also pretended to have just seen it, and responded: "Okay master, I'll go and call the door." ”

After speaking, Hu Rong jumped to the temple door, only to see three big characters on the door "Lishe Ancestral Hall", so he raised his hand and patted it three times, and said: "Fellow open the door, we are monks from the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Soil, and we are here and want to come and spend the night!" ”

"Squeak", the door opened, and an old man with white hair came out of it, with several beads around his neck, and when he saw Hu Rong, a humanoid creature, he was not afraid, and greeted him with his palms: "Master, please take a seat." ”

"Amitabha! The donor is courteous! Tang Sanzang hurriedly dismounted and saluted, and then went to the main hall to worship the holy statue inside.

Hu Rong looked at the environment in the temple without words. The old man called the boy to serve tea and drink with Tang Sanzang, and after the two exchanged a few pleasantries, they heard Tang Sanzang ask: "Old man, why is this temple called 'Li She'?" ”

The old man replied, "We are at the border of the kingdom of Zephan Hara, and at the back of this temple there is a family of Zhuang who has built this temple here with great piety.

The so-called insiders are a township; The society is a shrine earth god.

Every time there is a spring ploughing, summer ploughing, autumn harvest, winter Tibetan day, the village will prepare three animals flowers and fruits, come here to worship the shrine, in order to ensure the four seasons of good luck, five grains abundant, six animals luxuriant. ”

When Tang Sanzang heard this, he nodded and praised: "It's 'three miles away from home, don't be a rural style'." The people of my homeland do not have such merciful customs. ”

When the old man heard this, he asked, "I don't know where Master's Immortal Township is?" ”

Tang Sanzang folded his hands and replied: "The poor monk is a monk of the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Soil, and at the behest of my emperor, he went to the west to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures.

Passing by the precious land today, I saw that it was getting late, so I came to the shrine to spend the night, and left as soon as the morning dawned. ”

When the old man heard this, he was very happy, and even said a few words of "unwelcome" and "unwelcome", and then asked the boy to prepare a meal, and he discussed the scriptures with Tang Sanzang, so uncomfortable.

Hu Rong was too lazy to take care of these "Buddhas", and when he saw that there was nothing to do, he let the white dragon horse graze around, anyway, the dragon horse was psychic, and he couldn't run, and Zhou Zhou was a "fairy", and there was no problem with deserting himself, so he thought of doing it, and a somersault flew into the sky......

The old man's heart moved, he glanced at the direction where Hu Rong disappeared, and secretly scolded the dead monkey in his heart for not playing cards according to the routine, causing him to suddenly have no reason to pull the topic to the saddle of the white dragon horse.

At this time, the white dragon horse that was "stocked" by Hu Rong passed by the courtyard and stretched his neck to eat the lotus behind the temple. Ran here to steal food? ”

Tang Sanzang turned his head to see that the wild horse that the old man said was the white dragon horse he had just subdued, and his face immediately turned red, his hands were folded, and he said to the Buddha: "Amitabha, I'm sorry for the old man, that white horse is the mount of the poor monk." ”

"That white horse is the monk's mount?" , The old man looked at Tang Sanzang suspiciously, and asked, "Then why don't you have a pair of saddle bridles?!" ”

Tang Sanzang hurriedly said, "Old man, don't blame, don't blame!" My horse was transformed by the little white dragon under the steep stream of Eagle Sorrow, and my original white horse was swallowed by him with a bridle.

Fortunately, my apprentice Sun Wukong has some ability, and he felt the teachings of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and turned the little white dragon into the white horse I originally ridden, with the same coat color and body shape, so as to carry me to the west to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures.

Originally, the poor monk thought about crossing the eagle sorrowful stream, and then asked someone to build a saddle horse, but he didn't want to come all the way to the west, but he went to the old man's shrine, because he had never purchased a saddle bridle. ”

When the old man heard this, he said, "I see! The holy monk doesn't have to worry, I still have a saddle bridle there, which is my beloved thing every day, and even if I am so poor, I am not willing to sell it.

I just heard what the holy monk said, the Bodhisattva still rescued such a divine dragon and taught him to turn into a horse to carry you, so how could my old man not express it?

Tomorrow, I will send someone to fetch the saddle bridle and give it to the holy monk, and it will be right to fasten it on the horse's back, and I hope the holy monk will accept it with a smile. ”

When Tang Sanzang heard this, he thanked him again and again, and saw that the boy had already prepared for the evening fast, so he had a meal with the old man, and then put on the oil lamp, laid out the bedding, and rested early.

The next day, Hu Rong, who had gone to the West Sea Dragon Palace to eat and drink, flew back early in the morning, and after waiting for Tang San to hide, he said, "Master, can the temple wish Lao Er to give us a pair of saddle bridle last night?" ”

"Amitabha, Wukong, how do you know?" , Tang Sanzang was surprised.

"Because I saw it!" Hu Rong turned to the side of Nunu's mouth, and saw the old man holding a pair of saddle bridles, liner drawers, reins, etc., all of which were immediately used, all of them were prepared, placed under the corridor, and said, "Holy monk, saddle bridles are offered." ”

"Amitabha!" When Tang Sanzang saw it, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly said the Buddha name, and let Hu Rong take it.

Hu Rong walked over, picked them up one by one and looked at them, and said in his heart that they were worthy of being produced by the gods, and they were all good things! Then he fastened the bridle on the horse's back, not too big or small, just right.

Tang Sanzang hurriedly thanked the old man, but was hurriedly picked up by the latter and said, "Panic, panic, how dare the holy monk salute like this?" ”

Subsequently, the old man completed the "novice" task, so he no longer kept it, and asked Tang San to hide it on the horse, and then took out a whip from his sleeve, but it was the incense rattan handle of Pi Ding'er, and the tip of the tiger tendon thread was knotted, and he gave it to him on the side of the road: "Holy monk, I still have a hand, and I will send it to you." ”

That Tang Sanzang was overjoyed, took it right away, and said, "Inherit the old man's generosity, inherit the old man's generosity!" ”

However, in the blink of an eye, the old man had long since disappeared, Tang Sanzang was surprised in his heart, and then looked back at the shrine, which turned out to be a bare wasteland.

At this time, I only heard someone in the air saying: "Holy monk, don't blame, I am the god and land of Luojia Mountain, and I am ordered by Guanyin Bodhisattva to send a saddle bridle to you!" I hope you will remember that it is a big matter to learn from the scriptures in the west, so don't slack off! ”

When Tang Sanzang heard this, he knew that he had met an immortal, so he hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and bowed to the sky: "The disciple is mortal with the naked eye, and he does not know the face of the gods, and he hopes to beg for forgiveness." Trouble to convey to the Bodhisattva, deeply blessed. ”

Hu Rong watched a group of little gods in the sky pretending to be forced with cold eyes, and he didn't bother to take care of it, seeing Tang Sanzang bowing three times and knocking nine times, he fell a little, so he stepped forward and grabbed Tang Seng and said: "Master, you are also a Tang monk, don't kneel down and worship these mountain and wild monsters at every turn!" ”

"Wukong, Hugh's nonsense!" , Tang Sanzang said angrily: "They are in the immortal class, how can we mortals give me and other words lightly?!" ”

"Okay, what Master said is right!" , Hu Rong knew that he couldn't say anything about Tang Sanzang, so he didn't explain again, but put his finger to his mouth, whistled, and immediately the white dragon horse trotted all the way over and stopped next to Tang Sanzang.

"Master, it's time to hit the road!" , Hu Rong threw the luggage on the horse's back, then helped Tang San to hide on the horse, and went all the way west, flying as if he were going......

This time, there is a two-month journey, because of the existence of Hu Rong, so the encounter with wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, and ghosts and ghosts along the way is not worth mentioning at all.

But seeing that time flies, and it is the early spring of the new year, I only feel that the mountains and forests are green, and the plants and trees are green and sprouted; Mei Ying fell, and the willow eyes began to open.

The master and apprentice played with the spring light, and they were very happy, but it didn't take long, and they saw the sun setting in the west, and the sky gradually darkened.

Hu Rong made a pergola with his hand, put it on his forehead, and looked at the temple surrounded by mountains, although he knew that it was the territory of the old bald donkey in the golden pond of Guanyin Temple, but his heart was happy: "Hehe, black bear spirit, Lao Tzu is here!" ”