Chapter 4 4, Chen Xuanzang of the Eastern Tang Dynasty
Tang Sanzang and Liu Boqin walked over the mountains and mountains for most of the afternoon, and finally came to a peak, and saw a big mountain not far away.
Tang Sanzang finally walked to the edge of the mountain, and saw that Liu Boqin turned around and stood under the horse and said, "Elder Tang, you move forward, but I have to say goodbye and go back." ”
When Tang Sanzang heard this, he was afraid of the danger in the mountains and wilderness, so he immediately rolled the saddle and dismounted and pleaded: "Don't dare to ask Liu Taibao to send another ride!" ”
Liu Boqin explained in a good way: "Elder Tang doesn't know, this mountain is called the Two Realms Mountain, the eastern half belongs to my Tang Dynasty, and the western half is the territory of Tatar.
The wolf and tiger over there, don't say that I can't surrender, even if I can surrender, I can't cross the border, so the elder can only set off alone. ”
Tang Sanzang was frightened, and looked at the road to the west, most of them were barren mountains and mountains, and there were countless night owls screaming, and he suddenly felt a sense of choking and tragedy in his heart, so he also turned his hand and took Liu Boqin's clothes to say goodbye.
And Liu Boqin also felt the hardships and hardships of Tang Sanzang walking alone, and infinite sadness appeared on his face, and when he was about to say some words of comfort, he only heard someone shouting like thunder at the foot of the Two Realms Mountain: "Master is here?" Master is here! Ouch, don't pour wine for Lao Tzu, please bring your grandfather down! ”
Liu Boqin and Tang Sanzang were suddenly frightened by this thunder, and when they heard the shout "Master is here" carefully, they were stunned again.
At this time, the subordinates behind him said, "This must be the old ape in the stone box at the foot of the mountain." ”
Liu Boqin nodded and responded: "It's him, it's him!" That's him! ”
Tang Sanzang asked, "What kind of old ape?" ”
Liu Boqin replied: "This mountain used to be called the Five Elements Mountain, but later because of the Tang Dynasty's conquest of the Western Dingguo, it was renamed the Liangjie Mountain.
I remember that in the early years, I heard the old man say: 'When Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the sky descended on this mountain, and a divine monkey was pressed down, who was not afraid of cold and heat, did not eat and drink, and had his own earth god to imprison him, and taught him to eat iron pills and drink copper juice thirsty. From the past to the present, I will not die of hunger and cold. ’
I think it must be him. Elder Tang don't be afraid, let's go down the mountain to take a look, maybe it's a great creation. ”
Tang Sanzang had no choice but to comply, led the horse down the mountain, and walked for a few miles, only to see a monkey sandwiched between the cracks in the rocks at the foot of the mountain, with a head exposed, stretching out his hand, and waving to a few people:
"Master, you're finally here, Lao Tzu, ah no, I've been waiting for you for a long time!? Who, the land, shouldn't hurry up and invite your grandfather over!! ”
Tang Sanzang only saw a plate of wine on the side of the monkey's mouth at this time, with wine and meat on it, and a short ugly old man next to him put down his chopsticks and looked at himself.
Seeing Tang Seng looking at him puzzled, the ugly old man coughed a few times and explained to a few people: "The Tang monk is polite, the little old man is the local land, and this is the Monkey King who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago." ”
"Monkey King?! He is the Monkey King, the king of demon kings back then?! ”
After Liu Boqin and several entourages heard the words of the mountain god, their eyes flashed with inexplicable brilliance, and they looked fixedly at the monkey who was stuck by the mountain rock, only to see him with a sharp mouth and shrunken cheeks, and golden eyes. The face is full of golden hair, and from a human point of view, it is quite eyebrow-clear.
The monkey's whole body was pressed by the mountain, and his hands and feet were inconvenient, but his eyebrows were quite neat, obviously someone was taking care of the monkey every day, and it should have been done by the short ugly old man in front of him who called himself the mountain god.
And things are just as Liu Boqin and the others guessed, since Hu Rong moved out of the mountain of Sister Guanyin, the local mountain gods did not dare to send copper juice and iron pills, but instead sent good wine and food every morning, noon and evening at Hu Rong's request, and even had to add a supper at night.
And under the conscientious care of the mountain god, Hu Rong has also consolidated the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and at the same time, he has completely stored Hu Rong's ability in one mind, and secretly practiced the wonder of the little axe of the god crying.
And on this day, when Hu Rong was enjoying the filial piety of the mountain god as usual, he heard the voice of someone coming from the top of the Five Elements Mountain on his back, thinking that it should be Tang Seng's bald donkey, so he opened his mouth and called out, and successfully attracted Tang Sanzang and Liu Boqin to the bottom of the mountain.
Hu Rong walked around the land in front of him with fiery eyes, staring directly at Tang Sanzang, only to see that he had fine skin and tender flesh, a beautiful face with red lips and white teeth, and a unique elegant temperament, and he got rid of the "little fresh meat" of later generations.
Tsk, worthy of the second generation of Buddha, born so beautiful and delicate, no wonder this way to the west, the male monster caught Tang Seng to eat meat, and the female goblin caught most of them to get married.
At this time, Liu Boqin stepped forward with courage, first saluted the land, and then asked Hu Rongdao: "Grandpa Great Sage, you just told me to wait, but what do you have to say?" ”
Hu Rong shook his head, stretched out his finger and pointed at Tang Sanzang behind Liu Boqin and said, "Lao Tzu has nothing to say to you, teach my master to come up, Lao Tzu has something to say to him." ”
Hearing this, Tang Sanzang slowly walked over and asked, "Great Sage Grandpa, what do you want to say?" ”
Hu Rong smiled and said, "You should be Tang Sanzang sent by Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, right?" ”
Tang Sanzang said: "I am exactly, what are you asking for?" ”
Hu Rong explained: "The land elder has just been introduced, and the apprentice is the Monkey King who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago.
Five hundred years ago, because of a little trouble with the Buddha, he slapped him from the sky and was trapped here for 500 years.
Of course, the disciples also repented and reformed themselves for 500 years. No, a few days ago, there was a sister Guanyin, who received the will of the Buddha, and went to the East to find the scriptures.
Then when passing by the Five Elements Mountain, I saw that the disciples sincerely repented and had a fate with your Buddha, so they taught the disciples to return to Buddhism, and then protected the people who learned the scriptures of the Tang Dynasty in the east, and went to the Western Daleiyin Temple to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures.
Therefore, the apprentice is worried day and night, and he is afraid in the morning and dusk, just to wait for the master to come and save me from it, to be an apprentice with you, and to protect the master from the west. ”
When Tang Sanzang heard this, he was full of joy, looked left and right and wondered: "You have such a kind heart, and you have been taught by the Bodhisattva, and you are willing to enter my Shamen, but I have no axe and chisel, how can I save you?" ”
Hu Rong smiled and said, "Master, you don't need an axe and chisel, as long as you are willing to save the apprentice, the apprentice will naturally come out." ”
Tang Sanzang said: "Of course I want to save you, but how do you get out?" ”
Hu Rongqu pointed upwards with his hand and said, "Master, there is a golden post on the top of this Five Elements Mountain. All you have to do is go up the hill and lift it up, and I'll come out. ”
After speaking, Hu Rong turned his head and shouted at the land on the side: "Did you hear the old man of the land, why don't you hurry up and help your grandfather up the mountain?!! Dare to drop him, and kill you! ”
"Hey, hey!" Seeing that things were as Hu Rong said, there was someone to save him from the Five Elements Mountain, and he immediately believed in the great relationship between Hu Rong and Guanyin Bodhisattva, and became even more panicked and uneasy about the monkey with the background of Hu Rong, so he held the idea of "quickly send away this plague god", and led Tang Sanzang and a few people to the top of the Five Elements Mountain.