Chapter 2 2, the monkey under the Five Elements Mountain
The road to the west is like a lazy woman's footcloth, smelly and long, in "Journey to the West", Tang Seng swore to Li Shimin that he would go to the west to learn scriptures for three years before returning to the court, but he was slapped in the face.
Under the protection of the Monkey King Zhu Bajie Sha monk Xiaobailong, it took him a full fourteen years to get the true scriptures, not to mention that he went on the road alone and faced the ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulties set by various demons and monsters on the long journey to the west.
Ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulty, Buddhism in order to build momentum for its own Buddhist scriptures, the whole ninety-nine-eighty-one difficulties, showing that the Buddhist scriptures are not easy to come by, and hope that the world will cherish them, and at the same time, by the way, he will gild his own disciple Tang Seng and teach him to enjoy the admiration of the world and return to the Buddhist system.
Therefore, in Hu Rong's view, "Journey to the West" is full of exposing the shamelessness and hypocrisy of Buddhism, and exhausting the organs is to let the Buddhist scriptures spread to the East.
Otherwise, with a common man like Tang Seng, he was high-spirited when he came out of the Tang Dynasty, but he encountered the Waterloo of life as soon as he walked to the Two Realms Mountain, if it weren't for his previous life as the second disciple of Rulai, with the blessing of Buddhism and the protection of Taoism, I am afraid that he would have been eaten by the tiger who did not have long eyes.
And the so-called Tang Seng's bizarre life experience, Li Shimin was entangled by ghosts, in order to spell out the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulty, he didn't talk about it, and even made up the anecdote of "eating Tang Seng's meat to live forever" to attract some unknown demons in the wild.
All this is the marketing method of Buddhism, adding a few gimmicks to the protagonist to attract the attention of the world, and then dissolving demons and eliminating demons in various ways, so as to teach the world the power of Buddhism.
Therefore, throughout "Journey to the West", all the tribulations are self-inflicted, but it is a pity that the sacrificed monsters - as analyzed by experts in later generations, the monsters with backgrounds have been taken away!
The evil they did when they descended to earth was gone, and the individual demons were killed cleanly, without taking a cloud with them.
At first, "Journey to the West" Sun Wukong couldn't see through, and he didn't do his best to take the lead along the way, but after the battle of the six-eared macaque, he suddenly realized that all this was just a game!
So when Sun Wukong was in distress in the future, he could call a helper if he could call a helper, and Tang Seng would always be safe and sound anyway.
As an important minister of the Heavenly Court, Zhu Bajie vaguely understood the routine of Journey to the West, so he secretly played tricks along the way, and did not care at all in the face of Sun Dasheng's bullying, and even laughed at the monkey's thanklessness, because he knew that the entire Journey to the West team only needed to entrap Tang Seng alone.
As for Monk Sha, this is a low-level civil servant who rolls the curtain of the heavenly court, and he has to be punished every day if he makes a mistake, and he can get a Buddhist establishment in the Journey to the West Da Lei Yin Temple with the gold-plated team!
After all, in his eyes, learning from the West is a piece of happiness, so along the way, he was honest, carrying burdens to feed horses, chopping firewood and traveling around the world to work hard and complain, and there was no violence in the quicksand river.
Finally, there is Little White Dragon, many people don't put him in the Journey to the West master and apprentice foursome, thinking that he is just a mount, but in fact, Little White Dragon is really a disciple of Tang Seng.
It's just that his status is equivalent to a registered disciple, so although Xiao Bailong started earlier than Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, his achievements are the lowest in the Journey to the West team.
So, what should I do now, the Monkey King?
Sister Guanyin has already seen it, and Tang Seng is also coming soon, she really wants to send Tang Seng to the west to learn scriptures in the name of her senior brother, and then be crowned a fight to defeat the monkey?
No.
Hu Rong refused with all his heart, especially when Hu Rong was dedicated to the Tao in his previous life, he was not interested in the position of fighting the monkey given by Buddhism at all! So what do you do now?
Just as Hu Rong was thinking wildly, a burst of white mist emerged from the soil in front of him, and then a little old man with a figure of no more than three feet and an ugly face like the bark of a tsubaki tree appeared, holding a wooden cane in one hand and a wooden plate in the other, and said to Hu Rong with a smile: "Great Sage, it's time to eat!" ”
This...... Is it the Lord of the Land? What is he doing here?
Hu Rong looked at the bowl of copper juice and a few iron pills on the wooden plate, thinking back to the five hundred years he had been eating these things, no wonder Sun Wukong escaped from the Five Elements Mountain, and even the black bear spirit could not help it with the shackles of mana, he was immediately annoyed, and shouted with his teeth: "Get out!" ”
"Huh?" , The land was stunned for a moment, I don't know why this monkey has such a big temper today, he came to Hu Rong with a wooden plate, and said with a sneer: "Great Sage, are you hungry?" You see, I have already brought the copper juice and iron pills that the Buddha commanded. ”
"Get out of the way!" , Hu Rong turned his head in disgust and said: "Land, Lao Tzu thank you family, take this away, and don't send it to me in the future!" ”
"However, this is what the Buddha ordered, and the little god does not dare to disobey." , The land hesitated for a moment, and then asked carefully: "Great Sage, or the little god feeds you?" ”
I'll feed you a bloody face!
As soon as Hu Rong heard the words of the land, he immediately laughed angrily, waved his exposed hand and said to the land: "Old man of the land, put the plate here, please go back." ”
"Great Sage, but the Buddha ordered me to supervise you to eat......"
"Lao Tzu supervises you with a bloody face!" , Hu Rong couldn't help it and wanted to scold the shamelessness of Buddhism and the weakness of the land lord, but the words stopped again.
After thinking about it, he still felt that he was still an honest monkey before he escaped from the Five Elements Mountain, so he held back his anger and said: "Old man of the land, Sister Guanyin came to the Five Elements Mountain today, do you know what she is here to do?" ”
"This ...... The little god doesn't know ......", the land heard Hu Rong call Guanyin Bodhisattva his sister, and his heart was shocked, but he didn't say anything.
Because he did feel the Dharma frame of Guanyin Bodhisattva today, but because of his humble status, he didn't dare to show his face at all, so he had already run far away, but in his heart he began to doubt the relationship between the monkey and Guanyin Bodhisattva.
"Oh!" , Hu Rong saw that the face of the land was a little strange, and knew that the land had been frightened by his voice of "Sister Guanyin", and continued in his heart with pride: "There is nothing else to do, just tell Lao Tzu that the five-hundred-year sentence has passed, and Lao Tzu is about to come out from the Five Elements Mountain!" ”
"Huh?!" When the land heard this, he was startled, and the wooden plate in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang", and he was so frightened that he hurriedly leaned down to pick up the wooden plate iron pills, and muttered again and again in his mouth: "The little god sues the little god." ”
Scold? It seems that I don't have to eat iron lumps today!
Hu Rong smiled proudly, and hit the railroad while it was hot: "Old man of the land, do you know what is the reason why Sister Guanyin let me out?" ”
The land stopped his movements, looked at Hu Rong and said with a wry smile: "Great Sage, don't embarrass the little god anymore, these things are not something I can inquire about, so the great sage don't say anything to the little god again." ”
"Oh. But I still have to warn you, don't send the copper juice and iron pills in the future! I don't eat it! As for why, please contact Sister Guanyin of Putuo Mountain in the South China Sea directly! ”。
Hu Rong stretched out his hand and groped his furry chin and said, "However, if the old man of the land has a heart, he can send me some delicious wine, food, vegetables and fruits in season." ”
"This ......", the land hesitated again, but seeing that Hu Rong's face was not good-looking, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva, thinking that although he was instructed by the Buddha to supervise the monkey to eat copper juice and iron pills.
But now that Guanyin Bodhisattva has exempted the monkey from punishment in person from the Five Elements Mountain, it must have been the meaning of the Buddha, so he made a decision in his heart, nodded to Hu Rong and said:
"Since the great sage is unwilling to eat and drink these copper juice and iron pills, and has received the decree of Guanyin Master, the little god should also obey it. It's just that the little god has something unclear, and he asks the great sage to solve his doubts. ”
"What's the matter? Come on! Hu Rong was also happy that he didn't have to gnaw on iron pills and drink copper juice, and asked eagerly.
"Since Master Guanyin personally exempted the Great Sage from punishment, why didn't he release the Great Sage from the foot of the Five Elements Mountain??"