Chapter 502: The Seven Saints of Meishan
"Great Sage, please command." Li Wei arched his hand towards the Monkey King.
"My eldest brother Tongtian Great Sage is in XXXX.XXXX, and the third brother is playing Sanlang in XXXX, XXXX, you go and invite them to the Water Curtain Cave to attend the meeting." Monkey King said triumphantly, "I stole dozens of elixirs from Lao Jun in Heavenly Court, and stole dozens of pots of immortal wine from the Jade Emperor, and I want to share them with them." ”
Li Wei thought to himself, he was looking for them to fight against the heavenly soldiers together.
Well, don't think of monkeys too realistically, judging from the copy of "Chen Inspection", the brotherhood and sisterhood of Monkey King is still good.
"By the way, do you want to invite the ghost jellyfish and the iron macaque to come over?" Li Wei reminded, "Or there are the Holy Mother of Lishan, the Great Sage of the Heavens, the Seven Great Sages, the Seventy-two Cave Demon Kings or something?" ”
"My sister was caught by Shakya and put into the green oil altar, she can't come, and I don't know where she is, sister, you go quickly, don't talk nonsense." Monkey King waved his hand impatiently.
Li Wei laughed twice, he was also too whimsical.
If you can find the relatives of Monkey King in all versions, then it is called beauty.
The brothers and sisters of Monkey King, in "Chen Inspection", they are Tongtian, Qitian, Mitian, and Jellyfish.
In the miscellaneous drama "Journey to the West", there are Li Shan's old mother, jellyfish Wu Zhiqi, Tongtian, Qi Tian, and Juan Sanlang.
In "Erlang God Locks Monkey King", it is Tongtian, Qi Tian, playing Saburo, jellyfish, and sister iron-colored macaque.
In the puppet play "Three Tibetan Scriptures", the Monkey King himself is an "iron-colored macaque", and the eleven brothers are called the eleventh Yao Xingjun.
In the Ming miscellaneous drama "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea for the Jade Board", there are five sages: Qi Tian, Tongtian, Tubing the Sea, Turning the River, and Moving Mountains, all of which are male monkeys.
The author of the Journey to the West, in the face of so many versions of his brothers and sisters, gave up all of them and remade the seven brothers who were married, which is also quite bold.
The reason is very simple, because he has made innovations in the birth of monkeys, where can monkeys born of stones have brothers and sisters.
By the way, in the early stories of the monkey spirits, the monkey walker and the Monkey King both lived and grew up with heaven and earth, so they dared to claim to be Monkey King.
And if the stone monkey in "Journey to the West" is consciously counted from birth, he is only more than a thousand years old when he learns the scriptures, and he is just an ordinary goblin, he dares to call himself grandfather everywhere, and he also says that the immortals are his grandchildren, and that Elder Jinchi is his children and grandchildren, which is a bit of a braggart.
Li Wei flew while looking at the trumpet's window.
The dungeon camp is chosen by any player, so the bull demon of the trumpet appears in the heavenly realm.
I didn't see the Jade Emperor, only one immortal was commanding and debugging, and the trumpet also received a task like Li Wei, but he invited all the heavenly soldiers and generals, including Erlang God.
Easy difficulty, as long as the player can run errands or something, they can pass the level.
"What happens if you don't invite Erlang God?" Li Wei said with a smile.
However, it soon became clear that the system had also sent someone to invite soldiers.
If the player wants to earn more performance, he or she has to run fast so as not to be snatched away by the NPC to deliver the message.
But Li Wei still decided to let the trumpet stay where he was and not to deliver the letter.
In case of good luck, there is really a day when the general does not receive the letter and cannot be present, and the main number will be relaxed.
Of course, the main thing is that the two-line operation is quite tiring.
Speaking of which, in this miscellaneous drama, the person who issued the task of crusading against the demon monkey was only a great immortal, and the Jade Emperor did not come forward.
And this character named Qiantian Daxian, when he held the Xian Dan Meeting, he was working in front of the Tongming Palace, and he listened to the progress of the Dan Meeting reported by the generals from all walks of life, and knew that the Monkey King had stolen the Xian Dan Immortal Wine, and immediately dispatched 100,000 heavenly soldiers to crusade, which can be regarded as a decisive person.
As a result, in the book of Journey to the West, he became a great sage and deceived the barefoot immortal to wait in the Tongming Palace.
It's also interesting to see how the author works with the source material.
Li Wei quickly reached the first coordinates.
A monkey, flying a kite.
This monkey spirit is dressed like Monkey King, except that he has less hats.
"Your Excellency San Lang, please make my brother." Li Wei had just descended, but saw that the kite rope suddenly broke.
"Ah, my kite!" The monkey spirit cried like a child.
"Uh, can't you fly?" Li Wei said as he chased the kite.
When you get close, summon the Flying Fox Lady and use a trap to catch the kite.
Well, for such dead things, there is no need to "lure", just "catch".
It would be overkill to let such a strong subordinate catch a kite for a naïve little monkey.
"My baby!" Juggan Saburo snatched the kite and hugged it tightly.
Li Wei took a closer look at this monkey spirit, not to mention, this guy looks very similar to the trickster San Lang in the main plot.
Of course, the main thing is that the eyes and forms are so simple.
"By the way, how old are you?" Li Wei couldn't help but ask about things that had nothing to do with the task.
Juggling San Lang glanced at Li Wei and felt that this stranger was quite pleasing to the eye, so he replied: "I can't remember whether it's thousands or tens of thousands." ”
Li Wei was speechless, he was such an old monkey, and he only knew how to play.
However, as mentioned earlier, the name given by the author is derived from the Song Dynasty children's toy "Playing Sanlang".
"Do you know where your sister is? Or Lishan's old mother, seven ......" Li Wei is still not dead.
"I don't know what sisters are, it's Tongtian and Qitian who like to make friends everywhere, recognize a lot of sisters, and often change, and I also 'recognize' them too." Juggan Saburo fiddled with the kite without raising his head.
Li Wei was stunned for a moment, so it turned out to be like this.
It's no wonder that the Great Holy Family is always changing in various versions.
"Chen Inspection" tells the story of the Song Dynasty, and "Erlang Locks the Monkey King" does not know the age.
In "Journey to the West Miscellaneous Drama", the capture of monkeys by the heavenly court and the departure of Tang Seng from Chang'an occurred at the same time, that is, in the early years of Zhenguan.
In this Journey to the West, the crusade against Huaguo Mountain is more than 600 years ago, in the era of Wang Mang.
After so many years, the world is unpredictable.
It seems that the monkey spirit family is not a brother.
If it was born from one child, how could Lishan's mother be set as a monkey.
After informing the trick Saburo, Li Wei found the Great Sage again.
The Great Sage of Tongtian and the Great Sage of Monkey King, from their appearance to their clothing, are almost the same.
This is not surprising, as the two characters already intersect.
In the miscellaneous drama Journey to the West, the monkey walker who learns from the scriptures is Tongtian instead of Qitian.
In the end, the image of Monkey King in the Journey to the West is a synthesis of the characteristics of the three brothers in "Erlang God Locks Monkey King".
The boss of the great sage, once a minor official under His Royal Highness the Jade Emperor, was punished for staying in Huaguo Mountain for hundreds of years because he broke the horns of the dragon, and he also broke the top of Mount Tai and stirred the East China Sea.
The second Monkey King, pretending to be an alchemy boy stealing pills and stealing wine, came back to share with the monkeys.
The third child plays a trick, loves to do somersaults, and also calls himself Sun Xingzhi.
"Arrogant and rebellious", "cunning", "playful and lively", originally belonged to the temperament of the three monkeys, and when they are integrated into Sun Wukong, they will last for thousands of years.
"You've found it again." The Great Sage looked at Li Wei and laughed strangely.
Li Wei was stunned.
"You can't remember the main plot, right?" Li Wei suddenly said in shock.
"You can't talk nonsense." The Great Sage shrugged, "Did I just say something?" ”
Li Wei sizzled.
Now look at the Great Sage of Tongtian, and the more I look at the main plot, the more I look at it, the more similar it is.
Before, in Monkey King and Juggling Saburo, this feeling was not obvious.
Well, maybe it's psychological.
"You're so smart, or rather, you're bold." Li Wei couldn't help but sigh.
Judging from the words of the NPCs in the Nightmare Seeds such as Leng Yu Bing, these bosses do retain a certain memory, but in the main plot and dungeons, they will not show it.
Tongtian Great Sage, this rebellious aura is too obvious.
"Don't tease you, you're on my side this time? Yes, help me win this one. After speaking, the Great Sage of Tongtian took off into the air.
"This guy." Li Wei was stunned for a while.
In this scene, the monkey spirits were all in Huaguo Mountain, so the system did not arrange automatic transmission, and Li Wei had to fly back in person.
While flying, I think about the battle that waits.
"Hey, those two youkai?" Li Wei looked at the ground.
One has a monkey form, while the other has a stone-like skin.
"Monkey spirit, stone spirit? They've just arrived. Li Wei said with a smile.
In this miscellaneous drama, it was these two goblins who originally sent invitations to Monkey King.
Although it is just a trick, Journey to the West lovers may be able to find the highlights at a glance.
Stone spirit + monkey spirit, isn't it a stone monkey?
Is the author of this Journey to the West inspired by these two little demons?
"If I don't come to deliver the letter, or if my mount speed is not so fast, I have to wait for these two people to inform me, then the time for the three Monkey King brothers to gather will be relatively late, right?" Li Wei thought.
Looking at the Heavenly Court again, most of the heavenly generals have not yet arrived.
Therefore, Li Wei has already helped Huaguoshan to speed up the progress.
But what do you do with that extra time?
When he returned to the Water Curtain Cave, he saw that the three brothers were just chatting, but they didn't have any intention of worrying about the Heavenly Court's crusade, including the Great Sage of Tongtian, who now pretended not to know Li Wei.
Li Wei couldn't interject.
"Forget it, talk to that monkey." Li Wei walked to the back cave.
A monkey spirit and a toad spirit sat side by side, obviously meditating with their eyes closed, but chatting with their mouths.
"Macaque God? Can you hear me? Li Wei asked.
"You're such a big living person, why can't I hear you?" The monkey glared at Li Wei.
Well, although the attitude doesn't seem to be very good, being able to answer Li Wei already shows that Li Wei's ape favorability and monkey hair have worked.
"I heard that this cave is yours?" Li Wei tried to ask.
"Of course it's mine, it's the stupid recess of Monkey King, seeing that my flower and orchard here is spacious and bright, and beautifully maintained, he has to occupy my cave to hold a banquet, and ask me to run it for him, **** him is a ghost." The macaque god snorted.
Li Wei smiled.
In this story, the macaque god is just a gag harlequin trick and is of little use.
But in a sense, he is the great sage in the inspection of Chen, and the macaque king or six-eared macaque in Journey to the West.
The original owner of the Water Curtain Cave, I don't know if this setting has inspired the author of this Journey to the West.
"Monkey King stole the Heavenly Palace's elixir imperial wine, what do you think, don't worry that the Heavenly Soldiers will come and destroy your cave mansion?" Li Wei asked.
In the miscellaneous play, the character known as the "great god" was not mentioned during the battle.
In the quest, this macaque god was set to four grades, which was only one grade lower than Tongtian and Monkey King, which could not be ignored.
"What kind of heavenly palace, I think he is bragging, his so-called elixir and immortal wine, I don't know where to buy it from the monkey show, I was stung by the wasp essence in the mountains, took his medicine, smeared his wine, and it was not good at all." The macaque god said angrily.
Li Wei was speechless, such a precious elixir immortal wine was used by him as a wind oil essence.
Well, that's a stupid one.
"Forget it, let's settle for the second, didn't the great god take over the task of organizing the banquet, I have a few subordinates here, I can help." Li Wei sighed.
"You're willing to take this job, that's the best, well, in fact, I've already prepared a few dishes, enough to eat, you just watch it, just add some more." The macaque god nodded.
The so-called enough dishes to eat, Li Wei will definitely not be able to eat.
"Sichuan fried leprosy turtle", "fried grasshopper □in oil", "fried scorpion tiger with noodles", "shrimp toad □in sauce". The bloodworms and tendon worms in the river make soup. Scorpions and centipedes are served as snacks. There are also fire-roasted cauliflower snakes......
The miscellaneous playwright, in terms of humor and imagination, is better than the Journey to the West in a hundred times.
Li Wei took over this hidden task, and ordered Sun Erniang, Zhu Fu, Zhu Gui, Song Qing and others to get busy.
His perspective shifted to Trumpet.
At this time, the heavenly soldiers and generals finally arrived.
is different from Journey to the West, the direct commander of these 100,000 heavenly soldiers is the protagonist of this play, Erlang God.
There is Erlang God, and of course there will be the Seven Saints of Meishan.
Seeing these seven gods, Li Wei couldn't help but think of the original Journey to the West.
The Seven Sages of Meishan, of course, are seven, and almost all Taoist books and folk myths are a combination of the seven sages of Erlang God and Meishan.
However, in "Journey to the West", it is the six saints of Meishan plus Erlang God, which is counted as seven in total.
Speaking of which, no one has been able to tell the origin of the Seven Sages of Meishan, and all kinds of statements look quite similar.
Li Wei himself has summarized one, that is, the Yizhou area of Shanxi, the place where Meifu Dancheng in the Han Dynasty was called Meishan, and in the Tang Dynasty, six emperors were enshrined together to build the "Seven Holy Palaces".
Therefore, the "6+1" combination has also existed.
Six saints are six saints, the key hundred times in this Journey to the West, there is another mistake, that is, the six people in Meishan are given surnames.
In fact, in the simplified book of Journey to the West, it is written that Erlang God "called the six Meishan brothers, and the four captains of Kang, Zhang, Yao, and Li, and the two generals Guo Jia and Zhijian......"
And the Journey to the West is written as "yes".
So in the ancestral book shared by the simplified version and the hundred return books, did Erlang God bring twelve subordinates, or only the "Six Friends of Meishan".
This problem can be understood from the original version of "Erlang God Locks Monkey King".
In addition to the Seven Sages of Meishan standing beside Erlang God, there is also a mighty general "Guo Yazhi"——
(To be continued.) )