Chapter 4: The Shackles of Fate

When Tang Seng set off from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, he once made a grand wish that he would not return to the Tang Dynasty without obtaining the Mahayana scriptures.

Along the way, you should see the Buddha and worship the Buddha, and see the temple and sweep the temple.

Whether it is Guanyin Zen Temple or this small Leiyin Temple, it is the catastrophe that Tang monks and apprentices must go through.

At this time, Lu Fengqiu's magic eyes had already seen Tang Seng and his apprentice.

The Tang monks in this world are still pious, and have a heart of great wisdom and courage to help the world.

At this time, Tang monk and apprentice walked to the front of Xiaoleiyin Temple.

Zhu Bajie looked at the plaque and laughed: "Master, Master, we have arrived, we have arrived at Leiyin Temple!" ”

Tang Seng looked at the plaque of the Leiyin Temple, and was also happy, and said: "This is really the Leiyin Temple!" ”

Sun Wukong looked at the plaque of the Little Leiyin Temple, and said helplessly: "Master, you have to see clearly, this is the Little Leiyin Temple, not the Big Leiyin Temple!" ”

"Bajie, have you ever heard of the existence of a small Lei Yin Temple in the Three Realms?"

Sun Wukong turned his head to a plate of Zhu Bajie and asked.

Zhu Bajie smashed his mouth, waved his arm, and said: "Of course not, but since it is the Little Leiyin Temple, it must have something to do with the Big Leiyin Temple!" ”

"Maybe the Buddha just replaced the Big Leiyin Temple with the Little Leiyin Temple, as long as it's the Leiyin Temple?"

"Brother Monkey, let's go in quickly, maybe we can have a full meal after we go in, I've been hungry for a long time!"

Sun Wukong frowned, only to feel that something was not quite right with this little Leiyin Temple, but what was wrong, he couldn't say anything.

Because this small Leiyin Temple has no demonic energy, the Buddha's light is very pure, and it is not worse than the big Leiyin Temple.

Tang Seng on the side looked at the plaque of Xiaoleiyin Temple with a reverent face, and said: "Where the light of the Buddha shines, it must be a place where the Dharma is profound." ”

"Whether it is the Great Leiyin Temple or the Little Leiyin Temple, it must be the place where the Buddha and Bodhisattva live."

"The so-called Buddha has scriptures, there is no way and no treasure, let's go in and see which Buddha and Bodhisattva are here!"

Sun Wukong stopped on the side and said, "Master, it's better not to go in, it's too weird here." ”

Tang Seng said: "As a teacher, he is a person in Buddhism, and when he meets the Buddha and worships the Buddha, how can he pass the treasure temple and not enter?" ”

Sun Wukong's dissuasion was ineffective, so the group went to the temple.

……

The four masters and apprentices entered the temple, only to see the monks and arhats and Bodhisattvas in the temple, abounding.

Soon, they came to Lu Fengqiu's face.

Looking at the tall Buddha with a golden body, and the Bodhisattva Venerables around him.

Zhu Bajie said happily on the side: "Master, Master, it's really Leiyin Temple!" ”

"Look, isn't that Guanyin Bodhisattva?"

"Buddha, Buddha is also there!"

Tang Seng immediately bowed to the ground, folded his hands, and said reverently: "Disciple Tang Xuanzang to meet the Buddha!" ”

Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng also bowed to the ground and said in unison: "Meet the Buddha!" ”

Only Sun Wukong was still standing in place, looking at Lu Fengqiu with a puzzled expression, and said to Lu Fengqiu: "If you come to the Buddha, my grandson and you haven't seen each other for five hundred years, how can I see that you are a little different from five hundred years ago!" ”

Lu Fengqiu smiled slightly and said, "How is it different?" ”

The golden light flashed in Sun Wukong's eyes, and he looked at Lu Fengqiu with fiery eyes, but he found that there was no change.

Sun Wukong said: "Five hundred years ago, when the Buddha suppressed my old grandson, he was not this kind and kind-hearted. ”

Lu Fengqiu said: "Sun Wukong, you are arranging Rulai behind your back, aren't you afraid that Rulai will be guilty of you?" ”

Sun Wukong's face showed a look of joy, and said: "Heh, in this way, you don't confess yourself, you are not the Buddha, who are you!" ”

"Why are you pretending to be the Buddha here!"

Lu Fengqiu generously admitted and said, "The deity is indeed not the Buddha. ”

When the words fell, Lu Fengqiu's changed image disappeared, but changed into the appearance of a gibbon monkey.

And the surrounding environment has also changed, changing into a ruined temple.

All the bhikshus, arhats, bodhisattvas, disappeared.

Only the Guanyin Bodhisattva who has changed from the King of Yellow Eyebrows is still there.

When Tang Seng and his apprentices saw this scene, they immediately stood up from the ground.

Sun Wukong shouted: "Who are you!" ”

Lu Fengqiu said: "Take the sun and the moon, shrink thousands of mountains, distinguish the blame, Qiankun Mo, and gibbon." ”

"In my previous life, I was a monkey general, and my temple was destroyed because of you, so I came to you Sun Wukong to ask for an explanation."

Sun Wukong sneered: "Heh, who should I be, it turned out to be a gibbon monkey, no wonder my old grandson's fiery eyes can't see your changes." ”

"How do you want an explanation?"

At this time, Sha Wujing on the side hurriedly said: "It turns out that you are the Divine Monkey General, the Divine Monkey General, you misunderstood......

Sun Wukong directly interrupted Sha Wujing's words and said, "Senior Brother Sha, why bother talking nonsense with him, what more explanations." ”

"My old grandson is not afraid of heaven and earth, you gibbon monkey wants to find trouble with my old grandson, I don't know if I have enough ability!"

is also a monkey, Sun Wukong has greater arrogance than ordinary monkeys, what about gibbon monkeys?

When he was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he hadn't heard of any gibbons.

When Lu Fengqiu heard this, he smiled and said: "Sun Wukong, you are not afraid of heaven and earth, and you have not been pressed by Rulai for five hundred years. ”

"If you weren't the chosen monkey, do you think you'd still be alive until now?"

Sun Wukong said: "What do you want?" ”

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "I don't want to do anything, I just want you to suffer some hardships and let you survive this calamity." ”

At this time, I only heard Tang Seng hurriedly say: "Gibbon monkey donor, there is a misunderstanding in this." ”

"The Pavilion of the Divine Monkey General was not demolished by Wukong, but those villagers who made their own decisions and wanted to get benefits from Wukong, so they demolished the General's pavilion and rebuilt it into the Great Sage Pavilion."

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "Sanzang, I already know the reason for this. ”

When Tang Seng heard this, he was stunned and said, "Then why does the donor still want to trouble Wukong?" ”

Lu Fengqiu said: "Because this is a calamity, this is the calamity of the four of your masters and apprentices." ”

"Ninety-nine eighty-one is difficult, and one difficulty is indispensable."

"Even if I don't come to embarrass you, you have to make up for this calamity."

When Tang Seng heard this, he sighed slightly, put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk spontaneously made a great vow to obtain the Mahayana scriptures, and he is already not afraid of any difficulties and obstacles. ”

"Gibbon donor, thank you for telling me the truth."

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that I'm here to eat Tang monk's meat?" ”

Tang Seng shook his head and said, "From the eyes of the donor, the poor monk didn't see half of greed, nor did he see half of malice. ”

"The donor is open-minded, and he must be a monkey who has cultivated great powers."

"Besides, since the donor was a monkey general in his previous life, he will definitely not be a demon who does evil."

Lu Fengqiu laughed and said, "Sanzang, you are still so persistent and so serious. ”

When Tang Seng heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "The donor has seen a poor monk before? ”

Lu Fengqiu smiled, did not answer Tang Seng's question, but continued to say to Sun Wukong: "Sun Wukong, although you didn't kill Beren, Boren died because of you. ”

"You really won't bow your head?"

Sun Wukong sneered and said, "What does it have to do with my grandson, why does my grandson bow to you?" ”

Lu Fengqiu raised his hand, a statue appeared in his hand, and said, "You don't have to apologize to me, but you have to apologize to her." ”

Zhu Bajie said on the side: "Ah, senior brother, it's the statue of the finch fairy, it turns out that you and the old pig are also fellow citizens." ”

"Senior brother, you just bow your head and admit your mistake, what's the matter, the gibbon monkey is still very talkative."

"Oh~~ Right, gibbon."

As he spoke, Zhu Bajie squeezed his eyebrows at Lu Fengqiu, and said with a smile.

Lu Fengqiu looked at Zhu Bajie's coquettish face, and couldn't help but secretly say: "Zhu Bajie's thousand-life love tribulation is also very interesting, this pig is really dead." ”

Sun Wukong crossed his arms on the side and said, "Why should I bow my head?" ”

Sun Wukong looked arrogant, he had already made up his mind that he couldn't bow his head to Lu Fengqiu.

At this time, Lu Fengqiu smiled slightly and said, "Sun Wukong, it doesn't matter if you refuse to bow to me, but if you don't apologize to the Bird Fairy, then you won't be able to get out of this little Leiyin Temple today." ”

Sun Wukong said: "If you have any ability, show it!" ”

"Will my grandson be afraid of you?"

Tang Seng shook his head slightly on the side and said, "Wukong, you are competitive again." ”

Zhu Bajie pouted and said: "That's it, more things are better than less things, things that can be solved very quickly, they have to be big." ”

Sun Wukong glared at Zhu Bajie and said, "Dead fat pig, what are you talking about!" ”

At this time, Lu Fengqiu smiled and said: "Sun Wukong, your ability is not as good as Erer in my eyes, since you are so hard-mouthed, then I have to be polite." ”

As he spoke, Lu Fengqiu raised his hand, and the golden cymbal appeared directly in the broken temple.

"Sun Wukong, if you can get out of this golden cymbal, then this calamity will be considered as if you have passed."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he waved the golden hoop stick in his hand and smashed it towards the golden cymbal, and sneered: "Look at my old grandson to smash your tattered golden cymbal first!" ”

The next moment, Sun Wukong found that his body was completely immobile, and his mana seemed to be imprisoned.

"Senior brother, send him in."

When the King of Yellow Eyebrows on the side heard this, he immediately walked behind Sun Wukong with a smile.

The golden cymbal was already open, like a monster with a big mouth open.

At this time, I only heard Sun Wukong shouting: "Hey! Bajie, Senior Brother Sha, you guys! ”

Zhu Bajie said: "Dead monkey, don't scream, we can't move, it's all your fault, it's good if you admit your mistake, and now you have to suffer!" ”

The next moment, King Huangmei kicked Sun Wukong's ass and directly kicked Sun Wukong into the golden cymbal.

Sun Wukong, who entered the golden cymbal, found that his whole body could move again, jumping up and down in it, smashing it around with a golden hoop stick, but he found that he couldn't smash the golden cymbal at all.

Sun Wukong was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "How can this gibbon monkey have such a big ability, my old grandson has not made a move, and he has already restrained him." ”

"This kind of supernatural power is too weird!"

Sun Wukong knew that he was running into an iron plate now, and he immediately shouted in the golden cymbal: "Gibbon monkey, I admit my mistake, I apologize to you, you let me out!" ”

Lu Fengqiu smiled, this dead monkey really saw that the situation was wrong, so he changed his words.

Lu Fengqiu only said: "It's too late now, you can figure out your own way, come out of the golden cymbal, this calamity will be considered to be yours." ”

When Sun Wukong heard this, he said, "Can I find someone to help?" ”

Lu Fengqiu said: "You are free." ”

Sun Wukong said: "Gibbon monkey, don't be ignorant, it's almost enough, if I find someone to help, I will go to the immortal Buddha of the Heavenly Court Buddha Realm, and when the time comes, you will be miserable!" ”

"For everyone's sake, you let me go, everyone shook hands and made peace, how about it!"

Lu Fengqiu smiled: "It's not good! ”

Sun Wukong said: "Gibbon monkey, you are half immortal and half Buddha, it is not easy to practice, why bother to get along with yourself." ”

"If you alarm Maitreya Buddha, Maitreya Buddha will definitely punish you, if you cut off your immortal book because of this, so that you can't become a Buddha, it will be too unworthy."

Lu Fengqiu said: "I am no longer a disciple of the Buddha realm, I am not an immortal, nor a Buddha, nor a monster. ”

"Let me roam in the Three Realms, even if you come, the Jade Emperor, you don't dare to do anything to me."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he secretly said: "This dead monkey is actually more arrogant than my old grandson!" ”

Immediately said: "Gibbon monkey, my grandson had the same idea as you five hundred years ago, but I was not finally pressed under the Five Elements Mountain by Rulai for five hundred years. ”

"You have to know what to do!"

Lu Fengqiu said: "Sun Wukong, you don't need to bother talking any more, I won't let you out." ”

Sun Wukong was drumming in the golden cymbal for a long time, and when he heard that Lu Fengqiu didn't eat the oil and salt, he had to shout outside:

"Master, I'm going to find someone to help, this golden bowl can't be opened from the inside, be careful."

"Gibbon monkey, if you dare to hurt my master and junior brother, my grandson will definitely not spare you!"

After that, I saw the golden cymbal flying directly towards the outside of the broken temple.

……

Tang Seng watched Jin Cheng fly away, and held his hand towards Lu Fengqiu and said, "Gibbon donor, why do you want to be like this?" Don't you want to become a Buddha? ”

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "Sanzang, do you think that the things in the world have already been predestined, or did they happen randomly. ”

When Tang Seng heard this, although he didn't know why Lu Fengqiu asked this, he still replied: "Of course it's the latter." ”

Lu Fengqiu said again: "Sanzang, do you believe in fate? ”

Tang Seng frowned and said suspiciously: "Fate? ”

Lu Fengqiu nodded and said, "A person's fate is already predestined from the time he is born, and no matter how he changes, he can't get rid of that ultimate fate. ”

Tang Seng thought for a while, shook his head and said, "How come? We live in the world, and every choice we make is our own making, so what does it have to do with fate? ”

Lu Fengqiu shook his head slightly, and said: "I, the gibbon monkey is dedicated to goodness, and since I have practiced, I have done good deeds and accumulated virtues, and I have practiced for more than ten lifetimes before I became a half-immortal and half-Buddha, and I dare not make a mistake, and every step is like walking on thin ice." ”

"Although I am a disciple of Maitreya Buddha, I don't know when I will become a Buddha and get rid of the identity of a half-immortal and half-Buddha."

"Although I am the same monkey as Sun Wukong, he made trouble in the heavenly palace five hundred years ago, disturbed the underworld, and was known as the Monkey King, but he was only suppressed by Rulai for five hundred years, and he can still become a scripture learner."

"Ninety-nine eighty-one is difficult, journey to the west to learn scriptures, once the scriptures are over, Sun Wukong is destined to become a Buddha and is destined to achieve positive results."

"And me? I have worked hard for more than ten lifetimes, what have I gained? ”

"Half immortal, half Buddha?"

"Is it really murder and arson, the gold belt, the bridge and pave the road without corpses?"

"Is this the fate of my gibbon?"

"Maybe it's fate?"

Lu Fengqiu expounded on the voice of the gibbon monkey, and it was also the personal feeling that he realized in this incarnate body.

Without the cold to the bone, where can the plum blossom fragrance.

Lu Fengqiu felt helplessness from the gibbon monkey, the shackles of fate, not only imprisoned him, but also all sentient beings.