Chapter 40: Short Matsuoka
But it was said that Wukong and the others were hungry and thirsty, so Xiaoxing stayed overnight, all the way to the west, and walked more than 200 miles.
One day, when I walked into a wilderness, I suddenly saw the dust in front of me, covering the sky and the sun, and faintly, there was the sound of people shouting and neighing.
When everyone was surprised, they saw a big man coming out of the dust, panicked and rushed over!
In a blink of an eye, the big man approached, and shouted at Wukong and the others: "Hey, I said that the walker, don't run quickly, wait for the knife!"
Wukong looked intently and saw that the big man was unkempt, with a green beard all over his face, his eyes were round, he was wearing a gray cloth robe, and he was carrying a load of firewood on his shoulders, which turned out to be a woodcutter.
Wukong arched his hand, "Brother woodcutter, we are from the west, I don't know what happened ahead?"
"What's the matter?" the woodcutter shouted: "The two armies are fighting, do you know? Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande are fighting for territory, and the road to the west is impassable, so turn around and go back quickly!"
"Fighting......" Fan Feng exclaimed on the side: "That group of masters, why don't we wait a few days before leaving?"
"Wait a few days, wait a year in vain, Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande are fighting a decisive battle this time, and they can't be finished in three or five years!" the big man glared and roared.
Wukong frowned when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "This big brother, we have something important to go west, I don't know if we can detour here?"
"Is there something important?" the big man was slightly taken aback when he heard this, "If you want to insist on going west, there is a sheep intestine trail that can be bypassed! It's just that the mountain road is rugged and bumpy, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk!"
"I can go, I can go!" Wukong's eyes lit up when he heard this, "I have been wandering all over the world for many years, and I am used to walking...... It's just that the road is unfamiliar, I wonder if the woodcutter can guide us on a ride?"
"Lead the way for you?" the big man looked displeased, "Let's meet in the water, it stands to reason that I shouldn't care about this idle business!, but I'm a warm-hearted person...... I don't look like you are rich, but I can't help you in vain...... Well, when we get to the mountains and forests, how about you chop a few loads of firewood for me?"
"That's great!" Wukong hurriedly bowed his hand, "I'm worried about how to repay you!"
"Then you come with me!" The big man walked like a fly, leading the way, and Wukong and the others followed closely, walking about ten miles to the northwest and coming to a dense pine forest.
The woodcutter argued the way, and followed a winding path into the woods, and the men followed!
Look around, there are towering ancient trees everywhere, the dead grass under your feet, the trees are sloping, and the dense pine needles only leave a little mark on the sun. Although it is noon, it is like dusk, and from time to time a few strange birds "quack" startled, which is creepy!
What's worse is that there is no way in front of you!
Wukong hurriedly stepped forward and patted the big man's left shoulder, and said hurriedly: "Brother woodcutter, stay and stay, there is no way ahead, are you going wrong?"
"Wrong?hahaha......" The woodcutter looked up to the sky and laughed, slammed the burden on his shoulders to the ground, twisted around and bared his teeth at Wukong, "Monkey head, you have no way to go, stay in the Confucius Temple, it's okay to go to Chang'an! Listen to my kind words and persuade you, hurry back the way you came, otherwise, you come and ......."
"What do I think you can do?" Wukong suddenly became angry and grabbed the big man by the collar.
The big man didn't resist, just "hehe" and smiled, stretched out his hand to wipe his face, but saw that the seven orifices were bleeding, the skin and flesh were eroding, and instantly turned into a skeleton, and then, with the wind, turned into flying ashes with a "poof"!
"Plop, plop, plop, plop ......" Qiushui, Little Dumb and the other four people behind Wukong were so frightened that their legs weakened and they fell to the ground one after another!
Wukong was also frightened enough! After a long time, he calmed down a little, and sneered: "Brothers, don't be surprised, the trees here are dense and the forests are deep, and the people are inaccessible, but the mountain ghosts are just monsters! My brothers are full of righteousness, and there are three yang fire guards on the top of their heads and shoulders, I am afraid that he will do something terrible!"
"Swarm...... Lord, I don't ...... I'm afraid of ghosts, I'm afraid of me...... We can't ...... This deep ...... Mountains and old forests!" the little mute said tremblingly.
When everyone heard the little mute say this, they all looked around, but when they saw it, they saw that there was no way to do it......
"Brothers, don't panic, if we walk in one direction, we will definitely be able to get out of the woods!" said Goku, leading the way, and everyone followed. The feasible road is difficult, and I have only walked for half an hour, and I am so tired that my legs are filled with lead, and my whole body is sweating!
"Let's rest for a while!" Goku stopped and brushed the damp messy hair on his forehead!
Huh? Everyone suddenly found that the surrounding environment was very familiar, and what was thrown on the ground was not the load of dry firewood left by the woodcutter? It turned out that everyone tossed for a long time, and then returned to the same place like a ghost!
"Damn, it's a circle, try it this way!" Wukong was so anxious that his face was red, and he led everyone in another direction, only to return to the same place again!
If this is the case four times, everyone will be exhausted and have nothing to do!
Everyone sat on the ground, silent, only the sound of wheezing one after another!
After a while, it was dark. Gradually, there was no one on the other side, and it was difficult to see the fingers when I stretched out my hand! In this way, the already terrifying primeval forest seemed even more gloomy and terrifying!
"Alas, I knew that this was the case, so I might as well stay in the Confucius Temple!" Fan Feng was frustrated, and his words were full of resentment.
"Stay in the husband...... The sub-temple is waiting...... Die! the dragon ...... The Heavens Come to Find ...... How can you ...... What can you do?" the little mute seemed a little angry, "Hey, I said fan...... Wind, this ...... In the afternoon, you say...... How much ...... is leaked Angry talk?"
"The little mute is right, this kid knows how to drag his feet!" Hang Dare also yelled loudly.
"You two are moving forward, aren't you waiting for death now?" said Fan Feng angrily!
"Don't make any noise! We won't wait here to die! I seem to have found a way out!" Qiushui suddenly stood up and said, "Brother Shan, for some reason, I can see it more clearly than during the day, I really see a way out, everyone join hands and follow me!"
When everyone heard this, their spirits were lifted, and they hurriedly held hands and followed Qiushui suspiciously, all the way!
Before we knew it, we had walked all night! When the day was getting brighter, we saw a hill in front of them. There are some dwarf old pines growing sparsely on the mountain, and there is a stone tablet under the mountain, on which three big characters are written: short pine gang.
Everyone looked back and was pleasantly surprised to find that they had walked out of the primeval forest!
"Qiushui, it's really thanks to you, otherwise we would all be trapped in the deep mountains and old forests!" Wukong was uneasy and breathed a sigh of relief!
"Autumn ...... Water, you are so ...... Okay, this time...... You have a special ...... It's a different function, how are you ...... Seeing the ...... "The little mute was a little puzzled, and his curiosity was aroused!
"Actually, I don't see any way out!" Qiushui said with a slight change of color, "I just saw a person, a person's soul to be exact. I saw her smiling and waving at me, motioning for me to come with her, and we came out!"
"Really, have you ever known us with the spirits you saw?"
"Brother Shan, that soul is too familiar with us! She is Mrs. Ma who died in front of the Dragon King Temple!" Qiu Shui said and looked around, suddenly stretched out his hand, and said with some excitement: "Brother Shan, look, there is a new tomb over there, and Mrs. Ma disappeared there!"
Following the direction of Qiushui's finger, Wukong found that in the hill ring under the short pine hill, in the open space next to an old pine, there was a tall paper money tomb standing alone!
Everyone came to the front, only to see a few big characters engraved on the newly erected tombstone: the tomb of the mother-in-law Ma, and a line of small letters was engraved on the left: The eighteenth prince of the unfilial son-in-law and his wife Xiugu wept blood and stood up.
When Wukong and the others saw it, they were all shocked! Isn't the Eighteen Princes the greedy and treacherous crooked nose Daoist with his wife...... It seems that Xiu Gu is still alive, but how could she marry the crooked nose Dao man, and when did they come here?
Everyone was puzzled for a while, as if falling into a fog for ten miles......
"Alas, I think that day, my uncle died, and I can't care about Aunt Xiu and Mrs. Ma, and I don't want to see each other here today!" Wukong stared at the tombstone blankly, and said abruptly: "Mrs. Ma, your old man's heroic spirit is above, although he is separated from us by yin and yang, he can still lend a helping hand and help us get out of trouble, I am really grateful and unrequited, please accept my wait!"
Wukong said and bowed, and everyone knelt down in front of Mrs. Ma's grave!
Suddenly, a cheerful and playful suona sound came, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned! Listen carefully, the suona sound is sometimes bright, sometimes dim, sometimes melodious, sometimes short, like a hundred birds contending, very pleasant!
"Leader, brothers, listen...... This is the homing of the finches...... This is the eagle spreading its wings...... This is the cuckoo crying blood......" Fan Feng pricked up his ears and said thoughtfully: "This tune...... This song is called Hundred Birds and Phoenix, I heard it when I was a child, and when a rich family married a daughter-in-law, I asked a suona craftsman to blow it...... Ahh
Fan Feng's face suddenly changed greatly, and he jumped up and bypassed the mountain ring in three or two steps. Leaning on the stone monument and looking up, I saw a long procession of relatives slowly climbing up the hill!
Wukong and the others also came over curiously to take a look, but saw that a few suona craftsmen in front of the team were shaking their heads and blowing while walking, and a few big men in the middle carried an eight-lift sedan chair wrapped in red silk. The bride in the sedan chair doesn't seem to be very honest, and the sedan chair swayed left and right, tossing and turning several sedan chair drivers staggering, embarrassed!
There are more than a dozen small old people walking in front of and behind the sedan chair, and one of them is nodding his head and saying something to the bride's sedan chair......
"Brother Shan, the little old man next to the sedan chair we have seen in the Dragon King Temple, he is ...... The apprentice of the crooked nose Taoist is evergreen!" The autumn sailor set up a pergola and exclaimed: "Isn't the bride in the sedan chair Xiugu......