Sun Wukong ate and drank at Li Xiang's place, rested for another night, and the next day Li Xiang took him around Thorn Ridge. It's a pity that Thorn Ridge is a poor mountain and remote area, and there is no good scenery at all. Sun Wukong couldn't help but say: "Old tree, your place is too poor, far worse than my Huaguo Mountain." ”

Li Xiang took the opportunity to say: "Brother Monkey, I have heard for a long time that your Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave is a blessed land with a few caves in heaven and earth, and the little brother has not seen it yet, why don't you take me to see it?" If it's really good, I'll want to stay with you a little longer. ”

Sun Wukong did not doubt that he had him, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say, I'll let you see and see, what is a blessed earth." Let's go! ”

Li Xiang instructed Danyang and Gui Yao to guard the gate, and he followed Sun Wukong to drive the clouds and fog to Huaguo Mountain. It's just that Sun Wukong forgot that he was arrested in the upper realm back then, and Huaguo Mountain was also burned by Erlang God. In the past, the mountains were full of fruit trees, but now there are only ruins and broken walls, and the ground is full of ashes.

Seeing this scene, Sun Wukong's heart ached so much that he almost burst into tears. At this time, seven or eight little monkeys suddenly jumped out of a hidden hollow, rushed up, came to Sun Wukong and kowtowed, and happily welcomed Sun Wukong home. Sun Wukong asked carefully and knew that after he was arrested, these monkeys and monkeys were also extremely miserable. The original 47,000 demons were first burned to death by Erlang God, and after the fire was extinguished, because there were no fruit trees, the remaining monkeys had no food, and half of the monkeys could only run elsewhere to make a living. The monkeys left here, because they had no support, countless hunters flocked to catch the monkeys for money, and they caught half of them. Now the monkeys on Huaguo Mountain. There is not much left.

Sun Wukong was furious when he heard this, and immediately gathered the remaining monkeys. Prepare to deal with those hunters who dare to come to Huaguo Mountain to catch monkeys. Li Xiang knew that this monkey was ruthless, as long as he made a move. Those hunters must be dead or alive. Although Li Xiang is also a monster now, he still can't watch so many people being killed in front of him, so he advised: "Brother Monkey, it's easy to kill these hunters, but I don't think it's appropriate." ”

Sun Wukong said in an unkind tone: "Old tree, isn't it like that monk, persuading me not to kill?" If that's the case, I can't leave you in this Huaguo Mountain! ”

Li Xiang said: "Brother Monkey, I want to persuade you to hurt a lot of lives. But it's not just about doing good deeds. Didn't those monkeys just say that many monkeys did not die after being caught by Orion, but taught them to do somersaults, erect dragonflies, and jump circles on the street, don't you want to save them back? It's easy to kill those hunters, but what good is it to kill them other than to make your heart happy? It's better to catch them all, and then let their families get those captured monkeys back and exchange them, five monkeys for one person. In this way, more or less monkeys and monkeys can be saved. Isn't it beautiful? ”

Sun Wukong scratched his furry monkey head and said, "What you said is not unreasonable, but why bother so much? Wouldn't it be convenient for me to go and have children? ”

Li Xiang smiled: "Brother Monkey." Those monkeys that were captured were sold everywhere, everywhere in the world, where do you find them? You have to save yourself. It's more troublesome. It's better to throw this trouble to Orion's family and let them find it. Can't find it. Their loved ones are on the ground, and you just have to wait. That's where the real convenience comes in. ”

Sun Wukong laughed and said: "Reasonable, reasonable, I didn't expect you to have the ability to be a military advisor, Lao Shu." Okay, just do as you say. ”

Because of Li Xiang's persuasion, none of the more than 1,000 hunters who came to hunt monkeys again died, and all of them were captured alive. Then pick out a random person among them and ask him to bring back Sun Wukong's meaning and tell the other Orion's families. And within a limited time, within a year, if the monkeys of Huaguo Mountain cannot be exchanged, the hunters can only be buried in Huaguo Mountain.

After releasing one of them alive, the families of the other hunters immediately took action, collecting the monkeys that they had sold at the beginning, buying or robbing or cheating, and using all means to get the monkeys back in order to save the lives of their relatives.

It's just that when the hunters caught the monkeys, they used all kinds of means, some were poisoned, some were shot with bows and arrows, and some were hacked to death with knives and guns, and many of them were killed. Although one-eighth, or about 5,800 monkeys, were destroyed in their hands, far fewer than 5,000 were actually captured alive. In addition, after being sold, the number of monkeys that were tortured to death is even smaller. Sun Wukong captured more than a thousand Orions and exchanged five monkeys for one person, and there were not so many monkeys to exchange at all. It's okay to say that those who move fast will soon have enough monkeys, and those who move slowly will be in trouble, and if they can't make up five, they will all be white-headed.

No matter how worried they are, Sun Wukong doesn't care, but Huanxi really rescued a lot of monkeys and monkeys. This made him even more grateful to Li Xiang, and when he was excited, he passed the somersault cloud to Li Xiang as well. Although the somersault cloud was of little use to Li Xiang, since the monkey gave it, he would not refuse to accept it, so he could only accept it with a smile.

After a while, most of the Huaguoshan monkeys that were still alive were rescued, and only a few were taken away and could not be found for a while. However, there are still more than 200 hunters who are still detained in Huaguo Mountain. Their family had no choice but to cry and wipe their tears to beg Sun Wukong to let him have some more time. This time, Sun Wukong was very tolerant and promised to extend the period to three years, if he didn't come to redeem people in three years, then he could only come to collect the corpse.

While exchanging monkeys for people, the monkeys who are still in Huaguo Mountain are not idle. Sun Wukong personally went to the Dragon King of the Four Seas to ask for Ganlin Immortal Water, cleaned the burned Huaguo Mountain, and then led the monkeys to plant various fruit trees, so that Huaguo Mountain could repeat the old view.

I have to say that the immortal means are extraordinary, after being cleaned by Ganlin fairy water, the fruit trees that have just been planted are like blowing up balloons, and soon the fruits are full of trees and the mountains are full of vitality. When I picked the fruits and tasted them, they were all full of flavor, and there was no smell of being grown by chemical fertilizers at all.

Seeing that Huaguo Mountain is the same as it used to be, the monkeys are full of joy. Sun Wukong laughed constantly all day long, pulling Li Xiang around to play.

However, the good times did not last long, on this day, Sun Wukong was sitting on a mountain cliff, thousands of monkeys were sorted in shifts, and the mouth called "Long live!" Grandpa the Great Sage! When Sun Wukong was rejoicing, he found a fat figure crowded among the monkeys, and he also knelt down with him. It's a pity that his body shape has long been exposed to him, and he is still unconscious. Sun Wukong knew who it was when he saw the high pouting buttocks, but he deliberately pretended not to know, and shouted: "The person who worships in that class is a living person, where did he come from?" Pick it up! ”

The man hurriedly shouted, "Not a living, not a living, an acquaintance, an acquaintance!" ”

Li Xiang discovered this person earlier than Sun Wukong, and when he looked up, he saw that Zhu Bajie really had a pig's head, a long mouth, big ears, and a naïve face. But Li Xiang knew that Zhu Bajie seemed to be quite honest, and in fact he was not a good stubble, when he was a monster in Gao Laozhuang, he also killed many people, and even ate people. These are nothing, the key is that this guy is very attentive, in the scripture learning team, although he is the laziest and most gluttonous, he is the most liked by Tang Seng. Sun Wukong contributed the most, but he was the least welcomed, which shows that his survival wisdom is much higher than that of Sun Wukong.

Sure enough, in the ensuing conversation, Zhu Bajie moved Sun Wukong in a few words, so that Sun Wukong, who was heartbroken by Tang Seng, promised to go back and rescue Tang Seng. Li Xiang shook his head secretly, but he didn't debunk Zhu Bajie's trick, because Sun Wukong still wanted to go back to Tang Seng in his heart. If he stands in his way, he will be a villain in vain. So after Sun Wukong made a decision, he also got up and said goodbye.

Sun Wukong said apologetically: "I originally wanted to keep the old tree and you live with me for a few more days, but I didn't expect that I, the host, couldn't accompany the guests, I'm really sorry." ”

Li Xiang smiled: "What did Brother Monkey say?" With your friendship with me, what is there to be sorry for. You go to the west to learn the scriptures, at most ten years, and when you get back the scriptures, I will bother you again. ”

Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie went to save the master, Li Xiang wanted to go back to Thorn Ridge as well, but suddenly his heart moved, wanting to see what the Tang Dynasty was like at this time, so he turned around and rushed to Nanzhan Buzhou and came to Chang'an, the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty had just been established for a few years at this time, and because of the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty before, it did not seem to be very prosperous. But the people are already very satisfied if they can live a peaceful life. Therefore, although they are still full of dishes, they all have a smile on their faces, which makes the whole city look vibrant.

Li Xiang turned into an ordinary-looking middle-aged man and wandered around the city. When he walked to Chang'an Street, he suddenly found that there was a hexagram stall on the side of the road, and a Taoist priest who had a kind of fairy wind and bones at a glance was sitting there to tell people hexagrams, and there was a banner standing next to it, on which the words "Mr. Yuan Shoucheng" were simply written.

As soon as he saw this disguise, Li Xiang remembered the reason for learning scriptures from the west, it was precisely because of this Yuan Shoucheng and the Jinghe Dragon King that the Dragon King was convicted and killed, and the soul carried the dragon head to Li Shimin to settle accounts, so that Li Shimin was not at peace, so he ordered Tang Seng to learn the scriptures.

Speaking of this, although the dragon king is a little stupid, it is not unreasonable. Yuan Shoucheng gave him a fortune every day, teaching the fisherman where to fish for a good harvest, which really harmed the interests of the Dragon King of Jinghe, and the Dragon King should find him to settle accounts. It's just that the Dragon King is too stupid, and not only did he not settle the account, but he put his life into it, making Li Xiang, an outsider, worthless for him.

Since he saw Yuan Shoucheng today, Li Xiang also wanted to try what he was like, so he also came to the hexagram stall and said, "You can also calculate a hexagram for me." ”

Yuan Shoucheng glanced at Li Xiang, and when he saw that Li Xiang was ordinary, he asked indifferently, "What do you want to ask?" ”

Li Xiang said: "I want to ask about the future. (To be continued.) )