Chapter 35: A grasshopper on a rope

Xuanzang used the evening fast, went back to the room to rest, and slept until midnight, when he suddenly heard a sound. Xuanzang was shocked in his heart, could it be that those monks wanted to do the murderous act of burning the house in order to protect themselves?

The room was dimly lit, and when you look at Goku's bunk, no one is there.

Xuanzang trembled, got up and came to the door, looked out from the crack in the door, and vaguely saw a person sitting at the door, looking at the figure, it seemed to be Wukong.

Xuanzang was bold and opened the door to take a look, only to find that the monkey head was holding his head and crying there. Xuanzang shouted Wukong, Wukong turned his head, tears in his eyes.

Xuanzang said angrily: "You monkey, three watches in the middle of the night, don't sleep in the room, but come to this door to cry what? If you want to pretend to be a monster, you will die far away, look at the little liver of the teacher is so scared that he can't stop jumping." ”

Wukong said: "Master, it's not that the disciple deliberately wants to scare you, it's really aggrieved and can't help but feel sad." ”

Xuanzang's heart softened and asked, "Wukong, are you blaming the teacher for scolding you?" In fact, the teacher doesn't want to see you sad, but the facts you made are disappointing to me. If I insist on accommodating you, I am afraid that you will become more and more disobedient to discipline. ”

Wukong said: "It's really none of Master's business. I just feel it, and the sadness comes from it. ”

Xuanzang said: "Since it's none of my business, then what are you sad about?"

Wukong said: "Master, listen to me carefully. I think that at the beginning, I opened a mountain and set up a faction, made trouble in the Dragon Palace, broke into the underworld, and established a great prestige; Later, I traveled all over the world, kicked the mountain gate everywhere, smashed the dojo, and met friends with martial arts, how carefree I was at that time; and later, I was in turmoil in the Heavenly Palace, stealing peaches, swallowing elixir, and even Laojun and Erlang Zhenjun couldn't help me. But now? The black bear spirit in a small ravine, whose reputation is not obvious, can actually fight with me without victory or defeat! I am aggrieved, I am really aggrieved. ”

Xuanzang said: "It turned out to be for this." You must know that those immortals in the Heavenly Court are pampered all day long, and their kung fu is estimated to have fallen a long time ago, and they are not necessarily better than the black bear spirit in the Netherworld. Isn't there a saying that the master is in the folk. It's not strange that you've beaten all the invincible opponents in the Heavenly Realm, but you can't defeat this black bear spirit. And there is another saying, a good man doesn't mention the courage of the past, you compare the past with the present, isn't it asking for trouble?"

After hearing this, Wukong not only did not feel better, but said with a handful of snot and tears: "Master, don't use this to comfort me." Some time ago, when I fought with that dragon horse, I felt that something was wrong, and now I met this black bear monster, which made my disciple even more disappointed. According to the disciple's previous ability, as long as I use those thousands of incarnation supernatural powers, I will be able to fight the opponent in a hurry, and my deity can take the opportunity to sneak attack, and I will not be happy with a hundred tests. Now that he has used this method, he has tried his best to recruit a bunch of miscellaneous fish, and he can't even break the defense of the opponent, just like tickling. Alas, you don't know, since you brought this tight hoop, your skill has dropped too much. On the surface, it only reduced by 40 percent of his cultivation, but I can see that there may be some negative hidden attributes. This Buddha is really too pitted, too pitted. ”

Xuanzang said: "Wukong, when you mention this, it's yours." ”

Wukong said: "Why did it become mine?"

Xuanzang said: "Wukong, you are good at everything, smart, willing to endure hardships, capable, and have a sweet mouth, you like it very much as a teacher." But there are also a lot of shortcomings, he loves to be showy, impulsive, and stubborn, and when his stubborn temper comes up, he is not afraid. Along the way, I repeatedly warned you to listen to your teacher, but you just won't listen. Let's just talk about this robe, for the sake of the teacher to dissuade you like that, you still have to take it out and show off, and now you are causing trouble, right? So I said, the Buddha used this hoop to restrain you, and it was also right. If not, you don't know how much trouble you're going to cause along the way. ”

Wukong said: "What you said, the Bodhisattva also said the same. But I got up on the pulse and forgot about everything. ”

Xuanzang said: "Zhao! It is because you love impulsiveness that the Buddha wants to restrain you." You're a, and you don't clean up. ”

Wukong said: "Master, are you here to comfort me, or are you here to ridicule me? I'm all mixed up like this, can you bear it?"

Xuanzang said: "I said these are all for your good." I'll just say one more thing to you, don't laugh at me. ”

Wukong said: "It's too late to cry now, how can I be in the mood to laugh." ”

Xuanzang whispered: "When I was in Dongtu before, the Buddha urged me to go west to learn scriptures, and he cursed me three times a day, and every time it gave me a headache. I've been in pain for more than two years, worse than you. Every time I had a headache, I had to find a place to hide so that people wouldn't say I had fallen into an evil spirit. That Tang Wang was also unreliable, he actually made fun of me about this, and gave me a nickname, called Sanzang, which made my face blue. I say this just to tell you: Your troubles are deeply understood by teachers. Why do you think I'm trying to mock you, do I?"

Wukong said strangely: "So there is such a thing?"

Xuanzang said: "As a teacher, why should you deceive you with such a bad thing? Be quiet, don't let the Buddha hear it." ”

Wukong pursed his lips and said: "I only said that I was miserable, it turns out that Master, you are worse than me! ”

Xuanzang said angrily: "You monkey head is so shameless! I was kind enough to comfort you, but you laughed at me in turn! It's really inhuman." ”

Wukong covered his mouth and said, "I didn't laugh, I didn't laugh." ”

Xuanzang said: "Really didn't laugh?"

Wukong said: "I really didn't laugh, I think the master was dazzled." ”

Xuanzang said: "It's good if you don't laugh." Wukong, do you think that talking and doing things for the teacher all day long is not in a proper shape, and it feels very unreliable?"

Wukong said: "Yes, that's right. Sometimes you are as solemn as a monk, and sometimes you are flying and jumping, and you are more unreliable than me. I think you're fully dual-personal. ”

Xuanzang said: "You're wrong, in fact, I call it suffering as pleasure and playing red dust." You see, I seem to be upside down on the surface, but in fact, I am like a mirror in my heart, and I know everything very well. I've been smart since I was a child, and I have an excellent memory, and no Buddhist scriptures can bother me, but so what, don't you still have to beg for a life and live a life? Wukong, we all belong to the disadvantaged group, and we must not give up on ourselves. A person, the more difficult it is, the more he must know how to be self-reliant, tenacious and enterprising. There is a good saying, God help self-helper, if you don't have faith yourself, who else can help you?"

Wukong said: "It seems that what you said is right, I can't find the words to refute you!"

Xuanzang said: "My master and apprentice, when they met, there was a little dirty, although the relationship gradually became harmonious, but I always feel that there is still some mustard between you and me." In fact, if you think about it carefully, we are all grasshoppers wearing a rope, we can't jump on you, and we can't run away from me. If the two of us can't work together, how can we get the scriptures?"

Wukong said honestly: "Master's is right. ”

Xuanzang said: "Wukong, in order to be able to retrieve the true scriptures smoothly, today's teacher will high-five you and swear: as long as you don't make any serious mistakes in the future, I will never recite that mantra again." But you also have to promise me to cooperate with my work as much as possible. As for the three chapters of the covenant mentioned before, I will never mention it again. What do you think?"

Wukong said: "Since what the master said is so sincere, the disciple dares to disobey his fate? But now this matter is really a bit tricky, why don't you give me an idea?"

Xuanzang said: "Wukong, you are also confused. This temple was originally covered by a bodhisattva. Now this old dean is disgusted and wants to murder my master and apprentice, and he still can't hook up with that black bear spirit. In that case, you should go to the Bodhisattva to settle the matter. ”

Wukong said: "Alas, now the Bodhisattva has to come forward for every little thing, which is really shameless." ”

Xuanzang said: "The four monks are empty, why care about that little face." The face is small, the robe is big, the robe was given to me by the Buddha, in case the robe can't be found, isn't it even more faceless?"

Wukong said: "Disciple understands. Tomorrow, I will go to the East China Sea to talk to the Bodhisattva. ”

As the so-called master and apprentice are concentric, its benefits are gold. Since this heart-to-heart talk, the master and apprentice have put aside their previous suspicions and worked together to lay a good foundation for the final successful acquisition of the true scriptures.