Text Chapter 208: The Prince's Request
Everyone left Fengxian County and hurried west. Before you know it, it's late autumn again.
Xuanzang said: "Wukong, we've been gone for more than three months, why can't we even see a county town." ”
Wukong said: "Master, this Tianzhu Kingdom is also like the Eastern Tang Dynasty, it is a vast superpower, enough for us to go." ”
Bajie said: "Master, I'm not in a hurry with the old pig, why are you in a hurry? Anyway, the difficulty of traveling west is much lower now, whether we arrive early or late, it is a matter of time or time." ”
Xuanzang said: "That's true! Speaking of the difficulty of the last few tasks, it's so simple that even I'm embarrassed to complain." ”
Bajie said: "But the Bodhisattva said that the task behind this is still a certain degree of difficulty." ”
Xuanzang said: "Bajie, can't you leave a little room for fantasy for the teacher?"
Bajie laughed dryly: "Uh! Mistake, mistake!"
While they were talking, they finally saw another city. Xuanzang said happily: "As he spoke, I saw a city! Apprentices, let's hurry up and see what kind of city it is!"
When everyone saw the city, they once again burst out with a super marching speed, and it didn't take long for them to come to the gate of the city. Bajie grabbed an old man and asked, "Old man, what is the name of this city?"
The old man said: "You are from afar, right? This is Tianzhuxia County, and the place name is Yuhua County." The lord of this city is the royal family of Tianzhu Kingdom, King Yuhua. ”
Xuanzang said: "It turns out that he is still a prince of the Tianzhu royal family." ”
The old man said: "This prince is very virtuous, loves the Li people, and is a good monk. ”
Bajie said: "Good man! Good man! It seems that I have a good mouth again!"
Wukong said: "This eight precepts, three sentences do not leave the industry, you know how to eat, eat, eat." ”
Xuanzang said: "Don't block the city gate, hurry up and get in." They thanked the old man and went into the city together.
This Yuhua County is much more lively than Fengxian County. The streets are crowded with people shopping for all kinds of goods. Those goods are also dazzling, and they are very eye-catching. The master and apprentice have been in the wilderness for a long time, and they like this kind of lively place the most, stopping and stopping all the way, stopping and walking, and even forgetting to eat.
Xuanzang said: "We passed through Fengyang County, Tianzhu County, and came to Huayang County, Tianzhu County, I don't know if the next stop is to Tianzhu Middle County?"
Bajie said: "Master guessed correctly, the next stop is Tianzhu Middle County! ”
Xuanzang said: "You are blinded by me!"
Bajie said: "Master is really smart, and he can't fool you!"
Everyone pointed and pointed all the way, chatting while walking, and before they knew it, they arrived at Yuhua Palace. Xuanzang said: "You wait for me here, I will go in and change the official documents." ”
Bajie said: "This is not the capital, what kind of official documents have been changed." ”
Xuanzang said: "Although this is not the capital, it is the palace after all, and it is also appropriate to change Guan Wen." ”
Bajie said: "Then let's go in together." I heard that this prince is a good monk. ”
Xuanzang said: "You look so ugly, don't scare the prince! Let me go in first to investigate." ”
So the three ugly apprentices waited at the door, and Xuanzang took Guan Wenjing alone to the palace to ask for an audience. The ceremonial officer stepped forward and asked, "Where is the elder?"
Xuanzang said: "Report to the chief, I went to the Da Lei Yin Temple from the Tang Dynasty in the East to ask for scriptures. ”
The ceremonial officer immediately entered the report inside. After a while, the prince announced that he would summon in. Xuanzang entered the mansion to meet the prince, the prince gave him a seat to watch tea, checked the official documents, signed and sealed, and after the formalities were completed, he started chatting again.
The prince asked: "Tang Guoshi, you came all the way from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, I don't know how many miles you have traveled?"
Xuanzang said: "I haven't calculated it in detail, it's about 100,000 miles." ”
The prince said: "100,000 miles, it's really far enough." There's a lot of delay on the road, right?"
Xuanzang said: "It has been eighteen years since the day I left Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. ”
Wang Ye said curiously: "Eighteen years! Have you been leaving since you were old?"
Xuanzang said: "No, I started walking at the age of twenty." ”
Wang Ye said, "Then you are thirty or eight years old this Chinese New Year's Eve?"
Xuanzang said: "The virtual age is already thirty-nine. ”
The prince said loudly: "Impossible!"
Xuanzang said: "Why is it impossible?"
The prince said, "You look like you're in your early twenties." And you are so well maintained, where do you look like a monk who sleeps in the open and sleeps in the dust!"
Where would Xuanzang say that he had eaten ginseng fruit. So he just said, "Oh, it's thanks to my three good apprentices. I have not suffered any sin along the way, and I have not even walked a road. In addition, I have a good mentality, so I look young. ”
The prince said, "Since there are still three elders, why don't you come in together?"
Xuanzang said: "They are all quite capable, that is...... It's just a little stumbling. ”
The prince said: "Oh! As the saying goes, people can't look good, and the sea can't fight." This king is a royal descendant with the blood of a true dragon, how can he be compared to the kind of ordinary people who judge people by their appearance!
Xuanzang said: "Thanks to the prince's love, my three apprentices are outside the door." ”
The prince immediately ordered someone to invite him. Not long after, the palace official fled back and said: "Lord Qiqi, the appearance of the three monks outside the door is very vicious, the villain is afraid when he sees it, where do you dare to invite him!
The prince said angrily: "It's a shame for me to ask you to invite someone to be scared like this!"
Xuanzang hurriedly explained: "Lord Wang, my three apprentices look a little like monsters, no wonder he is panicking. Let's let the poor monk go on his own. ”
The prince agreed, and Xuanzang went out to find his apprentice.
When Bajie saw the master coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Master, is this prince really a good monk?"
Xuanzang said: "Yes, yes! This time there is a palace feast to eat! But there is one thing: you use the old means of change, don't frighten him." That Wujing, put away your fangs. ”
Wukong smiled: "Do you want to be handsome, it's easy to say!"
Bajie also said: "Except for the stomach that can't change, everything else is fine." ”
Wujing said: "In order to eat, the disciple also fights." As he spoke, he took out a file and shortened the fangs.
After a while, everyone packed up and went into the house to see the prince. The prince liked it very much, so he arranged for people to prepare a feast.
In order to fulfill the reputation of the prince as a good and good monk, Bajie and Wujing launched a fierce attack on a plate of food. Especially Bajie, its combat power is particularly fierce.
I saw him pick up a plate of dishes, just shake his head from side to side, and there was only one disc left. Before the disc was put down, another dish had already been brought to his mouth, and his head shook again, and he made another disc. His two hooves flutter up and down in front of the dining table like two butterflies, and his movements are smooth and smooth, giving people a sense of beauty.
Where had the people in the palace ever seen such an earth-shattering scene of crying ghosts and gods? By the time they collectively reacted, a group of royal chefs had already fainted in the kitchen crying.
After the meal, the prince exclaimed: "Fortunately, my family has a strong background and can withstand the toss." If you change to someone else, there are a few apprentices who can afford you. ”
Xuanzang said: "Fortunately, they can all support themselves, otherwise this scripture-learning team would have been eaten bankrupt a long time ago." ”
The prince said, "Oh? So you still have part-time jobs?"
Xuanzang said: "Yes, while learning from the scriptures, we are helping people to subdue demons and eliminate monsters. We're not monks who eat white food. ”
The prince said: "It's so powerful, it's so powerful, you can also subdue demons and eliminate monsters! It seems that your three apprentices are all people with great magical powers." ”
Xuanzang was about to be modest, and the Bajie interjected: "One or twenty monsters is not a problem, thousands of eight hundred monsters should only be used to catch a trickster, thirty or fifty thousand monsters are just a warm-up, as for encountering hundreds of thousands of monsters at the same time, there are also such situations." ”
Where is the prince willing to believe: "Elder, monks can't speak." ”
Xuanzang said: "My apprentice loves to brag the most, Your Majesty should not take it seriously." But the three of them still have some skills, which can keep me safe and sound all the way. ”
The prince thought about it in detail, and this was also reasonable! How could a monk who had no ability come all the way to this place for 100,000 miles. Thinking of this, he was overjoyed and said, "Elder Tang, the Lone King has something to ask for, I wonder if you are willing to agree?"
When Wukong heard this, he thought that business was coming to the door again, so he asked, "Lord Wang, do you have goblins here?"
The prince said: "I have three sons. ”
Bajie Qi said: "Your three sons have been captured by monsters?"
The prince shook his head and said, "Elder, you're joking! My three sons, all of whom like to strengthen their bodies and practice martial arts. However, there are no powerful people in my county. Seeing that several elders have great powers, this king wonders if he would like to teach them a few tricks?"
Wukong was disappointed and said, "It turns out that I want to learn from a teacher! ”
Xuanzang said: "Wukong, you once accepted a female apprentice, it is Zhu Ziguo's Golden Saint Palace Niangniang, have you forgotten?"
Wukong said, "She, I just clicked a few words on her, not counting." ”
Bajie also said: "I have never taught an apprentice old pig. ”
Wujing said: "Like the eldest brother and the second brother, I have never taught an apprentice. ”
Xuanzang said with a smile: "I have accepted three apprentices." Well, I only teach them to meditate and chant the scriptures. ”
The prince said: "A few elders can teach a few tricks casually! My three sons are very talented in martial arts, so you can fulfill them." ”
Bajie said: "Talent in martial arts? These four words are not just casually said. The three of us are brothers, all of whom are patriarchs. If it's not that person, we won't teach it casually, so as not to ruin our reputation!"
The prince said, "That's, that's! Otherwise, I'll call the three of them out for you to see, and if you think it's suitable, you can teach it; if you think it's not suitable, the king won't force it!"
Wukong said: "Okay, let's invite the three little princes to come out and meet them, right?"
The prince was overjoyed and immediately ordered someone to find the three princes.