Autumn has passed, and winter has arrived.

Xuanzang lamented: "I have to travel on such a cold day, my life is really bitter." ”

Bajie said: "Master, this is not yet the ninth cold day, and you are starting to complain." ”

Wukong said: "Yes, after so many years, you should have gotten used to it." ”

Xuanzang said: "You are all people with magical powers, of course you don't feel cold! ”

Bajie said: "It's good for you, you can rub heat with Xiaolong, who should I rub with heat?"

Xuanzang said: "Bajie is talking nonsense again! Isn't this still separated by a saddle?" ”

Ryoma said, "Master, if you feel cold, then come down and walk by yourself for a while." I got a fever when I walked, and I also strengthened my physique by the way. ”

Xuanzang said: "It's not that you don't know, you have one toe missing for your teacher, and you can't go far." ”

Wukong said: "Come on! You have eaten so many ginseng fruits, are you eating for nothing! I think you are lazy." ”

Bajie said: "Master, this is not called laziness, this is called putting on the master's shelf." Think about it, let's all walk, and he has a mount alone, so it can seem that his status is different. ”

Xuanzang said: "You will say wrongful things! When did you set the score for the teacher? You talk about me like this, but I haven't implemented the family law." ”

Bajie said: "You are afraid that if we don't talk to you, you will feel bored." ”

Wukong said: "Senior brother, you are so right! If he dares to carry out the family law, we will not talk to him, and we will suffocate him." ”

Xuanzang said disdainfully: "I have been sitting in Zen for a few years, and I am afraid of boredom?"

Wukong said: "You blow it like this, we haven't seen it before." How many years have you been sitting in meditation and trying to starve to death. ”

A few people were noisy as they walked, and only Wujing followed behind like a stuffy gourd. After a short walk, Wukong said, "Master, there is a city ahead!"

Xuanzang said: "How far is it?"

Wukong said: "There are still twenty miles to go." ”

Xuanzang said: "Since there is a city, there are naturally merchants, let's go quickly and buy a down jacket to wear." ”

Bajie said: "This down jacket is made of duck feathers and goose feathers. ”

Xuanzang said: "So what?"

Bajie said: "If there is no trading, there is no killing, Master." ”

Xuanzang said: "Okay, okay, then I'll wear the whole space cotton." With that, he hit the horse and ran, and Wukong and the others followed closely.

The road was wide and the traffic was easy, and in less than half an hour they were at the gate of the city.

Wukong said: "You see, this city is magnificent, the towers are towering, it should be a city of emperors." ”

Bajie said: "You said that it is the city of emperors, why is there no plaque or number?"

Wukong said: "I think it's a vulgar party, let's go in and ask, can we know?"

So everyone entered the city, and Xuanzang still led the way, looking for clothing stores everywhere. In the middle of the line, I suddenly saw more than a dozen monks in flail and locks, and their clothes were turning around along the street.

Bajie said: "Master, you should be content! Look at how miserable they are. ”

Xuanzang said: "Wukong, you go up and ask why they are so guilty." ”

Wukong stepped forward to ask. The monks knelt down and said, "Elders, we are the monks of Jinguang Temple, and we are all wronged." ”

Xuanzang said: "What grievances do you have?"

The leading monk said: "The elders are very kind-faced, I seem to have seen you somewhere! But this is not the place to speak, if the elders are sincere in asking questions, we will talk in another place." ”

Xuanzang nodded in agreement. So the monks took the master and apprentice back to Jinguang Temple.

At this time, the mountain gate of Jinguang Temple was cold, dilapidated, and very desolate. The monks pushed open the door of the main hall and invited Xuanzang to go in and worship the Buddha. After worshipping the Buddha, please go to the abbot's room. Along the way, I also saw many little monks tied to the eaves pillars, and the situation was extremely miserable.

Xuanzang said: "Wukong, let them all go." ”

The monks said: "You can't let it go, you can't let it go!" If you let it go, it will be a rebellion, and all of us will be affected. ”

Xuanzang asked, "What's going on?"

The monks said, "Let's go to the abbot's room and ask our new abbot to tell you." ”

The crowd continued to march forward to the abbot's room, where the abbot himself knelt down at the door to greet him. ”

Xuanzang said: "You are the abbot, we are guests from afar." We can't afford to do this. ”

The abbot said: "Please do it inside, and I will tell you the truth in detail." ”

After some humility, everyone entered the abbot's room and drank tea and chatted.

The abbot said, "How many elders are from the Eastern Tang Dynasty?"

Wukong was amazed, "How do you know? Do you have the method of unpredictable prophets?"

The abbot said: "I am an ordinary monk, where is the law of the unpredictable prophet!"

Wukong said: "Then how do you know that we are from the Eastern Tang Dynasty?"

The abbot said: "Last night, all the monks in our temple had a dream, and there was a dream in the dream that only the elders from the Tang Dynasty could save our lives, so we know it." ”

Bajie said: "Brother Monkey, this plot is very similar to the episode of Che Chiguo." ”

Wukong said: "The phenomenon of similar plots has appeared many times, and you only found out now?"

The second abbot was confused, and he asked, "What plot is similar?"

Wukong said: "That's a digression! Let me ask you, did the King Kong who passed the message say that the one who came to save you was a righteous person, with two ribs and a knife, three heads and six arms, famous in the four seas, good facial features, six pure roots, seven exquisite tricks, invincible in all directions, nine successes, very righteous, victorious in a hundred battles, famous through the ages, and a good Monkey King Grandpa?"

The abbot said, "What Grandpa Sun? I haven't heard of it!"

Bajie couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed wildly: "Brother Monkey, you are embarrassed this time, people don't know you at all!"

Wukong wondered, "How can this be? Is this time different from the last time?"

Xuanzang said: "Then what did King Kong say?"

The abbot said: "King Kong said, it is a generation of leftover monks who came to save us, empty-handed, three bodyguards, running away in all seasons, no distinction between grains, six gods and no owner, seven orifice smoke, eight sides of the enemy, nine toes, very crispy, a hundred knots of sorrow, a thousand people pointed out, Tang Xuanzang Tang Grandpa, who is one in ten thousand." ”

Xuanzang exclaimed: "Which one of these people has suffered a thousand knives and reduced the poor monk to such worthlessness!"

The abbot said: "It's just King Kong who said it! I don't know the specifics." ”

Xuanzang said: "Since I'm so useless, how can I save you?"

The abbot said, "But that's what he said." ”

Xuanzang said in a loud voice: "Okay! I'll take care of this matter! I'm going to try it this time, am I really so useless!"

Bajie smiled: "Brother Monkey, Master seems to be stimulated!"

Wukong said: "Bajie, you speak quietly, beware of the master's madness." ”

Xuanzang said: "Dean, you can tell me the situation in detail, the more detailed the better." ”

The abbot said, "That's no problem. I'm the person in question, and I know the details best!"

He took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and then began to tell the story: "Our name here is the Sacrificial Sai Kingdom, and it is a great empire. The surrounding countries of Nanyuetuo, Gaochang in the north, Liang in the east and west, and in the west are all vassal states of the Saisai country, which pay tribute every year and come to the court every year. ”

Wukong interjected: "We have also passed by the Xiliang Women's Country." ”

Xuanzang said: "Wukong, don't talk about those useless things, listen carefully to the dean." Goku immediately shut up.

The abbot continued: "In the past, Buddhism was the most important thing in the Sai Kingdom, followed by Taoism. Our Jinguang Temple was originally known as the Jinguang Temple, and the incense was the most prosperous. ”

Xuanzang said: "Then what happened later?"

The abbot said: "Things have to start with the pagoda of our Jinguang Temple. Our pagoda has always been shrouded in auspicious light, and the mist rises, especially at night, it emits a golden light, which can be seen thousands of miles away. But one night three years ago, a sudden rain of blood fell from the sky, polluting the pagoda. Since then, the pagoda has never shone again. ”

Xuanzang said: "Is this pagoda a treasure?"

The abbot said: "This pagoda has been built for more than 800 years, and it is a stone pagoda. ”

Xuanzang said: "Presumably there is some treasure in the tower, after a blood rain, this treasure is lost?"

The abbot said: "That's what the hundred officials in the court also said! After the pagoda stopped shining back then, those vassal countries said that the sacrificial country was no longer favored by the gods, so they refused to pay tribute. Our emperor said that he would send troops against them. However, the civil and military officials admonished, saying that the monks in our temple stole the treasure on the tower, so the pagoda did not shine. ”

Xuanzang said: "So the emperor will ask you for the crime?"

The abbot said, "Yes, he arrested us and tortured us, forced us to ask about the whereabouts of the treasure, and killed countless monks, but he still did not find the treasure." ”

Xuanzang said: "This emperor is not virtuous." ”

The abbot said: "Alas, the emperor is a faint king, and most of the officials are mediocre ministers, but it hurts us monks!"

Xuanzang said: "That's the general situation?"

The abbot said, "That's it. ”

Xuanzang said: "Is there anything else you need to add?"

The abbot thought for a moment and said, "It seems that there is nothing more to add." ”

Xuanzang said: "When it rains blood, are there any other visions?"

The abbot said, "I didn't pay attention. ”

Xuanzang asked again: "After the pagoda is polluted, can it be carefully inspected?"

The abbot said: "The emperor has sent people to search many times, but nothing unusual has been found. ”

Xuanzang said: "It's a pity, it's a pity." Now that three years have passed, many clues are estimated to have been annihilated, and it is difficult to check. By the way, is there anyone who knows the case better than you?"

The abbot said: "The monks of the older generation were all beaten to death by the faint king, and I, the abbot, also took office later." ”

Xuanzang said: "In other words, many important witnesses are also dead?"

The abbot said, "That's right." ”

Xuanzang said: "Then it's even more difficult to check." ”

The abbot suddenly bowed his head and said, "Holy monk, you must be the master for us! Our monks in the whole temple are counting on you!"

Xuanzang hurriedly helped the abbot up and said, "Dean, don't panic! Since I have agreed, I will definitely try my best to find out about this matter and return your innocence." ”

When the abbot heard this, he thanked him again and again.

So Xuanzang ordered Wukong to release the monks who were still tied, and the monks were happy to run, rushing to prepare a meal for the master and apprentice.

After everyone had eaten and chatted for a while, the monks took their leave and went to rest one by one.