Chapter 3 The Fallen Man

Sanzang army all the way forward, unconsciously over a big mountain, at this moment into everyone's eyes, is the main peak of Pingding Mountain, behind the main peak, is the legend of the Taishang Laojun of the two boys, now the lower realm for the demon for hundreds of years of the golden horn, silver horn two kings of the lotus cave.

This majestic mountain, the foot of the mountain pine forest is dense, grass and trees, but with the rise of altitude, less and less vegetation grows, until finally the whole mountain is all bare, strange peaks and strange rocks, not a single inch of grass grows, this may be the origin of the name of Pingdingshan. However, such a scene is really weird, so that the Sanzang Army who traveled all the way saw it in their eyes, and what slowly grew in their hearts was an extremely ominous premonition, damn, this is really evil.

However, the evil door is the evil door, and the road always has to be walked, and everyone can only rush cautiously, and there will inevitably be some fuss along the way.

Suddenly, in the depths of the dense mountain forest, a strong wind suddenly blew, and a colorful tiger with a figure like a Taoist priest suddenly jumped out of the dense forest and rushed towards the Sanzang army. The fierce tiger in the wild suddenly saw so many people blocking the way, and couldn't help but be taken aback, and then the tiger's tail turned sharply and rushed towards the other side of the mountain forest.

Seeing that the tiger was hurting people, Tang Sanzang couldn't help but shudder, clenched his fists and shouted: "Wukong, what are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and save people." ”

The monkey was already ready to move, and when he heard the master's order, he suddenly turned over in an instant, blocking the tiger like a remnant cloud. The big tiger consciously escaped, and couldn't help but be proud in his heart, and suddenly encountered the enemy between gallops, and couldn't help but be surprised. In just a few breaths, the person in the tiger's mouth was forbidden to suffer the strong concussions caused by the two turns, which temporarily affected the wound, and the pain made him sweat coldly, and he screamed.

Seeing that the tiger was so rampant, Sun Wukong hated so much that he scolded the beast for being hateful, and immediately raised his stick to step forward again, although the tiger was cunning, after all, he was a person, and his skills naturally could not compete with the great sage who came alone. At that moment, Wukong's human stick was one, sweeping like a dragon out of the abyss, the tiger could not avoid it, and resolutely threw down the food in his mouth, making a lazy donkey roll and run into the jungle, and did not forget to glare at the monkey viciously when he left.

In the face of such a provocation, Sun Wukong couldn't help but be furious, thinking that his dignified Monkey King couldn't even do anything about a little tiger, which was really unbearable. The monkey hated it so much that it immediately jumped on the cloud and swore to hunt down the fleeing tiger. Sanzang shook his head and said categorically: "Wukong, that tiger is so deliberately trying to escape for his life, why do you have to work hard, let it go." ”

Hearing this, Wukong took his steps, gritted his teeth and explained hatefully: "Master, the tiger saw that my grandson did not have weak legs, which means that even if it has not become a sperm, I am afraid it is not far away. ”

Sanzang shook his head to himself and said: "Wukong, everything has a good life, since it has escaped this catastrophe, you don't have to persecute it anymore, let's see how the person is injured, after all, it is important to save people." ”

Wukong nodded in agreement, immediately slowed down, and walked in front of the Taoist, ready to examine his wounds. The man had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, and he was frightened, and suddenly saw the stinky monkey in Lei Gong's face, and he was immediately frightened, and he shouted monsters again and again, dragging his injured body and crawling backwards lifelessly.

Seeing him so frightened, the monkey's face was a little unbearable, and at the moment he turned on a tiger face and scared viciously: "Dead Taoist, if my grandson is really a monster, will he still save you, it is really a dog biting Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people." ”

When the man heard this, he was shocked, and immediately leaned over to the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and shouted in his mouth to thank the fairy grandfather for saving his life, which made the dead monkey's heart feel very happy, and he stood up with his waist crossed on the ground and accepted the worship calmly.

Sanzang leisurely got down to Wujing's back, and said with hatred: "Dead monkey, Lao Tzu asked you to check his injuries, but you tossed him instead, do you really want to kill him, go away, I'll come and see it in person." ”

Sanzang looked at it and couldn't help but be secretly surprised, this was a young Taoist priest in his thirties, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and his bones were dusty, but after this ordeal, he was really hurt a lot. He was dressed in green clothes and plain clothes, and he had already been torn apart by the tiger, his clothes were ragged, and the tiger injured his waist and eyes, and at this moment he was constantly bleeding out, splashing the entire placket of his lower body, which was really terrifying.

Sanzang turned around and looked at Wukong, his eyes were full of reproach, the monkey knew that he was at a loss, and quickly took out Li Shan's old mother brand gold creation medicine from his arms, and opened the placket of the Taoist's clothes with a smile, and applied medicine for his bruises. The man was wounded into his muscles and bones, and the wound medicine rubbed on it, numb and painful, and his heart was piercing, and the pain made him grin and sweat profusely, and he almost fainted. The Great Sage was obviously taking care of the wounded for the first time, and he couldn't help but be a little in a hurry, repeatedly touching the wounds of the Taoist, and the pain made him scream like a pig.

After half an hour, the monkey with the help of Bajie only finished bandaging the Daoist's wound a little satisfactorily, but the Daoist obviously couldn't help the pain, and at this moment he was already foaming at the mouth and fainting to the ground. The monkey wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, sighing, ****, it is easy to hurt people and it is difficult to heal people, it seems that my grandson will still have less killing rings in the future.

In the midst of being pinched, the young Taoist gasped weakly and came to his senses, and Wujing, who was taking care of him on the side, quickly supported him and put his knees on his lowered head. The Taoist coughed and thanked weakly: "Thank you for the life-saving grace of the elder, Cang Songzi is here to kowtow to you." ”

Sanzang hurriedly held Cang Songzi's body and bowed down, and sweated to dissuade: "Daoist, you are injured, don't be rash, thank you and wait until you are injured, don't take care of your body first." ”

Cang Songzi's eyes were full of tears, and he sighed gloomily: "Thank you for your concern, Cang Songzi is not a pity to die, but pity the people in my village who are besieged by monsters, they are already tired of eggs, and they are in danger, Cang Songzi is powerless to return to the sky, and he is really ashamed of heaven and earth." ”

Sanzang was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't feel lost and said: "What, these six hundred miles of Pingding Mountain are extremely difficult and dangerous, and there are many demon obstacles, how can there be a family?"

Cang Songzi shook his head, and said with a determined face: "The elder doesn't know, I think that back then, this Pingding Mountain Boundary was rich in grass and trees, and the materials were abundant, and people made a living by picking wood and planting medicines, and there were also people's families. A few days ago, the village chief went to the Lotus Cave to beg the two kings for a few days, but he didn't want to be bitten off half of his head by the angry King of the Golden Horn and die in the Lotus Cave. ”

When the people in the village heard the news, they were furious, and they knew that they would die, so they picked up their swords and sticks and killed a few little demons stationed in the village, and then they were about to flee and disperse. Unfortunately, the news leaked and reached the ears of the two demon kings, and the two demons were angry, and they personally ordered troops to attack our village, killing the village with rivers of blood and corpses all over the field. The people in the village knew that they couldn't hold out for long, and they also knew that Poor Dao could use spells, so they desperately guaranteed me to go out of battle, hoping that I could go elsewhere to ask for help and go back to rescue the encirclement. It's just that although Poor Dao has been learning the Tao with Master since he was a child, he has never been to the cape of Xianshan Mountain, and he is wandering around the forest, not knowing where to ask for help? Poor Dao is hesitating, unconsciously falling into the ambush of the tiger in the forest, if it is not for the help of the elders, Cang Songzi is only afraid that he will be buried in the tiger's mouth, and he will live up to the ardent expectations of the people in the village. There is no way to complain, seeing that the elders seem to have special skills, I implore the elders to be gracious and save the people in my village from hanging upside down, and Cang Songzi is kowtowing to your grandfathers here. ”

At this point, Cang Songzi burst into tears, and at the moment, regardless of his seriously injured body, he insisted on kowtowing to everyone, and he was so shocked that the Sanzang army came out to stop him, and he was persuaded to dispel such an impulsive move.

Sun Wukong was full of anger, clenched his fists and shouted, and angrily asked Sanzang for instructions: "Master, my Sanzang army has always punished evil and promoted good, and eliminated demons and guarded the way, but now there is such an atrocity in front of us, how can we sit idly by? Master, let my old grandson go to rescue the villagers, kill the monsters without leaving a piece of armor, and return peace to the Quartet." ”

Cang Songzi was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was sincerely afraid to crawl on the ground, and thanked him again and again: "Thank you for the success of the elders, Cang Songzi thank the elders for the grace of the people in the village for solving problems." It's just that the villagers are trapped in the nine caves and eighteen caves by monsters, and the winding paths are far-reaching, and it is very difficult to find. ”

Wukong felt very reasonable when he heard this, nodded and said, "Well, you are right, then can you still go, this will lead the way for us." ”

Cang Songzi smiled bitterly and said unexpectedly: "Master, the tiger bit me in the waist, and at the moment my limbs were tingling, and I couldn't move. ”

Wukong nodded, scratching his scalp and being embarrassed: "Well, this is a problem, you still have the strength in your hands, let my grandson carry you, and you will be responsible for guiding the way." ”

Cang Songzi couldn't help but be overjoyed, and clapped his hands again and again: "The elder really has a way, as long as the poor road doesn't walk, even if it hurts a little, he has to show the way for everyone, so thank you to the elder for success, Cang Songzi is a thank you to the people of the whole village." ”

Tang Sanzang grabbed the Monkey King, who was a little fluttering, and asked in a low voice: "Dead monkey, how can you be in charge of such a big matter?" This is Pingdingshan, the two kings of gold and silver are notoriously cunning and deceitful, maybe Cang Songzi is their change to deceive us, and you kid doesn't see any clues? Alas, Sun Wukong, who has no fiery eyes, is like a tiger with broken fangs, and his power is less than half, which is really a pity, but it's a pity. ”

Wukong heard that the master was despising his ability again, and shouted unhappily: "Master, look at what you said, how can my old grandson be the kind of person who is eager for quick success, I see that Cang Songzi has a clear face, and there is a faint green qi between his eyebrows, a pure fairy spirit, not like the spirit in the mountain, so I believe him." ”

Sanzang shook his head disappreciatively, climbed on the monkey's shoulder and whispered: "Monkey, people can't look good, the two kings of gold and silver are the boys who guard the Dan furnace under the throne of the Taishang Laojun, and they don't have the slightest demonic energy, it's not strange at all, but you think that there are really cultivators in this world who are full of fairy spirits, so weak that even a tiger can't do anything, think about it." Bajie, do you think this is strange?"

Bajie's shrewd calculation comes from his experience of being hunted down and killed for two hundred years, so he has his own unique insights whenever he thinks about things, looks forward and backwards, and sometimes even those who are as clever as Tang Sanzang also sigh to himself.

Listening to the master's question, Bajie pondered for a moment and analyzed: "Well, what this person said is very tight, but there are some things, at least in my old pig's opinion, there are loopholes. First of all, we have experienced the battle of the black pine forest, and we know that there is a huge disparity in the power of the demons, and as Brother Monkey inquired, there are more than 1,000 demon soldiers under the command of the two kings of gold and silver, and the strength is tantamount to having millions of armored soldiers. Secondly, I think that the biggest strangeness of this matter lies in the fact that Cang Songzi knew that the two kings of gold and silver were enemies of the village, how could he dare to come to Pingdingshan alone, and this courage was a little too big? Even though Cang Songzi knew that the two kings of gold and silver poured out of the nest and had nothing to fear, there were still 600 miles of mountain roads to go here, and the matter of asking for help could not be delayed. ”

Sun Wukong couldn't help but nod when he heard this, but he still stuck to his opinion, shook his head and said: "But Cang Songzi claimed that he had no help to help, so he came here rashly, which is also reasonable." If things are exactly as Cang Songzi said, and we are arguing here endlessly, and we miss the best opportunity to rescue the villagers in vain, wouldn't it be a sin, Master, you have to think clearly. ”

The two apprentices were reasonable, Tang Sanzang didn't feel a big headache, and suddenly he inadvertently touched the Xuanguang mirror passed by Guanyin on his chest, and he was immediately overjoyed, pressed his hands and made a silent posture, and said with a cheap smile: "Okay, okay, everyone don't fight, this is the Xuanguang mirror passed to me by Guanyin Bodhisattva, I think everyone has seen it." I heard the Bodhisattva say that this treasure comes from the Western Halloween Snow Mountain, once the spell is recited, the bright holy light emitted, can shine on the five zhang square, where the ghost is not born, the magic barrier is removed, and the best can identify the demon illusion. It's a shame to say that we have never been able to see such a function, and it is only used as a light bulb to make it so wasteful. Today, Uncle Ben will give Xuanguang Mirror a chance to take a good look at whether this pine nut is really a monster. ”

As soon as the words came out, Wukong's eyes sparkled, and they all encouraged the master to activate the Xuanguang Mirror. Sanzang nodded, untied the treasure mirror and recited the spell, and in an instant, the bright holy light shot out from the mirror, spreading evenly on the pine nuts who had been waiting for them for a long time at this moment. Everyone held their breath, staring wide-eyed for the changes brought by the light of Cang Songzi, and Sun Wukong held the Ruyi Golden Hoop stick tightly, once Cang Songzi showed his original form, he would be killed by the stick. After counting the breath time, to the surprise of the Sanzang Legion, Cang Songzi still looked anxious and irritable, urging the elders to hurry up and leave the road.

The huge contrast between reality and ideals made Tang Sanzang disappointed, wondering if the Xuanguang Mirror was useless, or if Cang Songzi was not a monster illusion at all, then what he said was very likely to be true, maybe in a certain corner of the mountains and forests, there was really a group of people besieged by monsters, and they were desperately struggling to wait for rescue at the moment. Thinking of this, Tang Sanzang couldn't help but feel a little moved, after all, no matter what the truth is, as a person in Buddhism, he should take it as his responsibility to help the world and save people, so hesitating, if he doesn't save him when he sees death, shouldn't he smash the signboard of the Sanzang Army?

Seeing that the master hesitated, Sun Wukong shook his head and explained leisurely: "Master, in fact, there are exceptions to everything, and not all changes can be seen through the demon mirror, especially when the monster is dressed in human skin, even if it is the Heavenly Eye Technique, it is difficult to see through. If the two kings of gold and silver are really as cunning as Master said, it is not an exaggeration to make this exception. ”

Sanzang nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, then let's try him again, if there is still no result, it's not too late for us to hit the road again." ”