Chapter 30: The True Nature of Greed
Taishang Laojun was shocked when he heard this, looked back in amazement, and said in horror: "Why, didn't the holy monk say that he would not hold the old man accountable, why should he do this?"
Tang Sanzang's old face was slightly red, and his words were sonorous: "Lao Jun misunderstood, I just said that I will no longer hold you accountable for your lax discipline, but the golden horn and silver horn have brought great disasters to the Sanzang army, and the poor monk has to come out to ask for an explanation." Otherwise, as soon as such a precedent was opened, the Heavenly Immortal Buddha would send disciples to harass him at will, and the Sanzang Army would be overwhelmed, and the road to the west would be bumpy and tortuous, I don't think this result would be what Lao Jun wanted to see. ”
Lao Jun nodded slightly, and sighed: "The holy monk is really good at debating, and this is very reasonable, but I don't know what kind of compensation the holy monk wants me to make from the Tushi Palace?"
Seeing Lao Jun so cooperative, Tang Sanzang smiled and proudly arched his hand: "Lao Jun is really quick to talk, since he is the ancestor of Taoism, he should be punished heavily, and he should be punished heavily, so as to set an example, Lao Jun will casually give some treasures in the Tushi Palace as compensation, and the old Jin Dan can also be used." ”
Taishang Laojun frowned slightly, and was about to speak, but the golden horn and silver horn behind him gritted his teeth with hatred, and scolded: "Tang Sanzang, you have such a big breath, the ancestor of the dignified Taoist family, you dare to blackmail, are you really not afraid of thunder and thunder?"
The archmage laughed, stared at the golden horn and silver horn with cold eyes, and said: "The two boys are wrong in their words, as the so-called prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, since he has created a sin, he should pay the price, my three apprentices are seriously injured here, everyone can see it, so it denies you?
These words are soft and rigid, aggressive, and the golden horns and silver horns are dumbfounded, speechless, but it is too high and old Jiang Mi, he smiled and said: "What the holy monk said is extremely true, the ancestor of the Taoist family, how can he break the rules with his own selfishness? In this way, my purple gold gourd was bitten by Wukong, and it was useless, and it was a pity to let it go, so I did this and turned it into a bathing and healing utensil. Thinking that the purple gold has the effect of healing and protecting life, and it has been pretending to be immortal gold pill for thousands of years, its medical effect is even more wonderful than other elixirs, and several sages of the holy monks were seriously injured, and it was best to bathe and heal their wounds in it. ”
Tang Sanzang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly smiled, and said with a cheap smile: "Lao Jun's method is very good, but only use a broken gourd to send us away, it is too cheap Tushi Palace, Golden Horn and Silver Horn, I want you two to be kings on Pingding Mountain for hundreds of years, you should always gather some gold and silver treasures, such external things are not beneficial to you cultivators, it is better to give it to the poor monks, and let me take it to Pudu sentient beings It is also a good deed." ”
Seeing that Tang San was hiding an inch, and his desire was difficult to fill, the golden horn and silver horn were so angry that he was angry, angry and angry, and the silver horn was fast, and he said hatefully: "No, no, we are only in Pingdingshan for alchemy and cultivation, what is the use of gold and silver things with us, we have only refined the pill for two hundred years, and we have never found any gold and silver treasures." ”
As soon as the words came out, Tang Sanzang was disappointed, and said angrily: "Hey, these two unlucky children, I said that you have nothing to do and do something else, you are always alchemy and cultivation, and you are not too tired to panic? ”
This is the hard work of the Golden Horn and Silver Horn that has been accumulated for two hundred years, and the words are about to be swallowed up by Tang Sanzang, and the two of them are so angry that they are fighting, bitter and bitter, if it weren't for Sun Wukong beside him, I am afraid that they will really rush forward and beat Tang Sanzang fat. Seeing that the two apprentices were bullied like this, Taishang Laojun laughed, stepped forward to relieve the siege and said: "Holy monk, it is not easy for inferior disciples to refine the elixir for two hundred years, and there is no lack of elixir, which is the foundation of my refining of the immortal golden pill, I wonder if the holy monk can cut his love and help me refine the golden pill as soon as possible?"
Tang Sanzang nodded, and said very boldly: "Since it is the raw material for refining the golden pill, then I don't want it, and I also ask Lao Jun to do it himself." ”
At this time, Erlang Zhenjun, who had not appeared for a long time, came to the front with the Roaring Sky Dog, and greeted everyone one by one, then took out a bag of bright pearls and said: "Everyone, the little god followed the Roaring Sky Dog to find the old fox's lair, wiped out the fox demon inside, and returned a quiet mountain, I found a pearl in the cave, and I am useless, I don't know if the holy monk can accept it, take it to Pudu sentient beings?"
These pearls the size of pigeon eggs are exquisitely clear, shining brightly, so greedy that Tang Sanzang's saliva flowed out, and he nodded busily and agreed: "Haha, I didn't expect the old fox to have this hobby, but it is much stronger than the golden horn and silver horn, so good, the poor monk will borrow flowers to offer the Buddha and take it to Pudu sentient beings." ”
Erlang Zhenjun nodded, immediately offered the pearl, made a gesture with everyone, and then took the roaring dog to the cloud and went on his own. Taishang Laojun said a few words, took two apprentices, arched his hand, and left. Tang Sanzang was in a hurry, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him: "Wait, Laojun, the little monk still has something to ask you for." ”
Taishang Laojun, who thought that he had escaped, stopped suddenly, looked back sweatily, and forced himself to calm down: "Oh, the deity is in a hurry to go back to alchemy, if there is anything wrong with the holy monk, let's talk about it together." ”
Looking at the frightened old gentleman and apprentice, Tang Sanzang coughed dryly, and said with a smile: "Hehe, in fact, it's not a big deal, it's just that my Sanzang Legion lost an apprentice named Gao Xiuning, I know that the heavenly court is powerful, and there are gods and protectors like clairvoyance and Shunfeng ears, I don't know if Lao Jun can make an exception to help us find this girl, I have to do it, I hope Lao Jun will be successful." After Sanzang finished speaking, he took a deep look and looked at Lao Jun with an expectant face.
It turned out to be this matter, Taishang Laojun breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed in his heart that he was lucky, damn, as long as you don't let the deity teach you spells, everything is easy to discuss. Thinking of this, the ancestor of the Taoist family stroked the long beard of the crane face, and said easily: "The holy monk is serious, although the immortals don't care about mortal things, but we still pay attention to the situation of the people of the Mandate of Heaven from time to time, and my Heavenly Court is also looking for the lost stars, and accidentally discovered Miss Gao's whereabouts, she is aiming at the Western Holy Realm, and she is moving forward, about half a month away from here." ”
Finally with the exact news of Xiuning, Sanzang and Wukong were so excited that they burst into tears and cheered, and the archmage grabbed Lao Jun's hand and thanked him vigorously: "Thank you Lao Jun, what an important news this is, I don't know how Xiuning is doing, how well he eats, how he sleeps, and whether he is in good health?"
In the face of Tang Sanzang's unusually warm handshake, the Taoist ancestor smiled kindly and explained leisurely: "The sky is high and the earth is far away, and the clairvoyance and the wind ear have only seen a rough idea, and I don't know the details, but please rest assured that Miss Gao insists on going west all the way, there should not be much trouble, and my heavenly court will definitely continue to pay attention." ”
Tang Sanzang nodded with a little disappointment, and then turned around and gave an order to Sun Wukong: "Wukong, since there is news of Xiuning, you quickly set off to find her, oops, I'm really stupid, with the help of clairvoyance Shunfeng Ear, why don't you remember to use it? Wukong, you hurry up, if necessary, you can use the divine power of Clairvoyant Shunfeng Ear to determine Xiuning's location, this time you must find that girl and bring her back safely." ”
Sun Wukong respectfully accepted the promise, and was just about to fall into the clouds and leave, Tang Sanzang suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly shouted: "Wukong, how can I calculate that there is still a lack of people, where is Tianshu, didn't you say that she was injured and took her to the land to recuperate, now it's okay, you can take her back by the way." ”
Sun Wukong was sweating profusely, just to appease the master, he casually lied, it was the mysterious person in the lotus cave who took Tianshu away, God knows where she is at the moment. However, the Great Sage is not a mortal after all, his thoughts are like electricity, and he thinks that it is the old official who helped him break the formation, and he must be the one who took away Tianshu. So the monkey scratched his scalp, grinned and kicked out the leather ball and said: "Master, Tianshu is a little injured and it is inconvenient to take care of it, my grandson asked the old official to heal her injuries, but I really don't know where she is." ”
Seeing that the monkey gave himself a look, Taishang Laojun smiled slightly, and helped to relieve the siege: "Yes, Tianshu was injured at that time, and after I healed her wounds, I was worried about the war in the cave, so I asked the land to help take care of it, and it was five miles west of the Lotus Cave, and you can pick her up when you go on the road." Don't worry, Tianshu was not seriously injured, only two ribs were broken, and his head was broken, and after the treatment of the deity, he would be fine after a few days of recuperation. ”
As soon as the words came out, Tang Sanzang gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "Damn, you broke two ribs, and you said that the injury was not serious? Golden Horn and Silver Horn, you two are really good means, you can deal with a weak female streamer so ruthlessly, you really have you." ”
Looking at the golden horns and silver horns that were trembling by Tang Sanzang, Taishang Laojun couldn't bear it, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, don't scare them, without further ado, I'll do this to exercise the purple gold gourd, so that I can heal them in the canopy." Tang Sanzang nodded, and then he gave up, sparing the golden horn and silver horn for a scolding.