Chapter Thirty-Eight: A Sad Past
Nearly ten days have passed, Wukong and Bajie have just turned back from Huaguo Mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou, and the two of them also know that the time limit has been delayed, for fear that the master will be worried in his heart, and they will come at a non-stop gallop along the way, not daring to stop for a moment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The two of them easily arrived at the realm of the Little Holy Mountain, but it was Sun Wukong's broad vision, he jumped in the clouds early, opened his eyes, set up a pergola to look down, and saw that at the end of the mountain forest three hundred miles away, the holy monk Tang San was hiding under the support of several apprentices, and slowly marched westward with square steps. What's even more strange is that the four masters and apprentices each hold a copper basin, holding a wooden stick in their hands and beating constantly, the basin roars, shaking the Quartet, just like the champion of the new branch and the first, boasting about the official parade in the street, the dense gong opens the way, and the scene is very eager.
The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, both surprised and puzzled, and the joy was that the master really had no last resort, and he was still able to be safe and sound in the small holy mountain that the group of monkeys were looking at, and he was able to travel westward calmly;
The two of them chased forward, pressed the head of the falling clouds, bowed down, and bowed down, and said: "Master, Wukong and Bajie are late to see that they are late, and they beg for forgiveness." ”
Seeing that the two apprentices had returned safely, Tang Sanzang was relieved, stroked his palms and laughed: "Okay, well, after all these days, you two have finally come back, but you can worry about the good life in the teacher's heart." Wukong, I see that you have a good complexion, ruddy skin, and the internal injuries on this body are almost better. ”
Wukong got up leisurely when he heard this, and said with a respectful face: "Thank you Master for your concern, although my grandson has been traveling on the sea for the past few days, it is hard work, but fortunately, the foundation of this body is not bad, and the injury is not deep, and it has not hurt his muscles and bones much in the past few days, so it is also good to be eight or nine." ”
At this point, Ao Bai couldn't help but jump out, designated the two of them with his hands, and complained without a word: "In this case, you two are so lazy, you can go back and forth in three or five days, how can you go for so many days before you turn around?" I think it is that the scenery on Huaguo Mountain is pleasant, and the little monkeys are very attentive, so they stay for a few more days, but they will hang us here, frightened, and endure all the hardships, teach you how to be at ease?"
Bajie listened to the grievances of the old land, and muttered: "Ao Bai, you must have heard it wrong, it is the two major continents in the east and west, even if it is a foot driving in the clouds, it is only enough to run through one trip in three or five days, how can we go back and forth?
"We only went to meet a tailwind, and traveled for four days, but when we came back, it was a headwind, so we traveled for one more day, and we really stayed on Huaguo Mountain for only one day. We are worried about your safety, we come and go in a hurry, non-stop, so far we haven't taken a breath of air, and when we came back, we didn't hear you say a word of hard work, but we still complained that we were greedy for enjoyment, ignoring the safety of the master, so unsympathetic, heartless, and really suffocated to death. ”
Ao Bai didn't feel cold sweat, straightened his face, and confessed: "It's wrong, it's wrong, it's the younger brother, I don't know the inside story, I suspect randomly, I blame the two elder brothers, I really should fight." And they have rested themselves, and have sent whatever they have commanded, that they may atone for our sin. ”
Bajie listened to the words and fell straight to the ground, his eyes closed, his feet facing the sky, panting heavily, although Sun Wukong did not come here, he also stood straight in place, his head tilted up to the sky and breathed heavily, it seemed that he was really tired. Ao Bai really lived up to his preface, took the initiative to bring tea, poured tea and fed water to the two people, wiped his feet and washed his face, rubbed his shoulders and pinched his back, and made the two of them giggle, which was very useful.
After a long time like this, the physical strength of the two of them recovered slightly, and Sha Wujing couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and asked: "Second Senior Brother, although you two spent a lot of time going to Huaguo Mountain, most of the time was spent on the road, and it was only one day's work, but how did you place those hundreds of little monkeys?"
Bajie laughed when he heard it, his stomach was shy, and he said proudly: "Hehe, you really don't know, that scene is really big." When we first arrived at Huaguo Mountain, it was really green and green, and the scenery was pleasant, like a paradise. Brother Monkey led this group of little monkeys, walked across the iron plate bridge, and entered his Water Curtain Cave Mansion, where there was a whole heaven-made cave blessed land, pots and pans, stone beds, stone chairs, and stone benches, everything, but it had not been inhabited for a long time, and it seemed a little old and dilapidated. ”
Brother Monkey took the little monkeys to clean the cave, build a camp, clean up the discipline, revitalize the majesty, and erect the Monkey King in the mountains. This kind of action has already alarmed the beast and demon kings around Huaguo Mountain, cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle one by one, carrying melons, fruits and fresh vegetables, competing to come to pay tribute, thinking that there are many demon tribes around here, and the tribute team is long, stretching from the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, the scene is very spectacular. ”
As soon as the words came out, Wen Tianshu couldn't help but be slightly moved, and said inexplicably: "No, aren't those beast and demon kings specially hunting monkeys for food, how can they change their sex after half a year, and compete to pay tribute to the senior brother, what is the reason? Oh, I understand, I think it was the senior brother who turned Huaguo Mountain and reminded these beast and demon kings of his previous kindness, so they rushed to pay tribute to him, and the prestige of the Monkey King was really not covered." ”
When the monkey heard this, he smiled happily, shook his head and shook his tail, and said: "That is, my grandson is the king in the mountains, and those demon kings and beasts are not willing to look at the wind. At that time, I heard that I had returned to Huaguo Mountain, and I rushed to come to pay respects, but it was also reasonable. ”
Bajie listened to the disdain of the old earth, and disdainfully said: "You just blow it, it must be you who are powerful in the mountains, the means are strong, and the heart is ruthless, those demons are afraid of the strong, so they have to compromise and bow down under your command, why don't you hate and resent you in your heart?" Otherwise, it will not be because you were suppressed by the Five Fingers Mountain descended by the Buddha, the person is not dead, and the prestige is still there, those beasts and demon kings will wave their troops to resist, specifically arrest the monkeys in your water curtain cave, skin and eat meat, and use them to your heart's content. ”
"My old pig also saw the clue from the trembling and terrified appearance when they entered the hole, but the demons who had bullied the little monkey knew that they were guilty, and they actually carried a big knife on their backs, and came to receive the sin and die, but it was really exaggerated. Alas, this is really a turn of feng shui, when you come to my house today, you know that this is the case, why bother in the first place?"
Sanzang immediately became nervous when he heard this, and asked cautiously: "Then how did Wukong treat them, it wouldn't be that he pulled out the stick and gave them all the results, right?"
Bajie waved his hand again and again, and said unhurriedly: "That's not true, I really admire Brother Monkey's hand, the play is really realistic." Seeing that the demons came to ask for guilt, the monkey immediately pulled out the wishful golden hoop stick in his ear, pointed at them hatefully and scolded, "Well, I have beaten you eyeless evil animals, if according to my old grandson's usual temperament, even if you have nine heads, they are all beaten into powder. Now that I have entered the Shamen, in line with the concept of purifying all sentient beings and being compassionate, I can spare your lives, but the so-called capital crime can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, are you willing to be beaten, or are you willing to be punished?"
As soon as the words came out, a group of demons were dumbfounded, overjoyed, and fell to the ground one by one, kowtowing like pounding garlic, thank you to the great sage, thank you to the great sage Grandpa for not killing, I just want to be punished, willing to be punished. ”
All this had been expected by the monkey, and he coughed a few times and nodded his head, saying that since he was willing to be punished, he needed to spend money to buy his life, but he was so poor and remote that there were really few things of value. My grandson is not embarrassed by you, each go back to the cave to look for it, if you find something valuable, you will use it to offer this great sage, and our past grievances will be written off. ”
The demons were stunned for a long time when they heard this, leaned over to the ground, and cried to the heavens, Great Sage, it's not that we don't want to offer treasures, but no. Just because when the Great Sage made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he fought with the Heavenly Court, and Erlang Zhenjun came down to the mortal world, put a samadhi real fire, and burned all the flowers and trees in Huaguo Mountain within a radius of hundreds of miles, and burned the entire island to blacken, and the corpses were all over the field, full of mess. Na Erlang also ordered his subordinates to search the mountains with 3,000 grass-headed gods, only to snatch and loot the treasures in the hands of the demons such as us, and enter the 100,000 heavenly soldiers dedicated to King Li Tianwang to save our lives. ”
"Although we were robbed, we also miss the grace of Grandpa Erlang's life, and we don't blame him very much, but although there are some valuable treasures around us, they have been robbed at that time, how can they be passed down to this day? We have lived here for hundreds of years, although we are also afraid of the prestige of the great sage grandfather, but we just look at the Huaguo Mountain full of scorched black, fruit trees do not grow, patrol the mountains everywhere, there is nothing to eat, but we can't help but hate the great sage, I blame you for being arrogant and arrogant, not self-sufficient, and angering the heavens for no reason, so that you killed so many creatures and descended such a catastrophe. ”
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel resentful, coupled with the hunger in my belly, I could no longer care about the iron law of respecting the monkeys of Huaguo Mountain, formed an alliance, and went to attack the Water Curtain Cave. Without the protection of the Great Sage, although the monkeys in the cave are numerous, the means are also extremely strong, and they are not the opponents of our hungry and angry soldiers, after several fierce battles, we finally captured the Water Curtain Cave, captured hundreds of monkey soldiers, baked them on the stove, and feasted to their heart's content. ”
"The centuries-old ban in my heart was finally broken, and I waited for a good meal, but when I was hungry, I searched for monkeys to eat. Hundreds of years passed, and the monkeys in the mountains became more and more scarce through our predation, until one day they suddenly disappeared, and there was no trace of half a monkey anymore. When we couldn't find food, the indestructible alliance began to crumble, the forces began to merge, the victors survived, and the losers became a meal on the plate. ”
"It wasn't until that day that the Great Sage appeared in the sky, using the great magic power to wash the mountains and forests green, and the rotten water reflowed, and the Huaguo Mountain within a radius of hundreds of miles was brought to life. However, the growth of organisms requires a certain process, and it is impossible to reproduce a large amount of food in a short period of time. ”
"Now that I have heard the return of the great sage, although we know that we will die, I am grateful for the grace of my grandfather's living mountains and rivers, and I reluctantly searched the mountains to find this lot of food, and I came to offer it with a shy face. ”